06-23-2008, 12:38 AM
OK this is a character biography in progress I'll continue it another time though
Dreaming about swimming in a sea of gold and champagne Bianca wakes up to the sound of a buzzing channel. As she staggers out of bed she reads the message.
"...guild.........registration.....bounty.....hun...ters." She pauses for a moment. Yawning and mumbling to herself.
The sky was a mix of gray tearing with snowfall. And average day on New Berlin. She begins her stroll towards corner store when she is stopped by the sight of a behemoth engulfed in smoke and burn marks. She sees and approaches a middle aged man. Scratching her head she questions, "what happened?" The man looks at her then with a grim expression turns away, rubbing the left side of his face. He then mumbles "it was a sleeper ship." Raising her eyebrow and turning to the skyscraper converted sleeper ship across town. She chuckles "what?" "Don't make fun of me!!!" He yells. "I know what I saw." She then hears moaning coming from the transport. Turning around she sees a pair of paramedics rushing a man out on a stretcher, his face covered in blood rushing for several large cuts on his forehead. She then overhears a report from a large screen on a nearby building for the New Berlin News broadcast (NBNB).
Good afternoon everyone I'm Olga steiner reporting from in front Brandenburg border station where dozens of ships are awaiting escort from the RNC Bremen after escaping a brutal encounter with an unknown vessel which appeared from the gravitational anomaly near the Berlin Trade lane. Witnesses say they're convoy was halfway through the lane when it was disrupted. Shortly after the unknown vessel about the size of a cruiser began to open fire on the convoy of 30 transports. In the confusion the group began to scatter some turning towards the trade lane back to new Berlin and some continued desperately toward trying to to make it out of the of the asteroid field. Out of the 30 only 7 managed to escape destruction. The Rhineland military has advised all vessel in the system to dock at the nearest bases until the crisis is resolved.
The message then cuts off.
"You see?" The man turns away to speak with police officials descending on the other side of the landing pad.
She turns around and heads to the store, there she sees the Colonel. She asks "Hey did you hear?" "Yeah I heard I was there." he mumbles. Leaving the store she sees his advanced Train parked unscathed. She then turns to the row of totaled ships and their injured pilots. "No repair bill?" she ponders "I been in this game for a long." "The first thing you learn in life is how to walk and run, just because you're in space doesn't mean those rules don't apply". She chuckled and rolled her eyes. A gust of wind blows she looks up and sees a large vessel overhead. "What the...." she says. "That's a bounty hunter battle cruiser" the colonel answers. "But aren't they supposed to be in the omicron systems?" she replies. "True but but with more criminal factions getting their hands on house technology and hell even alien technology, We're beginning to see more and more capital ships like the one we just bumped into. The upside is we, meaning YOU get to see what you might lay your hands one day if you show some interest in your job". Bianca shrugged. "It looked like a sleeper ship they said.....maybe it was that sleeper ship that was lost during the exodus..... Bianca scoffed and responded "well don't expect me to hunt that bastard down. Even if I did It would take more than just my bomber to get him. And ill be damned if I have to split whatever reward with some sloppy merc." "Well then why don't you register at the Guild like everyone else?" They're the first to know about any bounties and they know how and what to do in situations like this." he replied. "Cause...." she mumbled. "Cause what? Afraid you might get your ass schooled?" he snickered. Bianca Pouted and reluctantly agreed. "Fine, I'll check it out."
Bianca headed to the repair shop to pick up her civilian bomber which had been damaged from an ill-advised use of a nova torpedo launcher. She passed through the docking ring. The orbit of New Berlin was swarming with Rhineland authority figures, "damn it was really bad out there...." thinking to herself. She reread the location of the the council meeting and began to make her way towards the Brandenburg border station, before she before she could pass through the ring she was then cut of by a Rhineland Wraith. "What is it." she nervously asked. The man in a deep Rhineland accent responded. "I'm quite sure you've seen the news report. I will not waste time asking you, however if anything happens to you or your property we will not take responsibility." BEEP Bianca heard his neural net activate. She began to activated the trade lane and prepared to jump......
