instead of waking up on his own time Green was instead awoken by another Red Talon member this time it was a human male in his mid 30’s with a scruff and short hair. He said “Wake up kid its time to get going.” while moving him around in an attempt to wake him up. Green then groaned and the man then said. “Get dressed and met me in the hanger. Don't take to long or we’ll leave without you.” the man then exiting the room. Leaving Green to get dressed in peace. After a hurried re dressing Green and making sure he had left nothing behind Green then took the elevator to the hanger. After a bit of searching he then found the same man there inspecting his gear. The man then noticed Green coming and said “Took you long enough. I’m Ira you will be working under me until we get to Uno. If you are ready get in the pod. Our contractors are waiting for us.” He then concluding all of his gear is in working order and then got in the pill shaped pod and strapped himself in. Green then quickly followed suit. The man then radioed on the pods com’s center that they were ready to be transferred after a bit of jerky movement the pod was then jettisoned out into space. After 5 mins of weightlessness the pod then gained gravity again presumably they were on the freighter the contracted guards. Once the pod opened up it was clear the transfer was successful. The new hanger was mostly empty and was much smaller with a few large metal containers in it with 2 fighters hanging from the hangers ceiling. Soon a being which looked like they were made of mostly stone came in though the elevator and greeted Ira. “Hello friends. Welcome to my humble vessel “The Stoner” I know you are my guards and we will be making the jump to Uno very soon. So please make yourself at home.” With that the humanoid stone being then went back the elevator gesturing that Ira and Green follow. Green then whispered to Ira what the beings name is Ira then responded “His name is Vene. He is a frequent resources trader with Uno and with the recent news of the dogfight that happened near Uno he was feeling a bit uneasy traveling there without protection so. He enlisted us.” he said to Green. Green then claimed that he though that the talons were running low on free hands Ira then quickly responded “Mr. Vene is a talon frequenter thus he gets priority and a discount. He was also willing to pay a more for the standard guard services. So that is why we are here.” After a short elevator ride the 3 of them entered what looked to be the ships cockpit/command center inside it were 4 more rock like beings 1 of them being the same size as Mr. Vene and 3 other smaller rock like creature presumably they were his family. “All right friends strap yourselves in we will be entering the jump very soon. After finding free chairs and fumbling around with the straps a bit everyone including the little rocklings gave the all clear and Mr. Vene radioed “Daycare” that they will meet again soon. Before intitating the jump sequence. After a few short moments everyone was trusted back into their chairs due to the force of the jump speed. Few moments pass before the captain gave the all clear to freely move around the ship in which everyone unhooked the straps before proceeding with their business. Ira on the other hand stayed in his seat un-moving. So Green being curious went over to him and asked why doesn't he move around? “Because I’m doing a job right now the beings here I do not care about other than protecting them and their shipment from theft and harm. That is the extent of my affection for them. If you want to get to know them go right ahead.” With that he pulled out his own PDA that looked more like Greens except slightly more modern and started to fiddle with it. Green then went around the cockpit and got to know Mr. Vene and his family. Though he could not properly pronounce Vene’s wife's name and children, he understood that they were just a family just trying to get by during theses difficult times. Supposedly Vene had more ships under his command but due to the war a lot of them were either commandeered by Freeman’s or USF, with the rest being destroyed or hijacked by pirates. He hopes one day for the war to finish on the USF’s side so that he may reclaim his ships and grow his trade company once again. But with how the war is going with the Freeman's controlling about 87% of all known mining worlds that dream may not come true, and if the Freeman’s win that puts him and his family endanger of not only losing his business but also him and his family becoming slaves. Mr. Vene is not a man of combat but a man of trade. Green reassured Mr. Vene to have hope if nothing else. Hopefully the turning tide of this war will come soon. After a few hours of trying to keep busy and some conversing with Cull in secret. Mr. Vene then gave the warning on the ships speaker system that they were nearing Uno. So everyone once again strapped in and waited. Uno then radioed “The Stoner” asking what their business on Uno was. He then answered saying that he was here to deliver a shipment for a raw processing company that was stationed on Uno aswell as buying supplies for the next voyage. After some back and forth quips from Both Mr. Vene and the Uno greeter he was then given that all clear and to dock in Unloading Dock 4A. After a somewhat long docking sequence eveyone was allowed to unstrap themselves. Green then thanked Mr. Vene for the ride and bidded goodbye to his family and Ira before slipping past the greeters. Now Green was back on Uno with no one the wiser.
