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Transport

Christopher Kennedy

Weekly Contest #159

“Think about it Jake, five million credits man. That’s enough to start a life over, anywhere this side of the universe.” Dion was persistent in his offer, which really wasn’t much of an offer, all things considered. Dion pointedly was asking if I could overlook the registered docking weight on my transport shuttle’s manifest enough to not notice the slight discrepancy that would be caused by smuggling a male rhankylodon off of Panthalassa. Already being scheduled for a materials export, he knew this wouldn’t be largely problematic, tech...

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