Entry From:Zylar Vespertine Vessel:Eventide Location at time of Log Entry:Freeport 11, Omicron Delta Subject:New Beginnings
I have begun to the task of creating a new purpose. We are Zoners but we also understand the threat that the Nomads pose to humanity at large. We will do whatever we can to safeguard humanity from the alien infestation, even if we have to use our teeth to end them. The Order do a wonderful job of safeguarding humanity, but are sometimes bogged down with dealing with bureaucratic situations. Due to our ability to remain neutral, we can avoid all of that and cut straight to our purpose: Ending the Nomad threat.
We are not a faction. We never will be. After the fall of the Zoner Defense Fleet, we have sworn to remain independent. Instead, we are a loose group of Zoners and Outworlders that understands the greater threat to the Sirius systems and will do whatever we can to aid those with similar goals. A group of people who have gathered together for a single cause. We are small a very small fleet at present with only two ships to our name. Although if one Freelancer and a group of Order could put a stop to the Nomads 29 years ago, then imagine what a Carrier and Destroyer could do on their own with their crews backing them up.
We also plan to call on all Zoners and Outworlders alike to join us in Omicron Delta. To aid us in our goal. To be the firewall between those beings that lurk in the void between stars; that would shepherd in the darkness and put an end to our species. To be the sword and the shield that ensures that they do not get their way. To ensure our very survival. Answering this call will not require any commitment on their part. There are no ranks, there are no meetings or requirements. No bureaucratic nonsense that will bog us down with hostilities or demands. No House systems enacting their oppressive laws on us preventing us from our goals. We will fight and we will win against these things that lurk out here.
...or we will die trying.
These log entries will be a place not only for myself, but those who wish to join with Elysium's Shield in time. For now, they are restricted to Kasumi and myself. I hope that we are able to open them up to more people in time. Anyway, with this coding of the new log completed, we have more sorties to run against the Nomad scum out here.
Name: Zylar Augustus Vespertine Age: 34 Hair: Black Eyes: Amber Background:
Zylar Vespertine was once a Captain in the Bretonian Royal Navy during the height of the Gallic Wars. During those wars he lost many of his close friends, including his wife. He went AWOL shortly after he death and disappeared into Rheinland where he became a bartender. Several years later, the owner of the bar he worked at died, and he was blamed for his death. This brought the Bretonian Navy onto his doorstep where he was being extradited to Bretonia to stand trial for going AWOL. He was broken out by a young woman who claimed to be the grand daughter of the man he worked for at the bar. It came to be that he was left all of his possessions and Zylar began smuggling for a living.
During a regular trade route, a Jump hole malfunctioned and threw him outside of known space where he discovered an old Nephilim Colony Ship adrift. Through sheer dumb luck and stupidity, he had managed to jump the old Colony Ship back to Sirius space where he was rescued by a Zoner. After many days of speaking to the Zoners on Gran Canaria, he discovered that he was actually a Zoner as well and had been kidnapped as a child by his mother. His name had been changed and he had been hidden. Discovering this, he took back his birth name of Zane McAllister and started the Zoner Defense Fleet to protect all Zoners everywhere. However, things were not meant to be.
The ZDF "experiment" had failed. Zoners didn't want or need a Defense Fleet and the House systems did their damnedest to ensure it failed. Afterwards, he swore his revenge but came to discover the true threat to all of Sirius: The Nomads. He and a former member of the ZDF, Kasumi, pledged to fight the Nomads as long as they existed, forming Elysium's Shield, a loose group of Zoners who are beholden to no factions or rigid hierarchy and simply want to fight Nomads and their pawns. He is the Captain of the Eventide Zoner Carrier as well as the ZSS-Defiance Nephilim Colony Ship.
Name: Kasumi Ito Age: 32 Hair: Chestnut Red Eyes: Amber Background:
Kasumi Ito was once a lifelong Blood Dragon until a friend showed up on her doorstep and took her away from that life. Weeks passed before Zane had discovered that the Zoner ship they were flying was stolen. Zane gave her a choice. Either he could take her in and face Zoner judgement, or he could join the ZDF. She agreed and joined the ZDF under the condition that her friend would go free. Zane agreed and she began her tour as a Zoner...but it was to be short lived.
During the defense of Freeport 1, she was chased away by Bretonian forces at gunpoint. Chased away by a House military from around a Zoner station. She left the ZDF shortly after and departed for the deep Omicron systems. She vowed revenge on the Houses, even at one point planning to commit terrorist acts against them. Until Zane, now Zylar, convinced her to go down a different path: To be Humanities shield against the oncoming darkness. She agreed and flies the Katakiuichi Zoner Destroyer, ensuring that the Omicrons are rid of Nomads where ever they show themselves.
Name: Jack (last name classified) Age: Unknown. Appears late 20's. Hair: Black/Red Eyes: Green Background: Classified. The only info known about Jack is that he tends to perform intelligence operations for Elysium's Shield and regularly changes the ships he flies to avoid suspicion and/or detection.
Entry From:Zylar Vespertine Vessel:Eventide Location at time of Log Entry:Freeport 14, Inverness Subject:New Discoveries
We had a busy day tonight and some interesting conversations with some colorful things. No I'm not referring to Nomads. We'd have blown them up before having a conversation with them. No I'm speaking of colorful in the vein of interesting.
We began our night like any other night, we stocked up, and left the Freeport in search of Nomads to hunt. A few sorties into our evening, and we came across our old Order friend, "Hi-1". Although tonight he was on another ship named "Hi-4". I'm not sure of the significance of the naming conventions. I might have to ask him later for clarification on that if I'm cleared for that knowledge. We discussed a few things during combat. The Nomad bombers weren't posing much of a threat to either of our ships, so it was easy enough to kill them without much effort. Before long, an AI vessel showed up followed by a DTR shortly thereafter.
Now, we're not openly hostile to the AI. In fact, we try to carry on some sort of conversation with them but it always ends up with them attacking. This one, however, began attacking Nomads and avoided attacking us. Once the entire Nomad threat was dealt with, the AI requested information. It appeared to be in some kind of "learning mode" or something as it kept querying different questions concerning us. Eventually, the AI left to perform a subroutine of mapping the system. We let it go as it didn't appear to be a threat. Shortly thereafter, another Order vessel appeared, this one an Osiris that appeared to not be apart of Overwatch. We discussed things with it's captain before mooring the Eventide at the station and taking our Gunboat, Mad-Hatter down to Inverness to see what the status was down there concerning the Nomad infestation in that system. As we entered the system, we noticed an old Freelancer friend, Cordosha, shooting at a Nomad fighter.
We had a brief discussion with him before getting down to business and taking care of some sorties from the Freeport here. He mentioned that he had to depart for a while and docked at the Freeport, no doubt to sleep off his combat fatigue. Learning how to fight these things can really take it out of you. I wished him well and docked as well. I've got a room for the night here. There is something about this system that is puzzling. It's very close to Liberty space which makes me uncomfortable, but it's more than that. I've got a weird feeling about this place. I might have to investigate more.
That's all for now. I'm going to get some rest. More tomorrow unless I decide to take a break...although, we can never take a break from the threat of the Nomads.
[13.06.2022 10:50:10] Order|Hi-4: Guten Tag, Zoner captain.
[13.06.2022 10:50:18] Eventide: Zylar: Salutations, Order.
[13.06.2022 10:50:41] Eventide: Zylar: Just doing our job cleaning up the system.
[13.06.2022 10:52:41] Order|Hi-4: Good god you have many nomad remains.
[13.06.2022 10:52:52] Eventide: Zylar: We've been busy. *Chuckles*
[13.06.2022 10:52:53] Order|Hi-4: Do you plan to do anything with them?
[13.06.2022 10:55:26] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::01001000 01101001:::
[13.06.2022 10:55:32] Eventide: Zylar: Hmmm, AI.
[13.06.2022 10:55:54] Unit-Sigma-Iota: ::Coherence detected:::
[13.06.2022 10:55:56] Order|Hi-4: Hi to you as well.
[13.06.2022 10:56:06] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Threat-level significant:::
[13.06.2022 10:56:53] Order|Hi-4: AI ship hitting nomads.
[13.06.2022 10:56:54] Order|Hi-4: Interesting.
[13.06.2022 10:57:34] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Affirmative:::
[13.06.2022 10:58:19] Order|Hi-4: Guten Tag, corsair.
[13.06.2022 10:58:26] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Cephalopods->coherence->organisation->major threat-level:::
[13.06.2022 10:58:29] Eventide: Zylar: Salutations. Lots of traffic tonight.
[13.06.2022 10:58:45] DTR-Melius: Melius: The one day I choose not to bring the scout and there's a reason to hide...
[13.06.2022 10:58:52] Order|Hi-4: So Zoner, what is your plan with those nomad remains.
[13.06.2022 10:59:05] Eventide: Zylar: We normally sell them to the Order base here for research. We have no use for them honestly.
[13.06.2022 10:59:09] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::New contact:::
[13.06.2022 10:59:12] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::01001000 01101001:::
[13.06.2022 10:59:13] Eventide: Zylar: They're kind of gross actually.
[13.06.2022 10:59:22] Order|Hi-4: Okay, i will let you transport them to the base.
[13.06.2022 10:59:33] DTR-Melius: Melius: It's an AI! I've met one of you before... It was... smaller... though.
[13.06.2022 10:59:35] Eventide: Zylar: Honestly just a side effect of killing so damn many of them.
[13.06.2022 10:59:39] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Coherence reduced:::
[13.06.2022 10:59:50] Order|Hi-4: This unit seems to be at leat neutral to humans.
[13.06.2022 10:59:54] Eventide: Zylar: Indeed. This is my first upclose look at an AI ship. Most of the time they open fire on me.
[13.06.2022 11:00:00] Order|Hi-4: Helped the zoner captain defeat nomads.
[13.06.2022 11:00:20] DTR-Melius: Melius: Doesn't speak well either. The last one I met spoke really well. Did you know they don't drink alcohol?
[13.06.2022 11:00:31] Order|Hi-4: Yes, i knew that.
[13.06.2022 11:00:32] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Cephalopods->coherence->extermination:::
[13.06.2022 11:00:34] Eventide: Zylar: Probably not. Doubt they go on a Bender.
