A New Life on the Rim
14 Jul 2015WaKKO SicK
The trip to He Bo was a breeze. Once I knew the route I just flew there with no problems. As I jumped into He Bo I landed right in the middle of a funeral procession. It was unfortunate but I tried my hardest not to kill everyone. I was unsuccessful. He Bo was not what I expected. It looks like every place else. Pushy traders, and dumb pirates blowing people up before even asking for the goods. How do these people make a living doing this? After looking over the prize of my quest to find the alliance, I was not impressed. I hit up the bulletin board and flew around the area dropping things off and picking things up. I definitely got an idea of how the area works.Megrez and Ethegreze seem to be the Agricultural hubs. All the food in the area is made in these systems and shipped out destined for all the ports. The Tech is coming out of Alioth, LTT-14019, Mizar, and LHS 2651. Alioth itself seems to be focusing heavily on producing Hatchbreakers. I like the sound of that. Seems like they are promoting piracy. The biggest trade routes seem to be the export of gold in Doris, and the Rare Ethegreze Tea Buds. Every independent system in this region produces some form of narcotics. Drugs seem to spring out of every crevice. With the drug trade so rampant, there are alot of drug addicts, and that leads to alot of people who owe money, and those who can’t pay become slaves.
Every system here, even those owned by the Federation or Independents, trust and depend upon the Alliance for protection. The alliance is not a Govt as the Empire and Federation are. They are an agreement made by the people who live in this region, that there will be consequences of your actions, even this far away from Sol.
Pirates and Mercenaries are the only people who live out here. Everyone you meet in passing, or sit next to at the bar, or stand next to in line to go to the damn can is a ruthless piece of crap who moved out here to be free. Most who are born here leave, and those who stay train. I love it here. I fell in with a great lot of guys. The Sobek Boys, while not completely pirate, or corporation, they are a group of people loyal to the Alliance, because of the freedom it gives everyone else to prosper. They then steal all there wealth and use that wealth to purchase weapons which they in turn use to gather more wealth. They are a special kind of wolves. They allow there cattle to roam free range, growing fat off the land, and pick and choose there targets carefully. They own the Sobek system, and while they swear allegiance to the Alliance there area is still an anarchy. I have never been to a place like this before. Therefore, I have chosen Sobek as my new home. I am going to bust my ass trying to gain there trust and help them prosper. Soon I will purchase a Cobra and max it out. I won’t buy another ship for a long time.