Rebuilding the empire
01 May 2018LandroverKeith
Today was a good day"Iolanthe plot course for Sun Takush"
Finally!
After making an obscene amount of money from rich tourists on the MedB Commander LRK was able to buy back his ship the "Jolene" a ugly old type 7 freighter from the smugglers of some ridiculous clan in Sun Takush.
Some bad choices had forced him to sell her after an incident with the federal police at vela dock to afford an insurance claim on Iolanthe in MedB, which was ironic really as the same route had just made him a fortune in credits.
jumping into the system, Sun Takush`s star seemed to warm Keiths old cold heart as he steered for a course to fill Iolanthe`s Tanks it wouldn't take long as he recently fitted a huge class 5 scoop.
one of Keiths rules since getting stuck in a type 6 and being rescued by the fuel rats was to never ever have a ship with a scoop, and certainly a scoop that was able to fill almost instantly as he hated scooping fuel but hated paying for fuel even more.
"once the Jolene is back in my hands ill look for some of the other members of the "guardians of aesir" and help with some cargo wing missions, my type 9 plans to be the biggest freighter ill need for some while" Keith said outloud talking to Iolanthe knowing the ship wouldn't answer but he didn't care it made him feel better
scrolling through the system map he locked the nav computer onto McNair Gateway
rolling the Python through 180 degrees he lined the nose up and opened up the throttle watching the heat drop as he left the suns proximity.
about 400 Ls from the station Iolanthe reported a new signal source checking the contacts list it was only a cobra Mrk3 and as he running empty Commander LRK thought meh nothing.
almost immediately a loud klaxon sounded "warning interdiction"
with total indigence keith grabbed the throttle and immediately set it to full stop to submit to the interdiction..
by the time the voice of the poor pirate Thomas Simeon had finished with his big speech Iolanthe had swung around to face his cobra weapons already to bear!
lasers firing and throttle engaged Iolanthe Lunged forward the twin rail guns Commander LRK had fitted soon tore chunks from the pirates ship once his shields were down and he was spiralling out of control in the sights the federal Police turned up in a wing of 4, ordering everyone stand down immediately.
Next thing we saw was Thomas Simoen ejecting from the exploding cobra and Iolanthe received a nav update on the bounty from his ship.
After the Feds had scanned the ship and checked his status they in their usual rude manner told Keith to carry on safely as they would be watching
the rest of the journey was un eventful I was given pad 23 to land at which he preferred as it was at the back of the station and it was a easier to line up a str8 route from back here compared to those stupid bays under the door which always had him ripping a aerial or something off no matter what.
Concluding the terms with the smugglers Jolene was now once again in his hands, it was at this point he was once again Full of hope.
What will Tomorrow bring?
A trip in Jolene?
Mayby Iolanthe could do some more passenger runs to MedB ?