In year 786 after colonization of Sirius sector, was born a son of poor Corsair smuggler. His name was Maximus Decimus Meridius. His father was risking his life to provide food and water for his family. He was smuggling artifacts into Sigmas to earn for the living. His mother died, killed by a drunk freelancer when she was working in bar on Freeport 9. He wanted to use her but forgot that Corsairs rather die then loose honour. He shot her when she tried to fight back. Maximus was rise mostly by other Corsairs, helping in the docking bays on Crete. There he learned how to properly take care of ships and studied their weaknesses. Soon after he turned up 15, his father managed to gather enough money to afford a Dromedary freighter and start his big smuggler carrier. Max was watching his father very carefully, he wanted to learn as much as possible to help him and eventualy join him. One night when they were sitting in docking bay and they were having a supper, Max's father told him that he is saving some money for a nice apartment in Freeport 3 and with a little more effort, someday they will move there to leave all this mess behind. The image of normal, peaceful and careless life made them stronger. They were working twice as hard and twice as long to make their dream come true.
All dreams must come to an end...
One day when Max was hauling some supplies for Crete while his father was having a nap they were jumped by few Outcast fighters. It was just outside Hawai in Sigma. There was no Corsair patrol wing around and there was no help to come. His father decided that their only chance is to flee for Cryer base outside the Freeport in sigmas. While Max's father was steering the defence systems, Max set course for the station. Ship managed to dock with Cryer station but all the cargo was lost due to hull breach in cargo bay.
They knew that Corsairs artifact dealers won't let them take another load without anything to trade for it. They decided to take a job on Freeport 9 and get some money to buy the supplies or at least get enough money to buy another artifacts load.
They arrived in Theta few hours later and when they entered bar they saw a zoner watching them. Max couldn't bare someone watching his every move, he came to the zoner and grabed him. It was Maksymilian Fox, Merchant looking for freelancers to join him. Fox explained them the idea of his group. They were called Pioneer Corporation.
Pioneer Corporation was founded back in 720 by Fox's parents. They were bunch of rich zoners working hard to supply the borderworlds and edge worlds with supplies.
Max decided that this is exacly what they are looking for, a chance to break out from Gamma and start real life of Sirian trader. The took that offer and started their work in the PC. After long years of trading and smuggling. Max's father retired on Gran Canaria were he lived till the end of his days.
Max knew that this day would come and he was prepared. When Max came to his dad on his deathbed , he told him a story of Meridius family. It was a legend actualy. The story was about a proud and strong Corsair family back in the beginnings of the Corsairs Empire that were roaming Sirius with glory and pride. They were unstopable and rich. The Empire was founded by some of that money , Meridius family managed to gather by all these years. Unfortunatly Max's grand-grand father was tricked by one of his hermanos into bussines with Outcasts. After that trap Meridius family was declared traitors and all the money have been taken from them for the Empire treasury. Years were passing and the story of mighty Meridius family went blur and was forgotten. Max is the only decendent of that glorious familia. It was told that before the year 800 there will come the true son of Meridius familia and will bring back the glory over the family name. When Max's father ended the story he passed away.
This was a break point in Maximus life. He started to learn the fighting tactics and with some help of Corsair friends he managed to get skills in fighter ship class. One day while while cleaning up his father's old room he found a warcodex of Meridius family. It was just a small book with damaged cover. There he found the rules that he should follow to be a mighty and honourable warrior and good person. Maximus finally knew what was his destiny. He knew exacly what he needs to do and how to achive it.
After many years of flying under the PC banner. Fox decided that Max is capable to take over the escort fleet. Max was now in command of security units and had some very skilled pilots to fly with. Pioneer Corporation back then joined the Zoner Council as members of Zoner Union of Independents and started to work out their name as noticable group within the dangerous border and edge worlds. By helping the Zoners, Corsairs and the Order, Max was slowly working on his contacts and was making friends within groups of Omicrons and Omegas. Soon Maksymilian decided that Max is the person to take over the corporation. He stood down and gave all the power to Mr Meridius. Max decided that Pioneer Corporation can no longer hide on FP9 and that their forces need to move for a better bussines perspective. It was a wise move but dangerous. All Pioneer units currently were moved into Omicron Delta due to recent hostilities in Theta between some Zoners and Corsairs. It was a dumb conflict and PC decided to aid some of their allies but limit their action as much as possible to stay neutral. When Meridius arrived in Delta, Pioneer Corporation fleet was comming from Omicron Lost after exploration mission. It was known that PC main goal was deep space exploration which they could afford by earning money from large merchant division of the fleet. Max regrouped with Pioneer fleet outside the jump hole to Omicron Lost. Ships were formed and ready to move to the Kappa.
