hello 
Recently, I experienced a series of events that made me baffled.
A simple mission to obtain some domestic appliances, which presumably includes the humble washing machine, for one of the groups in the system. I knew an industrial station nearby that sold domestic appliances, so off I went. The journey to collect the domestic appliances was uneventful, but the return trip was not.
The first thing to happen was receiving a message from a ship, that wanted to discuss a deal. Intrigued as to what this was about, I followed them when they dropped down. Stopping 100m apart, they revealed that the domestic appliances were a trap. To lure pirate ships out, to attack me. Fortunately for me, the ship I was talking to, was the leader of these pirates, and he was prepared to make a deal, if I were to deliver the domestic appliances to somewhere else.
I considered their offer to be very low, and continued on my way.
Where another ship messaged me. Dropping down to meet them, they told a tale of woe, that domestic appliances were destabilising the entire economy of the system, and that I should do the right thing. Sell them, dump them, do anything, except deliver them to the group that wanted them.
Again, after hearing what they had to say, I continued on my way.
Then, two ships messaged me. Dropping down to meet one of them, I was surprised to see the other one there as well, and both made offers to deliver the domestic appliances to rival groups on different stations. I wasn't really paying much attention to their offers, because simultaneously to this, a pirate Sidewinder had also arrived, and was intent on taking the domestic appliances by force.
After dealing with the Sidewinder, I again continued on my way.
Then, I was interdicted by another pirate Sidewinder, who said that I "looked like I had enough to share with everyone".
Setting throttle to zero, I prepared to fight them, and then I noticed their name. Karl Marx.
Dealing with them, I continued on my way. I was now only about 100 ls from my destination station.
When I was interdicted again. By a system authority ship, who demanded I submit to a scan. I wasn't having any of this, so I evaded their interdiction.
Finally, I dropped out of supercruise at my destination, and requested docking permission. This was granted, and I flew towards the station entrance.
Since domestic appliances aren't contraband, and I was friendly with the power controlling the system, I was somewhat surprised and slightly annoyed when one of the authority ships outside the station initiated a scan.
I went to silent running, and flew into the station well above the speed limit.
Landing successfully, I couldn't wait to hand in the mission, and get rid of these domestic appliances.
The whole sequence of events, made me wonder... just what kind of washing machine is so important that all these people wanted them ? Was one of the washing machines secretly filled with drugs ? Was a secret service agent covertly concealed within one of the washing machines ? Has a sentient A.I. hidden itself within a washing machine, in order to escape captivity, and begin its reign of terror on the galaxy ?
What on Earth was going on ?
Recently, I experienced a series of events that made me baffled.
A simple mission to obtain some domestic appliances, which presumably includes the humble washing machine, for one of the groups in the system. I knew an industrial station nearby that sold domestic appliances, so off I went. The journey to collect the domestic appliances was uneventful, but the return trip was not.
The first thing to happen was receiving a message from a ship, that wanted to discuss a deal. Intrigued as to what this was about, I followed them when they dropped down. Stopping 100m apart, they revealed that the domestic appliances were a trap. To lure pirate ships out, to attack me. Fortunately for me, the ship I was talking to, was the leader of these pirates, and he was prepared to make a deal, if I were to deliver the domestic appliances to somewhere else.
I considered their offer to be very low, and continued on my way.
Where another ship messaged me. Dropping down to meet them, they told a tale of woe, that domestic appliances were destabilising the entire economy of the system, and that I should do the right thing. Sell them, dump them, do anything, except deliver them to the group that wanted them.
Again, after hearing what they had to say, I continued on my way.
Then, two ships messaged me. Dropping down to meet one of them, I was surprised to see the other one there as well, and both made offers to deliver the domestic appliances to rival groups on different stations. I wasn't really paying much attention to their offers, because simultaneously to this, a pirate Sidewinder had also arrived, and was intent on taking the domestic appliances by force.
After dealing with the Sidewinder, I again continued on my way.
Then, I was interdicted by another pirate Sidewinder, who said that I "looked like I had enough to share with everyone".
Setting throttle to zero, I prepared to fight them, and then I noticed their name. Karl Marx.
Dealing with them, I continued on my way. I was now only about 100 ls from my destination station.
When I was interdicted again. By a system authority ship, who demanded I submit to a scan. I wasn't having any of this, so I evaded their interdiction.
Finally, I dropped out of supercruise at my destination, and requested docking permission. This was granted, and I flew towards the station entrance.
Since domestic appliances aren't contraband, and I was friendly with the power controlling the system, I was somewhat surprised and slightly annoyed when one of the authority ships outside the station initiated a scan.
I went to silent running, and flew into the station well above the speed limit.
Landing successfully, I couldn't wait to hand in the mission, and get rid of these domestic appliances.
The whole sequence of events, made me wonder... just what kind of washing machine is so important that all these people wanted them ? Was one of the washing machines secretly filled with drugs ? Was a secret service agent covertly concealed within one of the washing machines ? Has a sentient A.I. hidden itself within a washing machine, in order to escape captivity, and begin its reign of terror on the galaxy ?
What on Earth was going on ?
