#1 by Carnifex

Cravic was quick to slip away as best he could into the blur of debris and gas that was Nuremburg. Whoever those pilots really were they seemed to know who Janson was and whatever their agenda it was not his harm. Appearing out of the debris like that would seem to suggest that they were extremely familiar with the system; and knowing Janson by name... these were mysteries that Cravic no longer had much time to think about. He was a dead man after all.

The LPI agent would report the deaths of both Cravic and Janson with the regretable loss of all other members of the assassination squad and the combat damage from the assassins, indistinguishable from that of the targets, would back up his claim. Now it was time for Cravic to do what Janson had done and disappear. First port of call would be one of his contacts inside Liberty, someone he could trust; the border regions of Rhienland and the Sigma systems where not a place for an ex-Liberty Admiral to find refuge.

Reaching the Bering system Cravic was almost disappointed in having to leave the relative cover of the scrap. Knowing that the Texas jump gate would be watched he made for the distant side of the sector on the other side of the large yellow star that was the centre of Bering. In his left peripheral vision he saw Freeport 2 glinting in the distance reflecting the light scattered among the rocks. As he approached his target sector he was, for perhaps the first time, thankful for criminal movement reports. The Hudson jump hole slowly drew into sensor range and Cravic sped right into it, eager to leave Bering behind for fear that he might still be expected there if the news of his 'death' hadn't been recieved yet.