Topic: The Wayward Kzinti

[Hstaphath_XC]

Excellent!  As an ol' Freelancer myself, these were a pure joy to read and brought back many memories of my own of being in similar situations...

Looking forward to more!

[Soreyes]

Trading Is life

10 Jan.


So far it has been a profitable week or two. It took me awhile to find some new trade routes, but find them I did. Not all of the commodities that were traded before are any good now. Where Cardi was once the thing to bring to the New York system. It is no longer the “King” of items to bring in. It seems that the Outcast have changed there tactics in “Hooking” the Liberty systems. And not to be out done by there Brothers in Vice. The Coursers have ramped up there trade into the Liberty systems. Not with Artifacts but with Liquor. The only problem there is getting by the SSG patrols. 

Trading amongst the Great Houses is a bit of a hit and miss proposition. You can make money, but it takes awhile to figure out who wants what. One sure way to make money is to become a “Bus Service”. But then that gets old after a run or two. Would some one please tell me why refuges are paying good money to be transported to Omicron Zeta. The only idea I have about that is that they all got jobs working the Tobacco Fields for the Outcast.

The place to make money is in the Outer Rim systems. Robots 1&2, MHW, Omicron Minor, and the Abyss. The Money is Great, but the risk are High. Freighters were not made to slug it out with Nomad Demons, N1s, and Mysters. Hey someone has to bring the Robots there Pleasure Droids, and bring the Monkeys there Fruits and nuts. It might as well be me.
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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place.

[Soreyes]

25 Jan

Be Nice To Robots


The past few weeks have been profitable. PTA seems to be in good shape. There have been a few war’s here and there that we have been asked to join. The thing is we are Neutral. Well except for some times when we have to put the Molly’s, Unioneers, and the Rouges in there place. Lately I have been getting a lot of orders from the Robots for supplies to be transported out to Robot 2 and the Abyss. I have learned to be nice to the Robot patrols. Because of all the supplies I take to them. They sometimes tend to look the other way with some of my ummm other supply runs

I just can’t figure out what the Outcast are up to. I have gotten very large orders of construction Equipment, Calcite, and Refuges to be taken out to Omicron Zeta. Something very strange is going on out there. I also made a few runs out to Druids Rock. WOW have they ever beefed up there defenses over there. It is always a pleasure to dock at Druids Rock. A chance to get the ship repaired, do a little trading, but most importantly. A chance to sit down for a few pints of Proper “Druid Fluid” Ahhh It’s almost Heaven.
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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place.

[Soreyes]

4 Feb

There Be Nomads


Started the day as any other day. Trading my furry rear end off. Made 5 runs out to Robot 2 to deliver much needed Construction equipment, and Beryllium. As I was pulling into the PTA Club House. A general alarm went out system wide. There was a Nomad incursion in Canada. I hopped out of my Freighter and into my VHF. As soon as I arrived in the Canada system I found one heck of a “Furball” at the jump gate to Colorado. It has been awhile since I have seen that many Torps, Missiles, mines, and gun fire in one place. After a fierce battle, the Nomad went “poof”. I have to admit that I think I shot more of our side then the Nomad. 

A while later I got a message from BLAZE about a nomad incursion in Robot 2. Well how could I refuse a request to join the hunt from Blaze. While in route I got a message that the fight had moved to Robot 1. As soon as I jumped into Robot 1 by the planet Robolab. I got blasted out of the system by a Nomad Battleship. When I came too I was on planet Pygar. I made my way back to Robot 1 and to where the battle was taking place. I got there just in time to see Blaze blow up the Nomad. As I was making my way back to the core systems by way of Robot 2. I received a message from two Robots about me being very lucky that I was still under the 24 hour amnesty period for mounting Nomad weapons on my ship….WTH!!!!!! I loo…. Er …Um…. Found these Nomad weapons fair and square. After getting the latest copy of the “Monkey Times” and reading about the Robots thing against Nomad weapons. I will give up my Nomad Turret. BUT I’ll be darned if I’m going to give up my Nomad CD
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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place.

