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Somewhere in Latos, near the wormhole to Sedina
"YES! Another damn machine dead, and thats the last of them!" Eize Ryda exclaimed to no one in particular, as he just finishing wasting an entire fleet of rogue hive bots. He cut the throttles, letting the ship drift, while his Serco military implants began searching for a suitable repair base. Nearly half a nanosecond later, an eternity for a Serco-enhanced brain, he settled on Sedina's Corvus Barracks.
Eize had a mutual respect for the people of Corvus, how they had managed to secede from the UIT, and survive on their own, without being crushed by the financial might of said nation.
As he enters Sedina, sector B-8, a notoriously dangerous area of space, he is hailed by an unmarked vulture "Viper guild, investigating piracy in this sector. Power down your engines, no harm will come if you do as instructed"
Never one to do as he's told, Eize immediately slams the throttles forward on his Ragnarok (His favored hive-hunting vessel). Since he'd expended all his Jackhammers and Sunflares, he was very light, and the ship responded accordingly, surging forward violently.
The smaller ship was caught off-guard, but still managed to react in time enough to land a few good hits on the rag' Eize did the damage calculations instantaneously. "DAMMIT! 2 more hits and I'm breathing vacuum." Eize begins taking evasive action, sees another vessel vectoring in, thinks "I'm toast, might as well try to take one out"
Eize turns the ragnarok around, bringing his only remaining weapon to bear on the original vessel, hits full turbo and pours a string of Axia positrons into the nose of the vulture, not enough to destroy him, but his rag should hit in 3 seconds and finish him. Honorable death for both attacker and himself.
Before his ragnarok reaches the other vessel, the approaching centurian opened fire... On the vulture! It explodes only seconds before Eize's rag would have impacted it. The explosion shakes his ship, but miraculously doesn't destroy it.
Eize hails the other vessel, now identified as a pink Centurian Rev. C by Orion Industries. "You saved my serco ass, whoever you are, I owe you one"
"The name is Azumi, and yes. You do. 30 thousand credits, or I finish you off. I destroyed the Viper scumbag and will finish you off with 1 shot. Your choice. Make it quick. 30 seconds."
Well damn.
"YES! Another damn machine dead, and thats the last of them!" Eize Ryda exclaimed to no one in particular, as he just finishing wasting an entire fleet of rogue hive bots. He cut the throttles, letting the ship drift, while his Serco military implants began searching for a suitable repair base. Nearly half a nanosecond later, an eternity for a Serco-enhanced brain, he settled on Sedina's Corvus Barracks.
Eize had a mutual respect for the people of Corvus, how they had managed to secede from the UIT, and survive on their own, without being crushed by the financial might of said nation.
As he enters Sedina, sector B-8, a notoriously dangerous area of space, he is hailed by an unmarked vulture "Viper guild, investigating piracy in this sector. Power down your engines, no harm will come if you do as instructed"
Never one to do as he's told, Eize immediately slams the throttles forward on his Ragnarok (His favored hive-hunting vessel). Since he'd expended all his Jackhammers and Sunflares, he was very light, and the ship responded accordingly, surging forward violently.
The smaller ship was caught off-guard, but still managed to react in time enough to land a few good hits on the rag' Eize did the damage calculations instantaneously. "DAMMIT! 2 more hits and I'm breathing vacuum." Eize begins taking evasive action, sees another vessel vectoring in, thinks "I'm toast, might as well try to take one out"
Eize turns the ragnarok around, bringing his only remaining weapon to bear on the original vessel, hits full turbo and pours a string of Axia positrons into the nose of the vulture, not enough to destroy him, but his rag should hit in 3 seconds and finish him. Honorable death for both attacker and himself.
Before his ragnarok reaches the other vessel, the approaching centurian opened fire... On the vulture! It explodes only seconds before Eize's rag would have impacted it. The explosion shakes his ship, but miraculously doesn't destroy it.
