Yesterday's Spacemage by Timothy Ellis

Author:Timothy Ellis [Ellis, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-03-21T22:00:00+00:00

Twenty Eight

Jess and I walked the whole ship, taking our time, looking for anything worth looting. Knowing Jenna would disapprove, we left the private cabins and the twenty person barracks alone. Everything of any value in the cargo holds was transferred over. I knew Jess was with me on this, as more than half of the suggestions came from her.

Jenna informed us the salvage claim had been registered with the bounty hunter guild, along with notification of bringing in the crew. Since the bounty was just for the crew, claiming the ship was a separate process.

Regardless of the success of the claim or not, I intended to get some benefit through the cargo, which we could always claim had never been there. We were leaving enough behind to show they had some, as not having any would have looked suspicious.

By the time we returned, Jenna had news.

"The bounty has been approved, and their security division will pick up the marks as soon as we dock. Apparently the bounty on record is just the tip of the iceberg. This ship has been preying on this area of space for a long time, and no-one was prepared to take them on. Even the system government is happy to see them taken out."

She looked at me.

"Before we dock the ship, you'll have to return the shuttles back to the way they were."

I nodded.

"When did we become official bounty hunters?"

"Two stations ago. I figured this was going to happen sometime, and wanted to be official when we survived it. It also provides us the database of bounties, so I’d know if destroy was a better option, or not. No point destroying, when we can make a profit off it. If they hadn't surprised us like that, I'd have told you to try and take them. But it took me too long to get the details on them."

She looked at both of us.

"Nicely done. I wish boarding operations were always that easy."

"Thorn's our secret weapon."

Even Jenna smiled at that.

Jess and I returned to the other ship as we closed on the station, once more armed, and just before we docked, I returned the shuttles back to how they'd been. Peeking inside, I found all of them sitting where they could, looking unhappy. Silently unhappy.

Jenna docked us first. When the airlock opened, there were a dozen large men there, all armed, and a big wheeled cage. Next to them was someone in station uniform.

Uniform waved the others in, and the leader motioned for us to lead the way. There was some confusion when we headed towards the shuttle bay, but they followed along behind us. Most of them had backpacks.

At the first shuttle, the leader opened an external panel, plugged something in, and held a pad to his mouth. He informed those on the ship they were under arrest, pursuant to a bounty warrant with a large number, and they'd be required to exit the ship one by one, starting with the captain. If they resisted, or refused to come out, they would be stunned.

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