After the space assault that happened near Uno it would appear that more Hooded peace keeps were around every corner. They must still be on High alert after what happened a few days ago. Upon taking out his PDA to contact Ms. Garter Cull then reminded Green to get new cloths . Green then thanked Cull for the reminder and proceeded down to the shopping district. Thanks to those new implants Green is now able to understand what the alien beings are saying but due to how crowded and how noisy that streets are the noise is the same but in somewhat broken English. Eventually Green then came across a clothing shop. That looked like it had humanoid apparel. Upon entering it he was greeted with a pleasant scent and a some what looking bored humanoid being that looked like Clarks race. Having the Blue skin, nose holes, pointed ears, a pair of crimson slit eyes and an elongated head. This one however had a set of 3 short horns growing from their head. The being then noticed Green and greeted them. “Hello there welcome to my humble clothing shop and by the looks of what you are wearing you have come to the right place.” they said while giving a slight grin. “Before you start shopping I must ask you leave your bag with me. I’m sorry but its company policy.” then said gesturing Green hand over his satchel. Before handing it over he pulled out his PDA and then handed it to the being. He then asked “I think I have seen your race before but they did not have horns are you the same?” he said. “Oh you must have met a male. Males don't grow this horns as strange as it sounds but that is just how our biology works Sir.” She said while putting the bag behind the counter. After that Green then proceeded to get some new clothes to replace his current more worn ones. It did not take long for him to settle with a new more cleaner style. Having dark blue Jean like pants, sturdy rubber sole boots, an off white light t-shirt and a tree bark brown leather like jacket he also went to buy some winter clothing as-well since he believed his soon to be journeys will lead him to cold planets. He then went up to pay for the clothing which costs him 600 creds for the cloths using the PDA he forked them over and put his old cloths in his satchel. Exiting the shop made Green feel renewed as if he was finally free from his former life. But he quickly reminded himself that he is on a mission So Green then went over to a gun shop there were plenty of them in Uno, but he did not know which ones sold the best guns for the lowest price. So after going around, gun shop after gun shop, it was made clear that he did not have the funds to get a small shipment of 10 guns. For the prices ranged from 1500 creds too 4000 depending on what kind of guns they were selling. He then cursed his lack of self control and pre-planing and decided to contact Ms. Garter for some work. He decided if he was going to contact the boss he was going to need to either go to a packed public place or an out of the way one. After some wondering he then found the same bar that he met the talons in, and decided this place will be good as a sort of “lie low” place. Upon entering he recognized the barkeep but it looked like they did not recognize them. It must have been the cloths. So the took a seat at the bar and ordered something non alcoholic. The drink that was produced to him was an orange drink that was fizzing a lot with a few chunks of ice in it and a straw to help sip it up. Taking a sip of the drink greeted Green with a very sweet taste. Something he did not taste before. Eventually in minuets he downed it entirely leaving only the ice in it. He then took the time to contact Millisa as the barkeep proceeded to refill his drink. Writing a letter of sorts to her stating that he has in fact arrived at Uno. After a few more moments of Green idly sipping his drink he then received a message from Millisa. It stated that she was happy that Green had made it to Uno and then proceeded to give him a run down of what it means to be a talon. Apparently the Red Talons follow a strict code of conduct when performing contracts. Breaking any of these is subject to extreme punishment, outright exile from the talons or even death. So wanting to stay on good terms with his employer he decided to carefully read the rules.
1. No killing children EVEN IF THEY ARE HINDERING THE PROGRESS OF THE MISSION
2. We are Professionals not pirates/savages leave corpse alone unless they have something the clients wants or we need.
3. We do wet work but NO POLITICAL FIGURES.
4. No killing bystanders UNLESS they are planing on or are hindering the contracts progress
5. no reckless shooting UNLESS YOUR SUPERIOR COMMANDS IT.
