The crew of the Svartulf are delivering a mundane consignment to Cotapaxi Orbital. Upon docking for unload they receive a level one coded transmission chit from a courier dressed as
a cargo-rat.
Drop to Cotopaxi planetside, research station 9 (“Jungleland”) and pick up an unnamed passenger for return; instructions on passenger destination to be relayed upon confirmation of pick-up to contact.
A routine job; except the only person who ever sends them a code one message is Senator Maxsim Travers, (formerly Fleet Commander Travers, 2nd Fleet) the crew’s old commander, a man they would lay down their lives for. And arranging passenger transport is light years below his pay grade.
Tags: Space Opera, On the Frontier, Fracturing Empire