Background Story
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Born to a middle class family on Manhattan, it was always about 'living the normal' life and not the one you aimed for....
Dream big, but do real... that seems to be the motto of the entire middle class on Manhattan, or perhaps Sirius.
From the start it was apparent that I wouldn't fit into the mould of the conservative and god fearing middle class,
my place was in space, amongst the stars, not in an office on Manhattan, playing drums on the desk, bored to death.
So I packed up, told everyone about my dreams and that for once someone from the busy hoods in Manhattan would take to
space rather than just talking about it. Saved enuf for pilot classes, flying, zero-g training, sirius trade classes, the works.
People said I was crazy, wasting my time & money, risking it all, for what ?
For the thrill of space, I said, for attempting to live the Dream I said...
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Got my ID
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Finally, got certified... Got my Civilian ID... Noob....
Start your engines, ignite, launch..... in space, aah what a feeling !
Left the dockring and looked back, what a sight, just like I saw it in my dreams, now in reality.
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New York System
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Open the NavMap - The New York System.
Plenty of tradelanes, lets try out a few. Lightspeed... cool......
Didn't take much time to reach Fort Bush. Hey, is that a Jump Hole, looks like it goes to Connecticut, maybe later....
Explored rest of NY.
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Rogues !!!
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Heard that there's a mining facility on Pittsburgh. It's a very different planet that good 'ol Manhattan.
What the heck, it's my first time to another planet, let's check it out.
Aah, there's the trade lane to the planet, lane jump initiated.
Trade lane disrupted... Rogues ! Heard about these guys, but why are they attacking me ?
Let's fire a few blasters. Damn, too many of them, my guns are seem like water sprinklers, time to get out.
Phew... Left them behind, gotta get myself something better than this space junk I have.
Pittsburgh, finally, dusty place... cheap commodities though...
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A new System
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Wonder how it feels to go through a Jumpgate. Let's try one then...
Headed off to West Point and then to the California jumpgate.
Next stop, California... System jump successful, all systems show green:)
This place looks a lot different from NY. Explored here a bit, then had the crazy idea...
how about taking the next system jump and the next and next, let's see how far out I can go...
As it ended up, I reached as far as Leeds !
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Bretonia
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Bretonia is a whole lot different than Liberty, new ships, new weapons and new Rogues... Molly's...
Sounds kinda cute, funny their intentions are not!
It's time to head back home.Since I've come here all the way, why not check the market.
Ship hull panels seem to be cheap here, can sell them at Baltimore Shipyard for a nice profit.
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Bretonia
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Reached Baltimore, finally some credits...
I'm sure there's a lot more money to be made by hauling the right goods all the way across that distance.
Got it... Take Boron to Leeds, nice profit:)Ready up, another long haul.
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Feeling home-sick...
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Sold all that boron. It's so much diff now, Bretonia Ale is different too. Time to head back home.
Whoa, what's that, an Advanced Train, huge... Must get one of these to haul cargo.
Tried to squeeze into the trade lane just aongside the train admiring it... bump... oops...
The train capt wasn't very happy over the comm channel... Sorry m8, didn't mean to.
Apparently, these things are a pain to manouvre, takes half a system to turn around, according to the capt!
Aah, finally, Liberty, head back to Manhattan... To the bar it is. Sidewinder Fang please !
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Silver !
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All this long distance travel, I'm not used to this, yet. I think it's just plain un-economical
to go such a distance with my junk of a spacecraft. Will need to try something local.
Got on the comm channel, heard something about a silver field in Colorado.
Well let's head out there...
Silverton asteroid field, apparently, the rocks contain silver, maybe a few blaster shots will reveal the prize.
Viola... Silver! Get collecting. Didn't take much time to fill the hold.
California seems to be a nice place to sell this... too far though, Manhattan ain't bad either... and it's a short run.
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Mining Silver...
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Mining silver seems quite good. Had a bit of trouble with the Xenos though.. Unfriendly lot.
Let's get on the comm channel... Well, citizens seems to agree... it's probably safer to get a larger ship to
do some mining there. Saved up enuf credits for a CSV, much bigger than what I was piloting before.
Plenty cargo too, this will be much better. And it was... except for one thing, the weapons were crappy.
Must change them on the next stop...
New Weapons
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Got some new weapons, much more effective against the Xenos. Got a few of 'em too.
LSF pays well for captured Xeno pilots. Wouldn't consider that as the only trade option though.
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