The first independent research station of Grunder Industries.
Built 816, before the Colonial Republic occupied the entire Coronado System.
Baja was the perfect place for the Research Facility, a desert planet without useful or valuable resources. No one would bother about the dangerous experiments and underground tests. For now, we are still save and hidden under shield which can cover an entire city, run by a "Reactor" which works with Planetary Energy.
800 Kilometer Test Area, plus 15 km deep under ground tunnels.
This Facility is since one year our HQ and repaired after the terrorist attack of the Golden Axe Army.
At the moment, Sudetentor works on the Stonehenge Project with good results.
#2 - Murashi office building
Build on Gran Canaria, was the HQ until Sudetentor was stable and big enough.
For now, it is only office building with well trained security personal and office workers. Shows a peaceful image, and hides most of the secret operation.
#3 - ALAMGORDO (Outpost in the Orkney System)
A small outpost, mainly used as a communication platform. Only 32 men and women are there. A few scientist to explore the planet surface in hope of valuable
resources.
#4 - TAUBERG (New research station on Planet Wichita/Vancouver which is under control by a friendly government.)
Tauberg is our newest creation and will focus as soon as possible on our Stonehenge Project. It is located on a small Island called, Ladner. Far away from anything, and big enough for small tests.
#5 - AUCKLAND (Storage Depot on Barrier Station)
A storage depot for all Gründer Vessels. Only 10 people work there, and keep the storage depot always filled with necessary goods.
#6 - Java Office (Small Office on Java Station)
Only 5 people work there and bring us information about Gallia and other things.
#7 - Manhatten Office/Store (Small Office Building with a Store for Kitchen Tools)
A small office and store on Manhatten, selling our high quality kitchen tools.
There are far more stores/shops in Sirius, mainly on the main planets with Gallia exception.
#8 - Factory on Planet L.A.
Produce the kitchen tools and other furnitures/entertainment system. 2000 Workers there, and all are well paid.
A little bit long, too long for my taste. I waited an entire month for a new order from Francis. It was like, a walk to an oasis which you can see already, but never be able to reach it.
Ja, that was my feeling.
But now, we have much to do. The re-activation of the Spiridus, I remember about this ship. It was in many battles, against Nomads, Navy, Coalition and dozen of the other groups...
The captain, was really special, Captain Ramirez Anders. His story is rather strange. In his young life, he started a career as an Outcast Pilot. No, he was never addicted to the orange dream, I guess he found a way around this horrible stuff..don't know, did they like him...
But anyway, he commanded successful squadrons and a Destroyer later with the name Gleipnir. He fought with the Gleipnir a few battles against the Corsairs, and was always successful, which surprised which gave him the necessary attention from the other Outcast.
Later, he found on the Freeport 9 in Theta an old Zoner Captain., which was tired from all the flying around and Zoner Life. Someone told me, the Captain of Carrier lost on purpose against Anders. Don't know, maybe he saw something within Anders.
Later, Anders came back with two ships..
One Carrier and the Gleipnir, later he requested a transfer to his new ship, the Avalon. The only Zoner Carrier in the Maltese Navy. He continued his job, until the Nomad attacked his ship.... He fled to the Delta System, with a skeleton crew and only him...
There, he found a man. Captain Deggert, an old friend from Liberty. They were a strange pair, different views but with this incident, had the same goal. Anders, joined the Order, with the Carrier which was renamed to Order-Carrier.Megalith.
With the bless of the TAZ, he started to fight against the infection. But soon, he found out something, which turned him away from his goal and his believes..
But after a break, he returned once more to the Order, with his old and new Carrier. Which was renamed again to his final name, The Spiridus.
With this ship, he caused a lot of trouble, and brought back peace to a lost group.
That is all, I know so far....from his past.
Now, he works as a Junker for Gründer Industries, and serves with his Junker Frigate as a transport and escort platforms.
By the way, the Frigate got the same name like his old Destroyer. Gleipnir..maybe, he used some of the parts from the Destroyer to build this ship, who know....
About the new orders, we have to move to Omega-41 and wait for the Aigaion which will help by the emergency repairs....
The Spiridus is somewhere, at the edge of the system...
That is our job now, to find the Carrier.
Hopefully we will find it really fast, before the Sair find us or the Hessianss.
Finally, the Aigaion arrived. With their powerful scanner system, we are able to detect the Spiridus fast and with the powerful engine, to tow it to the next station.
But, we will try to fix at least, the life support and engine systems.
I have no idea, what they exactly planned, but I'll just follow them.
Maybe, I'll find something interesting on the Spiridus later...who know...
XB1-Aigaion
I can't be the only one, who suspects a trap in this system. Omega-41, a kind of crazy War Zone between Hessians and the Sairs. Wrecks everyhwere, and minefields, a lot of Jumpholes. In the middle of this trash, a small Zoner Freeport, which is too close the Homesystem of the Corsairs.
