Chapter 10 - Is it a heist, if we bought it?

"Listen," Creds says to the others in a near-whisper. "I understand there's bad blood 'tween y'all and these Yiyars." He pats his shoulder. "I feel the sting, too. But jacking their ship's likely to open a can of sand skitters. If all's we want's to keep 'em from having access to the ship, I can sue 'em in Lianna court. That'll likely send the ship into impound if it hasn't been impounded already. But if you want the ship for some reason, I'll have to put some more thought into how to get the datawork all straight..."

'What about sticking a tracker on it. Give us a warning if it ever shows up near us again?'

"Can we attempt both tactics?" AD-Hoc ask

"Well, first question is where is the ship, and what do the Lianna police intend to do with it? If there's criminal prosecution happening already, it may already be in impound. Suing'd only be a delaying tactic, as I don't think I intend to stay planetside here for the months a case might take. But it's worth looking into, I s'pose."

'Sure, we'll escort it. Make sure it gets there. Then maybe we'll head back to Isotech after we've made sure those Yiyar are out of action.'

"Let me whip up a quick suit against these fellas and file it in court," Creds says, pulling out his legal datapad. "That'll at least tie 'em up longer than they'd like."

Creds pulls on an pair of odd-looking goggles and begins poking at his datapad. "Let me just draw up the papers... Before long, the Yiyar Clan will face a suit that'll tie 'em up for months..."

Ken spends a few minutes crashing around the Slippery Ghest picking up assorted pieces of electronics and disconnecting essential parts of the ship until AD-hoc explains to him that a long-range tracking transponder requires several expensive pieces of equipment that they don't have.

'Sometimes I wonder what you're for,' he mutters under his breath. But once the ship is ready to fly he cheers up and hits the bar to make up some 'takeoff' cocktails.