Eize hails the other vessel, now identified as a pink Centurian Rev. C by Orion Industries. "You saved my serco ass, whoever you are, I owe you one"
"The name is Azumi, and yes. You do. 30 thousand credits, or I finish you off. I destroyed the Viper scumbag and will finish you off with 1 shot. Your choice. Make it quick. 30 seconds."
Well damn.
I only let newbs get off that cheaply. An experienced player gets a demand of 200.000 or more if he is in an XC. So either I have a soft spot for ya Eize, you remember wrongly or you are a newb:)
Tin hat . Wellies .
Try it ...
Try it ...
OOC: I was leaning more towards soft spot, since after all.. you did just save my ass, besides, I was in a rag. :)
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Eize checks his various accounts, begins the transfer.
"See ya around beautiful."
"Beat it Eize. Oh and next time I see you, You'd better be packing more than a single AAP on that thing"
"Yes Ma'am" Eize engages the turbo, heading for open space.
As he gets close enough to warp out to the Corvus Barracks sector, an incoming wormhole opens, and the same Viper member enters the sector.
"DAMN! WARP YOU SLOW #%##$@ RAG!" Eize exclaims loudly to his onboard ship computer. Even a serco knows when to "get the hell outta dodge."
As Eize exits into normal space again, he is hailed a Corvus patrol. "Holy hell, Mr Ryda, what'd you do, get in a fight with the entire UIT?"
"Something like that, son. If you could provide me with a tow to the docking bay, seeing as how my directional thrusters are offline right now, there will be some good credits in it for ya"
For good measure, and show his intent, Eize transfers 20k credits to the guard. "Another 80k if I dock in one piece"
"Yes sir, latching on now" The battered Rag is brought to a stop in Docking Bay 2A. Before exiting the ship, Eize transfers the remaining credits to the helpful guard "Thanks much, son. Lady's Blessings." "Yea yea, just watch your six, Viper crews were all over the place earlier. Seems you pissed them off"
Great. Just great. And I'm not even a pirate...
Eize walks to one of the repair techinicians, and says "Look. just scrap the damn thing. I want a CorMaud ready for launch in 15 minutes, with my usual combat loadout." "10-4 Mr Ryda"
Eize makes his way to the bar, and sits down. "What'll it be?" "You're new, where's Mike?" "He's off tonight, what can I do ya for?"
Eize orders up 2 Serco Ale's, and a double Helio Mist, doesn't even bother turning on his alcohol-processing implant.
30minutes later, he's forgotten all about the maud, the vipers and the piratess, and instead, is singing karaoke at the bar.
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Eize checks his various accounts, begins the transfer.
"See ya around beautiful."
"Beat it Eize. Oh and next time I see you, You'd better be packing more than a single AAP on that thing"
"Yes Ma'am" Eize engages the turbo, heading for open space.
As he gets close enough to warp out to the Corvus Barracks sector, an incoming wormhole opens, and the same Viper member enters the sector.
"DAMN! WARP YOU SLOW #%##$@ RAG!" Eize exclaims loudly to his onboard ship computer. Even a serco knows when to "get the hell outta dodge."
As Eize exits into normal space again, he is hailed a Corvus patrol. "Holy hell, Mr Ryda, what'd you do, get in a fight with the entire UIT?"
"Something like that, son. If you could provide me with a tow to the docking bay, seeing as how my directional thrusters are offline right now, there will be some good credits in it for ya"
For good measure, and show his intent, Eize transfers 20k credits to the guard. "Another 80k if I dock in one piece"
"Yes sir, latching on now" The battered Rag is brought to a stop in Docking Bay 2A. Before exiting the ship, Eize transfers the remaining credits to the helpful guard "Thanks much, son. Lady's Blessings." "Yea yea, just watch your six, Viper crews were all over the place earlier. Seems you pissed them off"
Great. Just great. And I'm not even a pirate...
