Treasure Hunt
22 Nov 2023Oak7603
Cmdrs Log 3309:1122I'm still coming to terms with the horror that happened yesterday. Firing on innocent civilians is one thing, killing them is another. I'm a Rear Admiral in the Federal Navy, yes it's an honorary title but it still means something. It still comes with a level of responsibility and stature. A level of professionalism that I failed to recognise and appreciate and now an innocent ship has been destroyed, god knows how many lives were on board. Sure the pilot and crew would have been auto ejected and sent to a starport but what if there were passengers?
After it happened even Gerry, my new SLF pilot, avoided me. He came back to the ship when I ordered the docking but he stayed down there in the fighter bay until we landed. I actually appreciated the alone time, time to think.
Trying to sort out the admin issues afterwards wasn't easy either. The faction the ship belonged to was in a lot of the local systems so finding a port that I could visit Interstellar Factors in wasn't straight forward and even when I did, I was still wanted which caused problems. I found an excavation habitat out on a planet in V418 Hydrae and waited on the pad for things to calm down so I could sort everything out but one of the goons patrolling must have scanned the ship and as I sat there contemplting things, small arms fire started peppering my shield and then grenades started going off. I had to leave in the end and landed on the planet surface a few clicks away until it was safe to return. But, it all got sorted. I paid my dues and we even managed to carry on with the fight against the pirates. I'd still got missions to finish and Gerry is desperate to find the Pirates that took his son. Eventually it was time to go home.
Sleep didn't find me easily. I was haunted by screams as an Anaconda exploded over and over.
Today I've taken out the Indiana Jones and I'm just scavenging for materials and data. I need time away from the trigger. Time to find myself again. Gerry is going to go through all the data on the EDD and see if he can find any leads to his son. Hoipefully I'll return, full to the brim, and he'll have a lead.Hopefully these ruins and wrecks won't bring back more memories.
o7 Cmdrs.
