Ship's log: star date-- 6.22.3306
22 Jun 2020Zedakiah Massacre
Ship's log: star date-- 6.22.3306 Commander ZEDAKIAH MASSACRE strikes diamonds!!! Actually what I have just snagged is far better... My mission was a complete success... and it actually turned out better than I could have planned or hoped for. I outfitted my anaconda for the raid, and completely overhauled it, but when I dropped out of supercruise on the target convoy, they were OTHER PIRATES trying to attack it... so I watched and waited until they had used a hatchbreaker limpet on the cargo hatch of the ship carrying these precious EBU's, then I snatched the cargo and destroyed the pirates and left. sure I may have stolen the cargo, but this way meant that I didn't have to hurt any of the men and women transporting it, and I don't have to hide from bounties either. In fact, I got a bounty voucher from the pirate I killed. Oh how fortunate I am to have literally come across effectively the best possible scenario for what I needed. Anyways, now is no time to let my guard down still. They will surely want these back. M! Please scra-
"Already taken care of milord. their signals were hijacked and scrambled before they left the target's cargo bay. Nobody will be tracking these beautiful pieces except us. I also verified their status as fresh, blank EBU's."
Very well done M, you are the reason why I can still be alive through all my trials thus far. You always have my back... literally in some cases! (gestures to the drones mounted in the back shoulder)
Well, in that case it looks like we are done here. We will have to still scrub the ship again just for good measure and of course after it is clear we can restore it to its proper appearance and glory.
"Yes sir. Already beginning data scrub of the ship."
Now then, this is truly a beautiful piece of technology... I almost wonder what my friends back home would say if they learned about these. How many did we get in that canister?
"a grand total of 28 sir"
TWENTY EIGHT?!?!?! HOLY!!!...deep breaths... what are we going to do with all of them? I was only hoping for about 5 tops... well I suppose I will have plenty of extras for my experiments.
"What do you plan on doing with them for your experiments?"
What else? I am going to find a way to improve them and hybridize them with guardian tech. Also I would like to have a way to access the data myself without pulling it out or ya know, dying. First, please do a full spectrum scan of this device and upload the schematic to our private network. That way I can sync the schematic to my optical displays.
"upload complete"
Ah there we go. Let's see what you look like on the inside...… (trails off muttering to himself for several minutes)
"Milord, I have urgent news for you... I just detected an encrypted data drop at the serebrov relay intended for you... it is not good news. It's about commander Jav Marlo from his crew pilot Ayumi."
Excuse me?! What?! What happened!
"Analyzing message details...simplifying to relevant data..... It seems commander Jav Marlo has been critically injured during a fight with a thargoid interceptor. Ayumi has managed to get him into a cryostasis pod so he is stable for now, but the medical data I just pulled from the facility she brought him to, lists him as having serious corrosion within his lungs and other organs. It looks as though his escape pod was hit by the thargoid's weaponry before it could be recovered. Sir, his body is in terrible condition, but his brain appears to be completely intact. Ayumi sent this message to the serebrov relay in hopes of it reaching me, and by extension, you. I believe that she thinks we have the best chance of saving him... that and also the fact that you never tried to collect the bounty on her head."
Understood... What is their current location?
"Ayumi did not send a location. I will have to trace the transmission. That will take a short while, but as soon as I have it I will inform you."
Alright, also connect me via direct call to my specialist... I'm going to have to move up my next appointment... and arrange for one for Jav.
"You're going to take him to G?! I thought you were never going to let anyone know where he was!"
Magaenta, We have the technology now to save him and the skills and chance to do it. Also you know he is worth it. I will do what I must to save him. He deserves that much. Even if it means exposing Galvar's location. I trust Jav, and trust is a very hard thing to come by in our line of work. Besides, Galvar will need him there to customize the nicer 'netics for him and have everything calibrated properly. I will not be giving Jav some crappy cheap spares like the ones I gave to Cleave.
"As you wish, though you get to be the one to convince Galvar of this. Not me. I will patch his line into your personal comms unit."
Well then... I guess that means I know what I'm doing next...
-Zed out