A Message from the Shadow Fleet
A few hours after the message from Tony Gold, an encrypted message also arrived from Captain Davos Marush, of the Shadow Fleet.
“By all indications, I’m hearing you escaped Veridian with Jacob Billings in tow. Hopefully, he is intact and relatively unhurt. I’m hoping the intrepid crew of the Odyssey is equally well. You’re going to want to healthy, so you enjoy all the credits I’m going to lavish you with.”
“My apologies for pulling in my favor with no warning like that. Cam, I put you in a dangerous position, and it appears all of you have bounties, but time was of the essence. I believe if I hadn’t acted, and you hadn’t rescued him, Veridian doctors would be cutting pieces of Jacob’s brain out of his dead body right now.”
“We’ll settle up when we meet. I have a hidey-hole in the Garuda Asteroid belt. I pay the Garuda Corporation a pretty penny for the spot, but its worth it. And since pirates of the Shadow Fleet are expelled if they take Mist, the gentlemen and ladies of the corporation don’t see us as a threat to their real business.”
“The system coordinates for the hidey-hole are 029.11178-329.00042-003.87744. I figure you’re trying to put some distance between you and Veridian. Settle up with me as you go by the asteroid belt. I have a surgeon standing by to get that fucking chip out of Mr. Billings’ head. Let him know he has a home with the Fleet. And the Fleet is Family.”
