Between Rocks and a Hard Case

Life, Career

Never know what might be under a space rock ...

Every spacefaring crew needs a nice Wookiee lady to elevate the tone of the place.

Good thing the Banana Republic found a nice Wookiee lady, because somebody else has found the Banana Republic....

Never know what might be under a space rock ...

With another cargo run to Dorella System complete, it's time for the return trip to Tallaan System with a shipment of Quan-tech mining drill stabilizers, and a full load of pyralite crystal. Two things that the Shubin Mining Guild on Tallaan will be happy to see, and open their cred-sticks for.

The hyperspace jump has been anything but trivial. Ion storms in the outer rim of Dorella fouled the deflector grid. Mynocks chewing on plasma conduits to the backup hyperdrive almost took the ship off course. Arriving in the Sorella System to check navigation before continuing on the route for Tavya System, and then Tallaan, seemed a relief.

Then the ship's sensors picked up the faint signal of a distress call from the asteroid belt in the outer planets. Local law in the Freeworlds Territory encourages reporting, if not answering, distress calls. But this one stands out more than normal. For Iwa, the distress call is coming from a ship named the Redwood. For S'reee, Rushlight, and Dizzy, it's from a ship called the Banana Republic.