"Damn it, This firewall is tough." After about 30 minutes, he had made little to no progress in hacking the rigging console. "Maybe if I..." Niv stopped as he heard rustling from a nearby scrap pile. He turned around and noticed something had come out of the scaps, but was no longer there. He had the feeling he was not alone. He looked around and didn't see anything until something hit him in the head from above. It was a lug nut, Niv's eyes slowly drifted upward and saw what he had hit him. It was a small drone holding a bund of lug nuts, and as Niv made eye contact it leaped from the rafters and onto his face. "Aaaah! Its on my face! Its on my face!" Niv fumbled to remove the drone from his face. He struggeled and struggled until he finally pried it from his face. As he held it in his webbed hands it stopped struggling. Niv took a closer look at the drone as it looked back. It looked like a fairly large sized metalic beetle with littele hands on each leg. "You are an awfully strange drone. Who made you?" In responce, the drone openef its pincer like mouth to reveal a speaker. The voice of what sounded like an old man came from the speaker.
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"To whoever finds this drone, my name is Roy Berkheart. If you are hearing this pre-recorded message, i have passed away. I'm an ex-military drone rigger, and this is where i have spent most of my years building and fixing up drones and planes. I was the top of my class, and i would hate for all my work to be thrown in some junk yard or sold at an auction. I want someone who cares for my work, and if you aren't that someone then get the hell out. However, if you are interested i have left my rigging console on the desk. It has all my work and blueprints and this little drone has the code. His name is Einstein, an artificially inteligent helper drone. He has been my companion for many years and was one of my first creations. Take care of him and he'll take care of you. The transport plane outside is also one of my creations. It may seem like a normal plane but its armed to the teeth. If you wish to continue my work Einstein will help get you started. Good luck and i hope you come to the right chose."
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The recording ended and Einstein looked up Niv expectantly. "Don't worry little buddy, i will take care of you. If you can help me get started i'm all for it." Niv for once in his life, no longer felt scared. "Now lets show those pirates who they messed with."