51st Logbook Entry - Catching up on the Thargoid War in HIP 22460
05 Aug 2022VladmirMcDoogle
Beginning audio logbook speech to text recognition."I know it's been awhile, and a lot has happened that I need to go over. As soon as Hilario, my former crew member manning a ship launched fighter to assist with my personal war against pirates in a certain system, left to go off on his own, I had a day or two of down time just to rest while I was formulating plans for future endeavours. During that down time, I charted out the next goal of mine, but was interrupted by an emergency broadcast concerning Thargoids - and this time not from the AXI, but from the Pilot's Federation itself. I knew right then that this was going to be big... and sure enough, it was.
The broadcast spoke of a super weapon made by Salvation called "The Proteus Wave" and promised to use electromagnetic pulses to completely shove Thargoids out of the Bubble for good. The only catch is that independent pilots would need to offer protection in the system due to the single largest Thargoid presence ever seen that is so overwhelming that even the 3 major powers couldn't get a handle of the situation... not even with fully AX modified Capital Ships. Things seemed dire and I had been itching to fight some Thargoids, so I Called Hilario to see if he wanted back in for just a bit more of adventure. He politely declined, saying that fighting pirates is one thing, but that Thargoids is an entirely different beast. He's not wrong... but it looked like I was going it alone.
I jumped my fleet carrier into a system near HIP 22460 and blasted off in my trusty Krait Mk II named "Bug Splatter". Man, did it lived up to the name! Almost 3 entire weeks of constant fighting alongside the Federal Capital Ships blasting Thargoids. I even became the war hero, killing over 550 Thargoid Interceptors with a good mix of Cyclops, Basilisk, Medusas, and even Hydras. Over the weeks, even more Thargoid Interceptors joined the fight, so more Capital Ships with AX weaponry joined in too. This was the most intense fighting I have ever been a part of.
As it stands now, the weapon is fully assembled and is going through its last set of calibration and charge-up before it fires this upcoming Tuesday. Until that time, I am evacuating the damaged megaship named "Overlook" that is in HIP 22460. I believe the megaship and the people inside are in danger as the Thargoid presence ramps up and the experimental weapon is almost ready to fire. I have even pumped the 21 billion credits that I earned from becoming the war hero into my fleet carrier which is buying all escape pods from the "Overlook" at 1,000% the galactic average to incentivize other commanders to assist in the effort. I'm glad to say that there are at least a dozen commanders who have helped so far. I just hope we still have enough time before Tuesday to get all the civilians out.
One thing is for sure, for better or worse, the Bubble is going to drastically change on Tuesday.
Commander VladmirMcDoogle signing out."
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