[03.08.2021 16:02:49] Ridge: A Cruiser...
[03.08.2021 16:02:51] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Approaching vessel, identify yourself.
[03.08.2021 16:03:11] Ridge: Vinnny.
[03.08.2021 16:03:18] Ridge: Well, ahem. Vinny.
[03.08.2021 16:03:25] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Vincent Abrams?
[03.08.2021 16:03:30] Ridge: In the flesh.
[03.08.2021 16:03:51] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Stand by while we perform a scan of your ship.
[03.08.2021 16:04:01] Ridge: Don't expect to find much...
[03.08.2021 16:04:38] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: It appears to be clean.
[03.08.2021 16:05:40] Ridge: Well...I spilled some soda on the couch, but you know that doesn't go off. Not as easily as intended, though.
[03.08.2021 16:05:53] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Indeed.
[03.08.2021 16:06:02] Ridge: So...Hawkins?
[03.08.2021 16:06:09] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Correct.
[03.08.2021 16:06:32] Ridge: Sheesh...yeah...
[03.08.2021 16:06:43] Ridge: Sorry for being late. Had uhm. I got held up in Kepler.
[03.08.2021 16:07:03] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Apology accepted.
[03.08.2021 16:07:15] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Now, about this material you allegedly procured from within the Dyson sphere.
[03.08.2021 16:07:31] Ridge: So...uhm...- uh-huh. What about it?
[03.08.2021 16:07:58] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: I would like to hear exactly how you managed to get ahold of it.
[03.08.2021 16:08:41] Ridge: As I told your Scout. I was part of Team Six a few years ago. A bunch of us went in a pathway through several-
[03.08.2021 16:08:57] Ridge: -of Sirius's systems. And some so outlandish you could never tell which is up and which is down.
[03.08.2021 16:09:24] Ridge: The final destination was the Dyson Sphere. Filled with Nomads to the brim, as you'd expect.
[03.08.2021 16:10:23] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: And where exactly within the Dyson sphere did you find the samples you have collected?
[03.08.2021 16:10:47] Ridge: Hard to tell. Everywhere you go...it's all the same.
[03.08.2021 16:11:20] Ridge: We came out of the wormhole, and the next thing we know, a huge construction just sat there, fifteen clicks away.
[03.08.2021 16:11:55] Ridge: We took what we can while being attacked by Nomads. The hardest part was to dock on that thing while being shot by dozens of -
[03.08.2021 16:11:58] Ridge: -those assholes.
[03.08.2021 16:13:17] Ridge: Organic matter, holding energy gathered from the Dyson Sphere itself, over centuries...
[03.08.2021 16:13:34] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Is it stable?
[03.08.2021 16:14:25] Ridge: Theoretically, it is possible to chemically tap into the raw energy. The outcome of it is unknown, though.
[03.08.2021 16:14:32] Ridge: In its current state? They're stable.
[03.08.2021 16:15:14] Ridge: I've been holding onto them for years.
[03.08.2021 16:15:17] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: So. You entered the Dyson sphere through a temporary anomaly, were able to dock to an ancient structure within, and-
[03.08.2021 16:15:32] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: procure samples of organic batteries from within.
[03.08.2021 16:15:42] Ridge: In a nutshell, yes.
[03.08.2021 16:15:51] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: You then escaped while under pursuit by the Nomads and have been carrying these samples with you since.
[03.08.2021 16:16:02] Ridge: Pretty much.
[03.08.2021 16:16:17] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: You will understand why I may sound skeptical.
[03.08.2021 16:16:44] Ridge: Up to you. I told your Scout. I am very reluctant to sell these. If at all.
[03.08.2021 16:16:57] Ridge: I risked my neck way too many times to keep them safe.
[03.08.2021 16:17:21] Ridge: Corpos' came after me, then the Police. And now the Auxesians want them too.
[03.08.2021 16:17:42] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: I believe Vigil-3 told you to avoid the Auxesians.
[03.08.2021 16:18:21] Ridge: Can't exactly avoid them when you're carrying twenty batteries with unmeasurable capacity.
[03.08.2021 16:18:34] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Indeed.
[03.08.2021 16:18:56] Ridge: They even offered an impressive sum for it. And even then, I respectfully declined.
[03.08.2021 16:19:04] Ridge: Know how much it was?
[03.08.2021 16:19:21] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: I assume you are about to tell me.
[03.08.2021 16:19:33] Ridge: You assume right. 500 Milion.
[03.08.2021 16:19:37] Ridge: For five units.
[03.08.2021 16:20:02] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Yes, the Auxesians are well-known for their greed for alien technology.