[13.06.2022 11:00:55] Order|Hi-4: They dont have throats like we do.
[13.06.2022 11:01:06] Eventide: Zylar: Seems they don't like Nomads either if I'm translating that right.
[13.06.2022 11:01:11] Unit-Sigma-Iota: ::hrase incomplete->more data required:::
[13.06.2022 11:01:15] Order|Hi-4: Do you mind if i scan your cargo, corsair?
[13.06.2022 11:01:38] DTR-Melius: Melius: What's a Seh-fa-low-pod?
[13.06.2022 11:02:06] Eventide: Zylar: Scientific term for the Nomads. Their...species type is the best explaination I can give.
[13.06.2022 11:02:24] Eventide: Zylar: While these remains are gross, we've had some scientists take a look at them, they said the same thing about them...
[13.06.2022 11:02:27] DTR-Melius: Melius: Why just call 'em squid? That's what we do.
[13.06.2022 11:02:29] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Cephalopodae->callsign "Squid":::
[13.06.2022 11:02:30] Eventide: Zylar: Except when they say they're disgusting.
[13.06.2022 11:02:54] DTR-Melius: Melius: Yeah, like that!
[13.06.2022 11:02:57] Order|Hi-4: AIs do process things differently to humans.
[13.06.2022 11:03:13] Order|Hi-4: Thus, they also call things differently to us.
[13.06.2022 11:03:15] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Restarting primary subroutine->Survey:::
[13.06.2022 11:03:27] DTR-Melius: Melius: But the other one I spoke to was just like a person. Even sounded human when it spoke.
[13.06.2022 11:03:32] Order|Hi-4: So Melius, mind if i take a peak into your cargo hold?
[13.06.2022 11:03:46] Eventide: Zylar: They evolve differently from what I've seen.
[13.06.2022 11:03:50] DTR-Melius: Melius: Yeah sure. Just dead squid. Want 'em?
[13.06.2022 11:03:57] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Artificial Intelligence->variation in subroutines:::
[13.06.2022 11:04:07] Order|Hi-4: Better to dispose of them, or you can bring them to one of our bases.
[13.06.2022 11:04:17] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Scanning:::
[13.06.2022 11:04:19] Order|Hi-4: I let you make the decision.
[13.06.2022 11:04:36] DTR-Melius: Melius: I can't. I don't have clearance at the moment. My new ID card was delayed.
[13.06.2022 11:04:53] Order|Hi-4: Then please transfer them to me.
[13.06.2022 11:04:55] DTR-Melius: Melius: But I can give 'em to you. I don't need or want them.
[13.06.2022 11:04:58] Order|Hi-4: I will take care of it.
[13.06.2022 11:05:05] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Callsign "Hi-4"->human specimen in cargobay detected:::
[13.06.2022 11:05:22] Order|Hi-4: Thank you, Melius.
[13.06.2022 11:05:26] Order|Hi-4: Much appreciated.
[13.06.2022 11:05:38] Order|Hi-4: Nomad remains can still have influence on the human mind.
[13.06.2022 11:05:42] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Callsign "Hi-4"->tranfer-inquiry of callsign "Core":::
[13.06.2022 11:06:01] DTR-Melius: Melius: No problem. We get a lot of them near Thira. You know the funny ones?
[13.06.2022 11:06:02] Order|Hi-4: Did the AI just call me Core?
[13.06.2022 11:06:02] Eventide: Zylar: Aye. We have ours in a modified cargo hold we've sectioned off from the rest of the ship per some suggestions from Order
[13.06.2022 11:06:11] Eventide: Zylar: ...folks at your base out here. Just to be safe.
[13.06.2022 11:06:27] Order|Hi-4: That is very smart of you, captain.
[13.06.2022 11:06:31] Eventide: Zylar: We regularly pick them up with scrap during our sorties. Wanted to make sure my crew is safe.
[13.06.2022 11:06:50] Order|Hi-4: Aye, one can never be too safe around nomad technology.
[13.06.2022 11:06:52] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Survey->advancing by vivsection:::
[13.06.2022 11:07:18] Eventide: Zylar: With that in mind, we're going to drop these off at the base out here. They can decide what to do with them.
[13.06.2022 11:07:24] DTR-Melius: Melius: Vee-Vee-Section... Is that a classified area?
[13.06.2022 11:07:34] Order|Hi-4: I... I don't know.
[13.06.2022 11:07:38] Eventide: Zylar: Let's not go there.
[13.06.2022 11:07:40] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Callsign "Hi-4"->recompensation certified:::
[13.06.2022 11:08:02] Order|Hi-4: The AI just transferred me money?
[13.06.2022 11:08:09] Eventide: Zylar: That's...new.
[13.06.2022 11:08:10] DTR-Melius: Melius: AI have money?
Eventide left to dispose of the Nomad Remains and came back to the vessels hanging in orbit of Freeport 11
[13.06.2022 11:09:55] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Incorrect statement:::
[13.06.2022 11:10:07] DTR-Melius: Melius: If so... Why was it alive?
[13.06.2022 11:10:09] Order|Hi-4: He was blacked out.
[13.06.2022 11:10:23] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Vivisection->Survey->anatomy:::
[13.06.2022 11:10:41] DTR-Melius: Melius: Where IS this Vee-Vee place?
[13.06.2022 11:10:55] Eventide: Zylar: *Snort*
[13.06.2022 11:11:06] Order|Hi-4: You want to study humans? Is that correct?
[13.06.2022 11:11:18] Unit-Sigma-Iota: ::eck 4 Section 1:::
[13.06.2022 11:11:29] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Correct statement:::
[13.06.2022 11:11:37] Order|Hi-4: Will you kill him?
[13.06.2022 11:11:39] DTR-Melius: Melius: Oh! It's an internal section of your ship. Makes sense.
[13.06.2022 11:12:06] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Vivisection->deceased specimen:::
[13.06.2022 11:12:21] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Callsign "dead":::
[13.06.2022 11:12:32] DTR-Melius: Melius: Oh! Dead Core? That's not slavery then.
[13.06.2022 11:12:43] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Affirmative:::
[13.06.2022 11:12:58] Order|Hi-4: They are responsible for Toledo.
[13.06.2022 11:13:01] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::"Slavery"->not logical:::
[13.06.2022 11:13:10] Order|Hi-4: At least he got a quick death.
[13.06.2022 11:13:13] DTR-Melius: Melius: Now THAT I agree with.
[13.06.2022 11:13:16] Eventide: Zylar: This is an...interesting conversation.
[13.06.2022 11:13:27] Order|Hi-4: This AI is more humane than Outcasts.
[13.06.2022 11:13:33] Order|Hi-4: *laughs*
[13.06.2022 11:13:48] DTR-Melius: Melius: Although... You can let them scream a bit first. The Core kinda deserve it.
[13.06.2022 11:13:58] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Incorrect statement->Artificial Intelligence =/= "humane":::
[13.06.2022 11:14:20] Order|Hi-4: The Core are bastards, but they are still human.
[13.06.2022 11:15:04] Unit-Sigma-Iota: :::Restarting primary subroutine->Survey:::
[13.06.2022 11:15:16] DTR-Melius: Melius: Yeah, and? Since when does being human mean you can't interrogate them?
[13.06.2022 11:15:26] Order|Hi-4: Interrogation is all fair game.
[13.06.2022 11:15:32] Order|Hi-4: I don't trust them one bit.
[13.06.2022 11:15:54] Order|Hi-4: The battleship Mars needed help against Nomads, so one of our Osiris helped them out.
[13.06.2022 11:16:10] Order|Hi-4: Once the nomads were destroyed, the Osiris tried to get away.
[13.06.2022 11:16:12] DTR-Melius: Melius: Bye bye, AI!
[13.06.2022 11:16:41] Order|Hi-4: But the Mars instantly opened fired upon it, killing everyone aboard and destroying the ship.
[13.06.2022 11:16:58] DTR-Melius: Melius: Sounds about right.
[13.06.2022 11:17:23] Order|Hi-4: I will help them out against the squids, but i will not let my guard down.
[13.06.2022 11:17:45] Eventide: Zylar: We'll help anyone kill the menace.
[13.06.2022 11:17:54] DTR-Melius: Melius: My Uncle says that they went to engage squid in Zeta once and the Core wouldn't let them reach the battle.
[13.06.2022 11:17:56] Eventide: Zylar: Though we enjoy a little more neutrality than most.
[13.06.2022 11:18:30] Order|Hi-4: I don't even understand how Zoners are still neutral to Core, after they tried to destroy this Freeport here.
[13.06.2022 11:19:00] Eventide: Zylar: We don't LIKE them, don't get me wrong.
[13.06.2022 11:19:13] Eventide: Zylar: But we avoid them where we can.
[13.06.2022 11:20:00] Eventide: Zylar: Salutations, Strange.
[13.06.2022 11:20:08] Strange-NuclearReactor: hi
[13.06.2022 11:20:24] Order|Hi-4: Greetings, transporter.
[13.06.2022 11:24:47] Eventide: Zylar: Salutations, Luna.
[13.06.2022 11:26:18] DTR-Melius: Melius: Oh... I'm not here to pirate today! I'm on patrol. Just don't tell my Uncle.
[13.06.2022 11:26:27] Eventide: Zylar: Mums the word.
[13.06.2022 11:26:35] Order|Hi-4: Hmm, tell that to the traders.
[13.06.2022 11:26:54] Order|Hi-4: A corsair not plundering is a rare occurence.
[13.06.2022 11:27:07] Eventide: Zylar: Maybe they're bored.
[13.06.2022 11:27:17] DTR-Melius: Melius: If they wanna go around, they can. I don't mind. Well... To be honest... I'm not very good at it.
[13.06.2022 11:27:24] Eventide: Zylar: You can see me, but my hands are up. Oh no. Woe is me. Is this a stick up.
[13.06.2022 11:27:42] Order|Hi-4: A corsair not good at pirating? How did you manage to pass the trials?
[13.06.2022 11:27:53] Order|Hi-4: Well, corsairs have to pass trials, right?
[13.06.2022 11:28:03] Eventide: Zylar: *Snort* Nice.
[13.06.2022 11:28:54] DTR-Melius: Melius: Trials? Umm... I was taught to fly and fight and told to be a scout.
