Heat of the moment
15 Jan 2019Aries Reaper Xevi
Exploring the black days weeks and even months can cause even the best of pilots to become unnerved and even a little jumpy with ships AI constantly telling you of danger and pirates behind every moon, and I'm no exception After a long trying journey outside the bubble (my first to be honest) to visit some ancient ruins and not knowing what to expect I was already a little frazzled (Shouldn't have gone it alone) Anyway I get to the ruins, land and deploy my SRV well no sooner than I clear the loading bay I have a ship ramming my SRV, Literally Ramming not shooting just freekin ramming I mean WTH, Anyway I tried to move away and this jack wad follows me and keeps ramming me so maneuver myself into the loading bay of my anaconda as quickly as I can, almost getting killed in the process well I, unfortunately, didn't get an ID on the attacking ship so I get to my pilots seat and target the only ship on radar (it actually was the same model that had rammed me) and opened fire sadly I jumped the gun so to speak. I opened up with every weapon at my disposal including multiple missiles might even have been a bit of overkill but I let this commander have it how dare he attack my SRV, I learned a few moments after his destruction I had killed the wrong man, apparently while I was docking my SRV the offending ship managed to break mass lock and got out of there so I essentially murdered an innocent man, Have I become the scum that I have hunted across the bubble for the last year? and how do I explain to that pilot's family if I ever find them that I murdered their loved one due to mistaken identity? Well, its a long flight home and because this system is lawless and I'm the only one who knows about the murder I am scot-free if I keep it to myself but my ethics and sense of honor dictate I do otherwise. When I return to my home system Ill report the incident to my squadron commander. Hopefully, I'll just get a rip in my jacket worse case I'll be relieved of duty and disgraced as a Tactician and a bounty hunter (uploaded from ships log 01/13/2019) Update personal log - Reported incident to squadron commander as soon as I returned to the home system was told not to worry about it he would have made the same mistake in my place, doesn't ease my guilt but at least its back to business as usual, at least for now. I am certain eventually Ill have to deal with some consequences for my actions. karmas a B**** like that.