Long story short… Gypsy cleared the back landing area with fifteen minutes to spare (much to the chagrin of the Docking Officer who was cocked and primed to collect fees the second Gypsy was berthed overtime).
Gypsy had received clearance to depart Cornacopia Docks -thus she gently soared upward…coincidentally on a trajectory that took her directly over the thriving metropolis of Winesap. Winesap being the location of the bearing plant, expecting delivery of the Dragon's Egg crystals.
Ten minutes later, I reported to Port Authority a "strange noise and loss of power" P.A. didn't need to know the strange noise was from a recording of an up and and coming Harvestian street musician, nor that the loss of power was from my manually decelerating for landing as near to Winesap as possible…
"Port Authority! Gypsy Trader requesting permission for emergency landing… uhhhhhh at or near Winesap aerodrome? …do I have clearance?"
Note: When pulling this little stunt I reccommend assuring Port Authority that you are willing to heroically limp your crippled ship back in their direction… they seemed almost enthusiastic to let me set down anyplace safe.
The aerodrome was actually an ideal and very quite place to rendevous with the Plant Owner and his men; His factory hauler rolled out to meet Gypsy under the pretense of bringing a new engine part. In truth, two skids of fine, raw, AAA bearing grade crystal was passed to the new owner at deep discount (my cost plus 135% -would'a been cheap at twice that price.) The aerodrome was not a hugely busy place. The local authorities payed little or no attention to Gypsy after she failed to burst into flame on landing. So before taking leave of lovely and bucolic Winesap… I rode the quad into town and had a late farm style breakfast. It had been a good morning... and making coin always gives me an appetite.
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