6. ALWAYS listen to your superior.
7. You are responsible for every kill you make UNLESS YOUR SUPERIOR COMMANDS YOU FOR THE KILL.
8. All races are welcomed to work for the Red Talons. If you are xenophobic look for work else where.
9. THINK BEFORE YOU ACT.
10. ALWAYS ACCEPT THE SURRENDER.
11. RESPECT FELLOW RED TALON MEMBERS.
After that Green was then given a list of contracts most of them having to kill another being. There were some other contracts such as repairing a ships engine or even some guard work but Green was no guard and he barely understood how engines worked. So that only left him with the wet work. His only weapon he had on him was his 7 shot rudimentary revolver and his vibro knife. He could also do CQC but he was not the best at it. Sure he could take down someone that did not know CQC but anyone above his skill level would absolulty wipe the floor with him. So looking over the possible targets he found one he think he could do. The target was a posing as a young entrepreneur that apparently was scamming plenty of people out of there money. Saying that he will triple their investment in 4 months tops. Well after 4 months the people that invested in him did not get anything at all other then a note with a crude drawing of a face sticking their tongue out. Apparently the sources say he’s made Uno His new permanent home and lives comfortably in a suite building. Thankfully the building itself is small and largely unguarded being the front door protected by a single intimidating guard that could possibly bribed. So after a few quick mental notes he paid for the 3 sweet fizzy orange drinks he drank which costed him about 6 creds and departed to the targets residents. Green did not like to kill but there are people out there that deserve it. This guy was one of them. A some what short walk led Green to the Residential district Which did not have as much being in it as the shopping district did since it still work time. Eventually Green believed he found the targets home it if the description it was a small Suite home with a singular Large hooded guard at the front door. Green looked around posing as a lost tourist in the hope to find another way in so he could bypass the guard all together. He is pretty sure he did not have enough money too bribe the guard to go do their own thing. After some back and forth wondering pretending to look at his PDA. He discovered that the suite had a skylight. Meaning he could possibly break in though that way. But if he was going to do that he would have to be quick surly a person on top of a building will get the attention of the Uno peace keepers. So Green proceeded to get in a dark ally near the targets house and hood up. Looking for a way up to the roofs he found that alleyway was home to a mass of pipes and external AC units allowing Green to Easily climb up to the roof tops. After jumping over some roof tops he eventually made it to the targets home. Peering into it showed that the target was enjoying some down time himself getting drunk and watching TV alone. It was then he heard glass breaking it would appear some kids were playing with glass bottles out on the streets. Perhaps if he were to break the skylight at the same time as the kids he could get in unnoticed by the guard. Taking out his vibro knife he turn it on, the glass itself was reinforced but due to the modifications of his knife he was sure if he was quick and precises the glass would break. He then waited for the kids to break another bottle and a few seconds another one broke signaling green to puncture the glass with the knife. The glass the broke and the guard was now yelling at the kids to stop that. Thankfully the target inside was too drunk to even respond the noise or presence of broken glass and just continued to watch TV. Green then quickly dropped in upon entering the suite it became clear to Green that the guy was not actually drunk but was unconscious. He was grasping what looked to be a picture one if his hands and another a bottle of unmarked booze. On the picture was a female human smiling, with the words on top of it saying “I’M SORRY” before doing the dirty deed Green the looked around the apartment maybe he could find out who this person is. There was a desk nearby and it was littered with a bunch of bills to a hospital with one note that looked too be recently unfolded. Green then read the note. The note said “We’re sorry to inform you but your Fiance Lisa Greek has deceased.” It would appear that the would be scammer was only scamming to fund his lovers medical bills. But he stopped once he found out they had died from the unknown condition. Putting down the note he then turned to the target to find that he was gone. Then he heard a sound he was all to familiar; the click of a gun cocking. So Green instinctively put up his hands slowly. “Good now turn around.” said the voice coldly. Green then turned slowly around making sure not to make any sudden movements and to keep his hands up in the air. “Now take a seat why don't ya I got some question I want to asked you.” He man then grabbed the chair from his desk and dragged it over in front of the couch and gestured Green with the gun to sit down on the couch. “Now then who are you. Some kind of theft?” said the man Green then shook his head. “Well then why are you hear then? If its not money you want it must be because of me.” said the man still in his cold tone. Green then nodded slowly. The man then aimed the gun down but was still pointing it in Greens