[X3:TC] - DiD - A New Beginning.

[kizito]

Okay, this is my first DiD, so anything to help me along would be great, and if I mess up somewhere, let me know.

Start - Bankrupt Assassin
Game version - 3.2 I think.
Mods - None, but may use some later, if readers think it doesn't ruin the DiD.
Rules - I have 3 lives, I'll explain this in the Introduction. If I lose anything, or fail anything, then tough luck. Stupid deaths, like going through a gate and crashing into a bloody mothership counts as a death. When I run out of lives, it's the end, no restarts.
#2 - I can mine Nividium, but I CANNOT use it to make money constantly, example: mine Nividium in a system, and its gone forever.
#3 - I CANNOT buy Boron ships, or any ships of my enemies, but, I CAN steal them. If I fail at boarding, tough luck.
#4 - Minor repairs to my ship are allowed, but I can't repair an entire hull. And I can only repair small ships, no big ones.

Can't think of anymore rules so just let me know if you think of one that can be put up without interfering with the DiD's progress. In my next DiD I'll add more challenging rules, and I'll see what readers want for rules.

[kizito]

Prologue: A New Beginning

Prologue

*Opens my eyes*
..........? Where am I, what happened to me. *BEEEEEEEEEP* *5 Minutes later* I know how to fly a ship again, where am I though...? Computer, where am I...?

COMPUTER*** You are in the system Aladna Hill, Home race: Argon, Security Level: Border, Population: Sixty million for-

I asked where I was, not a detailed report a thousand pages long... Aladna Hill huh.. Argon, at least I'm in my own race's territory. That's all I ca- ***flashback***
PERSON 1: You failed... And now you must face the consequences. You'll be part of an experiment, to create the ultimate weapon.
***
What just happened...?

Day 1
I'm in Aladna Hill, and already, I'm in trouble, I attacked a Boron High Tech Transporter, thinking it was okay because they're red on my scanners, little did I know, the Argon wouldn't take kindly to it. I ran, and ended up in Hatikvah's Faith, I boarded the only station I could see, and I'm waiting, thinking, and above all, trying not to piss myself. I am scared, not afraid to admit it, anyone else would be if they lost there memories, then suddenly did something stupid, thinking it was okay. I have no money, and a ship designed for one purpose - taking life.

Total Assets: 0 Credits, and a Mamba.

On board the Massom Mill, I'm thinking of a plan. The only way for me to get anywhere is with credits, so I need to find a job, then, the person who did this to me will pay dearly. I decided to go south, and I ended up in Clarity's End, Paranid.... Eww... I decided to leave, but when I went back through the warp gate, I had Pirate Bounty Hunters attacking me... As a nuisance to the Argon they wouldn't help me, but that gave me an idea, if they followed me to Aladna Hill, I could kill them there, and get a good rep with the Argon... They didn't follow me, otherwise I got to impatient to slow down. But I found more pirates in Aladna, I shot a couple down, but then something happened that scared me half to death... I saw this huge ball of light rush passed my ship, THE BALL WAS BIGGER THAN ME!!!!!! I looked around and I saw an OTAS Military Boreas, needless to say, that told me to leave the fight or risk death, and I can't die yet, or I won't get even with the bastard that made me a science experiment... Well, I suppose we should move onto the present. I picked up some energy cells and missiles from all those Bounty Hunters, they keep attacking me, do I have a bounty or something? Who knows, I'm docked at a weapons forge, my memory isn't back yet, I forgot what type of weapons they make, but I'm going to sell the energy cells and hopefully get some credits, I'll keep the missiles for myself, just in case. Going to sleep here for the night, though its so dark you can't tell its day time anyways...

Total Assets: 720 Credits, Mamba.

[Triaxx2]

Interesting beginning.

[kizito]

Interesting beginning.

Thanks, any tips on how to make it better would be good and appreciated. The reason why I have 3 lives will be revealed in the story, can't really go into further detail as it would ruin the story. Pretty busy this weekend but I'll make time to add more, maybe I'll have more readers by than

[Triaxx2]

A lot of good tips can be found in the DID master list, which I'm now running and now has your DID in it. New post on last page...

I don't really write the same sort of story. Look at Scion Drakhar's DID's, and Nuklear Slugs. They both tell their stories similar to yours. Mine tends to be more technical of what I'm doing from moment to moment. And I frequently lose track of what I'm doing so.

