War has come
09 Dec 2022Chocklos
I didn't think I'd see the day when we would be fighting for our lives against these damn space bugs. I mean I've always been looking for more of a challenge above taking out the normal wanted rabble and the occasional assassination. Not much of a thrill in killing pirates whose sole mission in life is just robbing a little bit off some traders to get their "next big score".I thought this would be fun, something new to do. I had always been preparing for some conflict with the Thargoids. It's the whole reason Queen exists. She wouldn't be in my stable if I hadn't planned to go squish a few bugs. I never imagined it would come to a head like this though. I always thought, well I guess I don't really know what I thought. Maybe that it would remain just simple border disputes? That maybe, just maybe we could find a way to co exist? (how boring would that be? Life without some sort of conflict is just too damn mundane.)
This though... this utter destruction that seems completely inescapable... It's something else entirely. I can't escape it though, I'm in it now. I decided to head on out to Mapon and lend a hand to the war effort. On my way I got hyperdicted and laid into. I barely managed to escape. I limped my way to Searfoss Terminal and picked up a few jobs to take out some scouts, nothing crazy. I sure as shit am not jumping into fighting some basilisks or medusas. Managed to find a fairly quiet conflict zone near by and kill a few scouts. But then they swarmed... like a bunch bugs they swarmed me. I high tailed it out of there back to station, Queen slowly being eaten away by their caustic bullshit.
I know I wanted more, but now that I've seen what it brings, this all out battle for survival against this swarm... I should have just stuck to enjoying what I had. I'm already wishing I was just assassinating some small time pirates. This war is going to take it's toll on all of us. There is no escape. I guess it's what we deserve. Humanity poked it's head where it didn't belong and instead of realizing our mistake we just kept going.
Well, it's not like I'm about to give up my home to these damn things. Guess it's time to just accept what has come and get real used to the smell of a melting hull. War has come and it isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Just have to give them hell and show them we won't be exterminated. At least not without one hell of a fight.