direction. “Well you got my attention question is. Is it really worth my time?” the man then said. Green was now trying to think of a response. “I was looking for you because I had a business proposition. Your guard would not let me in so I had to come in though your skylight by force.” Green said though the bandanna. “Really now? I highly doubt that. You must know that I have done some of the more questionable business practices. Ones that are looked down upon if you have done your homework on me.” The man said still cold as ever. “Well you see I too practice those kind of business tactics, and that is why I wish to partner with you. Together we could make loads of more money. Then perhaps one day we could both be walking away with a bank account full of credits to last us a 10 life times over.” Green said trying to put his silver tongue skills to use. “Hmm enticing to say the least. But I don't have a use for money at least not now.” The man said now sounding a bit more somber. Green then thought of something it could fail but it could work it was worth a shot atleast. “I saw the letter Lisa Greek was her name right?” Green then said trying to sound warm to the man. “Why do you care about her.” The man now sounding agitated pointing the gun at Green head. “I bring her up because I understand you just lost her quite recently. I know of some old Zolten cloning tech that will not only bring them back but with full memories of their past life meaning they can live again.” Green said hoping the lie will be convincing enough. “Really! Wait how do you know of this tech?” The man then said a bit more excited but still pointing the gun at Greens head. “I know of it because I had done it right now my own significant other is on my ship right now ready to leave.” Green then Slowly reached down into his satchel to retrieve his PDA and turn on the camera, mic and speaker so Cull could see what is happening. “Hi dear how are you doing?” Green then said while pointing the PDA camera to the man with the gun. “Oh I’m uh I’m doing fine dear why do you ask?” Cull said trying to sound as convincing as possible. “Say dont you remember that one time you were shot and I manage to get you cloned I even showed you your own body to show you are not yourself.” Green said hoping that Cull would try to put up a convincing story. “Uh yes I still remember that I was shot in the heart with no way of recovering and you took some of my DNA to some aliens and got me cloned there” Cull said trying to follow. With the passing moments the man with the gun was now starting to look more convinced. “Ya you freaked out on seeing your dead body even your grave but you just rolled with it.” Green said. The man whispered “holy shit” and was pointing the gun down. To bad it was all a beautiful lie. “OK OK you convinced me you can put your hands down. Partner.” the man then said holstering the gun in his pants. Green then put away the PDA and got up. The man was now going though his wardrobe to get a nice suit ready. “Say I never really did get your name. What is it?” the man said while rummaging though his closet. Green did not say anything and drew his knife and turned it on. With a quick stab to the cranium and a few twitches the man was dead on the floor his blood now oozing out of the wound pooling on the carpeted flooring. Thankfully the kill was silent and he then got out his PDA again and took a picture of the corpse then he proceeded down stairs of the suite and out the back door that was locked. Green then bolted out of the immediate area sticking to the alleyway’s and checked constantly to make sure he was not being followed. After about a half hour he stopped and concluded he was not being followed. He then proceeded to take a breather. He had done the deed. But was it right to have killed the man? Green thought. He then suddenly vomited. The guilt of taking another life that did not mean him harm made him. But he then thought he had to have done it. If he did not he would have ruined more lives and he also needed to money to turn this war. But, he seemed like a changed man with the lost of his loved one. Was it justified? Green then Tried to find a suttible answer or at least one that did not make him feel so guilty. He eventually concluded that if he did not kill him His mission would not proceed quickly enough to get the guns needed for the slave rebellion. His death was justified and hopefully he will met his loved one in the after life. Green then used his sleeve to wipe the puke off of his mouth and proceeded to his ship that should be in Dock B-41
Green then returned to his ship. It looked the same as ever except a with a thin sheet of dust on it. At least it looked like it was a beater. Green entered the ship nothing was out of place not even the food rations were touched. He then proceeded to go into his room and think about what to do next. He then remembered that he had to confirm that the target was dead so he can get payed so he got his PDA as he turned it on he noticed that Cull was stopping him from actually going into contacts. “Are you alright Green? Do you want to talk about it?” they asked. “I think I am Cull but I’m not entirely sure.” Green answered feeling the guilt crawl over his being. “Well talk to me then. I read online that talking about it will help with things like this.” They said in a caring tone. Green then set the PDA down on the bed and he sat down next to it. After a few tense moments he spoke “All though out my late teenage years I was told that if