[IC] My name is Taylor Vauban

pippo

pippo
31st October 3301 - 17:40

We left Neville Horizons with the sentiment of a job well done and full of good intentions.

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Good intentions only. Brewer Corp, the main contractor involved in the new Starport construction, visibly impressed with our many thousand donated tons of metal, obtained from me the promise of sending a few mining ships in Kaushpoos to gather the unrefined Palladium needed for the next stage of construction. Little did I know word had already come to Snoquot about the unprecedented pirate activity in this system. So much so that every single PanGalactic employees refused to take the job, arguing that the reward wasn't worth the risk.

I wasn't one to be trusted with negotiations. Only Ivan Matzov could not see this, it seems. That being said, PanGalactic Mining Corp could not lose face, so I made my way down to our shipyard and asked for the largest mining ship available…

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I know I signed my name on a mining company deed, but I really didn't think I would have to do any of the drilling myself.

Taylor Vauban, logging out
 
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Futuristic Kung Fu

Futuristic Kung Fu
pippo said:
31st October 3301 - 17:40

We left Neville Horizons with the sentiment of a job well done and full of good intentions.

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Good intentions only. Brewer Corp, the main contractor involved in the new Starport construction, visibly impressed with our many thousand donated tons of metal, obtained from me the promise of sending a few mining ships in Kaushpoos to gather the unrefined Palladium needed for the next stage of construction. Little did I know word had already come to Snoquot about the unprecedented pirate activity in this system. So much so that every single PanGalactic employees refused to take the job, arguing that the reward wasn't worth the risk.

I wasn't one to be trusted with negotiations. Only Ivan Matzov could not see this, it seems. That being said, PanGalactic Mining Corp could not lose face, so I made my way down to our shipyard and asked for the largest mining ship available…

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I know I signed my name on a mining company deed, but I really didn't think I would have to do any drilling myself.

Taylor Vauban, logging out
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Mining is fun!:)
 

pippo

pippo
31st October 3301 - 20:25

A friendly explorer had tipped me off on a good location to source the palladium. At least I wouldn't have to worry about that one… and a pristine metallic reserve too. Shame it is about 160Ly too far from HQ, I could have gone back home a hero with this kind of find.

Thanks to the lone explorer's tip off, here I am now in 38 Lyncis… a beautiful place with that…

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Those days mining in a hauler, back in LHS 3564 and Froude Enterprise seem a long way away now. In the quietude of 38 Lyncis 4' ring, I thought of my old friend in the Frog system. He really was the old school type, no collection or prospection limpet controller in those days. All this new technology is making it for a very pleasant and relaxed evening. I'm mining away without even thinking.

Easy as pie.
If everyday could be as peaceful as today, I'd be a happy man…

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Taylor Vauban, logging out
 
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pippo

pippo
Out Of Character
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I knew this day would eventually come.
It seems I have reached the limit in terms of content uploaded on these forums. Whether this is a new limitation or not is irrelevant, it was always going to happen. I hold no grudge on Forum.Frontier as I understand the necessity to limit uploads, some over platform make you pay to upload content after all. But this signs the end of Taylor Vauban adventures on Forum.Frontier.

I do not want to give up the graphic novel feel of this log as I'm not a big writer and this format allowed me to write very little while still being able to convey my story with pictures and I do enjoy taking nice screenshots almost as much as telling a story. I leave the grand story telling to the likes of Mosfoot and their awesome tales.

I started this log with the idea for it to replace a character biography or backstory. Back in december 2014, I had very little understanding of Elite's lore so writing a backstory for my role-play was almost impossible. I chose to tell my story and make Taylor grow into a full character with time instead. Hopefully this is now accomplished and this log will be my backstory.

The story doesn't stop though and I will carry on on Wordpress (link in my signature)

Thank you for reading this far, and thank you for the positive comments.

Fly safe, commanders.
 

nosscar

nosscar
Sorry to see it end Pippo, have you checked your attachments in settings and deleted any that you feel you can, also what about copy paste, does that have limits too, or in any case you could host on Imgur, and place links.
But if none of this works for you, then good luck with future adventures and fly safe.

There is a big exploration venture starting after Horizons launch = Distant Worlds, i am going, if you fancy the trip tag along.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=198085
 

Hell Razor5543

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Drat, and I was getting ready to let you come into Duncan MacLeod's story (although only a hint, as my main character made a snap decision NOT to learn your name, and to ask his friend NOT to look down your thread, to protect you from being uncovered)!
 

pippo

pippo
[OOC]
The final post… a bit rushed I might add, is finally up on this link.

This is how it goes…
[IC]

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29th November 3301 – 12:56

A month has gone by and I am now back in Wrangell City in Snoquot. Looking back, it is amazing to see how just tens of thousands of pilots and a handful of motivated corporations could assemble an Orbis Starport from scratch and send it all the way to the Maia System in the Pleiades, and all in a matter of weeks.

Yes, Obsidian Orbital, the newly baptized Starport is now complete and orbiting its parent in one of the most remote place populated by men. An outstanding achievement, to say the least. This will probably remain, and for many years to come, the single most ambitious and most meaningful partnership between PanGalactic Mining Corp and any other Power in the Milky Way.

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[OOC]
After realizing than keeping this log only on Wordpress did not help fellow CMDRs to post their own part of the story with ease, and going with Nosscar advise to upload pictures from the Wordpress, I'll be posting Vauban's adventure of 3302 in a new thread… being mostly an exploration trip, I thought at first of posting it in the exploration forums, in order to reach a broader audience, but after reflection, it just wouldn't be fair as it is, after all, a role played story…

… oh and a very special thanks to CMDR Matzov for the last Obsidian Orbital pictures!
 
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