[03.08.2021 16:20:10] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: And for the lengths they will go to to obtain it.
[03.08.2021 16:20:48] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: If you indeed declined their offer, I would reinforce my pilot's advice to keep away from them in the future.
[03.08.2021 16:22:27] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Now, on to business.
[03.08.2021 16:22:48] Ridge: Yup.
[03.08.2021 16:22:55] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Section 8 agrees to paying thirty million credits for one unit of the unknown material.
[03.08.2021 16:23:10] Ridge: The terms have changed, sadly. I wanted to tell you in person.
[03.08.2021 16:23:22] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: And the new terms are?
[03.08.2021 16:23:25] Ridge: That is the most respectful way to do it.
[03.08.2021 16:23:56] Ridge: I can't sell it anymore.
[03.08.2021 16:24:10] Ridge: I feel like by selling these trinkets, I'm doing the wrong thing.
[03.08.2021 16:24:23] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: And why might that be?
[03.08.2021 16:24:49] Ridge: Think about it. So many parties want them. For mixed reasons. Something doesn't add up.
[03.08.2021 16:25:13] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: They are unknown materials from within the Dyson sphere. Of course several parties will be keen to study them.
[03.08.2021 16:26:09] Ridge: And what do you want to do with them once you a sample?
[03.08.2021 16:26:37] Ridge: Just research it? That's wrong. Unproductive.
[03.08.2021 16:27:02] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Would you rather we attempted to /use/ them right away? Without first understanding them?
[03.08.2021 16:27:33] Ridge: A do-gooder sets up an objective before them, and uses their research in any way to complete that objective.
[03.08.2021 16:28:16] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: The Order does not operate on a basis of ignorance.
[03.08.2021 16:29:22] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: If you do not intend to sell a sample to Section 8, very well. I will, however, have to forward all information we -
[03.08.2021 16:29:35] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: have on you to other Order cells, who may be less benign.
[03.08.2021 16:29:41] Ridge: That sounds like a threat.
[03.08.2021 16:29:56] Ridge: Urgh...I knew I shouldn't have talked with The Order in the first place...
[03.08.2021 16:30:07] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: We have no intention of harming you, Mister Abrams.
[03.08.2021 16:30:18] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: We can not, however, vouch for other cells.
[03.08.2021 16:30:31] Ridge: And yet you indirectly threatened me with "Sell me the sample or I tell my big bros'".
[03.08.2021 16:30:49] Ridge: I'm not a moron.
[03.08.2021 16:31:04] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: If the materials indeed originate from within the Dyson sphere, they are too valuable to be left uninvestigated.
[03.08.2021 16:31:21] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: They may prove to be of invaluable use to the Order's cause.
[03.08.2021 16:31:36] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: The cause being, as you may know, the protection of mankind.
[03.08.2021 16:32:04] Ridge: One thing I know about vigilantes. They have a noble goal. But under the hood? Something's not right.
[03.08.2021 16:32:31] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Well, I will take vigilante over terrorist.
[03.08.2021 16:32:46] Ridge: Because that is what you are.
[03.08.2021 16:32:57] Ridge: Outlawed by all, yet with a seemingly noble goal.
[03.08.2021 16:33:02] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Like I said. I can guarantee that Section 8 will do nothing to harm you, whether you agree to share the materials or -
[03.08.2021 16:33:04] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: not.
[03.08.2021 16:33:45] Ridge: Look...I'm sorry for putting you through all this trouble of coming here. Fuel is expensive.
[03.08.2021 16:33:59] [2021-08-03] 16:32:29 You have received 2.000.000 credits from Ridge
[03.08.2021 16:34:14] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Your concern is much appreciated.
[03.08.2021 16:34:18] Ridge: This should cover the fuel costs.
[03.08.2021 16:34:49] Ridge: But I'm afraid I can't hand out the trinkets. One day I'll conduct my own research. And help out humanity in my own way.
[03.08.2021 16:34:54] Ridge: Provided I survive through it...
[03.08.2021 16:35:19] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Should you run into trouble with the Technocracy of Auxo or other parties, feel free to contact us.
[03.08.2021 16:35:36] Ridge: I...suppose.
[03.08.2021 16:35:37] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Unknown vessel on scanners.
[03.08.2021 16:35:42] Unto.Nightfall|S8: Hawkins: Sysops, engage the cloak.
[03.08.2021 16:35:57] Rusty.Old.Screw: Nightfall, huh.
[03.08.2021 16:36:10] Ridge: There he goes...
[03.08.2021 16:36:18] Ridge: Shit, man...
[03.08.2021 16:36:29] Rusty.Old.Screw: Did i miss something fun?

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