[Date: 06/10/823 A.S.]
[Personal log of John Blackwell: #002]
[Title: Sonofa-]
Gladly, this log was recovered from the [Censored] crash. Oh, and now my [Censored] ship is bleeping me out.
I was smuggling some stuff through Manchester, when this [Censored] Liberty Navy ace comes through. Well, I try to keep my distance- But of course, he comes up to me and asks me to stop so he can scan me.
Well, I just say "Okay", and casually keep moving. Stupid idea, but stopping was the only alternative.
So, he catches on, and that's where things get messy. He chases me down, disables my cruise pretty quickly, despite me trying everything I can. I try the trade lane, he takes that down.
So, I try to run to the next trade lane, but that wasn't working. I circle around the guy, and make a run for an asteroid field nearby. He just kept following me, and he seemed to find humor in it. Eventually, I got to the field, tried using the asteroids for cover to get my cruise going, but no luck. He gives up trying to get me to stop, and he opens fire. I didn't want to hurt the guy- I just kept trying to get away, but I had no luck. I kept dodging, but it wasn't long before something went wrong.
I had to eject, and the ship was torn to bits- His weapons shredded the armor like a cheese grater, and it slammed into an asteroid after I bugged out.
He pulled me into a holding cell on his ship- And, it was a little bit awkward.
The guy was actually kinda nice. We talked a bit. Despite circumstances, I enjoyed talking to another human, who wasn't trying to haggle with me.
As it turns out, the mother[Censored] was apparently the top ace of the Liberty Navy- Lieutenant Commander Avery Reeves. I'd heard some talk about the guy before. Some kind of top gun fighter pilot.
Judging from how well I did against the guy- I must be even better than I realized.
Overall, it was actually kinda exciting. My first time being arrested by the navy.
He dropped me off at an LN station not far from there, where they asked me a bunch of questions.
We actually kept radio contact. Talked for a while, because apparently he dosn't think I'm as awful a person as he had expected.
I think space is getting to me. I said alot more to him than I probably should have. But, he was pleasant company. Not too harsh on the eyes, either- Taken of course, though. All the good looking ones are taken-
Anyways-
Somehow, I get the feeling this isn't the last time we'll bump into eachother.
Anyways, gladly, I was able to afford a cheap replacement ship. I went back and recovered as much as I could to install on the new sunburst, but most of it I had to just re-tune. I was able to make up most of the cost selling what I didn't need on the new ship, and the scrap I couldn't use.
Shouldn't be too much a set-back.
Oh, and a note to self: Try "Ice cream". Avery mentioned his wife liked it, and from how he described it, it sounds good.
He seemed rather bewildered when I told him I'd never had any.
Must have had cows, on his home colony- He said it was some kind of dairy based stuff.
Heh, I was just like- "How the hell do you cream ice?"