[Soreyes]

Who can you Trust

17 March


It has been a very interesting month or so. There is REP causing me all sorts of problems with my money runs. I hired the Tigers a few times for some escorts out to Robot 2. Thanks again guys. I did make one or two deals with REP, but they being PIE-RATS!!!!!! The deals did not last to long. Then there is Sabre that causes me some money woes due to there insistence that certain Items not be brought into Liberty Space…… heck you can’t even Bribe them <Sigh>

Tried out the new Atlas Monkey Freighter. Not a bad ship. The only problem I found was that it was not made to cruse through the many Rock fields out there. I ended up going back to the Syfrina…… but I did take the Monkey Shield off the Atlas and put it on the Syfrina. I seem to be getting a lot of request from certain Clans out there for me to get some Nomad equipment for them. Well I use to be Neutral with the Nomads, but not anymore. Something about me shooting down a few of there Gunship’s 

I have a new game I like to play, though it might be a bit of a dangerous game. It’s called “How many times can I sneak into Gamma with out being Caught” So far its been 3 times out of 15 attempts. Gee those REP people don’t sleep much do they.

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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place

[Soreyes]

28 March
Well that was Stupid!

A very eventful few weeks here. Had a few run ins with REP. They always seem to want a lot of money from this little old trader. When will they realize that my answer to there money demands will always be NO. (Except for when I need a favor or two from them) Had a few classic run ins with them, where I escaped by the thinnest margins. A shout out to Sabre and some Freelancers who helped in my escape from REP attacks by coming to my aid. 

I was busy doing some side runs in my CSV going into Nomidia and Battleground. Found that the Monkeys and the Order tend to pay some very good money for some under the radar items I tend to transport. Hey who knew you could make money transporting MOX. I got a message from my contact “Juan” about a high priority delivery that needed to be made.

It seems that the Druids out at Druids Rock were out of food and needed a shipment to be brought in ASAP. I guess that they can’t live on “Fluid” alone…… though they do try.
I loaded up my CSV with food stuffs and made my way to the channel to get to Druids Rock. Cruse speed activated and away I go. As I made my way past a few weapons platforms that were firing at me, I realized that I was going through Bots faster then a kid with a bag of Gummy Bears. At the half way point I thought that I had a chance to make it. That is until while checking my sensors I ran full speed into a very large rock. Long story short. I wasted valuable time and bots trying to get back on course. At a range of 5 klicks from the Rock my Ship gave out and went BOOM!. When I came to I found myself back on the planet “FlyByU” Juan was looking down at me and shaking his head saying “Now that was a Stupid move” All I could say in response was “Stupid is as Stupid does”

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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place.

[Soreyes]

Nomads. What Nomads?…. Oh Those Nomads


Well things have been the same old same old lately. Pick up orders, run them out to the people who need them and are willing to pay. Get chased by REP because they think they are tax collectors. Get chased by the Lawful because they don’t like some of the stuff that I carry. Just Normal business here in the outer rim area of space. So to make my life a little more interesting I bought a Anubis Fighter and decided to go hunt Nomads………. WHAT IN THE HECK WAS I THINKING!!!!!!!!

I flew out to Robot 1 to start my new calling as a Nomad exterminator…….and almost got exterminated myself. As soon as I jumped into Robot 1 what do I see right in front of me. Of course a Nomad Battleship with I think six Gun Boats. Talk about a Royal Fur Ball. With the help of some Robots and Monkeys the Battleship and its escorts were dispatched. At this time Robot TK-367 called out “NOMADS” I’m thinking what Nomads, I don’t see any on my scanner. I then started getting hit by some purple bolts of energy and proceeded to lose my shields and about half my hull. At about this time my scanner decided to start working. That’s when I found myself in a battle to just survive. There was every type of Nomad fighter out there that you could think of. All I could do was respond with “Oh Those Nomads” I then learned something just then. Robots can call you all sorts of Dirty Names. The battle lasted about 10 to 15 minuets. At the end I made my way back to Planet Robolab for some much needed repairs. When I landed I took stock of the stuff that I um found floating around after the battle. WOW!!!!!!! A Nomad CD, A bunch of Nomad Lasers, Hmmmmm what’s this a “Fearbringer” I wonder what that does?
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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place.

[Soreyes]

22 April

What’s the point.


