Let The Credits Roll In
28 Oct 2024Haggis Jnr
Bob and I needed to chill for a bit, so we headed off to Colonia.... did a bit of Exploration
... a little Exobiology
... and hit combat Deadly (!!!)
Eh what? That's not chilling?
Well, you know ... you start down a certain road
.It all started so peacefully. Nice little trip to Colonia. Scan a few bodies, analyse a few plants, earn a few CRs. Simples!
It was all great till we got to Colonia then a minor faction annoyed me. I can't even remember what they did but suddenly Brian's Thugs were enemy number one. Is it just me or was the clue in the name?
And several other factions wanted them dead too ... no problem, we've done the hired hand thing before and we're happy to wade in, especially when it's personal!
We worked tirelessly, earned a couple billion CRs in blood money and did our rank / reputation no end of good but ultimately we burned ourselves out. As I said, I can't even remember why they annoyed me ... we were fighting someone else's war here. Time for a break.
I paid way over the odds, I mean WAY over the odds ... actually, for the avoidance of doubt, that was WAY OVER THE ODDS, for a carrier load of tritium (don't judge me ... have you ever tried hauling 16 tonnes at a time?) and aimed at Sagittarius A* ... I've heard it's nice this time of year.
Much like the trip to Colonia, our FC and I / Bob travelled together but seperately. The FC was there for support but Bob and I were on our own, often 4kLy away from Wacky Races ... we scanned this and that, landed on a gazillion bodies nobody else had landed on. We zapped a plant, then again, and again. We gathered vital information for the better good and we made a ton of CRs doing it. My brother and I argue endlessly who paid for who's carrier but this was without argument Bob and I making the money ... and I mean serious money!
En route we heard about a CMDR in trouble whose FC had run out of fuel (seriously? ... just plan a little bit ahead). We didn't know him but we knew the guy that had volunteered to head out from the bubble to help him out. Hmm, we're only 4kLy away ... yeah we can do that ... as much as anything we were saving our friend in the bubble from a lot of hassle ... so a little detour and we gift him enough tritium to get back to the bubble.
Bob / Wacky Races do a bona fide Fuel Rats rescue :-)
... how cool is that! Little old Bob and me! ... and Wacky of course.
Sagittarius A* was indeed nice. In fact it is pretty amazing, if you haven't seen it, you probably should. It's big, as in BIG ...
... as in BIG.
But that's it. Just like that we've hit the centre of the galaxy, where now?
Bob's not really built for exploration, we've come a long way but I'm not sure his heart is in it. Every time we hoon around a planet he complains and stresses and I must confess that I have got it wrong once or twice. Bob doesn't like that! And once we lost 500M CR of data ... Bob reminds me of this quite often (although we do have a pact that he will never tell my brother).
So ultimately we head back to Colonia, for some reason I cannot explain my hatred towards Brian's Thugs has grown again ...