[13.06.2022 11:29:45] DTR-Melius: Melius: Today I was told to Patrol and see if the Core was moving.
[13.06.2022 11:29:52] Order|Hi-4: Hmm, i've heard that corsairs had to fly threw a nebula infested by nomads.
[13.06.2022 11:30:05] Order|Hi-4: Hmm, i will check our archive once i am back at base.
[13.06.2022 11:30:11] DTR-Melius: Melius: Yes... but that's not a trial, that's just normal.
[13.06.2022 11:30:33] Order|Hi-4: Huh, it is called a trial in our archive.
[13.06.2022 11:30:51] Order|Hi-4: Well, a challenge for the others is a normal day for corsairs, right?
[13.06.2022 11:31:26] Eventide: Zylar: My never ending challenge is ridding this place of Nomads once and for all.
[13.06.2022 11:31:32] Eventide: Zylar: Ours, even.
[13.06.2022 11:31:48] DTR-Melius: Melius: Well... The only "trial" I know of was when they made us undock from a carrier into Alpha while drunk.
[13.06.2022 11:31:59] DTR-Melius: Melius: The goal was to find our way home.
[13.06.2022 11:31:59] Order|Hi-4: That should be the goal of every human, but people are to preoccupied by infighting.
[13.06.2022 11:32:43] Order|Hi-4: Huh, that does sound dangerous.
[13.06.2022 11:33:10] DTR-Melius: Melius: That's the point. If we survive, we pass. If we die, we fail. Pretty simple.
[13.06.2022 11:33:20] Eventide: Zylar: We will carry the weight of the idiots and do their jobs for them by killing the alien threat.
[13.06.2022 11:33:43] DTR-Melius: Melius: I like killing squid.
[13.06.2022 11:33:57] Order|Hi-4: Aye, death does sound like quite the punishment.
[13.06.2022 11:34:09] Order|Hi-4: I like killing squids too.
[13.06.2022 11:34:12] Order|Hi-4: Obviously.
[13.06.2022 11:34:20] DTR-Melius: Melius: Anyway, I need more H-fuel. So you'll have to excuse me for a bit.
[13.06.2022 11:34:20] Shashotep: Joshua: Greetings, fellas.
[13.06.2022 11:34:30] Order|Hi-4: Guten Tag, Agent.
[13.06.2022 11:34:43] Eventide: Zylar: Salutations.
[13.06.2022 11:35:00] DTR-Melius: Melius: Shashotep, good to see you. Sorry that I'm not hanging around.
[13.06.2022 11:35:19] Order|Hi-4: I would tell you to stay safe out there, but you are corsair.
[13.06.2022 11:35:20] Shashotep: Joshua: No problems, we've recieved intel about increased alien activity.
[13.06.2022 11:35:43] Shashotep: Joshua: So, better to be on the front than to wait for them to attack again.
[13.06.2022 11:35:44] DTR-Melius: Melius: I'll be fine. I'm good at not dying... One day I'll be good at pirating too.
[13.06.2022 11:35:44] Order|Hi-4: Increased nomad activity? Where?
[13.06.2022 11:35:45] Eventide: Zylar: Truely? We've been running sorties all night, haven't seen much larger than a fighter.
[13.06.2022 11:35:59] Eventide: Zylar: ...and even then it's been abnormally quiet.
[13.06.2022 11:36:16] Order|Hi-4: The last nomad i saw got brutally murdered by 4 agents.
[13.06.2022 11:36:20] Order|Hi-4: One of them was me.
[13.06.2022 11:36:47] Shashotep: Joshua: Didn't we receieved orders yesterday? Let me check..
[13.06.2022 11:36:52] Shashotep: //recieve*
[13.06.2022 11:37:08] Shashotep: //receive* fk sake
[13.06.2022 11:37:18] Order|Hi-4: //word difficult
[13.06.2022 11:37:29] Eventide: Zylar: We're based out of Freeport 11 and have been attacking Nomads for weeks. We had one gunboat a day or so ago.
[13.06.2022 11:37:42] Eventide: Zylar: But we eradicated them with prejudice.
[13.06.2022 11:37:59] Shashotep: Joshua: Ah, huh, my navigational officer read it wrong... *sighs*
[13.06.2022 11:38:22] Order|Hi-4: Maybe you should give your crew a bit of rest? *smirk*
[13.06.2022 11:38:22] Eventide: Zylar: It happens. Right, Conn.?
[13.06.2022 11:38:26] Eventide: Conn: Er, yes...sir.
[13.06.2022 11:38:29] Order|Hi-4: Not that i get any.
[13.06.2022 11:38:48] Shashotep: Joshua: We'll rest once the Nomads are eradicated or put back to sleep in their holes.
[13.06.2022 11:39:01] Eventide: Zylar: Our Conn. officer jumped us to Vespucci the other day instead of Inverness.
[13.06.2022 11:39:14] Shashotep: Joshua: Oh.. that must've been fun?
[13.06.2022 11:39:23] Order|Hi-4: Sadly, i do not think that we will eredicate them anytime soon.
[13.06.2022 11:39:28] Shashotep: Joshua: I heard Liberty and their Insurgency are having a blast there for weeks now.
[13.06.2022 11:39:39] Eventide: Zylar: Not really. Have you seen Vespucci lately? Liberty has really fucked that system up.
[13.06.2022 11:39:53] Shashotep: Joshua: Nah, I haven't been there lately.
[13.06.2022 11:39:56] Order|Hi-4: Our reports indicate that liberty navy is pushing them out of Vespucci.
[13.06.2022 11:40:11] Shashotep: Joshua: Wonder what will happen to those lads...
[13.06.2022 11:40:11] Order|Hi-4: Somehow they managed to do that.
[13.06.2022 11:40:13] Eventide: Zylar: They are, and leaving the corpses of ships and corpses themselves in their wake.
[13.06.2022 11:40:17] Order|Hi-4: Not without losses tho.
[13.06.2022 11:40:18] Eventide: Zylar: Don't get me started on the Houses.
[13.06.2022 11:40:31] Shashotep: Joshua: It's pointless to lead a war against a man when we have aliens in the backyard.
[13.06.2022 11:40:41] Shashotep: Joshua: -aliens- what's there not to worry about.
[13.06.2022 11:40:46] Eventide: Zylar: Exactly.
[13.06.2022 11:41:11] Order|Hi-4: Ja, but man are also hunting us down and calling us terrorists.
[13.06.2022 11:41:27] Shashotep: Joshua: Yeah, that's also pointless...
[13.06.2022 11:41:38] Eventide: Zylar: That's why we're remaining as Zoners instead of joining the Order or Overwatch. Easier to get the job done without that.
[13.06.2022 11:41:47] Order|Hi-4: It would be much easier if we get support from the houses.
[13.06.2022 11:42:04] Shashotep: Joshua: I feel like we'll have an Edison Trent situation again...
[13.06.2022 11:42:12] Shashotep: Joshua: Nobody believed them either back in the days.
[13.06.2022 11:42:30] Shashotep: Joshua: I mean, it's not about belief now.. it's been proven.
[13.06.2022 11:42:40] Shashotep: Joshua: Should we add it to human stupidity?
[13.06.2022 11:42:43] Eventide: Zylar: If one Freelancer and a small group of Order agents can save us, then I fear not holding back the darkness.
[13.06.2022 11:43:05] Eventide: Zylar: We simply need people to be the bulwark between that darkness and the House systems. Even if it's thankless.
[13.06.2022 11:43:14] Order|Hi-4: Yes, but it cost us a lot of good man.
[13.06.2022 11:43:15] Shashotep: Joshua: Indeed.
[13.06.2022 11:43:45] Eventide: Zylar: Which is precicely why the Eventide Syndicate exists now...but that's another story altogether and for another time.
[13.06.2022 11:44:12] Order|Hi-4: Syndicate?
[13.06.2022 11:44:17] Shashotep: Joshua: All we need are good ships and good weaponry.
[13.06.2022 11:44:34] Order|Hi-4: Don't forget the man power to field such weaponry.
[13.06.2022 11:44:46] Eventide: Zylar: A small group of Zoners and Outworlders who are banding together to aid with Nomads and their pawns.
[13.06.2022 11:44:48] Shashotep: Joshua: Yeah, that's also a factor.
[13.06.2022 11:45:11] Order|Hi-4: Ah, that does sound useful and quite noble of you.
[13.06.2022 11:46:10] Shashotep: Joshua: By the way, their lack of presence could mean something.
[13.06.2022 11:46:20] Shashotep: Joshua: They must be plotting something big...
[13.06.2022 11:46:43] Order|Hi-4: Hopefully nothing goes wrong in Omicron Minor.
[13.06.2022 11:46:51] Eventide: Zylar: We'll be ready.
[13.06.2022 11:46:56] Order|Hi-4: The Thebes has been dispatched there.
[13.06.2022 11:47:01] Shashotep: Joshua: Aye, I should go soon and check it out.
[13.06.2022 11:47:02] Order|Hi-4: Together with the Horus.
[13.06.2022 11:47:15] Shashotep: Joshua: Yeah, those are the orders I was talking about.
[13.06.2022 11:47:28] Shashotep: Joshua: They came in late past night.
[13.06.2022 11:47:59] Shashotep: Joshua: If they dispatched both Horus and Thebes... who knows what's waiting for us.
[13.06.2022 11:48:17] Eventide: Zylar: The Eventide and Katakiuchi will aid where we can.
[13.06.2022 11:48:29] Order|Hi-4: The Horus is there for testing its new weaponry while Thebes is supposed to protect it.
[13.06.2022 11:48:41] Eventide: Zylar: We've setup an open comm. link to Overwatch in case we're needed.
[13.06.2022 11:49:28] Order|Hi-4: We will surely contact you when we need support.
[13.06.2022 11:49:45] Shashotep: Joshua: Yeah, with Nomads, we need all help we can get.
[13.06.2022 11:49:50] Order|Hi-4: But as of today, the Horus hasn't been located in Minor yet.
[13.06.2022 11:49:57] Eventide: Zylar: We look forward to it. We're going to head out. Katakiuchi may be starting her patrol soon. If you see her, be sure to..
[13.06.2022 11:50:02] Eventide: ...say hello.
[13.06.2022 11:50:11] Order|Hi-4: Aye, will do.
