Battle Scars

Chapter 4.1 - Face-Off

The Setup

Malcolm Reynolds and the crew of Serenity have been hired by Badger to ferry a shipment of very hot items from the world of Paquin over to the planet Jiangyin.

The shipment was considered “hot” because” it consisted of a cache of stolen weapons, special ordered by a security force of Alliance Commandos on the world of Athens. This job had originally been started by someone named Ira Eggers who captains a small crew on a pirate vessel know as the “Vulture”(see the Bruce Pluto fan-fic SPIN for the story).

Ira is a friend of Malcolm’s and, had been sprung from the confines of a detainment facility by the captain of Serenity not long ago. Ira and his crew have come upon some hard times, and to make things worse, have come under the scrutiny of someone they assumed to be a spy within Badger’s organizational operation.

Ira has felt that there was someone watching his every move……..so he decided to dump the goods on the world of Paquin and have another one of Badger’s associates ferry the cargo to it’s next destination. Mal Reynolds and the crew of Serenity have become the second link in the chain.

The captain, Mal, didn’t know were the cache of weapons would go from there, he didn’t care. All he knew was that he wanted to complete the job then head back to Persephone and get their final payment.

BATTLE SCARS - Face-Off 4.1

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Mal, and his crew of renegades were taking the leisurely route to Jiangyin because that’s the way he liked to operate when he and his crew were tasked with a duty such as this, and also when there may be a “blood hound” on their tail (someone like Jubal Early). They had ventured way out into the void of space to stay away from prying eyes and Alliance interest. The only thing about performing a task in this manner was that his crew soon became bored.

Mal Reynolds and the crew of Serenity were use to having the grim reaper as a shoulder companion. They always knew that on any