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not gonna happen CNH
Thnx CNH. I'm not in the CDC anymore, at least for the time being. But I'll always have your backs.
Moving on, Another Story please!
Moving on, Another Story please!
2227 Sol II Standard Time
31 Oct 4433
Sol II, SkyCommand
Log entry 0015
Well I guess on the same topic of my last entry dealing with my amusement at the masses, I have found it intriguing how easily a few voices can sway the many. I have found that as much as people would like to think of them self's as being open minded, tolerant, and flexible, they are in all reality often times the upsets. In all reality they see things in black and white, in the case of the NSI, I have been informed many times over and over that I wasted much money, that there is no was ever that a Serco could use the spike with out an energy focus.
They fail to think about how much I weighed my options, about how much preparation I took before even talking to Mr. Yoda, about how seriously I take 80 million. Though I can not blame them they live in an era when a commander is just a normal fool with a nice hat, I tell you that is not so in the Serco nation thankfully.
The Serco government has been working for over 20 years on replicating the Itani EF ablates. While they have progressed by leaps and bounds in recent years they still are unable to package the needed components in any thing less then a massive 3 ton component. Now even with all my modifications, I can not haul around 3 tons and still do my job, thus the Serco Energy Focus Prototype is still unused by the military.
How ever for the Serco government to test the NSI we don't need to be mobile, just to posses an EF. Thus the SEFP will serve in fulfilling our goals.
On my first op to get the needed data on the NSI, I learned of the Serco plans in obtaining the NSI, it was then I decided I would get the spike for my self. I have already died once, I have nothing to lose, and I don't want my great nation to lose any thing in rectifying even more Itani problems. How ever if this device can be used to help us then we must know, there for I have agreed to allow the Serco nation use of the Spike, if they only test it on my self.
I just finished touring the EFP facilities and talking with the scientists. They informed me it will be no problem to hook me up with the EFP, they say I will be able to interface with it easily, just like I would my ship or any other implant, the information to use it is just there, that's how it was made.
As I left I asked one of them jokingly if I would be like Oernon, they laughed and said no, but I would not be to far off in my ablitys, and for sure allot more powerful then the IA mucks. We had a good laugh about it joking about how it will be to bad I can't take the thing with me. Then one of them pulled me aside and said.
"You know with a powerful EF like what you will have when hooked up to the EFP there is no telling what that demon chip will do to you. You sure you really want to do it?"
I nodded, saying some one had to do it, and left with his chilling message still ringing in my mind.
31 Oct 4433
Sol II, SkyCommand
Log entry 0015
Well I guess on the same topic of my last entry dealing with my amusement at the masses, I have found it intriguing how easily a few voices can sway the many. I have found that as much as people would like to think of them self's as being open minded, tolerant, and flexible, they are in all reality often times the upsets. In all reality they see things in black and white, in the case of the NSI, I have been informed many times over and over that I wasted much money, that there is no was ever that a Serco could use the spike with out an energy focus.
They fail to think about how much I weighed my options, about how much preparation I took before even talking to Mr. Yoda, about how seriously I take 80 million. Though I can not blame them they live in an era when a commander is just a normal fool with a nice hat, I tell you that is not so in the Serco nation thankfully.
The Serco government has been working for over 20 years on replicating the Itani EF ablates. While they have progressed by leaps and bounds in recent years they still are unable to package the needed components in any thing less then a massive 3 ton component. Now even with all my modifications, I can not haul around 3 tons and still do my job, thus the Serco Energy Focus Prototype is still unused by the military.
How ever for the Serco government to test the NSI we don't need to be mobile, just to posses an EF. Thus the SEFP will serve in fulfilling our goals.
On my first op to get the needed data on the NSI, I learned of the Serco plans in obtaining the NSI, it was then I decided I would get the spike for my self. I have already died once, I have nothing to lose, and I don't want my great nation to lose any thing in rectifying even more Itani problems. How ever if this device can be used to help us then we must know, there for I have agreed to allow the Serco nation use of the Spike, if they only test it on my self.
I just finished touring the EFP facilities and talking with the scientists. They informed me it will be no problem to hook me up with the EFP, they say I will be able to interface with it easily, just like I would my ship or any other implant, the information to use it is just there, that's how it was made.
As I left I asked one of them jokingly if I would be like Oernon, they laughed and said no, but I would not be to far off in my ablitys, and for sure allot more powerful then the IA mucks. We had a good laugh about it joking about how it will be to bad I can't take the thing with me. Then one of them pulled me aside and said.
"You know with a powerful EF like what you will have when hooked up to the EFP there is no telling what that demon chip will do to you. You sure you really want to do it?"
I nodded, saying some one had to do it, and left with his chilling message still ringing in my mind.
2247 Sol II Standard Time
11 Nov 4433
Sol II, SkyCommand
Log entry 0016
We've spent a few weeks getting every thing set up for my first big test.
No not me, the spike, and SEFP yet, for now just me and the SEFP this time, I've had a few new implants added that will allow me to link up properly with the device as well as a few neurological and psychological enhancers, in addition to training on what will happen and many long history sessions on the Itani Energy Focus it's self. I how ever can't help but feel guilty, I am here way behind the front lines, while the brave men and women of ST6 fight on. I have become the commander that is never seen, I can only hope this will all be worth it in the end, and that my team will bear me no ill will.
Walking in and getting hooked up to the SEFP for the first time was intimidating, it was not a massive device, but at the same time not small. It's main component was a 4 foot hight metallic tube with about a 1 1/2 foot circumference, over all not very out of place in the age of technology we live in. That is until they turn on the computers it's hooked up to and let the thing rip.
You can feel the energy rippling through out the room as if the tube had come alive and was begging to be channeled, the surface of the metallic tube seemed to ripple as it slowly began to hum, not a raw or loud hum, just a slow steady hum, and yet a very powerful hum. I could tell from the first time I laid eyes on the SEFP that it was not just another implant.
Having learned from some of our early mistakes heralding back to Terra II the Serco scientist took much time and consideration into my training and preparation before allowing me my first "Hook up" as we have come to call it. WIth such raw power at my disposal I think every one agreed it would be a good idea for me to have as much intel going into things as I could. At the same time I can't help but get the feeling they are secretly trying to prepare me as best they can for when I hook up to the Spike an EFP, not even they really can speculate on what will happen.
My first hook up was amazing. They strapped me into chair-like bed as varies probes linked into corresponding ports implanted in my body. I laid back and tried to calm my self as I was admittedly a little uneasy. Then they turned it on.
Every thing tingled as if I had been hit by a taser, then the feeling quickly left and I felt my mind being overloaded with information, my senses increased dramatically, if I was an unaugmented human without any technological upgrades I could see great benefit to such an ability, but in all reality a few implants here and there could easily replicate all the sensorairy abilities.
Slowly I got used to the feeling and started cataloging the information ignoring that which I did not need and paying attention to that which I cared to know. I could close my eyes, turn off my implants and sense the others in the room just with pure thought and increased perception, after a short time of experimentation I was quickly able to form rudimentary energy force fields, and most notably manipulate things without the need to touch them.
