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    Junker's Moon: Pirate Gold
    Junker's Moon: Pirate Gold
    Junker's Moon: Pirate Gold
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    Junker's Moon: Pirate Gold

    By Peter Salisbury

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    Junker's Moon Scrap, Salvage and Servicing Company had never been attacked before but that didn't mean its base of operations was unprepared. Marshall Brion began the day with no idea that within a few hours he would need all the concentrated expertise of three generations of Brions. Space pirates were inbound to the station. They were something to be feared but also to be repelled at all costs.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeter Salisbury
    Release dateSep 13, 2013
    ISBN9781301288618
    Junker's Moon: Pirate Gold
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    Peter Salisbury

    I am a life-long fan of science fiction, and so when I had an idea for my first story, I wasn't surprised that it was in that genre. The first book took me ten years to complete, but I've got a little quicker since. I am pleased to say that I now have over thirty books published in my name. What next? So far I haven't run short of ideas for new stories, so there are several projects in various stages of completion, and I hope to be publishing the next story before too long, so please subscribe to my alerts. My profile picture is a portrait of the author as a young man, painted by my daughter Charlotte Salisbury who has also contributed to several of my book covers. Professional background In the 1970s I studied Chemistry at university and then spent over thirty years in classrooms across England teaching almost anything but Chemistry, including Photography, Communications Skills, General Science, Computing, and Information and Communications Technology. In the 1990s I spent ten years writing abstracts of chemical patents. This was a most exacting process but very rewarding to be reading about the very latest inventions in the field, and the abstracts were distributed world-wide to research scientists by subscription. Articles of mine have been published in magazines and I have written assignments used for assessing Communications Skills for a major international Examination Board. After retiring early this century I began writing in earnest.

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      Junker's Moon - Peter Salisbury

      Junker's Moon:

      Pirate Gold

      Copyright Peter Salisbury August 2013

      Smashwords Edition

      This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to any person or place is entirely coincidental. No part of this work may be distributed, printed, reprinted or copied by any means without the prior permission of the author.

      2013 August 14

      Junker's Moon: Pirate Gold

      The first in an exciting new series of longer short stories.

      Junker's Moon Scrap, Salvage and Servicing Company had never been attacked before but that didn't mean its base of operations was unprepared. Marshall Brion began the day with no idea that within a few hours he would need all the concentrated expertise of three generations of Brions. Space pirates were inbound to the station. They were something to be feared but also to be repelled at all costs.

      This book is dedicated to

      Ian and Claire

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1: Tradition

      Chapter 2: Unwelcome Attention

      Chapter 3: Failed Colony, New Opportunity

      Chapter 4: Licence To Trade

      Chapter 5: Test Flight

      Chapter 6: A Blip On The Screen

      Chapter 7: Some Sort Of A Plan

      Chapter 8: Moon Dark

      Chapter 9: A Long Shot

      Chapter 10: Misfire

      Chapter 11: Attack

      Chapter 12: Questions

      Chapter 13: More Unwelcome Visitors

      Chapter 14: A Question Of Jurisdiction

      Chapter 15: Epilogue

      More books by Peter Salisbury

      Chapter 1: Tradition

      Marshall Brion had awoken that morning to find someone beside him. It wasn't an unusual occurrence but he was interested to find out who it was. Folding back the covers a little, he saw that the mop of blonde hair on the pillow belonged to Lucy, a mechanic first grade. Her blue eyes opened sleepily and she snuggled closer, while a sneaky little smile spread over her soft, pink lips. A glance at the ancient time-piece beside the bed showed Marshall that it was seven-ten, around half an hour after sunrise.

      Despite knowing pretty much everything else, by virtue of being proprietor of Junker's Moon Scrap, Salvage and Servicing Company, Marshall was unable to remember how Lucy had chosen him as bed-mate. As often occurred, his mind was a little hazy over the precise details of the events of late the previous evening. Lucy was one of his many, highly qualified female employees at the Junker's Moon maintenance depot and, if he recalled her character correctly, finding her warm body curled up against his was probably more for want of male companionship than anything else.

      Her presence, before the cares of a day in the space centre inevitably intruded on Marshall's consciousness, was most welcome. Lucy had received his advances with an expression of warmth and affection, rather than any great show of passion. However, when Marshall heard her singing happily in the shower, he knew that the day had begun most satisfactorily for both of them and that they would part, as always, on good terms.

      Junker's Moon had passed by inheritance into the sole hands of Marshall, a bright young man in his early thirties. He was a better catch by far than the few male fitters and labourers on the station, and more attractive than the grizzled old space ship captains who brought their vessels in for repairs. Thus it was that most nights, he was treated to the attentions of one of the many female mechanics, fly-by-wire technicians, calibration experts, and others of the mix of employees and freelancers at the Junker's Moon depot.

      In a tradition begun by grandfather Brion, the employees of Junker's Moon were almost exclusively female. Marshall had been happy to continue the tradition when he took over, finding the women to be intelligent, reliable and to have an attention to detail which was vital in preparing space ships for withstanding the rigors of space, especially when many of the ships were ancient and should have been retired years ago. For his part, Marshall was careful to show neither undue preference, nor to exploit his status as owner of the most important operation on the planet. Invariably, the women decided amongst themselves who would indulge in his favours on any given night.

      Marshall whistled softly to himself as he went through the routine checks at his computer. His carrot-red hair, still damp from his shower, was short and spiky, and he wore a loose cotton shirt with the sleeves rolled up. Although he was only a step or two up from a dealer in scrap metal, his overheads were low and his income steady. Consequently, he had invested in the most up to date computer. It was fully integrated with the works systems and a collection of interactive displays of varying sizes was floating open above his desk.

      Before checking on the locations of his employees, Marshall searched for signs of FBIS activity in the region. FBIS, frequently pronounced 'Febis' was the almost universally disliked Federal Bureau of Interstellar Security. Operating as a commercial security organisation, it was officially sanctioned only when convenient. When not being hired for 'peace-keeping' by one planetary government or another, it was funded by an assortment of means, including confiscation of contraband, the imposition of fines, and by collecting bounty on individuals who, for one reason or another had prices on their heads.

      Marshall's deep space scan revealed a number of ships. Some were passing through, including passenger liners and cargo vessels. There were some which had left from the Junker's Moon service centre within the last five days, each with shiny new engines or certificates of space-worthiness, newly issued. Those were making their way back to where-ever they had come from

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