“An Honest Business” is a novelette published in Habitual Heroes in 2021. Phoenix has an urgent delivery of medical supplies to the planet Endeavor, which has tense relations with its neighbor Independence.
Synopsis[]
Phoenix had been chartered to deliver medical supplies to Endeavor. Upon arrival in the system they met the freighter Charisma and rendered medical assistance to her crew. The captain of Charisma warned them about the Independence system militia and the tension between Endeavor and Independence. Phoenix continued in-system, and had to fight off and past a forced “inspection”, much to Ordoñez’s delight.
Appearances[]
Roughly in order of appearance.
Characters[]
- On Phoenix
- Jesse Baldwin
- Sanjay Bhatia, boatswain
- Veronica Roldan, XO
- Lynette Kelly
- Charlotte, engineer
- Elise Jacobs, nurse
- Chun
- Val Ordoñez, gunner
- Edgar Cervantes, engineer
- Reyna
- Jorge Salgado, engineer
- On Charisma
- Barnes, Charisma
- Franco, medic
- On Vigilance
- Paxton, captain
- Crumpton, boarder
- Baker, boarder
- Green, boarder NCO
- Michelle Janeka (mentioned only)
- Tanner Malone (mentioned only)
Locations & organizations[]
- Phoenix, a yacht
- Charisma, a freighter
- Vigilance, an Independence corvette
- Gallat, an Independence corvette
- The dual system of Endeavor and Independence
Continuity[]
“An Honest Business” is set after Last Man Out, in November 2280.
Trivia[]
Val Ordoñez is also named Sol Ordoñez in earlier stories.
Publication history[]
“An Honest Business” was first published on Elliott Kay’s Patreon in December 2020.