After the SDN penetrated the blockades most of the Blood Empire and Outcast forces were repositioned to planet Kyushu, Nansei Research Station and the jumpgate to Tau 29. The jumpholes were too often used by Outcasts and fugitives to be a viable means of entry for any fleet less than a full scale invasion. A lone bounty hunter on the other hand, or even a small wing, could manage it easily enough.
Working in a war zone, it helped to be ok good terms with both sides. Failing that (of course) receiving ‘special consideration’ from the Bretonian long range patrols and agents was better than nothing. Too much connection to a certain group was like a target painted on your hull though; Carnifex enjoyed the relative freedom of being a bounty hunter. Outcasts would still kill on sight but that was the same for almost everyone, even civilians (sometimes especially civilians).
Carnifex stalked the clouds of Kyushu with a mind to earning more money.
“I’ll have to find something to spend all these credits on,” he mused out loud, “they are no good to me sitting around not being spent... maybe a new ship...”
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Love the open ended moment at the end of this post! Delightful setting scenario!
The whole idea of a bar-thread is to get other involved in the story, as you'll see in the later posts. It's always important that the environment, the direction and the specifics of the piece always have room for change and are fluid as each person contributes. This story started out as something to roleplay as bounty hunters and I was able to turn it into telling the story of effectively rebelling against the Guild in just a few posts amounting to under a page. That's the nature of bar-threads with multiple authors.
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