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[DaddyHoggy]

Snail Mail

(Apologies in advance)

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‘Galactic Snail’ was the last company to offer the ancient delivery mechanism of physical post. It was slow and incredibly expensive compared to Galnet, but, for those important things: 200th birthday cards, transfer of Imperial Titles, divorce papers of multi-billionaires, it was a cost worth bearing. The raid, on one of their sorting offices, was violent and brief. The raiders were surprised by how well defended the establishment was and were quickly overwhelmed by GS security. One raider in particular met a gruesome end, his head crushed beneath the Galactic Snail Crest embossing machine. You could say he’d been franked.
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[Frank]

01 - RoyalHankey - Failed mission
02 - Simoof - Little Ship of Thargoids!
03 - Erik Marcaigh - Based on an Almost True Story
04 - moose666 - Winnard's post box.
05 - Galactic Midden - Why you should do a background check
06 - Edith_The_Hutt - upon my works
07 - Frank - Tilting at Windmills
08 - DaddyHoggy - Snail Mail

With such a wonderful topic this week I'm surprised we haven't even managed to reach the halfway mark yet.

Any newcomers who want to take the opportunity of less competition.. just post a story of exactly 100 words on this thread. It has to be set in the Elite galaxy and the topics this week are "Thargoids" and "Frank", a white-haired retired old miner that spends a lot of his time drinking in a sleazy space bar.

I think I'd better point out that it wasn't me who chose either of this week's topics. <smirk>

 

[insanephoton]

To anyone unfamiliar with Frank, I'd just like to point out that he's not the Frank from the film Robot and Frank. Anyway back to trawling youtube for inspiration (that comment will make sense if everything pans out)

 

[Darkoba]

... the topics this week are "Thargoids" and "Frank", a white-haired retired old miner that spends a lot of his time drinking in a sleazy space bar.

The Thargoid & Fer de Lance sleazy??? I'll never cross its threshold again - once I've got out, that is

 

[Frank]

The Thargoid & Fer de Lance sleazy??? I'll never cross its threshold again - once I've got out, that is

Funny thing.. when I'm there I've heard people refer to the Thargoid & Fer de Lance as a sleazy dive, but when I'm off on missions, I've heard people call it a nice place. I guess different folks enjoy different bars.

 

[Listeri69]

A drunken Reminiscence or Frank remembers some stuff....

'I remembers Thargoids I do' Frank mumbled into his Janx 'I remember shooting one with my side laser'
Two of the bars patrons shifted uneasily in their stools.
'Side lasers, Thargoids.. I think you've had enough to drink tonight' Sven made an unsuccessful attempt to grab Franks bottle
'I tells you I had side lasers and Thargoids had ships the size of McThargoids Triple thick burgers, Eight sides they had an' yer radio just went....'
Frank made a clicking sound with his mouth and slapped his cheeks. Shifting in his chair he let rip
'an thats what they smelt like'

 

[insanephoton]

Frank and the Thargoid!: The musical

Frank was space truckin' when out of the black an octagonal silver machine hailed him.
"Calling occupants of interplanetary craft"
"Hello, who are you?"
"You know my name" replied the thargoid.
"Eloise?"
"Yes and I've brought our daughter along too. She's quite the singer. Do you want to hear Annie's song?"
"she's no child of mine"
"Don't you want me, Daddy?" chirped Annie
"Annie I'm not your daddy. Thargoids and humans shouldn't mix, they are so different"
"Papa, don't preach. We can work it out. We are all made of stars"
"Forgive me, sweet child of mine. I'm only human"

 

[Erik Marcaigh]

There are so many great drabbles again this week. It's been a pleasure reading them.
Then there are a few that are so bad, they're almost good.

 

[AliJax]

They fly among us

Frank the Thargoid was a below average spy, the Thargon was just quick enough to avoid the sensors on ships from Empire, Alliance & Federation commanders.

Thargoids have time on their side and Frank did manage to strategically place Thar-Gins, something the Humans decided to call Barnacles, "LO LO LO" - the Thargoid chuckled.

3301 brought about the First Discovery of Human occupied space and for the Thargoid species they were plotting & scheming their next move to come out of the shadows, while the commanders are busy with Exploration Data, or hide n seek as Frank liked to call it.

 

[Frank]

There are so many great drabbles again this week. It's been a pleasure reading them.
Then there are a few that are so bad, they're almost good.

Edited: like Insanephotons.... so bad, it's good... LOL

like Insanephotons.... so good, it's good... <grin>

I counted 19, but if it is deliberately 19 then I count 20.

 

[Darkoba]

Not 'Frank in the Thargooid and Fer-de-lance', but nearly...

Darkoba landed at Barnard’s and went straight to the bar.

“What? No Frank?” he gazed at the empty bar-stool.

“Frank’s on a mission” Sven said, polishing glasses, “He won a second-hand Fer-de-lance in a lottery. Decided he should go hunting Thargoids.”

“But there aren’t any, any more.”

“You tell Frank that! He’ll find ‘em, even if it’s only in his mind.”


Meanwhile, a thousand LY’s away, an octagonal ship emerged into normal space. Frank eased his ship from behind the rock and attacked.

None would witness the glorious battle, but there it was; the Thargoid and Frank in the Fer-de-lance.

 

[Alien]

Frank & The Thargoids

Frank was in his ship trying to get back with his secret stash of Janx. Surrounding Frank's ship, were several Thargoid craft, yet Frank didn't seem worried. They jumped to the next system on Frank's long route home.

