5-43 alpha trade route

Thaken awoke with an incredible headache, the likes of which you only get from a stunner-shot to the skull. His right shoulder was on fire, where the blaster had clipped him. He had been disrobed, and now only wore a ship-board jumpsuit. It appeared that his wounds had been tended, and there was a packet of broth and another of crackers lying next to the bed. He grabbed these and devoured them greedily.

As he ate, his senses began to return. He realized that he had been disarmed (no great surprise there), and he also felt the characteristic throbbing of a starship's engine under full drive.

Two things were possible.

The first possibility was that he had been captured by the Black Scars. They were taking him back to some base where they would interrogate him (not gently) and then dump him into deep space. So why feed him first and care for his wounds? Simple. Torture isn't effective on a dying man.

The second possibility was infinitely worse.

When he had eaten, and felt a little steadied, Thaken arose and went to the door of the tiny cabin. It was not locked. He looked out to see a mid-sized ship crowded with refugees, of which he was now one. Among them was the somewhat attractive doctor with the white hair he had seen earlier at the airlock. She was obviously weary, but still attempting to tend the wounded. He also saw the mad scientist (as he had come to think of him) lurking about. If anything, the man looked even stranger than the picture from O'Malley's dossier.

Hmm. O'Malley. He had been due for retirement in two weeks. Thaken guessed that Earth Government would save some money on his pension.

The second possibility, the infinitely worse one, now seemed very likely indeed. To confirm it, Thaken walked slowly towards the bridge.

Yes.

There, in the pilot's seat, all orange hair and smiling features -even when he wasn't smiling- was the pirate, Redd.

Redd looked back at Thaken, and grinned.

"Just shoot me now," groaned the Commissar.

"With what? Blaster or Morphine, cuz i have both"

I walked up to Redd and tapped his shoulder

"I fixed the burns on the ships thrusters so you dont have to worry about this heap blowing up. Now give me my pills so i can take off, i have some upgrades i need to make"

I opened my hand up and waited for Redd to give me what i wanted.

[OOC] he's got orange hair?! >.< my color blindness f**ks with me again. thanks for the heads up dude.

[IC]

Redd gave the scientist his pills and stood, putting his ship on autopilot.


"well, thats a nice way to say 'thanks for saving my scrawny ass', and here i was just about to run over and thank whatever god is in play your okay"

Redd opened his refrigerator and took out a pepsi, the one thing he was glad had survived for hundreds of years.

as he took a drink he starred down thaken "Kenra is gone, thoughs bastards blew it up mere seconds after i got you on board and took off. i saved who i could but a lot of guys didn't make it."

Redd rubbed his brow, many thoughts running through his head at once. the attractive doctor, the lives lost, the anger, the sadness, and the serious need for a donut.

he looked up.

"i'll drop you off somewhere Thaken, if you really want.. as for me? i'm gonna find thoughs bastards and make them pay for each life gone."

I pocketed the pills and went to my pod that was in his cargo bay. Without a word i took off and set my corridinates to The Lab

[OOC] the hair looks red to me

Regin walked to the bridge. She stepped to the side as the man with the glasses past her. After he was gone, she got closer to the red-headed man and to the man who looked like a official.

She watched the red-headed man take out a pepsi and drink it.

"Umm...sirs?"

The Commissar had been about to offer his services to the orange haired Captain Redd (or maybe the red haired Captain Orange? He didn't know, his head still hurt) as co-pilot, or perhaps weapons officer or comm officer, when the doctor began to speak.

"Not meaning to cut you off, madam," he said, "but let me thank you for this professional dressing on my arm and head. Without them, our captain here, might have wasted his time dragging a useless lump of meet onto his ship."

i chuckle.


"your right, instead i carried a talking useless lump of meat onto my ship"

he paused

"i'm joking of course"

he turned to the doctor "didn't get a chance to talk to ya before, which is bad, always gotta be polite to such a lovely lady"

he stood, and approached her, holding out his hand

"Astion Kyle Redd, captain of this ship and pirate extrordinaire, at your service"

Thaken smiled wryly.

"No offense taken, Captain. Here, let me pilot for awhile, while you go talk to your new medical officer. You have it on my honor that I will not alter your course."

Regin finally knew the red-headed man's name...Astion Kyle Redd..how fitting.

She took Astion's hand "Regin McReive, doctor".

She turned to the officer. "Thank you for your complement sir, but it was just basic bandaging, anyone could have bandaged your arm and you still be ok."

Astion turned to thaken first

"ohhh hell no, nobody touches my baby but me, this is my ship, i put more money then your mind can handle into it, no one touches it"


he turned to Regin

"a pleasure to meet you, miss McReive, it is truly a blessing to have such a good doctor on my ship"

Regin looked at Astion, her ice blue eyes shinning.

"The pleasure is mine Mr. Redd, and the ship is wonderful."

Regin smiled a gentle, shy smile to both of the men

I watched the stars pass by me at high speeds when my navigations beeped.

"Wreckage in my path, what the hell happened here?"

I turned my pod and examined the wreckage of a Earth Forces ship

"Must be pirates..."

I turn on my cloak so i couldnt be seen

I look throug the wreakage and noticed the perfect body, then i noticed the case on her arms

"Hmmm, that looks important..."

With my pod's tractor beam i pulled the body and case into a small cargo space and took off towards The Lab.

[OOC] i need definitions and stuff for when i add your lab marc


[IC]

he smiled charmingly towards Regin, then stepped past her to address the refugee's.


"Ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls, kiddies of all ages, i am Captain Astion Kyle Redd, at your service. you are currently aboard my ship, the Red Eclypse, and as such, i will be dropping you all off at the t-y 76 Space Station near the asteroid belt, anyone with issues with this, can direct their complaints to someone who gives a rats ass"

Regin looked at Astion. "Will i be dropped off as well?" She really did not want to be dropped off, she wanted to travel with Astion on Red Eclypse .

i turn to regin "if you want, but i could use doctor on board, i get hurt a lot... but i'm not with the earth forces so....."

Regin smiled. "I would like to stay and travel, besides if you get hurt alot, you really do need a doctor, besides the earth forces have plenty of doctors..one less would not hurt them."