Expedition VIII: Draco's Origins

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In Colonia, A young pilot sits in his ship hanging onto the pad of the fleet carrier Zodiac and ponders how he got here.

Galactic Year 3296
A young pilot just got his first sidewinder, and his father looks at his sons excitement with trepidation. He's not happy about his sons choice. "Why can't he work in the orbital, why does he have to do this..." He does his best to hide his worry and mentally prepares himself to help his son escape into the Abyss.

"Son, are you sure this is what you want?" he asks. Draco turns around with a huge smile on his face "Yes, Yes!!" "Alright son, we need to do a few things before you can fly that out of here." The dad ponders for a moment, climbs into the ship and grabs the comms. "Axel, Are you out there?" a moment of silence, just as he's about to hit the comms again a message come through. "Draco? No! Hes not that old yet is he?!" "'fraid so old friend." The father replies. "I'll be there as fast as I can" Axel replies

Draco is standing in the hatch, "Uncle Axel?"
"You call him uncle, but we were both boys when we left earth," the father pauses reflecting "He's taught me all I know and now it's your turn to learn from one of the best"

end of chapter 1

 

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Draco is sitting just off the rings of a planet, with "Uncle" Axel giving him combat and basic flight training. "Uncle Axel, Dad doesn't seem happy for me to be flying, what should I do?" Axel sitting in his ship isn't sure how to respond "man this kid is observant..." he thinks "You know kiddo, he's worried about you being out here..." "He knows he can't stop you, thats why he called me, your dad was never a strong pilot"

Draco knew this, his dad always got jobs doing maintenance on orbitals, it paid decent, but Draco wanted to see more of the galaxy. It felt stuffy in the orbital all the time. Learning to pilot a ship was the easiest way out but had huge dangers.

"Uncle, What do you think I should try to learn first?" Draco asks Axel smiles "Scan everything. Mining, shipping, and ferrying are all a little dangerous and out of reach with this little star hopper. So lets start there."

After several months Axel had no more to teach, Draco got himself a Cobra and was now running cargo and scanning every system within 20 ly.
Axel left without saying goodbye to Draco but he did stop to see an old friend first. "You know, I think he'll be fine Sam" Axel says as he pats Sam on the back. "I still don't know about all of this- wait- are you leaving?! He's not ready yet!" Sam noticed the bag in Axels hand. "He's as ready as I can get him, Give him these coordinates"

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"Who is this?" Sam asks "Its an Engineer who will take your son to the far reaches, goodbye old friend, i am heading for the Rim" Axel replies as he climbs into his Python. "What do I do about Draco?" Sam asks with worry and sorrow. "Support him, he'll be leaving home sooner than we will ever be ready"

3 days ago
Galactic Year 3306

After 5 years of scraping and searching Draco found a hotspot of LTDs worth millions and got himself a Krait mkII. After spending everthing he had on upgrades and outfitting it just for mining and exploring, a know figure in the Galaxy approaches Draco as he is preparing for another mining run....

end of origins