Personal log 1: Back home and time to reflect
03 Dec 2021Otibow
Friday, 03.12.3307 21:50 UTCL 639-45, Walker Orbital
Personal log
Otis Bower
After a couple of years I decided to visit my roots again. To see where I started and how far I have made it. And boy I was in for a surprise. I just couldn't believe how much the Walker Orbital has changed over the years. I was so used to hoses and pipes lying around everywhere, the station walls were damaged and dirt just oozed out of the panels.
All that is gone. Everything is so neat and tight.
Anyway, I first decided to visit the Hazardwave nightclub to see if my old friend Romero still works there. To my surprise, yes he was still working there and almost didn't recognized me, must have been my beard or something. I've met some other friends there as well and we talked a little bit over what happend the last 3 years. I kind of got a little nostalgic over all the stories we shared. Still the same people, to when I first met them.
Well after that I invited Romero to work as a barkeeper on my Carrier. He agreed and I took him with me on the flight back.
I needed that, I think. I needed to realize that some things just don't change. But then again people don't change, it's the time that keeps changing. At least a good friend of mine used to say that.
So, again to reflect on my journey so far...
from the first landing with my Sidewinder on a planet, from wich i still have a drone shot of, to building up and losing an entire empire... damn... and not to forget the things that happend in between:
- Racing in a professional ship racing league.
- Being part of some weird pro-Thargoid movement.
- Becoming COO in a large federal Corporate.
- Defending Humanity against Thargoids.
- Just exploring the galaxy.
- Having a small task force to hunt down pirates.
- Losing my father in a pirate attack.
- All the way up to the already mentioned empire: The Ocellus Fleet.
So what was the point in all of that? Looking back from today all of that just seemed so pointless. I just don't know what my goal was back then. But I guess that hasn't changed, huh?
It just feels like I have ticked everything from my bucket list, that I didn't even knew I had. Not to say that I did not enjoy my journey, overall it was a good time, right? I don't know, it feels wrong to say that after the recent events.
So, what's the next big thing? What am I supposed to do now? I guess I have to find a purpose again. In the meantime I will stay at my home station until something happens.
And let's be honest: Something will always happen to me, right?