The Sir Francis Drake
26 Nov 2022SirPuma
Personal Log, Galactic Date 11.26.3308Boy I've come a long way. I spent the past few weeks hitting up the trading lanes in my stripped down cutter, packing in the cargo. And in that time I managed to earn over four billion credits. So since I had so much unused equipment and a few ships that I wasn't going to get to upgrading or using in a long time I sold a lot of my inventory.
The pirates were super annoying and there must be something wrong with the docking computer. Early on one pirate managed to interdict me and destroy my giant tin can. Thankfully the escape pod worked as designed and someone honest picked me up. Over 20 million in profits plus the insurance cost of my ship gone up in smoke. But the shipyards were good and I was back up and running in no time. They sure wouldn't leave me alone so I actually got pretty good at avoiding them.
And for some reason when letting the docking computer guide me out of a station, if it was busy, it would frequently just run into the side of the station, or even other ships. Someone needs to reprogram this thing, ... with a hammer.
Anyway, I put the money together and dropped by Clark Port in Ehlanda and made the purchase. I had her christened the Sir Francis Drake. Somewhere way back in time on my mother's side the famed explorer and pirate Sir Francis Drake is a cousin. It'll take some time to get it all set up and of course I need to keep hammering the trading lanes to recover my money. But it's nice to have my own movable station.
Marcus Apollo St Martin-Sepert AKA Sir Puma