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A few pieces of good news today. I'm moving up in the galaxy; bought myself an albatross. The camara was a good ship, but she was just too small for the work I need. My new bird's slow, but she runs pretty well armed, and she's tough as a brick. Trying to pick a name; I'm torn between the Diminishing Returns and the Capital Gains. Another good thing; a ship this size will be handy if I try to join a corporation or something. They love someone who they don't have to babysit.

Don't think dad would like to hear that sort of talk, but that wouldn't be the first time we've disagreed.

Had my first run in with a pirate yesterday too, although "Pirate" might be too strong of a word. The words I'm thinking of are a little strong for mixed company, but generally pretty apt, I think.

Here's what happened, and I swear by stars I'm making none of this up:

I'm in Liberty (I forget what system, probably california), and I'm leaving a station when I notice the next trade lane is down. And suddenly, over the System wide comm channel comes a real philosopher grunting "Pay toll" "I is pirate" "Pay 1mil".

Now, a few things. One, I'm literally less than a click away from a base.
Two, he doesn't have a pirate ID. He's got a freelancer one.

So after BSing him for a minute or two (he isn't really much for conversation, so there was only so much fun to be had) I make for the base. Now, this is my first run-in with a pirate, so I'm a little shaken. I accidentally click on my cruise drives. He just keeps shooting at me.

He doesn't have any CDs.

I'll let that process for a moment. Good? Alright, moving on.

I get to base, and a LSI officer shows up a few seconds later and lights him up. End of story, right? NOPE.

Because I run into the same guy again in Bretonia less than an hour later. A bretonia police officer is trying to explain to him that he needs a Pirate ID to pirate, but all he's getting from the guy is "I is indie pirate" We put some shots into him, and he bolts down the lane to parts unknown.

I am worried about him, strangely. He's pretty green, and I'm sure that if he keeps this up, he'll end up trying to jump some huge DSE transport and get his hull cracked open for his troubles. I hope he finds an honest trade to live on. Or at least gets a little better at his chosen one.

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