Slowly the Trixian royal shuttle slowly came to stop as it found itself just outside a solar system. The shuttle found itself alone in as it sat the edge of the solar system.

"We have arrived at the coordinates, m'lady." says the blonde handmaiden.

I still do not understand the need of this. Octavia was annoyed that there was this solar system to explore but they were unable to do anything yet. Sometimes she couldn't understand what her sister was thinking.

"Begging you pardon, m'lady." An the brown haired handmaiden replied, "Her Highness insisted on us having extra protection as we are close to the Kyst. They have been known to be highly aggressive. So we are to wait until the hired bodyguard was to show up."

Fine, I will be in my quarters. Let me know when the bodyguard has arrived.

Fenricks piloted his frigate, recently named Wild Wolf towards a solar system that was known to be inhabited by the Kyst, an aggressive race that almost matched the Lupino species that he belonged to.

Sselstria, his servant was currently resting in one of his safe houses on Retinax II after her claiming just two days ago, and she was recovering quite nicely. On this trip however, he did not bring her along to get her some added rest.

He was here at the behest of what remained of the Trixian royal family, and he was intrigued why he was chosen. He then shrugged and thought as long as the job pays well... he didn't really care. All he hoped that it wasn't a snobby royal that would get on his nerves.

A beep on his console alerted him to his arrival, and true enough he spotted a shuttle stationed just outside the system and he opened a comm channel. "This is Fenricks of the Wild Wolf, here for escort duty... Trixian shuttle... please position yourself to land in my ship's hangar bay. Over."

He then opened the hangar bay doors, and waited for the shuttle to board his vessel.

Enru slowly guided the shuttle into the hanger of the huge vessel. The blonde handmaiden was unnerved by the size of the frigate and how it simply outclassed the royal shuttle. Still she had orders to perform and with a matter of minutes made a textbook landing inside the alien craft. "We are now aboard the Wild Wolf. Wait a few minutes for the hanger bay doors to close and pressure to equalize and we will be able to move about in the frigate."

After a few annoying minutes, the princess and her handmaidens stepped out to meet up with their new escort.

Fenricks stepped into the hangar bay, dressed in his full armor and then stood in front of the Trixians and then he faced the pink haired female, who he assumed to be the princess of the Trixians, and he mentally noted that she and her handmaidens seemed to be quite attractive.

He didn't think much of that detail, choosing to be professional about this. He then gave a polite and gentlemanly bow in the Trixian manner, since he studied a bit about them... and the fact that he had met Trixians before during his early days gave him an insight as to how to behave around Trixians.

"Greetings Princess... welcome to my humble ship. My name is Fenricks of the Lupino... it is my honor to serve you and your maidens this day." He said politely, pausing for a moment before speaking. "But before I lead you all to your guest quarters aboard my vessel, may I know your names... for formality's sake? After that, I will explain a bit about my ship and what you should and shouldn't do on board for your own safety. Is that acceptable?"

He looked at the three women and waited for their reply.

The princess bowed slightly in reply. Yes that is acceptable. I am Princess Octavia of the House of Bellatrix, of the Trixian Hegemony. The pink haired princess was wearing her formal strapless dress and a jacket that covers her arms and shoulders down to just above the dress leaving a bit of cleavage exposed. Her long hair had been brought up in a gigantic pony tail behind in addition to the twin hair buns that she normally wore. As she stood up she smiled, and introduced first the tall blonde woman to her right. This is my pilot and handmaiden Enru. The blonde handmaiden bowed deeply in response. "It is a pleasure to meet you Fenricks of the Lupino."

The royal then turned and introduced the second handmaiden, she was the shortest of the three and had short brown hair. This is the head of security, An. She is my senior handmaiden. The brunette bowed deeply, "It is nice to meet you Fenricks of the Lupino." An returned to her upright position, "So you said there are things that we should not do while we are on board your vessel. Would you go into more detail about that first?"

