Black Sun [DiD][X3AP 3.1] {KIA}
Posted: Thu, 16. Jan 14, 01:43
Yeeeah, I'm at it again. Bought AP during the Xmas sale on Steam, so maybe it's the RFF ships that'll vaporize my butt this time
I also want to bla ... eh, thank Triaxx2 for his unwavering faith in my writing abilities, and Libelnon for providing the inspiration.
I'll just park this here, then ...
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Prelude - The devil deals the cards
"… and this is the Mamba. It's only had one previous owner, and it comes equipped with a twenty five megajoule shield and two high energy plasma throwers. A bargain at just one point three million."
I looked at the specs. Hm, fully tuned, but otherwise just equipped with the bare minimum to make it spaceworthy. It was the only one that wasn't totally crap though, and even though it would leave me flat out broke I didn't care. I was gonna make the chief and that stuck up rich kid eat their words for getting me booted out of the fleet. If I'd had five minutes alone with that SOB I'd given him more than that black eye he got, but the chief saw us and the kid's pa did the rest. I had to choose between resigning and giving up a promising career, and getting a dishonorable discharge for assaulting a fellow squad member. Assault my ass …
"I'll take it," I said.
"Marvelous. I'll have it checked and cleared for take off in fifteen mizura. Now I just need your name and signature, miss ..."
"Kayean. Valeriya Kayean."
"Right. If you would sign here, please."
I signed on the data pad and sighed. As the cargo hauler came and took my ship away I noticed a marking on the hull.
"Excuse me," I said to the dealer. "What's that?" I pointed at the black, birdlike marking.
"Oh, that. The previous owner called it a raven. Apparently it's a Terran avian species. Back on Terra it was often regarded as a trickster and scavenger, and according to ancient legends it carried the souls of the dead between this world and the next."
"Okey, thanks."
"No problem, miss Kayean."
Raven. I tasted the word. Sounded kind of interesting, actually. Raven it is, then.
I also want to bla ... eh, thank Triaxx2 for his unwavering faith in my writing abilities, and Libelnon for providing the inspiration.
I'll just park this here, then ...
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Prelude - The devil deals the cards
"… and this is the Mamba. It's only had one previous owner, and it comes equipped with a twenty five megajoule shield and two high energy plasma throwers. A bargain at just one point three million."
I looked at the specs. Hm, fully tuned, but otherwise just equipped with the bare minimum to make it spaceworthy. It was the only one that wasn't totally crap though, and even though it would leave me flat out broke I didn't care. I was gonna make the chief and that stuck up rich kid eat their words for getting me booted out of the fleet. If I'd had five minutes alone with that SOB I'd given him more than that black eye he got, but the chief saw us and the kid's pa did the rest. I had to choose between resigning and giving up a promising career, and getting a dishonorable discharge for assaulting a fellow squad member. Assault my ass …
"I'll take it," I said.
"Marvelous. I'll have it checked and cleared for take off in fifteen mizura. Now I just need your name and signature, miss ..."
"Kayean. Valeriya Kayean."
"Right. If you would sign here, please."
I signed on the data pad and sighed. As the cargo hauler came and took my ship away I noticed a marking on the hull.
"Excuse me," I said to the dealer. "What's that?" I pointed at the black, birdlike marking.
"Oh, that. The previous owner called it a raven. Apparently it's a Terran avian species. Back on Terra it was often regarded as a trickster and scavenger, and according to ancient legends it carried the souls of the dead between this world and the next."
"Okey, thanks."
"No problem, miss Kayean."
Raven. I tasted the word. Sounded kind of interesting, actually. Raven it is, then.