Did you ever hear the one about...
13 Feb 2022Utmouse08
It always seems to catch up with you when you least expect it.That weird tingly feeling that you get sometimes when you're out in the deep black, or in a port waiting on a load of cargo to be transported to the hold and strapped in, or at the bar when you're alone in the back corner and its 4 am and no one is around but you, the bartender and the remains from last night's Elite party for some CMDR that's part of the squadron.
Like, you can feel the eyes on the back of your neck, but when you turn to look, they're not there.
Or you see shadows, and start jumping at them?
That's been my last week or so. Ever since that whole news broke about the listening posts for the Empire popped up on GalNet.
I've done my job and supported the Federation and Felicia Winters, but the NMLA is an organization that seems to have found roots and won't go away, so, I participated like many other Independent pilots and went to help out the ACT by gathering datapackets and info from the listening posts in Imperial space.
On one of my return trips (I think it was the 2nd beacon...yeah had to be the second beacon) I started seeing...other data packets come through on my ships console, more data than what the ACT and Imperial Intelligence were asking for. I also started noticing a blip on the radar. It wouldn't stay long on my 6, but...well, I could have just been imagining it too.
So, using the encoding frequencies and other bits of info, I started mapping out what I was getting...and what I found was...bothersome.
It had my name.
My real name
It had her name.
I killed her 4 years ago
The packets were dated from 3 weeks ago.
It talked about her trying to find me
She had found me, she knew I wasn't in or near Sol.
She knew I was out in Winter's territory supporting her and her regime.
She knew I was in a guild but didn't know which one yet.
I was freaked out. I was...reasonably worried she'd track me down and find me. So, I did the only sensible thing I could think of, I asked a few friends and some old associates to trace the data back.
You always follow the source
So, now I'm in
I've changed
I'm still flying with
But know I'm still safe. I have to find out more.
I have to know if she's really alive...and why she's trying to find me.
I don't want this to end up like 4 years ago. I don't know if I could handle it.
But, until then,
Fly Safe and Stay Sane