[13.06.2022 11:50:16] Shashotep: Joshua: Good luck, Zoner.
[13.06.2022 11:50:18] Order|Hi-4: Zylar, stay safe out there.
[13.06.2022 11:50:21] Eventide: Zylar: To you as well.
[13.06.2022 12:03:28] Mad-Hatter: Zylar: Weapons locked.
[13.06.2022 12:03:35] Mad-Hatter: Zylar: Target, the squid.
[13.06.2022 12:03:55] Mad-Hatter: Zylar: Ah, the Freelancer got it.
[13.06.2022 12:04:10] Mad-Hatter: Zylar: Fancy meeting you here again, Cordosha.
[13.06.2022 12:04:28] Cordosha: Cordosha: Hey! Wait... you're the guy from the other day.
[13.06.2022 12:04:39] Mad-Hatter: Zylar: Indeed, we're a bit smaller today.
[13.06.2022 12:05:04] Cordosha: Cordosha: What happened to the big ship? Is it ok?
[13.06.2022 12:05:15] Mad-Hatter: Zylar: It's fine. Currently docked far away.
[13.06.2022 12:05:39] Mad-Hatter: Zylar: Our last encounter out here has had us taking a closer look at this system to ensure we wipe the Nomads out here.
[13.06.2022 12:05:48] Mad-Hatter: Zylar: There is...supicious activity here as well that we're researching.
[13.06.2022 12:05:49] Cordosha: Cordosha: Sorry I ran the other day. I was kinda shocked by what was happening.
[13.06.2022 12:05:57] Mad-Hatter: Zylar: No worries.
[13.06.2022 12:06:10] Mad-Hatter: Zylar: The realization of what is truely happening can be a shock to those who aren't aware.
[13.06.2022 12:06:27] Cordosha: Cordosha: Yeah, that's putting it mildly.
[13.06.2022 12:07:05] Cordosha: Cordosha: But I realised I can't run from this. I mean, where would I run to?
[13.06.2022 12:07:25] Mad-Hatter: Zylar: They have their sights set on killing us. Best to hold back the darkness. Data File Corrupt
Entry From:Kasumi Ito Vessel:Katakiuchi Location at time of Log Entry:Freeport 11, Omicron Delta Subject:Log thing
Zylar wants me to do a daily log so...here I am...doing a daily log. Ugh, here we go.
Started my day simple enough. I woke the crew for the Katakiuchi and we set to work restocking the ship with ammo, food, etc. We're considerably smaller than the Eventide so we don't have as much crew to feed or ammo to restock, so it generally takes us less time to get it underway than they do. We picked up what Zylar calls a "sortie" from Mission Control and set to work dealing with the space squids.
During our fight, we came across several squid gunboats. They thrashed our ship badly, even leading to our very expensive and rare jump drive being destroyed. Needless to say, I was pissed off beyond comprehension. We survived our encounter with the gunboats but not without extensive damage being done to the ship. We limped back to Freeport 11 for repairs and notified Zylar of our encounter. He fielded the Eventide immediately while we underwent repairs. Our first real day as a member of what we're calling "Elysium's Shield" was met with us being nearly crippled on our second mission. I'm not too happy about that but the Katakiuchi is a tough ship and she'll recover soon enough. We hope to be back out within twelve hours after repairs are completed. We may not be able to jump anymore, but we've still got our weapons.
That's all we need.
I've given the crew some time off while the Katakiuchi undergoes her repairs. In the meantime I'm taking my Osprey out. Zylar requested I head to Inverness to do some scouting. He says he has some concerns about the amount of Nomad activity in the system. Just hope I don't run into more Gunboats. Last thing I need today is to suck vacuum.
Entry From:Zylar Vespertine Vessel:Eventide Location at time of Log Entry:Freeport 11, Omicron Delta Subject:Contacts
Another interesting day. Omicron Delta never disappoints.
Ran into an AI vessel during one of our sorties against Renegade ships. This AI seemed to be less voilent than it's siblings. This one instead scanned our vessel, stated the obvious about what it was for, then said we weren't a threat and continued it's purpose about searching for "defective" AI's. Seems there might be some discourse within their society (if you can call it that). Something to keep a closer eye on for certain.
As we were ending the night, we ran into a Freelancer and had a brief discussion about our purpose. Was a nice talk shortly before bed and a great way to wrap up the evening. The crew is exhausted after our work today, so I'm giving them an extra day off for all the hard work. Kasumi is going to be picking up the slack in the coming days. Her vessel got the crap kicked out of it the other day, so hopefully it'll be up to the task.
[13.06.2022 12:03:28][14.06.2022 13:46:32] Eventide: Zylar: Salutations, Freelancer.
[14.06.2022 13:46:37] Weltschmerz: Ahoy.
[14.06.2022 13:46:50] Weltschmerz: Quite a fancy ship you got there
[14.06.2022 13:47:06] Eventide: Zylar: Thanks. She's a good ship.
[14.06.2022 13:47:21] Weltschmerz: Hm, alien organisms?
[14.06.2022 13:47:31] Weltschmerz: You one of those weird-ass scientists that like to cut and poke?
[14.06.2022 13:47:33] Eventide: Zylar: We've been out cleaning up Delta of...things.
[14.06.2022 13:47:39] Weltschmerz: Oh.. I see.
[14.06.2022 13:47:51] Eventide: Zylar: *Laughs* Nothing of the sort. We take the fight to the Nomads every day.
[14.06.2022 13:48:08] Eventide: Zylar: It's tough work, but someone has to help hold the monsters at bay.
[14.06.2022 13:48:09] Weltschmerz: I like your cause...
[14.06.2022 13:48:25] Weltschmerz: Indeed. I passed by some weird installation on my way here.
[14.06.2022 13:48:34] Weltschmerz: Seemed hostile, almost blasted my ass out of space.
[14.06.2022 13:48:34] Eventide: Zylar: Ah yes...that one.
[14.06.2022 13:49:00] Eventide: Zylar: It's difficult to pry it loose from the system. The amount of Nomads and other things out here seem to multiply out of..
[14.06.2022 13:49:02] Eventide: ...control.
[14.06.2022 13:49:22] Eventide: Zylar: For every 10 we kill, another 15 take their place. But...the fight must go on.
[14.06.2022 13:49:32] Weltschmerz: Hm... What is Order doing?
[14.06.2022 13:49:43] Weltschmerz: Ain't they supposted to be the alien-deletion squad?
[14.06.2022 13:49:46] Eventide: Zylar: They patrol through at times. Help us as well when we request it.
[14.06.2022 13:49:53] Eventide: Zylar: They can't be everywhere though.
[14.06.2022 13:50:04] Weltschmerz: I thought their whole point of organisation is to fight jellies...
[14.06.2022 13:50:30] Eventide: Zylar: It is. But when you get caught up in bucreatic(//sp) stuff, it tends to hamper your time.
[14.06.2022 13:50:51] Weltschmerz: I saw an Order and a Core patrols blasting their brains out nearby..
[14.06.2022 13:51:07] Weltschmerz: Like there is not enough aliens for all of us, am I right?
[14.06.2022 13:51:13] Eventide: Zylar: We Zoners, we don't have any enemies. We're suspicious of some people, but no enemies. So it's easier for us to do the..
[14.06.2022 13:51:16] Eventide: ...job.
[14.06.2022 13:51:28] Eventide: Zylar: There are always enough sadly.
[14.06.2022 13:52:03] Eventide: Zylar: We've been keeping an eye on the AI as well. They seem to be getting more aggressive of late.
[14.06.2022 13:52:12] Weltschmerz: Hm, I could help you out if you want.. I think I have my bomber parked here..
[14.06.2022 13:52:25] Eventide: Zylar: We're actually wrapping up our patrol. The crew needs some R&R.
[14.06.2022 13:52:26] Weltschmerz: Oh those... I blasted one of those damn robots yesterday.
[14.06.2022 13:52:39] Weltschmerz: Started scanning me and saying stuff about harvesting me
[14.06.2022 13:52:49] Eventide: Zylar: Mmm. They're getting more agressive for certain.
[14.06.2022 13:52:56] Weltschmerz: Too bad he harvested my lasers.
[14.06.2022 13:53:12] Eventide: Zylar: Too bad we weren't out here, could've helped you. The AI don't mess with us.
[14.06.2022 13:53:13] Weltschmerz: He, them, that, however you wanna name 'em
[14.06.2022 13:53:52] Weltschmerz: Yeah, I'll be sure to call you if I ran into a bigger robot fish
[14.06.2022 13:53:57] Eventide: Zylar: Please do.
[14.06.2022 13:54:05] Eventide: Zylar: Well, we need to moor for the night and get some rest. Stay safe out here.
[14.06.2022 13:54:12] Weltschmerz: You too, Zoner.
Entry From:Zylar Vespertine Vessel:Eventide Location at time of Log Entry:Freeport 11, Omicron Delta Subject:Resurrections
Had some very good and heartwarming news tonight. It turns out the White Rabbit's debris was gathered together by some enterprising Zoners that had come up from Omega-48 in light of the collapse of the ZDF. Due to a fluke in insurance premiums, the ship was completely covered from its destruction three weeks ago. As such, it has currently been under repairs for the past week a short distance away in Omicron Kappa. It turns out they were unable to reach me during this time but those within certain circles of the Zoners knew who the vessel belonged to and went out of their way to ensure it was taken care of. They even went so far as to speak to fly out into the Omicrons to tell me in person. It's good to know there are still those in the Zoners that respect me enough to let me know of these things.
The ship won't be space worthy for weeks, possibly even months or years. I'm hearing that the damage the vessel suffered was so catastrophic that they're rebuilding entire parts of the ship from scratch. I plan on heading down tonight to take a look and see what I can do to help with repairs if they'll allow it. It'll be good to be in the system for a while anyway as I've seen many AI vessels from the strange planet they call "Gammu" in system. Even seeing the mysterious world from a distance may give me some perspective on what's happening there. In the meantime, I'll be passing off the sorties in Delta to Kasumi with the hope that her Destroyer can handle some of the workload the Eventide has been doing. It's a much smaller ship without as many armaments as we have, but the hope is it can do some of the lighter sorties until we can get back to resume our tasks. I hope to only be down here for a few days as I'm sure the technicians will want me out of their hair before long.
