It chimed happily once it was ready. Eva didn’t hesitate and blasted the gun into the frigate’s rear. The dark red electrical beam slammed into the thick armor, and slagged it with incredible ease. The armor itself melted and glowed bright orange from the sheer heat that the electricity transferred
Planet FT-UE-0192, Unnamed System (Designation: Alpha-Theta-Kappa), Federal Uncharted Expanse Out in the furthest reaches of Federation space, high above the “unpopulated” planet’s atmosphere, a spot of darkness appeared close to its teleport beacon. The spot grew slightly, and appeared to warp s
It took it, sniffed, took a bite, gagged, then tossed it aside. “Fair enough,” Eva muttered. But it quickly changed its mind, picked up the food, then munched on it. It didn’t look entirely satisfied, and so turned its huge eyes towards Eva again. As though it pleaded for more. Then, its friends
The third seat was empty, and the NeuroTech assigned to it leapt straight towards Lucifer and Eva. His once sullen face bounded into a smile at the sight of them. “Hello!” he said enthusiastically. “Welcome to our humble chopshop! What d’ja need fixed?” Chopshop? Eva balked and turned her head t
Eva and Lucifer both walked out of the small clinic, satisfied with her enhanced anonymity. She played around a bit with her false identities, then picked one to inhabit for a while. Then she connected to FreeNet, and subsequently to SolNet. And the data that belonged to the galaxy once again flood
Lucifer added it to their open purchase sheet then began to assemble a variety of swords and pistols. At the same time, Eva began to strap into the armor itself. She found it a little challenging to get into, simply because its design was older than what she was accustomed to. But despite a few st
That meant that these raiders had a healthy economy and also robust trade routes. Maybe that meant they traded with other lawless bands like themselves. And maybe they traded with a few colonies as well. At least, any that they didn’t raid outright. They specifically headed towards a cordoned-off s
Eva and Lucifer did a brief walkthrough of the corvette, and found it was actually in far better shape than it looked. The ship itself had been stripped out and lightened as much as possible. Every extraneous thing had been completely removed, all to give it as much cargo room as possible. And as