I don't shoot first then I would be dead. Or if I show mercy then it will be considered weakness. I never really did like hurting people but I knew that the Freemens, the people out there trying to take away my freedom will kill me if I did not conform and submit to their will. So when I was out doing cover fire or helping other resistance slaves to safety I did not bat an eye when I had to stab a freeman in the cut or execute one as he was on the floor groveling for his life. Because I have been told to show no mercy what so ever plus I’m sure if I do turn my back on one whats to say he wont pick his gun up and shoot me in the back of the head.” Green said in a solom tone. “Well whats to say that guy wouldn't have turned you in to the local peace keepers or shoot you dead if he had the chance? What is so different about this guy?” Cull asked. “Because in the battle field you can see a certain kind of fire in another eyes. That fire will stay there even after the battle is over and they are on their knees with their hands up. People with that fire don't real mean surrender or mercy themselves. They do it if it means they can get your back turned or if they can catch you during a vulnerable time. Out of every single freeman I had executed I always saw that fire in their eyes. But with my recent kill this guy once he was convinced, that fire was not there. I was hoping it was just a cover up but this guy really did not mean to hurt me. Sure he had a gun in his hand but It was for his own protection. That is why he did not pull the trigger when I had my back turned too him. A freeman or a man of combat would have pulled the trigger right then and there. But he didn’t, and now I’m wondering if his death was truly justified or not.” Green was now one the verge of tears and his voice is not quivering. After a bit of silence Cull decided to speak “Well think of it this way then Green. If you did not kill him he could possibly scammed more people and have their lives ruined as well. Not only that but I think he was suicidal since by the sound of the conversation and why he had a gun. I don’t think he was far off from offing himself. Plus you need the money without it then I’m pretty sure this war will end with the Freemen winning it, and I for one do not like the thought of that happening. If you truly feel guilty why dont you write down his name and well try to contact his family or do something to remember him by? That way his death would not be for nothing atleast.” Cull said in a reassuring tone. “I don’t know Cull I will have to think about that. Thanks though I really needed that.” Green said. Cull then let Green into his contacts and he messaged Millisa stating that he managed to kill the target and attached the picture of the mans coprse with it and waited for a response. Sortly after Green then got a message from Millisa. It stated that she was happy that Green was able to do it quickly and also without being noticed too much. She then said that since this is his first real contract with the Red talons he gets to keep the entire contract pay, and hopes he is able to to the rest of them as well. Attached to the message was a credit transfer notice. Apparently In all Green made 1,200 creds from doing the dirty deed. With money now in his account he had renewed his sense of purpose and went directly to the market district. After a bit of haggling with a weapons seller Green was able to get a shipment of 13 guns for the price or 1,800 creds. With the help of a porter bot the small crate full of guns was not in his ship. Now all he needed to do was to teleport them. So once the porter bot was gone Green then went over to the secret compartment switch located in the airlock and flipped it. The compartments door then stuttered open to show the one-way telepoter still in one peace. Thankfully the holder which the teleporter had was more then big enough to hold the crate with the weapons in it whole. As he was about to initiate the teleport he then wondered if Captain lagin ever did see him successfully escape the orbital defense. So as well as the weapons he put in a note directed to everyone on the mining worlds. It stated that Green was sorry that it took to long to respond but he has had a wild couple of days. Telling about his new 53n7 infected companion that lives in his PDA and about the white herrings and the red talons quarrel to become the best mercenary company out there. He is in good health as well as the ship and that he hopes that everyone keeps in high spirits during these times. We finally have a chance. With that Green then folded the note and placed it on top of the gun inside the shipment crate. Shortly after he initiated the teleport sequence and after some static and a lot of rumbling a sudden loud crack sounded throughout the ship. Checking the teleport compartment he found that the once crate was not gone. Leaving the compartment now empty as the day it was made. Too bad its only one way. “Well 12 down, a shit ton more to go.” Green said to himself. His mission was now just getting started perhaps in a few years or so the resistance will have gained enough weapons and willing member to push back against the slaver threat, and hopefully, get the mining worlds back on the USF side ending this war once and for all. Feeling tired Green then went to his bathroom and took a quick shower before retiring to his bed. The bet itself was not as uncomfortable as he thought it would be so it did not take long for him to quickly fall asleep.