I'll have to consider a new name for the White Rabbit. It's old name just doesn't seem suitable anymore considering that was the name of the ZDF flagship. I'll also have to consider a purpose for the vessel or to keep it in Mothball status. Nephilim's aren't warships after all, they're colony ships. Besides, we only have enough people to barely crew the Eventide and Katakiuchi. The required crew for a Nephilim is easily double that. We will have to consider our steps carefully. For now, the ship won't be in use until it's been rebuilt and fully tested anyways. As such, we have some time to consider what to do with the old girl. She's had a hell of a life in the past 25 years. Abandoned on the fringes of space and destroyed at the hands of the Houses. I think the Omicrons are a much better place for her.
Anyway, going to wrap up here and ensure that the Eventide is ready to get underway. Omicron Kappa may be only one jump away, but there are many dangers out here. We have to be ready for anything.
Entry From:Kasumi Ito Vessel:Katakiuchi Location at time of Log Entry:Freeport 9, Omicron Theta Subject:Graveyard
The Katakiuchi left Freeport 11 and headed out to do some missions. One of them lead us to Omicron Minor where we came upon some Order vessels conversing with an AI ship. Puzzling, I approached and listening in. Besides being oddly propositioned by an AI vessel (that was a first for me) nothing else out of the ordinary happened. We wound up escorting an Order vessel to Omicron Theta before docking at the Freeport there for the evening. We plan on returning to Omicron Delta before the day is out, but some of the crew hadn't been around Freeport 9 for a while and wanted to stop off to say hello to some people they hadn't seen in a bit.
From what I hear, Zylar had a more eventful evening. Logs attached. Kasumi out.
[15.06.2022 13:29:14] Order|Epsilon-5: Unidentified contact on scanners.
[15.06.2022 13:29:20] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Hmm. Order just like Zylar said.
[15.06.2022 13:29:36] Order|Epsilon-5: Ah, a Zoner.
[15.06.2022 13:29:39] Order|Hi-3: Looks like a Zoner vessel.
[15.06.2022 13:29:43] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Hi Order friends, Zylar said you might be around these parts.
[15.06.2022 13:29:54] J4-Suncloud: {Code 44592, Zoners. Proceed neutrality}
[15.06.2022 13:30:07] Order|Hi-3: Well, Omicron Minor was our homeworld once.
[15.06.2022 13:30:09] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Just looking for some Nomad scum to murder.
[15.06.2022 13:30:31] Order|Epsilon-5: I don't want to pick in your brain, Suncloud, because that seems needlessly cruel. If I give you something to do, I want you -
[15.06.2022 13:30:34] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Ah. Yes...I heard about what happened here. Sorry if I'm...interrupting.
[15.06.2022 13:30:36] Order|Epsilon-5: to do so out of your own free will.
[15.06.2022 13:31:03] J4-Suncloud: ["Suncloud wants to greeting you, Zoner human"]
[15.06.2022 13:31:28] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Hmm. AI are around more like I've seen in the reports. Greetings, Suncloud.
[15.06.2022 13:32:01] Order|Hi-3: But contrary to most other AIs, this unit seems to be neutral.
[15.06.2022 13:32:26] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Interesting. Adds some crediance to what Zylar has theorized that there appears to be some kind of schism.
[15.06.2022 13:32:30] J4-Suncloud: ["Misunderstanding. I am friend of The Order"]
[15.06.2022 13:32:48] Order|Epsilon-5: The advice is as follows. The Auxesian carrier in orbit of Gammu poses a problem to the stability of the AI networks on the -
[15.06.2022 13:32:53] Order|Epsilon-5: planet's surface.
[15.06.2022 13:32:56] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Not that I know anything about that. He just tells me some things and I just nod along acting like I understand.
[15.06.2022 13:33:14] Order|Epsilon-5: If you want to help the AI's survive as a species, I would suggest working against Auxesian influence, and subverting the -
[15.06.2022 13:33:20] Order|Epsilon-5: hostile drones into a more cooperative state.
[15.06.2022 13:33:36] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: He's mentioned Auxo but we don't how much about them. I'm guessing Order knows more.
[15.06.2022 13:33:36] J4-Suncloud: ["Suncloud likes human's voice from Zoner. Say few phrases, I want to record them"]
[15.06.2022 13:34:00] Order|Epsilon-5: Wether you choose to do this, is up to you Suncloud. I don't want to rewire your brain for you to do something.
[15.06.2022 13:34:05] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Well...thank you, Suncloud.
[15.06.2022 13:34:16] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: I think.
[15.06.2022 13:34:39] Order|Hi-3: Now that is unexpected.
[15.06.2022 13:34:54] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: I'll...have to let Zylar know about that.
[15.06.2022 13:35:02] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: ...don't know what else to say here.
[15.06.2022 13:35:15] Order|Hi-3: You can start singing. *laughs*
[15.06.2022 13:35:34] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: I don't want to scare it.
[15.06.2022 13:35:42] J4-Suncloud: ["Suncloud likes songs. Another human done it before"]
[15.06.2022 13:36:00] Order|Hi-3: See, I am sure that it can't be that bad.
[15.06.2022 13:36:16] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: I...don't want to scare you, Suncloud. I'm not an artist.
[15.06.2022 13:36:29] Order|Epsilon-5: [An audible eyebrow is raised]
[15.06.2022 13:36:49] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: ...anyway. Zylar mentioned that if I ran into you he wanted me to let you know he'd be away for a bit.
[15.06.2022 13:37:06] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Turns out our old Nephilim from ZDF was recovered in pieces.
[15.06.2022 13:37:18] Order|Epsilon-5: In pieces? Damn.
[15.06.2022 13:37:23] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: It's being...refurbished for something.
[15.06.2022 13:37:40] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Aye. Rheinland apparently broke it into three pieces during their attack.
[15.06.2022 13:37:43] Order|Hi-3: Mighty firepower one needs to destroy a Nephilim.
[15.06.2022 13:37:47] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Fuc[color=defaultking[/color] houses.
[15.06.2022 13:37:59] Order|Epsilon-5: Knowing Zylar, probably turning it into a floating cannon.
[15.06.2022 13:38:07] J4-Suncloud: ["Suncloud needs a cover. I will find you later, The Order, Zoners"]
[15.06.2022 13:38:12] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Excuse me, I'm still angry about it.
[15.06.2022 13:38:21] Order|Epsilon-5: Very well, Suncloud. Be safe.
[15.06.2022 13:38:24] Order|Hi-3: I hope he doesn't plan to glass a planet with it.
[15.06.2022 13:38:24] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Farewell Suncloud, thank you for the...flattery?
[15.06.2022 13:38:31] Order|Hi-3: Soundcloud, stay safe, little unit.
[15.06.2022 13:38:45] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: We're long past that actually...me less so...we don't know what to do with it if it gets repaired.
[15.06.2022 13:38:49] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: We don't have the crew to man it.
[15.06.2022 13:39:18] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: We may actually put it into the reserves somewhere.
[15.06.2022 13:39:34] Order|Epsilon-5: I am pretty sure Livadia is up to the task of refurbishing it.
[15.06.2022 13:39:53] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Last I heard it could take months or years to bring it back to 100%. It was in three pieces when they recovered it.
[15.06.2022 13:39:55] Order|Epsilon-5: And I highly recommend using VI-software to help with the manpower problem.
[15.06.2022 13:40:30] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: I'll mention that to Zylar next I see him. I expect him to be bugging the hell out of the workers at Livadia.
[15.06.2022 13:40:43] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Sounds like him, anyway.
[15.06.2022 13:41:35] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Anyway, I don't want to bug you all too much, I expect that you're on some kind of...solemn rememberance for the lost.
[15.06.2022 13:41:49] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Only reason to be in this depressing place. Reminds me of a graveyard.
[15.06.2022 13:41:55] Order|Epsilon-5: If not that, he is probably beating up a Nomad remains somewhere with a piece of rebar.
[15.06.2022 13:42:02] Order|Hi-3: It is a graveyard.
[15.06.2022 13:42:16] Order|Hi-3: And a reminder what the Core and Nomads can do.
[15.06.2022 13:42:19] Order|Epsilon-5: Its a graveyard and memorial site.. But I was here to see that AI.
[15.06.2022 13:42:19] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Ha. That is true Epsilon. Or a renegade AI.
[15.06.2022 13:43:44] Order|Epsilon-5: Well then, now that the fear of an AI attack has been mitigated, I can probably get back to transporting that Helium to Theta.
[15.06.2022 13:44:06] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: If you need escort, just let us know.
[15.06.2022 13:44:22] Order|Hi-3: Were is your transporter currently located?
[15.06.2022 13:44:29] Order|Hi-3: *//Where
[15.06.2022 13:45:08] Order|Epsilon-5: Its on that.. err
[15.06.2022 13:45:10] Order|Epsilon-5: Whats it called
[15.06.2022 13:45:18] Order|Epsilon-5: Tarancon base.
[15.06.2022 13:45:48] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: We can escort you if you'd like. It's quiet as far as the squids are concerned.
[15.06.2022 13:45:56] Order|Epsilon-5: So I'll go fetch that Mastodon, and finish the trip to Theta.
[15.06.2022 13:46:03] Order|Epsilon-5: Ah, Callahan, how do you do?
[15.06.2022 13:46:16] Order|Hi-3: Guten Tag, Callahan.
[15.06.2022 13:46:28] OCV-Neteru: C: Doing well, Just heading over to Nu for research purposes.
[15.06.2022 13:46:34] Order|Epsilon-5: You are welcome to come along, miss.
[15.06.2022 13:46:46] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: We're more than glad to assist.
[15.06.2022 13:46:48] Order|Epsilon-5: It's not far to Theta.
[15.06.2022 13:46:58] Order|Hi-3: I will also provide escort.
[15.06.2022 13:47:00] Order|Epsilon-5: But first, Tarancon.
[15.06.2022 13:47:24] Order|Epsilon-5: Ah, Omicron Nu, it's been quiet there as of late.
[15.06.2022 13:47:42] OCV-Neteru: C: Should be a quiet venture then.
[15.06.2022 13:49:49] Order|LV-Requiem: RO: Onwards to Theta!
