Musings on Beginnings
01 Mar 2020Nathaniel Burke
Date: 1.3.3306I've decided to base out of Sirius for the time being. I'm not one for corporations anymore than the three governments we have right now, but there is a brutal honesty in Sirius Corp's rhetoric. And Li? I'm sure he's in it for credits, but he also seems legitimately interested in quality of life for everyone under the Sirius Gov banner. And that's something I can get behind. Might actually throw in with him. Good money in it, that's for sure. It's either him, Winters, or that birdbrained bluebell Aisling, and while I love her gumption, she's in well over her head.
But that's not what this entry's about. I'm sitting here in the Patterson Enterprise hangar, staring at my old Sidewinder. Everyone who started at Dromi got one. Most sold or scrapped theirs. But me? I'm a ship rat. I know almost every corner of this thing, inside and out. It's like... giving up a pet to be put down. I can't really bring myself to do it. So I guess I'll just keep it, with the final loadout it had when I got my Cobra. Not sure if I should name it, but maybe I'll think of something. Redo the paint on it, give it a new polish, and mothball it for a rainy day.
I wonder where that woman I met went. Haven't seen her in weeks. Ah well, I have bigger things to worry about. Like this run I'm making to Beagle Point. After that, a long trip around back home. After that? I wonder...