Woke up this morning still tired from Core mining. 24 hotspots and only got $2m... "man... I need a different Profession." i say out loud.
I move over to the docking area at the Orbital, I see a familiar face. I saw him on the Gal-net last year durring a high profile rescue. He was going for a record but i can't quite remember what record it was-
I turn my focus back on preflight. "crap i have 2 limpets left, and i need to refit the seismic launchers for this run... I'll go see where i am in queue"
As I step out, I come face to face with that man from Gal-Net, I about jump out of my skin, and take 3 step back and begin to apologise. "sor-" but he cuts me off. "My apologies Commander, I didn't mean to startle you." I sigh in relief and gather myself, I remembered his name and am now thoroughly awake " It's alright Commander Deluvian, how can I help you, I wouldn't think I would have caught the attention of a Legend?"
He looks concerned, and replies "Well you look like you need a change, if you are interested come to these coordinates, we leave in 5 hours"
i look at the piece of paper he hands me, the coordinates are just off the Orbital. "Where are yo- " he's disappeared
"well..." i ponder this situation a moment.
"huh, mining or a mystery? Not going to turn that Legend down."
I hop into my cockpit, preflight is done.
"let us see what comes next"
I fire up the engines and head out to the mystery coordinates...
As i get close to the coordinates I get a new contact alert. I check it and cannot believe what I am seeing. "These are a Myth!!!? Where did he get one of these!!!" In front of me is the largest ship I have ever seen, ''Zodiac'' , As i get close they welcome me to their space and remind me to request docking. As I request docking ''Manta'' screams that i have a new message. I check it, it's from Deluvian
"Welcome to the ''Zodiac'', Strap in and get ready"
I punch the throttle to my assigned pad. No time to even take in what i am seeing properly. As soon as I drop in the pad crew asks me if I have more than just ''Manta''. "Yes i have 5 total" He looks at me with fear and exhaustion, "Get them transfered now, we are preloading the engines for launch!"
Not going to argue with that guy...
"On it!"
Still in shock i take in everything, I am gonna have to watch this thing leave and catch up. I can't miss this Mythical beast rending space asunder....
I order transfers for my other ships, and purchase another hauler. "Just enough for insurance...not going to risk it..."
I head back to my cockpit, the shock setting in "where the F--- did he get a Fleet Carrier?!"
As i sit in my ship preparing everything for long jumps I can hear the engines starting to hum. The intercom buzzes above my head "Spooling FSD!" That's my cue! I hit the launch request button and move away quickly. "Attention! Carrier has entered preflight lockdown!" comes over the intercom. "By the skin of my teeth as usual..." I say to myself as i turn my ship around to get a good view. "It's to bad this dark planet is in the way, to late to change my mind now"
A few moments later i can see lighting emanating from the black, i watch intently but cannot see the hole. "D---it!" and just like that they were 500lys away.
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"Well... time to catch up and try that again another day..." I set my route to an agreed upon rendezvous, charge my FSD and point into the void "Here we go, furthest I've ever been from home...here we go ''Manta'' " "4... 3... 2..." "goodbye home" "1... engage!" BOOM!
As we jump through the Abyss, i only get time to scan a system and land before the cooldown is over and we jump again. Going to go into stasis until we get to-... Zzzzzzz
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