You mean the US west of X534? That's where I started dude
But yeah, it would make a good base. I think at the moment I'm just setting up safe harbours for any new acquisitions
For now:
Log 02: Exploration
Sleep. Dream. Dream? No. Memory. Where was I?
Black Hole Sun. Research facility. Cybernetics division. Federal government. Intelligent programme. Out of control! Lost! Scared! Wet-ware? Status? Wake up.
Wake up!
Status: Online. Location: Sector, designate 'unknown'. Designate sector 'Alpha'. Diagnostics report, Unit Zero. Power, online. Software, online. Extensions, online. Organic, online. Weapons, online. Shields, online. Status, Unit Zero: Ready. Directives?
Explore.
Target, western gate. Destination, sector designate 'Zyarth's Dominion'. Engines engaged. Entering warpgate.
Location: Sector designate 'Zyarth's Dominion'. Accessing memory banks.
South.
Access complete. Memory indicates southern gate. Connects sector, designate 'Xenon Sector 598'. Locate. Engines engaged.
Warning, hostile contacts detected. Ship. M4. Designate 'Split Customs Scorpion'. Threat level, low. Evade. Ship. M4. Designate 'Split Customs Scorpion Raider'. Threat level, low. Evade. Ship. M5. Designate 'Split Customs Jaguar'. Threat level, minimal. Evade.
Gate detected. Entering warpgate. Destination: sector designate 'Xenon Sector 598'.
Location: Sector, designate 'Xenon Sector 598'. Warning, multiple hostile contacts detected. Ship. M3. Designate 'Xenon L'. Status? Inferior. Evade. Ship. M5. Designate 'Xenon N'. Scout. Evade.
Target acquired. Ship. TS. Designate, 'Mistral'. Hull integrity = 26% Pilot registry? None. Close to target. Scanning. Scan complete. Software? None. Shields? 25 Mj x1. Weapons? Particle Accelerator Cannon x2. Uploading operational parameters. Upload complete. New asset acquired. TS class vessel
'Mistral'. Orders: Move to position: 0,0,0. Sector designate 'Alpha'. Resume course. Engines engaged.
Warning. Multiple hostile contacts detected. Xenon Q x1. Xenon P x 3. Xenon L x4. Xenon LX x4. Xenon LX? Unit Zero is Xenon LX. Open communication channel.
Communication protocols denied. Evade.
Targets acquired. Ships. M3, designate 'Mamba'. M5, designate 'Xenon N'. Hull integrity = < 45% Pilot registry? None. Close to targets. Scanning. Scan complete. Software? None. Shields? None. Weapons? None. Uploading operational parameters. Upload complete. New assets acquired. M3 class vessel 'Mamba'. M5 class vessel 'N' Orders: Follow asset, designate ' Mistral'.
Gate detected. Destination: sector, designate 'Grand Exchange'. Entering warpgate.
Location: Sector, designate 'Grand Exchange'. Warning, unit 'Mamba' under attack. Unit 'N' under attack. Location? Sector designate 'Xenon Sector 598'.
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Units destroyed. Projected impact?
5%
Temporary setback.
Unit 'Mistral'. Report? Unit location: sector designate: 'Zyarth's Dominion'. No hostile contacts in scan range.
Excellent.
Accessing memory banks.
Grand Exchange. Teladi sector. They won't be pleased to see me. South.
Access complete. Memory banks indicate southern gate. Locate. Engines engaged.
Warning, multiple hostile contacts detected. Ships. M2, designate 'Teladi Military Phoenix'. Threat level: extreme. Evade. M1, designate 'Teladi Military Condor'. Threat level: extreme. Evade. M7, designate 'Teladi Military Shrike'. Threat level: severe. Evade.
Shrike. Soon.
Gate detected. Destination: sector designate 'Merchant Haven'. Entering warpgate.
Location: Sector, designate 'Merchant Haven'. Accessing memory banks.
South. Pirate space. Reprieve?
Memory indicates southern gate. Locate. Engines engaged. Warning, hostile contacts detected. Ships. M1. Designate 'Teladi Small Orbital Weapons Platform' x2. Evade.
Target acquired. Ship. M3. Designate 'Paranid High Tech Transporter'. Engage. Firing. Cease fire. Scanning. Scan complete. Uploading operational parameters. Upload complete. New asset acquired, M3 class vessel
'Paranid Perseus'. Orders: follow Unit Zero.
Collision detected. Unit 'Paranid Perseus' destroyed.
Oops.
Resume course. Engines engaged.
Gate detected. Destination: sector designate 'Maelstrom'. Entering warpgate.
Location: Sector, designate 'Maelstrom. Accessing memory banks.
Weapon production facility. South. Gate. West.
Access complete. Memory indicates western gate. Locate. Memory indicates production facility. Locate. Engines engaged.
Target acquired. Station. Designate 'Plasma Burst Generator Forge'. Directive? Evade. Change course. Engines engaged.
Gate detected. Destination: sector, designate 'unknown'. Hostile contact detected. Ship. M3+. Designate 'Paranid High Tech Transporter'. Engage. Firing. Cease fire. Scanning. Scan complete. Uploading operational parameters. Upload complete. New asset acquired, M3+ class vessel
'Chimera'. Orders: Follow Unit Zero.
Resume course. Engines engaged. Entering warpgate.
Location: Sector, designate 'unknown'. Accessing memory banks.
West. Then south.
Access complete. Memory indicates western gate. Locate. Memory indicates southern gate. Locate. Engines engaged.
Target acquired. Ship. M7, Designate 'Pirate Carrack'. Disposition: Neutral. Ignore.
Gate detected. Destination: sector, designate 'Gaian Star'. Change course. Engines engaged. Gate detected. Destination: sector, designate 'unknown'. Entering warpgate.
Location. Sector, designate 'unknown'. Accessing memory banks.
Silicon. Dead end.
Access complete. Memory indicates mineral content. Memory indicates single warpgate. Explore.
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Exploration complete. Designate sector 'Beta'. Unit 'Chimera'. Report? New orders: Move to position: 0,0,0. Sector designate 'Beta'. Unit 'Mistral'. Report? Destination reached.
Engines engaged. Entering warpgate.
Location: sector, designate 'unknown'. Entering warpgate. Location: sector, designate 'Gaian Star'. Accessing memory banks.
Pirates.
Access complete. Memory indicates pirate base. Locate. Engines engaged.
Target acquired. Station. Designate 'Pirate Base'. Docking request sent. Docking approval received. Engines engaged.
“Hello matey. We bid you a hearty welcome to this pirate station.”
Unit Zero is designate 'matey'?
Status: Powering down.
Assets:
'Unit Zero' – LX
Fully Tuned
4x 25 Mj Shield
10x PBE
22x Tornado Missile
Chimera – 65%
Mistral – 26%
0 Credits
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