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Personal Logs, Week one
It's been a crazy first week. Many pilots got killed, and many more will. My assumptions were correct, people only care about money and nothing else. They're willing to do anything for their personal gain, not caring about others. I'll make sure to obliterate any person I see who thinks that way. And there are more of them than I thought. Most of the transport vessels I encountered either ran or told me to go to hell, not even wanting to have a word first. Oh well, that makes killing them even faster.
So let's begin. The action started in New York. First a Kishiro transport hauling some Engine Components to god knows where. He didn't even want to cut his engines and proceeded to run without a word said. He got killed within seconds. Next, a member of that Fight Club who turns out to be escorting the poor guy. He foolishly opened fire on me but died within minutes. Then, a totally crazy Navy pilot came out of nowhere and started shooting me. Probably got his brain eaten by all the false promises and lies the government spreads. Anyways, he died quickly.
Next stop was Colorado. Tried to catch some foreign transports but the first thing that came up was a Liberty Police bomber. After a little chat we had, he didn't get away as I told him so I blew him up. Now comes the crazy part. A Navy Cruiser and Fighter jump in the system. Being outnumbered, I fall back to Ouray, but they continue to follow. Nevertheless, I killed the careless fighter and a bit later the cruiser too.
A bit later I encountered a large IMG convoy passing through Colorado. Fine people who left the houses and found their peace in the Independent Worlds, refusing to be poisoned by the words of house governments. I let them pass without any request, even though they sent a few millions anyways. What concerns me a bit though is that they seem to care only about money, like the others. For now, I'll let them live, as the Xenos wouldn't like me shooting them anyways. That was pretty much it, a lot of action in one day.
Day two. Started at Colorado gate again, and the first contact that came up was a Liberty Navy liner hauling Light Arms!? The Xenos will surely be pleased for taking that one out and securing the cargo. Then the party breakers arrived. A battleship, 2 Battlecruisers and a Fighter jumped in and after a little chat opened fire on me. I ran to Ouray but they continued to follow. Manged to destroy the fighter and after 15 minutes of hopeless fire from the capital vessels, they decided to fall back.
Day three, decided to take a tour around Liberty. First contact was in Ontario, a Freelancer full of Platinum Ore. After refusing to cut his engines and run for the nearest station I managed to kill him before he docked. Next stop was Pennsylvania Helium field. Found an Independent Miner there mining the H. After refusing to drop his cargo, he died fast. After that I went to Alberta to visit the Platinum field there. I found a DSE vessel full of Platinum Ore with who I wanted to have a word with, but he refused to cut his engines and opened fire on me without a word said. Sadly, I had to destroy him. And the last ship I destroyed was a Freelancer in New York who was hauling some Industrial Hardware. He said he operates in Liberty so I gave him the benefit of the doubt and let him roll a dice for his survival. If he got a 1 or a 6, he would get to live. Unfortunately for him, he rolled a 4 and got destroyed.
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Personal Logs, Week One - Part 2
Second part. I started suspecting the Liberty Corporations Xenos so much "protect". Any pilot of the said corporations I encountered so far has acted completely foolish, wanting to get killed. Anyways, second part started with the same Kishiro guy in New York I met the last week. This time he actually cut his engines and talked. Nevertheless, after finding out that he's taking those to Erie and the Xenos could use the Materials, I destroyed him.
The next day, I came across a Freelancer carrying Neon in Colorado. After refusing to cut his engines, he died quickly. Then I made my way to Pennsylvania and found another Freelancer trying to run as soon as he saw me. He got destroyed even faster than the guy before.
Day 4, New York. Pretty active place, no doubt. First, I met a Freelancer at the Colorado gate, hauling some Sake and Optronics. He didn't want to drop the cargo, so I ended his life.
Second contact was a BMM Transport hauling Nanocapacitors. We had quite an interesting chat, and he decided to decide his fate by rolling a dice. If he got a 1 or a 6, he would live, otherwise he'd get destroyed. Poor guy rolled a 2, and got blown up. Turns out he had an escort, a Freelancer Avenger. He lasted quite long, but died eventually.
Then I encountered an Universal transport carrying Ale. I asked him to stop for a second so we can talk after he said he's in a rush and after my Cruise Disrupting of him, he opened fire on me. I gave him a chance to live by letting him roll the dice, and he managed to get a 6. I spared his life. The Xenos told me that the corporations are tolerant towards us, this guy surely wasn't. He was only caring about money, and needed it so badly that he didn't even want to talk to me. Same as the DSE guy last week.
