I decided with Zac's help that I needed to outfit my self and my ship with a bit more defense , our offense was rather impressive for our levels, but if we took alot of direct damage me and the Star-Wolf along with Zac would be toast . So in light of the currrent situation I had tried to see how much I could sell most of our 1000 tons of deuterium for . Our latest offer was for 200 million for all of it which was 100 credits per pound. That wasnt a bad price but I thought we could get a bit more somehow . My feelings didnt last too long and I ended up settling with the same merchant for 205 million . All in all not too bad for a shipment of deuterium. Zac buzzed me via wrist band, he had hacked into the nearest planets information hub and discovered the coordinates for a market. However , every time we tried to figure out the markets existence every thing turned up nothing. I told Zac to get us as close to the co-ordinates as we could , then we could take it one step at a time after that . We got within 100 miles of the spot and I realized why it wasnt available ,the

spot in question turned out to be a collosal Asteroid 1000 miles long by 500 miles wide . The Asteroid was situated inside of a massive debris fieldof smaller asteroids and parts of destroyed ships. Zac pointed out places where there might be automated defense turrets. I had Zac broadcast a message on all channels , This is The Star-Wolf requesting permission to dock with mysterious market . After what seemed like more than 2 minutes a reply came back . This is Black Market , how did u find out about us? My ship hacked into one of the nearest outpost relay's and dugg through its internals untill i got sufficiant info that a market was here . Please take corridor 3-0-45 to junction 11-12-31 then cut your engines and you will be towed the rest of the way . However if you do any thing other than what i just told you , the automated plasma turrets will fry you faster than you can say loot! .

Rodger i said , I had zac follow the instructions down to the letter, and after 5 minutes we had 3 frigates tow us along a very odd path into the side of the asteroid. When the Star-Wolf finally stopped inside , the customs personel demanded they be allowed to inspect my ship for imperial soldiers or any one of law enforment. So paranoid these guys were that if i didnt immediatly comply with there orders they would reduce my ship to space dust right then and there . Of course I allowed them to check my ship from top to bottom . After 1 hour of non stop looking through the ship the custom officials , if you can call them that finally left . I put on my armor and grabbed glitch and my trusty Legendary shotgun , and left my ship to see what i could get for my self and my artificial teenager . I was led through a shimmering portal , once i crossed it and entered the other side into the asteroid i was greeted with a crapload of turrets , guns and 1 person , who waived some paddle like device over me . Sorry sir he said , you will have to leave the shotgun with us and pick it back up when you leave . Is there any way i can keep it i asked the man ? He shook his head no , but made a money symbol with his fingers , sure i said and raised my e-wallet that looked like a Dorito chip and placed it against his and just like that 20 thousand credits left my account . Aw well Easy come easy go i thought. When i left there security checkpoint my mouth literally fell open and hung that way for at least a full 60 seconds . I was looking at a multi tier'ed Mall like structure that you would see if you went to say China, except in this situation there were more than 100 floors with people standing on what looked like a giant square . Obviously it was some kind of huge teleportation pad , groups of people were moving from one floor to others en-mass by the hundreds . This place seemed like it was made specifically for the people of the game who were either wealthy in game beyond imagination , or who liked to collect certain things . I popped into a doorway and was immediatly pulled inside by spacial magic. The person behind the desk immidiatly looked up , a bit toothy smile on his doberman like features. Is there any thing i can help you with today good sir , he asked ? Im not sure i said , this is my first time here on the asteroid. Do you by any chance have a detailed map of this place ? He stopped what he was doing , thought about it and barked yes , he had something tho it would cost me 200,000 credits because the asteroid shops kept moving around very frequently so it was constantly changing ? Sure i said and held up my wallet. A gentle chime sounded which meant credits were being traded. My mini map updated , and i think that 200 thousand credits was the best investment i ever made, this map was detailed as hell. Minute writing of all kinds were scribbled over shops, bakery's, creature importers and sellers. I even had a search box at the top i could use to pinpoint what i was looking for. When I was leaving the shop I literally ran into somone who looked a bit shifty . Hey what are you doing , he yelled I tried to get away but he grabbed me by the arm so hard i thought my shoulder was going to pop right out of its socket . You are comming with me to see the boss , he said. Unfortunatly i didnt have a choice and i was escorted roughly to see this guys boss. When I got to the end of our long arduous journey the half man half cyborg shoved me roughly inside a room where i immidatly heard the voice of somone yelling at another person who sounded like they were from up north , either a brooklyn or new york accent . Hey ding bat yoos got any idea how much these shoe's of mine cost well pally let me enlighten yoos . This jacket cost me 12 billion , this hat was 7 billion , these pants were custom imported so 24 billion. These shoes were from a one of a kind creature that only produces 1 of its offspring