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When Nanny is done with the scan, it asks,
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“Would you like the ship to give you one standard for a shower?”
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“No, no movement, no acceleration.”
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Kainda is still in pain and is moving slowly in the space shower, which is an enclosure with water f...
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It takes a lot of soap and scrubbing to get the grease off.
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The scrubbing was painful for parts of her abdomen.
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After getting dressed, Kainda goes to the bridge.
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“Hunter, I am ready to talk about the pirate bounty data. I want to start with all the details regar...
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“Captain, we are not sure we understand your goal, but we will work on the data. We need to emphasiz...
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“I am not worried about that right now. I want to rest, get to the Warbot freighter, and spend time ...
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“The pirate bounty data does not have an originator identified. There is a codename ‘Ruler’.”
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“Ruler like the measuring device or like a royal person?”
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“Unknown. There are several other bounties in the Ruler data that have been completed. One of those ...
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Kainda frowns,
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“Someone with the ability to get Murphy’s military equipment and give it away. That narrows it down ...
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“You can add someone who acts on their behalf. The actual person may have someone using their name a...
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“Add to your list. The list contains things to research on the public network when we can get access...
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“Done, Captain.”
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“If we are dealing with the Murphy military, we are going to need to discuss Warbots more. I don’t k...
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“Are you talking as Princess Murphy or Captain Capek?”
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“I’m both. I can’t ignore this. They are taking expensive and dangerous resources and giving them to...
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Hunter replies,
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“Captain, we knew this when the plan to attack the casino was discussed. Are you now concerned about...
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“No, I knew. The reason to lie low is to create a good plan. We will need more intelligence or data....
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After two sleep cycles, Kainda feels well enough and has Hunter plan the jumps to get to the Warbot ...
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The freighter in the asteroid field surprised Kainda upon her arrival.
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Worker robots have sealed and pressurized a section of the old ship.
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“We have a base?”
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“Yes, Captain. We can expand the pressurized area further if you desire. Right now, it is the very f...
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“How do we keep it filled with air?”
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“We will use ice asteroids, water extracted from normal asteroids, or simply go to a moon with froze...
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Kainda smiles,
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“A base, a fleet of two shuttles, my empire is huge.”
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She knows there is no humor in the Hunter AI.
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She’s amused by her rapid transformation from clueless princess to a powerful empire builder after a...
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“Hunter, I want to add to your salvage priority list to get supplies. To every salvage guild, they h...
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“Confirmed, Captain. Those types of supplies are usually ignored because they have little trade valu...
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“That is an excellent idea for two reasons. First, we can use the shuttle to survey areas. Yes, I kn...
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“Modifying the shuttles with better scanning equipment will take two cycles.”
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“Let me be more specific in my thinking. The shuttles have a pilot’s chair and some room for robots ...
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“We can create a search plan based on our known old salvage areas.”
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“Start with the oldest and work forward. Get as much as possible; if that means making multiple trip...
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“That won’t work, Captain.”
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“Why?”
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“We shouldn’t create a growing area; we don’t need to recycle air. A biological cycle must be comple...
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“Well, crap. I thought I had a solution for long-term living here. That means I depend on what the s...
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“There will always be a need to get supplies from a trade hub. We can harvest or import carbon dioxi...
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“Hunter, I think this is just confirming my concern. We need a plan. I don’t know enough to make a g...
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“Captain, the next priority, based on your discussion, is that we need a plan for the shuttles.”
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“I want your input, but here is what I am thinking. Each shuttle is given a jump plan, a survey plan...
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“Captain, Warbrain is concerned about this plan.”
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“I want to hear the concerns.”
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“The shuttles have been identified. We can change the transponders, but that won’t last. You should ...
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“Good input for me.”
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Kainda pauses, thinking,
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“I don’t know what I don’t know. This is an example of something I have never experienced. Kainda is...
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“We don’t have more ships, Captain.”
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Getting up from the command chair and floating to the engineer station, then back to the front of th...
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“Ahh.”
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She tries to kick the console, but it only starts spinning in the bridge.
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“Captain, what is wrong? Captain, how do we help?”
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Kainda stops herself from spinning and takes several deep breaths.
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Trying to kick the console hurt.
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She is upset with her own stupidity, her princess-like attitude towards this.
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“Hunter, I need to sit and talk to you. I am upset with myself.”
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She moves to the captain’s chair, sits down, and straps in.
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After a minute of holding her abdomen, she sits back and says,
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“Hunter, I don’t have a plan. I am a little princess playing planetary politics. I thought I could b...
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“We will help.”
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Three hours later, Kainda is slowly rubbing her abdomen and continues talking with Hunter about plan...
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“We all agree we need more ships. You have salvaged all over the sector. Can we assemble ships?”
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“We usually take parts off a ship frame or platform as salvage. We rarely salvage ship frames becaus...
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“I don’t need complete ships, no biologicals. Simply a frame with the basics can work. Let’s go back...
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“Captain, it is a good plan until we get more data. However, based on our current data, we don’t thi...
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“Give me an alternative and don’t play it safe. There is a bounty on me, and everyone wants me, so I...
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“We need to target and take ships.”
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“What are you saying, like a pirate?”
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“Based on the pirate bounty database, we can capture bounties and declare salvage on their ships.”
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Kainda suddenly understands, smiles, and yells,
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“Hunter, that is genius!”
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“There is a problem with this approach. We will get bounties and ships, but we will also add to the ...
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“I just made a major pirate faction very mad at me. What I hear you saying is the planning must be a...
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“Correct. If this location is to be considered our base, it needs to be secret, and that is a proble...
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“Is that because their jump log will show our location?”
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“Yes.”
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“I need to think about this. Let’s switch and talk about the bounty selection and where we could sta...
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