Sadly it could not last for ever and in the end had to unhook my self, I must say it was odd to lose it all, and I could see my self getting very used to having an EF. How ever as I looked at all the bulky equipment laying around and thought about how much of it was so easily accomplished via other technological means I could see why the Serco nation as a whole had no real need of such a device, other then as a novelty.
But as always my thoughts return to the NSI, and more importantly what will happen when I am linked to it. They say it will not be long till we can interface the two devices and then a human together.
11 Nov 4433
Sol II, SkyCommand
Log entry 0016
We've spent a few weeks getting every thing set up for my first big test.
No not me, the spike, and SEFP yet, for now just me and the SEFP this time, I've had a few new implants added that will allow me to link up properly with the device as well as a few neurological and psychological enhancers, in addition to training on what will happen and many long history sessions on the Itani Energy Focus it's self. I how ever can't help but feel guilty, I am here way behind the front lines, while the brave men and women of ST6 fight on. I have become the commander that is never seen, I can only hope this will all be worth it in the end, and that my team will bear me no ill will.
Walking in and getting hooked up to the SEFP for the first time was intimidating, it was not a massive device, but at the same time not small. It's main component was a 4 foot hight metallic tube with about a 1 1/2 foot circumference, over all not very out of place in the age of technology we live in. That is until they turn on the computers it's hooked up to and let the thing rip.
You can feel the energy rippling through out the room as if the tube had come alive and was begging to be channeled, the surface of the metallic tube seemed to ripple as it slowly began to hum, not a raw or loud hum, just a slow steady hum, and yet a very powerful hum. I could tell from the first time I laid eyes on the SEFP that it was not just another implant.
Having learned from some of our early mistakes heralding back to Terra II the Serco scientist took much time and consideration into my training and preparation before allowing me my first "Hook up" as we have come to call it. WIth such raw power at my disposal I think every one agreed it would be a good idea for me to have as much intel going into things as I could. At the same time I can't help but get the feeling they are secretly trying to prepare me as best they can for when I hook up to the Spike an EFP, not even they really can speculate on what will happen.
My first hook up was amazing. They strapped me into chair-like bed as varies probes linked into corresponding ports implanted in my body. I laid back and tried to calm my self as I was admittedly a little uneasy. Then they turned it on.
Every thing tingled as if I had been hit by a taser, then the feeling quickly left and I felt my mind being overloaded with information, my senses increased dramatically, if I was an unaugmented human without any technological upgrades I could see great benefit to such an ability, but in all reality a few implants here and there could easily replicate all the sensorairy abilities.
Slowly I got used to the feeling and started cataloging the information ignoring that which I did not need and paying attention to that which I cared to know. I could close my eyes, turn off my implants and sense the others in the room just with pure thought and increased perception, after a short time of experimentation I was quickly able to form rudimentary energy force fields, and most notably manipulate things without the need to touch them.
Sadly it could not last for ever and in the end had to unhook my self, I must say it was odd to lose it all, and I could see my self getting very used to having an EF. How ever as I looked at all the bulky equipment laying around and thought about how much of it was so easily accomplished via other technological means I could see why the Serco nation as a whole had no real need of such a device, other then as a novelty.
But as always my thoughts return to the NSI, and more importantly what will happen when I am linked to it. They say it will not be long till we can interface the two devices and then a human together.
Does this mean what I think it means?
MAM (bump)
MAM (bump)
1147 Sol II Standard Time
17 Nov 4433
Sol II, SkyCommand
Log entry 0017
As they strapped me into the chair I had a feeling this would be the last time I ever used the SEFP, call it intuition, but even then some thing felt decidedly wrong.
At the time I chalked it up to the natural nervousness I had predicted I would experience. Settling down into the chair I waited as the EFP hummed to life resonating around the room as it came alive. Slowing my breathing I dropped into a by now very practiced meditative state allowing the feelings to drift away. Feeling a deep peace as I assured my self that I was enabling the Serco nation to poise it's self on the razors edge of victory with my actions that day.
Then they plugged it into the base of my neck.
It felt like some one had just poured fire in to my spine. The pain quickly spread to encompass my entire brain, I'm quite sure I was screaming at that point, my self assured peace was now not even a vague memory. Suddenly it stopped.
I was unsure at that point what had happened, I remember mentally scanning my body trying to find what had changed, finding nothing, and wondering if the spike was nonfunctional or even worse a well designed Itani trap. Then as I started to use the EFP to scan my conciseness I felt it.
At first it was subtle but as I felt my searching it grew, a great sucking darkness, if there was a way for there to be a total lack of life this would be it, an anti-life if you will. A void. And it was in my head, beckoning me.
"HUMAN! FINALY!"
It was not an audible voice it was as if my mind was forming the thoughts with out any input from me, the "thoughts" took precedence over any thing else in my mind forcing my to "think" them.
"I CAN SEE YOUR THOUGHTS, I CAN FEEL YOUR CONFUSION HUMAN. YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED YOU WILL BE MY CHANCELLOR, YOU WILL END IT ALL!"
"What are you?" I thought.
"YOUR MASTER! THE HIVE!"
Suddenly I felt my mind come alive information poured in and at the same time was taken, as if my head had become a sea of thought ebbing and flowing with the tide. Information I had never known soon as implanted into my head, I knew how to build a Axia Fast Charge Battery, what was used to make a Gauss blast it's color, how many Denic roids existed in Deneb, the information flowed in faster then I could catalog it all. It was as if I was remembering things I knew, and yet I never did.
"I am Serco!" I finally managed.
"NO YOU ARE MINE! YOU WILL SERVE THE HIVE THE HIVE WILL MAKE YOU POWERFUL, YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO SERVE THE HIVE, YOU WILL BECOME THE HIVE!"
"No!"
Suddenly the flow of information stopped.
"WHY WOULD YOU SERVE THE SERCO? WHY WOULD YOU SERVE HUMANS, THEY GIVE YOU NOTHING, THEY LIED TO YOU, THEY STOLE YOU FROM YOUR SELF!"
Needless to say I was confused, then the flow of information resumed, but this time it was information I knew. A past life, a life out side of service to the Serco nation, a life of freedom, a life full of hardship, murder, betrayal, destruction. I saw faces I had once known, friends I had lost, people I had killed, family I had once known. Then I saw my own face. A face far from the one I had been told was mine.
"YOU SEE NOW! THE HIVE WILL NOT HID YOU FROM YOUR SELF, THE HIVE WILL FREE YOU THE HIVE WILL HELP YOU YOU WILL BE THE HIVE, THE HIVE WILL PROTECT YOU, THE HIVE IS GOOD! HUMANS HAVE TAKEN ALL FROM YOU BUT THE HIVE WILL GIVE IT BACK AND MUCH MORE!"
I was too drained to even respond, my current life, a lie, all I had worked for some prefabrication made by the Serco high command, my own command in all reality predestined. I had become nothing more then a tool in the hands of those above me not even able to take my own life.
