The Convoys

Prompt #2 - The Convoys

Alongside the brave beings of the shipping vessels, your character will fend off and outfly the scalliwags of the void. The massive cargo cruisers are slow and difficult to maneuver, but they often employ swift guardian ships to protect them. Does your character pilot a ship in the convoy? Have they been hired as part of the on-ship guardian crew to repel boarders? Is your character a trader or cargo worker who was simply caught in the wrong place at the wrong time? Draw or write your character as part of one of the convoys. Your piece must include your character and either space ships, freighter cargo or treasure, or an encounter with pirates.

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Galaxii was certainly no captain, pilot, or anything of the sort. He could ride a horse fine, but anything bigger than that and he'd likely send the vessel crashing into the nearest land mass. However, on the deck of a cargo ship, he could keep an eye on the smaller ships escorting the cargo ship, and look out on the horizon for potential raiders. It was a slow job, but it was good money, and good people for the most part.

"So far so good, sir?" the helmsman called out from the wheel.

"Yes, the horizon's clear and the guardian fleet hasn't signalled that they see anything," Galaxii replied, looking back over his shoulder at them.

"Good. We should reach the city by the morning if we keep at this pace. Keep an even more careful eye out at night, though; there's been some raids done under the cover of darkness. May be harder to spot 'em once the sun goes down."

"I'll be sure to keep eyes and ears out."