Here we will start our search, for the Spiridus. Something, bothered me at the begin. This woman, Lisa Mertins, I saw her on the Freeport-1 two years ago. By the great battle...she was the only calm person there...I guess, she knew what what would happen....
Anyway, I'll try to finish my job, my boss counts on me...but I have to keep an eye on this, girl..
I'll send a complete report of this, when I come back to the Kansas System.
I'm not sure what he wanted exactly, but it looks like the captain of the Aigaion watches every step from my men and me.
I'm not sure, what he expects..Maybe, he thinks I'm planning to take over the Spiridus and leave him alone in Omega-41.
Well, he is really an idiot without doubt but a smart one. It will be difficult to hide any action from him, but I'll find a way...
One day is already over, one day here in Omega-41.
We finally found the Spiridus, really far away from the main routes and the Freeport. It looks like, as she waited for us all the time only to be found.
Now, that is really interesting, no damage on the hull, no scratches, not even a single hole. The shape is perfect, no damage at all. Now I have a lot of question, which I need an answer. Why is this ship still here? and what was happen?
All this question, I'll be able to answer maybe, when I board the ship with my crew. Hopefully we will find something on this ship, my treasure box.
Maybe, a deadly one...
After two hours of searching, turning around every piece of metal or stone. We found two data disks with message from the previous captains.
It looks like, the last captain was Daniela Herman, a Rheinländerin with roots to a rich family on Planet Stuttgart. She was a scientist and a captain, but she had only experience in commanding a Hegemon Miner.
Which is another question, why she was qualified for such an expensive vessel?
Maybe, they trusted her or see something hidden within her..a lot of question but no real answers, except this.
We found two message on the first data disk, both contained something about the Coalition Civil War.
Why is something like this on the ship? and still there is a question.. what was happen?
I guess, a deep analysis will give some answers. Now, we have to wait for Toscha, Hopefull, he will arrive soon because I have feeling someone watch us...
XB1-Aigaion[A few hours later, after Lisas last entry]
That is really sad, first we found Spiridus. She was in a good shape, no damage at all. But, still we sent a repair troop to fix the all the systems, and bring the engine back online..
After the engine restart, the Calw came back from a small area patrol, to cover our position. Calw, took position next to our ship, but something was wrong.. I had always the feeling, this girl, Lisa Mertins wanted only to fool us.
I was right, after a inspection and few runs. I found her in the captains cabin, on the Spiridus. She tried to hide something, behind her. I said her, she must handout whatever she hides from me. But, the only reaction, was a gun pointed at my head. She said something, about wrong time and place, we would destroy something which is important to all of us.
I guess, she is crazy. I didn't think about much, until she pulled the trigger. Just, pushed her away and jumped behind a desk. She only fired three or four shots and then disappeared.
Followed her, but with enough distance. She went to the flight deck, self destructed my shuttle and ejected with an escape pod.
Luckily, I found one of the old space suits. When I arrived on the Aigaion, I ordered immediately the pursuit of the Calw.
With a few tricks, we chased her down only a few KMs away from the Omega-9 Jumphole. I tried, to communicate with her, but she only fired back.
We weren't prepared, the first hit of her main gun, took out the scanner system and then damaged our engine. We fired back, but she left before we could damage her.
I guess, she is now on the way to a safe harbor.
Maybe, Cran Canaria or Freeport-1.
Still, something good about this. We got the Spiridus, she alright and back in action.
Looks like, I'm safe now. Docked at the Freeport-9, I was really surprised what I found there. Something went wrong, terrible wrong and now I have to find a way to stop this....
Archdemon, a Plasma Cannon Project. It was or rather is really dangerous in the wrong hands.
The project was canceled years ago, because it was too powerful and too dangerous..
Now the sad news, on the Spiridus was the original plan and the blueprints for this cannon, which are now in possession of the worst person in Sirius.
William Riser, a drug dealing, powerful and smart man, which has enough money to build this kind of weapon.
A good reason to trust no one anymore, because I have the feeling he has some allies in Grunder. I'm not sure if Francis is informed about this, but I guess Toscha didn't waste the time for a report about my betrayal. Still, I'll contact him later, why I did this and the reason....
If I mention Risers name, he will anyway ignore what I did there, because we had the same problem with the same man...
Now, I know why the Spiridus was only disabled and not destroyed. Riser, wanted to use this ship, but he didn't pay attention to our little company. Man, I wish I could see his face now with the disappearance of the Spiridus.
So for now, I'll send a message to my Brother.
He is only one, who will listen to my story now...
--Message--
"Dear Brother
I want to tell you something, in Theta and I need your help. The only word, I can say on the unsecrured channel is William Riser. Yes, he is back or rather he never died really.
