Captain’s log, 5 January 2158.

The news of last week's capture is spreading.

More and more often, Liam Macomber, esteemed pilot of ASC Fermata, considered the possibility that he was the worst-paid counselor in the galaxy.

The crew had come back to *Fermata well-rested and in excellent cheer. Especially Captain Renelle, who claimed that the intergalactic fugitive known as “the Jackal” had been captured.

“So what happened with that?” Liam asked her. She was sitting on the floor in the cockpit, writing in her captain’s log, as she was wont to do.

Renelle shrugged. “I heard they finally caught him.”

Liam said, “After all you’ve gone through to catch him yourself, do you really think any of us believe that you weren’t involve...

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