I was sitting in the bar at Booms retreat having a few with Juan. I was feeling very down in the dumps. It seems that the Great Monkey God has stuck his Paw into the mix again. A bunch of my profitable runs in the inner core of systems have disappeared with the removal of some trade items. I cant do any more runs to say the Abyss or to Battleground. Each time I jump in to those systems I’m met by a Nomad Battleship and Nomad fighters. Then there is the problem of [REP] and [TBH] and who ever else is out there . I told Juan that my last five runs have turned the following losses -12 mil, -16mil, -11mil, -8mil, -18mil. I looked over to Juan and made the suggestion that I could join up with the Outcast. Juan just started laughing and pointed out that I’m to Rude, Crude and Socially Unacceptable even for the Outcast. Laughing along with Juan I could see his point. As the Dancing Girls hit the Stage all I could think about was “What is the point to all this”
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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place.

[Soreyes]

June 1

Oops.....Sorry

I had just landed at Manhattan and was getting up from the flight controls of my CSV. When I turned around I was met by a overly dressed Monkey, holding a rolled up newspaper. The Monkey started beating me about the head and shoulders with the Newspaper, while saying "Bad Kitty.. Bad Kitty" At that moment I figured out that I have some how displeased the Great Monkey God. After a few minutes of abuse, the Monkey God Rep finaly asked if knew how I had displeased the Great Monkey God. I answard with a firm "ummm No". He let out a sigh and said one word. "Offerings" All I could manage to say was "Oops Sorry" The Monkey God Rep told me that to make up for this Great misdeed on my part. I would have to go to the Omega 41 system and retrieve 50 Hessians for the Monkey God. With That The Monkey Rep transported out of my ship. I stood there for a few minutes thinking of my options. I then came to the sad conclusion that I was going to lose a lot of money.

I made my way to Leon base in my Anubis and started taking Missions from the Corsairs. Alot of missions. Long story short. I got blown up 4 times, and the rest of the time I was spending vast amounts of cash to fix my ship. I finaly got my quota of "Slightly Chard Hessians" and made my way back to Manhattan. I am now awaiting the arrival of a MP to turn this feast over to. After tallying up all my losses. I figgured that I was out about 46 million credits for my lack of offerings. Next Month the monkey God is going to get his fill of Liberty Rogue
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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place.

[Andromeda]

Mine are better.

The story, however, was good.  I like the short choppy elements. 
A few spelling errors bugged me though.  Damned evil rouges.

[Soreyes]

3 June

If You Want It. Come And Take It.

I was making a supply run to New Tokyo when I noticed that I was being stalked by [REP]MerLin. He was one system behind me in Kepler. A few minutes ago he was in NY. As soon as MerLin jumped into Shikoku, I receved the Message "10 Million or Die". My response was "If You Want It. Come And Take It." The Chase was on. I made it to the New Tokyo JG and made it through with no problems. Instead of going directly to New Tokyo I started to just take any nearby Trade lanes to get away from MerLin. It seemed to work as I got a little bit further ahead . I then Jumped into Hokkaido. I made a beeline into the Nebula thinking I could lose MerLin. It was not to be. MerLin must have a "Mondor" on his ship, because he started heading to me as soon as he jumped into Hokkaido.  I then went stright to the Kyushu jump hole and went through. MerLin was on my tail. I made a straight run towads the Planet of Kyushu with MerLin gaining ground on me. At the very last second I hit the trade lane. I then decided to get to Tau 29 and try to make the Canada Jump Hole. I guess MerLin figured out that was what I was going to do. MerLin jumped into Tau 23 to try to cut me off in Tau 29. I made it to the Tau 29 Jump Gate but had to wait for a convoy to go through first. As soon as I jumped into Tau 29 I saw that MerLin had also Jumped in from Tau 23. At this point I changed my plans. Instead of going to the Canada Jump Hole, I just went a klick or two from the Jump Gate and Jumped into Kepler. I then made a mad dash to the Shikoku Jump gate. Then on to New Tokyo. As soon as I landed and sold my goods. I made my way to the Bar where I bought a bottle of Scotch to calm my nerves. I have no Idea of what kind of ship MerLin was flying. I just knew that my CSV would have been toast if he cought me.
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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place.

[Soreyes]

09 June

The Brits Like Blood Sports….Who would have thought.