"COME TO YOUR DESTINY!"
I felt a cold darkness enclosing my mind, as if a hand was squeezing any thought of resistance from my thoughts. Then I felt the hum of the SEFP die. The darkness stopped encroaching on my thoughts.
I sighed a breath of relive that it was all over. Then it started again, I suddenly realized it had uploaded massive amounts of information on the Itani Energy Focus to my mind. I was supporting a high level Itani EF on my own with the SEFP turned off.
"DON'T FIGHT IT! WELCOME IT AS THE HIVE WELCOMES YOU!"
"No! You seek to destroy humanity! I will not be your tool as well!"
"FOOL!"
Suddenly the fiery pain resumed in my head, as the hand squeezed with renewed vigor. Then if felt as if some one ripped my spine from my body as blackness enveloped me.
Hours later I awoke from my coma, to find my body immobile as many of my implants had been fused together a side effect of having had the spike yanked from me while still in use. The after report states that the SEFP techies had after monitoring my massively increased mental activity and hearing my screams decide to with much risk to my person sever my link to the SEFP via turning it off. Hoping it would stop what ever the spike was doing to me. When that however failed they hastily resorted to removing the spike it's self.
The med report states to no surprise that I have suffered massive psychological trauma, in addition to failure of my implants due to massive amounts of miss-sent nerve impulses causing them to enter a state of over use and short circuit.
If Medical staff had not been on hand at the time to swap me over to life support I would most assuredly be dead.
After what seemed like days but what could have only been a few hours later I had been placed in a new cybernetic body. A meeting had already been assembled with the Triumvirate and other heads of the Serco high command, they were waiting for me.
I walked in flanked by two Serco Jotokochon honor guards, the hurried conversation around the table ceased as leaders looked up to me. Any other time I would have been honored beyond belief to be in the same room as these great leaders. Well Faceless would have. I was far from impressed and at this time to confused, drained, and worried to care.
"Commander Armond, the Triumvirate would first off like to thank you for your great sacrifices for your nation, any thing you need will be taken care of, this you can rest assured of, your name will go down in the Serco Hall of Heros for all eternity...
By now I had sat down and had lost my patience.
"Have I not already been entered into the Hall?"
I watched as confusion spread across the room.
"Borb Sarken The Second, entered into the Hall for heroism above and beyond the call of duty..."
I looked across the table to my father Commander Sarken as I let my voice trail off. A look of shame hung over him like a dark cloud as no one spoke.
My point gotten across and done with for the time being, I got down to the real reason I was summoned there.
"It is my personal assessment that the Itani NSI is some form of direct link to the Hive Mind also known as the Void by the Media. I believe at this time the NSI is of no military value to the Serco nation. I also feel that while it would be a good idea to keep the spike over destroying it at this time it is far to risky to use it with out further knowledge of what we are dealing with.
The Hive Mind posses amazing power, and what ever link this creates it is most assuredly the Hive Minds territory, not only do we risk fighting an unknown foe, we fight it on unknown areas."
I paused and scanned the room letting my words sink in.
"I don't think we should do any thing with out further testing on more subjects with the Spike and EFP." One of the Commanders finally said breaking the silence.
"I'm sorry sir, but I almost died in there, you would knowingly risk more life's for what could possibly be no gain for us?"
The Commander's face turned red as he shifted forward in his chair leaning over the table.
"We must take needed risks to ensure Serco supremacy." He said gritting his teeth.
I was about to reply, when a Rugen burst through the doors looking like he had just seen a ghost.
"Sorry sirs, but the um... Sirs, Blue Ripple reports a, uh massive break in Sirs."
The head of the Triumvirate quickly stood from his chair.
"And the unit?"
"Sir, we don't know, a team is en-route now, sir."
What followed was a whirl wind of action, communication relay units where quickly brought in and we watched live video feed as the Serco team from E9 quickly swept though the building where the SEFP was housed. Then a horror stricken hush fell over the room as the team entered the main room. A massive hole in the wall, and the large prototype gone from where it used to sit so prominently.
The rest was all a blur to me, I remember walking back to my room after being told to go get some rest by some one. I knew I should sit down and record all this in the event some thing happens or well some thing.
I keep hoping I'll wake up in the morning and this will have all been a dream. So much has happened.
17 Nov 4433
Sol II, SkyCommand
Log entry 0017
As they strapped me into the chair I had a feeling this would be the last time I ever used the SEFP, call it intuition, but even then some thing felt decidedly wrong.
At the time I chalked it up to the natural nervousness I had predicted I would experience. Settling down into the chair I waited as the EFP hummed to life resonating around the room as it came alive. Slowing my breathing I dropped into a by now very practiced meditative state allowing the feelings to drift away. Feeling a deep peace as I assured my self that I was enabling the Serco nation to poise it's self on the razors edge of victory with my actions that day.
Then they plugged it into the base of my neck.
It felt like some one had just poured fire in to my spine. The pain quickly spread to encompass my entire brain, I'm quite sure I was screaming at that point, my self assured peace was now not even a vague memory. Suddenly it stopped.
I was unsure at that point what had happened, I remember mentally scanning my body trying to find what had changed, finding nothing, and wondering if the spike was nonfunctional or even worse a well designed Itani trap. Then as I started to use the EFP to scan my conciseness I felt it.
At first it was subtle but as I felt my searching it grew, a great sucking darkness, if there was a way for there to be a total lack of life this would be it, an anti-life if you will. A void. And it was in my head, beckoning me.
"HUMAN! FINALY!"
It was not an audible voice it was as if my mind was forming the thoughts with out any input from me, the "thoughts" took precedence over any thing else in my mind forcing my to "think" them.
"I CAN SEE YOUR THOUGHTS, I CAN FEEL YOUR CONFUSION HUMAN. YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED YOU WILL BE MY CHANCELLOR, YOU WILL END IT ALL!"
"What are you?" I thought.
"YOUR MASTER! THE HIVE!"
Suddenly I felt my mind come alive information poured in and at the same time was taken, as if my head had become a sea of thought ebbing and flowing with the tide. Information I had never known soon as implanted into my head, I knew how to build a Axia Fast Charge Battery, what was used to make a Gauss blast it's color, how many Denic roids existed in Deneb, the information flowed in faster then I could catalog it all. It was as if I was remembering things I knew, and yet I never did.
"I am Serco!" I finally managed.
"NO YOU ARE MINE! YOU WILL SERVE THE HIVE THE HIVE WILL MAKE YOU POWERFUL, YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO SERVE THE HIVE, YOU WILL BECOME THE HIVE!"
"No!"
Suddenly the flow of information stopped.
"WHY WOULD YOU SERVE THE SERCO? WHY WOULD YOU SERVE HUMANS, THEY GIVE YOU NOTHING, THEY LIED TO YOU, THEY STOLE YOU FROM YOUR SELF!"
Needless to say I was confused, then the flow of information resumed, but this time it was information I knew. A past life, a life out side of service to the Serco nation, a life of freedom, a life full of hardship, murder, betrayal, destruction. I saw faces I had once known, friends I had lost, people I had killed, family I had once known. Then I saw my own face. A face far from the one I had been told was mine.
