Searching for Answers #11: Elite
06 Dec 2020Patrick Bietruch
Patrick here with yet another entry.Some things have changed since my last post. I did something my father didn't believe I could do. I remember his words the last time I saw him: "You'll never be a pilot, and even if that is, forget about becoming an Elite!" Well, recently I was able to reach Elite in Combat, the last field I had to go through. Now I'm officially a Triple Elite pilot, just like my father.
One goal achieved, one goal left. Now I just need to find my father..
Last time my father wrote about how he and his team were slowly getting into the favors of people from one of the stations in the Palluvumbo system. In this way, they want to find out more about a secret project that the local factions are working on. The only thing that is known about this project is that it is something big and they are ready to steal the construction plans if necessary.
> dracut: Scanning devices sda2 for LVM logical volumes sysvg/root sysvg/swap
> dracut: inactive '/dev/sysvg/root' [28.88 GiB] inherit
> dracut: inactive '/dev/sysvg/swap' [1.00 GiB] inherit
>>> INITIALIZING PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT <<<
> Identifying user
> Current user: Christopher Bietruch
> Password: **********
> dracut: rd_NO_MD: removing MD RAID activation
> ata_piix 0000:00:01.1: version 2.13
> ata_piix 0000:00:01.1: setting latency timer to 64
> scsi0 : ata_piix
> scsi1 : ata_piix
> scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA QEMU HARDDISK 0.12 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
> virtio-pci 0000:00:04.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, high) -> IRQ 11
> Connection established
>>> ACCESS TO PERSONAL LOGS LIMITED <<<
>>> PERSONAL LOG NUMBER 00010 ACCESSED <<<
Personal journal
Entry #140
March 7 Year 3283
Ship designation: Cobra MkIII Class Vessel - ID: "OR-10N"
Galactic coordinates: not_found
System name: not_found
We have the data and blueprints allowing us to build this secret machine. We took them by force after Palluvumbo Creative Inc. twigged what we are really for in their system. Their engineers are dead, we're the only people who have any clue on how to build this thing. I didn't want it to end like this. The plan was simple, steal the information and escape. Axe, however, took matters into his own hands and killed whoever he felt like it, so now no one but us hold this knowledge. I do not support this behavior and insubordination, I am the captain and I give the orders.
Data refer to the aforementioned [not found] The name itself says a lot about what this machine is supposed to do. Turns out Palluvumbo Creative Inc. is not so creative when it comes to naming things. The installation is supposed to [not found]
[not found] I didn't want believe it myself, but Volt, after reviewing the construction plans, confirms that it has a chance to work. I trust an engineer like him. We're thinking about building this machine. It would take some time but maybe it will be worth it in the end.
At the moment we are going back home, we will be in touch with each other. We need to rethink our next move. Officially we are just getting back from yet another unsuccessful expedition.
> Connection lost
> Session end