In exchange for more info, Isaac wants his ship back. Before they attempt to board Peggy, Isaac drops some heavy knowledge: Elida's mother is still alive. Chaz takes the high ground to provide cover. They congregate close to the transport bay, preparing a grand exit. That is until real Admiralty guards come blasting through the hallway, setting them on the run again. Funny, Elida had the same idea, and together the teams meet in the hallway impersonating someone or something else. Meanwhile, Isaac and Amae wind through the bowels of Xija incognito in admiralty guard uniforms, and "transfer" the prisoner Chaz from his holding. Using quick-thinking and some hidden instruments, Elida evades her "loyal" helpers with the assistance of humanoid-animal hybrid Nim (cute little devil). Only, before she can get away, she's knocked out by a fanatic loyalist. Elida sees the stream too, and she doubles back to save him. Together the two take out the baddies, but their celebration is cut short when Amae sees over the CCTV Lazaro showing off her much-beaten brother, Chaz. With that news, she's – reluctantly – ready to accept these strangers' help.ĭown in the garage, Republican guards threaten to take Amae in for questioning when Isaac drops in. She goes with him to a basement room where other monarchists have gathered to welcome her and inform her that Lazaro and the Republicans are looking to kill her, so she doesn't claim heirdom. While waiting in line for the transport dock, Elida is intercepted by a mysterious geezer who claims loyalty to the crown (meaning her). Isaac wants her help to get off the station, but she won't give it, and instead gut punches him and takes off. Elida ran away from Isaac, he shot her, she took his ship, which is really her ship, he sold some junk info to the Republicans, they tracked him down, now they're after her… it's a whole thing. Chaz hides these two in a backroom in the bar, giving them a moment to breathe… and rehash their convoluted past. But why? The answer lies eight years in the past: that's when Elida's family's ship was hijacked by Republican officials, her mother killed, and she was sent off in an emergency capsule alone to fend for herself.īack on Xija, and in the present, Elida gets cornered by a Republican guard, and is nearly ejected into outer space when a frenemy from her past, Isaac, blasts her menace away and saves her. The Republic is willing to suspend their neutrality agreement with Xija in order to catch her, so it's a big deal. They put a moratorium on all traffic in or out of Xija while they comb the station for a fugitive - aka Elida. Meanwhile, some top-level Republic officials led by the particularly odious Admiralty Commander Lazaro are dropping in on Xija Station with some important business to attend to. After a quick once-over of Elida's ship, "Peggy", Amae recommends a new power regulator - at a discount, if Elida buys Amae a beer. Before she can blow Xija, Elida needs some assistance with her vehicle, and her bartender friend Chaz sends her to his mechanic sister Amae at her shop. But Elida is desperate for the money and takes the deal. Only, when she tries to cash in on her stash at a bar in Xija Station, her hookup shortchanges her. They try to deprive her of her loot, but she dispatches them (their limbs, and their brains) most handily, and takes her prize. She's scavenging for some green, iridescent substance known as Siberian Salvage when she's dropped in on by two butt-headed alien brigands. We meet Elida, the eponymous vagrant queen, on the planet Gallianox. Former queen Elida is cornered by her nemesis, so an old friend comes to her aid, bringing big news.
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