Zoner Tactical Defense Comms

[Riley Mackenzie]

Oi you lot. There is quite a bit to report, & alot of it seems like a blur now that my blood pressure has finally lowered.

So, I'm over in Omega-15 chatting with a couple of Junkers ontop of Bornholm Station, & Harvey 10 pops up on my scope. What do I do? Well, I'm in a Whale, so I run...

Trying to keep my cool, I hit the auto, & run down the hall to my media room to rumage around for that alpha thingie I wrote down. (If I learned anything tonight, it's to get organized.) Anyway, I transmit the thing & harvey 10 goes to standby mode for a nap.

I should have gotten out of there at that point, but I thought I'd be ok... because honestly, I can be stupid like that sometimes.

I head back to Bornholm to apologize to the Junkers I was previously chatting with for bringing my dirty laundry with me, & then Harvey 09 pops up.

"Oh, CRAP!" is what I think I said.

I run again, but this time I set a course for home. I blink, & Harvey 09 is closing fast. Hoping that what I heard from Shamus was indeed true, I ordered Harvey 10 to destroy Harvey 09.

Since we've already established that I can be stupid sometimes, this should come as no suprise:

With the 2 Harv's duking it out almost a klick away...I thought I'd be ok, & watched the show while patting myself on the back.

I forgot that the 09 series is tougher than the 10 series...

09 blasts 10 pretty hard, & it must've snapped 10 back to attention, 'cause as blurry as the memory is to me now, I could swear they were both coming back after me.

Yet again, I run.

Harv 10 takes down most of my hull after it had a quick lunch of my shields, & I do the alpha thingie again, this time to number 09. I give nine the new directive to protect me as I make a run through the jumphole to the nearest base.

Already beaten up pretty good by the previous rumble, number 9 docks with me on a Corsair base & begins repairs so to continue escorting me back safely to the O-49 hole.

I never expected 10 to begin a ground assault on station.

I grabbed my shotgun from under my console, powered down the Erinloch, & ran for cover out of the docking bay & down the corridor.

There were Corsair casualties...lots of 'em.

...& both the buggers got away.

I learned alot of lessons tonight.

Mackenzie out.

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