"So now what do we do?" Rebecca asked eager to start her new life traveling around the galaxy.


    Captain Starforged leaned back in his seat. "Well first we have to return to Sortis and help AGI apprehend Tranquil Blue. It''s more of a formality then anything. We just have to sign a statement, and hand over the bud to them. I bet you also have something you''d like to pick up back in the station too."


    Rebecca remembered her computer back in the old shuttle in docking bay 74 on the space station orbiting Sortis. It would require a lot of power, more than this ship could probably produce, but it was worth taking with her, even if she couldn’t find an immediate power source.. “Is there a place I could setup some computer equipment, and something I can use to power a quantum computer?"


    "We''ll see what we can scrounge from Tranquil Blue''s place, but as for the place to setup I''ll take you to where Mikey the Rat used to work." Captain Starforged then led Rebecca down to the living quarters and to a nook under the stairs opposite the maintenance closet that she found ANDI charging in.


    The nook already had a desk, chair, and a computer setup that wasn''t nearly as advanced as the one Rebecca had. However, it was still big enough for everything Rebecca had, and was actually a little more spacious than the shuttle she used.


    She took a seat and powered up the computer. It had most of the bells and whistles she would need to do her work, but it lacked the processing power of her setup. "This will do for now."


    ***


    A few minutes later the Appalachia jumped back into orbit around Sortis, and headed toward docking bay 74 of the orbital space station.


    When the crew saw the sight of the large desert planet in front of them, it felt like a large load was lifted off their shoulders. They had gotten more than they had bargained for with this mission, and they could finally relax a little.


    The crew noticed that an AGI shuttle was also docked in the same hanger as them, and an AGI security team was already going to apprehend Tranquil Blue. Captain Starforged had Morgan cone along with him to help apprehend Tranquil Blue while the others helped Rebecca move her things onto the Appalachia.


    Rebecca already had most of her stuff packed up beside her computer, so it was pretty easy to move everything. She basically just threw it all in the nook under the stairs, and laid out a cot to sleep on. Rebecca was used to sleeping like this since she spent several nights slaving away on her computer. She was always too tired to return to the small one room apartment she had on the station, so she just fell asleep in the shuttle.


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    Around the same time they finished loading all of Rebecca stuff onto the Appalachia, Captain Starforged and Morgan returned with the AGI security team who had Tranquil Blue in photon handcuffs that were supposed to be impossible to get out of.


    "What will AGI do with him?" Rebecca asked, curious about their procedures for dealing with prisoners.


    Captain Starforged seemed uninterested, but he replied to Rebecca’s comment, nonetheless. "They can cut him up, fry him, and dip him in a lemon-basil sauce for all I care. I just hope we never see him again."


    Rebecca grinned. "Harsh. But this is the first time you were actually funny."


    Captain Starforged just ignored her and returned to the Appalachia with the rest of his crew, which included Rebecca.


    Bar-moon had stayed to help Rebecca move her things, but he had to return to his home. He also told Rebecca how to contact him if she ever needed his assistance. He waved goodbye to her and the rest of the crew after thanking all of them for saving him, and proceeded to exit the docking bay to find another ship heading toward his home world.


    They all returned to the cockpit, but before Rebecca stepped onto the ship, she took one last look at the old shuttle she used to spend days in that was still tucked away to the side of the hanger.


    There wasn''t any point bringing it along with her. It would take up too much room, and was pretty old anyways. Still, it felt like she was leaving her home, so she felt a little nostalgic. After a few moments, she stepped into the platform with the rest of the crew, and the all proceeded through the cargo bay, up the stairs, and into the cockpit.


    Everyone else took the same seats that they had taken before, and Rebecca sat down in the same seat she had been handcuffed to earlier.


    When they all sat down Captain Starforged turned his chair around to look at Rebecca and began speaking. "Well, I guess I should officially introduce the crew to you, newbie, so listen up. The android next to you is the crews analysis/combat android, ANDI. He listens to me above everyone else unless I tell him otherwise, so just keep that in mind. The woman in front of you is Carla Morgan a.k.a Harpy who, officially speaking, is our mech pilot, but she''s also a talented sniper. Across from her is Carlos Rodriguez a.k.a Blackbird who’s also a hired gun. This guy next to me is our good-for-nothing pilot Jimmy Hendricks. Like the song artist, but spelled different. And finally, I''m Captain Jack Starforged, or Detective Jack Starforged in some circles. I''m the captain of this crew, and sole owner and private investigator of Starforged Detective Agency. Welcome to the crew."


    Rebecca couldn’t help but smile as she sat there listening to her captain introduce her new crewmates to her. She was finally going to leave Sortis and begin what would hopefully be a long, and fun, journey across the galaxy.


    Rebecca didn''t know it at the time, but she was in for one wild ride full of a lot more experiences both pleasant and painful. She was on a journey across the galaxy, and the destination was nowhere and anywhere at the same time. They''d go wherever they wanted, or wherever the next job took them, and Captain Jack Starforged would be there almost every step of the way.


    It felt like the entire galaxy was her playground, and Rebecca wanted to unlock all of its mysteries as she explored every inch of it. “This is going to be great.”