"YOU SEE NOW! THE HIVE WILL NOT HID YOU FROM YOUR SELF, THE HIVE WILL FREE YOU THE HIVE WILL HELP YOU YOU WILL BE THE HIVE, THE HIVE WILL PROTECT YOU, THE HIVE IS GOOD! HUMANS HAVE TAKEN ALL FROM YOU BUT THE HIVE WILL GIVE IT BACK AND MUCH MORE!"
I was too drained to even respond, my current life, a lie, all I had worked for some prefabrication made by the Serco high command, my own command in all reality predestined. I had become nothing more then a tool in the hands of those above me not even able to take my own life.
"COME TO YOUR DESTINY!"
I felt a cold darkness enclosing my mind, as if a hand was squeezing any thought of resistance from my thoughts. Then I felt the hum of the SEFP die. The darkness stopped encroaching on my thoughts.
I sighed a breath of relive that it was all over. Then it started again, I suddenly realized it had uploaded massive amounts of information on the Itani Energy Focus to my mind. I was supporting a high level Itani EF on my own with the SEFP turned off.
"DON'T FIGHT IT! WELCOME IT AS THE HIVE WELCOMES YOU!"
"No! You seek to destroy humanity! I will not be your tool as well!"
"FOOL!"
Suddenly the fiery pain resumed in my head, as the hand squeezed with renewed vigor. Then if felt as if some one ripped my spine from my body as blackness enveloped me.
Hours later I awoke from my coma, to find my body immobile as many of my implants had been fused together a side effect of having had the spike yanked from me while still in use. The after report states that the SEFP techies had after monitoring my massively increased mental activity and hearing my screams decide to with much risk to my person sever my link to the SEFP via turning it off. Hoping it would stop what ever the spike was doing to me. When that however failed they hastily resorted to removing the spike it's self.
The med report states to no surprise that I have suffered massive psychological trauma, in addition to failure of my implants due to massive amounts of miss-sent nerve impulses causing them to enter a state of over use and short circuit.
If Medical staff had not been on hand at the time to swap me over to life support I would most assuredly be dead.
After what seemed like days but what could have only been a few hours later I had been placed in a new cybernetic body. A meeting had already been assembled with the Triumvirate and other heads of the Serco high command, they were waiting for me.
I walked in flanked by two Serco Jotokochon honor guards, the hurried conversation around the table ceased as leaders looked up to me. Any other time I would have been honored beyond belief to be in the same room as these great leaders. Well Faceless would have. I was far from impressed and at this time to confused, drained, and worried to care.
"Commander Armond, the Triumvirate would first off like to thank you for your great sacrifices for your nation, any thing you need will be taken care of, this you can rest assured of, your name will go down in the Serco Hall of Heros for all eternity...
By now I had sat down and had lost my patience.
"Have I not already been entered into the Hall?"
I watched as confusion spread across the room.
"Borb Sarken The Second, entered into the Hall for heroism above and beyond the call of duty..."
I looked across the table to my father Commander Sarken as I let my voice trail off. A look of shame hung over him like a dark cloud as no one spoke.
My point gotten across and done with for the time being, I got down to the real reason I was summoned there.
"It is my personal assessment that the Itani NSI is some form of direct link to the Hive Mind also known as the Void by the Media. I believe at this time the NSI is of no military value to the Serco nation. I also feel that while it would be a good idea to keep the spike over destroying it at this time it is far to risky to use it with out further knowledge of what we are dealing with.
The Hive Mind posses amazing power, and what ever link this creates it is most assuredly the Hive Minds territory, not only do we risk fighting an unknown foe, we fight it on unknown areas."
I paused and scanned the room letting my words sink in.
"I don't think we should do any thing with out further testing on more subjects with the Spike and EFP." One of the Commanders finally said breaking the silence.
"I'm sorry sir, but I almost died in there, you would knowingly risk more life's for what could possibly be no gain for us?"
The Commander's face turned red as he shifted forward in his chair leaning over the table.
"We must take needed risks to ensure Serco supremacy." He said gritting his teeth.
I was about to reply, when a Rugen burst through the doors looking like he had just seen a ghost.
"Sorry sirs, but the um... Sirs, Blue Ripple reports a, uh massive break in Sirs."
The head of the Triumvirate quickly stood from his chair.
"And the unit?"
"Sir, we don't know, a team is en-route now, sir."
What followed was a whirl wind of action, communication relay units where quickly brought in and we watched live video feed as the Serco team from E9 quickly swept though the building where the SEFP was housed. Then a horror stricken hush fell over the room as the team entered the main room. A massive hole in the wall, and the large prototype gone from where it used to sit so prominently.
The rest was all a blur to me, I remember walking back to my room after being told to go get some rest by some one. I knew I should sit down and record all this in the event some thing happens or well some thing.
I keep hoping I'll wake up in the morning and this will have all been a dream. So much has happened.
17 Nov 4433
Divinia M-14, Coranis Watch
LeberMac twitched unconsciously as the medical probes finished their examination and cleanly stitched the long scar at the back of his neck back up. The wound from the emergency removal of the Neural Spike Implant (NSI) had never fully healed, and although the psychic ties that bound him to it were mostly gone, they had re-emerged with a vengeance. The events of last night had prompted him to seek medical attention, as it was obvious that he had been under control from an external source.
LeberMac, in a state of waking dream while under the sedation from the medical systems, explored his subconscious memories. How had he been controlled? The spike was no longer embedded, and although the Serco may be in possession of the spike, without an energy focus, the device was useless, wasn't it? Still, there was something tenuous behind the dark overpowering menace of the void, however, like a familiar far-off presence that nagged at him.
The advanced auto-doc machine signaled an all-clear and injected the stimulants into LeberMac's system, waking him rudely from his artificial slumber. He rose and went to work at the terminal of Deep Blue, the universal automatic computer that had been the auxiliary control of the Neural Spike experiment. Deep Blue was no longer supported by the Itani government since the disbanding of [IA], so LeberMac had rescued it from the governmental decomissioning office and taken it upon himself to keep it up and running, pouring millions of credits into it to keep it viable. Last night the Void had almost destroyed it, easily cannibalizing his constant neural link to the massive computing device.
Going over the logs from Deep Blue, he realized that it must have been [ST6] and the Serco high command's use of the Neural Spike that had done it. There was no other possible explanation. Somehow, the Serco had managed to create a massive artificial energy focus which had attracted the attentions of the Hive mind, where the natural itani EF's did not, being an organic process which the Hive could not ever fully understand.
LeberMac terminated the mental link with Deep Blue, sat down and took a shot of tequila, which always helped him think. The official incident report from [Itan] read like a mystery novel without an ending. Too many questions and not enough answers. "Controlled by unknown sources" is what the report said, speculating on Commander Sarken's involvement...
Wait. Sarken?
He took another shot of tequila.
