DID Shoot and Loot,Gosnells Story

[Gosnell]

Chapter 10/Part 3 "Filling Her Up"
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With Ooh Shiny docking at the trading station,Me and the lads continued our hunting spree in Haticvahs.Leaving the Split and Argon shipping alone we started to concentrate on Boron frieghters.A large group of about 5 Dolphins were waiting to pass through the north gate.God what is the verse coming to Borons openly trading with the Split.Maybe they are not trading maybe they are aboron sadist party looking for some BDSM.After Getsu Grandma's nothing would surprise me.

Sweeping in from the left,I ordered the lads to shoot whatever I target.

'Lads remember if they release they're frieght then we let em go no point in fostering blood vendettas,plus we might be able to hit them up for more loot at a later stage'

'Target the frieghter in the middle,It will disrupt the last 2's trajectory and slow em down'

Flying Front and centre I cut through the line of ships, sending scans out, then opening comms I started to order the Dolphins captains to drop they're cargo or get all explodey.1 of whom seemed to be having trouble with the concept of Piracy.

'Boron dont understand,we're at peace'

'No sir I can assure you we are not,if perchance you look out your window you will notice all the pretty lasers striking your vessel'

'But why?

'Because'

'.....Of'

'BECAUSE I have a large gun and you dont'

'But what has boron done to offend'

'Ah Frak this....Lads cease fire on the transport second from the back'There is just no sport stealing from someone that naive and challenged.

At this point one of the frieghters decided to be a hero and launched 10 fighter drones mk1s at us,and once again me and neol had our jaws on the dashboard,Wingnut singlehandedly took out 7 of the 10,In less then 2 mins not bad for a discoverer.Recovering our attack pattern we engaged the remaining frieghters again.No Bails this time,but a nice amount of bofu,and a large consignment of P.A.Cs.We destroyed only 2 of the 6 and let the rest go.
Picking up the pacs(29) we were about to head off when a Boron barracuda flew in through the north gate.Shiny...
Scanning it Revealed a a few choice weapons and 40 tracker mines

'Wingnut..Take up position on his 6, Neol cover his 9, I will hit him dead on.Wait for my salvo before engaging'

Flying dead ahead for 4 km I swerved around and lined him up in my sights,He was headed straight for me,he had'nt twigged it yet.At 800m I hit the trigger my fire shattering his shields, Im guessing he had only 1 25mj installed,Swerving out at 10m to veer off on his 3 o'clock.As I gained distance I saw Ire fire pass over my wings,Neol had engaged his Port side.

'Captain,the son of a fish ejected,Screamed Neol on the comms'

Pulling a 180,And I saw Wingnut about to fire on his rear...

'ABORT WINGNUT DO NOT FIRE FOR THE LOVE OF GETSU..'

That was close.Unfortunately Wingnuts fire had destroyed the cargo bay compresion so we lost the mines.Maybe I should dock his pay.

'Good job lads,lets see what we got'

1 Barracuda,Nice specs,Poor weapons generator though,makes up for it in speed.I decided to do a spot of egineering on it most of the damage being superficial.Ordering it to dock at the Aladna trading station.And I swear at that moment lady luck must of had a crush on me for what did I see come wandering into the sector but a skate ,classed as a high tech transport.A skate whose pilot which after 3 volleys into his ship decided to join his coleague in having a spacewalk.

'Gentlemen I Do believe working with you is going to be as a teladi would say profitssssable'
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Asset
Nova Raider /Taking the Piss(Gosnell)
Discoverer /Crash Test(Neol Jerrigan)
Discoverer /What(Wingnut)

Skate(Refitting)
Barracuda(Refitting)
Dolphin Hauler /Ooh Shiny(Missile and frieght armoury)

Gosnell Credits Earned:44400
Neol Jerrigan Credits Earned:14800
WingNut Credits Earned :14800

[Nathancros]

mwuahaha wat the boss didnt realise was those mines were ARMED!
I mean seriously the guy bailed.. but he wanted to catch us in the act with a giant explosion!!!!!

dock my pay?

*Screams loudly*

also that boron is a sneaky sunvargnu, best trick when you have no gun and no hope.
Beg, beg till ur eyes bleeeeed

whats this? 2 free ships???
hehe a cuda, and a skatee,

I always wanted to go Skating...
Ahhhhhahahahahahaa

[Kirlack]

Awww, I was eyeing up the Skate

I just find flying a 'Cuda...distasteful lol. Neol would probably agree. But it's the guv'nors choice now, ain't it

Great chapters Gosnell!

