Ch. 07
“But Sir! Keyan is one of the most profitable explorers we have! You can’t just abandon him!”
Amarrian interceptor class pilot, Copheros Heturen, argued.
“I don’t care; we could end up losing more fighters or pilots to the Goons than isk we would gain by finding him. You know we are at war. ” Counselor James Yutuerian.
Copheros had been arguing this same point for days now, where was the sense of loyalty in this galaxy now-a-days? HIs Khanid upbringing gave him a sense of honor, and everyone else sorely lacked it.
“And besides, you know as well as I do if the Goons have him there is little chance of getting him back. As strange as it is that any attempts to trace his ship were met with failure, it does not justify such an expedition.”
“Sir come on! You can’t just abandon him!”
The counselor slammed his fist down on his desk,
“END OF DISCUSSION. Your loyalty to your friends is commendable Copheros, but it does not grant you any special privileges.”
Copheros’s mouth opened and closed a few times as he tried to force something out of his mouth. Eventually the only thing that made its way out was a scream of rage. He turned on his heel and stormed out of the counselor’s office..
As his angry footsteps resounded through the corporate offices as he made his way back to his shuttle. He took a few deep breaths amidst his stomping and eventually calmed down enough to start thinking rationally again.
He started listing everything he knew that could help him in his search. He knew what region Keyan was exploring. He had gone on a huge spiel about how he was going to rub all his brand new finds in the corps faces when he returned. The region itself was extremely dangerous, full of all types of pirates and the whatnot. He knew what ship he had been flying, The Loki he had been wanting for years.
He knew that there was little to no chance of Keyan being captured. He would self destruct before they could catch him, and the self destruct mechanism was impossible to be disabled before or after it was activated. So there are two real possibilities, either Keyan was stuck somewhere which made self destructing his ship and pod impossible, or the Jove got him for some reason.
By the time he made it to his shuttle he had managed to calm himself down. He walked up to his vehicle, and saw a holopad resting on the front window.
Illegal Parking
Fine 500isk
Pay at nearest patrol station
Have a good day
His rage returned in full force, culminating in the age old adage,
“SHIT”
*****
After another set of anger management exercises he started up the shuttle and went on his way to the docking yard. He leaned back in his seat, idly running a hair through his short black hair. He closed his eyes, about time for nap.
After a short nap the shuttle beeped, signaling his arrival at his ship. He stood up and started walking down the gangway to his ship. He let out a low whistle, as he did every time he saw his ship. She truly was a beauty, her hull was a scarlet-brown. It was accentuated with absolutely striking gold and brown arches, curves, and emblems. It truly was a marvel of Ammarian engineering and style.
The airlock opened with a hiss as he stepped into his pride and glory.
“Aura? What’s the status on my new webifier?” He asked his A.I companion, standard fare for most capsuleer ships.
“Upgrades complete sir. The new one should be able to slow down a ships max velocity by 63%, a 13% improvement from the previous module.”
Copheros smiled, his ship had finally come together. Starting from a usual interceptor, he had sunk so much isk into retrofitting it he doubted there was another like it in the galaxy. Transmission crackers, hacking module, data analyzer, warp scramblers, statis webs, a micro warp drive capable of catching anything in the galaxy, and to top it all off an armament that did not belong on any ship that could move as fast as this one.
Some said lasers were little more than a pretty light show, they usually stopped once he melted halfway through their hull.
He walked to the cockpit, he had made similar upgrades to Keyan’s that allowed him to run without a crew so the ship was entirely silent.
He booted up the navigational screen and pulled up the region that Keyan said he was heading to.
“22 systems!?” He exclaimed, it would take forever to search all of them.
“Aura, do we have any data on which System Keyan was in last?”
“I have traced the last message he wrote to the best of my ability sir, this region is the best information I can provide, I am incapable of pinpointing any closer.”
Copheros shrugged, it would have to do.
“Set destination, what's the ETA?”
“Just over a day sir on the safest route. Travelling through GoonSwarm federation space could shorten it, but I highly suggest you do not take that route.”
“Yea, lets not piss off any goons.”
“Very well sir.”
Copheros leaned back in his chair. One thing he was annoyed about, and something that Keyan would always rub in his face, was that as a result of his extensive modifications of his ship he had to give up his crew quarters, and as such any hope of a bed.
