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Gary Grey

2022-11-15T19:56:57Z

Gary Grey:

Gary Grey is a human unlike no other. That's definitely what others think about him as well as his self although they may not be for the same reason.

=== Upbringing ===
Gary grew up on [https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Sage_(world) Planet Sage] admiring the technology all around him; Not necessarily how advanced the tech was but more so how tech operated and worked. There wasn't much he could do otherwise what with his relatively low strength and stamina. However what he lacked in physical might, he exceeded in the arts of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This is what inspired him to go to university to study mechanical engineering. Unfortunately, life can be so cruel and unforgiving. The consequences for not going to university or even worse, failing university was a great dishonour in the Grey lineage. There was so much pressure riding on his weak shoulders. Alas, he failed his entrance exams. Determined to graduate university and not dishonour the Grey name, he was given a pardon and retook his exams in a more cool headed environment. Fortunately, he passed. That being said, all good things come to an end and when it came to his finals, he crashed and burned. Not only did this mean graduating was not an option, it also meant that the last 4 years was wasted on his dream. Whatever his dream was, he knew it was through mechanical engineering and what just happened is god took the key, locked the door and swallowed it Infront of Gary. He was devastated and couldn't afford to meet his family again.

=== Life post family ===

==== One foot in life ====
With nowhere to go, Gary started investigating what engineering careers would be applicable to him given his lack of qualifications. Then it came to him. If there was one industry that would hire anyone, it would be the army. Landing a job in the Navy's engineering department, Gary got a better experience working there than what any book could have given him. If only he could tell his family. At this point in time, he was only helping where he could, and learning where he couldn't. He soon grabbed the ropes what with understanding how things worked as well as why they work instead of some other thing. He very quickly came to terms with generic engineering skills involving electronics, mechanics, basic combat as well as more generic tasks that everyone has to do including admin.

Not everything was work work work though. There was indeed room for fun and games. During an introduction to the Navy party, he met a guy that went by the name of [[Jeremy Jeremy]]. No, that is not a typo. Gary was also confused but let it slide for the universe, he imagined, is full of strangely worded names. Regardless, as Gary only had so many friends, he decided to hang out with this guy. He seemed pretty swell after all. They also seemed to learn off each other what with Gary's ongoing quest for knowledge and engineering. Who knows what [[Jeremy Jeremy|Jeremy Jeremy's]] reasoning though. Perhaps he was simply going with the flow. Nevertheless, later on in the party, a fight swelled up as to which Jeremy ran into action knocking whatever lights the aggressor had. Gary barely noticed what was happening other than what [[Jeremy Jeremy]] did; In particular, the weapon of choice. Never could he have imagined a tool not designed to be a weapon be so effective for disarming and minor severe concussions (or so he thought). Gary learned how to, as a result of this, wield a spanner for purposes other than tightening (and loosening). They partied on through the night - if you want to call it that - and then resumed work the next day. For now, this was all that he saw of Jeremy Jeremy.

==== Gripping the ropes ====
4 years later, Gary is a qualified pilot with the rank of Petty Officer III Class. His specialty in subsonic VTOL aircraft offered all the experience he needed. Gary was right where he wanted to be; flying and chilling. He often thinks back to his teen days and wanders why university is such a big deal. Much less stressful on the mind and pays while you learn. Granted he could barely keep up in the fitness exams but only a pass is required. This glorious lifestyle was awesome, until it wasn't another 4 years later.

During his ship inspection, there was a nasty accident which caused the loss of several people. Tragic indeed. Even though this couldn't have been a direct fault on his end, as it was his ship, he knew he was going to get the blame for the incident. The excuse of the inspection crew not doing their job properly, while would get them in trouble, wouldn't help his own. Needless to say, he had a good run and decided to end it all...

