A Rich Haul

No messages this morning, So I decide to check local prices. At first i didnt notice but then i see it. Someone has a purchase order at the raxian starbase for 1000 units of bullion for 5m.

I knock over my breakfast tray in the scramble to get to the bridge. "Heads up" I yell to my crew "Theres a big order at the starbase and were going to fill it."

Poor Jones Folley hasnt worked this hard in ages, as we race from astroid to refinery to starbase and back again. Not long later the order has been filled and im 5m better off. I cant help wondering who placed the order, and to what use the bullion will be put, probably electronic control circuits for the spaceship industry.

I notice another order at the base, its only paying 1000 per unit of bullion, thats over 150 less than i can get out-system, but the profit per turn ratio is almost double since there is considerably less time wasted in flight. I decide to try and fill as much of that order as time permits.

On another note, no reply from any of the other recruiters yet on the benifits of joining a faction, However the Friendly Cpt Tigger provided possibly the best reason during a conversation we were having. "soon- you will find that hanging your captains hat in a space staion we all call home- or going planetside for some R&R with fellow fleet members will sound appealing". I think she was getting at commraderie and a sense of belonging...

Well Ive visited all the Planets in the Raxian System now, but surely there are more factions operating in Raxia that just RGF and SC, I have noticed that quite a few of the ships that i cross trails with in my trips around raxia are members of the Technomage Aliance, I look them up and notice that Cpt Tigger is also a member. Well what do you know. I later find out from Tigger that the Technomage Aliance is an open and friendly faction dedicated to training young men and women into hardened space pilots. A noble cause, Raxia could certainly do with more pilots. System Comms was empty again today, I popped in and out all day, and there was no-one there, not a sausage.

I have been wondering about Munstard and his RGF, I think it needs further investigation. Well as an Aeten my self he is my representative so i decide to write to the office of our president.

Dear Mr President.

I am a constituant of yours, I have to admit that previously i wasnt too interested in politics but now that Im captain of a space ship the goings on in the system affect me more directly.

I was wondering Ive noticed that your also the leader of the Raxian Governing Fleet, and that the RGF also controls 2 other planets in our system. Does this mean that Aeten will be made the administrative center of the Raxian System? If so what effect will this have on common Aeten Captains like myself?

I hope ive given my letter the right tone, not to inquisitive, not to highbrow...

well its been a busy day, time to hit the sack.