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Hey gunslingers. Sabine “Mixer” Murillo here, bringing you the straight feed. OP.NET is live and here for you working operators. We have to say that we are not affiliated with Crosshair or the Mercenary Guild, otherwise they’ll flip their scrim …

Sorry, um, yeah, we’ve got a show for you today. Of course, we do, right? That’s what you’re listening to. Got Skiv coming by later with an in-depth look at A&R’s Omnisky line of cannons and what’s coming down the pipe … so that’ll happen …

Job Board. Let’s get to that.

Charon System. Been told that armistice talks between the States of Acheron and Dellin on Charon III have broken down and seems like both sides are gearing up for war. We’ll have to see if the UEE decides to arbitrate, but I’m guessing there’ll be some jobs opening up there soon …

I’m sorry.

I gotta take a minute and get something off my chest. I got a comm right before we went live. Old buddy of mine from the 185th got in touch. Hadn’t spoken to Cuchillo in, I don’t know, seven years? Eight, maybe. Anyway, sent me a comm after all this time. There was another kid in our flight named Stephen Ganz. He was from some cluster-farm in Goss and a believer. Down to the core. If you put any kind of authority or certainty in your voice, you could make him believe anything you told him. Wasn’t because he was dumb. I don’t know why, but I think he just wanted to believe you. Anyway, everyone in the squadron used to exploit the hell out of it. XO christened him Doormat to the pilots, but he always took it with a smile, even after people would inevitably tell him the truth.

Doormat, Cuchillo and myself all got out around the same time and we stayed in touch on the regular for a bit. Then, very slowly, it became less regular. No reason for it neither, he just became one of those people that always seemed close until you realized he wasn’t anymore.

Last I’d heard, Doormat was having a tough time making a go of it in the normal. I remember meaning to give him a comm or stop by, but times were tight for me too and I kept putting it off.

So … long story short, I guess Stephen Ganz was killed a few days ago on Prime.

Cuchillo said last time he saw Doormat he was doing low-rent hauling runs for scraps, living in a squat somewhere in the Blocks and sharing a bathroom with thirty people in his quad. He’d gotten hooked and kicked WiDoW three times, been married and split twice, but he was still that goofy kid, believing that things were gonna turn his way. All he had to do was make it until then.

They found his body on a landing platform. Three shots to the back. Some Police Academy grad assigned to the case thought it was a cargo transfer gone bad. Maybe it was a scam or just some stupid thugs weaseling out of paying for their haul shot my friend and stuffed him between two Stor*Alls like a piece of trash.

My friend, who put his ship in front of incoming fire to save Retro during a moon battle in Oya.

My friend, who used to straighten peoples’ sheets before inspection.

My friend, who, despite everything, saw the best in the worst.

You didn’t deserve to check out like this.

So I just want to say to Stephen Ganz, who I let slip in life, I won’t forget you in death.

And I’ll find who did this.

Please believe that.

In fact …

I quit.

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Hey Revolverhelden. Sabine "Mixer" Murillo hier, die Ihnen den direkten Feed bringt. OP.NET ist live und hier für Ihre arbeitenden Mitarbeiter. Wir müssen sagen, dass wir nicht mit Crosshair oder der Söldnergilde verbunden sind, sonst drehen sie ihren Faden um....

Sorry, um, ja, wir haben heute eine Show für dich. Natürlich tun wir das, oder? Das ist es, was du hörst. Skiv kam später vorbei, mit einem detaillierten Blick auf A&Rs Omnisky-Kanonenlinie und dem, was das Rohr hinuntergeht.... also wird das passieren....

Jobbörse. Kommen wir zur Sache.

Charon System. Es wurde gesagt, dass die Waffenstillstandsgespräche zwischen den Staaten Acheron und Dellin über Charon III gescheitert sind und wie es scheint, bereiten sich beide Seiten auf den Krieg vor. Wir müssen sehen, ob die UEE beschließt zu schlichten, aber ich schätze, es wird bald einige Jobs geben....

Es tut mir leid.

Ich muss mir eine Minute Zeit nehmen und mir etwas von der Seele reden. Ich habe einen Kommentar bekommen, kurz bevor wir live gegangen sind. Ein alter Kumpel von mir aus dem 185. hat sich gemeldet. Hattest du seit sieben Jahren nicht mehr mit Cuchillo gesprochen? Acht, vielleicht. Wie auch immer, schickte mir nach all der Zeit einen Befehl. Es gab noch ein anderes Kind in unserem Flug namens Stephen Ganz. Er war von einer Cluster-Farm in Goss und ein Gläubiger. Bis zum Kern. Wenn du irgendeine Art von Autorität oder Gewissheit in deine Stimme setzt, könntest du ihn dazu bringen, alles zu glauben, was du ihm gesagt hast. Nicht, weil er dumm war. Ich weiß nicht warum, aber ich denke, er wollte dir nur glauben. Jedenfalls hat jeder in der Staffel die Hölle ausgenutzt. XO taufte ihn Fußmatte zu den Piloten, aber er nahm sie immer mit einem Lächeln, auch wenn die Leute ihm unweigerlich die Wahrheit sagen würden.

