Boredom and Teasing
19 Jul 2017Phelbore
So there I was, bored and rich, what else was there to do but go tease my brother? I took a week or two, fitted a Viper MkIV for war, made friends with some engineers to modify it and off I went. I eventually found my brother i that same shithole, fighting wars and bounty hunting. By now he had upgraded to a very nice vulture, but about shat himself when he saw my hangar's contents.After top shelf drinks I insisted on buying to rub it in, we went out to war! I don't know who we were fighting for, or who we were fighting, or even why... but I do know two things: that Vulture's mean, and I love Vipers. Both of them raised hell (and significant money for us) in that war, but eventually he got tired of me buying the drinks every night "because I can afford the good stuff", so he found some fools wanting tours of areas around Sagittarius A*.
A couple days later, with a beautiful Diamondback Explorer and a load of passengers, he set out. Once he was safely gone, I headed back home and started designing a new Viper MkIV called "Dancing Daggers". It took a lot of time and effort, a lot of favors and a load of painite to a woman named Selene, but it was finally done. The best ship I'd ever flown, a combat vessel fit for exploration, or maybe an exploration ship built for war, it's hard to say. She handles like an Eagle, punches like a Python and can take a beating like, well, I've never seen anything shake off damage like this beast. And she does it all with a 31ly jump range, SRV bay, AFMU and a full suite of scanners.
After a thorough shakedown cruise including some bounty hunting and a couple civil wars, I did the only thing I could think to do. I sent a message out to my brother to "see how his trip was going" and because I was "just curious how far" he'd gotten. With that information in hand, I set out to catch him and show off my new ship.