Never enough time.
30 Apr 2022Maddenhenge
This is the first time in a very long time where I have had a quiet moment, let alone enough time to compose myself in a way where anything written down would make any sense. Now that I have the time though, I intend to make the most of it. Going as back to the assassination of Harold Duval and the NMLA coming out of the woodwork, things have only gotten faster and more hectic as time has gone on, leading to now and the Thargoids attacks on each of the superpowers. Since everything kicked off, it has felt like there is never a week where something major isn't happening, be it bad, like the NMLA attacks ending in a suicide bombing of the Far God megaship Sancrosanct, or good, like the Winking Cat caches this past December, but those weeks where nothing is happening, it feels like an eerie silence, a lull in the howling winds of the constant storm of chaos that is the Galaxy at large.
Personally, I have been trying to keep up with it all as much as I can, throwing myself into the fray, again and again, to the point where, after the Reorte situation and helping the Marlinists' set up new starports, my squadron commander, actually ordered me to take some R&R, I promptly ignored him, getting ready to go out to a Guardian site for some materials. Damn am I glad I did too, the Thargoids are starting to get more and more aggressive with their attacks, seeming to go after Salvation's superweapons. It almost feels like they are designed as bait, I don't know, what I do know is that I think there is something more to Salvation than we know of, something isn't adding up.
Even now, it feels like there is never enough time to do everything, save everyone, get everything needed for what needs to be done. All it feels like right now is the only thing that is able to be done is try to survive the coming chaos by keeping a clear head, ice in the veins and the ships repaired and fueled. Sometimes that is the best plan though, to just buckle down, grab control of what you can control, and survive.
Survival is never easy though, and sometimes you have to put yourself into harms way to make sure others survive, like hell, right now many pilots like myself are going into burning stations without any care for themselves to save others. Risking it all, for other people, everyone talks about heroics and such, but true heroes are those who go out day to day, saving others at the cost of themselves.
Time to go out and save some lives, while there is still time.