Tales of an old n00b - part 7
05 Jul 2020Runjikol
3306-07-03Razorback Astronautics were mining on contract for expansion. I was able to join in and help extract Bromellite and Lithium Hydroxide. The best part was testing my new Anaconda, Comfwagen. I met Commander Choriisu-Sama in the rings of BD+73 447. The site was pretty thin on Bromellite so I scouted an overlap about 40LS distant. That was much better. We stocked up over the course of a few hours and fulfilled the contract aiding the expansion efforts.
3306-07-04
Short on materials to carry out more modifications I did some research and HIP 68593 had some pristine worlds to scout and mine. The SRV eats fuel quite fast and I had to recharge with the synthesis module of the Remlock. There was a grand impact crater with a eruption mount in the centre that caught my attention. Lots of mesosidirites and bronzite chondrites. There were even two fragments of metallic metorite. I stocked up on Niobium with a goodly helping of more common elements. I stumbled on four sentry skimmers guarding a heap of canisters in the dust. They leapt out of the fine powder and opened fire almost immediately. I backed away to 500 metres and picked them off with the plasma repeaters. There was some musgravite and beryllium in the heap so I chose those but lost the stash overall. Why can't I find a portable beacon to mark places like this?
On the way back to Peckollerci I stopped in a Federal system that was at war. The name eludes me now. Scanning signals for High Grade Emissions I found two and scored some high-end salvage; military supercapacitors and core dynamics composites in one site That was a nice bit of luck to pay for the bad luck that came after. I was interdicted three times and the third was by a wing of savage pirates from Silver Rats faction. That fight cost me some shields and damaged a few components. 240,000cr worth of bounty paid off the repairs, though.
3306-07-05
Wanting a quieter set of contracts I took wine to a Federation naval representative. Interdicted by a clipper and the pilot drifted around me wearing my shields down with turreted beam lasers. He slammed me with three missiles after that and I clenched my teeth as the hull reinforcement took the brunt of the force. System authority vessels appeared and diverted the Clipper's attention long enough for me land four solid rail gun hits to finish it off. After going to an interstellar factor I received 90,000cr for their bounty which covered the repairs with 50K change. Dropping off the wine I received a short notification that I had reached the rank of Cadet in the Federation Auxiliary Navy. Still no sign of a place to donate my way to Rear Admiral. Keep on looking runjikol. Keep on looking.