When Max decided to set course on Kappa suddenly from Omicron Lost they detected a possible contact incomming. While all ships focused their radars on that source of power, a horde of small nomad snubcrafts decloaked around them. It was a trap. A Jinkusu flag ship managed to shield some of the ships fleeing but it was a masacre. When Maximus was drifting away in his escape pod he saw a blast of the flag ship and Nomads vanishing in the Lost jumphole. He knew...it was over. The pilots who survived were paid the share of money left from selling Pioneer Corporation assets and it was the end of once strong and prosperous faction. Maximus knew that it was the only way to repay those people for the loss that they experianced...it was the only thing he could and had to do.
Left only with his Corvo ship and few crew members survived from PC jinkusu, Max set course on Omicron 74 where some of his friends decided to join the Omicroners. It was oportunity for Max to rebuild and recover from the loss. He's never stopped blaming himself for that atack. The anger was unimaginable it was pushing him forward and at the same time it was making him blind. He was taking risks that noone would even consider. That lead him to another dissaster. In 817 Maximus decided to lead an exploration mission into Lost system to look for remaining nomad ships and to have his revange on those squids. Once again he came into Nomad trap and his ship was damaged. This time Maximus decided that he is going to fight them off or die trying. The battle lasted for hours and the wings of nomads were numerous. It looked like they were organising for some powerful strike...then he understood. The nomad target was Minor. He knew some of the agents there, as a PC member and Omicroner he had the respect of pilots there. Blasted squids blocked his transmission and he couldn't warn them. The nomad force was massive...the single corvo failed and was left wracked in the Lost deep dark space. Emergancy Signal received by Omicroners saved him after weeks in hibernation. Corvo was recovered and returned to Omicron 74. Soon after Omicroners tired of living in such hopeless space decided to leave in search for a better home deep in space beyond the Sirius borders. Maximus decided that he couldn't leave Sirius.Not now, not yet. He had to stay and he had a new mission. He sweared on his father's name that he will hunt down every Nomad and will kill every infected till he will wipe out their blasted species.
Maximus started to make regular raids into Omicron Minor other Nomad sectors to destroy as many as he could. He was fighting and waiting for oportunity to settle down... He is now strong...marked by the past events...skilled and wise but still angry and unforgiving. His story is about to begin and the legend is to come!
//I know the name is an import and I know that probably I made here an uberzonercorsair but I picked the name from my favourite movie and it was back in the times when I was actualy a noob. This character is on discovery server with me from the start...I've never had enough time to get to this so here it is. Any feedback...constructive one...is welcome on PM ONLY if anyone would like to send a message my character I suggest communication channel - this topic will probably work as a diary of my character - I would like anyone to NOT POST IN HERE and all posts should be discussed with me before it will appear here.
Maximus was rescued by the Omicroners in the Omicron Lost. He was looking there for the remains of the destroyed Pioneer Corporation ships. When the nomads atacked he managed to detect something big driffting on the orbit of planet Moros. After Maximus recovered from last visit in Lost he decided to go and check that system again. It was his duty to retrieve every piece of the faction he was in charge long time ago. He was looking for the remains of the destroyed fleet for months and this could be a chance to finally find something other then scrap metal.
When Maximus in his corvo arrived in Omicron Lost the memories of battles and two times he nearly died in this blasted system striked him like a needle in the heart. He knew that something is there ... creeping in the deep dark space of that system. He placed the waypoint of the detected ship and set off for the Moros orbit. While going through the asteorid ring around the planet he saw something nearly crushed into the orbit. Drifting on the edge of atmopshere there was a badly damaged flagship...last left statue of mighty Pioneer Corporation fleet. Maximus recognised it. It was the one he saw exploding when he was drifting in the escape pod that day. It seem the blast was from one of the engines and ship was just badly damaged. Drifted into the jump hole and nearly crushed into the gas giant but the asteroids ring stopped him. Maximus decided to board the ship and see the damage.