Was making a few runs out in the Tau and Battleground areas when I ran into a Corsair Trader. Hummm he must be as nutty as me or he’s lost. I followed him to Freeport 6 where I caught up with him at the Bar. I introduced myself to him, and he seemed to know about me. “are you that idiot who took on a Nomad in a CSV” We seemed to get along pretty good …. Or was that the Scotch? Any how we got to talking about some lucrative trade routes, legal and illegal goods. He turned me onto one of his best money making ventures. He would hang around in Robot 1 space and pick up all the Flotsam left in space after a battle between the Robots/Monkeys Vs the Nomads. What he was looking for was Menz Worriers and Menz Females. He had a contact in Britannia that would pay him 9000 credits for each Male and female he brought him. Oh this was to good to be true I thought. After a bit of haggling and giving up one of my contacts within the Outcast Organization. I got the name of this Brit, and where he could be found from this Trader. (who shall stay Nameless)

I hung around the bar there at Freeport 6 for awhile after my new “Friend” had left, contemplating this new money making venture. I was to chicken to hang around areas of space where Nomads where known to congregate. Then it Hit me. I had a contact with the Hackers who was always complaining about having a over abundance of these Male and Female things. I loaded up my ship with some supplies that the Hackers would gladly pay good money for, and made a Beeline to the Hacker Base. Upon my arrival I met up with my contact and found that he was selling the Males and Females at 300 apiece. CHA-CHING!!!!! I loaded up my ship and made my way to Britannia Space. I landed on the planet and made my way to the meeting place. I found the contact and told him of my cargo. He was more then happy to buy my cargo, and I was more then happy to receive all those credits. As I was leaving the meeting place. My contact told me that “The Kray” family was more then happy to keep doing business with me.

[Soreyes]

2 Oct.

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

Went off on my first extended run today. And believe it or not, no contraband.  Started off with a run from Sigma 13 to Fort Bush. I ran into a few pilots out there who were glad to see me back in the saddle. Some of them seemed a little sad to see that all I was carrying was scrap. From Fort Bush I made my way to the PTA Club House, where I picked up a few things. Next stop would be the Cybernetic Research lab in Robot 2. While in route I ran into some Photographer and a Wascally Wabbit. I made it out to Robot 2 and delivered there order. Now things became a little dicey. I popped on into Robot 1 and found that my navigational map is showing that I have never been here before. Hummmmm I could have sworn I’ve been here before. Oh well off I went to explore the system. Found four wrecked ships, and relieved them of some very nice equipment. I can’t use hardly any of it, but I’m sure that I can find a buyer or two.  I then loaded up my CSV with um... er... product from Robo Lab and made my way back to Denver, by way of every jump hole I could find. Yep there was a Saber Pilot out there trying to find me. He first came over the comms asking if I would like to do a little PvP. So when he found out that I was in a CSV, he started to inquire about what I had in my hold. So I did the only thing I could do. I Lied through my fangs and tried to keep at least two systems between him and myself.  It worked and I made it to Denver to drop of my product for a nice sum of Money. I understand that Boom’s has brought in some new Dancing Girls. I MUST check that out.

[Soreyes]

5 Oct.

Um Where Did That Jump Hole Come From?


The past few days have proven to be a bit exciting. First of all, I was coming back to Manhattan with a cargo bay full of much needed supplies from Omicron Alpha. As soon as I entered the NY System. There was a full Alert going on about a Nomad Intrusion. I dropped my cargo off at Manhattan and proceeded to the Battle area. Upon my arrival I found that there were two Nomads and pilots from PTA, GVT, TBH and SABRE in a full blown “Furball” I joined the party. Even though I did not think my CSV was going to be any help. It turned out that I did provide a service for the other pilots. I was a slow moving target for the Nomad Missiles. Thank the Great Monkey God for having a full load of CM’s and Bots. After the Nomads were dispatched, I made my way to New London to check out the New Trading Post located there.

Upon my arrival I was told of a new commodity to take out to the MHW. Cherries!
It’s been awhile since I’ve been out to the MHW in my CSV. I loaded up the cargo hold full of Cherries and set course to the MHW. I had no problems until I jumped into the Abyss system. Of course all heck broke loose, Nomad Battle Ships and Nomad fighters galore. I took a bit of damage, but eventually got into cruse drive and made my way to the MHW jump hole. GAWD I forgot how large the Abyss was. I got lucky at the MHW jump hole. There were only a few Nomad II fighters in the area, and I had no problem making the jump. Once in the MHW system all heck broke loose again. I jumped into a full blown battle. It seemed that the Nomads and the Monkeys were all shooting at me. I went into full erratic flight, using up a large amount of bots and CMs. I finally got into cruse drive and headed away from that mess. Then it seemed only about two minutes later that I came upon a jump hole that I have never seen before. I only got to look at it for a few seconds before the weapons platforms surrounding this new jump hole started firing upon me. The next thing I saw was a bright flash. When I came to again, I found myself in the aid station back at the Cybernetics research station in Robot 2. I do think That Something is afoot.
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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place.

