Ysberin Yale was never one to be very social, he mostly like flying and being by himself, but today was a fine day for him so he decided to share it with his comrades on Ouray. As he walked into the bar he noticed that there weren't many people there.
So he just went to order himself something strong to drink and started talking to the man infront of him not caring who he is, of today's hapennings.
" Oi comrade, you won't believe what kind of day t'day was ..." * he takes a sip of his drink * "... very hectic can't believe how many horrors I had to endure "
" First I had to fight with a LPI who didn't give up coming after me even after an Ion Storm had hit the New York system, he soon realised the error of his ways as his ship was blown up by my Supernova " * looks arround as if he expects the LPI to show up from nowhere but comes back to normal as the man infront of him looks strangly at him *
* he shakes his head and continues * " Anyway then as I was heading back to Colorado I encountered 2 Outcast destroyers near Fort Bush, and as you might have heard about me I never turn down a challenge so as they opened fire upon me so did I, we were fighting for about 2 minutes before the LSF and some capital ships came to take care of the Outcasts or that's atleast what I thought "
" As soon as the LSF were in range some of them opened fire on me and I had to retaliate and open fire upon them, one the Cruiser the LSFs had with them went down first"
" Then as soon as the Liberty cruiser one of the Outcast Destroyers went down, as soon as that happened another of Liberty's cruiser fell." * takes a breath from excitedly * " After that the second destroyer got blown up and I opened fire on the last remaining Liberty cruiser and did a quite some damage "
" But before the cruiser was even destroyed I had to change targets to the LSFs and they began falling one after another, after them I had returned to the Cruiser to see him with his shields up and with a fighter that had come to help him" * thinks hard of name * " damn I don't remmember the name of the fighter that joined in, oh well after seeing them both I began doubting I would come out of the fight with my ship intact "
" And I was right soon I was destroyed, but was able to save the black box of the Taiidan bomber Red October before I had to eject. I'm happy and sad to say that our enginers were able to extract only a bit of the information of the fight before the box was comepletly useless "
* he hands over a disk to the man infront of him *
" Strange is that I remember a Junker joining the fight at one point but beign destroyed soon, uh my memory is wearing thin these days "
* he then looks at the screen that the man put the disk in and watching his succeses and fails *
Ben Jacobs strolled into the bar with a huge grin on his face.
"Brothers and sisters!" he roared with his hands held high "Drinks are on me!"
A big cheer rose from the bar, after all free drinks always went down well with this bunch thought Jacobs.
"Whats the occasion Ben?" Evans the barman enquired.
"3 Liberty Navy destroyed by my hand Jason my friend" Jacobs flashed the barkeep a quick grin.
"Great news warrior!" Evans noted and placed a double whisky on the bar "must have been a helluva fight!"
"Yeah was thick and fast my friend, but I survived to see future battles!" Jacobs grinned "Let me place my data on the bar viewer" Ben handed a small data disk to the barkeep who took it and placed it on the viewer.
Jacobs was back in the bar again with his usual double whisky in his hand. He nodded at his friend
Evans as he came on duty behind the bar, Evans noted Ben was swaying slightly in his seat and deduced correctly that the old Xeno had been hitting the bottle hard.
"Refill Ben?" the burly bartender enquired.
Jacobs smiled and nodded, then pushed his glass in front of the barkeep.
"Been out today have we?" said Evans.
"Yeah I was out, had a few firefights too, lucky to get through today in one piece"
"Tell me about it then!" Evans enquired as he handed a now resupplied glass back to Jacobs.
"Well it commenced in NY as I came across a Hacker named Null.Sector, I met him yesterday and our battle was interupted by the law so today was round 2" Ben took a sip of his beverage. "His Raven Talon was tricky to pin down and the fight was quite lengthy, eventually though I managed to destroy his weapons and his ship systems failed so I destroyed his ship but was unable to recover his pod"
"Nice work Ben" Evans nodded "What happened next?"
"Well I was attacking the local Navy ships in NY when a LN popped on my scanners, long range sensors indicated numerous LN pilots were launching and I knew a battle was about to commence!" Jacobs drained his glass all the way and slid it back to the barman.
"Sure enough it wasnt long before I had 3 LN fighters, 1 independant navy and 1 LSF all over my ass! I received a comm message from an Outcast named Windrunner offering to assist and I gladly accepted. Windrunner proved himself to be valuable as he destroyed Jack Kirsche and LN Mahler, while I destroyed LSF Linkero and LN Walsh, LN Caspers ship appeared to hit a temporal anomaly and winked off my sensors!" (PC crash) Beb took his again refilled glass and continued.
"I considered engaging the Outcast now but thought I would let him off as he had proven useful, as much as a junkie can be anyway! Prospector had joined me now and we were assaulted by a Gunboat named Bean, after a protracted engagement our quarry fled."
"After I refueled on Ouray i received a comm message from Prospector that he was being chased by another GB, I hastened to his location and we both started to engage the Gunboat. It started to take Damage as LN McTavish arrived and we turned on him! Prospectors ship was destroyed with a weapon malfunction with his own nuke mine, which left me facing the LN and a GB alone. The GB continued to volley missiles at me relentleslly so I manouvered to Newark to use the facility as cover. Unable to get and angle to attack the remaining fighter thanks to the missile boat I engaged my cruise engine and headed home, Luckily I had only used 1 Nanobot during this encounter"
Evans grinned "Same ole Spear!"
