CMDR Eldrich Thames Logbook, Entry #15, October 28, 3303
28 Oct 2017Eldrich Thames
It’s been a while since I last updated my logbook.
Well, there wasn’t a good reason to, since I practically didn’t fly during the last seven months, and whatever little flying I did was just boring routine stuff. With hundreds of millions of Credits in my Zaonce account, I could easily live off the interest alone for the rest of my life.
Not that I wanted to do that, of course...
The only thing that happened during those months worth mentioning is that the Pilots Federation promoted my combat ranking to Dangerous. So… yay!
Speaking of Pilots Federation rankings, I’ve still have to get a pair of Elite wings at anything. The closest one for me is trading, where I’m Tycoon ranked, and as of this log entry sitting halfway to Elite. So I’ve set up the goal of reaching Elite trader status by year’s end.
After that, I’m not sure what to do next. Combat is my second highest ranking, but I want to do another medium or long range survey expedition, since I really loved doing my Pleiades trip earlier this year (that was a few months before the Thargoids arrived in numbers to the area).
(image credit: Elite Dangerous Role Playing Game by Spidermind Games http://www.edrpg.co.uk/ )
Concerning the ‘goids, my personal stance on the issue is one of passive readiness.
We simply don’t know what they are up to, and all the so-called evidence of unprovoked aggression on their part as presented by the superpowers so far is dubious at best, since in all cases we’ve always found the aftermath; we have yet to see a full account of these encounters. It could be very well be us firing the first shots as far as I’m concerned.
That being said, we must definitely be ready to face them. I’ve supported one of the Aegis resource collecting campaigns, since it might well be too late to find a non-violent approach at this point. Besides, it’s all clear that what we’re seeing right now is just the scouting party…
CMDR Thames signing out!