John Galt, the last one? And a football game
07 Apr 2022Claude Lecardunoie
It is the 7th of april 3308. I am now back in Mawson Dock, Dromi.Two days ago, I took down a Raven Corsair, John Galt. Well, that is what the warrant said. I have enrolled in the Pilot's Confederation to fight the Ravens and that man had a bounty on him, but I feel sorry for the guy. It's just the way things go in Sharur nowadays. But this petty war, in Sharur, I don't understand it. I think there are more important causes to fight for out there.
One more dead Ravens Corsair body floating between Sharur A and A 1, because of me. Sad, but that gave me my first rank as a combat pilot in the Pilot's Confederation and that is something to celebrate.
In a party mood, I flew straight away to Mawson Dock with one thing in mind: going to the Batuta, the best bar of Mawson Dock station. It's cool there, it has this old latin atmosphere that I like. After some drinks, I ran into an ex boyfriend and his friends. They were on their way to watch a football game and I decided to go along, in spite of their warning: "you know, it is this kind of matches where they play with old rules", they said. I didn't mind, my beloved Aitkins Settlers were playing Sporting Coelho for the Dromi Super Cup, which I think, gives access to the qualifying round of the Reynhardt Intellisys League. If GalNet could give us sport news once in a while instead ot the usual business and politics, I would know!!!
I had to watch that game!!
Well, my friends, they were right. They played according old style rules: simulated 1G gravity, no sensor on the ball, players were not allowed to take any enhancing drugs, they could have some piece of exoskeleton, of course, but only for the legs. And worse, they played that two 45 minutes period. Prehistoric!!
As you can imagine, the game was a mess, fortunately, they still had DAR, the Drone Assisted Refereeing.
After, one long 1h and even longer 30 minutes, Aitkins Settlers lost, as usual. We are definitely doomed in Aitkins Hub. I know that I was born there, but this place is like a prison to me, now.
Good thing, though: while watching the game I talked with one of the guys I came with. He is the mining business. He said that there is money to be made, even here in Dromi or better, in Otegine. And it is less dangerous than fighting some minor faction in a system for which nobody cares like Sharur.
So, next week, I gear up and buy some mining equipement...
And, yes, John Galt was my last kill.