Unfair by Timothy Ellis

Author:Timothy Ellis [Ellis, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-06T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty Three

I could tell the others were thinking about it.

But I made it quite clear if they wanted to, they could, but I wasn’t interested in going that route.

Darren made a case for the Merchant Guild software, and I paid for it out of the ship’s operating account. He then set it running, and did all the settings so it would be able to recommend what we should take. One thing that surprised me was it also had an option for monitoring convoy and protection requests, so they went into the mix as well.

The result, when he finished, was a mix of a single container load which filled our cargo bay’s main area, several pallet shipments going to the same destination, and a dozen box shipments of various sizes, which would fit in the brig area. Not only that, but there were three ships going to the same destination wanting protection.

Brook didn’t answer the email Darren sent her about accepting the destination and cargo, so we decided to lock it in anyway, but without the escort part. Instead, we listed Camel and five fighters going to the destination, leaving at a time just before lunch tomorrow, giving us time to load up in the morning, so our sleep wouldn’t be interrupted. Anyone who wanted to join a convoy around us was invited to apply, specifying their cruising speed.

The last was crucial to know, otherwise you could get stuck with some slowpoke, and miss your bonus deadlines. The software even recommended an escort fee based on guild standards.

We also did an order for more security and combat droids, and the belt suits for all of them, including our existing ones, to look human. I added a request for my additional ship suits to be included, and that was accepted. And we also added four more combat suits, after Darren had discovered the security droid software also worked on them. With two more salvage droids and two search and rescue droids as well, the order was substantial.

The SR droids were basically a salvage droid, but with part of the sled area being a life support system. It had link points for the suit, and various emergency ways of getting air for those without them. Considering we only had forty five minutes life support in the suits, and that only if the suits were undamaged, quick pick up might be essential if someone had to bail out. We should have had one already.

The order was accepted, and delivery specified as the following morning, but how was to be advised. The guys then went back to reorganize the armoury ready for the new stuff, and to get guns ready to allocate to the new droids, and the combat suits.

And I must admit, I now felt better about being able to defend ourselves. I thought we’d been just fine before, but practical reality had shown otherwise. If the pirates had been more aggressive, and using some of the guns we now knew they had, they

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