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Upon waking up he did his business got clothed had a quick breakfast and went back into Uno’s hub. To his surprise his assassination was on the news this morning. Apparently the guys that look into murder were able to capture targets last moments from his own eyes but could not get what he heard. Either because the part of the brain that recognized sound was destroyed, or because he was dead for long enough for the brain to rot. Thankfully Green face was not in view thanks to the hood and bandanna. But now Green is a fugitive for murder, however since they don't know who it they are having a hard time figuring out how this person is. The peace keepers call the suspect “The Green Hood” due to how prominent the hood is. They do suspect that the being behind the hood is human due to the hand structure and body type. But Fae, Gemini, Geners, and some synthetic Androids have been known to have same hand structure and skin type. The report then ended with anyone with any information on who this person is to come forward to the peace keeps and their information will be paid accordingly if its new and or major evidence on who this being is. After that the big screen with the news then went back to reporting more tamed things such as events or accidents. With that Green felt a sense of infamy running though him. Maybe if he could get more of it he could use it to his advantage in the future. But only time will tell. He then went by the same run down bar that he was at yesterday. He liked the fizzy orange drink that was there. So once he got comfortable he pulled out the PDA and decided to do some more odd jobs for Ms. Garter. He was debating weather or not to do more wet work but he decided that guard work would now be out of the question due to his now wanted level. He was pretty sure if the employer were to find him in his Hood he would bring him to the peace keepers for a nice reward. So that only left him with desecrate repair jobs and assassinations. Green decided he wanted to try and repair something. He always got antsy if he did not get his hands on something he could repair or take apart. He knew that ship repair jobs were diffidently out of the question. He knew how to fix one up to be working sure but fixing a drive was not something he was confident enough to do right now. Thankfully there were jobs on repairing tools things in which Green knew all to well about. So after downing 2 orange fizzy drinks and of course paying for them he went to work. Meting up with various other beings needing their LAZ drill repaired or perhaps fixing a stealth coms radio like the one Millisa was using when Green met her for the first time. After hours upon hours of going from place to place and fixing up what ever needed to be fixed. At the end of they day, Green had made about 2,000 creds in all form all of the odd job repairs. They did not pay a lot individually but the small numbers do add up After that he retired for the day.
Upon waking up for another day’s of mostly honest work he got a message from Ms. Garter. Maybe it would be more job request Green thought. Upon view the message however it was actually something else. Apparently one of her men has been captured by the Herrings and is now being tortured by them and she is givien an ultimatum either let him die or give up some of the contracts and a heap money for his life. As ridiculous as the request sounds it would appear that this one member is actually pretty valuable being a senior member of the talons, As well as knowing a lot of valuable info regarding the talons most favored clients and talon travel routes. As much as she would hand over the request this transaction will actually largely hurt her company’s image and would much prefer that she send a team to get him out however the talons as of right now are banned from entering Uno Space so, as much as she would love to do that she can’t. She will now have to rely on Green alone for the retrieval of the lone talon member. With that she attached to the message the video of the herrings torturing the talon member as well as their demands in the hopes that it will help Green finding the kidnapped member. The video itself had 4 herring members visible with another 2 possibly in the background. There was a chair with a man strapped in it wearing a Talon jumpsuit and a jute like bag covering his face. As the video went on the Herrings performed many gruesome acts of torture to the Talon member, from simple hard punches to the face and gut to the use of torture tools on different body parts, in the hopes of not only getting information from the Talon member but also to incite emotion to the person viewing it. But though out all of the screams and blood being spit and spilled the member would always utter the words “Fuck you.” to them every time, that voice sounded familiar. After what seemed like an hour they stopped recording. The letter attached to the video was the demands that Millisa had stated that the herrings wanted. Green then consulted Cull for help. They were and ai maybe should could help pin point where the video came from. “Ok let me see if I cant back track it then” she said. After a while of silence Cull spoke “I’m sorry Green but I cant seem to track it any farther then from where it was made It being Uno. But I can tell by the Video itself was made in an old building. Possibly a run down factory or suite. I’m not sure but you should try and ask around.” Cull suggested. Green wasn’t sure if he could approach people, he cant just show them the video and say if they have seen these people. That is liable to either them leaving him or them possibly calling the peace keepers on him. After thinking he could go around in the work district and try to find any run down factories and look in them. But if he were to find the right one that will most likely end in 2 ways; 1 he is shot and the member is killed, 2 he is captured