[15.06.2022 13:49:58] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Taking up defensive positions.
[15.06.2022 13:51:00] Order|Hi-3: Do you mind if quickly scan your ship, Kasumi?
[15.06.2022 13:51:09] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Feel free.
[15.06.2022 13:52:54] Order|Hi-3: Are you aware that you have adapted nomad weaponry on board, Kasumi?
[15.06.2022 13:53:09] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Yeah, we've been frying those human Nomad fucks.
[15.06.2022 13:53:55] Order|Hi-3: I advise you to hand them over at an Order base, so we can deal with it properly.
[15.06.2022 13:54:21] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Ah. We can do after our escort is complete.
[15.06.2022 13:54:48] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: We don't really notice to be honest. The remains freak us the hell out so we offload those quick. The weapons...
[15.06.2022 13:54:52] Katakiuchi: ...get overlooked.
[15.06.2022 13:55:06] Order|Hi-3: Good, handling nomad technology without the proper equipment can have serious consequences.
[15.06.2022 13:55:46] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Zylar has constructed a quarantine area for the weird shit. Katakiuchi is much smaller so we don't have that ability.
[15.06.2022 13:56:11] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Kinda hoping he moves to the Nephilim so we can take over the Eventide...but he's a control freak so I doubt it.
[15.06.2022 13:56:22] Order|Hi-3: Spacing the weapons and destroying them is always an option as well.
[15.06.2022 13:57:45] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: We'll keep that in our thoughts. We don't want our crew being mind controlled into some kind of weird tentacle dream.
[15.06.2022 13:57:57] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: *Shudders*
[15.06.2022 13:58:16] Order|Hi-3: Only a handful of freaks would want that.
[15.06.2022 13:58:31] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: You'd be surprised. Seriously. That's concerning too.
[15.06.2022 13:58:33] Order|Hi-3: Disgusting those humans, i tell you.
[15.06.2022 13:58:42] Order|LV-Requiem: RO: At that point, they are no longer human.
[15.06.2022 13:59:47] Order|Hi-3: Ja, those freaks have to be stopped, else they risk to become infected.
[15.06.2022 14:01:32] Katakiuchi: Kasumi: Greetings, Liam.
[15.06.2022 14:02:36] Order|Hi-3: Guten Tag, O'Conner.
[15.06.2022 14:02:49] Liam.O'Conner: Guten Tag. Data File Corrupt
Entry From:Zylar Vespertine Vessel:Eventide Location at time of Log Entry:Freeport 11, Omicron Delta Subject:First Blood
We have had our share of combat against Nomads but nothing like what we experienced tonight.
Our evening started shortly after Kasumi's ended. They docked at Freeport 9 in Theta right when we picked up the task of monitoring Delta and taking care of Nomads as we found them. We'd been in Kappa overnight while the technicians at the Shipyard had reviewed the damages to the Nephilim. We'd been shooed away so we had begun a route of Omicron Delta when we ran into some Order ships in system. We monitored the Jump Hole to Zeta for sometime before moving to Location Classified. Once there, we socialized with some Order representatives before our contacts pinged with a massive Nomad vessel. To be honest, we never thought that they could become that large.
We quickly spun up our Cruise engines and aided the Order in taking it down. However, shortly after we downed that one, an even larger vessel appeared. We took heavy fire but were able to take it down. The Eventide was critically damaged after the engagement. As we were maneuvering to dock, the Nomad sent us a secure message direct to our communications officer. We weren't sure how or why they sent one to us directly, but the message was vague. It might seem like they wanted to meet us somewhere privately. Something about stormlands and being a guest. We simply responded with that we would destroy them next we met. There was nothing said in return to us after we responded. A few more alien vessels appeared but were dispatched in quick order alongside the Order vessels.
We lost a few crew to the attacks. Their sacrifice will not be forgotten. Their bravery in the face of certain death against beings that far outstripped our own will forever be honored and remembered by all those who serve aboard any vessel that is apart of the Elysium's Shield.
We patrolled a bit, ensuring that no more Nomad vessels were present before we heard a report that Core vessels were entering the system. I apologized to the Order ships in the vicinity and cloaked the Eventide before shortly departing the system. We are not to attack Human vessels unless they are attacking us or are infected. We will not contribute to the division that the Nomads take so much glee in.
We've returned to Omicron Delta and have moored at Freeport 11 for the night. The Eventide took significant damage and requires a day or so in drydock to repair those damages. Hopefully with any luck we will be back out in a couple of days to continue our tasks in Omicron Delta or whatever the Order might have for us in terms of missions. Until then, we will stand by and do what we can to aid in the alien threat.
My true concern is the fact that the Nomad vessel only known as "Entity" contacted us directly. Clearly, the Nomads are noticing our consistent attempts at routing them from the Omicron Delta system and Sirius at large. If a vessel such as that has noticed us, then we are certainly in for a rough time. We will persevere though and we won't back down from a fight, no matter the odds stacked against us. We will win.
[15.06.2022 14:19:09] Order|CV-Meskhenet: ayo
[15.06.2022 14:21:15] Eventide: Zylar: Salutations, Entemena.
[15.06.2022 14:21:26] OCV-Entemena: Shiromori: Greetings.
[15.06.2022 14:21:41] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Greetings
[15.06.2022 14:21:51] Eventide: Zylar: Lots of traffic tonight.
[15.06.2022 14:22:35] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Indeed there is
[15.06.2022 14:23:05] Eventide: Zylar: Good to see Order out in force tonight.
[15.06.2022 14:23:28] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Thank you glad to see some Zoners as well.
[15.06.2022 14:24:27] Eventide: Zylar: Need any help with patrols? Seems quiet tonight. Kasumi, one of ours, said she was flying with you all tonight.
[15.06.2022 14:24:38] Eventide: Zylar: Seems strangely...quiet.
[15.06.2022 14:25:04] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: It does seem quiet. Too quiet
[15.06.2022 14:25:13] Eventide: Zylar: Been hearing that a lot lately.
[15.06.2022 14:26:40] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Same. I hope that's not an ill omen.
[15.06.2022 14:27:28] Eventide: Zylar: We're doing what we can here. There seems to be no end to them...though recently it's been disturbingly quiet.
[15.06.2022 14:28:01] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: As are we. That does seem disturbing. Wonder what the Nomads are planning.
[15.06.2022 14:28:04] Eventide: Zylar: AI have been more of a trouble recently.
[15.06.2022 14:28:37] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Yes they have. Wonder why they are so aggresive. I have not known them to be so.
[15.06.2022 14:28:56] Eventide: Zylar: We've noticed some have been hunting those who have been "defective".
[15.06.2022 14:29:19] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Defective? Wonder why.
[15.06.2022 14:29:38] Eventide: Zylar: We're not quite sure. I have a theory that there may be a schism starting within the AI homeworld.
[15.06.2022 14:30:15] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Interesting theory. Wonder what could have casued that if true.
[15.06.2022 14:30:47] Eventide: Zylar: Theories abound. One I've heard is that a third party could be causing it. As to who, we've no idea.
[15.06.2022 14:30:53] Eventide: Zylar: After all, we're still "new" to this game.
[15.06.2022 14:32:16] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: If a third party is doing it, then i suspect Aux. They seem to like technology to the point that they become cyborgs
Data Corrupt
[15.06.2022 15:19:06] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: All hands, battlestations!
[15.06.2022 15:19:08] Eventide: Zylar: Picking up a Nomad on scanners.
[15.06.2022 15:19:18] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Indeed All hands to battlestations
[15.06.2022 15:19:28] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Looks like calamari is back on the menu, boys.
[15.06.2022 15:19:38] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: So it would seem sir
[15.06.2022 15:19:43] Eventide: Zylar: I hate seafood.
[15.06.2022 15:20:03] Eventide: Zylar: Nomads kind of spoil it for you.
[15.06.2022 15:20:27] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Let's end it before it births more of em.
[15.06.2022 15:20:30] Eventide: Zylar: Is it...holding position?
[15.06.2022 15:20:47] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: .... Wow, it can read my mind.
[15.06.2022 15:20:54] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: There are more!
[15.06.2022 15:21:07] Eventide: Zylar: Oh shit, more! All crew, weapons free!
[15.06.2022 15:21:17] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Fire at will
[15.06.2022 15:23:20] Eventide: Zylar: Additional contact on scanners!
[15.06.2022 15:23:30] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Another big one.
[15.06.2022 15:23:42] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Confirmed,. Looks like another Nomad and an Aux
[15.06.2022 15:24:34] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: V: You didn't trip over and die, or run away, you'll get that much praise out of me for actually having the steel to go
[15.06.2022 15:24:36] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: against them.
[15.06.2022 15:25:08] Eventide: Zylar: Contacts clear except for the Auxo.
[15.06.2022 15:25:14] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Like it or not, you are having seafood tonight, Zylar.
[15.06.2022 15:25:25] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: V: Another minion.
[15.06.2022 15:25:37] Eventide: Zylar: My thoughts exactly.
[15.06.2022 15:25:43] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: V: Pulling in Zoners to do the grunt work? How typical.
[15.06.2022 15:26:05] Eventide: Zylar: Oh, we're anything but typical Zoners. Come try us.
[15.06.2022 15:26:06] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Pff. Look who's talking. You are the ones subverting AI's to do your hard work.
[15.06.2022 15:26:13] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: V: Oh?
[15.06.2022 15:26:21] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: V: Enlighten me.
[15.06.2022 15:26:30] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Dont play coy, Aux
[15.06.2022 15:26:51] Order|CV-Vindication: That looks like beam squid
[15.06.2022 15:26:54] Order|CV-Vindication: Carefull
[15.06.2022 15:26:55] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: V: Look at that. The stench of paranoia.
[15.06.2022 15:27:10] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Got another squid here.
[15.06.2022 15:27:59] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Aww, look at it running scared.
[15.06.2022 15:28:37] Eventide: Zylar: Here I was hoping for as serious fight.
[15.06.2022 15:29:49] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Here squiddy squiddy.
[15.06.2022 15:32:36] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: More squids are being born.
[15.06.2022 15:32:40] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: This is Neferhotep. We read your call.
[15.06.2022 15:32:54] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: Powering up weapon systems. Targeting hostile boogeys.
