<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/zvP7tJU.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Kassandra Ives<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Aboard the<em>Bellona</em>.<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Abducting<em>the</em>dude.<br/><hr/><br/>She listened passively while he pontificated, then in one smooth motion shot him point blank with her arc pistol. Behind her one of the “inspectors” rolled his eyes and handed a cred stick to another. With a small, self-satisfied grin he tucked it into his pocket as hysteria erupted on the bridge.<br/><br/>Parents shielded the eyes of their children, firm in their belief that she’d just killed the man. Some cried piteously out of shock as much as fear, and still others bolstered their courage for the fight they believed was inevitable.<br/><br/><strong>“HEY!”</strong>Kass, undaunted, leveled her pistol at the Captain and declared distinctly above the commotion.<br/><br/><strong>“All of you need to calm the fuck down.”<br/></strong><br/>It went without saying that she had every intention of shooting until her message was received and the pandemonium began to fade.<br/><br/><strong>“Now listen closely, Captain.” </strong>She continued.<strong>“We’ll take this man and be on our way.” </strong><br/><br/>As she spoke, two of her men placed Dannilov in manacles. While she had dialed the stun feature of the pistol to eleven, it would only temporarily incapacitate. Eventually he’d rouse.<br/><br/><strong>“So long as no one tries to be a hero,”</strong>Kass said evenly,<strong>”your ship and cargo will remain intact.”</strong><br/><br/>The Captain, eager to have this maniacal woman off his ship, would have agreed to sell his first born to accomplish it. Dannilov Ebonhawke, first of his name, Child of the Singularity and Chosen Fist of the Righteous Dark was no great sacrifice considering.<br/><br/>Confident that they wouldn’t encounter resistance, she motioned peremptorily to the largest of the men who hoisted Dannilov over his shoulder and made for the door.<br/><br/><strong>“Careful, Adams.” </strong>She remarked wryly, her pistol still trained steadily upon Hiska Deen,<strong>“Princess is fragile.”</strong><br/><br/>As she backed slowly toward the door, her team exiting before her, she offered the Captain a sardonic salute.<br/><br/><strong>“Pleasure doing business with you, Captain.”</strong><br/><br/><strong>“Look on the bright side,”</strong>she added, just before closing the door behind her,<strong>“you still have your ship.”</strong><br/>