Standish by Donald B McFarlane

Author:Donald B McFarlane [McFarlane, Donald B]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-27T21:00:00+00:00

48

The Present

Fury System

The interior of the freighter smelled as bad as the crew. The place probably hadn’t been cleaned or had a proper maintenance scrub since it had fallen into the hands of the current owners.

“You pay us tax.”

Standish couldn’t tell which was the one in charge, but the duo were both armed and wearing basic body armour.

“You’ll let me go if I pay you?”

They nodded at the same time.

“And what happens after that?” She looked at them with a sense of disgust. “What happens the next time one of your ships stops me?”

“You pay them tax too.”

Standish smiled. Pirate scum. “You take credits?”

“Whose credits?”

“Alliance.”

They shook their heads. “We look at your ship. We find something. That is the tax.”

She put her hands up. No need for violence. Yet.

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