[Nathancros]

i say write how it comes to you, whether that be sole gameplay or big personal stories ETC, all have a place on this forum! XD

[kizito]

Day 2
I couldn't sleep at all last night, this trading station probably wasn't the best place to bunker down for the night... Anyways, I'm off to find a job, maybe some pirate bounty hunters will come after me again, I don't know why, but it seems like they've targeted me on a hit list, so I should be careful when jumping to new sectors, in case I end up in a pirate sector. Well as soon as I undocked and headed towards the Gate to Aladna H. I was intercepted by five bounty hunters - three harriers and two elites - and with my ship, they posed little problem, though, I'm a bit rusty since I took minor hull damage. I can fix that up later, it's just a minor patch. I'm currently heading south of Light of Heart to see what I find, hopefully no more bounty hunters.

Well I found a job in Light of Heart, protecting a Cahoona Bakery from pirates, with that fire power, they would take a thousand years to destroy it though, so it was a piece of cake, and for 6k credits, it was a good deal, plus I noticed that the Bakery didn't have energy cells, so I sold it what I had. Going to continue south now and sniff out another job, or better, clues as to what happened to me. I saw a ship needing an escort to Light of Heart, but for the price they were paying - 98k Credits - I figured I'd be out gunned. Currently sitting in the Trading station in Montalaar noting all this in my ship's log.

So, I left the station, and I found a job right away, some dude wanted me to go fetch a ship in Clarity's End, for 260 credits, honestly? You want me to fetch a ship that is worth at least 25k credits, for 260? It was a Jaguar Hauler, not that I need it, so I could use the extra cash, idiot shouldn't have tried to rip me off. Anyways, I'm in the F. Argon Shipyard right now, about to sell the ship, and get another 27k credits. That'll put me around 35k credits total, not great, but at least its something to go on. So I sold the ship, I now have 35k credits, but no sooner doing that I get a message, I figured it's the owner of the ship. I was right, this is what he had to say: http://oi41.tinypic.com/200cia.jpg

I suppose I should be scared of what might happen, but they may just give me a ticket, though I'm not about to take the chance. I need to find a way out of here if things get hot, Teladi space sounds nice, if I can find some, I know where some pirate space is, but only if I'm desperate will I go there. Well, no police so far, so I'm assuming the dude was lying, I found another chap who lost a ship, same type, and I figured I'd sell it for credits, I don't know what made me change my mind about that, but I did. I also accepted a side mission while that Jaggy was headed to the drop off, I had to protect a Cahoona bakery from pirates... Well... Pirate... I mean really, did the owner of that station think ONE pirate ship could blow his station out of space... What a coward, oh well, got to blow something up. Wasn't much of a fight though, flew over, shot him and he blew up. Didn't even fight back. Anyways, I'm in Aladna Hill again, figured I'd go explore further and see if I can pick up a few missions along the way..

Total Assets: 44,655 Credits, My Mamba.

Well I ended up in Company Pride, and I found a rather ssssseemingly good deal... Seriously, Teladi rub off on you, that "s" carrying is rather hard not to do when you've talked to a Teladi, even if just once, but I got maps of Blue Profit, Family Rhonkar and Ceo's Sprite for 5k, a nice deal if you ask me. Still no jobs for a fighter to be found, might try trading a bit, I'm near two solar plants, could be worth a few extra creds.

**What just happened? I swear I just died.... The only possible way I'm alive is if time was reversed.. I didn't think such technology existed.. I remember trying to dock at a Solar Power Plant, but some stupid space tv was in the way, and though, I'm ashamed to admit it, I crashed into it... When I come to my senses in Aladna Hill, a Boron Shark jumps into the system, little did I know their target was me, so, since the gate they came through was the closest I thought it was a smart idea to jump through it.. Not such a good idea, as I'm telling the ship to record this, another destroyer class ship - I'm assuming - has jumped into the sector, right on top of me, my shields are down, and my hull is dropping rapidly, I don't have much time.. I have so many questions, I can't afford to di-**

[Nathancros]

gah escort missions make me... a lilll CRAZYYY gaah i hate them

Good chap, small but seemingly fun

Btw if ur chaps are going to be say just a small defend station mission or wat not, or convoying some shisp. wat u can do is describe the fight, alot of people here like that*me included!*, or write a narrative to it or watever y want, it fills out the chapters and gives people more to read for less work!

Say wat you killed, how you killed them if u can, etc etc


Hope that makes sense

have fun!

