> "I will talk to him and pass along the perl of information. If there
>are any others that you can think of that are corrupt and getting in your
>way, please feel free to pass their names along too... " he replied with a
>smile...
She smirked. "I'll keep that in mind."
>
>
> ****** A good long time later..... *****
>
>They approached the asteroid belt...
>
> "Selara, you will have to come in on the side closest to the sun. It
>will be considerably more difficult, but it will keep us out of the mine
>fields. Once there take a heading 090 mark 001, and hold it carefully.
>Once challenged send the code: 859236 Mike Juliette Gamma Theta 2. You
>will be towed in. The fun will begin once we dock..."
>
Selara nodded to Jack. "You heard him."
Jack gave a brief jerk of his head - a nod, presumably - and followed the
designated route. He seemed quite skilled at avoiding the asteroids, though
once or twice a thumping sound indicated they had struck one of the rocks.
Once in sight of the docking facility, a patrol immediately appeared.
Selara sent over the code, and the patrol led them in. While they were
being hitched to the tug, Selara said, "All right, Garibaldi. We're almost
there. Now what?"
"We wait until docked. Once we dock and get out of the ship, you will be able to
help yourself to fuel and food supplies for your ship. However, the place is very
secure, and very secret. They will shoot you first, then maybe, ask a few questions."
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As they approached they got a better look at the place. There were 7 starships
docked, and three others in construction frames being built. As they got even closer
the extensive work on those in the frames could be seen- they were building almost
from scratch from space frames that SF had in inventory. A trio of those docked were
undergoing heavy refit- new nacells and gapping holes in the engineering section where
extensive replacement of the core systems was being done.
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