every 1000 years . You just got blood on my trillion credit shoes ! Hell my cigar cost more to me than you are worth , boys get rid of this fool ! .Ah Fenrir my friend please come in and take a seat . I sat in a chair that actually made me feel like sighing and so relaxed I could go to sleep. If it wasnt for the scene I over heard and saw I would have probably. Now I heard from one of my boys you dont have manners and i got's to thinking i would see for my self whether you gots manners or not . So you see my outfit , what do you think of it ? he asked me . May I inspect it a bit closer i asked ? Of course he motioned for me to step a bit closer . If i had to ask i would say you are a collector of the most unique and interesting things . your entire ensamble i would take would be around 1 and a half trillion if I had to guess . Hopeing to God i was correct in my estimate. You see fellows This guy is very observant. I like this guy , he makes me laugh , So i have a proposition for you Fenrir my friend . I gulped and tried to swallow . What kind of proposition i asked , he just laughed . Well we have this little problem with deuterium . This place eats Deuterium up like a fat kid eats cake ! Every time we get a massive shipment some creature comes out of no where and bazap a new debris field is generated around the asteroid . It baffles me and my engineers , but they tell me your ship can get us the deuterium that is still out there what do u you say you help me i help you ? What do I get out of the deal i said . What do you want he said , his eyes squinting? My eyes happend to linger on one of the items he had in the room. By the way he said my name is Trey-var im leader of the Treyvar Syndicate. You like my toy , he evidently saw me staring at the item near him . I got that for 200 million but i could say sell it to ya for 700 million since yoos is doing me a huge favor and maybe even give you a bit of credit . I reached out for the device and Trey-var nodded . Congratulations you have recieved an item Shoulder rocket launcher : Ground Blooming Flower. Status Faulty : reason needs repair. My boys cant make heads or tails of that item , nor can they tell me what it does or how i can get it fixed . So you now need to fufill your part of the deal. I agreed to the job and had one of Trey-var's men lead me back to my ship , I had a map of pretty much everywhere but it never hurt to act like you didnt , it might come in handy at some point. Once I reached the Star-Wolf Trey-var's men were hard at work . I was informed by Zac they were adding a unique cargo hold that was called a Spacial Hold. Once it was fully installed i asked how much my new holding capacity would be . The Engineer in charge just looked at me and blinked his eye's rapidly . I tried once more and finally got him to respond to my question . Technically speaking sir, the amount of cargo hold capacity is fixed but we are not sure what the actual limit of the spacial hold is , weve never reached its limit so to speak . He looked a bit sheepish admiting that tidbit of info to me. Once we were fully decked out with all The Trey-var syndicate had to offer us I asked Zac to figure out the largest density of deuterium in the near by field that surrounded the asteroid. Take us in when you are redy i told zac. When we got close enough i got another prompt , Take / Take all ? I chose take all , and immediatly Zac told me we had hundreds of thousands of tons of deuterium just from that one area. Zac also chimmed in that he wasnt sure but there seemed something different about the Deuterium we got versus the stuff we normally got from looting down'ed enemy ships. Zac i said to the teenage A.I. , Run a full spectrum analysis on the deuterium we just looted. A beep rang out from the terminal he was located at and the next moment he whistled , hey boss he said this Deuterium is 1 times more refined than the other stuff we normally get , if i had to estimate its value i would say either in the billions from what we currently have or most likely trillions by the time were done. I finished a secondary analysis as well i can produce 1mllion rockets from just 90 tons of this stuff versus 1000 tons of the normal deuterium. Interesting i said while stroking my beard like i was a wize guru. We ended up snagging a total of 20 million tons of highly refined Deuterium. I sat back in my Captains chair thinking i could relax when the lights inside the ship all started to go nuts, flashing red and white. Zac's voice was comming from the inside of the ship . Boss we have a big problem , Just then an abhorrently large tentacle wrapped it's self around my ship and suddenly i felt like i was the perverbial bead inside of a metal rattle. Zac, I screamed at the top of my lungs, I dont care what you have to do but free us immidiatly. A few seconds later a collosal explosion rocked our vessel and my health went from 100% all the way down to 20% within only a few minutes. We managed to stabalize, thrusters being pushed for every thing they were worth , the tentacle like apendage came whipping at us again but this time Zac had just enough speed and momentum to fire all the thrusters on our port side making us spin like a top and causing the tentacle to fall off. We need to get out of here, take us back to see Trey i bellowed!. Sure thing boss im working on it ! A loud cracking sound came from just behind me and i saw a small part of my ship being ripped off like a bandage and being drawn into what looked like a rift in space . I placed a marker on the map to identify the location of that damned monstrosity. When we got back to the Black Market we unloaded what deuterium we had scavenged for Trey. What The Hell ! I screamed at Trey. YOU NEVER SAID any thing about a deuterium eating damn monster! Calm down pally, its not the end of the world just because it rains! Here have a drink , he said as he pushed an