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[LancerZero]

Comm ID: Linus Koios
Vessel: Loose Ends
Location: Duluth Shipyard, Minnesota System

Busy day in Zonerville! Started out sour: found out my 'ole Mammoth'd cost an arm an' two legs to fix. Graham did somethin' really weird to her reactor, an' it's a miracle she didn't blow on the trip there. Turned around pretty quick, though; turns out Mathias (my gunner) apprenticed as an engineer on a 'moth before tryin' to join the military. I'm tellin' ya, the guy's a natural. Caught a shuttle to Hamburg to pick up a new Behemoth...'fore we were outta the system, he'd already tweaked the cruise engines. They're practically silent now, smoothest ride I've ever had!

Took a ride to New Berlin to break 'er in, and pick up some turrets from Bonn. Seems my 'ole Mammoth's liberty turrets wouldn't've fit anyway. Met Gabe at Brandenburg, an' we were off to the races! Except they weren't races, they were mazes of mines, with no mimes to make it interesting. We saw...

Sparta!...

in space.

Pretty nutty place, but I gotta tell ya, think I'd feel pretty safe there. After droppin' by to say hi, we went to Livadia to pick up some engine components to take to Freeport 11. Thing is, when stuff breaks Out There, you need stuff to fix it with...an' not much sucks worse'n having yer engines go out on ya in Delta. So we cruised into Delta with fire on our butts an' engines in our bellies. Or mebbe it was that bowl 'o pork an' beans I ate...anyway!

From there, we grabbed some iridium to take to the Mollers. I read Reggie's report, an', well...sad what some spacemonkey's're willing to do to others, eh? We mighta had some trouble goin' through Gamma if the Corsairs got wind of what we were up to...but turns out they were about to be sorta busy with a huge Outcast raid. We even saw 'least one battleship...Renge told us not to worry, though, which is good, 'cuz I was kinda worried 'bout gettin' caught in the crossfire. We made it through okay, though.

Omegas were pretty quiet...pretty sure every Corsair in space was rushin' to Gamma, heh. On our way through London, we met a buncha BAF in passing, and even got a wee Gaian escort wing for a bit. They had to fly off to go an' buzz a battleship or somethin', though, and couldn't stay. Just as well - I don't think the Mollies an' Gaians get along too good nowadays. No real trouble from there, either; just a straight shot to Belfast in Newcastle. Sold the Mollies 2975u of shiny Zoner iridium there - they seemed pretty happy about it, probably 'cuz it's not easy to come by. Pretty sure you can't even get the stuff anywhere in Bretonia.

After a quick drink in the Belfast bar, we bought some ship hull panels from 'em an' parted ways. The trip to Duluth Shipyard in Minnesota went smooth, too - brief scare when some fella named Sanchez seemed to be followin' me, but turns out we were just ridin' the same river for a bit. Gabe and I had a nice little talk with a passin' Freelancer, an' docked. Gotta do some routine diagnostics an' such on the 'moth, make sure everything's still shipshape. She's a fine ship, sturdy, great sensor suite, good firin' arcs on the fore turrets, an' plenty of crew space. Dahlia gripes 'bout her emissions, though...thinks Rheinland engines can't run clean, so her an' Mathias have been arguin' 'bout how to make 'em better. The Chao spins!

...in space!

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