Strong and Strange

The Coded Courser

"Hmm... you seemed very brave with that deathclaw." Cade said, looking at my arm. "Danse seems alright too." He took care of my wounds and looked over Danse. "You be careful out there soldier, we'd hate to lose you." I dismissed Danse even with his protests and I then had to make a decision. Should I give this information to the Brotherhood? Or the Railroad? I went to the forecastle and started to meditate on what to do. I heard the voices of dead jedi masters. My master called out in my mind. "Keep it to yourself. You have to do this on your own for now." I opened my eyes as I heard Master Grand. I didn't know how to do it by myself but I listened and left the Prydwen. I went back to Red Rocket and got ready to fight the courser. I removed the double blades and put some stimpaks I decided to bring with me in my bag. It carried a lot of things. My belt had my jedi breather, a tracer beacon, a comlink, macrobinoculars, and a holoprojector. Most of these things I'd still need in the Commonwealth but I haven't used them yet... I let Faramir come with me and I went to the C.I.T. Ruins to track a courser down. I used my shockwave tracker and followed the beacon to Greentech Genetics. I went inside to hear fighting all over the place. I knew the defenders were gunners and the attacker was a courser. I snuck through the fighting, killing those who noticed me. I then found the courser trying to get the password to a terminal.

"You! Here!" He called out to me. "Are you here for the synth?"

"Yes." I said. "I'm here to save the synth."

"Unlikely. Tell me what do you want?" He asked. Behind him was a room behind a security door. It had a window with blinds blocking the view inside.

"I need the chip inside your head." I said.

"That you cannot have." The courser became hostile and used a stealth device to make himself invisible. I ignited my lightsaber and used the force to know where the courser goes. I deflected his blasts and as I got close enough, I cut off his arm, killing him. I used the force to pull out the courser chip and went to the locked room.

"Hello? I won't hurt you." I said.

"Oh, ok. He deserved to die. I could've escaped him until I was captured by these mercenaries." the synth said. "I can't get out on my own. The password is in the toolbox behind the stairs." She said.

I went to the toolbox to get the password, not bothering to use the force to get it. I unlocked the door and powered up the elevator afterwards.

"Thank you. By the way, my Institute designation is G5-92... but I prefer Jenny. And in case you're wondering, no, I don't need anymore help. I'll grab some supplies before heading out. Thanks again."

I didn't wonder if she needed any help and I went into the elevator and exited the building. I then needed the chip decoded. I knew the Railroad could do it and that they needed the chip... but I felt I could do it myself. I went back to Red Rocket and started looking at the chip. Faramir was playing with a teddy bear I found in the wasteland as I was in my room. I deeply meditated with it on my lap. Soon, I saw the codes and information on it and I quickly wrote it down. I decided to go to bed and laid back, knowing I had to go back to the Glowing Sea.