“If you can figure out how to get rid of her, she’s free!”

“Like I said, she’s been at the docks for as long as anyone
can remember.  Over the years, people
have tried to get rid of her, but she just comes and goes as she pleases.”

“Without a crew?” Sol asks, genuinely confused.

“Near as we can tell,” Jin says, grin widening like this
is some sort of amusing game.  “Every
so often she’ll leave for a while and come back.”

“Why not revoke the ship’s access to port?” I ask, just
about ready to unravel the story.

“They’ve tried,” he replies, laughing now.  “She just gets back into the system and
returns the registry.  One time another
vessel took her dock while she was away and, upon return, she just moved the
other ship—hacked into the piloting system or something like that and moved it.”