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Activity Log - December 20th (Short Story)

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Assassins' Blades
Voidhounds
Pretenders
#1 - 2012-12-22 03:03:00 UTC
(OOC - Little Background information this is my first time writing this type of Story. I would like some feedback please.)

I wake up after a good night sleep and find myself in Toustain. How the hell I got here with no Ship, I ask myself. Well deciding to fly back home to Straloin, but not having a ship I had no choice to take a pod. I really hate the fluid that in those things, the smell makes my skin crawl. After being clearing the docks, I point my ship to the Starloin gate and speed up to enter warp. Thankfully pods are fast to enter warp, and before I know it I’m at the gate, without any delay I jump thought.

Ah, Home sweet home, I think while pulling up the System Contacts window to see if any of my friends are around. None of them are here but there a lot of people in system. Not wanting to run into any surprises I pull up my Directional Scanner and scan system, a long list comes up. Control Towers, Planets, stations, Mining Barges. I stop cold, and think this can’t be. I quickly scramble the resister name of my pod, and start a more detailed scan. There 2 of them, both Retriever Class, and around planet VI. Okay thinking, they saw me jump into system, there likely at a Control tower by now. But still I pull up the asteroid belts on my scanner and start scanning again narrowing the range each time. I narrow them down to belt 1 and I see no Control Towers in that direction. Makes no sense, I double check my settings and sure enough Control Tower is still on the list.

Well I be damn. I hurry and Warp to station warp my ships are and head into the docks. Luckily I had no problem with the Docking Manager. I hurry out of my pod and forgoing showering off the fluid from the Pod and ran to the other side of my cabin where my hurricane is docked. Getting to the bridge, I start the power-up sequence. Low Energy modules – Powered up, Medium Energy modules – Powered up, High Energy modules – Partial power up warning displays on my secondary monitor.

Sure enough, it showing that there not enough Power in the grid to bring online my 6th guns and my Energy Neutralizer. Damn Engineers when they repaired my ship they overhauled the power grid, and they removed all my modifications. Well that would be a quick fix if the Fitting Crew were not so lazy. I get in contact with them and request to have the MicroWarp drive module pulled out and replaced with an Afterburner module. Not bad, there not busy and it only takes them a few seconds longer then I thought it would, with this change my 6th gun powers on.
Ready to undock, I contacted the Dock master, and request emergency undock clearance. Then it hits me, there 2 of them and I only have 1 warp disruptor. I send a notice to the Dock Master and put my undocking clearance on hold, and re-contact the fitting crew tell them to remove the Stasis Webifier and install another Warp Disruptors, I also remind them to move there asses cause I'm in a hurry. Surprising they got it done in record time; I contact the Dock master and get my undocking clearance.

I quickly program my Navigation Computer and head into warp. While in the short warp I active my Senor Booster. It seems Lady Luck is on my side tonight, I drop out of warp right on top of one of the Retrievers and 25km of the other. My Targeting computer is locking up the 2 Retrievers; I reprogram one of my Warp Disruptors to overload its range. Just in time, my Targeting Computer got both ships targeted, hitting the Commands to activate the Warp Disruptor. “ERROR, Unable to Active Module on Target Ship” begins to ring thought my Cockpit.

What now I start asking myself, taking a few second to think. Seem like the Engineers did more than repair my ship and overhauled my Power Grid, they add the new Weapons Safety System. I manage to turn off the Safeties and activate my Warp Disruptors. My Targeting Computer got a solid lock and the Warp Disruptors hit there marks, both Retrievers and not going anywhere. The beautiful sound of 425mm AutoCannons start ringing in the background of my Cockpit as I activate my guns on the closest Retriever. Drones are launched from my Ship and as dumb as they are just sitting there, I quickly send them commands to start attacking the second Retriever. My AutoCannons make quick work of the first Retriever; it’s been turned into scrap in 30 seconds flat. I check on the other retriever to see my drones clasped his shields already and there not coming back up… untanked I start thinking, this won’t take long. Engage the afterburner and get my Armament Computer to change my ammo to longer range ammo. Those 10 seconds feel like a life time, finial done and in firing range I activate my AutoCannons, just like I thought. The Retriever blows up right away. I order my drones to come back as my setting a course back to the Station. I get the confirmation my drone dock and head into warp, doesn’t take long to get back the Station.
The Automated Stations Gun starts locking up my ship and begins to shoot me. I can hear the Dock Manager chucking at the other end of the Comm, as my request to dock is denied. Turns of the Dock Manager is not very happy to see me in a hurry to dock up, and he make me wait outside. Thankfully my new armor is strong enough the outlast Max waiting time and Dock Manager have no choice to let me dock.
Thank god for Concord laws... If it was up to him he'd keep me out of the station and let the Station Guns kill me.


End of Log. System powering down.
ISD Praetoxx
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2012-12-23 12:00:38 UTC
TRANSMISSION INTERCEPTED - DECODING MESSAGE

Last night while carrying out my inspections of Intergalactic Communications, I came across your transmission. I believe the first part was scrambled and many will be unable to decrypt it. I would suggest sending another transmission to correcting the issue.

TRANSMISSION END

(A separate thread in EVE Fiction for your feedback is suggested)
- ISD Praetoxx

ISD Praetoxx Lieutenant Community Communication Liasons (CCLs) Interstellar Service Department

DutchGunner
Circle of Abyss
Wicked Angels.
#3 - 2012-12-23 15:55:37 UTC
I'm always disgusted when i hear of fellow capsuleers who pride themselves on destroying industrial ships. However there is little that can be done to stop this. Just as for non-capsuleers, you get all sorts of people within the capsuleer community, including the roques, criminals, murderes, etc.

What I find even more troublesome is that you are suggesting that it is CONCORD that allows you to do this. CONCORD has been active for more then a century and it has led to the possibility of the creation of us capsuleers. However it now has to try very hard to keep up with all the new events that are caused and/or handled by us capsuleers.

Pray you'll never find yourselve before my weapons for I shall act as a enforcer of CONCORD and DED.