RatLog #0005
29 Mar 2019Venus
I do the very same routine every single morning, I wake up, get ready for the day and wonder around the station or listen to music or GalNet on my ship while drinking coffee. All the while I wait for a client to rescue for the fuel rats, and myself. People ask me if I get bored doing what I do everyday, and I tell them, of course not, everyday is different, there is new events happening all over the galaxy. As a fuel rat, I never see the end of my duty, the end of my cause, and I accept that fact. In my eyes, the fuel rats will always be needed, and I will always need the fuel rats, so I can be a part of something bigger than myself.Now, don't get me wrong, but there are some days that nothing happens, not a lot of people need rescuing. But my fellow rats always keep me company and there's always things to do in the galaxy, I often sit outside of the station, and just watch the ships coming in and out like I did when I was a little one. When I watch the ships come in the station, it's a different story for each ship, a different commander, a different path, a different mission. I see ships limping into the station, with a nearly destroyed hull, peppered with scratches and hulls from battles with pirates and naval vessels. I see traders coming in for a quick sleep before heading to their final destination. I see brave men and woman of the Anit Xeno Combat Initiative coming in for repairs and rearms, to return to the outer systems to fight the bugs advances. Although it may not seem so, Galileo is an interesting station, every station is, it just takes the right imagination and creativity to look at someones ship and build a story based on what you see.
I tell people that sometimes, I need a break from rescuing and talking to other rats and making sure everything is running smoothly, and that's OK. It takes a lot to do something that means a lot to you, nothing is ever easy, not even the things you love. I find myself on hard cases and hard clients and sometimes things don't work out, but it happens, not everything is a cake walk, I joined the fuel rats because I knew it was going to be hard, and restless, and never ending. I'm sure a lot of commanders that share a passion for helping new commanders and other areas such as systems in outbreak, thargoid attacks and escorting miners. I think all commanders like myself knew our duties were never to be complete, and we accept that, but what we do now, may help others do something that is greater than themselves.