When The Rat Signal Lights Up The Sky
20 Mar 2022Connadh
I was going to take the night off, rest in the FC, catch up on log entries and paperwork, but.... The Fuel Rats' Rat-Signal lit up. There was a stranded Vulture some 23000ly away from The Bubble who thought all hope was lost. Well, 23,000ly away form the bubble but just 398 ly away from me.I've not used it since I was in The Bubble and preparing for my first Long Range Exploration back in early 3307, but I have an AspX set up as a Ratter. Quickly hauled out of storage, I ran down the checklist to prep for a rescue, and was on my way. Five minutes after the call, I'm in system and ready to rescue another Commander.
That the Commander ran out of emergency O2 in the seconds before I reached him means it goes down as a fail, but the legend of the Fuelrats arriving out of nowhere, wherever you are in the Galaxy, are still true.
Right, back to the FC and a well deserved Snickers.
