This turns out to be the most fun he's had in three hours, as the Albion Skunk is well fitted for combat. Otani chooses one that involves defending a space station from an assault by a Capship and several fighters. Still, following his primary mission directive hasn't exactly gone amazingly, so perhaps stepping off the beaten path will provide a refreshing distraction.ДЄnd there's finally some good news, as there are quite a few to choose from, ranging from sector patrols to or hunting down galactic criminals, or even boarding capital ships using a troop of hired marines. 'Looks like the only way out of this is do some sort of side mission,'. Unfortunately, her hiring fees are far too expensive for Otani to afford, as are those of every Defence Officer he encounters for the next hour, despite him having the same amount of money he possessed when hiring one the first time around. While searching, Otani is reminded of how bizarre it is that, while on the outside the galaxy's space stations are beautiful, varied and detailed, inside they're all constructed using very limited variations of the same dull flat-plan, and is baffled as to why anyone would do one properly but not the other.ДЄfter a brief search Otani finds the Defence Officer. If this had been a script for some kind of computer game like they had in the past, it would have been a phenomenally embarrassing one.Д®ventually, a pilot points the way to a Defence Officer located at a nearby station, so Otani docks at the station and leaves the ship to seek them out. 'Nice chat, Not!' sneers another, in a similarly incongruous manner. 'Go boil you head!' shouts one sour-faced pilot, when asked if he knows of any Defence Officers looking for work.

Sadly, everyone in the future seems to be prone to becoming incredibly aggressive when they don't know the answer to a question. Instead Otani does this by flying around the sector individually asking other ships if they've seen any defence officers hanging around. They don't have such things in the future. This isn't using some kind of interstellar search engine or straightforward menu database of local Defence Officers, of course. So he searches for a nearby Defence Officer in the most efficient way possible. 'I guess I'm going to have to do all this again,' mutters Otani. Unfortunately, he hasn't yet learned the Runes for 'Autosave', so when he Quickloads, he finds himself on a mission some way before selling 100 Energy Cells, where he still needs to find a Defence Officer to accompany Brian on the Rahanas. Mercifully, Otani is secretly a space wizard, possessing the magical ability to turn back time, commonly known as 'Quickload'.

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