We are done for now in the Omega-41 System. The Spiridus is repaired with the help of the Waldgeist Crew. It is now back in service, but I'm still worried about this girl.
She almost killed me, just to hide this piece of paper or whatever it was...I'll never know. The only words I heard "I cannot trust anymore, or anyone in this company.
Something is happen, or already done. Maybe, the future will give me the answer.
For now, I'll move back the ship to the Kansas System and try to help the Nation with their new project or operation..
I'm not sure, what I should say about this letter. William Riser, I remember about him. Three years, ago he stolen a nuclear warhead for a kind of "test", I was not sure in this moment, what he meant with this test.
A few days later, on a remote desert planet he showed us the so called, "test". I nuclear explosion which destroyed an entire Luxury Liner in the Orbit of the Planet. All passenger were killed except two, the captain and one of the crew members. Both survived in cooling storage...
Still, over 2000 Civilians died, with no reason but just for fun. Only a few minutes after the explosion, I launched my Fighter and engaged his Lane Hacker Gunboat. But he fled cowardly into a particle cloud and disappeared then.
Then, a few weeks later I found him again. In Magellan on Freeport 4, I tried to catch him, but once more he escaped successful.
I cursed all the days....until a day.....
The Zoner-Corsair, this time I was on Cran Canaria. I waited for my sister there, she wanted to give me more information about Riser.....
When she entered, I was sure that would be a great day. Sadly, it was exactly the opposite of this...my sister and me, walked down to the Landing Platforms, when something unexpected happen...
I was able to recognize him, even a few hundred meters away. Lisa, asked me what I saw exactly. I said only the name of this pest, William Riser. She looked at me surprised, and said, that must be a fata morgana. I just started running to the Platform, where I found Riser. Before, I was able to draw my gun, he started shooting and ran away as always. But this time, there was no escape pod or particle cloud. Lisa tried keep up with me, she said it would be easier to take him into the crossfire.
Riser ran to an Powerplant, which two kilometer away from the landing platforms. This bastard was really fast, not only in space but also on the Planet Surface on feet.
He tried a lot, to cut off our ways, but we came closer. After 20 Minutes hunting we finally got him on a damaged landing platform. But suddenly a shuttle appeared on the Platform and fired on us. Riser, took the Shuttle, but this time I had the help from my sister. She ordered the Calw, to intercept the Shuttle. They managed to take out the engine, but before they were able to take over the ship, it exploded.
I'm still curious, how he managed to survive this, because we saw all his body floating through the space....
For now, I'm sure he will cause a lot of trouble and I must find a way out of Rheinland.
The best would be, to turn everything against me. Which would be a reason to never some back again...
Only a few people know the existence of this station, which is really far away from the core system.
Luckily, I was one of those.
Will be a good message for the Lisa and the rest, signed with blood of innocent civilians. Still, I have a question.
What the hell is this about....?
Sounds like a horrible description of a story book...
But anyway, the station is history now, everything is dead...and I got my price for this...
Archelon
Outcast-Destroyer
9 Basic Turrets
2 Ceberus Turrets
1 Light Mortar
Gardner Hullplates and a XT-4 Shield
The Destroyer is an outdated model and equip with conventional Engine. It was first, under command of an old Outcast Captain with the name Sagrosa Jotas. After one year Jotas leftl, and the Destroyer were sold to a Hacker. His name was, Steven Falk. Falk was an old smuggler, and wanted only a smuggle Vessel to break through blockades.
He didn't maintain the ship, only reinforced the hull with a low upgrades.
The ship was intercepted by the Liberty Navy later, and damaged heavily in the Kansas System.
Riser found the ship later in a dark matter cloud, drifting away from the System Core. He repaired and used the ship since this day...He is proud to be a Hacker...
A real one...
The beautiful record of this destruction..
Station Man#1: Everything is clear. Man, is that boring here.
Station Man#2: Are you sure? Something flashed on my scanners and then disappeared again...
Station Man#1: Everything is still clear.....wait, something was on my scanner for a second.
Station Man#2: I'll call a patrol, but it will take a while just in case...Hey, Kim? Are you still alive?
Station Man#1: Yes, and still bored, even with this scanner malfunction.
Station Man#2: What theee, something kind of light...
Station Man#1: What theeee, I got a signal a strong one...unknown vessel on the scanner...only 6 K away.
Station Man#2: Unknown Vessel, this Research Station Barbos, identify yourself...
Station Man#1: No answer, to all, escape pods now.....
Station Man#2: ITS SHOOTING, MORTAAAAARR IN.....*static*
Station Man#1: RALLLFFF, MORTAR HIT SECTION 8!*static* HULL BREACH ON ALL DECKS! ALL ...*static*....*Signal lost*