Adventures in Space!

[Matsekkusu]

She took a sigh as the police inspector shook her hand in condolences. Her ship, the Spinfish, was gunned down not a day ago. They were transporting a small load of metals to an outer rim colony when the pirate ships jumped out of hyperspace, quickly gunning their almost defenseless transport down. Luckily for her, she was able to make it to one of the escape pods as the attacks started, not in her position as navigator at the front of the ship; which probably saved her life. She managed to grab a small bag of her possessions, mostly clothes before watching her ship get cut in two from the pirate ship's laser from the small port hole on the escape pod. Thankfully, they had a subspace buoy on the ship, which altered the police and other emergency people that quickly rushed to the scene, picking up her pod.

She was brought back to a nearby world with a giant space port along the equator, stretching around the entire circumference of the planet. Ships constantly taking off and landing around the clock. All sorts, from transport, to merc ships to deep space science vessels all using this hub as a major jump off point. The wreckage had been towed to the surface, not wanting to leave a giant debris feild for other ships to collide with, also having wrecks floating around space wouldn't do much to moral of other ships either. She spun around and looked at the twisted metal body of her ship, sighing as she was more or less stuck on the planet for the moment. Holding a small bag in her hands , dressing in knee high heels, a pair of tight almost booty shorts, a light brown color, along with a matching top.

She took a step back from the ship, rubbing the back of her head, her mind trying to figure out what she was going to do. She was able to get a bit of credits from selling what was left of the ship to a junk yard, holding the small data card in her hand, being the only thing left of her old life.

 

[Lonegladius]

Captain Rexin "Rex" Antonyn was walking through the spaceport looking for jobs and work. His crew hadn't worked for about a week now and they were starting to get a little sour and rough around the edges. Jobs got them paid and let them have their fun on pleasure worlds and other spots for joy rides, it kept them happy. So he was on the look out as he passed a junkyard where new ships were being processed.

The captain was tall and well built with coarse black hair and a beard and a single goggle lense on a necklace around his neck. He wore a black and green striped duster that covered up his shoulder holster and a few other surprises for anyone looking to make trouble or collect a debt. His blue eyes looked around the area and then he noticed the pretty girl wearing very tall high heels and quite tight fitting clothes. He gave a grin resisting the urge to lick his lips at the sight knowing she didn't belong to the whorehouses or pleasure palaces, the few that could be found on this planet but he didn't know exactly what that made her.

She was moving away from a greasing looking junkyard attendant and he approached her. "Run into a spot of trouble?" He asked her keeping his hands at his sides, not wanting to make her think he as after her money or anything else.

 

[Matsekkusu]

She spent a few more minutes looking at the wreck, having a hard time leaving it. She knew it was done, nothing could be done for what happened. She took a deep breath as she took a few steps back, spinning around and starting to make her way out to the main road that ran along the space port. The port was especially busy, her small stature always causing her trouble, especially in crowds. She had to duck and weave as people, especially the taller alien races wouldn't even see her.

She glanced back on last time, but as she turned back, a man was standing in front of her. She jumped back a little, startling her as she looked up at him. He looked like be belong in the port, that was no doubt.

"Oh, umm, yeah. You could say that." she said nervously, chuckling a bit. She didn't know why the man approached her but she had to be on her guard.

 

[Lonegladius]

Rex looked at her and gave a cocky grin. Watching her jump had shown she was likely a bit on edge at the moment. But by the looks of it she didn't appear to be injured or anything but he made sure to not make any sudden movements. Leaning back he just kept his hands at his sides not looking aggressive he smiled at her.

"It's alright. It generally follows spacers like myself, you get a bit used to it after a while if you know how to pick yourself back up. My names Rex Antonyn. So I take it that one of your ships is now unfortunately occupying space in this .... unsettling place." He said hoping that his own ships would never end up in a horrible place like this.

 

[Matsekkusu]

She was confused why he approached her, did he have something to sell? Did he want to rip her off somehow? She had no idea, opting to be diplomatic at least. Taking her bag and grabbing it with both hands and holding it in front of her.

"My name is Deanna. And yeah, the ship I was working on got caught by pirates out by the 4th moon of the next planet in this system. I forgot the name...it was a bit traumatic." She said, a bit sadly.

 

[Lonegladius]

He looked at her and shook his head as he placed his hands on his sides.

