Glad to see you're around Payback. Microsoft bashing only stays fun for so long.
Do you really mean that thing about "After previous occurences, Payback believes he will follow Shade to the ends of the earth"?
If you do then this "one funny bastard", as you called me on page 1 of this topic, is going to lead you to the ends of the crescent! Hehe, only joking. The Crescent is hardly far enough.
Shade, Payback, U.E. Admiral and whoever else decides to come along jump into the Eltor system.
The Osiris system, which is apparently right in the middle of that pentagon formed by Bakka, Centauri, Sol, Eltor and Dogovor, is not listed on any starcharts so Shade stops a passing, blast-scored hulk of an Alliance for the Defence armoured freighter to ask for directions.
Having been given directions to Osiris, Shade, Payback, U.E. Admiral and whoever else decides to come along engage jump engines.
In the universe of objective time, a day passes; to Shade, Payback, U.E. Admiral and whoever else decides to come along it is instantaneous.
Soon the ships are drifting towards Alliance HQ, where they are stopped by a shiny new AftD Patrol Cruiser.
The captain, a 1/4 Hinwar, 1/4 Dieri, 1/4 Dur, 1/4 Ala hybrid named Bill, soon sees their natural talent and heroism( :)), and they are invited down to Alliance HQ for a big reception party.
Some time afterwards, the AftD High Commander, a 1/4 Miranu, 1/4 Kayian, 1/4 Human, 1/4 Emalgha hybrid named Bobette, makes a short speech, and presents them with unlimited access to AftD facilities such as shipyards, outfitters, hotels and the like.
Now aren't you sorry you stayed on Earth?
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(url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/shades_shipyard")Shade's Shipyard(/url), the source for your ship needs.