>>6345059>I hope that this interlude has managed to entertain and pass the timeIt has! Thank you for keeping the players engaged. Reading your work has given me all sorts of inspiration.
You praise my writing but you've been writing some thrilling action sequences which the main quest lacked.
Anyway, I have neglected this quest for too long, but before we get to the next decision point have this little interlude inspired by the exploits of Ex-Nihilo.
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Meanwhile…
<span class="mu-s">Horned Princess Shipyards, Car’cass System</span>
“Jack, did we ever sell any Thunderbirds to the Raihans?”
“I… don’t think so?”
“Then why am I getting reports of the Imperials fielding unmanned Thunderbird variants!? Even the Pact are making their own knock offs!”
“Uhh…”
“Lady Shimada, if I may?”
Shin-Claih, Head of Intelligence.
“I believe that the designs were leaked.”
“What? Was there a data breach you forgot to tell me about?”
“No my Lady, but do you recall who originally designed the Thunderbird?”
“Some incompetent convict engineer we got from Shima, uh… Henry, Harry?”
“Harris Glasner, the current (Acting) Director of Pact R&D.”
Jack sat up immediately.
“Oh I remember him! His work had <span class="mu-i">sovl</span>... Wait a minute; that is theft of intellectual property! We legally own all the designs Glasner made while he was working for us. Shin-Claih, get legal up here, we need to sue his ass! And the Raihans too while we’re at it.”
Mayumi rolled her eyes.
“Jack, somehow I doubt that either the Imperial or Pact Courts are going to bother with this.”
“Well then go sic Captain Farron on him, isn’t he like, a super soldier?”
Mayumi let out a long exasperated sigh.
“Formidable as the esteemed Captain is, I doubt even he can infiltrate a fortified military facility deep within Pact space to assassinate Glasner.”
“Woah, woah! I don’t want the guy dead, he makes some cool shit. I just want the Captain to, uh, slap him around or something.”
“Ugh, let it go Jack, the Thunderbird was a terrible design and I really could care less about it being stolen.”
Jack looked severely wounded.
“Mr. Horner, if I may; with all the footage of ships with large rotary cannons wreaking havoc going round the infonet a certain mania has set in for similar designs. This would be an excellent opportunity to advertise the Warbird and Crown.”
Jack immediately lit up again.
“Oh HELL YEAH! Get the marketing team in here! I’m already getting ideas!”
Mayumi shook her head and smiled weakly; at least Jack was doing what he did best.
>Quest will continue shortly. 