He closed his eyes, at least the chair was pretty damn comfy.
****
A day later he arrived, an average looking system with a red giant at its center greeted him.
“Aura, send out the Seeker Drones. Then cloak up. Set them to scan for Keyan’s thermal trail, weapon fire signature, anything.” His “Seeker” drones had started as basic combat drones but since his ship couldn’t launch probes he had jury rigged them himself to fill in the role. Each system would take at least 2 days to scan, as his drones, though useful, lacked the raw power of dedicated probes.
His brown eyes remained glued on the screen. as he waited for the first scans to come in.
‘You’re gonna owe me sooooo much isk when I save your sorry ass Key’
"Let's not piss off any goons".... A line any real EVE player will whole heatedly agree with,
Unless they are in a strong alliance of their own.
3452355
Definitely, and even if you're in Test or something pissing off a bunch of Goons is a bad idea
3450824
Its definitely worth trying out. And its possible to buy game time with in-game cash, roughly 500mil isk. ITs a huge task at first but once you get into a corp, or a group of friends, and are able to run high level missions, get a nice mining operation, etc. You can make it pretty easily. I stopped "paying" for my account after the third month.
3449711
A tad different than Equestria
3448580
:p
3448266
Ship it like fed-ex
Ah yes. GoonSwarm. A name as infamous as 'm0o'. Actually I think GS is one of the few Alliances that's been around since the early days of EVE.
3453062
Yep, they got kicked out of their "home" region 4 times I believe but they just packed up and moved
heh, i was in a corp that spat in the goons face a bit, when they tried to stop all ice trade and i think mine wasnt the only one at the time either
I would LOVE to see a supercap in this fic.
The Hel is so beautiful! A RUSTY WHALE OF AWESOME TANK LOGI SAUCE!
The Whore of Hel
What the Hel?
3453626
Yea they got alot of oflak for that, doubt they really cared though
3453672
definitely later in the story. And by later I mean at least 8 chapters
3452931 Hmm, I'd get it, but I have no space on my computer.
I'm particular to my Golem. I have a Tengu and it was fun for awhile, but I love my Marauder.
3454181
Understandable
3454516
L4 mission torp boat of doooooom! please don't tell me you have one of those 15bil bling fits that, while work, are morew suited to being loot pinatas.
3455265 Nooo...most expensive thing I got on my ship is a Pith- Type A Large Shield Booster. Everything else is T2, cept for the riggings. Afterall if ya aint willing to lose it, don't fly it.
3456169
Did you see the killmail for that 16bil officer mod golem that got ganked at the last burn jita?
http://eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=17425453
And who the hell puts cruises on a golem? sheesh
3456659 Oh...that loss is just...nasty. And..uhh...I DO use Cruise launchers. Though I also use a Micro-Jump Drive with it. An I use it for lvl 4 missions.
3457850
I was never a fan of the MJD, but if you use that than Cruises definitely make the better choice. I use a loki for everything(no chance of guessing that right?) even though its not the best for missions.
3455265 Plus I'm poor as fuck.
3457856 I love the MJD. Both for the CNR and the Rokh. Though, I mainly got the Rokh because why not. And while I do love the CNR, I still will prefer the Tengu once I can get it.
3470053
I used a CNR for a while, loved it
3458766
:(
and in general i'm sorry the next chapter isn't out yet, I planned to write a ton of fimfiction this weekend by my teachers thought it would be a better idea to bury me with essays, lab reports, and research papers. Its half done so maybe it will be up tomm
keyan88 o7
nice
3456659 phwww, that was expensive.
Where the heck was that guys Bastion module?!?! Or wait, was that before Rubicon?
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Capusle, Light Neuron Blaster I, what the actual fuck?
The Goonwaffe, 70,000 assholes ready to ram anti-matter up yours for the joy of watch you explode.
Goonswarm... From what this Immortal Dust Bunny knows, they started out as a batch of vulgar, barely better than pirate amateurs and have evolved into a thousands strong, piss poor flying mess of bad language and sheer numbers...
I'm planetside, and still scared of those bastards!
"We're terrible at this game!" Last words heard before death.
Damn I was praying it would just be the one Capsuleer and no others. Now we have others showing up and I'm already growing bored and disgusted.