CMDR Eldrich Thames Logbook, entry #4, February 10 , 3303
10 Feb 2017Eldrich Thames
The last couple of days I've been unable to fly as much as I liked to, mainly for two reasons:
The first one is that I've decided, along with this personal logbook, to use a popular GalNet picture-sharing service to provide extra material to the Galaxy. I already have a few nice ideas for it. But maintaining this online presence naturally takes time; time I have to subtract from flying Greedy Mamba. No regrets though, as it has been really fun to engage with the galactic community so far, and I've received lots of positive feedback from my growing follower base.
Fortunately I've managed to amass a nice 395+ million Cred fortune during these last couple years, which grows by 4-5 million daily thanks to juicy trading contracts from my contacts in Ali Ring and neighboring systems. Building a network pays off, both in Cyberspace and Witchspace!
And the second reason? *sigh* Yuri Grom.
Grom and his Kokojina Conservatives lackeys had started to ramp up their presence in the Ring. You can now see KC/EGP recruitment posters everywhere: the docking bays, the marketplace, the habitats, even inside the damned restroom cubicles! I guess they want their glorious leader to spy on everybody's biowaste to confirm you aren't eating any forbidden foods (they actively boycott anything coming from worlds controlled by any of the "Three Evils", as they refer to the Federation, Empire and Alliance).
"Freedom among the stars": that's EGP's motto. How can you be free among the stars if you aren't free to even take a dump with Mr. Epic Beard himself watching over your stool?
Station authorities, aligned with United Kokojina Future, allow this due to their "commitment to democracy and free speech". More like they don't want Grom to force a regime change in the system, if you ask me!
Surely you ask what does being spied while in the outhouse have anything to do with flying a spaceship? Well, turns out this morning I was leaving Kokojina to deliver a shipment of Performance Enhancers when one of Grom's "security operatives" decided to hurl a pair of PA bolts at me for no reason at all! (Fed Security would later tell me the guy probably mistook me for another guy and upon realizing his error escaped before they could stop him... yeah right!).
I did my best to avoid being hit, but one of the bolts punched Greedy Mamba's port-side main thruster, wrecking it for good. Shields were up, but simply couldn't contain the impact. Guess those guns are overcharged well beyond the manufacturer's safety standards; I can only wonder how those EGP cretins don't blow themselves up when firing those things.
With my ship limping badly, there was no way I could go on, so I requested an emergency docking procedure. Two minutes later I was back safely at the hangar. Repairing the ship set me back 55,000 Creds and will be done by tomorrow morning. Not to mention the client I was working for fined me for almost 150,000 more due to contract breaching!
Well, shit.
Mr. Grom, if by any chance you are reading this entry, please know that I intend on recouping my losses by claiming bounties on all EGP and associates' assets I come across from now on. With extreme prejudice!
CMDR Thames signing out!