"Heh, anyway it was fortunate I had left when I did as Prospector had returned to Ouray and launched from his Gunboat, he was under attack from an Outcast Destroyer and a Sabre in full view of Ouray! I engaged the Dessie quickly and the commander must have been Cardamine addled as he decided to try and take my ship out, giving the Prospectors crew time to inflict severe damage on the Destroyer. Eventually the Destroyer was brough down with the final hit comming from my guns!. We both rounded on the Sabre who attempted to flee but he was unsuccesful and Prospector finished off the filthy varmit."
"A great day! Here have another one Ben" Evans knew the old Xeno would now drink himself into a stupor and fall asleep. "Got any data recordings Ben?"
Jacobs tossed a chip onto the bar and smiled as Evans placed it on the viewer..
Joe Kriton entered the Ouray inn. He slowly looked around. It was his second day as Xeno. "Hey you lookin' for a drink, newbie?" said the bartender. "Yes, sure give me some good drink." replayed Joe.
Joe didn't knew most of the people so he sat on a table and looked if he can spot a familiar face. He slowly sipped from his drink and enjoyed the atmosphere of the Xeno base.
Kriton entered the Ouray Inn and sat on an empty table.
-Anything new around? - asked the bartender. -I have a short story to tell. But first gimme something to drink. - replied Kriton. The bartender gave him a glass of whisky. -So today when I went to New York to check what is going on I found one of our brave pilot. I'm sorry but can't remember the name. All I remembered was that he was from the Xeno Alliance and had just minutes to promotion and change from Hawk to Eagle. - Joe siped some whisky and continued his story - He was in New York fighting some bomber. So I asked him if he needs help. He was happy I was gonna join him. When the liberty scum saw me he begun slowly flying away in afterburns to Manhattan. - He sipped some more whisky - He somehow had the luck to survive to Manhattan and sticked himself to the cruiser. That wasn't a problem for us, but alas a second cruiser came. Can't understand why he was so scared to fight us and needed 2 cruisers and 4 gunboats to feel safe. We didn't get him but I think he'll remember us. Kriton drank all the whisky and payed the bartender. Then he left the bar and went to his quarters to get some sleep.
Jessica was approaching Ouray's Base, as they asked her to identify. She answered that she was a friendly Freelancer, after verification they allowed her to dock with the base, they were not aware of what they were going to see.
She docked, and as the internal airlock door opened, the Xenos in the garage froze for a moment seeing the Mjolnir slowly landing. It wasn't very common to see a Rheinland Super Heavy Fighter on Ouray. The engines stopped in a loud sound, the green smoke dissapearing in the same time.
The side door opened, Jessica was dressed with a strange outfit made of Outcast boots with recolored Rheinland Army trousers and torso, her long chestnut hairs covering the upper part of the torso from behind. She exited the ship with a metal chain link in her left hand, a few second after those in the garage were able to notice the two Liberty Police officier she had handcuffed with the chain link and dragging thems worse than dogs would be, approaching the small Xeno group. She dropped thems in front of the Xenos, as they were looking at the two LP officiers, noticing they had been beaten probably for questionning by Jessica. She dropped the chain link from her hand and said "Do what you want with these, they're not useful to me anymore." and headed for the bar.
She sat on a stool in front of the bar counter.
<< - Hiya bartender, said Jessica.
- Good morning miss, looking for something ? replied the barkeeper.
- A fresh and cold Vodka.
- And one Vodka for the miss, one. >>
She passed her hand through her hairs, sighing and looking at the people in the bar. A few seconds later, the barkeeper deposits the Vodka on the counter.
<< - Thanks.
- You're new here, aren't ya ? Asked softly the barkeeper.
- Somehow. I've been chatting with the Xenos for quite a time now, *laughs* atleast the non-extremist ones. And since I know you're going to ask me about my gear, yes I was part of the Rheinland Army. I say was since they consider me as dead on field. I'm a freelance now.
- I guess everyone asks you that all the time.
- Yup, getting annoying sometimes you know.
She turns her head to a panel in front of the counter, hanged on the wall.
- Is that the bounty panel ? Asked Jessica.
- Yes it is, are you interested in depositing a bounty ? Wondered the barkeeper.
- I am, I'm giving 500k credits to the one that destroys the ship of a cinderblock idiot named John Griffith.
The barkeeper coughs.
- Pardon me miss but, I saw this men two days ago here, and he's a Xeno, not very engaged in the cause but still a Xeno. >>
She laughs.
<<- Are you serious ? He looks more like a lost LPI officier than a Xeno. Says Jessica, the loud laugh spreading in the bar.
- I guess I have no choice then, said the barkeep with a smile, adding the bounty of Jessica on the panel.
- Many thanks, she said finishing her glass of Vodka just after.
- First and last time, miss ?
- I wouldn't be sure of that, barkeep. I'll be here for a few days, got things to repair and update, aswell meet finally in person my lovely Mr. Sunbeam. But I think we'll meet again in the future. >>
Ben Jacobs strolled into the bar and ordered a whisky. Taking the glass from the barkeep he nodded and lit a cigarete.
"Hows life Ben?" The burly barman enquired.
"Good thanks, just back from a NY raid!" Ben grinned "Shot down one of em LPI scumbags names Bauer and forced a merc by the name of Gon'Shar to flee!"
"Nice work my friend!" the barman noted with a smile.
"Thanks" Ben nodded "I'll be keeping my eyes open fer that Gon'Shar feller! I'm gonna make him bleed fer firing on Xenos!"
Ben ordered another drink and headed to the lap dancing section at the back of the drinking den.