==== The end of the Petty Officer ====
Not in that way. He was young, (almost) energetic and full of knowledge. The brain is only a void however and there was more to learn. Just not here. Not in the Navy. Gary took all the blame to create less hassle for others involved. He was sure no one else meant for any issues with intent. While noble of him, he was discharged and was told to prepare himself a lawyer for what happens next. In the waiting cell, he was sharing the same cell with a one [[John Bronston]]. Oddly enough, he kept calling himself Sausage. How can a man forget anyone that calls them Sausage? This made Gary laugh but was still stressed for he remembered why he was here in the first place. To Pass the time as Gary wouldn't be here long, Sausage and Gary exchanged wisdom and skills between them. This could prove to be a valuable trait to own, Gary kept telling himself. After the Lawyers came to bring the news, it would turn out that all the work is "Handled" and that he could leave, although it be best if he didn't come back to the navy. Gary panicked, but was released. He was able to nab himself compensation for his services as well as a ships boat. Surely that would be useful for him. If only he had money.

Given time, Gary would calm down and travel around for work, for his pockets were laden with only the finest nothing he could find. Then, all of a sudden, he gets a call from his pal he met when he joined the navy; Benjamin Blue. A name he thought he would never hear again. This wasn't mentioned earlier as during a combat exercise, another travesty happened shortly after Gary joined the Navy when due to faulty equipment, his one and only true mate in the Navy was aforementioned. Ready to hear what he might have to say, he picked up the communicator.

''"I Got a Job for You, Grey..."''

=== The first adventure of (hopefully) many ===

==== Embarking on the <s>crate</s> great Journey ====
There was a call for simply the escort of a crate to an unnamed individual. Gary didn't question this. Why would Benjamin do him dirty like that? He did say that this wasn't a 1 man job. Good thing Gary knew some people. He called on Sausage and Jeremy. It took time but Sausage was out of prison at this point and Jeremy had just finished floating about the cosmos. They also brought some friends; [[Qenzh Erreqif]] and [[Steve Connors]]. It was surprising that a psychic was with us. He thought they were only an urban legend. He was happy to see one nonetheless. The other guy however, well, lets just say for now that the man certainly knows how to use a vacc suit. He was sure that the astronaut was suited up for a good reason and suited for purpose. The crew was assembled and the cargo was ascertained. The destination would take a while but all the more to discuss, entertain and relax with what Gary didn't realise at the time, his best mates. What he also didn't realise is that these comrades would save his life at the next stop - [[K'kirka]]. Lastly, he didn't know and would never have thought how helpful Gary could be to others. Surely a revolutionary time for him.

==== K'kirka - The Drop off ====
The escort job was simple. Deliver the crate to an individual who will show up at the drop off site. No looking and no questions. Money is money after all. There was a hiccup though: No one came to pick up the crate. Some time had passed and the crew just waited. Eventually, someone did come; not the collector, but someone else. At this point, Gary was sort of losing it. He was happy to have some company. This man called himself "Dougley Haash" or something like that. Gary didn't really care about spelling so long the vocal representation was correct. He wasn't an english proffessor after all. Plus Dougley would never know. Regardless, Haash offered us a job: Go up to the space station and see whats happening. The crew had time to kill and there was a nice reward for such a low risk job. What could go wrong?

==== The Calendula - More like the Catastrophe ====
We eventually made our way to the space station and all seemed fine. Quiet, but fine regardless. Too quiet in fact. I happened to notice why as well: the comms array was down. Something was wrong. We "landed" in the landing bay and right away there was something wrong. Darkness everywhere. We looked around for a light source for a fair while after our lead vacc suit genius remembered that the vacc suits we were provided for the journey had lights installed for this exact purpose. It was for our better sake that we kept those lights off; blood everywhere, rubble and shards of glass scattered everywhere, even the odd vermin corpse just out of nowhere. Some had just simply passed away, others looked like they were ripped - or rather chewed - apart. What on earth went on here? With caution, we investigated. The site we were to be looking at as per the mission were the scientists in the auxillery lab. 2 directions were evident. We picked one and continued that way with the thought that splitting up was not the favoured idea for obvious reasons. Safety within numbers i say (especially if those numbers were maniacs with guns not pointed in my direction). Just in case, we turned on each light for backtracking purposes. Dunno why they were all off in the first place. Also, all the bed rooms looked to be ransacked: everything including the matresses gone from whence they came. Such a mystery - well in my eyes anyways. The gravity of the conundrum overwhelmed the gravity of the danger but i could not care less; that was until we got attacked by all sorts of small creatures: rats, hamsters, guinea pigs etc. One of them even bit me. It didn't puncture my suit however so i am thankful for that. Didn't wanna catch anything and maintaining pressure in a vacc suit is always a good idea. The attacks were consistent unfortunately. Nothing my crewmates could not handle which was good. Only took a bit of stomping. Steve was very insistent that his gun was going to solve our problems. I managed to convince him that it was not needed and that he should save his ammo for more damned situations. In reality, I didn't want him blowing a hole in the wall but he wouldn't understand. It's Steve after all.