[kizito]

gah escort missions make me... a lilll CRAZYYY gaah i hate them

Good chap, small but seemingly fun

Btw if ur chaps are going to be say just a small defend station mission or wat not, or convoying some shisp. wat u can do is describe the fight, alot of people here like that*me included!*, or write a narrative to it or watever y want, it fills out the chapters and gives people more to read for less work!

Say wat you killed, how you killed them if u can, etc etc


Hope that makes sense

have fun!

I'm doing each "Day" in sections, so Day 2 isn't done yet. Thanks for the feedback

Well, I've died twice now, though I have 1 more life left, I wanna know from whoever reads this, if you think I should continue, or if having another life would "ruin" the DiD in some way - mainly the story.

[Nathancros]

gah escort missions make me... a lilll CRAZYYY gaah i hate them

Good chap, small but seemingly fun

Btw if ur chaps are going to be say just a small defend station mission or wat not, or convoying some shisp. wat u can do is describe the fight, alot of people here like that*me included!*, or write a narrative to it or watever y want, it fills out the chapters and gives people more to read for less work!

Say wat you killed, how you killed them if u can, etc etc


Hope that makes sense

have fun!

I'm doing each "Day" in sections, so Day 2 isn't done yet. Thanks for the feedback

Well, I've died twice now, though I have 1 more life left, I wanna know from whoever reads this, if you think I should continue, or if having another life would "ruin" the DiD in some way - mainly the story.

I say keep trying

We dont mind if you die, as long as you either let us know, or make up a reason or still existin or watnot if that makes sense XD

Or just dont say a thing and keep playin as if it hasnt happened

[kizito]

If I die in any of my future DiD's including this one, no matter how ridiculous the death, I prefer to be honest about it. Since lying about dying on a DiD makes it pointless to make.

[Nathancros]

If I die in any of my future DiD's including this one, no matter how ridiculous the death, I prefer to be honest about it. Since lying about dying on a DiD makes it pointless to make.

makes sense, some of theguys here do a "Dead is not quite dead" way of playing, stuff like gatecrashs, autopilot errors, spontaneous explosions and watnot, they usually reload and explain wat happened or watever

almost all the time we readers want the story to keep going XD

[kizito]

Day 3

Wow, I sure made a lot of enemies, one thing's for sure, the people who did this, know everything about me... Including my family. I haven't seen any of my family for a long time, though I'm pretty sure the reason has something to do with the kind of ship I have.. Perhaps I joined a military group or mercenaries, maybe a pirate? I have had powerful people following me ever since I woke up, and I'm sad to say, I won't last much longer before they find me. I have a brother, older, but we haven't spoken for a long time, he didn't agree with my life choice. He's a trader, and the only person I can trust.. If anyone can find out what happened to me it's him. He never talked to me because I followed in his footsteps, as a teenager, he was the most feared mercenary in the Argon race.. He even had a bounty of 100m Credits, I looked up to him, I realize now, he was just looking out for me. The only regret I have, is that I had to drag him into this..... He tried so hard to get clean, and now, I'm ruining it. I'm so sorry.. For everything.. ***Emergency Encrypted Message Sent***

[kizito]

INFO
Start: Humble Merchant

Version: 3.2

Rules: DiD - Though, any stupid deaths that are completely unreasonable will be overlooked, I'll let you know if anything happens like that.

Event: Start of the DiD was really just an entrance to the story, I wanted to do something I don't think anyone has done in a DiD, which is "game hop same story".

I can buy ships from allies, I cannot from enemies, I can steal ships too if need be. ATF ships for instance.

Later in the game, I will be public enemy #1 for pirates, I'll explain this when I get there in the story.

Note: Any other rules I add later on will be to make the future of the story more difficult, and would be pointless to have at the start.

A New Beginning: PART 2
Assets: My Mercury, a Discoverer, and 30,300 Credits.

Chapter 1: Past Present

Now that I've been released from custody by the Argon Government, after making it through a month of hell on the most cruel of Argon prisons, I can live a clean life. I've been out of that prison for a year now, and I'm officially aloud to own a ship. The Argon Government was nice enough to provide me a Mercury and a Discoverer to start out with, as well as 30,000 credits. Well, they gave me 21,000 to start, I already had 9,000. I'm now able to search for my sister, and bring her home. I'll have to be discreet about it though, if I'm caught even looking at someone shady, I'll have a standing kill order out on me.

I have come up with a strategy on how I can find out who did this to my sister, and stay off government radar.

[kizito]

Due to time issues, I'm unable to continue the story as frequently as I want, so I'm letting all the readers know. I'll continue the story but it won't be extremely often, like everyday, until my schedule calms down.