The return to Viking is slow but uneventful, giving you plenty of time to get used to your new eye. Looking in the mirror is still somewhat disquieting, as your new eye is almost but not quite a match for your organic one. At least it looks almost normal, instead of requiring a metal plate over half of your face, or exposed wiring to the back of your head.

Upon docking at Port Esallia, Lord Pyrus and the remainder of his team quietly depart for the Mavros, and you instruct Zheeves to stand the ship down for a week or three whilst locating a new exploration contract.

He drops of a quartet of folders on your desk a few weeks later. The topmost is a summary of House Von Sebastion finances. You promptly skip to the summary at the rear, skimming over the rest. Zheeves has conveniently left a note tucked away there with the layman's version of affairs, as he knows that you can't be bothered to drudge through and understand the whole thing: 23 out of 100. Looking up from where you were a few months ago!

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The other three are possible contracts to undertake, and another Note from Zheeves indicates that you will probably need to undertake two of them, baring an absolutely fantastical find:

Option One: head north to investigate and map the Scheall system, suspected to be a pirate base.

Option Two: head East to investigate the Nil'kvee system. You note that it is only one jump past the Outbound system, and so may be of interest to Lord Pyrus.

Option Three: head south to investigate the Unin and Aria systems, which have recently emerged from a Warp Storm.