elaborate whiskey glass with some brown colored liquor. I downed the liquid in a single shot , Wow i barely gasped out as i banged on my chest, that was some interesting burn . Trey smiled as he offered me another shot . I pulled out my shotgun and snarled im not going back in there . Trey-var's eye grew as round and wide as saucers as he recoiled and bellowed Where the fuck did you get that ! He pointed to the shotgun as his face gave away his sheer terror. What's it to you where i got it , I said . He calmed down a bit and rubbed his hands together as he said , how much do you want for it ? Oh i said taken aback would you like to purchace this unique 1 of a kind item? I smiled wickedly as i barred my teeth and with a flipant tone in my voice i said every thing you have ! . He froze and made a balace scale motion with his hands thinking over my offer, either that or he was jiggling invisible non existant boobs. He smiled and said deal!, with an out-stretched hand i slowly took it not sure what was going on . Either my shotgun was worth an astronomical fortune, or something wasnt adding up. The moment our hands shook i received a veritable slew of notifications. There were so many notifications i didnt have time to focus and couldnt keep track of 1long enough before another took its place. I smiled now looking at my account credits . 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I smiled as I told Trey , now dont think you can keep any of that i said . He stopped rubbing the weapon and looked up at me , im not giving you the gun he said!. I wasnt refering to the gun i said . I tapped his outfit. when i said i wanted every thing i meant it ! Trey grumbled as he started taking off his entire suit and with out another word handed it over to me. Congratulation you have aquired Smarmy Business Suit. Class artifact. + 3oo to charisma + 3oo to prestige + 300 to infamy. Wow those were some interesting Stat boosts not to mention the suit was a complete set. The set bonus was an additional 200 to all stats! If i didnt alredy love my spidermancer armor i would have given it up as well and wore Trey's Buisness suit . I contacted Ratchet and told him I had a job for him . He informed me he couldnt leave his employer, he was under contract to stay where he was untill his 50 trillion debt was paid back ! . Wow i said , how the hell did you get a 50 trillion credit debt to begin with I asked ? A long story he replied, how ever i can shorten it for you. You know that our race ended with a flarion destroying our planet , however what you dont know is that i was the flarion who created the device that destroyed my planet. How in the hell did you manage to do that and stay alive , i asked ? Im not sure to be honest , all I remember is a bright light a few screams and then nothing. My memories were tested by those that were spared . I was sentenced to be a permanent outcast , never to be able to return . I was also fined with a 50 trillion credit debt. What would u say if I said I would be happy to pay your fine in its full amount? His eye went wide and his furry eyebrows rose . You would do that for me ? he said. No one has ever done any thing like that for one of my race . Its true were very gifted technomancers but on the whole were usually feared or shunned mostly for our understanding of technology. If you can pay for me to be free i would be in your debt boss. A prompt appeared in front of me , would you like to pay the 50 trillion credits Rachet owes / zero of 50 trillion debt paid . I thought yes and got a new notification , congratulations all of Rachets debt has been paid . Since you have paid his debt in its entirety up front you have gained a title Olagarch. Effect : all races will now think of you as royalty , when and where ever possible. + 5000 fame with all races that are aligned with the flarion race . I noticed a single tear roll down his furry cheek , and he held his small paws up to the video monitor and a blast of white light shot out of his wrist's , then 2 thins chains fell to the floor of the space dock . Im finally free he exclaimed joy washing across his small face ! Boss , Boss I can never thank you enough ! . I am forever in your debt !. Calm down I said over the video link. By the way I need you here to help me . You got it he said . Im sending my fastest ship to your location. A bit has changed since you last saw me . Thank you again boss ! came his reply . A few hours later, Ratchet slowly walked off the interceptor i sent to fetch him . Wow his eye's grew in size , he started zipping around the room touching stuff like a kid at Christmas. Welcome Chief mechanic i shouted ! What !! he shrieked at me . I thought you would like to be in charge of what ever went on in here and i figured what better way to do that than to have you as head of engineering and the head Mechanic of this place ! . His eyes went misty and he launched his small furry body at me and hugged me . I have to admit ive never felt my bones go crunch by someone so tiny before . It was like a little grandmother who hadnt seen a family member in a very long time came over and broke your rib bone from hugging you to hard !. Ok so get to upgrading this place , what ever you need just ask for the funds . On second thought i just transfered 10 trillion to his account and had him do it . My account still had a huge amount of error messages so i figured i could splurge a bit on upgrades . Also Ratchet i said i have something for you . I pulled out the old Rhubindium chain i had recieved from the junk owner . There you go . I dont think you have any idea what you have just given me boss ! Normally i can work on a ship in a pocket dimension, however my skills still have cooldowns however with this item i can just activate its ability and since time doesnt mean any thing there i can keep working with out ever having to wait for my ability to come off of cool down !