Something clicked in LeberMac's brain at the mention of the word and he put two and two together. Now he knew who was behind the mask, the mysterious presence that he sensed in Sol II while under the control of the spike. The brief rest while under sedation had allowed him time to focus past the Hive-mind's smothering void, and that faint familiar presence took shape, now that we was able to focus thanks to the tequila.
"Well, holy crap." He said out loud in the empty control room as he took a third shot in a combination of celebration and trepidation. Borb the Second of Sarken house was back, he had the spike, and now things were certainly going to become more interesting.
LeberMac stalked off to make a call to [SKV] and notify them of the situation on his way to warn the temporary commander of [Itan], Holdan. Something needed to be done about this new Serco capability, and quickly.
Divinia M-14, Coranis Watch
LeberMac twitched unconsciously as the medical probes finished their examination and cleanly stitched the long scar at the back of his neck back up. The wound from the emergency removal of the Neural Spike Implant (NSI) had never fully healed, and although the psychic ties that bound him to it were mostly gone, they had re-emerged with a vengeance. The events of last night had prompted him to seek medical attention, as it was obvious that he had been under control from an external source.
LeberMac, in a state of waking dream while under the sedation from the medical systems, explored his subconscious memories. How had he been controlled? The spike was no longer embedded, and although the Serco may be in possession of the spike, without an energy focus, the device was useless, wasn't it? Still, there was something tenuous behind the dark overpowering menace of the void, however, like a familiar far-off presence that nagged at him.
The advanced auto-doc machine signaled an all-clear and injected the stimulants into LeberMac's system, waking him rudely from his artificial slumber. He rose and went to work at the terminal of Deep Blue, the universal automatic computer that had been the auxiliary control of the Neural Spike experiment. Deep Blue was no longer supported by the Itani government since the disbanding of [IA], so LeberMac had rescued it from the governmental decomissioning office and taken it upon himself to keep it up and running, pouring millions of credits into it to keep it viable. Last night the Void had almost destroyed it, easily cannibalizing his constant neural link to the massive computing device.
Going over the logs from Deep Blue, he realized that it must have been [ST6] and the Serco high command's use of the Neural Spike that had done it. There was no other possible explanation. Somehow, the Serco had managed to create a massive artificial energy focus which had attracted the attentions of the Hive mind, where the natural itani EF's did not, being an organic process which the Hive could not ever fully understand.
LeberMac terminated the mental link with Deep Blue, sat down and took a shot of tequila, which always helped him think. The official incident report from [Itan] read like a mystery novel without an ending. Too many questions and not enough answers. "Controlled by unknown sources" is what the report said, speculating on Commander Sarken's involvement...
Wait. Sarken?
He took another shot of tequila.
Something clicked in LeberMac's brain at the mention of the word and he put two and two together. Now he knew who was behind the mask, the mysterious presence that he sensed in Sol II while under the control of the spike. The brief rest while under sedation had allowed him time to focus past the Hive-mind's smothering void, and that faint familiar presence took shape, now that we was able to focus thanks to the tequila.
"Well, holy crap." He said out loud in the empty control room as he took a third shot in a combination of celebration and trepidation. Borb the Second of Sarken house was back, he had the spike, and now things were certainly going to become more interesting.
LeberMac stalked off to make a call to [SKV] and notify them of the situation on his way to warn the temporary commander of [Itan], Holdan. Something needed to be done about this new Serco capability, and quickly.
Message recieved. I will pass this information up to Bojan personally.
-Lieutenant Ghost, Second In Command, SKV
-Lieutenant Ghost, Second In Command, SKV
How many times do I have to say 'destroy the damn thing' before you thick-skulled morons realize that its continued existence is far too great a risk?
Judging from the logs, if Sarken had been linked up for much longer...well, lets just say that Dr. Lecter wouldn't be alone in his servitude to the Void.
At the very least, dismantle it--heaven only knows what will happen if there are any more such 'incidents'.
-CNH
Judging from the logs, if Sarken had been linked up for much longer...well, lets just say that Dr. Lecter wouldn't be alone in his servitude to the Void.
At the very least, dismantle it--heaven only knows what will happen if there are any more such 'incidents'.
-CNH
/me uses the spike and pokes CNH
2259 Sol II Standard Time
18 Nov 4433
Sol II, SkyCommand
Log entry 0020
The loss of the SEFP to my surprise was mostly contained pending investigation. I my self largely tried to forget about it for the time being at least. I felt and do still feel I have many other personal things to sort out. I've written down a list to help me focus it reads as follows.
1. You have lived the life of an honorable warrior, only to find out you are in fact an ex-pirate, who was once thrown out of the Serco dominion, also an ex-Akanese.
Problems: How does this affect you now? You where a war hero even if a fallen one, could you not still have the honor, just not conventional honor? Is there maybe more to honor then what you had once thought?
2. How are you still alive? You should have died? Maybe a talk with your Father is in-order. See number 3.
3. Dad? What role did he play in all of this? Have old wounds healed over? Should you attempt a talk with him all past things considered?
4. ST6, how will all this affect your role as leader of the guild? Should you go on leading this great group of honorable warriors now that you know of your dark past?
5. Political fall out. The media will soon latch on to your story, they will have one of two takes on it, a good one or a bad one. You should ready for the bad one and prepare your self for possible ostricization.
Many of these problems I still need time to work out, and yet time seems to be the one thing I lack. Even now high command seeks my presence at another meeting, this time to discuss the SEFP. I'll write more when I get back I guess. Why can't they just leave me alone...
18 Nov 4433
Sol II, SkyCommand
Log entry 0020
The loss of the SEFP to my surprise was mostly contained pending investigation. I my self largely tried to forget about it for the time being at least. I felt and do still feel I have many other personal things to sort out. I've written down a list to help me focus it reads as follows.
1. You have lived the life of an honorable warrior, only to find out you are in fact an ex-pirate, who was once thrown out of the Serco dominion, also an ex-Akanese.
Problems: How does this affect you now? You where a war hero even if a fallen one, could you not still have the honor, just not conventional honor? Is there maybe more to honor then what you had once thought?
2. How are you still alive? You should have died? Maybe a talk with your Father is in-order. See number 3.
3. Dad? What role did he play in all of this? Have old wounds healed over? Should you attempt a talk with him all past things considered?
4. ST6, how will all this affect your role as leader of the guild? Should you go on leading this great group of honorable warriors now that you know of your dark past?
5. Political fall out. The media will soon latch on to your story, they will have one of two takes on it, a good one or a bad one. You should ready for the bad one and prepare your self for possible ostricization.
Many of these problems I still need time to work out, and yet time seems to be the one thing I lack. Even now high command seeks my presence at another meeting, this time to discuss the SEFP. I'll write more when I get back I guess. Why can't they just leave me alone...
2340 Sol II Standard Time
18 Nov 4433
Sol II, SkyCommand
Log entry 0021
Things just get better and better. Oh the meeting went well, it would seem SKV would be the group I have to thank for our little lack of EFP. Night before last at 0345 Four Itani SKV ships where spotted coming into Serco space. Strike forces where dispatched and lost them in the roid fields of Betheshee.
