Seems like everyone's unhappy with the situation, now, doesn't it?
14 May 2021User319792
My blood was boiling as I marched back into my chambers in the Octavian after docking at Dawes Hub, again. I had to fly out again to cool my head and I ended up misfiring my plasma accelerator into space and picking up a fine. All things considered, its a beautiful station and Imperial to the core. Octavian looks amazing in here. It better. I made a snap decision to go with Military Grade Composite instead of Reactive Surface Composite armor, reinforced with multiple hull reinforcements and guardian module reinforcements, and engineered as far as my materials would allow, going with a plasma accelerator in my huge hard point instead of a multi-cannon or pulse laser. I decided to go cargo-less with the build, too, and focus on a long-range hard-point set-up instead of a more aggressive pursuit-driven set-up. The prismatic shields are supported by a cell bank and multiple boosters in addition to multiple guardian shield boosters. Does this bore you? Good. I'm trying to focus on the minor details I've been working on in order to suppress my anger.
I'll explain.
As I mentioned, the man in the black suit instructed me to report to Achenar after finishing up with my refits. I did what I could with the remaining materials I've got in my inventory, deciding to get my experimental modifications in place before picking up some more materials and finishing up with the high-level modifications. When I got there, I received a holofac from the man in the black suit instructing me to report to one of the suits in Achenar.
I meet up with the guy and he walks right over to me and he hands me a piece of paper marked "CMDR Half-Lock" right across the top. It says I'm "hereby ordered to dock and station all Gutemaya Imperial ships at Dawes Hub, orbiting the moon Capitol in the system of Achenar. [I'm] further ordered to source any and all further missions for the Empire from within Achenar until [I'm] promoted to the rank of King of the Imperial Navy." I looked up from the paper and the suit's eyes were iron and ice.
"Is this for real?"
His face remained motionless. His eyes, the same. After a few moments he dismissed me with little more than a sharp nod toward the door.
I ran straight over to Octavian and holo'd the man in the black suit. He looked disinterested when his face showed up on my holofac and he scanned below his holo sensor before looking up at me, his eyes sleepy and dull.
"What's up, Cadence?"
His voice was slurred and his diction garbled. I fought to keep my composure for a few seconds before I roared at him,
"IS THIS SOME KIND OF JOKE!?"
He reacted to my energy with barely more than a slight lifting of his head.
"What's this, now, Cadence?"
"ALL IMPERIAL SHIPS AND ALL FURTHER MISSIONS UNTIL I'M PROMOTED TO KING!?"
He looked like he was moving through water. He looked slightly to his left, his eyes peering over his shoulder, and then he looked back at me. His head was tilted slightly toward his left shoulder.
"Oh, that was an order directed to you? I thought I must have misdirected the paperwork thinking it was a suggestion for Coral."