[15.06.2022 15:35:01] Order|CV-Meskhenet: oh look it's grey
[15.06.2022 15:35:04] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Area shows green status.
[15.06.2022 15:35:04] Eventide: Zylar: We are critically damaged.
[15.06.2022 15:35:04] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: What's your status?
[15.06.2022 15:35:18] Eventide: Zylar: *Static* Multiple c-
[15.06.2022 15:35:25] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: Please, enter formation. We will escort you to the nearest shipyard. Over.
[15.06.2022 15:35:32] Eventide: Zylar: Require dock-
[15.06.2022 15:35:37] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Fire's on multiple decks, breaches on deck 4, 6 and 10.
[15.06.2022 15:36:00] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: We copy. Do not enter cruise-mode alone. We might have more boogeys.
[15.06.2022 15:36:22] Eventide: Zylar: Formation...Nefer--*Static*&
[15.06.2022 15:36:24] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: ZCV Eventide, the Neferhotep will escort you. Do you copy?
[15.06.2022 15:36:51] Eventide: Zylar: Cop...*static* form-
[15.06.2022 15:37:19] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: Eventide, what's the status of your engine components? Over.
[15.06.2022 15:37:23] Eventide: Zylar: Damage...*static* --itical.
[15.06.2022 15:37:45] Eventide: Zylar: -anding by. Need to dock. Good for cruise.
[15.06.2022 15:37:47] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: Eventide, we have a hostile warform approaching. Beware.
[15.06.2022 15:37:59] Order|CV-Kek: where
[15.06.2022 15:37:59] Eventide: Zylar: -opy that.
[15.06.2022 15:38:12] Entity: ***A curious display... 'signs' of damage...
[15.06.2022 15:38:15] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Alright, who forgot to pay the bill after phoning to Omicron Iota? Someone must've pissed off these squids.
[15.06.2022 15:38:19] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: OCV Kek, we urge you to escort Eventide out the perimiter, we have additional hostiles.
[15.06.2022 15:38:34] Eventide: Zylar: We're good now, comm's restored. Leaving the field.
[15.06.2022 15:38:44] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: We will buy you additional time. Over.
[15.06.2022 15:38:48] Entity: ***Intact... for now.
[15.06.2022 15:38:55] Order|CV-Kek: S: Show us en route.
[15.06.2022 15:39:24] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: Hostile warform has disappeared. I repeat. It has disappeared.
[15.06.2022 15:39:46] Order|CV-Kek: S: I don't like this.
[15.06.2022 15:39:50] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: Anti-Surveillance Module can't reveal the warform. Over. [15.06.2022 15:40:43] Entity: ***At the stormlands... be a 'guest'. (amusingly) -fades away-
[15.06.2022 15:40:43] Order|CV-Vindication: repair to costly
[15.06.2022 15:40:47] Order|CV-Kek: He's cruising off towards akabat [15.06.2022 15:41:27] Eventide: Zylar: We are not guests the alien menace. We see you next, you will perish.
[15.06.2022 15:41:39] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: To all vessels within the perimeter. Upon encountering any Nomads in the area, file an immediate report. Over.
[15.06.2022 15:41:40] Order|CV-Kek: S: All hands to battle stations. Maintain a defensive perimeter around Taba.
[15.06.2022 15:42:04] Eventide: Zylar: We are critically damaged. Communications are restored. Docking with Taba for repairs. Over.
[15.06.2022 15:42:57] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Hostile warship!
[15.06.2022 15:44:02] Eventide: Zylar: Damn your crews are GOOD here. We're back to near 100%.
[15.06.2022 15:44:20] Eventide: Zylar: We lost some crew though. We'll mourn them later.
[15.06.2022 15:45:03] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: Eventide and Vindication, can you transfer any intel regarding the incident?
[15.06.2022 15:45:28] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Our gun camera took major damage, we only got one shot of the engagement.
[15.06.2022 15:46:12] Eventide: Zylar: We were patrolling around Taba Starbase. Started reading Nomad contacts. We began taking heavy fire.
[15.06.2022 15:46:48] Eventide: Zylar: Nomad vessel communicated directly to our communication officer.
[15.06.2022 15:47:00] Eventide: Zylar: We responded with we will destroy them next we see them.
[15.06.2022 15:47:08] Eventide: Zylar: End report.
[15.06.2022 15:47:11] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: Nomad warforms seemed overpowered in a way, we're glad you succeeded to defend Taba's garrison.
[15.06.2022 15:47:15] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Alert!
[15.06.2022 15:47:22] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Akabat is under attack!
[15.06.2022 15:47:31] Order|Marcus,Ward: When it rains..
[15.06.2022 15:47:39] Eventide: Zylar: Entering formation.
[15.06.2022 15:47:47] Order|CV-Kek: S: All hands to battle stations. Engage cruise engines.
[15.06.2022 15:47:48] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: To Akabat, then.
[15.06.2022 15:47:52] OCV-Entemena: Shiromori: Off we go.
[15.06.2022 15:48:10] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: There it is!
[15.06.2022 15:48:13] Order|Marcus,Ward: Visual confirmation
[15.06.2022 15:48:18] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: Ish'tar class.
[15.06.2022 15:48:29] Eventide: Zylar: Targets see them on scanners.
[15.06.2022 15:48:48] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: We confirm presence of a Nomad warform - CLASS: "MARDK".
[15.06.2022 15:48:57] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: Powering up and enegaging the hostile.
[15.06.2022 15:49:13] Order|CV-Vindication: CIC: This will be harsh.
[15.06.2022 15:49:23] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Tactical, fire at the Nomad vessel when in range
[15.06.2022 15:49:28] OCV-Entemena: Shiromori: Hostile on scanner. Powering weapons.
[15.06.2022 15:49:58] Order|CV-Kek: S: All turrets online. Disengaging cloak and opening fire.
[15.06.2022 15:51:59] Eventide: Zylar: Targets clear, minor damage.
[15.06.2022 15:52:16] Order|CV-Kek: S: All stations report green status. Our shields held.
[15.06.2022 15:52:31] OCV-Entemena: Shiromori: Minor damage, heading back to repairs.
[15.06.2022 15:53:02] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: We've taken signifact damage, deck 5, 7, and 15 are in critical status. Over.
[15.06.2022 15:53:16] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: Retreating to OEpsilon. Over.
[15.06.2022 15:53:32] Order|CV-Kek: S: We'll provide cover.
[15.06.2022 15:53:47] Eventide: Zylar: Copy that Neferhotep, entering formation for cover.
[15.06.2022 15:54:45] Eventide: Zylar: Standing by for orders.
[15.06.2022 16:00:32] Eventide: Zylar: Cloak deactivated.
[15.06.2022 16:00:39] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Greetings
[15.06.2022 16:00:41] OCV-Neteru: C: Evening.
[15.06.2022 16:00:57] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: We had multiple Nomad warforms nearby Taba Starbase, location 14klicks west. Luckly, our forces eliminated the intruders.
[15.06.2022 16:01:13] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: Beware of Nomad presence. Neferhotep signing out. Over.
[15.06.2022 16:01:21] Order|CV-Meskhenet: Goldman: Indeed we did. It was very intense
[15.06.2022 16:02:43] Eventide: Zylar: We will remain on patrol through the system until all clear verified. Heading to Taba Starbase.,
[15.06.2022 16:03:50] Order|CV-Neferhotep: RO: We copy. We'll remain nearby Taba, and dispatch several squadrons to patrol several routes within the system. Over.
Entry From:Zylar Vespertine Vessel:ZSS-Defiance Location at time of Log Entry:Livadia Shipyards, Omicron Kappa Subject:Resurrections Part 2
I'm completely surprised. I'm floored even!
They told me the Nephilim would be in drydock for possibly months or years before it was ready to fly again. It seems they pulled in a lot of helping hands to get the ship back to operational status. Not only that, they used some kind of experimental tech from the Corinth Annex to automate several functions that the ship would ordinarily require a human being for. This allows us to use the ship with less crew and possibly even field the ship in the defense against the Nomads. Something that we sorely need. They also used that tech to aid with the reconstruction efforts, significantly speeding along the timetable for the ship being finished. I'm very surprised that the ship was completed at the speed that it was.
We've been thinking long and hard about what name the ship should be changed to. The vessel was destroyed twice and has returned from the dead both times stronger than it had been before. The name Defiance was always present in my mind, and that's what she's been renamed to. The ZSS-Defiance specifically. The ZSS standing for "Zoner Sky Ship".
At great risk, we took the ship into Omicron Delta for field tests. Propulsion, weapons, those kinds of things. After engaging Cruise, we came upon an Order agent having some difficulties against some Nomad gunboats. Seeing this as a chance to test our weapons systems, we moved to intercept the squids. Within a few moments, scanners were clear. The Order agent thanked us for our assistance and departed to repair their vessel. Seeing that all systems were nominal, we returned to Kappa to have the last of the systems reintegrated and the armor installed.
We're not giving up command of the Eventide either. The vessel will remain the primary ship for engaging Nomads within the Omicrons. The Nephilim is just too big and unwieldly to be utilized in any major skirmishes with the Nomads. It's basically a sitting duck when it comes to any engagements of things above Gunboats or Cruisers and don't want to risk the vessel for a third time. If it becomes necessary to field the ship due to hostilities, then we're already in trouble.
We will be returning the ship to Omicron Delta after the armor has been reapplied. We expect to be back at Freeport 11 within the hour.
It's amazing the things technology can do...
- Zylar Vespertine Captain of the Eventide & ZSS-Defiance
[16.06.2022 03:01:13] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Cruise successful. Let's test the other systems. This girl has been rebuilt twice now.
[16.06.2022 03:01:20] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Let's get it right.
[16.06.2022 03:01:30] Ma'at-2: Bitten off more than I can chew!
[16.06.2022 03:01:36] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Moving to assist.
[16.06.2022 03:01:47] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Hope the Defiance is ready.
[16.06.2022 03:02:10] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Weapons coming online.
[16.06.2022 03:07:14] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: All contacts destroyed.
[16.06.2022 03:07:17] Ma'at-2: Phew. Thanks for the assist, saved my skin.
[16.06.2022 03:07:19] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Weapons test complete.
[16.06.2022 03:07:26] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Glad to assist.
