“Bill’s my brother. So, so of course I don’t trust him. First he says that I am not Unit Zero material. Next, he says that being a bounty hunter is dangerous work and that I should just work for the government or something. But enough about my wonky family.” Skie said.
She soon took Helen to the docks. This was were all the airships were located. It was more like a floating hanger bay above the clouds. It was somewhat of a gut wrenching sight.
She then pointed to her blue racer, the Ethereal. “She is my baby. Fastest racer in this sector. Yeah, I know. I do gambling, racing, and bounty hunting. I’m a risk taker. Maybe, an idiot. Doesn’t steer me wrong too often.” Skie said.
“So you said, you had one of your own? Is it one you’re renting or does Earth actually make good airships?” Skie asked.
Bill was a family matter with somebody Helen barely knew, so she did not comment upon that, instead following the other girl quietly.
“I don’t do the racing part,” Helena commented as she looked at the blue racer, “despite the name of our ships. She looks pretty good, but you’ll have ter slow down a bit fer mine, probably.” Helena seemed unbothered by the height and floating hangar as she pointed towards another racer, this one green, what paint hadn’t been scratched away at least. It was bigger and bulkier, visibly more armoured and rather scratched up. Its rear engine assembly was absurdly large. “That’s my girl. I’m not a good judger on the qualities of racers, but she can take a hit. She was advertised as the ‘ultimate victory in thrust over aerodynamics,’ and in my experience, she’s got quite a kick ter the engines. Just doesn’t keep that speed very well.”
Helena’s model was rugged and easy to maintain, being such a simple design it was obvious. For those who wanted survivability and ease of maintenance, it was a good racer, so it fit Helena well. However, it was not too manoeuvrable, and not too aerodynamic either, depending on extremely powerful engines. If it had to turn at all, it instantly lost all speed.
“Could probably give you a run fer your money in a drag race, gadgie. Add in any kind of turn, I’m left in your dust. I own her. Been using her fer a couple years, now, and she hasn’t let me down yet.” But it sounded like the racer didn’t have a name.