Relatively quiet day, still nothing from Miss White. Maybe she hadn’t found the note yet…
Daros had seen her though. Maybe she didn’t trust me anymore? Or my message was unclear. She will be round freeport some time or other though.. so soon I’ll be able to find her. I hope… Maybe she doesn’t trust me anymore? maybe she doesnt remember what happened or any of us.. neither option was attractive. but it is what it is.... hopefully shes just not sure about the notes origin. that would make more sense.. logic, Jack. use logic.
A trip to Freeport. Parked up, coffee time. Most boring start to the day. Till the rheinlander. Rheinland. Out here? Bit far outta their juristiction, no? Showing up on sensors as Hostile, no less. More likely a freighter smuggler of some kind though... being in a Humpback. I think they were anyway.. They seemed friendly enough. Comms Officer April, said they were looking for some sort of extraterrestrial material. Doubt they’d go see the aliens in that bus. Freighters weren’t exactly made for battling aliens. They barely survived against pirates. They went on their way.
Not long after that... another strange sensor anomaly. This time.. a Zoner. why would Zoners be showing as Hostile? and not all Zoners. Just one. This one. These sensors need checking. and Freeport in Delta already checked them. So.... what is going on? Daros showed up soon after. And then Order. Had to bite my tongue from saying stuff then. would not have been smart.
Miss White then showed up. Why. Why when the Order are here. After the two sensor anomalies... my mind went from wondering if i should send a private message... to thinking that my ship was compromised. Pygar engineers would know. Besides.. Miss White... was kinda sending mixed signals. getting closer to the Order. "Empress".... putting that sensor contact on the watchlist. Theyll go right next to the others ive written down.
Halfway to Theta hole, comms cut out. It sent an unwarranted system crackle burst, then died on me. Boring day in Delta? Nah. 'Course not. Especially mid jump. Engine system crapped out too. After recent refurb and complete check over. In any case... maybe the comms fail would attract someone who could help. Now i was adrift. No way to communicate, no way to actually get to Pygar. At least my coffee machine was working. Then, there was a Sonar ping. System wide. They would surely find me. Smart. Sensors still worked, so minutes after the ping, a familiar reading… Daros. Shoulda known it’d be him ahaha.
After some ship nudging and a violent kick of my console, i got comms back. Checked my ship status, now i had access to my comms array. Ship had logged a power core overload. How? This thing had plenty of juice to run everything at maximum output! Now i could talk, Daros and i shared the past events and i expressed my concern about Miss Whites communications with The Order. Even after the incident in Alaska? Something didn’t feel right…. This.. this wasn’t good…. Daros shared my concern.
After several minutes of debate, my ship engines returned to my control. Did a quick test of every system. Great. Now i could actually go to Pygar. Went our separate ways… Pygar checked my ship and all systems… Nothing. No detected issues. Just a system glitch they said. A glitch that could have cost my life. The origin of the glitch though… thats a different story. Might need to do some digging and turn a few smuggling favours in..