At 0415 Blue Ripple (the code name for the Serco military team guarding the SEFP) reported heavy hostile fire from multiple armed enemies.
At 0416 Blue Ripple reported to be taking airborne fire from what has later been found to have been a duel sun flair IGB, and a tri nuet Valk. 30 seconds later all contact was lost.
0418 Fighters where scrambled and sent to intercept the now fleeing Itani forces. The number of four ships was once again confirmed.
0420 A blockade is set up hastily at Betheshee.
0423 Two of the four ships are shot down before making the first jump.
0425 One of the remaining two ships is shot down before making the worm hole to Geira Rutilus, the other ship never jumps into the sector.
0432 Search and destroy teams are launched to look for the lone Itani.
0546 Teams return with no sightings of the Itani.
0600 Blockades at Betheshee strengthened, the 132nd and 234th Strike Force teams are also sent from Sol II to help reinforce the already large strike forces in Betheshee.
Up till now no contact has been made with the lone Itani. How ever at 1845 this evening the listening post at Betheshee picked up a long range com signal from what is believed to have been the Itani.
Analysis seems to suggest he plans to move some time Sunday evening around 0200 hours galactic standard time. (GMT) High command believes due to his knowledge about our build up in Betheshee he will be moving to gray space and from there Edras and safety in Itani space.
ST6 has been scrambled to intercept him should he opt to make this trek. Our bigger concern will of course have to be the many pirates and gold diggers that inhabit grey space they will most undoubtedly attempt to shoot him down them self's and take the SEFP to do only the great Lady knows what.
I need to get in Contact with Commander A-dawg, gray space is SCAR's play ground so he should be very much at home killing there.
Though I guess now that I think of it so should I.
18 Nov 4433
Sol II, SkyCommand
Log entry 0021
Things just get better and better. Oh the meeting went well, it would seem SKV would be the group I have to thank for our little lack of EFP. Night before last at 0345 Four Itani SKV ships where spotted coming into Serco space. Strike forces where dispatched and lost them in the roid fields of Betheshee.
At 0415 Blue Ripple (the code name for the Serco military team guarding the SEFP) reported heavy hostile fire from multiple armed enemies.
At 0416 Blue Ripple reported to be taking airborne fire from what has later been found to have been a duel sun flair IGB, and a tri nuet Valk. 30 seconds later all contact was lost.
0418 Fighters where scrambled and sent to intercept the now fleeing Itani forces. The number of four ships was once again confirmed.
0420 A blockade is set up hastily at Betheshee.
0423 Two of the four ships are shot down before making the first jump.
0425 One of the remaining two ships is shot down before making the worm hole to Geira Rutilus, the other ship never jumps into the sector.
0432 Search and destroy teams are launched to look for the lone Itani.
0546 Teams return with no sightings of the Itani.
0600 Blockades at Betheshee strengthened, the 132nd and 234th Strike Force teams are also sent from Sol II to help reinforce the already large strike forces in Betheshee.
Up till now no contact has been made with the lone Itani. How ever at 1845 this evening the listening post at Betheshee picked up a long range com signal from what is believed to have been the Itani.
Analysis seems to suggest he plans to move some time Sunday evening around 0200 hours galactic standard time. (GMT) High command believes due to his knowledge about our build up in Betheshee he will be moving to gray space and from there Edras and safety in Itani space.
ST6 has been scrambled to intercept him should he opt to make this trek. Our bigger concern will of course have to be the many pirates and gold diggers that inhabit grey space they will most undoubtedly attempt to shoot him down them self's and take the SEFP to do only the great Lady knows what.
I need to get in Contact with Commander A-dawg, gray space is SCAR's play ground so he should be very much at home killing there.
Though I guess now that I think of it so should I.
OOC: Ok seems to be some confusion on the date of the event. It is sunday night if you are in the US. In game time will be monday morning at 0200. Sorry about any confusion.
As of now, the SEFP and the NSI are back under Serco Control once again.
ST6 INTERNAL REPORT:
....................................................
Filed by:
Callsign: Kites
Rank: ST6 Council
....................................................
This report covers the incident which took place on November 20, 4433.
The recent capture of the SEFP by an SKV operative, callsign: Ghost, led to a collaboration between ST6 and SCAR units in hopes of retrieval.
Commander Sarken, Callsign Faceless, organized the group and gave orders to cover the wormholes between Sol II and Grey. As Sol II was the last known location of the SKV spy, we sought to intercept him with an ambush in Dantia.
Using my background in similar operations, I briefed the group on the expected route and contingency plans. Serco Vulture Guardians made up the bulk of the force, with a SCAR operative, callsign: Dr. Lecter, flying a captured Itani Valkyrie for puposes of long-range pursuit, in the chance that "Ghost" managed to run the blockade in Dantia.
Myself and another pilot, callsign Soulcatcher, made contact with the spy at 0200 Sol Standard Time in Dantia B5. Dr. Lecter joined us presently and and we proceeded to engage. Information:
_Ghost_
UID: 45068
Ship Model: IDF Valkyrie (Assault Model)
We chased him to the edge of sector, and I was able to let off 2 Neutron Blasts into his hull before jumping.
He proceeded to Dantia O2, whereupon Dr. Lecter kept in close proximity. I recharged and made my way to the wh.
_Ghost_ attempted to lure our fighters to the outer edges of the sector. We were ready and Dr. Lecter was the only one to give chase, thereby preventing escape.
Itani escorts, callsigns: Yasumoto and Pilot 13 entered and engaged our fighters,
Meanwhile, Ghost attempted to make his way back around to the wh.
I was in position and on sighting, Ghost turned and headed back out, whereby I followed and Dr. Lecter remained, recharging his battery for the next run.
While I was led on a chase across the sector, Dr. Lecter hid himself in the wh interference of a trade convoy. Meanwhile, Commander Sarken positioned himself to take over the chase in Pyronis.
I chased Ghost back to the wh, where he attempted to jump.
Dr. Lecter came out of hiding and we were able to destroy the invader. Lecter claimed the kill. I picked up the SEFP, and the prisoner Ghost. Both are under ST6 protection in Sedina.
Losses: 1 Serco Vulture destroyed, pilot recovered
Enemy Losses: All invaders destroyed.
Mission Accomplished.
....................................................
Filed by:
Callsign: Kites
Rank: ST6 Council
....................................................
This report covers the incident which took place on November 20, 4433.
The recent capture of the SEFP by an SKV operative, callsign: Ghost, led to a collaboration between ST6 and SCAR units in hopes of retrieval.
Commander Sarken, Callsign Faceless, organized the group and gave orders to cover the wormholes between Sol II and Grey. As Sol II was the last known location of the SKV spy, we sought to intercept him with an ambush in Dantia.
Using my background in similar operations, I briefed the group on the expected route and contingency plans. Serco Vulture Guardians made up the bulk of the force, with a SCAR operative, callsign: Dr. Lecter, flying a captured Itani Valkyrie for puposes of long-range pursuit, in the chance that "Ghost" managed to run the blockade in Dantia.