and the member is killed. Both of which he did not want to happen. He could disguise himself as a peace keeper that way he can say he is on “official business” and show the residents the video with out them having to turn him down. But that runs the risk of him either being caught by the peace keepers or the residents seeing though his disguise. Not to mention how he was supposed to get a hooded robe the peace keepers here wear. Well tracking the kidnapped member was going to be hard. But it not impossible. Green then geared up and proceeded to the hub. He then went to the work district in the hope of finding a run down factory but to his surprise every single factory there was in use. Maybe he should have known better. So he then proceeded to go off into the residential district of the station. This is probably where the Herrings were located. Since a lot of the suites were up for sale who’s to say some squatters did not take up residence in one. How ever due to the alarming amount of peace keepers that are in the residential district it was going to be tough to not become suspicious. Looked like that assassination had made some people paranoid and asked for some peace keepers to keep a closer eye on what is happening in the residential district. But that would mean that the Herrings would have a hard time getting out of the house to get supplies since he is pretty sure that both mercenary groups are banned from Uno for the time being. Perhaps there were some stores In the shopping district that were run down. Kinda like the bar Green visits. So after feigning ignorance of being lost he made his way to the shopping district of the station. After a bit of snooping and a tad bit of window shopping he found a couple of run down stores. Some where open but others were closed. So Green went into the open ones and asked the store owners if they had seen anyone coming in or out of the other stores often. But it looked like in order to get any type of info from them Green would have to by something of value since you can assume that business is “booming” there. So in the first store he bought some shoddy looking ammo from one that costed about 20 creds. He was not going to use this for it looked like the material itself was going to brake from a simple drop. The store owner did not have any good info on the people here but he has notice a lot strange figures passing by. Green then thanked the owner and left. Next one was a used tech store. Same thing with the weapons one you need to by something before you can get any info. So Green bought 2 wireless microphones. The pair costed 30 creds and the store owner had the same thing to say “suspicious characters but this time one day those characters came in and bought a single camera.” and that looked like that was all the store owner could really say. Green thanked the owner and left it looked like he was on the right track He then finally came upon a clothing store. As he entered the Store owner greeted Green. His voice sounded familiar Green thought. The clerk there then asked for Greens bag which he surrenderd making sure he had the talon madalion and PDA with him. Before he continued to shop. After mindless browsing and trips to the dressing room Green quietly listened to the torture tape. Sure enough the voices sounded really familiar though less radio like. But he could not be for certain so he synced his wireless mics to his PDA and placed them discreetly in the clothing making sure they are not visible. But was still able to hear. After buying a used heavy wool coat and some worn leather gloves which costed him about 100 creds. Green left the store but he did not go home he instead entered the alleyway and listened in on the mics. It sounded like the mic was working thankfully but he will have to hope that the battery will last till he can confirm the Herrings are using this store as a font for their deeds. Hours passed as Green sat in the cournor until he heard someone speaking. He could not understand due to the quality of the mic but it sounded like a group of people discussing in the store. Peering over at the clothing store its open sign was now closed. Why would beings still be in it? He was still not certain and continued to listen in attempting to make out what they were saying. After a while there was silence and what sounded like a door being opened. Peering out of the alley he saw 4 figures walking together in a group. If he was going to investigate now was the time to do it. So he slipped outside of the alleyway and attempted to open the door. It was locked but thankfully the door itself was made of what looked to be glass. So Green hooded up, unholsterd and switched on his Vibro knife. He then stabbed at the glass breaking it with ease. Thankfully the place did not have any alarm system up. Either because it was off or it was broken. Regardless it made his job a lot easier. Sneaking inside Green went to the back room of the store. Inside he found 2 stair ways one leading up another leading down. Going up he found what looked to be a bunch of mattresses on the floor as well as a bunch of commodities and trash around the place such as take out boxes and worthless tech. This must have been where they are sleeping. Green then sneaked downstairs and heard someone coming up from Green then quickly went into the store and hid in one of the dressing rooms. After a bit of silence it would appear that his entry was not noted yet but he had to be fast. It sounded like the being was now up stairs so Green entered the back room again and went down stairs. He then entered a room and found out it was the room of where the torture video took place. With the same lone chair and a tripod stand with a camera on it. He looked around trying to find a clue as for where the Talon member and found another door. He heard shouting and scream coming from the door. But he had to wait for the door itself was locked. So Green went into a dark