Barracouda

[masternerdguy]

Tobias "Barracouda" Brackman
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I was born on planet Manhattan 23 years ago. I was always a bit on the unusual side, doing things such as picking the limbs off of insects. As I became older, I moved up to fighting. But there was a problem, I was unable to win these fights.

I began to think of little ways to get my enemies hurt without them knowing it was coming. It started when I was 13 and planted 15 tablets of synthetic marajuana on Roger Pelkins on a day I knew the drug detection machine was being used in the school. This only happened once a year. The team was mainly looking for cardamine, but found the tablets and Roger Pelkins spent 2 years in juvenile detention.

As I developed, I began to think that I deserved better. I "rented" a starflier from a local dealer and set off towards space. I was blessed with several donations that allowed me to purchase a Sabre. I explored for a while, going from border world to border world. I saw outcasts and corsairs fight over useless systems and the order exterminating nomads whilst the BHG continuously tried to stop them. It was so dull, that I had a thought.

The universe has criminals only concerned with power and money. The outcasts ground out a fair profit by smuggling cardamine, and the corsairs ground up an even fairer profit via the artifact trade. These criminals were simply out for cash and never seemed to be truly menacing.

I decided that a better class of criminal was needed. I decided someone had to end the boredom of the sector. I started at home, tricking 30 families into paying fair to enter my Sabre as passengers on a low-cost trip to New Tokyo. Once in space, I ransomed them to the Liberty Police.

"I HAVE 30 FAMILIES IN MY CARGO HOLD", I said.
"IF I DO NOT GET 600K IN 10 MINUTES, THEY DIE. THIS DEADLINE IS NONEGOTIABLE AND THERE IS NO GRACE PERIOD" I finished.

Surely enough, it worked. I ground out a little profit and helped liven up the world at the same time. I tried this 3 other times with the same results. Then I saw that I had made about 2.2 million. I was becoming one of them!

I had to liven up the universe! I did not want to become a mere penny peddling pirate! So, I went to Houston with a hold of toxic waste and threatened to release it into the atmosphere. A daring BHG pilot stepped up and engaged me, so I dumped the waste into the atmosphere!

The waste should have killed millions, but it did not. The BHG pilot was able to intercept the falling canister before it hit the surface. He then sent a fellow hunter to track me across Sirius into Bretonia. My plan there was simple: I had rigged weaponized deuterium into a makeshift X-ray canister to generate a fusion igniting compression wave. If I wanted to I could dump the entire assembly onto the planet New London. The explosion would have a yield of 1.5 gigatons and would kill millions, if not billions.

I lied by saying that if I exploded, the assembly would. I am not that insane. I positioned myself upon the planet and sat there and made my demands. Then, the hunter found me!

He engaged, calling my bluff. I lost out and attempted to flee, but my ship was destroyed. So, I used that small profit I ground out to buy a new Sabre (with help from my insurance company) and ran to the remote Tau border worlds to plot my next plan...

I am the Barracouda, mastermind of Sirius. I am not a terrorist, a terrorist has a goal. A terrorist has a belief they are fighting for. A terrorist has an enemy. I am not a terrorist, I am a mastermind, living in the moment in the stars...

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[masternerdguy]

I was flying through new london again when I found a random diamond trader.

Stop
Stop?
*trader halts*
Scan my cargo hold
Toxic waste.
*he did not mention the 31 10k credit cards I had*
Im gonna make you a simple choice. 1: You get the credit cards and the toxic waste gets dumped into the atmosphere. 2: You take the toxic waste and I kill 3 random people
*Long pause
Hmm*
I do not understand.
*sigh*
Ok, either you take the the credit cards and I poison people with the waste or you take the waste and I kill 3 random people
3 random people
Yes
Why?
Because I go from system to system performing acts of terrorism
for fun
For fun.
I do not know which to choose
Thats the point! Both options hurt people but one of them helps you more and the other hurts people more.
3 random people?
But I don't have room for the waste.
That is not my concern
Alright, gimme the waste
*waste ejected*
*trader moves along*
Attention New London. Thanks to the action of Schoerder 3 random people will now die
Now do something about that waste before you hurt yourself!
*end*

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[masternerdguy]

From Bretonia I then headed into California. I held in my hold toxic waste and terraforming gases. Upon entering the system I saw a vigilante.

Halt
You dare give me orders?
Yes
*pause*
You have 10 seconds to explain yourself before I blast you out of space!
Ok, I am carrying 2 items: Terraforming Gases and Toxic Waste. I will release one of them into the planet Los Angeles atmosphere, both will cause great ecological harm. You choose which one.
I'll stop you
Stop me
*I begin to thruster towards LA*
*my escape pod was tractored to safety*

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