[@Letter Bee]


SECONDARY QUEST-Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained


"Well, son, I'm sorry for your loss." Ney said, "But I'm not convinced. Say I do throw in my lot with the rebels. They might win in the long run, but what happens in the meantime?Or in the aftermath? Anarchy. Chaos. I saw enough of that while I was a kid in Illinois to know I don't want to see any more. " The doc lit his cigarette. 

"And you speak of rewards, and freedom to conduct research. But I'm no fool. Any advances I make would be stolen from me by the Revolution, as the Order has done. That's the nature of government and bureaucracy." Ney shook his head. "I've seen it all over the wastes." Then he hesitated, just for a second. "What sort of rewards are we talking about here?"