By the way, I really like the idea of seeing 'wage to date' at the end of the chapters, gives it a real mercenary feel.

[Nathancros]

Wingnut make deal!

Neol walk thru pirate base..no wait.. a BORON pirate base with an I love calamari shirt on and a few copies of getsu grandmas in his hand! must survive 1 hours while wingnut broadcasts the 15 mill bounty on his head!

If Neol survives, he gets skate

[Kirlack]

Wingnut make deal!

Neol walk thru pirate base..no wait.. a BORON pirate base with an I love calamari shirt on and a few copies of getsu grandmas in his hand! must survive 1 hours while wingnut broadcasts the 15 mill bounty on his head!

If Neol survives, he gets skate

Uh-huh. Why do I get the feeling I just walked into the lions den wearing pork-chop underwear?

[Gosnell]

Guys you have me in stitches,I have decided who will get each already,but neol I am tempted to make you do that.

[Kirlack]

*sigh*

the indignity...

*puts on his 'I love Calamari' T-shirt and picks up the guv's stash o' filth*

[Nathancros]

ahahaha i picture a guy in a nuns habit with an i love calamari shirt ontop, plus those magazines in his hand , oh and running for his life with the whole pirate base intent of skinning him alive

i also picture a paranid rolling around in the control room in fits of laughter

[Kirlack]

ahahaha i picture a guy in a nuns habit with an i love calamari shirt ontop, plus those magazines in his hand , oh and running for his life with the whole pirate base intent of skinning him alive

i also picture a paranid rolling around in the control room in fits of laughter

Don't forget the blonde wig and Neols beard mate

I forsee a hat in Neols future, like the one Jayne's mum sends him in Firefly. Bloody good job he's Argon and not Split. Can you imagine a Split enduring that level of ridicule?

[Gosnell]

Chapter 11 (Shielding)
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Docking in the trading station in Aladna Hill, I headed towards my latest aquisitions.Not bad for 2 hours work, I tought to myself.I noticed Neol and Wingnut strolling towards me from the other side of the hanger their eyes glued to the Skate, I sighed, Its not a decision I relish making, Either option and one of them leaves with the consolation prize.I had already decided that I was'nt going to take the skate for myself,I respect its strength, but not as a lead fighter in a scrap, it manuevarability is somewhat lacking for dogfighting purposes, but as a wingman it can offer great anti misile defence.So who to give it to.

'Guvernor,Nice 2 ships we have now,should we start stripping the old disco's and get back out there,Hopefully there wont be any Atreus Squid mags in the skate"and insinuating look in his eyes.

"I like the big ship, I reckon I fit in the cockpit real nice"drawled Wingnut.

"Right lads I know you both like the skate and yes one of you will get it,but this needs some thinking about to be honest,and as it stands they need to be refitted,not to mention shielded"I

They smiled back at me like children on christmas eve trying to find out what the presents are.

Go and get drunk ,enjoy yourselves you earned it",I said flipping them 100 credits each." We will be kept busy tomorrow,Meet here at the hanger at 9 ok"

"9 I tought you said enjoy ourselves",Whined Neol

"10.30 then,now get out of here.... oh I am going to the Legends Vista rooms on A deck if you need me"

"Getting a bit flash boss"

"Out of here now or I make it 7.30"

"By the way Wingnut,Nice job on the drones"I shouted after them,Wingnut just shrugged and stroll on.

Heading to the elevator I started thinking about tomorrow first up I am going to have to buy some software for the ships,Weapons would be easy I had a large quantity of I.R.E and P.A.C in Ooh Shiny,Shields however were a problem a big one.The best I could manage at the moment would be 2 5mj and 1 1 mj in each fighter including my own,which unfortunately meant we would each have 13mj of shield power,and 13 is not a good number.Checking my personnel logbook I searched for any Medium shield production fabs I may have come across,goram it not a single one.With that in mind I headed to the lounge of the legends Vista rooms,a hell of a view alright,though why it was called legends eluded me, Legends was 2 sectors away.I started to chat with the barmaid,a decent looking argon girl call lucy,I managed to glean some useful information of her,Primarily where you might get 25mj shields,and some interesting advice on where to find a decent,Non policed trade routes,turns out her father was some smuggler guy dealing in spacefuel.

