"Mining" travel diary - Lulua Final
01 Feb 2019Admiral Demonio
Diary page #3 "Extreme solutions to easy problems"There was no time to waste,even with my sensors and comunications damaged i had to get away from Lulua as soon as possible,but only God knows what would've happened to me once i left the no fire zone,i expected that Wally would've tried to block me from leaving the system at all costs,even though i'm not sure he is actually affiliated to any pirate faction or cartel.
I didn't even watch if there was any traffic in the docking bay,i lifted my landing gear and routed whole power to thrusters and rushed out at extreme speed,luckily for me i didn't get any fee for reckless flying,having both the federals and the pirates on my back wouldn't be really nice.
My calculations(if you can consider those as calculations) were wrong,no one intercepted me outside Cassidy,i reached the Delkar system without any trouble.
Here is the thing,while i was reaching for De Kamp Orbital which is just a ''couple'' of LS away from the star,someone actually tried to interdict me.
Thanks to my ''Large Soda'' manoeuvrability i managed to escape pretty easily from the pirate grip,and ultimately reach De Kamp Orbital.
After landing on the pad i called out the ground team for some repairs on the ship,they said it will take a while cause apparently i ''fried'' many electrical connections and electronic components...fair enough i guess,i grab all my stuff and descent from the vessel,then once out of it they lower the vehicle inside the hangar so they can complete the repairs.
This station is immense it took me at least half an hour to reach my apartment,but then once i was there i realized i didn't need to go there at all...and so i managed to lose another half an hour plus another hour to find the Vice president office.
But you know...it might be just the stress on my shoulders but now i remember why i wanted to go back to my apartment...i had to change my suit into my uniform.
Like i said initally I HAD NO TIME TO WASTE so while waiting in the office for my meeting with the Mohamed (Vice president) i took the first chance to ''use'' the bathroom and change there.
This is most likely the weirdest thing i had to do in a while.
I came out the bathroom when i heard the big man's voice:
"Admiral."
Completely freaked out by this i went with the first thing it came in my mind:
SIR!
(You will think...why big man? Well while he is quite skinny,he is about 9'2" so he is quite tall...he is so tall they had to change all the station's doors to be fitting to his person...and they still working on them.)
Mohamed was caught off guard from my answer as well (usually i have a cold and strict attitude while i'm actually half serious half an idiot):
"What's the matter Admiral,if anything i should be the one calling you "Ma'am",anyways i have to inform you straight away that on your entrance in the Delkar system you were followed by various vessels from the Lulua cartel and the situation in Komovoy isn't any better as well. So i'll shortly brief you about the pirate attack in Komovoy."
The Vice president proceeded then to show me the possible attack plans and routes the pirates are plotting,while he was explaining i noticed, thanks to my high strategic mind,a different sub-plot in the pirate's actions and i informed Mohamed the possibility that this is just diversion and that they are planning a much bigger attack against,most likely,a much larger target.
He stopped for a moment and while thinking he said:
"Is it possible? No they wouldn't..or perhaps...Admiral! Ignore my last request you must instead reach for CD-24 10236,there is a high interest convoy passing through there,they will inevitably stop at the nav beacon and even if the escort is numerous,they won't stand a chance against a large coordinated attack. You will probably need help for this one it might be a very risky task even for your Malevolent."
Without hesitation i answered right away:
"I already considered all these factors way before this whole thing started so i called for support a couple of days ago,so even if my Malevolent wouldn't be able to take on all the pirates, i already counted the fact that with at least one or two other vessels we should be able to take them down fairly easily. I highly doubt they have access to high tier arsenal but i even if they actually do i already counted that in my equation..."
It was too late my inner strategicweeb started kicking in and without even noticing,Mohamed went out the office twice for a drink and then he had to stop me because i was going full throttle with calculations...until a knock on door stops my info-dealing rampage.
Mohamed clears his throat and then opens the door...it was my friend that finally after approximately 32.3 jumps and over 330ly finally reac--oh wait i'm going into a math-streak again,Mohamed then stood still for a moment and suddenly screamed at me completely out of character
WHAT IS AN IMPERIAL PILOT DOING IN A FEDERATION STATION?!
Knight then just says ''Yooo!"
Mohamed then fainted there.
We had our orders already anyway and before setting course for CD-24 10236 we had to stop at the pub cause i had to get one of my trusty crew members Franks,when Franks saw me he greeted asking me if i was ready for another mining expedition i said i needed him to pilot the fighters,he then looked at me worried because usually we use them only in complicated situations. After that i shortly brief both of them about the situation.
We were walking towards the docking bay when Knight stops me:
"Hmnn Ideia my Chieftain is currently heavily damaged and it won't be able to fly for at least a day. So i wonder considering all things together that we might need it..."
"That's out of the question for now,we don't have the time we need to at least scan the system and nav beacon and possibly gather gata about the enemy."
Knight takes a deep sigh and then nods.
We finally board the Malevolent and after all flight check ups we set course for CD-24 10236,where without knowing yet our biggest battle is waiting.
30Ls to nav beacon
10Ls to nav beacon
9Mm to nav beacon
1Mm to nav beacon
Safe disengage activated.
After just a second both Franks and Knight were gone completely pale at the sight of what is waiting at the nav beacon,at first glance i noticed at least 20 pirate ships of various categories,and suddenly one them opened comunication with us.
This is Scavenger 2,report your ID or intentions or leave immediately.
I take then the biggest risk today and i answer:
This is Scavenger 21 we are here to give fire power to the assault team.
Somehow that worked i didn't even know how,Franks had to put up Knight's chin because it dropped on ground after such successful move,we stayed idle observing the ships,our position was secure for now but we were actually in trap,the tension and anxiety was rising when finally a huge group of ships came out the hyper space and without even a moment to realize it,they were under heavy fire already.
When the battle started raging we took our chance we loaded the hardpoints and powered the turrets,took aim,and opened fire.
The thermal attacks in the first wave were already enough to heavily damage the ship in front of us,after a moment i realize that the cannons weren't firing and so i asked Knight what the hell he was doing with them.
"What the hell is this i can't comphrend a single word in this controls!!"
Franks answered that it is Taiidani language and that he will take habit to learn it or...just press randomly all the buttons until something happens. After first difficulties it seems that finally Knight managed to get those turrets functioning and that Franks finally deployed the fighter.
The enemy ships started firing at us..2..3..4 of them,no matter how many of them are shooting at us as long as we have the cell banks they will not be able to overpower our shields,meanwhile our thermal and kinetic blasts melt their hull,breach their canopies and destroy their modules and ultimately blow them up.
The battle raged for long and our cell banks were completely dried off and most of the targets were destroyed,when suddenly a Python vessel and a Imperial Clipper ship started to open fire on us too...
Shields at 60% 40% 20%...Taking damage...Hull breach detected,forward engines damaged,pulse turret damaged...Enemy destroyed.
At last the Clipper was destroyed and the Python was still opening fire on us,normally that Python would've been a easy takedown but after such a long fight it took the ship everything it had to take it down.
The fight was over..but the price was heavy,the pirates didn't take any cargo but on other hand they were no survivors but us.
Our ship took heavy damage but at least life support was still active and once we took all the valuable cargo we started the ship reboot and while waiting for that we started playing some card games.
-Admiral Out
