New Opportunities

Posted on Mon Jul 4th, 2011 @ 2:02pm by Lomax

Mission: In Our Time of Need
Location: Entering Divitian Space

Lomax swore as he sat up from the cramped bunk, smacking his forehead against the bulkhead once again. For the twentieth time that week he cursed his bad luck in losing the cruiser that he had worked so hard for over the years, being lucky to keep the standard Ferengi transport pod that he was put ashore in. He stopped short of blaming luck for his current predicament though, it was luck that had meant he was gambling with soft Cardassian smugglers instead of other Ferengi. That would have meant no ship at all. It was the same luck that had lead him to stumble across the Iconian gateway to the Delta Quadrant while looking for the next opportunity. Tucking in alongside a Federation Starship had proved simple enough with the Romulan Cloaking device he had appropriated from a Klingon Research station from a dissatisfied member of the administrative staff. Afterall - The 75th Rule of Acquisition stated that 'Home is where the heart is ... but the stars are made of latinum.'

He had taken that to heart and now found himself cruising through an area of unknown space, at least to his pods incredibly modest computer systems. Earlier that day the communications array had detected a beacon, and now the Universal Translator was beeping to indicate that it had finally worked out what the damned thing had been saying. He swung lithely from the bunk and looked into the screen, the message was simple.

"Divitian Space... observe standard Perenalthorias Union of Commonwealths navigation proceedure."

Lomax smiled. He had no idea what the Union of Commonwealths represented, but it sounded positively profitable. Luck, it seemed, was always good... eventually.

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Lomax
Out of Luck Ferengi
In a Transport Pod