Now the question of the skates pilot,First up Neol,During this mornings activities he had been remarkably agile in his manuevers,but when the droones got launch he became eratic did'nyt get a bead on any of them,I dont know did he freeze or if he pannicked,and I dont remember seeing him engage any of them in a tactical manner.
Then there is Wingnut,Unbelievably proficient combat flying and the drone incident was startling,he destroyed 3 before they had even unloaded from the dolphin properly.But he was little trigger happy twice nearly obeying my orders to stand down on bailed or looted ships,not to mention the loss of those tracker mines.

Goram it I need another drink...Lucy


I woke up the next morning to thumps and scuffles outside the door,wait where am I,Yeah now I remember I ended up in the crew quarters,I opened my eyes fully,and noticed lucy asleep on the pillow next to me,not bad old boy not bad at all,I eased myself off the bed and grabbed my shirt,wondering what all the noise outside was.Stepping out into the hallway I paused,There was 2 borons kicking seven shades of getsu out of a split who was curled up in a heap beneath them,Now Being in Prison for 5 years I had seen alot of shocking things,including a very nasty incident involving a man force fed a metal pipe but when you see 2 boruns laying into a defenceless heap on the ground you really do have to wonder where society has gone not just wrong but apeshit.As I watched the intercom blared out requesting all security personnel to regroup at the main security and financial offices,then the station anouncer advising all patrons to remain inside there cabins or safe locations.
"What the hell are we being boarded,jesus,I now realised all the shouting in the distance"

"Excuse me,can you tell me where the toilet is"I said staggering towards the 2 Boron.
"Go away argon this is not your buissness"Said one casting me a a quick glance.
"Krispy fried boron is it you basterd,Ugly woman split,said the other as he kicked the split in the ribs on every second word.

"Ah Frak it", I said dropping to my Left knee and grabbing the second Borons Tentacles and spinning him into a mid stomach punch sending him gasping for air.Turning I snapped my left arm out clipping the other boron in his eye,sending my right leg into hisshin bringing him crashing to the ground.

I checked the split,Unconcious,and breathing heavy but hopefully would be ok.I dont mind a fair fight or what might turn into a fairfight but that sort of thuggerry is too much.

Heading down the corridor and out onto the observation deck I saw flames in some of the shops the station sprinklers struggling to stop the spread,at the far end of the central market a large crowd of primarily boron were facing off against a smaller but exceptionally viciously armed split party,some paranids amongst them,and in between them a thin line of station security in Full riot gear.A bunch of teladi were standing with both parties selling them bottles and bars of metal.Sweet bloody jesus.


"Thank bleedin god,Its you guv"Whispered Neol,Peeking around some of the crates at the edge of the deck.

"What the hell happened,Its posibly the first time I have seen a boron using a fish hook as a weapon "I quipped

"Long story short boss,Well we sorta happened"

I Felt a dread rise up inside me,"What do you mean we sorta happened...

"Well me and wingnut had a bet for the um skate ,and well It wasnt my fault really,but um I sorta went through the boron market wearing a T-shirt that any reasonable boron might laugh off,but then some split arrived and it got sorta heated and well here we are so to speak"Neol winced as he finished a look of dread clear in his eyes"

"When I said enjoy yourselves I meant buy a few rounds not have your very own goram riot,frakking hell we will be lucky not to be arrested for inciting public disorder and kicked off the station"I said trying to keep the panic from my voice,"Do you realise this station is vital to our plan,and where the frak is that damn parranid"

"He is down there last I saw,he seems to be enjoying himself"
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[Nathancros]

ahahahahaha woops sorry boss


hehehe good thing i had my fingers crossed

The skate is still MINE

[Kirlack]

Personal Log: Neol 'Bastu' Jerigan.

"Out of here now or I make it 7.30" says the Guv. Well alright, I don' need tellin' twice. 'e wandered off to Gunne alone knows where, I made me way to the sub levels.

There's a lot goin' on down in the pits of these stations. Most 'civilized' folks don' know about it, or at least, they pretend not to. I do though, so I makes me way to a little bar I know called "The 'ole". Ol' Leo'll be right glad to see me bones again I reckon. And me cred.

"Neol!" he greets me as I walks up to the bar.

"Leo." says I with a nod.

"What brings your sorry hide back this way? I thought you was heading west to hook up with the boys over Brennan's Triumph?"

"Aye." says I. "Got into a bit o' a scuffle wit' the 'ead 'oncho though. Then this merc comes through lookin' fer pilots, so I signed up. Ended up back 'ere. Funny ol' verse ain't it?" Ol' Leo's laughin' at me. Wish I had a phase pistol right about now. Or a knife. Or a Hammerhead Missile.

