Bored
Bored, Bored, Bored, Bored
I’ve been flying around the old worlds on and off for about a year. My Brother is quite successful in the Empire at the moment (See Cmdr PhoenixDfire), with his multi-million bank balance and fleet of ships and I can’t be bothered following his same path. Mum is always nagging, with the soul crushing ‘Look how well you’re brother’s doing!’ Probably followed up with the classic, ‘why aren’t you doing that well?’
Don’t get me wrong, it’s quite nice getting reacquainted with the Lave, Diso, Leesti and Zaonce. The Alliance seems to like me, the Federation not so much and the Empire doesn’t even know who I am. But there’s just something about being around here that’s making me restless. Colonia seems to be quite exciting, if you follow the news feeds, but there’s only one problem. I haven’t got the cash to go.
I mean, I could take the Blue Cobra if I build her up a bit (and people have told me that’s the thing I should do) but I want to do it in my first ship, ‘The Shiny Sidey’, a Chrome Painted Sidewinder. It’s the kind of ship you need to spend two hours a day just polishing it up so you can see your face in it.
So the Blue Cobra is my trader and mission runner, paying to upgrade the Shiny SIdey, one module at a time. So far;-
The ADS costs over 1.5 million Crs, and I’m about 1.2 Mil short. The cobra could net me almost 800K but I won’t sell that until I can afford the ADS and a couple of insurance rebuys. No point in leaving the Cobra, the transfer costs to Colonia can only be described as mental.
Actually, there’s more than one problem. The fact that I want to take a Scarab made me choose between shields and a fuel scoop. There’s not an Engineer out there that could give you and extra module slot. If someone gets the jump on me, I’m going to have to be stealthy as I run away. I just hope I can get away, there are a lot more faster ships than mine.
Best to cross that bridge when I come to it. It’s a week or so of running missions and carrying Biowaste to Lave and then I’ll be hopefully be ready to go. Just because I want to get as far away from that smug git-brother of mine.
Bored, Bored, Bored, Bored
I’ve been flying around the old worlds on and off for about a year. My Brother is quite successful in the Empire at the moment (See Cmdr PhoenixDfire), with his multi-million bank balance and fleet of ships and I can’t be bothered following his same path. Mum is always nagging, with the soul crushing ‘Look how well you’re brother’s doing!’ Probably followed up with the classic, ‘why aren’t you doing that well?’
Don’t get me wrong, it’s quite nice getting reacquainted with the Lave, Diso, Leesti and Zaonce. The Alliance seems to like me, the Federation not so much and the Empire doesn’t even know who I am. But there’s just something about being around here that’s making me restless. Colonia seems to be quite exciting, if you follow the news feeds, but there’s only one problem. I haven’t got the cash to go.
I mean, I could take the Blue Cobra if I build her up a bit (and people have told me that’s the thing I should do) but I want to do it in my first ship, ‘The Shiny Sidey’, a Chrome Painted Sidewinder. It’s the kind of ship you need to spend two hours a day just polishing it up so you can see your face in it.
So the Blue Cobra is my trader and mission runner, paying to upgrade the Shiny SIdey, one module at a time. So far;-
- 2A Frame Shift – Check.
- 2A Fuel Scoop – Check.
- Scarab – Check.
- MultiCannons – Check.
- D rated other Modules – Check.
- Detailed Planetary Scanner – Check.
- Advanced Discover Scanner – Erm Ah. There’s the problem.
The ADS costs over 1.5 million Crs, and I’m about 1.2 Mil short. The cobra could net me almost 800K but I won’t sell that until I can afford the ADS and a couple of insurance rebuys. No point in leaving the Cobra, the transfer costs to Colonia can only be described as mental.
Actually, there’s more than one problem. The fact that I want to take a Scarab made me choose between shields and a fuel scoop. There’s not an Engineer out there that could give you and extra module slot. If someone gets the jump on me, I’m going to have to be stealthy as I run away. I just hope I can get away, there are a lot more faster ships than mine.
Best to cross that bridge when I come to it. It’s a week or so of running missions and carrying Biowaste to Lave and then I’ll be hopefully be ready to go. Just because I want to get as far away from that smug git-brother of mine.