What the deal with this small seismic charges thing? Is it a space version of the need's more cowbell comment or what? What's the history?
Two years ago on a dusty moon behind a kumo burgers outlet amongst a pallet of rusty spoons and an old tattered copy of a Powerplay update magazine a CMDR was overheard discussing RAXXLA while acquiring... a service of some description, some rumors suggest it was CMDR Thrust or indeed Bazmeson but it was too dark to tell and they flew off in a panther clipper before being identified.
anyway, as they were running back to their ship a leaflet fell out their pocket promoting the benefits of deep core mining, and how fissures would change the world as we knew it, there was also an envelope attached to the leaflet which contained a USB drive, an archaic technology from a bygone years.
This USB drive passed hands many times and was mainly full of pictures of sausages in suggestive poses but one CMDR found its true worth and in a file entitled "greggs" was an e-mail exchange from the all but holy founders which lay blasphemy upon the galaxy, it suggested an oracle named Margret from an exotic world called "Accounts" was having an after work get together and there was an encrypted message about people being required to have their secret Santa forms in by 4pm to obtain gifts, Rumor has it these gifts were the maps to RAXXLA but this is the story of small seismic charges and im getting to the point...
anyway.. that email exchange also had a conversation from the main developer working on Seismic charges and it suggested that they couldn't be bothered to render a small version and instead of building it the whole team just went to Margret's party rather than actually doing a proper job of the mining release.
It was then a Captain who was half camel and half fish, named Captain Camelfish who started the foundation for taking in the abandoned ships such as the T7 and set up a go fund me page for ARX, Rumor has it that Captain Camelfish the head of the Small Seismic Charge Foundation had a vision one evening while eating a cheese and onion pastry from greggs where Lord Braben himself came to him dressed as Roy cropper from an ancient soap opera called Coronation street and told him to fight the system and fight for the right for the T7 and other small hardpoint restricted ships to get C1 Seismic charges and C1 plasmas and C1 AX weapons so CMDRs could actually have a choice in what ship they fly.
Anyway, the SSCF code states all those who follow Captain CamelFish will not only receive the map to RAXXLA once the quest for C1 modules is complete but they will also gain a special reward from the legendary RAXXLA itself. (some say its a special FSD drive capable of jumping from one sector to another regardless of distance, others have suggested its a buy one get one free coupon for Kumo burgers.)
The message was spread upon the forums in late 3303, in fact the number one tag on the forums was "Small Seismic Charges" unfortunately the SSCF was raided and dispersed into the waste lands, their message diluted but deeply growing into an unspoken meme when anyone mentioned mining or the T7, A quest in the system "twitter" ensued and #SmallSeismicCharges was trending higher than #EliteDangerous
Now the SSCF is an underground network, and has been secretly training a Pigeon army ready to do its bidding, with a detachment of over 40,000 Pigeons on call ready to defecate from a great height onto its enemies, it lies in wait prodding the bear that is Frontier to finally add Small Seismic Charges (and C1 Plasma & AX) to the game
so, the next time you walk past a group of pigeons looking menacingly at you or flying overhead, ready to carpet bomb the area, perhaps you have made a very powerful enemy or ally?
Support the SSCF - Small Seismic Charges for all!
