THE STAR BEAST
29 Dec 2022Zephius
7 AUG 3307System: Shou Xing 4
Emweagwali Agricultural Holdings
Night time infiltration - Steal Sample
You oddly get some humbling moments as a hired mercenary, and I always take them for granted. I figured I would write this one down.
I was sneaking around Emweagwali Agricultural Holdings at night in some backwater system of the Bubble, trying not to raise any suspicion (the client doesn't permit lethal force on this contract... unfortunately)
Only the lights from the windows, street lamps, and my humble flashlight were present—peppering the settlement. I saw a sign in the distance drench in darkness, but could just make out the outline of a large structure, so I proceeded up to it and could now clearly decipher "THE STAR BEAST" in large black authoritative letters.
Intrigued, I walked even closer and realised this ship was enormous! Closer still—I could now read Type 9 heavy logo on the side.
As I was stood still looking at this gainly beast, I hear the spoil of its engines engage and get louder as it launches vertically, very slowly gaining altitude, slowly shrinking into the canvas above.
The blue light from the vertical thrusters growing brighter as it was steadily climbing higher, then after awhile, the distance blue thruster light disappeared, now favoring a much deeper red glow as the ships main engines were engaged. I watched this behemoth slowly drift across a canvas of stars of the milky way, circling the settlement below on it's long arduous bank, one wing dipped as if it were a final salute.
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It slowly sped up departing towards the horizon, then disappeared with an illuminating blinding white flash... all I could think?
"That's a crappy name for a ship..."