The great Pilot's Federation Update
18 May 2021Diocletian Valerius
Well, the time has come.All pilots in all systems received the notification some time ago. There's a massive navcomputer/flight systems updating coming, and we don't have a choice about it. It does not matter if you are Empire, Fed, Alliance, Independent; pirate or police, merchant or combat vet. All of your ship's systems will get this new coding pushed to them within the day. Something about 'more accurate planetary features' something something...whatever.
Not that I'm a pessimist or anything, but I've dabbled quite a bit with ship's systems over the years. I know what can happen. Sparks everywhere, flipping switches that no longer work...or worse, do something that they are not supposed to do. I visited all of my engineer friends, and they tell me that their systems should not be affected in any way by the new coding. I have my doubts.
So I went out and picked up a lot of gin. And I mean a lot. Then I trundled on over to my carrier, got into my toughest ship, and engaged low-power mode. If anything goes wrong and the carrier burns down around me, hopefully I'll be protected enough in this 'Vette long enough to get away. Here I sit, feet kicked up on the dash, sippin on gin and playing some HoloRetro games. I'll watch that clock tick over and at some point I'll have to flip that power switch and boot up all of her systems. Here's to hoping I'm not greeted with magic smoke when I do. I hope I'm able to continue my odyssey smoothly...without repair, and without all of my navcomputer bindings going on the fritz.
Stay safe, Commanders.