The impure Diamond

[Jansen]

The Defence wings were in need of pilots at Casablanca, so I took the chance and went there. I got a room for my own, space for my ships, and the bar offered great drinks. In short, everything I needed. I met many new persons, one of them, Erik became a very good friend and maybe even a bit more then that. My days there were nearly always the same. Standing up, eating, flying a patrol and removing every Corsair that came across our way. After this I had some free time, which I either spent at Casablanca, or with the acquisition of some more Credits. You never know what you may need them for. Two months before my 19.th Birthday Erik dissapeared, I dont know where he went, if he died, or if he just wanted to start a new life elsewhere. The following months were boring, Casablanca wasnt the same without him. Most of my other friends were killed in fights, new pilots came and filled their spots, but it wasnt the same. And I did not like most of them.

I decided to search for new places, maybe some places with secrets, or just places where I could be alone. Places where I could think. One of them was near a planet in a very desolate system, nobody else was there and I visited it more often. One day I met a Military patrol in the system, the pilot introduced himself and stated that he was there to map the space, to map the Omega Systems. He was friendly so I gave him some hints, other would have killed him, but why should I kill someone who doesnt want to kill me?
In the following weeks I encountered a few more of these cartographers how I would call them. All of them were polite, so I helped them where I could. One of them told me about the place where he was born, Planet Stuttgart. He described it as a place with sun, wind, some rain and a great vegetation, I never felt the wind or the rain, I never saw 'real' wild plants, so I decided that this should be one of my biggest goals, to visit a planet sometime.

Days, Weeks and even months passed and not much changed until I met a Bounty Hunter at the planet I mentioned earlier, he told me his story, that he was a Hessian before and that he was caught, brought to the cruel Vierlande prison and that they offered him to be free again, if he joins the Bounty Hunters. But the more interesting part, were his tellings about gods, gods that kept him alive all the time, even at Vierlande. He told me that those gods test us, that they judge about us. I listened well and most of the things he said seemed to be true, they seemed to give a real sense to my life. I dont know where the Hunter went, I never saw him again, but I never forgot what he told me.
Not much later, maybe a week, I was attacked by a wing of Corsairs, 4 of them, flown by very skilled pilots. I would have had died there, but then a miracle happened, a creature came out of nowhere and destroyed the Corsairs, it destroyed them and safed my life.

At first I thought a ship saved me, but the scans showed that it was completely organic, a living being. It was able to communicate with me, but not with words. It created pictures, feelings and impressions in my head, I am not able to describe it that well.
When I saw this being, glowing in a mix of purple and blue colors, colors that were always changing, I knew that it was sent by the gods, to help me. From that moment I could be sure that the gods were there and that they would not let me die.

I met many of these beings in the following months and I helped them with everything I could do. Angering the gods would not be wise. Sometimes they destroyed Mining vessels, sometimes they destroyed Military ships, I did not care what they wanted me to do. I did it.
Then there was one day, when a big Coalition vessel, together with a wing of Red Hessian Soldiers wanted to hunt 2 of the beings down. I assisted those beings and with joined efforts the Coalition vessels was destroyed, then the beings died and I had to flee. I dont know who those Hessians were, or why they wanted to harm these innocent beings, but I knew that they deserved to die. After this fight I returned to Casablanca and did not see any of the creatures for a longer time. Then suddenly the Red Hessian Soldiers searched for me, they tried to catch me, because they wanted to interrogate me. I was able to outsmart them everytime.

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