Moving the Parents
03 Feb 2022Rhaazerus
//synchronizing logbook . . . CMDR Rhaazerus Orzhov
CMDR Log - #015
Star Date - February 2nd 3308
System: LHS 3447
Planet: A 5 - orbit
Location: Dalton Gateway
Dalton Gateway, getting ready for departure to Sol system.
Just got finished settling the parents into their fancy new home.
I was in the area near LHS 3447 so I figured I'd drop by and see them. That was a week ago.
During my visit I learned about some trouble that's been looming over the system. Frigaha pirates.
I remember when I was living on station in Trevithick Dock, we'd have drills for pirate attacks. I never really cared. They always felt like the usual, mundane fire drills.
One day though, it was serious. Some pirates had jumped into 3447 and they were crazy enough to try and raid Trevithick Dock itself.
I was confident in the station's security, and luckily they weren't too much for them to handle.
But I found out later, that the guys who attacked us, were from the Frigaha Purple Pirates.
It's been a while since then, and those guys have little to no influence or control these days. Just a bunch of thugs.
But it looks like they've been getting desperate lately.
I heard word while at Trevithick, that these Frigaha guys have been making more trips into 3447,
and there were a few contracts to sign up for and help fight them back in their own territory.
I'm no warrior, but it was a good opportunity to keeps these guys away from my parents if I could.
My mom hated the idea. She told me to leave it to system security. She was probably right, but my dad knew I could help and didn't protest as much.
I promised I'd run like a coward if things got too dangerous. And I have to admit, I did end up ejecting during one conflict. Those guys are pretty insane.
One of them used his ship as a battering ram. Cost me a ship, some credits, and a wound to my ego.
But I did make it out of there alive at the end of it all, and with more credits than I had a week ago.
The galaxy's always gonna have its pirates.
I decided when I got back from Frigaha, that I'd take the opportunity and use some of the money to move my parents out of Trevithick Dock.
Dad insisted I keep some of it and get myself a better gun and some gear. I think seeing me go off into a fight like that may have struck him in a way.
My parents had been talking about going somewhere else in the system, and Dalton Gateway is a better protected starport and certainly a step up, being near A 5 and all its luxuries.
My dad was like a starry-eyed kid on the shuttle ride over.
Mom tried to reign him in and act unimpressed, but I could see her scoping out some of the nice residential sectors on the ring.
Things should be good for them at Dalton. Looks like this Commander thing really does pay-off some times.
//log end . . .