Haldana Saga - The Bounty at Fort Muggclaw

It was a bad day, a terrible day. At least that's what it seemed like to captain Christian Haldana, she was a little Muggfraking upset that she was sent to Fort Muggclaw, which wasn't really a fort, it was more like a haphazard pirate enclave on a desolate dead desert world that had had the terrible fate of suffering an ancient nuclear apocalypse. She was sent there to find a bounty and bring him back to the New Earth Union, but not a huge bounty a little bounty, she was a captain, she didn't like going to pirate enclaves on a good day, especially for small bounties but today wasn't even good. There was another storm of acid rain throughout the area and Fort Muggclaw smelled like a den of wet Muggrat, it was vile but she tried to push those disgusting smells out of her nostrils and think about the task at hand, the bounty on a local mercenary.

She tried not to breath and looked at her holopad one more time that was connected to her headset to remind her who she was looking for, she looked at the holographic display that was only showing on her heads up display and looked at the face of the mercenary's criminal profile, it was a rugged face of chiseled and scared dimensions but looked uncanningly nonchalant in his expression. She looked at the name, Zanadoo Grim. It seemed like a silly name but I guess people had thought her name was silly too. She pushed a holographic button for more information on the bounty. The AI system in her armor spoke to her in a somewhat computerized robotic voice directly into her headset.

"Captain Haldana, hoping you're having a fine day. The bounty you're looking for was last reported in this area just yesterday by local informants, he should still be here, we should probably check the local space docks, his ship the Muggbane might still be there, but use extreme caution, his crew might number in the hundreds, I know you might think you can take them all on at once but please don't try, I'd like to get back in one piece, if you die, I die, so be careful, for me, will you, please?"

She gave her AI a response while smiling somewhat, at least the AI had a little sense of humor.

"Yeah, yeah, Muggfraking yeah. I'll get you back alive, just chill your overworked quantum worry butt off, will you, please? Dear Muggfraking lord. I have to deal with pirate scum and a whining little AI."

A group of nearby pirates overheard her say "pirate scum" and jerked their heads to look at her, the group pulled their weapons out. Laser rifles off of their backs, dark matter pistols from multiple holsters, energy sabers, etc. As they took their weapons out they came over to her and their leader addressed her.

"I Muggfraking heard you call us scum. Am I right, you Muggfraking little offworlder?"

Christian responded as she tried to walk away, not wanting unnecessary attention and conflict.

"You heard wrong, it's just a Muggfraking misunderstanding. There's no need for anyone to die."

A few pirates blocked her from leaving and the lead pirate gave her a response.

"I didn't Muggfraking hear wrong, you Muggfraking little Muggrat! You're a Muggbrained do gooder, I can tell, you're no pirate or mercenary and we don't like do gooders at Fort Muggclaw! You know what we do with Muggkissing do gooders, we slice them up and feed them to the friendly and hungry local wildlife, but not before we have a little fun with them first, we always want to have fun with the Muggfraking do gooders who come to Fort Muggclaw, right boys?"

The other pirates, who were all human men laughed and started blocking in Christian in all directions as they agreed with their leader, thinking that she was an easy target. She looked like one, dressed like a beggar, with a long dark and dirty robe, but appearances can be deceiving. Under that seemingly beggar robe was state of the art New Earth Union combat power armor. She activated the combat setting and her helmet wrapped around her head out from under her robe. The pirates somewhat stepped back, shocked by the battle armor coming from nowhere. She smiled underneath her helmet and said.

"Alright boys, lets see what you've Muggfraking got."

They rushed her and she pulled off her robe, revealing her armor as she pulled her guns out, blasting a few closest to her. She bashed a few in the face, breaking their teeth and shattering their jaws and kicked another in the groan, she slammed another through a nearby metal shack and another she punched with a flurry of intensity. Only one remained, the pirate leader, who was now running away. She sent out a grappling hook from her right side arm module which attached to his leg and pulled him to her as he screamed in pain. She said one last thing before kicking him in the face and breaking his skull in multiple parts.

"Just another Muggfraking day, at least it's picking up a little."

She pulled her robe closed again and deactivated combat mode and started her search again for her bounty.

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Continue to part 2.

Haldana Saga - The Bounty at Fort Muggclaw - Part 2