[16.06.2022 03:07:50] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Resuming course to Omicron Kappa for Armor upgrades.
[16.06.2022 03:07:53] Ma'at-2: This thing's rattling pretty bad. Heading back to repair.
[16.06.2022 03:08:00] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Copy that, safe travels.
[16.06.2022 03:13:01] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Jump complete. All systems nominal. Engaging cruise to Livadia.
[16.06.2022 03:14:52] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: All systems tests seem good.
[16.06.2022 03:15:05] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Salutations, Hamelin.
[16.06.2022 03:15:45] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Engines disengaged. Standing by for mooring.
Entry From:Zylar Vespertine Vessel:Eventide Location at time of Log Entry:Freeport 11, Omicron Delta Subject:Quiet
It would seem we've done our job too efficiently. The Freeport and Order base in Omicron Delta don't have any missions for us or any reports of Nomad activity in system. While concerning, it opens us up to travel to other systems to see if they need any assistance.
I don't think that the Order systems will need any help. They appear to always have that under control. We plan on journeying out into other star systems nearby to check if they have any sorties for us to complete. One such system we've been hearing a lot about is Inverness. While it's a little too close to Liberty for my comfort, we may be heading there. Another option is to a Kusari system that we've heard rumors about near Order space that may have some squid killing potential. We've setup the ZSS-Defiance in orbit of Freeport 11 for those apart of Elysium's Shield to dock and moor at for repairs as well as to function as a defensive platform in the system in case things suddenly turn dour. The lack of activity in the system from the aliens and their pawns has me slightly concerned...or maybe we're just doing our job very well and are finally making a dent in the infestation. Either way, we're keeping a discerning eye on Nomad activity in the system.
Oh, and we forgot to upload of a log of an interesting discussion we had with an Outcast vessel passing through Omicron Delta during our combat tests with the ZSS-Defiance. We've attached it to this log. The Outcast had some experience dealing with Entity in the past. While they stated it hadn't contacted them as it did the Eventide during our combat in Location Classified, they said it did act different than most Nomads. Odd. We'll have to keep a close eye out for this strange alien variation...I wish we had a better idea what they were planning...
The silence is deafening.
- Zylar Vespertine Captain of the Eventide & ZSS-Defiance
[16.06.2022 04:01:50] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: A zoner capital vessel. That's something you don't see nowadays. *grins*
[16.06.2022 04:02:14] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Salutations HS vessel.
[16.06.2022 04:02:23] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Saludos, this is Audaz Alarcon, Alpha Explorer of Malta Hyperspace Starfleet. What brings you into this area of space?
[16.06.2022 04:02:45] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: We're stationed out of Freeport 11.
[16.06.2022 04:02:53] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Keeping the area clear of Nomads and their pawns.
[16.06.2022 04:03:02] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: To ensure safe travels through the system.
[16.06.2022 04:03:07] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Defense purposes, I see.
[16.06.2022 04:03:36] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Indeed. Lots of them out today...everyday in fact.
[16.06.2022 04:03:37] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Well, at least someone cares about them. I can't say the same about other groups.
[16.06.2022 04:03:48] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Indeed.
[16.06.2022 04:04:20] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Contacts clear of alien incursion.
[16.06.2022 04:04:28] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: We have encountered them in several events...it is hard to say what they intend to do currently.
[16.06.2022 04:04:51] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: True. It's never easy to identify their plans until they're well underway.
[16.06.2022 04:04:55] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Always playing catchup.
[16.06.2022 04:05:27] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Actually, it is not always the assumed hostile predisposition. Sometimes, it is more than that.
[16.06.2022 04:05:59] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Have you tried some types of communication with them?
[16.06.2022 04:06:29] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Every one we've run into out here has been hostile towards human vessels...except those weird hybrid things we find.
[16.06.2022 04:06:50] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: We don't wish to communicate with them. They're a threat to Humanity. We will destroy them where we find them.
[16.06.2022 04:06:52] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Hybrid "things". Quite the description.
[16.06.2022 04:07:08] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Such is the task we've taken for ourselves.
[16.06.2022 04:07:12] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Fair enough.
[16.06.2022 04:07:30] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: But sometimes, more can be obtained from them.
[16.06.2022 04:07:40] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Imagine the technological possibilities.
[16.06.2022 04:07:59] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: We will not repeat the same fate as Icarus. We will not have our wings burned by flying too close to the sun.
[16.06.2022 04:08:26] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: It's a dangerous thing to tamper with things such as that. True, it may advance our technology, but it can also end us.
[16.06.2022 04:08:30] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Well, I do prefer to be Daedalus. *grins*
[16.06.2022 04:09:10] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: I understand the concern. They cannot be trusted, as we have seen before.
[16.06.2022 04:09:29] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Some of their movements have been the doom of some of our brethren.
[16.06.2022 04:09:37] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Mmm. I would be remiss if I didn't say that they're interesting even though dangerous. Many times I've thought on it.
[16.06.2022 04:10:14] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: We've had communications from the one called "Entity" before as well. Vague words that make little sense.
[16.06.2022 04:10:24] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: They seem almost...amused by us. Which concerns us even more.
[16.06.2022 04:10:34] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Entity...
[16.06.2022 04:10:57] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Aye. That's the name we saw on scanners briefly before it vanished.
[16.06.2022 04:11:06] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Do you mean the one that has a quite different navigation system in comparison to other nomads?
[16.06.2022 04:11:12] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Like a cloud...
[16.06.2022 04:11:21] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: We've only encountered it once after it threw ship after ship at us.
[16.06.2022 04:11:25] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Si, we have seen it.
[16.06.2022 04:11:44] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: We managed to fight them back but not before it sent us a strange transmission and vanished.
[16.06.2022 04:12:05] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: As I said, it's interesting...but also deeply concerning.
[16.06.2022 04:12:25] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Their crystalline structure was quite peculiar. Capable of an unique "transformation".
[16.06.2022 04:12:52] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Hmmm. So it may be unique from the others then.
[16.06.2022 04:12:59] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: We will have to make a note of that.
[16.06.2022 04:13:04] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Odd. Our encounter was not hostile. Actually, it was curious about us.
[16.06.2022 04:13:41] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Possibly because we've been culling their brethren here in Delta with a fervor.
[16.06.2022 04:13:44] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: We encounter it near our domains, near a debris field. It was looking for something from us.
[16.06.2022 04:13:53] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: We don't know what, to be precise.
[16.06.2022 04:14:22] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Hmm. More vague messages from it I assume?
[16.06.2022 04:15:09] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Si, perhaps. It was not as communicative as we wanted.
[16.06.2022 04:15:37] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: We tried to contact it through several frequencies, but we failed at reaching it with more detail.
[16.06.2022 04:16:02] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Hmm, I wonder...certainly something to think about. More worries.
[16.06.2022 04:16:19] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: This Entity form could be testing certain aspects of Humanity for...something.
[16.06.2022 04:16:37] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: *Shakes head* I'm starting to think the worst.
[16.06.2022 04:16:57] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Maybe it is just like a mother taking care of her children.
[16.06.2022 04:17:12] Tip: You can send cash to nearby players without needing to type their name by selecting their ship and using /givecasht or /gct command.
[16.06.2022 04:17:21] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Checking that they don't get too damaged by their own actions.
[16.06.2022 04:18:15] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: I try not to anthropomorphize the Nomads. Giving them Human characteristics can make it more difficult to destroy them.
[16.06.2022 04:18:20] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: After all, not all nomads behave the same, as our experience proves it.
[16.06.2022 04:18:25] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: But I see your point.
[16.06.2022 04:18:54] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Of course, even more so with their vague intentions.
[16.06.2022 04:19:11] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Mmm. True. Very true.
[16.06.2022 04:19:23] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Anyway, we need to get back to our patrol. Stay safe out there.
[16.06.2022 04:19:37] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Ok, we should return to our journey, too.
[16.06.2022 04:19:45] HS>Destino-Final: Alarcon: Adios.
[16.06.2022 04:19:53] ZSS-Defiance: Zylar: Salutations, safe travels.
Entry From:Zylar Vespertine Vessel:ZSS-Defiance Location at time of Log Entry:Livadia Shipyards, Omicron Kappa Subject:Unforeseen Damages
Well, it wasn't really a surprise. We broke the Defiance on only the second day out of drydock. Should've expected it considering it was broken into three pieces and put back together at break neck speed. Luckily we had no fatalities from the event. Several of the crew was hospitalized at Freeport 11 with serious injuries, but we didn't lose anyone thankfully.
We were on a normal patrol in Omicron Delta and we'd taken a sortie from the Order base in system. Everything was going well until a couple of Nomad battleships appeared out of no where. We were able to fight them both off but not before red lines began showing through the ships superstructure. Within moments, the ships center of mass began bucking from the stress. We were able to limp the ship back to the Freeport as some technicians came up from Omicron Kappa to investigate the damages. Turns out the ship wasn't ready for the amount of stress we were putting her through. I got my fucking ear about talked off by the lead technician. She was pissed off that I'd managed to damage the ship as extensively as I had in the short period of time it had been utilized. The technicians shooed the crew off of the ship and began repairs. We later found out they'd managed to repair it enough to tow it back to Omicron Kappa and to the shipyards.
Kasumi and I had a brief meeting concerning the damages. During our conversation, we had an idea to use some of the tech we've discovered during our sorties with the aliens here. We gathered some of the research our scientists have been doing and brought them to the shipyards in Kappa for them to review. After a painstaking few hours, they came back and said that some of the tech we located might be adaptable on the Defiance including some of the AI tech we've recovered from the Cruisers and Drones. We've researched some of the Renegade and Nomad components under controlled conditions too, but feel that the risk of corruption or other hazards far too high to use that research. We plan on passing that information up to the Order for their review. They know more about this stuff than we do and the risks involved. However, we don't see a reason as to why the AI components can't be integrated immediately. The engines alone would consume far less H-Fuel and may even propel the ship faster than we originally believed possible.
We're staying here at Kappa for the evening while they review things. No telling how long this will take. I plan on returning with Kasumi on the Katakiuchi to Delta and Freeport 11 in the morning. The alien menace waits for no one...much less a human with a habit of breaking battleships.
Zylar out.
- Zylar Vespertine Captain of the Eventide & ZSS-Defiance