Shared Genetics And Litinum Strips

Posted on Fri Feb 25th, 2022 @ 6:30pm by Major Tatiana Skobelova & Gregor Skobelov

Mission: S0E0: What Came Before
Location: Chimera System
Timeline: 2368

"That isn't going to work, Tani." The older man in dusty coveralls told Tatiana. "That signal won't reach Omsk colony."

"It will, Yuri." Tatiana replied. "Maybe we'll get lucky and there will be a ship in system."

"Alright, the antenna is up!" A man yelled from outside the shuttles hold.

"Thank you, Andrei!" Tatiana yelled back. She then turned the radio on. "This is shuttle craft Boyar, our craft is down and we need help."

Tatiana then worked the controls. "I set the message on a loop. hopefully we will get a response."

Yuri just rolled his eyes at the teenage girl. "Hope is the strategy of fools." He told her before leaving the hold.

"Don't let that old man discourage you." Andrei told her. "Lopatin was too cheap to replace the the heat bafflers in the drives. It's his fault we are stuck on this rock until help arrives."

"If it arrives." Tatiana replied. "He isn't wrong. Odds are, nobody will hear our distress call."

Then, the radio came alive. "This is shuttle craft Ushanka calling Boyar, are you there?" A familiar voice came over the radio.

"Gregor? Is that you?" Tatiana frantically asked over the comm.

"Tatiana, your signal is weak." Gregor replied. "Where are you?"

"We are on Chimera V. We were working Old Man Lopatin's mine. We tried taking off but our engines failed. We are low on air." Tatiana anxiously replied.

"I am here on the Ushanka. We are headed for the Kulak's Belt. We have about seventy two hours before we need to return the shuttle." Gregor informed Tatiana.

"Well okay. We'll wait in the shuttle after you rescue us." Tatiana's voice was a little less concerned now.

"Did you hear me? We only have the shuttle for seventy two hours. Diverting from Kulak's Belt to Chimera V will take about twenty hours." He told her.

"Yes, I did. We are low on oxygen. We need to be rescued." Tatiana explained.

"You got yourself into that situation, Tani. Why is it it my responsibility to get you out?" Gregor asked.

"This is a distress call! We need to be rescued or we'll die!" Tatiana was becoming more uneasy.

"Kulak's Belt isn't rich in minerals. We'll be lucky to make a profit after three days of work. If we rescue you, we'll lose money." Gregor cooly explained.

"So you'll let us die because you won't make a profit?" Tatiana asked in astonishment.

"You finally understand. You're very slow on the uptake, Tani. Now, of course, if you're willing to pay two gold pressed latinum bars, then we can arrange a rescue." Gregor offered.

"But I'm your sister!" She angrily yelled.

"Oh, that's right. For some reason, because we have shared genetics, I have an obligation to care about your welfare. Very well, a bar and a half of latinum." Gregor conceded.

"That's insane! You know we don't have that kind of money!" Tatiana shouted at her brother.

"You can easily make that. Igor Lopatin wants to bed you. I've talked with him about a theoretical price. He's willing to pay two strips of latinum for each go." Gregor explained.

"You actually discussed that? That's disgusting!" Tatiana was shocked.

"Why? You take your clothes off and go to bed each night. Why not make money doing it? He is also the son of the richest man on Omsk." He calmly told her.

"He is ugly, slow witted, and mean." Tatiana replied. "He also smells like fried replicator pork."

"That's why you don't have a head for business, Tani. You have sentiment and morals. And ethereality is you're down on that planet running out of air." Gregor told Tatiana.

"So, you are willing to let us die unless I agree to have sex with that Pakled minded Igor? For what, twenty slips per bar? That would be fifteen times? " Tatiana was outraged.

"Well, no. About eighteen times. You forgot about interest silly girl." Gregor joked.

"I hate you. I would rather die than let that targ smelling man hump me. Fuck off." Tatiana told Gregor.

"Your call, Tani.