Checking cargo reveals 10% failure. Annoying – collision causing trouble still. Suspecting curse, so undertaking ritual of drinking and cards to draw out bad luck. Bishop absent, chasing girls. (Thinks we don't know. Captain not born yesterday! And V. born before Captain.). Should have warned about curse. He may catch itch disease.
Angry head next day, so releasing pain on mechanics. Workers still incompetent. Not sure why V. can't repair. Something with Big Sky regulations. Report on quality of repairmen: When mummified hand found, did not apply basic diagnostics and taste. V. had to do. Dead hand cannot grab tongue!
Planetside for delivering cargo to man with strange name: Dragman? Looking more macho than most drag. (Trying hard for that image.) Malcolm had right idea with beer instead of dealing with creepy. Creepy clearly gangster, but Captain not ordering beating with Khnuta or shooting with ship's guns.
Suspecting scum, V. searching vessel with Bishop. Confirmed: Tracking device in cute minature village. Bishop destroyed, but V. would prefer shooting camp of Dragman. Captain not fond of shooting surface targets. Ah, perhaps targeting system broken? Must fix.
Receive girls for trip to Kali. Cute and going to lesbian colony, so maybe even V. having chance. Haha. No, must conserve resources for keeping Bishop from annoying passengers.
Orbital areas of Kali: Attack by vessel with stealth and fighters. Unmarked security service patrol? Starting to wonder about Captain and Malcolm – friends with eyepatch pirate, dead bodies on ship, gangster deal, people shooting. V. may be pirate soon. Shooting at enemies gets nice picture. Excellent flying by Malcolm.
Labrys City very nice. Bishop unhappy with idea of 40,000 women not interested in him. Best not mention V. having girlfriend once. Might make boy jealous. Such experience probably how creepy ended up gangster.
Валентина Волкова