And finally, last ship I encountered was a Freelancer Miner. After seeing me, he instantly opened fire, but died horribly because of that.
I'll end the log here and go get a drink at the bar.
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Personal Logs, Week Two - Part 1
Second week, double the action. I didn't expect Liberty to be -that- active, but why not - more people got eradicated from this world. Let's start.
First contact I met was a GMG| Kujira. I told him to cut his engines, but he didn't say a word and tried to run as soon as possible. What a surprise. Anyways, he died quickly. Next one was a Liberty Navy fighter which caught me while on my way to make repairs. Regardless of that, the guy got killed 15 minutes later. Last contact on first day was a Miner in the Pensylvannia field. He tried to escape and refused to stop, so I ended his life.
Second day most of the happening was in California where I took out a large group of pirates. First one was a Rogue at New York gate. Not really a challenge, he got destroyed quickly. However, he managed to tell his friends where I was and I found myself surrounded by 4 pirates at once. A bomber, a destroyer, a gunboat and a transport. Since I ouldn't fight them all 4 at once, I did the hit and run tactic and got the bomber. A bit later after a lot of evading I also killed the transport and managed to get out alive. A success, I gotta say.
On my way back I encountered an Outcast pirating in New York. After a little chat, he got eradicated. Soon after that a Liberty Navy gunboat chased me. I ran to Badlands because of the support he was getting from nearby patrols, and he followed. I killed him.
Third day I found a trader hauling Ale heading for California. He stopped and we had a nice conversation. He was given the chance to roll a dice for his life. He rolled wrong and got destroyed. A bit later in the day I decided to intercept the Platinum run. First contact I caught was a Samura Akegata full of Platinum Ore. He also rolled the dice for his survival, but once again rolled wrong and died. A bit later, in Cortez, I found an Universal supertransport with 5000 units of Platinum Ore. After refusing to stop and drop his cargo or even speak to me, I lost my patience with him and blew him up. Turns out he had a Gateway| escort which left the poor guy behind. The escort soon came back and opened fire on me. He died horribly.
And last part of the action was two 5th fighters who found me at Cortez gate. Prior to that, I had a chat with a Freelancer named Sapphire Raven. She helped me fight them and after ~15 minutes we killed both of them. A fine pilot she is. That reminds me, I gotta thank her for that.
Part 1 is complete. Can't bother writing the other one, time to get myself a drink and maybe even talk to one of the Xenos about Liberty Corporations as their behaviour recently is ridicolous.
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Personal Logs, Week Two - Part 2
Let's continue. Day four I made my way to Alberta to visit the Platinum field. And I found 2 ships there, a DSE Mastodon and a BAF (!?) Sutinga. After refusing to cut his engines, the DSE got killed soon, and it turns out the BAF guy was "escorting" him (!?). He died a few minutes after.
Day 5 started in Colorado where I met a Freelancer carrying various cargo. He immediately opened fire as soon as he saw me, but that decision was terrible for him and he got blown up. I made my way to Colorado gate where I caught a GMG transport with 5000 units of Platinum Ore. He rolled the dice for his life, rolled wrong and got removed.
Day 6, New York. As soon as I entered the system I got attacked by a random Freelancer. I had no choice but to defend myself and kill him. After that I returned to Colorado where I met miss Raven again. This time she was just observing as me and another Xeno made our way close to Ouray. There we intercepted 2 targets, both of which got a chance to roll the dice for their lives. The first one had no cargo and died rather quickly while the second one had Gin and actually survived a few minutes before going down.
Funny enough, last day of the week was the most active one. I started in Pennsylvania and visited the Helium field. First contact was a Freelancer mining there which not only refused to cut his engines but opened fire on me aswell. He wasn't much of a challenge. Second contact was a civilian in the nearby asteroid field who engaged me without a word said. I had to take him down. Third contact was also in the Helium field, who got a chance to roll the dice for his life and once again rolled wrong.
And at the end I met two Ageira~ ships, a Heron carrying mostly Light Arms and a Bison with Trade Lane Parts. After a little chat, they were given a chance to roll the dice for their cargo. They both refused to roll it and opened fire on me, after which I killed them both. First the Heron, then the Bison.
That really was double the action than first week. Time to get myself a shot of Whiskey.