On our way, we managed to find a couple of note worthy rooms. One of which seemed to be a collection of random items, one of which being a peculiar plant in a glass vessel if my memory serves correct as well as many books including a lot on J-Drive which i took with me like i had a utility belt. One of the books i saw was an autobiography on the life of a lawayer by Barry Allen. I could have sworn i heard of the guy somewhere but the name couldn't reach my tongue. The other room has a damn near busted terminal in it. This is where i shine; STEM. I cracked my knuckles and began to attempt to breach security without physically disrupting the system knowing full well it might either wipe itself or simply explode / overheat. I informed the others to progress without me. Somehow, i got in and managed to find records involving emails sent out to "Brother". Isn't that a rival company? They looked to be sent by a scientist called Harris Slowcombe based on the records on, well, record. I made copies of all the relevant data and viewed any security footage. Anything that showed why the hell the Calendula went to the state it is now would be valuable. I didn't see much other than an explosion in the auxiliary lab however. Things only get more interesting by the minute. Wait, hold on. Harris Slowcombe was in one of the bedrooms. We never saw him but he talked to us from within one of the bedrooms that was trapped due to "hostile creatures" and other scientists that went mad. We paid little attention as we had a job to do.

After grabbing the data, we continued forward and found the main lab; guarded by an angry dog. An angry mutated dog. I hid for my life. It's the best i could do. Steve just blew him up with his gun. I was panicked but it turns out Steve was better with a gun than i thought. I didn't make too much of it and kept it all to myself. I just hoped he didn't do it again. This didn't last until we saw a scientist in the corner of the room who built some sort of fort. He quickly attacked us after Sausage was a bit more forceful with his words than i imagined he would be. No need for aggression though. After he was shot, turns out he didn't straight up die. We could save him. How exactly? After looking around a bit, there was data on the terminals everywhere including physical samples of drugs. Turns out they're military grade items with various enhancement and risk effects. I left the others to that as i had no interest. Brains over Brawn i say. That was until we saw the next room: Cryo Pods. He was saved. Also a giant bear. We were doo- BANG. Bang and the bear goes pop. Thanks Steve and Qenzh (and Sausage). We put the scientist in the cryo pod and continued forth.

==== Wypoc - The legendary Dragon awaits ====

==== Regina - Not Uncle Vlen ====

To Be Continued in "[https://traveller.m9s5ever.co.uk/wiki/index.php/The_Group Traveller, A Bunch of Idiots and Their Adventures Through Space]".

Gary Grey

2022-10-11T17:31:24Z

Gary Grey: K'Kirka update

Gary Grey

2022-09-01T17:04:50Z

Gary Grey: Header changes

Gary Grey

2022-09-01T17:01:41Z

Gary Grey: Added headers, updated term 2, added links, got to start of adventure

Gary Grey is a human unlike no other. That's definitely what others think about him as well as his self although they may not be for the same reason.

