Welcome to Iilgan

The Option flashed into existence in the Iilgan system. After confirming jump success, the ship made a few thrust corrections and began it's long journey in-system towards the planet.

"Got a contact, Captain", said Ed.

"I'm on it," said Jake.

"It isn't heading in our direction though. Long way off, too."

The radio crackled to life. "Hail, My Other Option," came a voice, "this is Canary Gold. Doing a spot of prospecting out here. Good to see another face once in awhile."

"Hello, Canary, this is Captain Fletcher of the Option. Happy to chat with you a bit. Hope you can fill me in on some local news."

"Not much to tell. Locals pretty much lost interest in space exploration. The starport is maintained by a coalition of off-world companies to support their ships, but that's about it. It's not much, but you shouldn't have trouble getting a berth. You guys really in from Fist?"

"That's right. There was a backlog of stuff coming out of the Imperium for Iilgan so it was a pretty profitable trip."

"Better than I've been doing. Well, you might find it a bit tricky to fill up around here. We mostly get small free traders to do break bulk work every so often. Actually, now that I think about it, if you've got the cargo room, you may want to go direct to the Ministry of Natural Resources. Every so often, they come up with a big load of raw materials, minerals and the like, which they can't use, but can't bear to throw out. Most of the packet traders won't touch it because there's just too much and the Ministry wants it to go out in 100 ton lots. If you were to take it off their hands, they might pay well for it."

"Good to know, Canary, we'll be sure to check it out. Hope you find something worthwhile out here."

"Me too, Canary out."

Nathan turned to Ed. "Well," he said, "that sounds promising. And from the library info we have, it looks like we don't have to worry about the twins packing an arsenal into town."

"Yeah," said Ed, "they're pretty strict about that kind of thing. I'm probably going to be gone for a couple of days during leave, but I'll be in touch with you regularly."

"As long as you're back before we leave."

"Yeah, it's nothing big. I understand that Iilgan is really a pretty nice place. Probably a bit too quiet for the twins' tastes, but pleasant enough for everyone else."

"I hope so. I also hope this Ministry lead pans out. If we're going to Pandora next, we're going to have to have a full ship or something really valuable to ship over there. Whatever it is, it's almost certainly going to be bulk raw materials. It's not like these guys are be making some high-tech gizmo Pandora needs."

"There might be enough break-bulk stuff to fill us up. But at least we're turning a profit on this run."

"So far, so good." answered Nate.