'Tis is the story of a man and his life. That man's name was Thomas Darren, and his late wife Sandra.
There was back before the nomad war.... in 795, that Thomas married Sandra..... At that time they were just 18 and 16 years at the time.....Then during the Nomad war of 800 A.s Sandra gets killed after a rutine salvaging missin turned into 4 CSV's cought in heavy fire between the Rheinlenders and a GMG strike group trying to defend Kusari...
Thomas gets depressed, and fer 3 years he was locked up in a mental clinique fer severe depression and suecidal thoughts. Heavy drugs and longlasting visits with the shrinks made him slowly turn back to normal. But there were one thing that had changed.
His morals.
He had become greedy, the medication had altered his personality, and he went pursuing the things which he had missed so much during his "imprisonment", luxury and wealth.
He defected from the 34th Salvage squadron and sold all his possesions and gear at Yanagi. Then grabbed a "Bulldog" and headed out in the big, black universe.....
At first it was nothing fun to do, he was poorly armed and the Rheinland traders were simply just too strong... so he went further into Rheinland, and encountered the Unioners... At first they offered him a little room, then they found him useful as his time as a junker had tought him how to repair and salvage even the most hopeless shipwreck....
He worked fer them fer almost a year, salvaging, repairing and also pirating with'em. He had fun, but then came the time when he got restless. So upon his depature he was given two class 9 Protectors, they were good guns, and he quickly found good use fer them....
Its late night at freeport 9... location; Gangster poker table... You heard right, the lil Thomas had somehow ended up playing card with the gangsters of the Omnicrons.. on his right was Zakari Benitez, a corsair belonging to the frightening Benitez family.. There were also some freelancer pirates around, one was called Landslug.... he was quickly beat'n outt'a the game. Then there were another man, hispanian, but he didn't care to say his name.
The stakes were high, and at the end there were just Thomas and Zakari left.... Thomas had a lil more money, but the Benitez slammed 4 "Gun keys" on the table. He looked up, saying with a low voice; "4, Lobera's. Still wanna play?"
Thomas slammed most his remaining money on the table... He hoped that the Benitez would "check"... Heavily betting on his Ace of Hearts and Ace of Spades, a strong pair, but the cards on the table were not in his favour yet; Spade 10, Spade 9, Ace of Clover, Spade 6...
The dealer asked nervously if the gentlemen would like another card. The Benitez raised his hand angreeing, Thomas calmly agreed... The dealer slowly flipped the card..... Spade 4. Thomas sighted, he was sure he had won.. He upped the stake with 100 000 credits, hoping the Benitez would be unable to beat that... Slowly the Benitez showed cards on the table; King of Spade, Queen of Spade... Thomas showed his cards too; Ace of Hearts, Ace of Spades... He had won. Thomas smiled, he had won a poker match against some of the scariest fellas in the Omnicrons...
The Benitez threw him a litle flash disk with the service manuals for the guns then left without a word... 12 million credits richer, 4 new "Lobera" Pulses and 2 brand new antique Desert Eagle 50. cal guns.... These old and ancient guns were not just antique, but they were heavy, and extremly powerful. Most armour nowdays was made to deflect laser or plasma rounds, but these metal rounds would shred right through.
Thomas left the room and headed for the docks, the Benitez had already left, but had left the guns. The zoners were a bit unwilling at first to help mount these guns, but after a little conversation they got right to it.
Newly installed and calibrated, they fitted right onto his ship.
He flew off from the freeport, he headed for Sigma 17, For Yanagi.
Well back at Yanagi he was treated as a foreinger, a rouge junker. Even his old friends had grown cold and unfriendly. The atmosphere was so tense that he left them without a notice.
Since his old pals were rather unfriendly and rude he headed to Tau 29, for the freeport. Well there he settled in, and stayed for the night. He thought he'd go find his family roots, and thought that a trip to liberty might help.
Flying through Baffin, he ended up in Coronado, at the "legendary" Barrier station. There he suddenly felt at home. Freelancers, pirates, zoners, murderers, bounty hunters, mercenaries. All under the same roof, being rather friendly towards each other.
He stayed for almost a week, trying to get contacts in liberty that woul let him access the Libertonian National Liberary. They refused to let him come, but they forwarded the files they had on his subject. It seemed that his family, mostly came with the Rheinland and the Bretonia. But there was some reports that parts of his family had fled to the french colonies back in SOL as they had kept a low profile and tried to avoid troubble.
He also heard rumors back at Yanagi that a new house, Gallia, had been revealed, this was supposed to be the last sleeper ship that left SOL, it was not in the original plans, and many rumors said that the french made their own ship to escape from the war when the coalition was trying to stop the other sleeper ships. Thomas jumped at the chance, and headed for Tau 37, Freeport 10. On his way there he met a outcast pilot who halted him. Thomas hailed him and asked what he wanted.
The outcast was annoyed by the fact that he had corsair weaponry and was so close to the outcast home. Thomas quickly saw the troubble coming and ran for the freeport. Well hidden in the freeport he contacted the higher ups in the outcast nation... at first there was no reply, but then one man, a Doctor Jameson, replied. He was in charge of the 101st Outcast Guard. Thomas talked with him for a long time, and after a little while they came to an agreement. Thomas had to pay some 250 000 credits for a "License of Operation" in the outcast territory. This would result in him being allowed to operate, land and stay at outcast bases and stations for shorter ammounts of time. Upon success of his transfer he was rewarded with a "certificate" ensuring he had license to operate in Omnicron Alpha with the rights of any other mercenary/freelancer/pirate. Any breach of outcast law and the allowance would be revoked. Thomas saw these terms as fair, and rented a small appartment at Malta.
Then came the day, the day he had hoped would come so much sooner. He had found his family in gallia.
He rushed to the mercants, filled his ship with food, water, reserve fuel, oxygen and ofcourse his dual-deagles...He also found some female slave which had not been functioning at the plantation, she was extremly allergic to the cardamine infested air. Thomas was happy, he had found his family, and a rather beautiful lady. He got her some new clothes, outfitted his ship with another bed, and another chair in the cocpit.
She was quiet most of the trip from Malta to Omnicron 80. A trip that tool almost 11 hours, but she slowly showed signs of curiousity. She wanted to know his name, if he had been married, why his wife wasnt with him, how old he was and were they were heading.
Thomas was a bit annoyed at first, the questions were random and without much of a point, nontheless he answered. He told that his wife had died during a salvage operation that went horribly wrong.
She quickly apologised for asking such question, but Thomas said it was ok. But when she heard they were going to Gallia she got scared. Saying that they were brutal, evil and hostile to anyone foreign to them. Thomas didnt care, and entered the Omnicron 80 system.
It has been 5 days since Thomas entered Gallia. The place is huge, and full of danger. He did however, find a couple of criminal organisations that operated in this place, mainly the Gallic Bridgands and the Union Corse. They were both curious and genuinely happy to see a couple of foreign faces. Though their language was hard to understand. They helped him as best as they could, and got him accepted by the Council. A group of Gallians that were against the Kings wish to stay isolated utill they could vage war on the other houses.
They checked their liberaries and archives and found them to be living at planet Nevers, a planet belonging to the "Royals". Thomas had to admitt that his journey had to end here, and he returned to his apartment at Malta.
On his way back he got some supplies, and some machines that facinated him, amongst that was technology that interested Doctor Jameson. Thomas handed over the goods, and returned to his idle life at Malta, But every now and then he would venture out to unknown places, sometimes for days or even weeks. Just to come back richer and wiser then ever before.