Eize walks to one of the repair techinicians, and says "Look. just scrap the damn thing. I want a CorMaud ready for launch in 15 minutes, with my usual combat loadout." "10-4 Mr Ryda"
Eize makes his way to the bar, and sits down. "What'll it be?" "You're new, where's Mike?" "He's off tonight, what can I do ya for?"
Eize orders up 2 Serco Ale's, and a double Helio Mist, doesn't even bother turning on his alcohol-processing implant.
30minutes later, he's forgotten all about the maud, the vipers and the piratess, and instead, is singing karaoke at the bar.
Azumi walked through Sedina Corvus Barracks slowly but purposefully. She was supposed to meet up with Retractile, something with an antique collection of trader's badges he was about to buy and wanted a second opinion. At first she had protested until he had explained that he needed her to provide a distraction while he swiped the badges. She had dressed to the occasion and it worked if she could use the sounds coming from behind her as different male persons impacted on walls, each other as well as dropping things, as a benchmark.
Retractile had just messaged her and told her he would be late, something about an escort mission he was undertaking in UIT space that had been intercepted by a snake who didn't believe that Retractile was merely providing security. She wondered why he didn't just do as she did, pay the bribes and smile while the cops flew off with their monthly allotment of Jelly Donuts.
She walked past the "Pirate's Bones" and heard sounds that defied all imagination emanate from within. Always willing to boldly go where no man was willing to, she stuck her head inside and saw Eize perform a headbanging dance while singing violently off-key to an old love song from Eo. She couldn't help grinning, this was by far the most outrageous performance of "Like A Virgin" she had even seen. She walked inside and spotted Ecka the old miner and head of TGFT sit in the bar slowly nursing a tall glass of an amber liquid. An idea formed in Azumi's head and she turned the charm up to max and walked over to the miner.
"Oh my GOD!"
Half the bar turned to look at the young lass, including Ecka. A noticeable absence was Eize who was so enraptured by his own performance at the stage, sitting on his knees leant backwards so far that his back touched the floor of the stage, that a thermonuclear device could have gone off inside his eyelids without him noticing.
"You are that totally cool dude from TGFT. Just wait until the girls hear this!"
Ecka smiled and turned halfway towards Azumi.
"Weeel, Ah ken one or two o thae guild."
"Please Mister, can I have your autograph? The girls are gonna go crazy when they see this."
Ecka grinned wider now and provided a pen to set his print on the napkin the young girl was holding. The young of today, so enthusiastic.
Azumi got the autograph and looked at it, her mouth a perfect O.
"Waaaiiit, You wrote Ecka Estenk. Aren't you that completely awesome hottie John Eldritch?"
Ecka started laughing while shaking his head.
"Naeh, Ah am not he young lass."
"How extremely embarrasing. This is like never happened, okay?"
Azumi turned and stalked out of the bar with as little dignity as she could tolerate making sure her hips were swaying the exact right amount, stuffing the note into her bustier. This note would come in handy she was sure. A blank paper signed by the leader of the largest and most prestigious guild in space. She would have to give it to Retractile and make him forge something nice. Speaking of whom she better had to find.
Retractile had just messaged her and told her he would be late, something about an escort mission he was undertaking in UIT space that had been intercepted by a snake who didn't believe that Retractile was merely providing security. She wondered why he didn't just do as she did, pay the bribes and smile while the cops flew off with their monthly allotment of Jelly Donuts.
She walked past the "Pirate's Bones" and heard sounds that defied all imagination emanate from within. Always willing to boldly go where no man was willing to, she stuck her head inside and saw Eize perform a headbanging dance while singing violently off-key to an old love song from Eo. She couldn't help grinning, this was by far the most outrageous performance of "Like A Virgin" she had even seen. She walked inside and spotted Ecka the old miner and head of TGFT sit in the bar slowly nursing a tall glass of an amber liquid. An idea formed in Azumi's head and she turned the charm up to max and walked over to the miner.
"Oh my GOD!"
