Did I ever explain my Corvette's name?
26 Sep 2017Colossus1921
I don't think I did.Back when I first got her, I think I named her something savage. Foehammer or something like that. I was an idiot back then, and I didn't have a ton of credits to my name, so I decided to take her out into RES sites and CZs before I'd fully outfitted the ship.
I'd always get into a scrape that was beyond the poor ship's capabilities. I don't know how many times I somehow attracted 7 or 8 ships' attention in a CZ, or tried to take on a full wing of pirates solo, only to get my shields popped, and my ass handed to me on a silver platter.
I always managed to escape, though, low-wake or jump to another system. Sometimes my canopy was popped. Sometimes my structural integrity was down to less than 10%. I always made it home, though. My corvette, she always carried me home, limping the entire way. Hence her name, the Limper.
Anyway, I made my last trip to Maia for tonight. I went over to Merope and landed at Alcazar's Hope.
I've never liked artificial gravity. I'm fine with zero G. You can't be a long distance explorer and not be okay with zero G. I'm fine with natural gravity, too. There's just something about artificial gravity that keeps me up at night. So I rented out a luxury suite at Alcazar's Hope, and I'm sleeping on a planet with a grand total of .1 Gs tonight.
Ha.
Anyway, I need to get some sleep before tomorrow. The Limper got out to Merope a day or so ago, and I want to take her out in the morning for a shake-down cruise. I haven't really stress-tested all of her systems since that repair and refit a few months ago.