Wanted...

Posted on Fri May 20th, 2011 @ 3:56am by Walter Jones

408 words; about a 2 minute read

Mission: Session 4: The Humans are Dead...
Location: Bounty Roundup!

Decker turned on the panel and watched as a commercial started playing for some new land cruiser. A scantily clad Orion woman was parked on the hood of the vehicle, smiling while loud music blared.

"Come on, 50 strips a month and all I get are damned commercials." Decker flipped the remote control and turned it to another station.

"WELL HOWDY FOLKS AND WELCOME TO DESPERADO BOUNTY HUNT!! WE'VE GOT SOME FRESH CATCHES FOR YOU TODAY!!" A wide eyed man dressed as a cowboy was sitting on the edge of a fishing hole, pulling up fish and laying them on the dock.

"Finally, something worth watching." Decker leaned back in his chair, the humming of the engines starting to lull him to sleep.

"First up tonight is a new record breaker!! A bounty has just been issued for a freighter crew!!" The cowboy stood up and grabbed one of the fish to read off the side.

"A general bounty has been issued for the crew of the SS Warden! N48E-MC! And boy are ya'll are gonna like this!" He held up the fish to the camera as woman, also dressed as a cowboy walked onto the screen.

"That's right folks! This is a record breaker! These folks are worth a cool 10 Million Bars of Latinum!" The woman's eyes closed in excitement.

"10 Million bars!! That is a lot of fish!!" The male cowboy smiled.

"That's right and there are bonuses for each of the crew!!!"

Decker was leaning forward on his chair, hanging on every word.

"Walter Jones is a bonus of 1 Million Bars!" The male cowboy held up a picture of Walter Jones to the camera, a scraggily looking man, who was nearing 50.

"Yup! and 750,000 for his first mate Charlotte Ashcroft!" The female held up a picture of a younger woman to the camera.

"Be careful though I hear they are going to go down like Bonnie and Clyde!" The man grinned

"The three remaining crew are worth 500,000 bars each! Jan Valentine, Morgan Pass and Bruce Air!!" The woman squealed again as pictures of the other three showed on the screen.

"If interested contact the interlink bounty nodes! Standard information rates apply!! And we'll be right back after this commercial break!" The man smiled into the camera as the shows logo appeared.

Decker was sitting there in awe, that was the biggest bounty he had ever heard of. "Bridge, stop the ship. I need to make a call."

 

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