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A containment ship arrived at Regina VII Star Base to transport the alien into custody.
Keltie finally relaxed as the giant, box-shaped ship hooked onto the airlock. She smirked as it sucked the alien into a dark chamber. The creature screamed as the ship’s doors closed on it.
Then the ship unlatched from the base, floated away from the star base and jumped into hyperspace, escorted by several police corsairs.
“How am I going to get home now?” she said, watching the ships disappear.
All around the private passenger bay, men and women were repairing dents to their ships from the clanging.
She stepped in a pile of broken glass and it crunched underneath her boots. She kicked it away. Suddenly she was glad the Galactic Guard had given her steel-toe boots.
A police officer in a blue