The pink haired woman sighed in response but did her best not to roll her eyes. She never cared for An over protection of her. Still she knew that the brunette was only doing her job to the best of her abilities.

Fenricks studied each of them, particularly the princess as he took note of how a bit of her cleavage showed as he bowed and he absently filed it into the back of his mind as he said."Charmed to meet you all."

He then nodded towards An and nodded. "Well yes... while I have programmed my ship's internal security system to be quite lax when I normally have guests aboard the vessel like yourselves, you must understand that first and foremost, I am a mercenary of a sort as you all well know. That means that there are sensitive areas of the ship that I would like guests to keep out of... I hope that you all could understand that." He said politely to them and then paused for a moment.

He then said. "In short, what I want to say is this.... you all are welcome to do your own exploration of my ship during our passage through the system.... but please keep out of the engineering section as well as the galleys on the rear of the ship, as well as the rooms near there. I trust that there would not be a problem in that?"

There will not any problem. We will stay of the areas that you have pointed out, the royal replied before the shorter handmaiden could reply. I am sure that your ship is quite safe or you would not have been hired. What would you recommend we see while on your ship, the pink haired princess replied inquisitively.

An still pressed with some of her questions, "Do you know what threats could be in the area and how you plan to counter them if it should happen. Also do we have our rooms on board or are we to stay on the shuttle?[/color] An took a bit of defensive stance as she was still a bit protective of her princess. In fact on instinct she had posed herself between the royal and the mercenary.

Fenricks nodded and said. "Well... the system inhabited by the Kyst, despite its inhabitants are quite beautiful. Kystra II and III in particular have beautiful rolling plains, scenic mountains and pristine lakes and oceans. It is also surprisingly, where the less hostile Kyst are known to inhabit."

He paused for a moment before turning towards An and noted her stance and nodded."Well, the Kyst do not have much presence in the space lanes, since they are only an emerging participant in the space naval power and most of their technology is quite inferior to most races. My people have dealings with them before, and the only thing you need to worry about is their warriors who are strong combatants. Fortunately they only inhabit Kystra Prime and Kystra V, which are their main warrior training centres, so we have little to worry about that. And yes, I have prepared rooms for your party on Deck 2. I only hope that they will meet your expectations."

Octavia interrupted two as they continued the conversation about the Kyst. May we see the room, now? She had founded that discussion about warriors by warriors to be very boring. They often had identified the weaknesses of the opponents very quickly but began listing everything about them. There was time enough for that later, right now Octavia wanted to see the rest of the ship...at least the parts to they were allowed to see. The royal glanced at An, and could tell she was annoyed at Octavia's comment, but she put up with and would wait until later to ask more questions. After all, Octavia was the Princess.

Fenricks nodded and said. "Why of course, my apologies your highness." His tone was polite and then he turned and said. "Follow me closely please..."

He then led them to the turbolift and he pressed the number 2 button on it, and the lift whirred to life as it slowly ascended to its destination. He then turned to his guests and said. "Well, I suppose you can check this out using the computer in your quarters, but I will give you all a brief makeup of this ship's map."

"Deck 1 is where the bridge of my ship is found, as well as my personal quarters and office. Deck 2 where you are staying, is made up of VIP guest quarters, which are lavishly furnished... in my opinion. Deck 3 is the recreation deck, where there are games and recreational facilities are found, such as holosuites and firing ranges as well a gym, not to mention a virtual fighting ring is available."

He paused for a moment and said. "Deck 4 is quarters that are customizable for different kinds of environments, since I have guests that need to live in special conditions, as well as the ship's environmental control systems are located. Deck 5 consists of training rooms, mostly used by me and some guests that are more martial in nature."

He then said. "We have just left Deck 8, which consists of the hangar and cargo bays. I stress again, Decks 6 and 7 are off limits, since they contain the engine room, as well as the brig, just in case I am transporting prisoners. I am also delivering some things to other clients at this time, and they are confined in those rooms. For all of your safety, please heed my words alright?"