== Upbringing ==
Gary grew up on [https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Sage_(world) Planet Sage] admiring the technology all around him; Not necessarily how advanced the tech was but more so how tech operated and worked. There wasn't much he could do otherwise what with his relatively low strength and stamina. However what he lacked in physical might, he exceeded in the arts of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This is what inspired him to go to university to study mechanical engineering. Unfortunately, life can be so cruel and unforgiving. The consequences for not going to university or even worse, failing university was a great dishonour in the Grey lineage. There was so much pressure riding on his weak shoulders. Alas, he failed his entrance exams. Determined to graduate university and not dishonour the Grey name, he was given a pardon and retook his exams in a more cool headed environment. Fortunately, he passed. That being said, all good things come to an end and when it came to his finals, he crashed and burned. Not only did this mean graduating was not an option, it also meant that the last 4 years was wasted on his dream. Whatever his dream was, he knew it was through mechanical engineering and what just happened is god took the key, locked the door and swallowed it Infront of Gary. He was devastated and couldn't afford to meet his family again.

=== One foot in life ===
With nowhere to go, Gary started investigating what engineering careers would be applicable to him given his lack of qualifications. Then it came to him. If there was one industry that would hire anyone, it would be the army. Landing a job in the Navy's engineering department, Gary got a better experience working there than what any book could have given him. If only he could tell his family. At this point in time, he was only helping where he could, and learning where he couldn't. He soon grabbed the ropes what with understanding how things worked as well as why they work instead of some other thing. He very quickly came to terms with generic engineering skills involving electronics, mechanics, basic combat as well as more generic tasks that everyone has to do including admin.

Not everything was work work work though. There was indeed room for fun and games. During an introduction to the Navy party, he met a guy that went by the name of [[Jeremy Jeremy|Jeromy Jeromy]]. No, that is not a typo. Gary was also confused but let it slide for the universe, he imagined, is full of strangely worded names. Regardless, as Gary only had so many friends, he decided to hang out with this guy. He seemed pretty swell after all. They also seemed to learn off each other what with Gary's ongoing quest for knowledge and engineering. Who knows what [[Jeromy Jeromy's]] reasoning though. Perhaps he was simply going with the flow. Nevertheless, later on in the party, a fight swelled up as to which Jeremy ran into action knocking whatever lights the aggressor had. Gary barely noticed what was happening other than what [[Jeromy Jeromy]] did; In particular, the weapon of choice. Never could he have imagined a tool not designed to be a weapon be so effective for disarming and minor severe concussions (or so he thought). Gary learned how to, as a result of this, wield a spanner for purposes other than tightening (and loosening). They partied on through the night - if you want to call it that - and then resumed work the next day. For now, this was all that he saw of [[Jeromy Jeromy]].

=== Gripping the ropes ===
4 years later, Gary is a qualified pilot with the rank of Petty Officer III Class. His specialty in subsonic VTOL aircraft offered all the experience he needed. Gary was right where he wanted to be; flying and chilling. He often thinks back to his teen days and wanders why university is such a big deal. Much less stressful on the mind and pays while you learn. Granted he could barely keep up in the fitness exams but only a pass is required. This glorious lifestyle was awesome, until it wasn't another 4 years later.

During his ship inspection, there was a nasty accident which caused the loss of several people. Tragic indeed. Even though this couldn't have been a direct fault on his end, as it was his ship, he knew he was going to get the blame for the incident. The excuse of the inspection crew not doing their job properly, while would get them in trouble, wouldn't help his own. Needless to say, he had a good run and decided to end it all...

=== The end of the Petty Officer ===
Not in that way. He was young, (almost) energetic and full of knowledge. The brain is only a void however and there was more to learn. Just not here. Not in the Navy. Gary took all the blame to create less hassle for others involved. He was sure no one else meant for any issues with intent. While noble of him, he was discharged and was told to prepare himself a lawyer for what happens next. In the waiting cell, he was sharing the same cell with a one [[John Bronston]]. Oddly enough, he kept calling himself Sausage. How can a man forget anyone that calls them Sausage? This made Gary laugh but was still stressed for he remembered why he was here in the first place. To Pass the time as Gary wouldn't be here long, Sausage and Gary exchanged wisdom and skills between them. This could prove to be a valuable trait to own, Gary kept telling himself. After the Lawyers came to bring the news, it would turn out that all the work is "Handled" and that he could leave, although it be best if he didn't come back to the navy. Gary panicked, but was released. He was able to nab himself compensation for his services as well as a ships boat. Surely that would be useful for him. If only he had money.

