Chapter 4 - Justice is served
22 Mar 2021Rsimpson500
I'm sitting here surrounded by a floating cloud of smashed Thargoid Scouts. It feels good, though not as good as I'd hoped. I'll never find that one Scout that killed my mother - probably died ages ago at the hands of the AXI or Aegis or someone - but at least I can take my revenge on its kin. And stop them killing anyone else too. Dropped into a signal in Celeano and managed to save a cargo ship and its escort from them. After returning to the Bubble I built that AX Krait I'd been planning, with a nicely balanced weapons loadout of AX MCs, Guardian Rails and a thermal vent beam laser.
It's very fun to fly - lining up those Guardian rails and hearing them blast those Scouts into pieces is definitely cathartic. The Scouts never had a chance - barely dented my shields and the armour would've shrugged them off even if the shields had dropped. Don't know how much difference it'll make though, there seems to be an endless supply of them. I suppose I've slaked my thirst for vengeance for now. The void calls to me again - the beauty and peacefulness of it, the sights waiting to be captured. On my way back from Eta Carina I stopped at the Retina Nebula and saw this:
I waited a while there, in the silence, letting the deep blue glow wash over me. It's moments like that which keep me going, calm me, refresh me and give me the energy to keep going. Before I head out again though, I want to pay some kindness back to those who have helped me in the search for my father. I joined Canonn recently and their resources have been invaluable. Their Project Athena files have helped me find countless Guardian Ruins I never knew existed. Without them I'd never have found the site in Eta Carina, and I'm relying on their data to try and pinpoint the final sites my father visited. I sold my exploration data to help them in strategic systems and now I've build a Python especially to help Canonn. Behold, the Canonn Research Vessel Seneca II:
After some Robigo runs to top up my credits to 350m, I'll take this new ship to Varati and Bactrimpox to help Canonn. After that I'll see if a multirole Corvette would be more helpful, base them both out there in Canonn space. But once I've done that, I'll be off out again, this time on a longer journey. I want to visit the remaining Guardian sites towards the Core, swing out to the Gallopolis and see where the data takes me.