Back to the outer rim.
25 Jan 2018IKeith Stone79
The transfer of the Baccarin to HIP 18828 completed, I’ve given her a new electroplating color coating and gotten out of port before the authorities realized it. Having a bounty on one’s head has gotten me unwanted attention. So, now I’m back to searching star systems, looking for Earth-likes and Terraformables. Much better luck this time out. I’ve come across four in three days. I continue to “climb” the ladder of stars away from galactic center, as I’m feeling that most commanders have searched two-dimensionally. It’s paying off. As i wait for the House of Saga to regain its place as a minor faction (political squabbling is why it was lost?) I will continue to put in for the Hutton Orbital Truckers with searching and influence stabilization of their star systems. FOR THE MUG! While making landfall to pull mineral samples, I came upon a wreck. 6 pods, all occupied, all vitals stable. Wreckage appeared to be of that new ship, the Chieftain I believe they call it. According to one of the survivors, they were running tests on it and suffered massive reactor failure. Turns out they had been there for 18 months about. The ship was a prototype testbed and they were testing jump ranges of different FSDs. Lucky I came along. They’re all back on ice after a hot meal, and I promised them that we will be heading back to the Bubble within the week. Not that my jump range has been limited due to the added mass of the Pods, I’ll be turning around within twelve hours and making limited stops back to HOT territory. Word is my data is needed, and these people need to get home to their families.CMDR Stone,
Signing off