Half the bar turned to look at the young lass, including Ecka. A noticeable absence was Eize who was so enraptured by his own performance at the stage, sitting on his knees leant backwards so far that his back touched the floor of the stage, that a thermonuclear device could have gone off inside his eyelids without him noticing.
"You are that totally cool dude from TGFT. Just wait until the girls hear this!"
Ecka smiled and turned halfway towards Azumi.
"Weeel, Ah ken one or two o thae guild."
"Please Mister, can I have your autograph? The girls are gonna go crazy when they see this."
Ecka grinned wider now and provided a pen to set his print on the napkin the young girl was holding. The young of today, so enthusiastic.
Azumi got the autograph and looked at it, her mouth a perfect O.
"Waaaiiit, You wrote Ecka Estenk. Aren't you that completely awesome hottie John Eldritch?"
Ecka started laughing while shaking his head.
"Naeh, Ah am not he young lass."
"How extremely embarrasing. This is like never happened, okay?"
Azumi turned and stalked out of the bar with as little dignity as she could tolerate making sure her hips were swaying the exact right amount, stuffing the note into her bustier. This note would come in handy she was sure. A blank paper signed by the leader of the largest and most prestigious guild in space. She would have to give it to Retractile and make him forge something nice. Speaking of whom she better had to find.
Jeez... You're all going pretty hard on the poor Vipers in your little story here. First, Azumi rips through a Viper vult without any apparent difficulty. Then, it's made clear that "cops", which I am to assume means "Vipers", can be bribed off with nothing more than "Jelly Donuts". I detect more than a bit of bias here... Heh. We need a RP censor or something.
We just need to counter-post Strat. I'll cook that up when I finish classes today.
"Got this guy's XC to Sedina safely Veracity, how is it coming on your end?" Lt. Strat's voice crackled over the guild frequency.
Veracity called up his logs to confirm something before replying. "Sir, I'm up six pirate hulls to one of my own- the last three ran off while shouting curses at me. I don't think we'll be seeing them for the rest of the day."
"How disappointing. Very unlike you. Who did you lose to?"
"Oh, only Jasmine."
There was no reply, but Veracity could imagine him laughing. Why did he report his fight with the PA pilot anyway? It was hardly relevant to monitoring piracy, and 6-0 sounded so much more impressive.
"So when were you planning on telling me?"
Veracity's mind raced. Telling him what? This could carry so many implications that it boggled the mind. Was the Lieutenant just fishing for him to admit something was wrong? "I'm not sure to what you're referring sir."
"You name it; I haven't heard anything out of you. Your involvement with Ms. Atamoss, your disregard for the uniform, these recent jelly donut allegations... you could really start wherever you like."
"Shouldn't we spend more time training the recruits sir? I hear Azumi pasted one with a single string of fire just yesterday."
"Changing the subject won't work Vehe- erm, Veracity."
The penny drops. There it was. VPR still had trouble separating him from what Vehement had been. "It is no secret that I've begun seeing Jas.. in and out of the cockpit. I don't even like jelly donuts, but maybe they're referring to the time I bought a box for Seta when he had that broken foot. Azumi even tried to use an ill-gotten Ecka signature to validate her claims that I took a bribe. And as for the uniform.." Veracity paused.
The pause grew long. "Yes?"
Veracity did some reading between the lines as he formed his reply. "You're right. I'm not the Viper that Vehement was. I tried, but his shoes are just too big to fill. I am just too Serco for the Vipers.You'll have my resignation on your desk tomorrow morning."
"Alright, do what you have to do man. I wish I'd caught on to Jasmine's intentions for you sooner."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"She stole you from us. That is okay though; I'm just glad the pirates didn't do it. That would have been a real PR nightmare."
Veracity called up his logs to confirm something before replying. "Sir, I'm up six pirate hulls to one of my own- the last three ran off while shouting curses at me. I don't think we'll be seeing them for the rest of the day."
"How disappointing. Very unlike you. Who did you lose to?"
"Oh, only Jasmine."