Myself and another pilot, callsign Soulcatcher, made contact with the spy at 0200 Sol Standard Time in Dantia B5. Dr. Lecter joined us presently and and we proceeded to engage. Information:
_Ghost_
UID: 45068
Ship Model: IDF Valkyrie (Assault Model)
We chased him to the edge of sector, and I was able to let off 2 Neutron Blasts into his hull before jumping.
He proceeded to Dantia O2, whereupon Dr. Lecter kept in close proximity. I recharged and made my way to the wh.
_Ghost_ attempted to lure our fighters to the outer edges of the sector. We were ready and Dr. Lecter was the only one to give chase, thereby preventing escape.
Itani escorts, callsigns: Yasumoto and Pilot 13 entered and engaged our fighters,
Meanwhile, Ghost attempted to make his way back around to the wh.
I was in position and on sighting, Ghost turned and headed back out, whereby I followed and Dr. Lecter remained, recharging his battery for the next run.
While I was led on a chase across the sector, Dr. Lecter hid himself in the wh interference of a trade convoy. Meanwhile, Commander Sarken positioned himself to take over the chase in Pyronis.
I chased Ghost back to the wh, where he attempted to jump.
Dr. Lecter came out of hiding and we were able to destroy the invader. Lecter claimed the kill. I picked up the SEFP, and the prisoner Ghost. Both are under ST6 protection in Sedina.
Losses: 1 Serco Vulture destroyed, pilot recovered
Enemy Losses: All invaders destroyed.
Mission Accomplished.
So where was CoI in all this?
Oh yes, watching Sunday Night Football.
Yeah, CoI is NOTHING like IA or IDF, they actually DO stuff.
Like, um, watching Sunday Night Football.
I told aVirulence SKV was going to be humiliated(sp?) tonight, and boy was I right!
Oh yes, watching Sunday Night Football.
Yeah, CoI is NOTHING like IA or IDF, they actually DO stuff.
Like, um, watching Sunday Night Football.
I told aVirulence SKV was going to be humiliated(sp?) tonight, and boy was I right!
LeberMac stood on the apartment's balcony overlooking City of Angels on Eo and drukenly looked at the emergency beacon on his Coalition of Itan Secret Decoder Ring. The bright flashing lights and the annoying buzzing sound tended to interrupt his stories that he was relating to the group of friends that he was enjoying that Ancient Earth Fall Festival of "Thanksgiving" with.
He removed the beacon and threw it into the river adjacent to the apartment. Of course he completely missed the window, hit the wall, and the beacon bounced back and impacted his skull with a hollow-sounding KONK. He let it lay on the floor where it landed.
As he picked his way back to the weeklong party with the care of an intoxicated bull elephant, the farthest thing from his mind at that moment was caring about what jexkerome thought.
He removed the beacon and threw it into the river adjacent to the apartment. Of course he completely missed the window, hit the wall, and the beacon bounced back and impacted his skull with a hollow-sounding KONK. He let it lay on the floor where it landed.
As he picked his way back to the weeklong party with the care of an intoxicated bull elephant, the farthest thing from his mind at that moment was caring about what jexkerome thought.
Hmmmm... it occurs to me, that if LeberMac is anything to measure CoI by, we can strike the greatest blows against it by acting on american holidays. Next up, SuperBowl Sunday!
You are evil!
Hmm, you know I never really liked watching foot ball my self... Bah I picked a lovely time to end my merc work... If I was still money driven me I'd be all over "helping out" like cellulite all over lebs after this week.
I guess I could help out for free. Hahahaha yeah right....
Hmm, you know I never really liked watching foot ball my self... Bah I picked a lovely time to end my merc work... If I was still money driven me I'd be all over "helping out" like cellulite all over lebs after this week.
I guess I could help out for free. Hahahaha yeah right....
0030 Sol II Standard Time
22 Nov 4433
Initros, Initros Border Guard
Log entry 0022
Well let's see, I've had an event full last few days. I guess some where along the lines off all this stuff going down I cracked and very badly needed a drink, unfortunately the bar in M 14 was closed. I guess I figured I hit a low point when I blew a large hole in the wall to get a a few roid rammers...
Getting trapped in the wine cellar by an auto cannon was not one of the high points in my life.
Then I had a large amount of drama with the current wait staff seems they are alittle bitter, could have some thing to do with me blaming every thing on one of them. Well almost every thing on him. Lucky for me Miha was cool with every thing, she always was really understanding with me.
So then it was time for me to go off and do the whole save the SEFP bit. That was fun, the Itani proved to have little resistance and the SEFP was quickly recovered with in little less then 12 minutes after the first sighting of the Itani Ghost.
Surprisingly when Kites board the derelict ship, Ghost had refused to T-port out, but was at the time franticly trying to over load his ships engines and blow up both him self and the SEFP. Kites quick thinking and fast reactions quickly ended the attempt, and resulted not only in the Serco nation once again having the SEFP, but also in the capture of Ghost, Lt of SKV. Needless to say Kites, and Dr. Lecter are both up for a few medals.
High command then quickly deiced after the what had happened to the SEFP it was time to move out base of operations to a more defendable position. Grey space.
Now I could go on for many days about why grey space is not safe. And I should know of all people, it was my home for a very long time, for that matter I used to be one of the reasons it was unsafe.
Personally I feel the Serco where scared and acting in the heat of the moment, and I also feel they are sending all of us, including Ghost to gray space due to the lack of attention any one pays to illegal things down there. Bottom line what dies in grey stays in grey. At this point I can't prove any thing, but I know my gut does not like the way things are heading.
After the event, I went to see some Serco doctors. After a few days of work they had grown the needed materials to refashion my old body. I must say it feels nice to have flesh again, and thanks to the Itani EF the Hive was so nice to empower me with I have ended up not needing as many implants as I used to have. I'm now no longer a brain in a fancy walking jar, and I must say it feels good.
This evening after a few sorties into grey space, I had to face what I had been trying to put of for so long, Ghost.
I met him back right after I had joined SCAR this was of course before I could remember my past interactions with him. We talked for hours in a bar that night as we awaited the CtC convoys, there we were not enemies but fellow humans buying one another beer and hoping the war would one day end. And now I think of that man I shared beer with and what could now happen...
Walking into the K13 station I was amazed at how it seemed to have so much more weaponry positioned all over then the few days before. And it only got worse as I got closer to where Ghost was being held.
The young Hehons standing guard wanted to run me through all kinds of security checks before admitting me. I just looked at them and said.
"Boy if I was not me, I'da already killed who ever I am and if I had messed that up and I was still not me, then I would not be here."
I walked past them both as they sat confused by this time I had already had a few beers and was less then 100%.
As I entered the chamber Ghost was being held at I was asked to give the guard my weapon. I looked at him, and then down to my .45 with mother of pearl hand grips, and gold inlay on the slide, then back up to him. Finally as things started to get awkward I said.