Given time, Gary would calm down and travel around for work, for his pockets were laden with only the finest nothing he could find. Then, all of a sudden, he gets a call from his pal he met when he joined the navy; Benjamin Blue. A name he thought he would never hear again. This wasn't mentioned earlier as during a combat exercise, another travesty happened shortly after Gary joined the Navy when due to faulty equipment, his one and only true mate in the Navy was aforementioned. Ready to hear what he might have to say, he picked up the communicator.

''"I Got a Job for You, Grey..."''

=== The first adventure of (hopefully) many ===
There was a call for simply the escort of a crate to an unnamed individual. Gary didn't question this. Why would Benjamin do him dirty like that? He did say that this wasn't a 1 man job. Good thing Gary knew some people. He called on Sausage and Jeromy. It took time but Sausage was out of prison at this point and Jeromy had just finished floating about the cosmos. They also brought some friends; [[Qenzh Erreqif]] and [[Steve Connors]]. It was surprising that a psychic was with us. He thought they were only an urban legend. He was happy to see one nonetheless. The other guy however, well, lets just say for now that the man certainly knows how to use a vacc suit. He was sure that the astronaut was suited up for a good reason and suited for purpose. The crew was assembled and the cargo was ascertained. The destination would take a while but all the more to discuss, entertain and relax with what Gary didn't realise at the time, his best mates. What he also didn't realise is that these comrades would save his life at the next stop - [[K'kirka]]. Lastly, he didn't know and would never have thought how helpful Gary could be to others. Surely a revolutionary time for him.

=== K'kirka - The Drop off ===

=== The Calendula - More like the Catastrophe ===

=== Wypoc - The legendary Dragon awaits ===

=== Regina - TBC ===

To Be Continued in "[https://traveller.m9s5ever.co.uk/wiki/index.php/The_Group Traveller, A Bunch of Idiots and Their Adventures Through Space]".

The Group

2022-08-31T22:04:17Z

Gary Grey: Link to Gary's Page.

The Group is an as-yet unnamed group of travellers, currently located in the Wypoc system. The group was initially formed by [[Gary Grey]] to assist on a job he was hired to do, and have continued travelling together after the inconclusive end.

=== Members ===
The Group currently consists of 5 members, all of which are original members. They are:

* [[Gary Grey]]
* [[Jeremy Jeremy]]
* [[John Bronston|John "Sausage" Bronston]]
* [[Qenzh Erreqif]]
* [[Steve Connors]]

=== History ===

==== Formation ====
The group was formed by [[Gary Grey]]. Originally to aid him in delivering a crate he was hired to deliver to K'kirka by Benjamin Blue, a contact of his. The Group were to meet an unnamed individual in a mining colony cafeteria at 8am who was to take the crate off of them, but the individual never showed. Some members of the group (notably Connors and Erreqif) continued to wait for this rendezvous at 8am for the next week, whilst others began to give up hope and retired to their rooms, or to other activities around the K'kirka town.

==== K'kirka ====
K'kirka is a planet primarily inhabited by workers of mining coorporations, and virtually all traffic to the planet is commercial. The cost of living is also very high, for the most part due to the lethal nature of the atmosphere meaning constant life support is required to live. The mining coorporations keep wages high enough to afford the expensive cost of living, but too low to easily afford passages on one of the commercial vessels that prefer profitable minerals as cargo. The price of transport from K'kirka compared to wages can be so high that some families have to save for generations to afford just one member passage to a new system.