Dreaming about swimming in a sea of gold and champagne Bianca wakes up to the sound of a buzzing channel. As she staggers out of bed she reads the message.
"...guild.........registration.....bounty.....hun...ters." She pauses for a moment. Yawning and mumbling to herself.
The sky was a mix of gray tearing with snowfall. And average day on New Berlin. She begins her stroll towards corner store when she is stopped by the sight of a behemoth engulfed in smoke and burn marks. She sees and approaches a middle aged man. Scratching her head she questions, "what happened?" The man looks at her then with a grim expression turns away, rubbing the left side of his face. He then mumbles "it was a sleeper ship." Raising her eyebrow and turning to the skyscraper converted sleeper ship across town. She chuckles "what?" "Don't make fun of me!!!" He yells. "I know what I saw." She then hears moaning coming from the transport. Turning around she sees a pair of paramedics rushing a man out on a stretcher, his face covered in blood rushing for several large cuts on his forehead. She then overhears a report from a large screen on a nearby building for the New Berlin News broadcast (NBNB).
Good afternoon everyone I'm Olga steiner reporting from in front Brandenburg border station where dozens of ships are awaiting escort from the RNC Bremen after escaping a brutal encounter with an unknown vessel which appeared from the gravitational anomaly near the Berlin Trade lane. Witnesses say they're convoy was halfway through the lane when it was disrupted. Shortly after the unknown vessel about the size of a cruiser began to open fire on the convoy of 30 transports. In the confusion the group began to scatter some turning towards the trade lane back to new Berlin and some continued desperately toward trying to to make it out of the of the asteroid field. Out of the 30 only 7 managed to escape destruction. The Rhineland military has advised all vessel in the system to dock at the nearest bases until the crisis is resolved.
The message then cuts off.
"You see?" The man turns away to speak with police officials descending on the other side of the landing pad.
She turns around and heads to the store, there she sees the Colonel. She asks "Hey did you hear?" "Yeah I heard I was there." he mumbles. Leaving the store she sees his advanced Train parked unscathed. She then turns to the row of totaled ships and their injured pilots. "No repair bill?" she ponders "I been in this game for a long." "The first thing you learn in life is how to walk and run, just because you're in space doesn't mean those rules don't apply". She chuckled and rolled her eyes. A gust of wind blows she looks up and sees a large vessel overhead. "What the...." she says. "That's a bounty hunter battle cruiser" the colonel answers. "But aren't they supposed to be in the omicron systems?" she replies. "True but but with more criminal factions getting their hands on house technology and hell even alien technology, We're beginning to see more and more capital ships like the one we just bumped into. The upside is we, meaning YOU get to see what you might lay your hands one day if you show some interest in your job". Bianca shrugged. "It looked like a sleeper ship they said.....maybe it was that sleeper ship that was lost during the exodus..... Bianca scoffed and responded "well don't expect me to hunt that bastard down. Even if I did It would take more than just my bomber to get him. And ill be damned if I have to split whatever reward with some sloppy merc." "Well then why don't you register at the Guild like everyone else?" They're the first to know about any bounties and they know how and what to do in situations like this." he replied. "Cause...." she mumbled. "Cause what? Afraid you might get your ass schooled?" he snickered. Bianca Pouted and reluctantly agreed. "Fine, I'll check it out."
Bianca headed to the repair shop to pick up her civilian bomber which had been damaged from an ill-advised use of a nova torpedo launcher. She passed through the docking ring. The orbit of New Berlin was swarming with Rhineland authority figures, "damn it was really bad out there...." thinking to herself. She reread the location of the the council meeting and began to make her way towards the Brandenburg border station, before she before she could pass through the ring she was then cut of by a Rhineland Wraith. "What is it." she nervously asked. The man in a deep Rhineland accent responded. "I'm quite sure you've seen the news report. I will not waste time asking you, however if anything happens to you or your property we will not take responsibility." BEEP Bianca heard his neural net activate. She began to activated the trade lane and prepared to jump......