Donny Jepp, the notorious pirate was out looking for explorers to part from their cargo in his ship "Piratey McPirateface" when suddenly, a fleet of Thargoid ships jumped in to the system. Self-destruction was the best decision he could make.

Watching the boom, Frank flipped a switch. The Thargoid ships disappeared. "Ai loves mai holo-graphy unit. Best 100,000 credits I ever spent."

 

[Simoof]

Frank was space truckin' when out of the black an octagonal silver machine hailed him.
"Calling occupants of interplanetary craft"
"Hello, who are you?"
"You know my name" replied the thargoid.
"Eloise?"
"Yes and I've brought our daughter along too. She's quite the singer. Do you want to hear Annie's song?"
"she's no child of mine"
"Don't you want me, Daddy?" chirped Annie
"Annie I'm not your daddy. Thargoids and humans shouldn't mix, they are so different"
"Papa, don't preach. We can work it out. We are all made of stars"
"Forgive me, sweet child of mine. I'm only human"

You got a new Eurovision entry in there - well done!! (Ok some of the links are pushing it but I did not want to miss one)

 

[MrMogadon]

After attempting to murder Agent F, the assassin is easily defeated and knocked out. Sometime later....

Rising from unconsciousness, a voice like diamond encrusted molasses murmured seductively into the assassin’s ear.

“I’m Agent F. I’ve taken your weapons, including your dart gun. Ingeniously concealed, but must’ve been hideously uncomfortable.”

Soft music played. On the table, oysters and champagne chilled.

“My father hovers near death. His dying wish that, I, wherever possible, disavow killing, outwitting, overpowering and seducing my enemies instead.
Frankly, I feel awkward and doubtful, but a son must honour his father’s wishes.
So relax, let’s eat and see what develops.”

Unexpectedly and gratefully alive, Ted raised his glass.

Agent F wryly toasts “Bottoms up”


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An entry in honour of some one who was a boyhood hero to me, my father, my grandfather and my merely adequate grandfather before him. Tom Cruise is currently considering an offer.

Spoiler

That should provide a bumper-packed edition of the Drabble show, full of adventure stories featuring a suave sophisticated action hero who outwits, overpowers and seduces everyone in his path. All executed with a glint in his eye and a sardonic one-liner.

I just hope Tom Cruise is available to play in me the movie of the Drabble.

 

[insanephoton]

like Insanephotons.... so good, it's good... <grin>

I counted 19, but if it is deliberately 19 then I count 20.

To be honest I didn't keep count. The original plan was at least 10. Having checked through again, with a little bit of a stretch I think I found 21. But I'll have to check again because at least 2 off those were unintentional.

 

[Frank]

01 - RoyalHankey - Failed mission
02 - Simoof - Little Ship of Thargoids!
03 - Erik Marcaigh - Based on an Almost True Story
04 - moose666 - Winnard's post box.
05 - Galactic Midden - Why you should do a background check
06 - Edith_The_Hutt - upon my works
07 - Frank - Tilting at Windmills
08 - DaddyHoggy - Snail Mail
09 - Listeri69 - A drunken Reminiscence or Frank remembers some stuff....
10 - insanephoton - Frank and the Thargoid!: The musical
11 - AliJax - They fly among us
12 - Darkoba - Not 'Frank in the Thargooid and Fer-de-lance', but nearly...
13 - Alien - Frank & The Thargoids
14 - MrMogadon - After attempting to murder Agent F, the assassin is easily defeated and knocked out. Sometime later....

I'm glad to see we now have a decent number of Drabbles. There's still plenty of time before I put up the poll. I'll be doing it sometime tonight.

The crisis is averted. Psykokow should have enough Drabbles on the show to stop him doing anything else. but let's ensure he's kept busy. We could use a few more Drabbles just to be on the safe side.

 

[Phoenix_Dfire]

Gone with the Solar Wind

It was the last straw. Mellisa ground her teeth as Frank’s Cobra came into view. It was docked against the massive hull of a derelict thargoid mother ship.

‘Frank? Are you there Dear?’ she called through the comms unit.

‘Hi Babe’ came the sheepish reply. ‘Found me then?’

‘This is what you jilted me at the alter for?’ tears forming in her eyes

‘Well Babe, You should see what this thing. If I fixed her, we could go anywhere!’

As she hit her viper’s afterburners she screamed over the comms unit.

‘Frank Lee, my dear. I don’t give a ram!’

 

[Simoof]

To be honest I didn't keep count. The original plan was at least 10. Having checked through again, with a little bit of a stretch I think I found 21. But I'll have to check again because at least 2 off those were unintentional.

I linked to 40 songs!! Look at my reply - it contains links to videos of the songs I could crowbar in for you!!

 

[CMDR FluffyBun]

Title: A Miner Disaster

"11 years" CMDR FluffyBun muttered "11 sodding years"

It'd been 11 years since FluffyBun's co-pilot ran off with a jumped up smuggler from the other side of Altair. Leaving him to mine RES's. Alone.

"All I want is a nice CMDR FuzzyBun." he exclaimed "A sweet, funny CMDR FuzzyBun who'll fly side-by-side with me; surely one exists somewhere?"

The console spluttered: "asteroid depleted" and he gazed over the never-ending sea of rocks in the planetary ring.

"Be frank FluffyBun, there's more chance of finding an SOS from a Thargoid ship"

He looked over to the empty co-pilot chair and sighed.

 

[Frank]

You shall have your 11th hour shoehorn.

And all you other stragglers have their reprieve as well.. until CMDR FluffyBun re-jigs his Drabble.

Let's see a few just-made-it-down-to-the-wire entries