Samuel Thompson and the Fastest Ship In The Galaxy

Samuel Thompson and the Fastest Ship In The Galaxy

Plums of smoke billowed out of the young explorer's mouth as the cigar's final embers of light were crushed into the aluminium ash tray. Dedoria V had always confused Samuel. It was first colonized in the late 23rd century and had quickly became a retreat for the mega rich, somewhere in which the trillionaires of the cosmos could take a break from having to keep up appearances, yet from Samuel's comfortable spot on a park bench it seemed like every passerby was intent on looking just as flashy if not more than usual. People walked by inspecting each others every article of clothing or possession. It would be fair to say that most sneered at Samuel's humble steel-leather jacket and flex-fiber jeans combo. Admittedly it was somewhat outdated compared to the titanium exo-suits worn by most civilians nowadays.

He climbed to his feet the night slowly drawing in as the huge raging red giant slowly moved out of sight, Sam had waited a while for darkness to fall as the days were much longer on Dedoria V than most other planets he visited but it was all in attempt to give himself the greatest shot at succeeding in his objective and reason for being on the personality deprived planet in the first place. The Ferrari Night-Rider V3 the latest in joyriding, adrenaline pumping space travel, Samuel had his eyes on it the minute he saw it announced in Ferrari's annual VR press conference. He had spent the past 5 months looting random outposts across a neighboring solar system just to afford a trip there (on a painfully slow passenger vessel no less) the rest he had to put towards a minimal hotel room so that he wouldn't be out the streets for 72 hours straight. However the time had come for his plan to be put into action. Step one find something fancy to wear.

He began casually strolling down the main street of the capital before turning down one of the many back alleys of the city, a grimy underworld of connected tunnels and passages masqueraded by the clean marble facades and bright lights of the busy streets. He knew many of them were used by the shops and businesses to throw out waste and provide easy access for employees to slip in and out of the buildings. Sam traveled through the labyrinth of tunnels until he came across a collection of doors (none of them unique aside from the varying levels of mold growth. He thought out loud to himself for a moment "Hmm so many choices...ip dip doo-". "Excuse me can I help you?" A slightly puzzled man stuck his head outside of the left most door. "Erm no I imagine not." Sam confidently strolled towards the middle door and grasped the handle "Ta-ta now" He pulled at the door before both Sam and the man realized that it was in fact locked. "Aha silly me wrong door." He side stepped towards the right most door "Please for all that's holy be unlocked." He muttered a small prayer under his breath before yanking at the handle. It didn't open. The man stepped out and for the first time Sam saw him in his entirety, adorned in a fairly expensive suit. "Can I see some ID?" the man was more forceful now it was quite clear that the ruse was up. "Aha yes it's right here." Sam slipped his hand into his back pocket before swiftly pulling it back out to strike the man in the jaw. He fell back unconscious with a loud thud. Sam pulled his limp body up stripping him of his designer suit. "Ah alls well that ends well aye." Sam gave out a hearty chuckle before departing.

His new look fully realized, Sam strutted back out into the crowd instantly blending in with the other pompous characters around him. Next stop the Ferrari show room. He hailed a cab and one quickly stopped. He entered the address of the show room before sitting back and taking a deep breath. "I have had one hell of a day". "Unfortunately I am not authorized to speak to passengers if there is a problem you need addressing please press the help button on the tablet in front of you." The machine droned on.

10 minutes passed and the Ferrari store came into view. Sam looked at the fare counter £16 Sam was a whole...16 pounds short "Well there's only one thing for it.". "unfortunately  I am not auth-" Sam threw himself out of the moving taxi before rolling across the pavement "Urgh jesus the movies make it look so easy." He pulled himself to his feet and began walking to the shock of many passersby. A faint tingling began to surround Sam's body, months of hard working all coming together. In less than half an hour he would be rocketing back to his home planet (assuming that everything went well) in the fastest space ship the galaxy had to offer. "How may I help you?" A company representative quickly greeted Sam at the entrance. "I'm here for a test flight of the newest Ferrari Night-Rider." a shocked expression came across the reps face "I don't mean to be rude however you are aware of the price sir". "I'm more than willing to fork out the cash for such an elegant beast." A smug smile spread across Sam's face he had been practicing that line for many hours in the mirror. "Right this way sir." A short walk led to the back of the establishment where the exquisite machine sat surrounded by security. He climbed  into the drivers seat of the vessel before slowly starting the engine and taking off. "Clearly not your first time flying a vessel sir.". Sam drove further out just beyond the view of the city. 20 minutes passed. "That's time unfortunately we need to return to the show room.". The final part of the plan was to be put into action Sam drew his first gen laser blaster out of his tux before pointing it at the representative. "I'm awful sorry for this but just know that it wasn't personal.". " PLEASE DON'T SHOOT!". "I'm not gonna shoot. Why would I wanna ruin the interior?" Sam quickly hit the eject button  and sent the representative sailing through the vacuum of space. "Well so long...full throttle engage."

'BOOOM' within milliseconds Sam was just another spec in the great backdrop of space. Another heist successful...

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Thanks for reading please keep in mind this is my first tale so don't expect to much. Feel free to leave some constructive criticism in the comments :) ~ Luigi77