Bubble 2 Just Dropped
28 Aug 2022Ember Lacson
Let it be known that I still plan on visiting HIP 22460, but for the time being I'm reconsidering my stealth ship, and I'm reconsidering staging in HIP 21852. AXI has confirmed that the Thargoids are hyperdicting human ships traveling within 60Ly of HIP 22460, with confirmed KOS behavior. Kasumi's armor rating is less than 400. I will not survive. So instead I think I'm going to bite the bullet, head to Hutton Orbital and finally claim that free Conda everybody's been talking about (disclaimer: I've never been to Hutton, but I'm not that much of a noob). I've got a quick and dirty build put together that has some similar heat characteristics to Kasumi, and it's got 8x the armor and a shield to boot. Plus, it has more storage, a better fuel scoop, and a better AFM. It's no Jumpaconda, but if I wind up staging in HIP 21852 that won't be an issue, as it's 18-ish Ly away. So yeah. It sounds like we were right about not wanting to stay. We haven't heard of them attacking carriers yet, but this aggression is something to be wary of. A lot of people foresaw this; I just didn't think it would be happening this quickly. This conflict has been going for years, and I think we've all gotten complacent. Complacency is the downfall of empires. I hope we can bounce back before it's too late.
As far as Salvation goes...bastard got what he deserved. Not a tear was shed aboard the Morningstar when we heard the news. I led a toast to John Jameson instead.