Pillage

Posted on Thu Sep 4th, 2025 @ 10:51pm by Jysol Elim & Atys Tur

734 words; about a 4 minute read

Mission: Trillius Prime
Location: Omar II

The pirates had arrived at the destination on Omar II. It didn't take much to gain control of the small mining colony on the surface. Fifteen pirates were all it took to take down the colony of fifty people. At first there had been a little resistance, but after killing seven of their people, the colonists. During the scuffle the pirates lost two of their own. So technically there was now thirteen of them in the colony. Jysol didn't like unnecessarily killing anyone, though at times like these it was a necessary evil. Their ship was located just outside the colony. Inside of a warehouse were the colonist under watch by six pirates, while the others were gathering anything of value to take back to L'Dira.

Watching as everything was being moved to the ship, the First Officer smiled in approval. Captain Tur was somewhere probably watching everything taking place. As much as the Captain wanted to hit up at least two more locations, Jysol really wanted to head home after this. Just getting to this place, almost put them at risk of being spotted by two Trill patrols. The L'Diran's had increased their pillaging of Trill space. And the end result was the Trill increasing their patrols. Their greed took isolated incidents and turned the situation into a serious which the Trill were now addressing seriously.

Striding up to Jysol, hand gripped around the hilt of his disruptor holstered at the hip, Tur looked around, clearly pleased. His luxurious moustache was fully coiffed for the occasion, his fur brushed finely, and he had donned his finest coat. 'Jysol, excellent work,' he said munificently, 'how's the loading going?'

"Grabbing the visible resources, " Jysol explained. "Afterwards we'll take a look around for the more hidden stuff. But to be honest, we probably should skip that search and head home."

Languidly, Tur looked up to the overcast sky, then down to his chronometer. More time had passed than he had realized. He was getting a little sloppy with all their good fortune, he realized. Grunting, he nodded, 'we should load what we have an get out of here.' He sighed. 'It seems a shame to leave anything useful behind though, but you are right.'

The First Officer turned to his Captain with a surprised look on his face. Normally, he would have allowed his greed to get the best of him. But this time around, he actually listened and agreed with the recommendation to leave while they were ahead. "Yes, it would be a shame to leave anything useful. But its for the best that we return home with all that we accumulate on this assignment."

Reluctantly he nodded, 'it would be a shame for the homeworld to lose out on our haul.' Tur bared his teeth in anger, 'what a miserable existence, scraping away at what others have made and mined. I hope one day our people can rise above what we are now, spread our civilization to other worlds.' The pirate sighed. 'Apologies. I shouldn't be so maudlin.' The L'Dira beckoned his second, 'we should get to supervising our men.'

"I don't think I have ever heard you come close to admitting to feeling this way," Jysol replied. "Nice to know that I am not the only one who wishes better for our people." Whistling to one guy was the next in charge, he gave the signal to wrap things up.

Tur shrugged, 'it's rough and dangerous work,' he said as they walked amongst the men, supervising the last of the cargo hauls as they were dragged to ATVs to be carried to the ship. 'We can't do this forever, I think we both agree that. But no-one at home seems to think things can change. Maybe all our travels have changed the way we think. Who knows.'

"People back home are desperate. They remain on world comfortably and never have to take the risk of being out here. I originally took this assignment because the money was good. And it helps out my family. But I have had second thoughts to be honest. People have died and I haven't always been comfortable with that."

Turning his attention to the other pirates. "Everyone get to the ship. We're heading back home."

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Atys Turs apb Mattys Plasstjes
Captain

Jysol Elim apb Andre Hunt
First Officer

 

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