They soon arrived and he led them out of the lift and showed them their quarters, which is quite spacious and rather lavishly decorated, with a large comfy bed big enough for three people. The walls are also decorated with some Trixian carvings and designs as well. "I trust that the quarters meets your expectations, your highness?"

It was the hand maidens that were making mental notes as Fenricks as they entered the elevator. Quickly they noted that Decks 6 and 7 were off limit to the Trixians. An made particular notes of Deck 5, because if she got some spare time she might try out some of the the training room to work on her technique. However the princess was really only interested the top 3 levels, each seemed to offer something for the royal. Whether it was her quarters or the holosuits or even where the bridge was all of those things were of interest to the her highness.

Soon the mercenarry showed the trio to their room. It was amazing large and well decorated. Every where the pink haired princess could see many of carvings and designs from her old homeworld. In fact for the royal, it felt like she was back on her homeworld before the Trixian odyssey. It was only then that the three realized that would all have to share the overly large bed. The handmaidens were taken aback as they realized that would be forced to intrude on their princess privacy.

Still the princess seemed to be most humbled by it all. It does meet and exceed my expections, Fenricks. I am sure we will be most pleased with the accommodations. Enru and An, please go get our luggage from the shuttle. We will not need to be in the shuttle for a while.

Fenricks nodded and said. "I am glad that I am able to provide you all with accomodations that suit your needs, your highness. To be honest, I was able to do so with a little bit of research... and I have met some Trixians before this encounter, specifically some of the surviving members of the royal guard of Trixia if I am not mistaken."

He then thought for a moment and said. "Oh, and just one more thing... if you do accidentally wander the ship and find yourselves in either on those two decks that I mentioned you are not supposed to go to? Deck 6 is much safer than 7... since there are some dangerous things that I am carrying for some clients."

He then looked at them and asked. "Is everything clear so far? Are there any questions that you wish to ask me before I leave you all to rest?"

An made a quick mental note of Deck 6 being safer than Deck 7, still if it was up to brunette handmaiden none of them would leave this room any time soon, much less get anywhere near those decks. Now if she could only convince the princess to stay still long enough, that was a completely different kettle of fish. "I think we should be satisfied for right now. I am sure it will take a moment for her highness to rest up from such a long trip."

Yes, says the royal in a rare moment of agreement. Perhaps resting up would be good right now. We can always take a tour of your fine ship later. The princess says with a bow.

"Very well then Princess... I shall take my leave for now. Please feel free to contact me using the intercom on the panel in the room if you need any of my assistance." Fenricks said as he took out a pad and then handed it to them.

"But before I go, I need the three of you to take turns to press your palm onto this pad. It is a scanner that will scan your data to input it into the computer so that it will gain you temporary limited access to my ship's information and manifest, at least on a medium security clearance. The higher security clearances need my codes to do so, and most of them are the more sensitive stuff that I deal with."

He paused for a moment and said to them. "You may also access the more exotic training programs in the gym, but I advise you not to do so until you know you are ready because these are pretty high level and realistic. Anything that happens in there will be felt directly by you, so make sure you don't set the level to be too high. This also goes for the more exotic programs in the holosuites as well."

He waited for them to finish scanning their palms on the pad and said. "Before I leave, where do you expect to tour first, your Highness? I mean both inside my ship as well as the solar system. I need to know so that I can arrange my schedule to escort you all during your trip."

Where do I want to tour first? I think it would be best to start with the top floor and work our way down. Also we should work are way in one planet at a time. The princess thoughts on the matter were simple and and exhaustive. And it was clear that she wanted to start now.

However An looked frustrated. She wanted to be able to check out the rest of ship and make sure that it was safe before the princess looked around. However now she would not be able to do so as Her Highness chose to go now. This would be alot of easier if she stayed in the room for now.