"Well that's no good. Nothing better then getting attacked by pirates but least you made it out in one piece. Shows you've either got some skills or you're lucky and I'm always on the lookout for people who carry both." He told Deanna as he looked at her shift the bag in front of her.

"Now I don't know how quick you're into getting ready to jet off but if you've got no where else I might could use your help. I'm looking for work right now for my own ship and a pretty girl like you generally has a lot of attention on her." He said and gave her a warm grin.

"I figure you move around the spaceport with me, checking out the cantinas and watering holes and ask around seeing who needs what done. Helps having two people on the job. What do you think?"

 

[Matsekkusu]

"Yeah, I wasn't at my post, so I'd consider myself lucky." She said, chuckling halfheartedly.

"Oh yeah? what kind of work?" she asked, earnestly wondering. She had no reason to be here anymore, having moved away from her home a very long time ago; mostly living ship by ship.

 

[Lonegladius]

Rex looked at her and enjoyed her chuckle. It was good to not take things so seriously sometime. He watched her as she continued.

"Any type of work, transportation jobs mostly but we've done a few jobs that have put us on the radar with both the crooks and law from time to time. I try to keep us out of trouble but sometimes you gotta make the hard deals to keep flying. We've got a nice crew and I'm sure they'd love working with some new blood, specially one with a body like yours." He said boldly as he looked at her form in the tight fitting clothes.

"But I'm getting ahead of myself. First we need to find a job."

 

[Matsekkusu]

She blushed a bit, turning away from him ever so slightly as she laughed. He wasn't shy about commenting about her body, something she wasn't necessarily used to, but enjoyed. "Well, since you put it that way. I don't have anything left here, just this bag and what I was able to get for the ship." she said, lifting the datacard up a bit. She tried to hide that she was blushing, ever so slightly, but still blushing.

"So, it wouldn't hurt I guess!"

 

[Lonegladius]

Rex looked at the cute spacer with a grin. Even as she covered up part of her face he could tell she was blushing and a little brightly. He was amused that no one on her ship had complimented her before that it wouldn't be more natural. If she became a member of his ship he knew that the two of them would have to have some fun some time. Nodding to her he gestured away from the scrapyard and out into the larger entertainment district. There were bars, clubs, pleasure houses and outright whore houses. Entertainers and vendors plied their sales and wares next to hookers dressed up in neon colored dresses. Rex liked this world cause just about anything that you wanted to buy could be bought.

He guided Mia over to a nearby open air bar and pulled her out a seat before taking one for himself. He ordered them up a pair of strong beers just so they could be comfortable and enjoy a quiet moment as they prepared. "Feel free to get some food too, my treat." He told her as he accepted the nearly frozen glass and tipped it back to consume some of the rich dark amber taste.

 

[Matsekkusu]

She didn't say anything as he accepted her answer, walking slightly behind him as they took off. She had been to this planet before, as most people who operated out of the entire sector. Although, she had never been on this side of the world, the surround "landmarks" where eerily the same. Across from the space port was a giant street, the main thoroughfare that ran around the world, then started all the bars and clubs. It wasn't strange to see scantly clad women walking down the street, or roughneck spacers, both seem to be represented by the two of them.

She smiled softly as he pulled out one of the chairs for her, not having to duck her head under the hanging banner that wrapped around the bar. She knew better than to put her bag down on the ground, sliding it under the bar between it and her lap, keeping it safe from any pickpocket, hopefully.

"Oh, that is ok, I'm not that hungry" she said, waving her had in front of her face. Due to her size, she had to sit up a lot, or on her knee to be at the same hight as most of the other patrons, but that would loose her bag to the ground.

 

[Lonegladius]

Rex watched as the spacer girl settled her bag on her lap. 'Smart' he thought as she settled in though he was surprised that she wasn't hungry. The captain took another drink of his beer as he looked around trying to find any familiar contacts or people who were lightly connected to the types he was looking for. Thugs, gunrunners, loansharks and even legitimate businesspeople always had goons and assistants who were likely to come to places like these for a good bear. The Ice Fridge was a renowned bar strictly for serving the top twenty beverages for about 50 types of species who eventually made landfall.

"So tell me about yourself Deanna. What was your post on your ship. I need to know about the skills you can bring to the crew that I haven't been able to pick up on myself." He told her casually so that he could get to know more about her, her wants and needs and goals. It helped knowing the person who was going to be there in the thick of things with you when times got tough.