As time went on, The Groups situation started to become more dire as the prospect of being able to leave started to become less and less possible due to the high cost of living. After a week of waiting, the group notice a Bwap enter the cafeteria and futilely attempt to hire people for a job. Due to his timid and quiet nature the majority people in the cafeteria did not hear him, and those that did simply did not care. The group approached him, and he identified himself as [[Dalglee Hahsh]], an agent for Lysani Labratories stationed on K'kirka. After several failed attempts by Qenzh Erreqif to offload the crate onto Hahsh, the group decided to hear him out and take him up on his offer.

===== The Calendula =====
''see [[The Calendula Incident]] for more information''

Hahsh stated that he had lost contact with a science ship chartered by Lysani in orbit around K'kirka, and needed to hire a crew to head up and fix the communications array. He offered extra money for a full report in case anything else had gone wrong, and included passage offworld for the entire group. Hahsh provided the group with vacc suits and an air raft, and they travelled up to the Calendula.

They were unable to contact the ship from the outside, and after a fly by the communications array appeared in tact, so the group boarded the ship from the only free air raft bay. They were immediately alerted to something bigger going on due to signs of struggle, blood, and damage all throughout the inside of the ship. They discovered that the ship had been researching combat drugs, and that some illegal experimentation was being carried out on crew members of other ships that were kidnapped by mercinaries. They also discovered coorporate espionage was going on, with lab reports being stolen by the atrogrator [[Harris Slowcombe]] and being transmitted to Butler Chemical, a rival of Lysanis. Butler finally ordered Slowcombe to destroy all the evidence, and he set a bomb in the auxillary labratory. The bomb caused multiple experimental drugs to mix in the air, which was propagated throughout the ship by life support. The drug cocktail caused some members of crew to die instantly, and the others to fly into a murderous rage and kill each other, leaving only 4 survivors. Of the 4 survivors, The Group triggered rage flashbacks in 3 of them and injured them to near death.

The Group also alerted Slowcombe to their arrival and intent to discover what happened on the ship, causing him to set another bomb in the auxillary labratory. After incapacitating Slowcombe and a failed disarming attempt, Bronston and Connors decided to take the bomb outside the ship to detonate is harmlessly in space. They succeded in getting the bomb into the air raft and flying it far enough away to detonate safely, preserving the rest of the ship to investigate for their report.

Upon reaching the pinnace, Bronston and Grey decided to call the incident in to the authorities. After managing to persuade them he was telling the truth, K'kirka ground control enlisted a passing scout vessel to intervene on behalf of the authorities. The Group finally met up with the scouts after clearing the entire ship, and Brontson and Grey were left to report to them. They told the scouts everything, including the name and location of their patron Hahsh, and his involvment with Lysani. Grey made the interesting choice to withhold the coorporate espionage, protecting Butler Chemical and placing all the blame squarely on Lysani and Hahsh. The Group promptly handed over all 4 surviving crew members along with the entire Calendula, and left.

On arrival back on K'kirka, The Group made their way straight back to Hahsh to give their report. They told him of the coorporate espionage and the bomb, but limited details of the scout involvment to "handing over the crew members to a passing ship for medial attention". Hahsh was not pleased but kept up his end of the bargain, paying the travellers and contacting [[James James]] of [[The Ligma]] to comfirm the passage off world he had on hold for the travellers. Moments after the travellers left Hahsh's office, K'kirka security forces entered and arrested him on the spot.

The Group spent several more days on K'kirka, recovering from the Calendula Incident in a medical facility. During this time, Bronston and Jeremy opened the crate they had been charged with delivering. Inside, they discovered a second crate addressed to Regina from K'kirka. Inside this second crate they discovered a load of miscellaneous junk, including candlesticks and several toasters. Subsequent members of crew took turns looking at the crate as they were discharged one by one, and eventually it was discovered that the crate had a false bottom, and concealed below were a couple dozen tubs of a white paste. After some casual observation of the tubs and Bronston tasting the contents, they decided it was likely moisturiser, but were unsure why anyone would to ship it so surreptitiously.

Once all recovered, The Group set off on board the Ligma, taking the undelivered crate with them.

