04-20-2008, 07:47 PM
//This will all be based off ingame events apart from the intro, and i hope for daily updates, i also hope you enjoy reading this.
It was 25 years ago..... on July 10th 791AS on planet Leeds, when a new person was born, he was named Henry Smith.
He was a regular child, born into a regular family, with no above average abilities, and life was normal for the child, he never had problems in school, or making friends, until... When he was 8 years old, it was the summer holidays on Leeds, he and his family were looking forward to a nice and relaxing location on planet New London, as they could not afford tickets to Luxury Liner Shetland. The journey went smooth, they jumped to New London smoothly, and took the Tradelane to Kensington Shipping Platform, when disaster struck. Just as the family shuttle left the Tradelane, there was a huge battle, numerous Gaians and Mollys were fighting, as well as a multitude of Bretonian Police forces. They tried to ignore the fight, but a stray missile hit the shuttle and caused it to nearly blow up, power to engines were lost and Smith and his family were stuck just outside a huge battle. However, a Gaian ship accidentally hit the shuttle, causing a hull breach, and there were only moments to reach for the escape pods. Just as everyone got into their escape pods they launched, and soon found themselves in space and at mercy of the winner of the conflict.
However, as luck would have it, the escape pod was damaged and air supply was dwindling, He struggled to keep consciousness, but eventually faded due to the lack of air... He soon started regaining his senses, however his eyes would not open, and he only heard a small amount of talk between what looked like 2 doctors.
Doctor 1: He is lucky he survived, he was without air for almost a full minute before we got him here.
Doctor 2: He may have survived, however staying for such a long period of time may have left some bad effects on him... and we cannot be sure if he will ever be perfectly healthy again.
Doctor 1: What about his parents
Doctor 2: His father seems to be recovering rather well, howe.....
And soon he lost his consciousness again... He awoke again, this time, he opened his eyes and looked around, he noticed he was in a hospital bed and had a large oxygen mask on his face, he tried to take it off, but a Doctor stopped him, however, he eventually removed it as he saw the boy was capable of breathing on his own. The boy was very dazed, however he seemed to regain his senses quickly, and soon lay back down.
Doctor: I see you are awake, don't strain yourself, you were very lucky to get through that alive.
HS: Owww... My head, it hurts... Wait.. what happened?
Doctor: I wouldn't be surprised you can't remember anything for a while, you were without air for a minute, you were lucky you didn't get any serious brain damage.
HS: What... happened?
Doctor: From what we know, we found many escape pods floating above Kensington Shipping Platform after a huge battle there, only 3 of them were civilian, you and your father and mother.
HS: My family... Are they alright?
Doctor: Your father has already recovered and can walk and is doing very well, however...
HS: Wait.. My mother.. is.. is she alright?
Doctor: We do not know right now, she is still unconscious at the moment, but she is barely still alive..
The boy lay back down and tried to hold back his tears, but he couldn't he started crying, and the doctor decided it would be better to leave the young boy alone. As he left the ward, all he heard was crying, and crying, but it stopped as the boy finally fell asleep due to his headache.
After the shock Henry Smith recovered at a fast pace, and he was soon reunited with his father, however, they heard that his mother had not made it and died due to a sever concussion that occurred when her escape pod was bumped by a fighter. The boy and his father made their way back home, and spent the rest of their summer holidays together on New London, but then finally decided to work their way home back to Leeds, where they arrived safely. And life continued normally, until that day, when everything changed.
It was April 4thJohn Smith was now 25 years old, working on the BMM base LD-14, living a normal life, bringing home his paycheck everyday, and of course drinking on weekends, but that day something changed. Smith was just getting ready for work, almost ready to go when he received a message on his computer, it was from his boss. He skimmed most of it, as he knew his boss always wrote a lot of what he called "unnecessary bollocks" at the top, and wrote the real meaning at the bottom he skipped most of the mail until the bottom, where it read "I really apologize for having to do this, but as we have many far more capable people then you, we regret to inform you of the decision of firing you, we hope you have a nice day. He was furious, and when he arrived at LD-14, he demanded that the security let's him through, but they wouldn't let him, and eventually escorted him off the station, his only remaining choice was to go back to Leeds.
When he arrived back at Leeds, he was unsure what to do, he had 20,000 credits left, and no job. He decided to try his luck, he packed all of his necessities and boarded a transport heading to Planet Manhattan, he though that he would be able to make something out of his life there. When he arrived at Manhattan he just stared, he never was here, and the city truly was majestic and gigantic, but after the shock he said to himself: "I need a ship". So he went to the nearest spaceship store, however the prices were too much for him, so he decided to try his luck at a used spaceship store. After some bargaining he landed him self a used Starflier.
When he entered his new used Starflier, he immediately flew to the landing pad, he thought to himself: "I'm sure i can pick up a mission or a few tips from the bar there.. and i could use a drink.. and some money." As he started up the ship, the computer sprang to life, he was very surprised to find it loaded with an AI, something rarely seen on a ship, so he activated it, and it booted up, as the AI initialized it said: "Greetings master Ogris". Smith was unsure of what to make of it, and instructed the AI to fly to the landing pad, figuring it would save some hassle, the AI obliged without hesitation. As the ship flew towards the landing pad he was puzzled, just who left this AI in here? What for? But in the end he though: "Hmm Ogris huh? I kind of like that name... guess I'll have the AI stick around for a bit more". As the ship approached the landing pad, night started forming, he decided he needed some sleep, luckily there was a motel nearby. It was a crazy day for Smith, and he wasted no time going to bed, he crashed out moments after, he figured he would be better at deciding what to do when he wasn't tired....
