From Sidewinder to Fleet Carrier
03 Mar 2022Haggis Jnr
Well I finally made it! Bought myself a Fleet Carrier today - never owned a ship bigger than my trusty sidewinder but I still need to park it somewhere and whilst Bob may be small he deserves the best parking around.Guess I have to be thankful to my big brother - he's been good to me but then I've looked out for him too. He's always been a bit flash - Duke this, Rear Admiral that, Elite ... blah, blah, blah. Doesn't realise how much I've looked after him though. I remember when he was ranking up with the Feds making countless long trips out to Rangarajan's. Well guess what, while he was worrying about his career, I was worrying about him, gave him a nice wing beacon to follow so the pirates couldn't catch him.
Same thing with all that infernal Agronomic Treatment (eugh) - need to get the Shinrarta permit he kept saying - never noticed the pirates chasing him all day though did he? Because I had his back again. Mind I made a few million on those days as well.
That day was a game changer though - he went straight to Jameson Memorial and bought himself a brand new Corvette. Wish I'd been there to see the look on his face, but they wouldn't let me in - not good enough apparently. Then the very next day some Princess gave him permission to buy some shields with a special green glow. "Permission to buy" ... what sort of a reward is that? He seemed pleased though, slapped one on and off he went shouting about some dude called Lei.
He's not been the same since then. He spends weeks on end massacring pirates, seems to be one faction in particular that he doesn't like ... The Ant Hill Mob they're called, assuming there are any left that is. I like that name - reminds me of being a kid watching Dastardly and Muttley on TV ... happy days. Life was a lot more innocent then!
Seemed apt to call my new Fleet Carrier Wacky Races ... they paid for most of it after all.
Lots of people pay him lots of money to do this though - and I mean LOTS of money. He looks out for me now, shares the rewards every time. I think I make more money than him actually because he seems to prefer materials over money, don't know why but I'm sure he has his reasons? He talks about faster/stronger/lighter a lot and SDPS (what?), maybe it's something to do with that.
It's good money for me though. Some days I make over 400M and all I have to do is visit a few stations occasionally. Didn't take that long till I could buy the Fleet Carrier, about 7 weeks or so. Not sure what I'm going to do with it though? Now I've got one it seems a bit much just for me and Bob - we can jump around the galaxy more easily but Bob to be fair can't do much so not sure what the point is?
Maybe I'll ask my brother where he wants to go, he talks about Colonia a lot ... apparently there's a few people up there he wants to meet.