Corvo slowly stopped infront of the docking bay doors. They were blocked. Maximus moored the corvo and cut a hole in the bay doors. He entered the docking bay. It was ruined. Scrap metal and equipment flying limply in vacuum. He went straight for ship's bridge. Controls were destroyed. All systems are offline but on board AI is still active.
To save energy AI turned itself on a standby. A bright red light flashing on the console was waiting to be turned on. Maximus pushed the button. AI woke up - This is Pioneer Corporation AI Kate. The ship has been damaged due to nomad atacks. Enter the Pioneer ID code to proceed.
Maximus stood for a while shocked...then pulled his old ID card. Placed it in the console. - Nice to see you again Captain. - It's...nice to hear you again Kate... - What are your orders Sir? - I need a list of things we need to replace and possible commodities required to bring this ship back home. - Working on it. Question: Can I draw some energy from your moored ship? It will help me a lot. My energy status is on 3%. - Go for it Kate...It will definitly take a while before I launch the engines of this beaty..We will need some help... - Roger Sir , ship's hull is stable...we have few holes but it's stable enough to move. We will need new shield and a lot engine parts..apart of that generators are destroyed and biodomes are smashed. We need addition FloraGro and H-Fuel to move the ship and get needed Oxygen. - Right I get my corvo and bring the needed materials and crew. I will come back for you Kate.
Suddenly a weird feeling striked Maximus...the feeling of being watched...he turend around but he was alone. Darkness covering the ship was cold and unfriendly...and a voice appeared in his head - Heeelp us...we are dead....dead....don't leave us - Who's there!? - Maximus pulled out his gun - It's us....we are the ship.....
Maximus couldn't understand what happend and if he was dreaming or it was true but the voice stopped... - I am starting to hear things...that's not a good sign...last time I saw a zoner hearing things the whole station exploded...haha well it must be the adrenaline - Kate standing by , power was cut for a minute..what happend Sir? - Nothing Kate...nothing...the ship is empty? No survivors? Boddies? - No Sir...I am sorry but the nomads boarded the ship. I was powerless to stop them...I believe they might have done something with the left behind boddies - .....yyyyeeeesssss...... -Allright Kate. Turn yourself on standby and keep the emergancy signal going it will help me to locate you when I will come back. - Roger Captain. Shutting off.
Maximus went back to Corvo and set waypoint on FPXV a group of engineers and crew were waiting there for him. The Lost Pioneer has been found...destroyed...changed...rescued.
During the last few weeks Maximus and his crew were rebuilding the Lost Pioneer. The ship has been repaired, biodomes fixed and all systems were updated and checked. Engineers from Livadia done some real good job with the hull breaks and the ship was like new. Maximus gathers science teams got crew and supplies and started his project.
His aim was to find the sourse of nomad power and destroy it. His new ship was stronger then the last one. Armed with better defence systems and stronger hull upgrades. It was much more capable to face possible nomad strikes. He set off first for Zeta.
Omicron Zeta was an empty system. Apart of one Order outpost there wasn't much to explore. He aimed for one of the nebula and by using a search pattern he found some Nomad instalations. It appears that an old Iota jumphole from Minor has moved. Without hesitation he ordered to prepare the jump sequence. With few mortar rounds he disabled Nomad defences around the jumphole and proceed to other side. After the jump they arrived in completly dark system...desolated dark space with two nebulas. A gas giant in the middle was the first waypoint. He was suprised that Nomad defences were so weak...that their fighters didn't swarm him just after the jump and the most weird thing was Kate. She was ... diffrent from the time they entered. It's weird to even speak about AI behaviour but in this particular case Kate was rather specific. The nomad presence in the system was noticable but something was holding them back. Maximus ordered to proceed into one of the nebulas. Once they arrived people started to report strange events happening on the ship. Maximus at first ignored them but soon he realised that taking civillians on such trip could have been a mistake. After days of crossing the asteroid field in the nebula they finaly got something. A small disturbance was discovered but the nomad presence was to high to break it. Maximus ordered to fall back into Zeta and possibly look for another way to get pass that point. He hoped to find some other jumphole heading for that space. After searching into Mu with Order escort from 141th fleet he arrived at Minor.
