A New Beginning for the Coming End.
04 Oct 2022NomadicViking
Day two of mining operations in the Parrot’s Head Sector. The crew, and our newly commissioned fleet carrier, are performing admirably already. We’ve made a good start, successfully plotting and conducting an initial survey of a very rich tract of platinum. The first away mission netted hundreds of tons of minerals in less than 20 minutes. With our recent acceptance into The Stellar Cartographers Guild, our ship has been officially renamed the TSCG Dark Forest. Our new Captain, Maxine Fuentes, arrived via shuttle after the announcement and has already begun making her mark on the crew. Three officers have been sanctioned for participation in unprofessional interpersonal relationships with vendors and staff. All in all, we are off to a very productive start, and I look forward to even further improvements in efficiency and output.
Our recent successes as a crew serve to highlight the upward trajectory of my recent enterprises. The last few months have been very fortunate for me personally and financially. I’ve become a bona fide billionaire, expanded my personal fleet of ships, accessed new avenues of income, purchased and crewed a fleet carrier, been accepted into the galaxy’s premier exploration guild, and am well on the way to achieving my lifetime goals. The addition of on foot operations has been a boon to morale and our spirit of adventure.
The only thing that could screw it all up, is war with the freaking aliens.
I swear, the governments of the galaxy are doing absolutely everything they can to ruin it for the rest of us. They just can’t stop prodding and provoking the bugs. And if they’re not careful, we will be at a full-scale war soon – not just duking it out in a handful of outlying systems. I mean, these are the same aliens that have been around for millions of years… do the Feds, Imperials, and Indies really think our species is going to outlast all that history? And to think… it all started over some meta-alloys… Geez.
Anyway, that’s why I’m getting mine now. The galaxy is coming apart and humanity is a hair span away from being doomed. I’m getting as much money as I can now, to buy as many resources as I can now… and when I have all that I need… I’m getting the heck out of here. I’m finding myself a peaceful nebula somewhere - to spend the rest of my days in isolation from all that craziness. The governments of my species can all suck it. And while I have no love for aliens, they can do whatever they want... once I'm gone. I just hope they wait long enough for me to get out of this “bubble” before it bursts.