I managed to get myself a spot on this station. Surprisingly, it's a popular station, despite being a floating rock with some metal rods sticking out of it. My room is quite far from the hangar area. I have to walk to the lifts from 1A, then take the lift down to 6D, walk to Hall 20, and then walk down to Room 159. But to make it all better, I have to take my stuff too. I had about 20 pounds of assorted junk to haul with me on this trip. Oh well. At least I have space to set up an HQ for my new company.
I still cannot believe that I have made this company. My old friend Klaus Ritter showed up one day, and asked me if I wanted to make a private security company with him. I left the LPI, and we started making plans for this company. A week or two later, we managed to put up some information on the Neural Net.
Anyways, I gotta get back to work. I still have some items to fix up, as well as buy an armored transport.
Well then, I finally managed to get my stuff in order. My friend Klaus is probably still on his way, taking his useless sweet time.
I'm looking into a Pelican transport right now, to serve as a bank ship while we're still getting settled. I should have it ready soon, just need to find some place to buy one.
We actually might have our first job, as I was contacted by some guys from Freeport 101 to guard them. A DSE sub-company called Platinum may also be interested in our escort services, so business is good, despite us only starting up a few days ago.
I still ponder what I should call the new transport. I'll talk to the guys about it.
I'm also in the process of trying to barter for a base. We'll need a permanent base of operations, not this dump on Barrier Gate. I mean, it's a nice place and all, but the smell of tobacco and alcohol is a bit overwhelming.
Well, I gotta make go and check the job board again. I'll probably make a follow-up, eventually.
Name:Tal Ravis Location:HSV-Audie Murphy, Sector 5B, Coronado System Entry:
Alrighty, managed to get a Pelican transport, albeit used by OS&C. I had to try to negotiate with them to sell me one, and I ended up flying off some luxury planet with my semi-new Pelican.
I came back to Barrier Gate, where I registered the ship as the "Audie Murphy", some man whom I read about once in a history text-net. I really like the name.
Anyways, I'm writing this entry from the bridge of the Audie Murphy, and I have to say, OS&C does a good job with these ships. There is quite a bit of cargo hold space, and there are a few cabins on board for me to bring a few friends along. Unfortunately, we're a bit understaffed, so those cabins are just a storage for some generic goods.
You know, I really like this ship. I genuinely like it. Nice looks, and packs quite a punch, as a rather unfortunate bum pirate earlier found out the hard way.
Anyways, I have to dock again on Barrier Gate to get some new lights, as well as to fix up a few dents from that pirates weapons.
Well, I'm in a bit of a pickle now. My Pelican was hit by a speeding Train, which managed to knock out my shields and cripple my reactor. I ended up calling Klaus to get his lazy ass over to help me, but he took forever.
So, the Audie's in the repair bays, with some engineers fixing it up. I hope this doesn't run much, because HTS doesn't have much of a bank yet. Most of this will end up outta my pocket, which sucks ass. Maybe my brother Xavier will lend me some cash, after all, I busted my balls to protect him when he was growing up. Heard he works for DSE or something now.
Well, at least the maiden voyage on the Audie went well. Flew around Liberty, and nothing interesting happened. Later on, I flew off to Kusari, and god damn, I hate this place. What a mess! People are dying left and right, and no one cares. At least I met this cute Golden Chrysanthemum, I mean, she had a nice ass.
I can't believe that I've made three entries in one day. Maybe I just have too much on my mind.
And about that deal with Freeport 101, well, I gotta prepare for that. I'm planning on sticking a few Spatials and Bombers there, just incase our Sabres won't do the trick. We're getting paid 10 million credits a week, for an indefinite period of time, but we just gotta answer his calls for help. Seems like a good first job.
Well, it's quite late, and I gotta get to bed. I got bruised up in that collision, and it'll hurt in the morning for sure. Now, if I could just get a good dream involving that Golden Chrysanthemum...
Name:Tal Ravis Location:HSV Audie Murphy, Planet New Tokyo Orbit, New Tokyo Entry:
I flew out to New Tokyo today out of sheer boredom. The engineers fixed up the Audie, and I felt better this morning. Thank you, Liberty Ale. Nasty stuff, nonetheless.
Well, I dragged myself out here, only to encounter a Kusari Battleship that wasn't too fond of outsiders. He started to get a bit mad at me, so I decided to land on New Tokyo. I wish I took pictures, because those Kusarians can really design buildings. Maybe I'll hire a Kusarian architect to design our base.
Anyways, I managed to find an old Havoc Mark II in a junk yard on Denver. Gee. Good to see one, albeit in a dump. I asked if I could take the ship. The bastard at the front desk told me that it would cost two million Sirius credits to take it, so I said "Alright." This baby needs a bit of attention, but it still works partially like it used to. I redid the transmitter on it, so now it's registered as "Gamma 1". I left it at Barrier Gate, and then took out the Audie. I plan on flying Gamma 1 to Freeport 101 tomorrow, but for now, I have some ramen to eat.
I've been asking around to see if anyone has a Spatial, but no one in Liberty really cares about them. I did manage to find a seller, but it's all the way in Tau-23, which I know a jump hole to, out in Kyushu. I'm gonna head out there soon.
Name:Tal Ravis Location:HSV Audie Murphy, Planet New Tokyo Orbit, New Tokyo Entry:
Sorry that I can't type much, I'm sitting in a fly-thru in Dresden waiting for some weinerschitzel. I'm close to Omega-15, but I got hungry. Might as well grab a bite of real food, since Klaus told me that the only tasty thing on FP101 are the women.
I finished that bowl of ramen that I had yesterday, and it was mediocre at best. I've eaten better ramen in Liberty, but, hey.
Anyways, my food got here, so I need to get eating. I'll update this when I get to Omega-15.
I finally managed to get some alone time from that horrible Zoner base, and I have time to make a journal entry, I guess.
Well, I got a communication from a Daumann Heavy Construction worker asking for an escort. He was hauling Aluminium ore from Stuttgart to some Omega place. He told me it was dangerous, but we didn't encounter any significant pirate presence. Easy eight million credits there, in the bag.
Afterwards, I went to get some strudels. Not a good substitute for my donut addiction, so I ended up feeling the repercussions of those little strudels.
Then, we got a new recruit! Weird old guy. I think his name is Campbell, but his parents spelled it Cambell. Must be something involving a unique name, but hell if I know. Then, Rose has the balls to transfer himself to Delta wing. Oh well. We sorted it out over 5.K.Y.P.3, with what little connection I have on that Freeport. Now, he leads his wing, and I lead mine.
Almios has disappeared off the face of Sirius, and the last I heard from him was that "Zoner ships are cool, so I'ma go be a Zoner now, bye." Real odd, and he hasn't contacted me since. Maybe he's dead.
Klaus is also gone, last time I heard from him was Friday. Really weird stuff, maybe it has something to do with this Nomad artifact that I have.
Just kidding about that last part.
A transmission went out about a pretty dirty job, and Rose leaped onto it without even asking me. Oh well. Next thing I know, we're transporting illicit goods into Gallia. Naturally, seeking a thrill, I decided to be his wingman on this one. Maybe this'll be the start of a long journey that neither of us signed up for.
Anyways, I got donuts to buy. I feel like I'm going to crash and start foaming at the mouth.