"Shut it. Gimme a beer and frak off, or leave me in peace." 'e grinned at me, all fake concern that 'e might o' offended me some.

"Sure thing Neol." 'e says to me, pouring me a beer. "Why don't you spend the night with one of my girls, they'll see you right by morning." Memories o' diving 'ead first into the Guv's cargo bay after me last night o' passion was enough to put me right offa that idea.

"Nah, thanks mate. Think I'll just sink some beers, clear me 'ead a bit."

So that's what I done, for most o' the night.

Then Wingnut shows up just 'afore dawn. I were right trashed by then, and skint. 100 cred don' go none too far when every drinks costs 15. Mebbe ol' Leo were just taking advantage o' me. "Don't you know there's a war on?" Leo said to me. Cheatin' son o' an argnu.

So Wingnut starts drawlin' at me about 'ow 'e's the one what should fly yon Skate the Guv picked up yesterday. I disagree. Now, I don' like Boron ships none too much, but the Skate's a Skate, not a bleedin' Barracuda. Meanin' it's got turrets. Quite 'ow the Boron have survived so long wit' a fighter what's got no turrets I dunno.

Anyway, this goes on fer a while, til eventually the mad bastard says to me "Wingnut make deal!"

Some'ow I just knew I were in trouble.

Three dozen angry Boron, eighteen Split and one suicidal t-shirt later I were taking cover on the observation deck when I ran into the Guv. I swear I almost shit a brick. If 'e blames this mess on me I can see me getting shot.

"Do you realise this station is vital to our plan, and where the frak is that damn Paranid?" 'e rages at me. I can feel the pistol lined up on me groin and 'e ain't even moved a muscle.

"'e is down there last I saw, 'e seems to be enjoyin' 'imself."

***

Hahaha, Gosnell, loving it man. I hope I'm not taking the piss at all, if I'm overdoing it just yell at me.

MOAR!

[Nathancros]

i personally think gosnell is laughing as hard as we are


im realllly likin this/our/his story

P.S


THE SKATE IS MIIIIIIIIIINE Muwahahahah!

[Gosnell]

I am laughing just as hard,Only for nathan suggesting the t-shirt Idea gave me inspiration to write a riot on the station in.All our contributions make this better please keep writing lads or I your cut will be halved .

[Kirlack]

Does that mean if I write more I'll get a bigger cut? Neol does have a huge bounty to pay off!

[Nathancros]

I am laughing just as hard,Only for nathan suggesting the t-shirt Idea gave me inspiration to write a riot on the station in.All our contributions make this better please keep writing lads or I your cut will be halved .

*Bows* thank you thank you!!! for my next trick i shall fire myself in a hammerhead missile at the nearest split warship and come out unscathed in roughly... 5-100 years knowing split prisons XD?

[Gosnell]

Chapter 12 Stress
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After ordering Neol to head to the hanger bay and keep out of sight in case the station security should be looking for the catylyst to the riot and more importantly to make sure our ships hadnt been damaged or looted in the ruccus,I headed down through the ravaged hallways towards the station security offices, where all the detainees from the riot were being held.Entering the main door,I sighed, In front of duty desk and a very irritated Split Sergent ,was a large crowd some looking for friends and family,others looking to continue the inter species fight,and some very pissed off teladis angry at the damage to there shops in the main market.
Yup this was going to be a long wait.

I demand my son be released right now screamed one very finely dressed argon,his spittle striking the Split Sergent in the face.

Son break window and strike officer, son going to learn manners, said the split wiping his face free of spit

Split want tentacle, Split want try Eat'Squid Recipe number 24, Said one drunk split.

Boron do not understand, split make fight, my Dali only stabbed him in self defence.

17 times, 5 of which were in his back? An argon security officer smiled back.

Teladisss want compensssssation, Much damage to sssstoressss,Must give us Creditssssss...

LET ME SEE MY SON, NOW YOU IGNORENT PIECE OF GUTTER THRASH,OR I SWEAR...,Snapped the first argon.

Before anyone said another word,the Sergent drew his blaster and shot the argon in the foot.

Split tired,split angry,people be silent,or split may go postal,and you paranid get docter now or join argon on floor.....


Three hours,7000c,and the patients of a saint later and I was being escorted to the holding cells.As the lift doors opened,I did a doubletake,Thte room was comprised of 4 cells,2 large one each holding a number of screaming boron and split seperate,and the third holding argons,and then there was the fourth,with four semi concious paranids in various states of broken bones,and standing in the middle a bloodied, smiling wingnut.

