Commander Adrella//Nixon's Revenge//3305-11-27 - Another boring mining trip
27 Nov 2019Adrella
I loath mining. It's really annoying that it's one of the best ways to earn a living, because it is hands down the worst way to spend your time. Sure, blowing up asteroids can be pretty fun, but the amount of times you get to do it compared to the number of rosks you fly by, praying something happens.I was even hoping for a pirate attack! In fairness, I was pretty annoyed when I did get jumped by pirates and had t drop some of the void opals I was hauling. I lost about 5 million credits, simply because I thought I'd be able to avoid the damn pirates. I won't do that again.
Still, it wasn't all bad. I came back with over 200Kts of voids, and managed to sell them at Austen Town Station in the Arque system for over 300 million. That's really doubled my cash balance. But I doubt I'll be making another opal run for some time. I hate it too much. For the time being, I'll take out some of my smaller ships, so I don't end up in cash trouble, like I did when the Odyssey and Odyssey II were lost. 50 million...At least I had insurance!
No, instead I think it's time to take out the smaller ships, really get a grip for dogfighting, and try out new weapons.