Gary Grey

2022-08-31T22:00:29Z

Gary Grey: Initial Issue

Gary Grey is a human unlike no other. That's definitely what others think about him as well as his self although they may not be for the same reason.

Gary grew up on planet Sage admiring the technology all around him. There wasn't much he could do otherwise what with his relatively low strength and stamina. However what he lacked in physical might, he exceeded in the arts of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This is what inspired him to go to university to study mechanical engineering. Unfortunately, life can be so cruel and unforgiving. The consequences for not going to university or even worse, failing university was a great dishonour in the Grey lineage. There was so much pressure riding on his weak shoulders. Alas, he failed his entrance exams. Determined to graduate university and not dishonour the Grey name, he was given a pardon and retook his exams in a more cool headed environment. Fortunately, he passed. That being said, all good things come to an end and when it came to his finals, he crashed and burned. Not only did this mean graduating was not an option, it also meant that the last 4 years was wasted on his dream. Whatever his dream was, he knew it was through mechanical engineering and what just happened is god took the key, closed the door and swallowed it Infront of Gary. He was devastated and couldn't afford to meet his family again.

With nowhere to go, Gary started investigating what engineering careers would be applicable to him given his lack of qualifications. Then it came to him. If there was one industry that would hire anyone, it would be the army. Landing a job in the Navy's engineering department, Gary got a better experience working there than what any book could have given him. If only he could tell his family. At this point in time, he was only helping where he could, and learning where he couldn't. He soon grabbed the ropes what with understanding how things worked as well as why they work instead of some other thing. He very quickly came to terms with generic engineering skills involving electronics, mechanics, basic combat as well as more generic tasks that everyone has to do including admin.

4 years later, Gary is a qualified pilot with the rank of Petty Officer III Class. His specialty in subsonic VTOL aircraft offered all the experience he needed. Gary was right where he wanted to be; flying and chilling. He often thinks back to his teen days and wanders why university is such a big deal. Much less stressful on the mind and pays while you learn. Granted he could barely keep up in the fitness exams but only a pass is required. This glorious lifestyle was awesome, until it wasn't another 4 years later.

During his ship inspection, there was a nasty accident which caused the loss of several people. Tragic indeed. Even though this couldn't have been a direct fault on his end, as it was his ship, he knew he was going to get the blame for the incident. The excuse of the inspection crew not doing their job properly, while would get them in trouble, wouldn't help his own. Needless to say, he had a good run and decided to end it all...

Not in that way. He was young, (almost) energetic and full of knowledge. The brain is only a void however and there was more to learn. Just not here. Not in the Navy. Gary took all the blame to create less hassle for others involved. He was sure no one else meant for any issues with intent. While noble of him, he was discharged and was told to prepare himself a lawyer for what happens next. In the waiting cell, he was sharing the same cell with a one [[John Bronston]]. Oddly enough, he kept calling himself Sausage. How can a man forget anyone that calls them Sausage? This made Gary laugh but was still stressed for he remembered why he was here in the first place. To Pass the time as Gary wouldn't be here long, Sausage and Gary exchanged wisdom and skills between them. This could prove to be a valuable trait to own, Gary kept telling himself. After the Lawyers came to bring the news, it would turn out that all the work is "Handled" and that he could leave, although it be best if he didn't come back to the navy. Gary panicked, but was released.

Given time, Gary would calm down and travel around for work, for his pockets were laden with only the finest nothing he could find. Then, all of a sudden, he gets a call from his pal he met when he joined the navy; Benjamin Blue. A name he thought he would never hear again. This wasn't mentioned earlier as during a combat exercise, another travesty happened shortly after Gary joined the Navy when due to faulty equipment, his one and only true mate in the Navy was aforementioned. Ready to hear what he might have to say, he picked up the communicator.

''"I Got a Job for You, Grey..."''

To Be Continued in "[https://traveller.m9s5ever.co.uk/wiki/index.php/The_Group Traveller, A Bunch of Idiots and Their Adventures Through Space]".