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The Footsteps of a Father...


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James sat back in the pilots couch as the auto pilot guided the shuttle into orbit above Earth.

He tilted his head back, gazing up into the bluish crystal he played between his fingers, remembering his fathers words... "One day, I'll be too old for this and you'll have to take over the Void Angel" that was just 5 years ago but it seemed like a lifetime. His father never grew old, he was killed by raiders in a ship bearing a black scorpion in a red circle. That was just a month ago. If he only had stuck to trade routes watched by Galcom.

"You might be able to earn a living for yourself and your crew on the 'Safe' routes..." his father had said once upon a time, " but the real money is made off the beaten path... Meet the right people and learn when to run..."

"I guess he didnt live by his own rules" James said aloud, still playing with the crystal.

"Pardon Sir?" replied the flight engineer in the shuttle with him.

"Nothing" answered James, pocketing the trinket. "Nothing"

James watched as his fathers, His, Jenstar grew larger in the window until he could make out its name "Void Angel" Emblazoned in black and gold upon the ships hull.

As the shuttle docked, James thought to himself, "LEARN when to run. KNOW when to Rip their f***ing throats out." The last part coming into his memory of that conversation that he had forgotten. An odd twisted smile blew across his face as the shuttle doors swept open revealing the Interior of the Void Angel and her bridge crew.

"Everything alright on the trip Sir?" asked the Medical Officer upon seeing James' odd smile.

"Yes, Everything is good." he replied, killing the unconscious smile, as he walked past the bridge crew and out of the shuttle bay.

The bridge crew glanced at each other with knowing expressions.

Finally the Combat Officer mumbled, "Well, He always said he would find someway of coming back to haunt us if we let him die." an odd grimace appearing on each of their faces as they filed out of the shuttlebay...

((James Micron begins his adventures))

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