Omicron Minor was a graveyard...He wasn't there since the atack in Lost...but the sight was terrifying. He knew that the same force that destroyed his ship atacked Minor later but he couldn't even imagine such destruction. Toledo...all covered with burnning volcanoes...The planet crushed and it's survice smashed into space. Around It ...tons of wrecked ships...including the famous Isis...The sight was making him even more furious...Not only that he failed to save his friends but he could warn the Order...they could survive such force. Maximus decided to check the jumphole to Omicron 92 ...He knew that before there was high Nomad presence in that system and it could be useful to search it for clues.
When he arrived in O92 Order agensts intercepted him. A warship Sun Core with multiple escorts from the Taskforce One For One fleet have been acting suspicious. Maximus decided to head for Delta...just in case. On the way there his cruise engines went down. During the long flight Agents started acting weird...At first Maximus thought It was stress caused by the Minor. When they finaly left the Minor system and left the Nebula outside the jumphole in Omicron Zeta. Order agents started scaning the ship in order to find the damage to the cruise engines. Earlier this was impossible due to asteroids and nebula blocking the scanners. Now when they arrived in open space the ship was finaly clear for scanning. 141 pilots detected hull breach in sectors around the cruise engines bay. It would seem that ship has been striked by a large size asteroid. A size of light fighter craft. Maximus tried to fix that by sending onboard engineers squads but they couldn't breach the bay doors. While Maximus was trying to fix the damage done to the ship the pilots outside the ship were having somekind of visions...it was strange that noone on the ship was facing such problems. If it was the nomads it would most likely effect the people on the Pioneer but no such thing was reported. Maximus ordered the crew to get back to their cabines and security guards has been placed in all key places around the ship. Order agents decided that the ship must to be boarded. They suspected that Pioneer could have been tempted with by the Nomads. Maximus thought it was a stupid idea... How could that be if the ship was nearly build from basis. There was nearly no parts left from the scrap he managed to bring back. The shell of the ship...some basic control systems and Kate. The last one was the thing Order was most curious about.
When Order agents decided to board the ship Maximus ordered Kate to reboot herself and check for any errors after the reboot. He trusted her ... she was an AI but still she earned his trust and helped him since the beginning when the old Pioneer has been built. Kate was a friend...not a foe...why would she harm anyone? Maximus was worried...after high alert being set on the ship and people being closed in their cabins report from the security chief arrived. Apart of some light system failure there was one distrubing news...43 people were missing and Cruise Controls bay was blocked. The Order ship with engineers and scientists from 141 was on the way. The Lost Pioneer is about to reveal his secret.
Maximus enters the bar on Freeport 11. He looks sad...but not sad like he lost a game of poker...he lookes depressed. He sits at the bar
- Bartender , bottle of the strongest thing you ve got...
- Here you go lad
He take the bottle and sits down in lonely table in the corner.
He thought - After all these years...I have been fighting these freaking creatures all my life...I have lost so many friends to this pointless battle...and now it happens again...they are playing with me... - he take a glass and fill it up - They use my anger...and now they used Kate...against me...against my friends...I am killing friends now!? - He trows the glass in to the wall and take the bottle in to hand - This was the last time...I am going solo now...no crew...no friends...just me...my ship and my gun...I am gonna kill every single one of them...or die trying... - he takes the bottle and sips the fluid - " Guhhhhh what the hell is this rocket fuel!? " - good at least it's strong...
Completly wasted Maximus passes people leaving the damaged Lost Pioneer. Evacuation of the ship is nealy completed...it's only him...and the wreck now...and a bottle of this horrible fluid. Maximus decided to hide the ship...in the nebula behind the planets...on the edge of the system...it will be recovered if needed. Before he did that he arranged some on board robots for security...they were to shoot everything that comes in range...they were deadly...deadly enough to keep the ship safe.
When he was leaving the ship he saw the flashback from the past - the one when he was drifting away from exploding ship...It's 2nd time he is leaving it and it's 2nd he cries. He comes back to Omicron 74. He heard about left behind Omicroners planning something. He decided to give it a try...he has nothing to loose now.
