> - With access codes clutched in my hand i narrowly escaped the corporate machine that is Ageira Technologies, i now find myself staring at the Navmap wondering if i should just accept being the yes man or should i stand against one of the so called "BIG 3". Will i be greeted into the LH network or become part of the furniture at LPI Sugarland?
Its a risk i am willing to take.
> - Staring across at landing pad A6 the ship is exactly where the LH's said it would be, i manage to remotely hack the cargo bay door and climb in the pilot seat. The LSF are occupied with some fool docked in the wrong bay so i dont even catch there attention. as i gain altitude the communication module erupts with static. The words "Good luck Medrano" come from the console, I do not have time to comprehend how or who that was.
> - I head for Magellan and more specifically Mactan Base, Once there nobody bats a eyelid at me. Im just another guy looking for work, trade etc and that is fine by me. I open the instructions and carefully read what i must do, Retrieve the prototype is mentioned and then one word jumps out at me "Alaska". You hear horror stories of that place that once you enter your never seen again. I haven't got time to waste and let my mind do overdrive, I enter Alaska and punch in B2 and were away. I get the prototype without a hitch, that was a little bit to straightforward but i don't have time to think. I am out of Alaska and home free i think. Then my worse nightmare comes true. . . . a Xenos ship, pilots name reads "Aconthophis" his ship is quadruple the strength of mine. But he isnt approaching me but why not? I haven't even looked down at my scanner to notice another ship belonging to the Armed Forces ship pilot name "Zigg". I put my thruster on max and go by, i will never know if that ship was who it said it was but i am thankful it kept the Xenos ship busy.
> - I make enough credits selling the prototype to buy myself a second or third hand Rhino, its not much but its apparently need for my next task, i head for the barrier to try and acquire some famous Ageira white boxes the company's pride and joy. The site is a wreck with destroyed liners all over the place. I wonder what happened but i jettison the cargo and i am away. With the ship in auto-pilot i read phase 3, It reads reach Airdrie Hideout. I have no idea where to even begin so as i glance down at the Navmap i wonder where to begin, it occurs to me that the Liberty Rogues although rough round the edges have a established underworld network of there own. As i plot a course for the nearest rogue base i look up and im now 11km away from "Aconthophis" once again, is this a coincidence? how could he have followed me?
> - Yet again there is another ship but this time "PF-Tangra" and so once again i slip right by, are the LH's helping me or is all of this coincidence or luck. I know about Fort Mcmurray being the rogue base in a eternal storm, so if i am being followed i can lose them and they will probably think twice before venturing to far. I arrive and head for the bar and can tell i am in the right place, shady looking characters with scars and missing limbs. I ask the barman about information and he points me toward a character with a hood over his face staring out of the window.
"I hear your the person to ask about information" i say attempting to put on a deep voice.
the character smirks and says "Well the information you require will cost 250,000 credits."
I gasp and think how much!
"How do you know what information i require?"
He smirks once more and says "Come now, your smarter than that"
I hand over over the credits and the hooded character quickly moves toward the exit.
"Hey, what about my information?"
he smirks once more and replies "It is done"
i glance down at my Navmap and " Airdrie Hideout" appears all of a sudden. As i look up towards the elevator the hooded figure says "Good luck Medrano"
I grab myself a drink before leaving to ponder who the man was, how did the hideout appear so fast? was he the same person on the A6 launchpad? I down my drink and make haste for my ship, The storm is ferocious and the cold lake nebula inst much better. Have i been conned? I can barely see 100m in front of me when around 1km away from the said hideout it clears. Its complete peace as the Airdrie Hideout comes into view. I request to dock and after a brief moment. . . . *Static* . . . . Docking request accepted please proceed to dock 2. . . .*Static*
> - And here i am now sat in the bar, nobody will talk to so i play the waiting game. The barman points me towards the job board and i just say i am "waiting for someone". As i finish my sentence a few characters give a cautious smile, i think to myself whatever the outcome after this i am glad to finally be away from Ageira Technologies and starting a new chapter in my life.
PERMANENT AFFILIATION POLICY CONSENT: I hereby agree that my character will be permanently affiliated with The Lane Hackers. In case of leaving the official faction I am allowed to continue playing my character only under independent Lane Hacker affiliation in accordance to generally accepted Lane Hacker lore.
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