corner of the room and waited and listened. The shouts were that of mostly insults and demanding that the person give up the info if they want this all to end. But after every demand and insult he would hear another voice give a weak but stern “Fuck you.” then more screaming. After about 15 mins of the screaming, shouting and some hard hitting meat sounds, a figure came out wearing White Herring armor. Though with noticeable red sploshes of blood on it. As the figure was locking the door Green came out of the shadows and stabbed the being in the back of the skull. Thankfully the modified Vibro knife was easily able to penetrate though the blue visor helmet killing the Herring member silently. Green then checked the body for a key and found it. In which he used to unlock the locked door. Once the door was open Green dragged the dead Herring into the room with him. Inside the room was a man chained to the wall with a large amount of dry and wet blood around and on them, it was also dimmly lit and there was an array of tools around. This time the person was naked but with the Jute bag still over their head. It looked like the man was still alive breath still. As the door closed the bagged man hear this and said “You came back for more huh? I AIN'T TELLING YOU SHIT YOU FUCKER!” the bagged man yelled. That voice did sound familiar. Confirming the man was still alive Green then removed the bag from the man. The man was Ira to Green’s surprise. Ira was looking at Green with 1 eye open. Looked like he had lost one to the Herrings themselves. As Ira looked he said “Who the fuck are you?” before coughing up blood. Green then looked around the room There was a syringe that looked like it had healing stim in it. Green presumed they used it on him to keep him alive for longer. So Green injected Ira with it. Ira gave little to no resistance to the injection. Green then said “don’t worry I’m here to get you out of here.” he said though his bandanna. Ira now looked more relaxed but still a bit tensed. “Well if you are here to rescue me you’re probably going to have to carry me out of here. The fucks broke my legs incase I some how managed to get our of these chains.” Ira said Still pained. It looked like the dead herring did not have the key to the chains but the chains themselves looked to be made of iron. So pulling out his Vibro knife once again he cut the chains effortlessly, and Ira fell to the floor. Green then picked Ira up and he offered again no resistance. Green then went up stairs to the store and got Ira into some clothing not only for his decency but also to hide the wounds and blood he was covered in him. After a quick redressing of Ira and retrieval of his mics Green exited the store with Ira over his shoulder. Green knew his hood was a wanted figure so he stuck to the alley ways only moving out in the open when he though he was not being watched. Eventually Green had made it to the Hub with Ira still carried over his shoulders. He then placed down Ira asking if he can walk or at least limp. Testing his legs out it looked like he could at least move them but not walk on them. Green then un-hooded. Ira looked like he recognized Green and was now even more relaxed but he was still not out of the woods yet. So picking up Ira again he now carried Ira as if he was heavily drunk from a night of drinking after some tense moments and a few stares from the peace keepers they made it to the ship. Green then looked back to check if they were being followed. Thankfully they were not and he made it with Ira in his ship. He then sat Ira down on the kitchen table. This ship was only made for one man use so warping to the daycare was going to be a risky thing. So Green dragged Ira to the cockpit and placed him as securely to the wall tying his legs to the chair legs and placing his pillow under his head as he could. It was going to be really risky but hopefully the both of them will make it out. As Green lifted off from his bay he quickly flew into space As he left he got an automated goodbye message from Uno, and then he was out in space as he got a safe distance out he then warned Ira that he was going to warp and Ira braced himself the best he could. After a slowed warp sequence and some tense yelling it was now safe to move around the ship. With that Green sighed a sigh of relief, and then unstrapped himself and Ira who appeared to have lost conscious during the warp but was still alive. Green then carried his body to his bed so that he may sleep a bit easier. After a few hours of warping he got a warning that he was approaching his destination He then slowed down the craft and soon enough he was presented with the Dreadnought Daycare. In which the Daycare hailed to Green. “Who are you and what is your Business?” Said the greeter Green then fetched his talon medallion and showed it to the camera. After a bit of inspection the greeter gave Green the all clear to dock in the Daycare. After a quick landing sequence He did not have time to get out of his pilots chair before he heard loud banging coming form the Airlock. Green then opened it up and in came Millisa and a larger being with a medical bed. Green then Got out went into his quarters to show the still unconscious Ira. In which Millisa was extremely happy to see “HAHA I knew you could do it kid.” she yelled as the larger being proceeded to pick up the unconscious man placing him on the bed. “I hope the Herrings did not give you to much trouble did they?” the boss then asked. “No only one but that was all.” answered Green. Millisa was even more happy upon hearing this “Perfect I have to think up of a reward for you more then just money. Get some rest for now. I’ll call for you when I have come up with a suitable reward.” she said before following the larger being out with the medical bed. With that Green Proceeded back into his quarters on his ship and went to sleep. Today was a rough day, he thought to himself. The then drifted into sleep.