Hello Boss,Time to check out, this hotel sucks,rude staff give me room with paranid.....

Hanger bay now..I said in a dangerous whisper.

Reading my expression I think my fury penetrated Wingnuts insanity,He fell into step behind me his eyes lowered,The guards staying well clear of him,then I smiled as I tought to myself he may be deranged but the scary derange can be useful extremely useful...
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Entering the cargo bay I commed Neol and told him to join us at Ooh Shiny.
"Any damge to our ships?
"No all ok guv,not even a scratch"said a tentative Neol
They were waiting for me to explode to tell them to get lost,maybe for me to draew my blaster.But I doubt that would achieve anything other than resentment that might turn into lasers in the back no,as much as they strived to make my life a nightmare I needed them,They know how to fly,and they know the pirating buissness.

"Ok T-shirt plan bad idea, Wingnut, I am docking your next take by 2%, Neol for being drunk enough to do it, I am docking you 2% aswell.However in light of you capturing 2 fighters I am also increasing your next take by 2%" I said holding a straight face.Hopefully they got the message, it go's both ways ,annoy me or compromise operations and they lose out, impress me and they gain.I paused..letting my words sink in for Wingnut,Neol was already smiling like a wolf.

"Ok I have decided who to give the ships to,both of them inhaled,I paused again just for fun.

"Neol your getting the skate...Your to act as wing defence,draw lighter fire and let your turrets defend against missiles"

"Wingnut,The barracuda,Your probally angry,but you are a brawler and I need you in something that will be the spear point in our attacks,You will be the wing assault ship"

Neol had a look in his eyes that seemed like pride,if i didnt know him better.Wingnut had looked upset at first but at the mention of spearhead he had started laughing gently,his a froth apearing at his lips.

"Oh and for the time being we have limited shielding,as in 13mj,so be careful,Lets head out we are going to pay a visit to the light of heart equipment dock first,then we go to haticvahs"
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4 hours later and we entered into Haticvahs.
"Right lads Lets be bad guys"
Our first targets were 2 teladi frieghters,One carrying 6 Ion Disrupters,and enough rockets to blow a large hole in a planet.Assuming the usual attack patterns,we engaged shredding his shields and requesting he drop his cargo, which he did eventually, being reasonable we let him go with 34% hull left.After picking up the cargo, we engaged the second frieghter, carrying 38 5mj shields,a short while later and I had yet another fighter to my name a Falcon along with 13 of the 5mj sheilds a further 7 floating in space,Scooping them up I ordered the lads to form escort on the Falcon bringing it safely in to dsock at the Aladnas trading station.
transfering all our excess cargo over to Ooh Shiny,We headed off again into haticvahs,for the next 3 hours we attacked 17 Ts class ships,and 6 Fighter traders.Of those 2 demeters, one dolphin superfreighter,and another falcon ,oh and I nearly forgot a Mako all surendered.It took us nearly four trips back and fourth between Haticvahs and Aladnas to transfer whatever we managed to loot.Before retiring for the night I sent Ooh Shiny to the Light of heart Equipment dock to sell the missiles we had aquired,I decided to keep the shields and larger weapons for later use.
A long day,I need a drink,wonder if lucy is on tonight...
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Assets
Nova Raider Taking The Piss/ Gosnell
Skate/CrashTest/Neol Jerrigen
Baracuda/What/Wingnut

Dolphin/Ooh shiny
Demeter/Ooh Ummy
Falcon/Refitting
Falcon/Refiiting

Todays share of the takings From Ordinance sales.
Gosnell 760515
Neol 103938
Wingnut 103938
Todays takings from ship sales.
Gosnell 304600
Neol 37950
Wingnut 37950
Good Job Lads, Good Job

[Kirlack]

*Neol boogies in his nice shiny Skate cockpit*



I love days like that. Nice haul!

[Nathancros]

hehe Wingnut will endevour to kill WAY more ships than neol so he gets the next big ship

failing that i has another deal i can make with neol, involving a An eva suit, a tomahawk missile, and the most heavily defended Xenon sector

[Kirlack]

hehe Wingnut will endevour to kill WAY more ships than neol so he gets the next big ship

failing that i has another deal i can make with neol, involving a An eva suit, a tomahawk missile, and the most heavily defended Xenon sector

Hahaha, Wingnut got the attack slot of the wing though man. He should be getting more kills now than Neol, so maybe the guv'll give him a bigger share

As to your deal....uhm....yeah....no. If it's not a firestorm I ain't interested