Building a Better Bob
25 Mar 2022Haggis Jnr
Haven't written in my log for a while because I've been a little bit busy.I mentioned before that I'd been flying with my brother a bit and getting a taste for combat ... well I decided to give it a go myself.
Went to see that guy Archon Delaine I'd heard about - worked my butt off for him for 4 weeks and he graciously let me buy some fancy burst lasery thingy - I don't even get one free - it's a bizarre galaxy we live in! I like the flashes of light though - they are pretty cool flicking about - "jitter" my brother calls it, well I just like the way it looks. My brother suggested I buy 8 of them which is weird since I can only fit 2 at a time to Bob but I've always trusted him so I bought 8. Sometimes I really don't understand my brother but he's quite successfull so he must know what he's doing and who am I to argue.
That fancy laser works a treat though. First time I went I took a couple of lightweight bad guys out myself and yeah it's quite satisfying to help rid the galaxy of scum but it's also a little bit scary. When your shield drops you realise just how vulnerable you are - that lightweight armour is nice for agility but it disappears quick. I did come real close to losing it once - bit off more than I could chew and I have to be honest ... I was losing that battle but thankfully the Feds stepped in and he lost interest in me. I'm getting better though and keep trying - had a battle with a Cobra Mk III a while back - it was at a Nav Beacon called "Compromised" I think. The pirate was Dangerous but I knew I'd be OK - the Feds would step in quite quickly and between us we'd teach that guy a lesson.
WELL!!! Did the Feds ever turn up ...
NO!!! Left me to tackle that baddie all by myself - took 50 minutes but I did it. It was a battle and a half though and at one point my hull was in worse shape than his and I started to fear the worst, but I kept going and eventually inched ahead - then it came ... that final BOOM ... every bit as satisfying as popping the 'condas my brother enjoys taking out.
I spoke to my brother about that fight to see if I could get some pro tips and wow did I get a shock - apparently you can upgrade your ship?!?! There are engineers scattered all over the place that specialise in particular modules and make them better - often loads better. Who knew? So now I finally understand why he kept taking the materials instead of hard cash when we were saving up for the FC (BTW did I mention he has one now too, apparently an FC makes it even easier to earn money and it took him less than 2 weeks after I bought mine).
Anyway, if Bob is going to be the only ship I ever own then he's damn well going to be the best Bob that Bob can be!
And that's what I've been doing - hauling, mining, running errands - you name it ... whatever the engineers demanded basically. They're a greedy bunch but I guess they've earned the right to be and I'm already seeing a massive difference in Bob. Went to see one guy called Palin (thank goodness for the FC ... just pop 5000ly up the road he said ... why? ... what's he get out of that? Anyway, as I said, if they say jump then I jump ... literally). Where was I? Oh yeah ... he fixed my engine right up so much that shortly afterwards I smashed Bob straight into an asteroid and took his hull down to 7% ... Bob wasn't pleased LOL but we got him fixed right up. That boost button needs a health warning on it!
So here I am ... Bob is stronger, faster and packs a bigger punch! Which would be great if only he had more power ... talk about first world problems! We'll get there though, apparently some dude in Kuwemaki can help me with that but I don't know anything about him yet.