"Warmonger" Spotted
31 Oct 2021Xipzo
After a long while we were back from the endless dark, tired, beaten, yet happy and most important of all Victorious! Our mission seemed simple - smoke out the scum of galaxy - pirates out of their hideouts, clear asteroid belts for miners from these scum. That is the mission everyone saw us doing, but we the crew of "Warmonger" knew better our Captain "Gray" had some other things in mind when he took the job. It was a mission taken, to keep us fit - in shape to wage war on the upcoming battles.- The crew of Federal Corvette "Warmonger"
It was 30 OCT 3307 evening when "warmonger" communications crew received a message from A.E.S.A. Headquarters.
The message was just a few words and a system name - "War has begun at HIP 23027. Give em hell." and that was enough.
Ammunition was restocked, armor was checked for faults, combat boosters were restocked. The atmosphere among the crew was grim, yet joyful at the same time. They knew not all of the would probably come back, all had their clones updated with latest memories, but that that they were waiting for was finally happening - WAR. They - the crew were a well oiled machine, that performed best under combat conditions.
At 31 OCT 3307 a warship named "Warmonger" warped into HIP 23027.
"I was in a combat zone, flying as a gunner in an Anaconda under "Blue Creative LTD" flag, when in my sights i saw a Federal Corvette - quite an usual sight in these parts, especially in a combat zone. I noted it's name "Warmonger" and just laughed back then... But oh was i wrong... i thought our captain was the best there was, our ship a brand new Anaconda, all kited out in best engineered gear and the most resistant armor... We were putting the hurt on our enemy, oh yes we were - ship after ship went to great beyond, but the newcomer to the battle saw that - assessed the situation and came after us. i honestly just thought it would be one more mark upon our confirmed kill's list... but it wasn't. The captain of that ship had to be mad. they came at us at full speed - smashed into us, our shields barely held.. half the crew were tossed about - concussions, broken bones.. equipment damaged, systems failing!!! They did not stop there, after a collision like that you would think they would be shocked at least temporarily stunned themselves... but no. At such a distance trough our cockpit window we saw into theirs.. their captain was raising a mug of something at us! Saluting us, his crew at their stations were laughing and chanting something... And then... god almighty they fired... they fired for the first time! A storm of laser fire with rain of multicannon slugs came upon our shields, that just minutes ago seemed impenetrable began to deplete in seconds. I survived because i always did everything according to regulations, i had my helmet on at that moment when our canopy blew.." - Survivor of HIP 23027 war.
Somewhere in A.E.S.A. headquarters in a meeting room...
A.E.S.A. Leadership is smoking cigars, drinking antique earth whiskey and pleasantly chatting, while enjoying a direct stream from "Warmonger", that is showing how their enemies are being decimated by a zealot.