Fußmatte, Cuchillo und ich stiegen alle etwa zur gleichen Zeit aus und wir blieben noch eine Weile in Kontakt mit dem Stammgast. Dann, ganz langsam, wurde es unregelmäßiger. Kein Grund dafür, er wurde einfach einer dieser Menschen, die sich immer nahe standen, bis man erkannte, dass er es nicht mehr war.

Das Letzte, was ich gehört hatte, war, dass die Fußmatte eine schwere Zeit hatte, um es im Normalfall zu schaffen. Ich erinnere mich, dass ich ihm einen Befehl geben oder vorbeikommen wollte, aber die Zeiten waren auch für mich eng und ich habe es immer wieder verschoben.

Also.... lange Rede kurzer Sinn, ich schätze, Stephen Ganz wurde vor ein paar Tagen bei Prime getötet.

Cuchillo sagte, dass letztes Mal, als er Fußmatte sah, er niedrigmietende Schleppenläufe für Schrotte tat, lebte in einer Hocke irgendwo in den Blöcken und teilte ein Badezimmer mit dreißig Leuten in seinem Viereck. Er war süchtig geworden und hatte WiDoW dreimal getreten, war verheiratet und zweimal getrennt, aber er war immer noch dieses alberne Kind und glaubte, dass sich die Dinge ändern würden. Alles, was er tun musste, war, es bis dahin zu schaffen.

Sie fanden seine Leiche auf einer Landeplattform. Drei Schüsse nach hinten. Irgendein Absolvent der Polizeiakademie, der dem Fall zugewiesen wurde, dachte, es sei ein schlechter Frachttransfer. Vielleicht war es ein Betrug oder einfach nur ein dummer Schläger, der für ihre Beute bezahlen wollte, schoss meinen Freund und stopfte ihn zwischen zwei StorAlls wie ein Stück Müll.

Mein Freund, der sein Schiff vor das Feuer stellte, um Retro während einer Mondschlacht in Oya zu retten.

Mein Freund, der früher die Laken der Menschen vor der Inspektion aufgerichtet hat.

Mein Freund, der trotz allem das Beste im Schlimmsten sah.

Du hast es nicht verdient, dich so zu informieren.

Also möchte ich nur zu Stephen Ganz sagen, den ich im Leben vernachlässigen ließ, dass ich dich im Tod nicht vergessen werde.

Und ich werde herausfinden, wer das getan hat.

Bitte glaubt mir das.

In der Tat.....

Ich kündige.

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Hey gunslingers. Sabine “Mixer” Murillo here, bringing you the straight feed. OP.NET is live and here for you working operators. We have to say that we are not affiliated with Crosshair or the Mercenary Guild, otherwise they’ll flip their scrim …

Sorry, um, yeah, we’ve got a show for you today. Of course, we do, right? That’s what you’re listening to. Got Skiv coming by later with an in-depth look at A&R’s Omnisky line of cannons and what’s coming down the pipe … so that’ll happen …

Job Board. Let’s get to that.

Charon System. Been told that armistice talks between the States of Acheron and Dellin on Charon III have broken down and seems like both sides are gearing up for war. We’ll have to see if the UEE decides to arbitrate, but I’m guessing there’ll be some jobs opening up there soon …

I’m sorry.

I gotta take a minute and get something off my chest. I got a comm right before we went live. Old buddy of mine from the 185th got in touch. Hadn’t spoken to Cuchillo in, I don’t know, seven years? Eight, maybe. Anyway, sent me a comm after all this time. There was another kid in our flight named Stephen Ganz. He was from some cluster-farm in Goss and a believer. Down to the core. If you put any kind of authority or certainty in your voice, you could make him believe anything you told him. Wasn’t because he was dumb. I don’t know why, but I think he just wanted to believe you. Anyway, everyone in the squadron used to exploit the hell out of it. XO christened him Doormat to the pilots, but he always took it with a smile, even after people would inevitably tell him the truth.

Doormat, Cuchillo and myself all got out around the same time and we stayed in touch on the regular for a bit. Then, very slowly, it became less regular. No reason for it neither, he just became one of those people that always seemed close until you realized he wasn’t anymore.

Last I’d heard, Doormat was having a tough time making a go of it in the normal. I remember meaning to give him a comm or stop by, but times were tight for me too and I kept putting it off.

So … long story short, I guess Stephen Ganz was killed a few days ago on Prime.

Cuchillo said last time he saw Doormat he was doing low-rent hauling runs for scraps, living in a squat somewhere in the Blocks and sharing a bathroom with thirty people in his quad. He’d gotten hooked and kicked WiDoW three times, been married and split twice, but he was still that goofy kid, believing that things were gonna turn his way. All he had to do was make it until then.

They found his body on a landing platform. Three shots to the back. Some Police Academy grad assigned to the case thought it was a cargo transfer gone bad. Maybe it was a scam or just some stupid thugs weaseling out of paying for their haul shot my friend and stuffed him between two Stor*Alls like a piece of trash.

My friend, who put his ship in front of incoming fire to save Retro during a moon battle in Oya.

My friend, who used to straighten peoples’ sheets before inspection.

My friend, who, despite everything, saw the best in the worst.

You didn’t deserve to check out like this.

So I just want to say to Stephen Ganz, who I let slip in life, I won’t forget you in death.

And I’ll find who did this.

Please believe that.

In fact …

I quit.

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