In Silent Dreams

CHAPTER 1 - Lead Us On

"A Gokk is a special kind of creature. It moves like a Sloth(Planet Gaia, index 4a. Animals), but when it senses danger, it starts to run. Boy, it runs really fast. I had to use a phase rifle to shoot it in the butt, I mean, it's not like I am trying to kill it, or anything, hey I am a peaceful man okay! On another note, Gokks taste really good as fried nuggets. "

- Galactic Wildlife And Survival Host Terry Berry. Ch 891992 Omega regions

The Eva ascended above Edna's streets, giving a breath-taking view of Edna's cityscape. Edna was beautiful as a whole. The city had three moons, which was named to represent the three aspects of the Goddess Edna: Discipline, Justice and Order. Everything Edna never was.

Elizabeth: "Eva, give me the target board. Filter contracts en route to Terra Novali."

Ship AI (Eva): On it, Miss Hailley. All available contracts en route to Terra Novali have been located and displayed.

Elizabeth scrolled through the list of contracts. There were many, ranging from contracts against corporation leaders, contracts to take out political figures, to even vendetta contracts.

Elizabeth: "Bring up contract AZGtwentythree. Contract sign Hytus."

Eva: Contract sign Hytus has been focused. Target is a local Warlord by the name of Tenerys Vynska. Target wanted by Paladin security forces for the murder of his family, including his wife, three children, and an estimated two hundred citizens within the Hytus system, along with many more unrecorded kills. Target had also been placed in the system for the operation of illegal military forces which have been involved in multiple pirating and ambush incidents in monitored space. The contract details lack a specific location or his planned destinations. I assume as usual that you are not interested in the bounty amount.

E: "Continue on the target's data."

Eva: Target is rumoured to be proficient in gunplay, basic elemental spellcasting and Hojitsu melee combat skills. The target is marked as a local militia warlord, so a sizable military presence is expected.

E: "The Pil system has been known to be extremely poor in funding and resources. Lack of trade routes and the general hostility in the system makes it worse. Tenerys operating his skirmishes in monitored space would mean he is either desperate, or he is too confident of himself. Oh, and Eva, there is no need to call him 'target' all the time. Tenerys is fine."

Eva: Noted. Based on multiple reports from sightings around the systems affected, Tenerys Vynska is often stated to have an escort of around ten fighter ships, with two drop ships carrying squads of troops under his command. A direct space attack may not be advisory.

E: "Give me suggestions."

Eva: I would first advise that you obtain information on his whereabouts.

E: "That's what this range decrypter is for. We are not on Edna without purpose."

Elizabeth held the decrypter up, initiating the device.

E: "Eva, connect to the range decrypter and use Synergic to pin point Tenerys's next destination. Synergic have been known to be perpetually involved in criminal dealings and setting up ambushes for pirates to operate. The decrypter is an ancient piece of technology, but they work well with Synergic's older servers."

Eva: Noted, miss. Engaging decrypter.

The decrypter HUD opened a console, allowing the ship to run a few lines of code.

{

Set ANCHOR(SYNERGIC.gh);

Operate Function(HACK. RETRIEVE(Name:Tenerys Vynska, DATA:LOCATION.predict)):text;