WCGW Chpt 27

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==Chapter 27 - What Could Go Wrong==
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10 May 3041
Inner End (Federated Commonwealth)
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Today was a busy day as both Bauer Enterprises and Fairchild Dornier had managed to schedule both shipments for the same day. But by some miracle it was the same Dropship, so that made it so much easier to deal with. With Chief Zuniga and his people heading back to the ships at the Jump Point, Master Sergeant Harry Caldwell supervised the shipment of the containers to the waiting Dropship. Yesterday under the watchful eye of Petra Claus, they had carefully loaded the SL-26 Samurai into one of the shipping containers that had contained a RPR-101 Rapier. By using extra padding and some quick welding on a few modifications to the internal framework inside the containers, Petra Claus had been satisfied that the Samurai would make it to it's final destination safely.
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Sevon (Outworlds Alliance)
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Adam Pallas smiled as he thought he had found a little revenge for getting beat by that smart ass Mitchell. For the last few days, his people had scoured the listings of Jumpships and Dropships trying to finalize the deal and today he had circled the ones he wanted.
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Star Lord Class Jumpship
Registration - Draconis Combine DC-18653
Status - Repossessed
Location - Nadrin, DC
Cost - 786,000,000 C-Bills
Age - 198 years
Last Overhaul - 3 years
Comments - Mechanically sound. Interior is rundown and dirty. Issue with air scrubber. One drop collar inoperable. Transport crew is available for delivery.
Monarch Passenger Dropship
Registration - Federated Suns FS-027658
Status - Repossessed
Location - Benedict, FedSuns
Cost - 101,000,000
Age - 131 years
Last Overhaul - 4 years
Comments - Mechanically sound. Air filtration system in need of major overhaul. Interior is extremely filthy, advise replacement.
Monarch Passenger Dropship
Registration - Outworlds Alliance OA-34952
Status - Forfeit, Smuggling
Location - Alpheratz, OA
Cost - Govt Auction
Age - 149 years
Last Overhaul - 4 years
Comments - Mechanically sound. Interior and Staterooms in extreme distress. Ships Kitchen gutted.
Union Dropship (CV) Fighter Carrier
Registration - Merc MC-12746
Status - Seized for debt payments
Location - Outreach, FS
Cost - 150,000,000
Age - 202 years
Last Overhaul - 3 years
Comments - Small fuel leak 1 ton per week, 5 Aerospace Fighter bays inoperable as launch or recovery, interior filthy
Mule Cargo Dropship
Registration - None
Status - Seized, Smuggling
Location - Crofton, FedSuns
Cost - Govt Auction
Age - 183 years
Last Overhaul - 3 years
Comments - Mechanically sound, only 1 cargo lift operable, filthy and smelly
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Try as they might, they could not locate a Leopard CV. But the modified Union carried more Aerospace fighters anyway, he would call it an upgrade. But overall, he figured he was saving himself at least 500 Million C-Bills, while still meeting the letter of the contract. He would have his lawyer contact Mitchell and see if the swap in type would be acceptable. On a recorded line and he would have his lawyer ready to head to the man's hotel with a change order ready to go. The best yet, was that if bought them all really fast, he could get them all delivered just in time for every single one of them to be due a 5 year overhaul cycle. Let Mitchell pay for that expense, he thought with a smile.
Two hours later, Captain David Mitchell signed the contract change order agreeing that the Union (CV) would be an acceptable swap for the Leopard CV. That was all that he knew except that it met all the stipulated details of the original contract. The ability to carry 12 Aerospace Fighters far outweighed anything else in his mind. Pallas' lawyer had even brought a notary from the local courthouse to make everything legal right at their hotel. Tomorrow he and Sharon Campbell would leave for Inner End. Overall, he was in a good mood since he had word that the Invader Jumpship and Intruder Assault Dropship had been awarded to him. They could head out immediately for Toten to recover the mining mechs and see of the other 2 stations spotted had any onboard. Then he could sell them back to Pallas.
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