A Bad Feeling
14 Oct 2021Seth Bradwell
I was minding my own business plotting my next move after my work with EG Union two weeks back, when my data slate chirped with an alert of breaking news from the Imperial Herald. I tapped on it and an immediate feeling of horror came over me:"There has been reports of explosions throughout Dyson City in the Paresa system, home to Nova Imperium. Multiple casualties have been reported yet we are unable to bring any further news at this stage."
Well one can never cast too great an assumption at this stage but it seems like the NMLA have made another attempt on Hadrian Duval's life. I hope all those Fednecks who repeatedly gaslighted the entire Imperial population are proud of themselves now. Meanwhile there is carnage abound and millions of lives in peril. Whatever I had planned will have to wait, as I set off to pick up the Libertas so I can contribute to the evac effort. It also means that the reports of my exploits in Delta Pavonis will have to wait, I might post them as something to take my mind off the devastation that I will likely be diving in and out of for the next few days. Then of course comes the repair work - no problem, I can ship in beryllium by the T9 full, just need to make sure no undesirables (be they NMLA, Fednecks, or just your common or garden space pondlife) try to pick me off whilst I am doing it.
I compose a message to Anastasia, who featured prominently in my adventures in Delta P before setting off:
Dear Anna,
I regret that I won't be able to join you in Euryale after all, for reasons which will soon become apparent if you check the Imperial Herald now, though it should be all over GalNet in the next few hours if not already. I congratulate you on finally being rehabilitated as a full member of EG Union, and wish you all the best in trying to uncover the truth behind the events that led to your exile. But right now, I am needed elsewhere, lives are in peril again and every pilot counts.
Yours in eternal comradeship,
Seth
I click 'send' and initiate launch protocols, setting course for where I last parked the Libertas and get ready to muck in with the evacuation effort.
Update: News just broken on GalNet, Dyson City has been hit by corrosive bombs (looks like it was the NMLA all right), thankfully the Imperator and his family got warning of an imminent attack and was able to escape before they detonated. Calls now coming through for pilots to help with evacuation and repairs. Questions need to be asked about why the NMLA were able to get so close to assassinating Hadrian Duval (again!), why weren't intelligence aware until it was almost too late (for the Imperator at least, it was too late for many of the inhabitants of Dyson City), and why after several months of corrosive bombings throughout the Bubble is no one any closer to tracking down the masterminds behind the NMLA and bringing them to justice. But all that will have to wait, cause I have a job to do...