There was no reply, but Veracity could imagine him laughing. Why did he report his fight with the PA pilot anyway? It was hardly relevant to monitoring piracy, and 6-0 sounded so much more impressive.
"So when were you planning on telling me?"
Veracity's mind raced. Telling him what? This could carry so many implications that it boggled the mind. Was the Lieutenant just fishing for him to admit something was wrong? "I'm not sure to what you're referring sir."
"You name it; I haven't heard anything out of you. Your involvement with Ms. Atamoss, your disregard for the uniform, these recent jelly donut allegations... you could really start wherever you like."
"Shouldn't we spend more time training the recruits sir? I hear Azumi pasted one with a single string of fire just yesterday."
"Changing the subject won't work Vehe- erm, Veracity."
The penny drops. There it was. VPR still had trouble separating him from what Vehement had been. "It is no secret that I've begun seeing Jas.. in and out of the cockpit. I don't even like jelly donuts, but maybe they're referring to the time I bought a box for Seta when he had that broken foot. Azumi even tried to use an ill-gotten Ecka signature to validate her claims that I took a bribe. And as for the uniform.." Veracity paused.
The pause grew long. "Yes?"
Veracity did some reading between the lines as he formed his reply. "You're right. I'm not the Viper that Vehement was. I tried, but his shoes are just too big to fill. I am just too Serco for the Vipers.You'll have my resignation on your desk tomorrow morning."
"Alright, do what you have to do man. I wish I'd caught on to Jasmine's intentions for you sooner."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"She stole you from us. That is okay though; I'm just glad the pirates didn't do it. That would have been a real PR nightmare."
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Eize is awakened by the cleaning crew. "Sir? You can't stay here"
"Ok dad, I'll take out the garbage, just let me sleep a few more hours, ok?"
"Uhhh.. Sir?", then to the other guy, "This serco is drunk as hell, splash him with some of the water from the mop bucket."
The other cleaner, not really thinking, did just that. Immediately Eize shot up, grabbed them both in each hand, threw them across the stage with a simple flick of the wrist. "What the hell do you think you're doing norms? By the lady, I think you've both lost your damn minds throwing water on me like that. Be thankful I'm a nice guy, otherwise I'd kill you both right now." The two cleaners gathered themselves up, apologized profusely to the large serco, then said, "But you still can't stay here."
"Fine, I'll go before I actually lose my temper." (OOC Point of note: This is damn near how -I- am if I get woke up.. pissy. heh)
Eize makes his way back down to docking bay 1A, and begins looking for his ship. He spies a couple of technicians working on a battered CorVult. "Hey! Where's my maud?" "Sir? No maud in this bay.." "What the hell? I PAID for one when I landed, now where the hell is it?"
Suddenly, Eize remembers. He's in the wrong bay. "Sorry guys. Wrong dock."
Seems this day is off to a rocky start as well.
"Ok dad, I'll take out the garbage, just let me sleep a few more hours, ok?"
"Uhhh.. Sir?", then to the other guy, "This serco is drunk as hell, splash him with some of the water from the mop bucket."
The other cleaner, not really thinking, did just that. Immediately Eize shot up, grabbed them both in each hand, threw them across the stage with a simple flick of the wrist. "What the hell do you think you're doing norms? By the lady, I think you've both lost your damn minds throwing water on me like that. Be thankful I'm a nice guy, otherwise I'd kill you both right now." The two cleaners gathered themselves up, apologized profusely to the large serco, then said, "But you still can't stay here."
"Fine, I'll go before I actually lose my temper." (OOC Point of note: This is damn near how -I- am if I get woke up.. pissy. heh)
Eize makes his way back down to docking bay 1A, and begins looking for his ship. He spies a couple of technicians working on a battered CorVult. "Hey! Where's my maud?" "Sir? No maud in this bay.." "What the hell? I PAID for one when I landed, now where the hell is it?"
Suddenly, Eize remembers. He's in the wrong bay. "Sorry guys. Wrong dock."
Seems this day is off to a rocky start as well.