Practicality vs. Ethics
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 20700
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Now, picking up a distress call always represents something of a
dilemma for me. After all, the fake distress beacon has always been a
favorite pirate trick, and, although it's technically illegal, it's
not unheard of for the Space Authority to use it, too, when they're
hoping to snare a not-quite-legitimate businessman like myself. On the other hand... I was making the Fomalhaut run once when the portside reactor blew on me three days in. If a passing 'Hautian freighter with an even shadier reputation than mine hadn't taken a chance and stopped to help, I'd be a charred radioactive cinder right now, and wouldn't be here to engage in this little internal practicality-vs.-ethics debate. So I vectored the engines towards the coordinates the beacon provided and prayed to the fickle Spacers' God that I was doing the right thing.
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ragan (with a smile for JH for the Farscape reference, a nod to Blake's 7 for the pirate trick, and a fond thought in the direction of Han Solo for the concept in general)
10/11/2002 3:18:01 PM
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