//(I don't blame you if you don't read the above near 7000!!! characters of text.. but if you do, i hope you enjoyed it)
It was 25 years ago..... on July 10th 791AS on planet Leeds, when a new person was born, he was named Henry Smith.
He was a regular child, born into a regular family, with no above average abilities, and life was normal for the child, he never had problems in school, or making friends, until... When he was 8 years old, it was the summer holidays on Leeds, he and his family were looking forward to a nice and relaxing location on planet New London, as they could not afford tickets to Luxury Liner Shetland. The journey went smooth, they jumped to New London smoothly, and took the Tradelane to Kensington Shipping Platform, when disaster struck. Just as the family shuttle left the Tradelane, there was a huge battle, numerous Gaians and Mollys were fighting, as well as a multitude of Bretonian Police forces. They tried to ignore the fight, but a stray missile hit the shuttle and caused it to nearly blow up, power to engines were lost and Smith and his family were stuck just outside a huge battle. However, a Gaian ship accidentally hit the shuttle, causing a hull breach, and there were only moments to reach for the escape pods. Just as everyone got into their escape pods they launched, and soon found themselves in space and at mercy of the winner of the conflict.
However, as luck would have it, the escape pod was damaged and air supply was dwindling, He struggled to keep consciousness, but eventually faded due to the lack of air... He soon started regaining his senses, however his eyes would not open, and he only heard a small amount of talk between what looked like 2 doctors.
Doctor 1: He is lucky he survived, he was without air for almost a full minute before we got him here.
Doctor 2: He may have survived, however staying for such a long period of time may have left some bad effects on him... and we cannot be sure if he will ever be perfectly healthy again.
Doctor 1: What about his parents
Doctor 2: His father seems to be recovering rather well, howe.....
And soon he lost his consciousness again... He awoke again, this time, he opened his eyes and looked around, he noticed he was in a hospital bed and had a large oxygen mask on his face, he tried to take it off, but a Doctor stopped him, however, he eventually removed it as he saw the boy was capable of breathing on his own. The boy was very dazed, however he seemed to regain his senses quickly, and soon lay back down.
Doctor: I see you are awake, don't strain yourself, you were very lucky to get through that alive.
HS: Owww... My head, it hurts... Wait.. what happened?
Doctor: I wouldn't be surprised you can't remember anything for a while, you were without air for a minute, you were lucky you didn't get any serious brain damage.
HS: What... happened?
Doctor: From what we know, we found many escape pods floating above Kensington Shipping Platform after a huge battle there, only 3 of them were civilian, you and your father and mother.
HS: My family... Are they alright?
Doctor: Your father has already recovered and can walk and is doing very well, however...
HS: Wait.. My mother.. is.. is she alright?
Doctor: We do not know right now, she is still unconscious at the moment, but she is barely still alive..
The boy lay back down and tried to hold back his tears, but he couldn't he started crying, and the doctor decided it would be better to leave the young boy alone. As he left the ward, all he heard was crying, and crying, but it stopped as the boy finally fell asleep due to his headache.
After the shock Henry Smith recovered at a fast pace, and he was soon reunited with his father, however, they heard that his mother had not made it and died due to a sever concussion that occurred when her escape pod was bumped by a fighter. The boy and his father made their way back home, and spent the rest of their summer holidays together on New London, but then finally decided to work their way home back to Leeds, where they arrived safely. And life continued normally, until that day, when everything changed.
It was April 4thJohn Smith was now 25 years old, working on the BMM base LD-14, living a normal life, bringing home his paycheck everyday, and of course drinking on weekends, but that day something changed. Smith was just getting ready for work, almost ready to go when he received a message on his computer, it was from his boss. He skimmed most of it, as he knew his boss always wrote a lot of what he called "unnecessary bollocks" at the top, and wrote the real meaning at the bottom he skipped most of the mail until the bottom, where it read "I really apologize for having to do this, but as we have many far more capable people then you, we regret to inform you of the decision of firing you, we hope you have a nice day. He was furious, and when he arrived at LD-14, he demanded that the security let's him through, but they wouldn't let him, and eventually escorted him off the station, his only remaining choice was to go back to Leeds.
When he arrived back at Leeds, he was unsure what to do, he had 20,000 credits left, and no job. He decided to try his luck, he packed all of his necessities and boarded a transport heading to Planet Manhattan, he though that he would be able to make something out of his life there. When he arrived at Manhattan he just stared, he never was here, and the city truly was majestic and gigantic, but after the shock he said to himself: "I need a ship". So he went to the nearest spaceship store, however the prices were too much for him, so he decided to try his luck at a used spaceship store. After some bargaining he landed him self a used Starflier.
When he entered his new used Starflier, he immediately flew to the landing pad, he thought to himself: "I'm sure i can pick up a mission or a few tips from the bar there.. and i could use a drink.. and some money." As he started up the ship, the computer sprang to life, he was very surprised to find it loaded with an AI, something rarely seen on a ship, so he activated it, and it booted up, as the AI initialized it said: "Greetings master Ogris". Smith was unsure of what to make of it, and instructed the AI to fly to the landing pad, figuring it would save some hassle, the AI obliged without hesitation. As the ship flew towards the landing pad he was puzzled, just who left this AI in here? What for? But in the end he though: "Hmm Ogris huh? I kind of like that name... guess I'll have the AI stick around for a bit more". As the ship approached the landing pad, night started forming, he decided he needed some sleep, luckily there was a motel nearby. It was a crazy day for Smith, and he wasted no time going to bed, he crashed out moments after, he figured he would be better at deciding what to do when he wasn't tired....
//(I don't blame you if you don't read the above near 7000!!! characters of text.. but if you do, i hope you enjoyed it)