RidOv Chpt-15

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==Ridiculously Overboard!! (A Captain Roberts Tale!!)Chapter 15 - Hunt for a Crew==
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How to find recruits...
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...when you're still not well enough known or properly acknowledged?
Comparing mapping from the Snow Raven merchant Jumpship Lucky Crow with the charts aboard her own ship-the centuries-old charts, showed a world within a couple of jumps.
Halla. Halla was according to the ancient information, a small terrestrial [enclave]] with a Freeminder spacer community in the system.
If there were anyone left, they would be in the outer system.
She planned her thrust from the Alpheratz system for an off-axis zone in the outer system, away from the main traffic routes, much as she had coming in. The jump points are simply closest stable approach. L1 points are the quickest routes in absolute terms, but require exact timing...but if you don't want to be in the middle of everyone's scope, going to the outer system instead allows easy jumps well out of the vision of patrols...and most won't look for a sail reflection off the main axes.
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"The girl is a romantic at heart, and I think we can safely call her brutally traumatized." Seron reported. "it is likely she is not completely in rational control."
The Loremaster regarded his subordinate. "That is a given, they did brain surgery."
"Aff...but it suggests she might make specific mistakes. she tried to avoid killing the warriors on the Lucky Crow. Somehow, I doubt she would have passed the profile for a member of the Blackhearts, never mind the Assassination and Mayhem operatives listed under Desmond."
"You would prefer to acquire this... 'Great Pirate Roberts' alive then?"
"I want to rescue Amanda Roberts before she makes a catastrophic mistake." Seron corrected. "Also, we have identified her target."
"The target from the data mining?"
"Aff." he brought up the image, "There are five possibles we know of, I confirmed two missing on my way to interview her parents on Quatre Bell. One of them would be too large to handle for anyone but a dedicated team. The other missing vessel, is a Bonaventure class corvette, which Can be moved and flown by a single operator, but said operator would not be able to man the weapons nor control the smallcraft and fighter complement. She will need a crew."
"You think she is by herself, quineg?"
"Aff, she is alone. Her profile does not show a gregarious nature. Her background includes not so much as a single criminal contact, no criminals in the family, and a religious upbringing in a somewhat isolated pacifist community. Simply put, the girl has no idea beyond lurid fictions of what a Pirate is or does. We should probably find her before she meets a real one and is further corrupted...or worse."
"You think she has this Bonaventure class?"
"I think so. She left all kinds of evidence, including the stolen Mark VII behind there, and she was not present at the asteroid facility or evidently dead on the surface, which suggests she has the ship...and a Bonnie is a good ride for antipiracy operations provided you do not need to land ground forces. the spaceframe is optimized for anti-fighter and dropship work, it is fast, well protected for the role, and has a large cargo bay...which also makes it ideal for piracy if you do not mind not landing to raid, but instead stick to spaceborne and deep space interceptions."
"A possible asset to the Clan, then, if it can be recovered, Quiaff?"
"Aff. If nothing else, we need to assure we have exclusive control of warship assets in the region."
"Approved, then. Figure out where this kid is going, who she thinks she can recruit, and get ahead of her.", Loremaster commanded him.
"Seyla."
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