Maximus gathered needed supplies in his Osprey's cargo. Additional Oxygen, water, food rations, synth paste, some medicines and other stuff that might be usefull in long, deep space exploration missions. He knew the danger and he was well prepared for all that he could encounter. After few days of preparing and gathering intel that he managed to save from the Lost Pioneer he finally set off.
For Omicron Iota.
It wasn't first time Maximus tried to breach the Nomad defences but this time it was diffrent most of his trips into this infected space was in something capable to fight off the swarm...warships of all kind...but this time it was only him and his skills. He managed to evade most of the nomad wings and even gathered some of the remains but he didn't come there to fight the nomads alone. He was there to find the secret behind their power.
Sneaking around the system that is mostly dead and unfriendly was easy at first. Flying in the Nebula allowed him to hide from numerous nomad crafts. Few days of searching and exploring was finally giving results.
Maximus discovered a defensive perimeter that Nomads where defending furiously...It was obvious that they are defending something. Not only the resistance was stronger but the sector was covered with something similar to human minefield. Mines were strong enough to stop a warship but it's densification wasn't that hard to avoid in a fighter ship. Maximus decided to risk it and went directly inside the field. Few minutes later he managed to make few scans of the objects inside and then he was forced to retreat...the nomad presence was too massive for a single fighter to handle...The scans obviously were showing somekind of structure in the middle. He also picked few alien gate shape things...He saw similar structures in Newcastle and in Omicron Minor. Finally he was on to something.
He decided to rearm and repair the ship before he goes any futher. The nomad presence in the system is large and staying there too long will most likely end in his death. The only way to get some better scans and possible samples is to get some ship capable to carry more supplies, some science equipment and possibly few crew members crazy enough to go with him. Maximus knew that the GMG has such vessel and he had requested permission to use it before he went on the first trip. Now he must wait and hope that old allies won't forget about the past and will help him with this task...This might be a breaking point in fight against the nomad infection and such oportunity must not be wasted.
Maximus spent weeks on deep space exploration and scanning the nomad systems. When he came back and reported back to rest of the Phoenix members he realised that currently what matters is to settle down and seek new home for those who are left. As one of the leaders in Phoenix high command he helped in contruction of their first settlement and temporary hideout - the Siberia Hideout - with a lot of effort and time few ships managed to build a well suplied base that is capable of suppling the core fleet.
Maximus also decided to find and rebuild his Lost Pioneer ship...in order to provide security as well as mobile base for those who are now members of the Phoenix.
The work is still in progress and goals are being discussed but the Phoenix seems very similar to what Maximus wanted to achive while he was leading the Pioneer Corporation. The memories of lost fleet , brothers and sisters ... friends ... makes him more determined and cautious in planning the moves of the faction but with combined work of all the leadership and members he believes that this time his new family will survive and develop - at the end he might prove himself a leader and hero for people who trust him...and he will fulfill his destiny by doing that.
Some time has past and the path of destiny for Maximus seems twisted again. While the Phoenix grows in numbers and Siberia is developing into full size base of operation...a first place his brothers and sisters can call home, the situation in Omicrons is getting worse. Maximus has been studying the Nomad moves in the sector for years...some of the studies has been paid with blood but that only proved that the cause is worth the cost. Maximus research indicate that since the last big move from the Nomads the Omicrons seem to fall under their influence more and more everyday. High presence has been detected in the systems of Zeta, Minor and Delta as well as all systems surrounding those. What seems a mistery is the reason Nomads aim for the uncharted and rather empty system of Lost. Research indicate that Nomads do not enter the system with small groups. They rather gather forces and form somekind of strike forces like they would plan atacking something...or someone. Since latly the 77th group appeared in the Lost system and took control of it - it seems that they are the target for Nomads...maybe they see some threat in those...humanoids...or maybe they simply try to eradicate and destroy the new alien species before it grows...maybe the 77th group is recongnised by the Nomads as a threat to their existance. There is too many "maybe-s" in all these recent events. What's for sure is that Omicron Delta and Zeta are not so free as they used to be. Maximus needs to focus now on survival of his people and he must secure their future. His research will be limited due to recent claim of Omicron Lost...but he won't stop untill he finds all lost remains of Pioneer Fleet ships...or at least the sign of their destruction. He cannot afford those to be captured or data they carried to be lost...it's not much more that he requires to recover and while he remembers the risk he also knows the responsibility.
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