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appearance is somewhat of a mystery, most assume the beards are fake too, simply

something attached to the armor.

Illid: well, there is good news and bad news, the bad news is even if we report it, nothing

will happen.

No one in the federation will believe it, nor will want to send ships to investigate for solid

proof of the claim, and the empire would immediately tell us to stop joking, take it

seriously and if not then to leave. The federation has records of the name, but never the

ship itself. The reason is that the name has been used on many ships, and that's the good

news.

Mayla: how is that good news? We still do not know who or what is on board, and what it

is doing here.

Ridge: I assume my old friend you have a reason for keeping silent on such a matter.

Illid: the ships name is a strange one, strange of course to us and many others. When you

name a ship, or buy a ship with a name, its brand name such as Ainswell all their ships

are branded that name and all the ships they make only do one thing ferry cargo from one

port, station or planet to another.