"How far is he gonna get even if by some miracle he does kill me?"
Then I walked up to the large blast proof door way. The sound of rushing air could be heard as a similar blast proof door slammed shut behind me. The the one in front of me opened and I walked in to a 12X10 foot room. It was spartan but far from menacing. The walls and floor where a white bug proof materiel, thus making an almost surgical atmosphere.
His room was spartan a toilet in one corner and a bed in the other. All he needed.
Gritting my jaw I looked at him finally. He sat on the bed looking as if in a daze. refusing to acknowledge my presence. I exhaled loudly as i leaned against the wall.
"Why couldn't you just T-port out hmm? Why did you have to try and blow it up. T-port out come back some other day, then every thing would have been fine, people woulda been happy with me, you would not have to be here, and you could try again later. But nooooooo, you gotta do the martyr thing..."
I sighed again as I let my triad fade off.
"I am Ghost, the dishonored Itani. Former Lt. SKV, SN 56748..."
His monolog was with out any feeling as if he was some mindless being repeating what he had learned so long ago to say. I got sick of it an interrupted.
"And I'm Borb, I've seen your BLAK files, I've seen your Akanese files, I've seen your Serco files, I've seen your IA files, I've even seen your SKV files. I have been every place you could possibly be and then some, I know who you are, I know what you do, an I can take a good guess at how you will do it. I know you. There is for sure no reason for you to tell me any thing about your self."
I gritted my jaw again as I looked at him, he had stopped talking and now just started at the floor vacantly, the whole time having refused to look at me.
I swore as I radioed the gate guard that I was done.
"I'm so not in the mood for this." I mumbled as I walked out.
And now how am I you ask? Well now I'm very much drunk. This morning I had 120 tons of un touched Rammers. They where a gift from Miharu to show no hard feelings, up till now I told my self I needed to break that drinking habit, after the bar incident.
And now here I sit with only 96 tons left wondering why I have to pee so much, and why I can't seem to be able to read the want ads very well any more.
I need a vacation.
22 Nov 4433
Initros, Initros Border Guard
Log entry 0022
Well let's see, I've had an event full last few days. I guess some where along the lines off all this stuff going down I cracked and very badly needed a drink, unfortunately the bar in M 14 was closed. I guess I figured I hit a low point when I blew a large hole in the wall to get a a few roid rammers...
Getting trapped in the wine cellar by an auto cannon was not one of the high points in my life.
Then I had a large amount of drama with the current wait staff seems they are alittle bitter, could have some thing to do with me blaming every thing on one of them. Well almost every thing on him. Lucky for me Miha was cool with every thing, she always was really understanding with me.
So then it was time for me to go off and do the whole save the SEFP bit. That was fun, the Itani proved to have little resistance and the SEFP was quickly recovered with in little less then 12 minutes after the first sighting of the Itani Ghost.
Surprisingly when Kites board the derelict ship, Ghost had refused to T-port out, but was at the time franticly trying to over load his ships engines and blow up both him self and the SEFP. Kites quick thinking and fast reactions quickly ended the attempt, and resulted not only in the Serco nation once again having the SEFP, but also in the capture of Ghost, Lt of SKV. Needless to say Kites, and Dr. Lecter are both up for a few medals.
High command then quickly deiced after the what had happened to the SEFP it was time to move out base of operations to a more defendable position. Grey space.
Now I could go on for many days about why grey space is not safe. And I should know of all people, it was my home for a very long time, for that matter I used to be one of the reasons it was unsafe.
Personally I feel the Serco where scared and acting in the heat of the moment, and I also feel they are sending all of us, including Ghost to gray space due to the lack of attention any one pays to illegal things down there. Bottom line what dies in grey stays in grey. At this point I can't prove any thing, but I know my gut does not like the way things are heading.
After the event, I went to see some Serco doctors. After a few days of work they had grown the needed materials to refashion my old body. I must say it feels nice to have flesh again, and thanks to the Itani EF the Hive was so nice to empower me with I have ended up not needing as many implants as I used to have. I'm now no longer a brain in a fancy walking jar, and I must say it feels good.
This evening after a few sorties into grey space, I had to face what I had been trying to put of for so long, Ghost.
I met him back right after I had joined SCAR this was of course before I could remember my past interactions with him. We talked for hours in a bar that night as we awaited the CtC convoys, there we were not enemies but fellow humans buying one another beer and hoping the war would one day end. And now I think of that man I shared beer with and what could now happen...
Walking into the K13 station I was amazed at how it seemed to have so much more weaponry positioned all over then the few days before. And it only got worse as I got closer to where Ghost was being held.
The young Hehons standing guard wanted to run me through all kinds of security checks before admitting me. I just looked at them and said.
"Boy if I was not me, I'da already killed who ever I am and if I had messed that up and I was still not me, then I would not be here."
I walked past them both as they sat confused by this time I had already had a few beers and was less then 100%.
As I entered the chamber Ghost was being held at I was asked to give the guard my weapon. I looked at him, and then down to my .45 with mother of pearl hand grips, and gold inlay on the slide, then back up to him. Finally as things started to get awkward I said.
"How far is he gonna get even if by some miracle he does kill me?"
Then I walked up to the large blast proof door way. The sound of rushing air could be heard as a similar blast proof door slammed shut behind me. The the one in front of me opened and I walked in to a 12X10 foot room. It was spartan but far from menacing. The walls and floor where a white bug proof materiel, thus making an almost surgical atmosphere.
His room was spartan a toilet in one corner and a bed in the other. All he needed.
Gritting my jaw I looked at him finally. He sat on the bed looking as if in a daze. refusing to acknowledge my presence. I exhaled loudly as i leaned against the wall.
"Why couldn't you just T-port out hmm? Why did you have to try and blow it up. T-port out come back some other day, then every thing would have been fine, people woulda been happy with me, you would not have to be here, and you could try again later. But nooooooo, you gotta do the martyr thing..."
I sighed again as I let my triad fade off.
"I am Ghost, the dishonored Itani. Former Lt. SKV, SN 56748..."
His monolog was with out any feeling as if he was some mindless being repeating what he had learned so long ago to say. I got sick of it an interrupted.
"And I'm Borb, I've seen your BLAK files, I've seen your Akanese files, I've seen your Serco files, I've seen your IA files, I've even seen your SKV files. I have been every place you could possibly be and then some, I know who you are, I know what you do, an I can take a good guess at how you will do it. I know you. There is for sure no reason for you to tell me any thing about your self."
I gritted my jaw again as I looked at him, he had stopped talking and now just started at the floor vacantly, the whole time having refused to look at me.
I swore as I radioed the gate guard that I was done.
"I'm so not in the mood for this." I mumbled as I walked out.
And now how am I you ask? Well now I'm very much drunk. This morning I had 120 tons of un touched Rammers. They where a gift from Miharu to show no hard feelings, up till now I told my self I needed to break that drinking habit, after the bar incident.
And now here I sit with only 96 tons left wondering why I have to pee so much, and why I can't seem to be able to read the want ads very well any more.
I need a vacation.