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Fritoh, the young Rodian first mate of the Griffon,
is what they call a jinx. He was brought aboard Omze's Incredible Traveling
Starport along with his older brother, Ch'owdo. They were to work as security
for Omze's Rodian/Mercenary Captain Ne'Chak. Ch'owdo was a natural. Fritoh,
not so much. The problem was that Fritoh had the knack of being in the wrong
place at the wrong time.
Not unfortunate for him, but for those poor saps
around him. Assuming they didn't end up dead, or maimed, they might have
found themselves broke, without two centicreds to rub together. This wasn't
a major problem, though. In fact it was, more or less, the starport joke.
That was until Ne'Chack himself was the target of Fritoh's unintentional
bad luck. |
After nearly having his finger severed after Fritoh
wedged it into a food preparer, Ne'Chack was ready to have him vacced. Fortunately
for Fritoh, there happened to be a pirate by the name of Magness aboard
who was looking for a first mate. Ne'Chak, hating humans as it was, found
he could kill two dinkos with one shot. He recommended Fritoh to the pirate
and then immediately kicked them both off the starport. Ne'Chak was never
happier. Magness, on the other hand, has been rethinking the intelligence
of his choice of first mate. |