So Glad I'm a "Trucker"
09 Aug 2022RetiredNavyIT1
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Oh, I'm so glad I'm a Trucker. Yes. I belong to Hutton. It's been a long time since I've updated my logs but figured this would be a good time to do so.
Last couple of entries dealt with the end of Operation Hot-Mess. Delivering Mugs to every location that had a market to help end MODS. Well, with the expansion of "civilian space" - we now have more places without Mugs then ones with one. So, Hutton has started Operation 2Hot2Messy. We're doing it again. Only, this time, besides a Mug, we're adding a Centauri Mega Gin. So, you can say we're MugGin'g everywhere. This all started 04Aug and there was hopes of getting done before Christmas but some AI somewhere is talking that at the current rate it'll be March of next year. I saw something earlier saying February. So, I'm guessing it'll be a moving target.
Things have gone bad. Since the start of 2Hot2Messy, I've done 9 Hutton Runs. I got tired of the grind and took a break on the carrier HOT PROPERTY. He didn't know I was there. Anyway, during my "nap", it jumped. Figured it out when I woke up and tried to plot a course for a 30 second supercruise to Hutton and Alpha said it'll be 7 jumps. Well - I'm a trucker - "no distance to great" and all that. HOT PROPERTY had moved to get closer to where dip-poo "was" going to wipe out all the thargoids and wanted to watch the action.
I left HOT PROPERTY and headed out to MugGin what I had onboard. Went to Hutton (again). Got more and went out to do more deliveries. With the cargo bay empty again, was going to head back to Hutton for more but Communications panel lit with Squadron chat that CMDR Snark3d may be in trouble. So, I jumped home real quick and switched from FTM MUGGIN"G (I know, fancy name) to FTM SHERMAN (not really a tank but it's my do everything Type-10). Headed out to where CMDR Snark3d was but he "fixed" himself by the time I got there. There was a surface settlement that has a bit of a conflict going on that he was trying to MugGin. Needless to say, it didn't go well for him. So, with my help, we cleared the area of bad guys but still couldn't MugGin. And the settlement still isn't showing up on the "master list" of places that need to be done. So, guess we're going to have to wait on that one.
CMDR Snark3d decided to take his carrier a little closer to where dip-poo is doing his thing. I've seen them enter/leave systems but never rode one during a jump. So, I went with him. WOW - it was neat. Thanks for the ride. It was really fun. Maybe someday (if I ever own one myself) I'll return the favor. After the jump, he decided it was time for a nap. And since the system we jumped into needed MugGin, - well - I'm a trucker. Went to a settlement and FTM SHERMAN just doesn't fit like it should. MugGin complete but left with some holes in her. Went for repairs and called out FTM LIL TRUK (my Python, fits better) to do more MugGin. Decided it was nap time.
As far as I know, as I'm making this entry remotely, I'm still alive. I went to sleep on a bar stool inside a plant station. Dip-poo went ahead and did his thing. Word is that it didn't go quite as planned. I know that CMDR Vingtetun (owner of HOT PROPERTY) made it thru the blast but ended up in trouble while checking the aftermath. Thankfully his escape pod worked as designed and somehow the made it back to HOT PROPERTY. Unknown the status of CMDR Snark3d and FC FTM SNARKS REST. I'm not a rescue pilot. I'm just a trucker. But, another trucker maybe in trouble. So, I guess I'll go see what I can do. Wish me luck.