[Soreyes]

Oct. 10

Help For The Lost Wabbit

I had just dropped off a load of Robots to the Junkers in Texas when a call came out that that rascally Wabbit was broken down and lost somewhere in Unknown 3. I headed out to help out by way of Rhineland space. When I got to Sig 19 the wabbit said he needed H-Fuel to get his Pleasure Droid to work again. “Soreyes looks over at Alice in the co-pilots seat. Ahhh so that’s what that filler cap is all about. No wonder Alice has been sluggish lately”  I made a quick stop to pick up some H-Fuel, then continued towards the jump hole. Along the way I found that Vortex Blaster was right behind me. We both made it to Omicron Alpha with no problems. We jumped into Unknown 1 where I made a big mistake. Vortex Blaster went to the left and I went to the right. For some dumb reason I headed off towards the Nomad 1 Jump hole.  I finally got turned around and started to play catch up to Vortex Blaster. I made the jump into Unknown 3 and started looking for that Wabbit. After flying around in circles for a few minutes we got a message from the Wabbit that he was 61 k from the planet. Vortex Blaster went to the left back into the dark cloud, and I went to the right. (I know the Monkey God likes practical jokes. But why did he put that Mountain there in the Dark Cloud) A few minutes later I found the Wabbit. I may have been first, but I did not have all the supplies the Wabbit needed. So off I went on a near suicidal mission to Unknown 2 and Robot 1 to pick up the wabbits supplies. By the time I made it back I found that Vortex Blaster had beat me with the required supplies. That rascally Wabbit did give me a few credits for my efforts. As I was getting paid I happened to scan the Wabbits ship……. Um I will never ever try to get the Wabbit mad at me.  Not a bad days haul for a Crazy Kitty in a CSV

[Soreyes]

Oct. 16

The Sirius Sector may never be the same.


I had just made a very lucrative trade run to Robot 1, when I decided to head back to my Home world of Mira by way of my secret jump hole. I set the coordinates in the nav computer and settled back with a copy of the “Monkey Times” for the 3 hour trip. As I approached the jump hole in “no mans land”. I noticed that there was a very large and familiar Kiznti Strike Carrier by the jump hole. As I got closer I saw the markings on the ship, my Heart fell to my Nether reigns. The flashing neon sign on the side of the ship “Serf & Turf Night Every Night” told me before I looked at the ships name, that J’inn had somehow made it to the Sirius sector in the “Riverboat Casino” As I sat there in my CSV trying to figure out what to do. I received a message from the Riverboat.
Riverboat: Unknown ship what are your intentions in the part of space?
Soreyes: I may ask the same, since you are a very, very long ways from home.
In the background I hear J’inn saying “Hey I know that voice” There is a momentary disruption of voice comms. The next thing I see is the smiling face of Lord J’inn in all his glory. “The Monkey God Reps could learn a thing or two from J’inn when it comes to fashion” “Soreyes what in the heck are you doing in this dimension” I may ask the same of you J’inn, but I think I know the answer to that. You’re here to find new money making opportunity. J’inn just started laughing “So what else is new” J’inn invited me over to the Riverboat for some Scotch and “Kibble & Bit’s, and to discuss money making opportunities here. I was a little apprehensive about going on over, but I got over it after figuring out that My CSV could take out his ship in a half a heart beat. As I was landing in the hanger bay I heard over the comm channel a voice and the words that put the fear of all the Gods into me. “I’m Pretty, Oh so Pretty” Oh Great Monkey God and all he holds precious Kroma is here with J’inn. I immediately put on my “Black Out” Goggles.


To Be Continued
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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place.

[Soreyes]

31 Oct

Sirius Sector Part II


I made my way up to the Casino deck to check out the games and to keep as far away from Kroma as possible. His/Hers …. Its supposed good looks would drive any humanoid or anything else insane. Besides I don’t think Kroma has changed that pink Tutu in at least 4 years. When the turbo lift opened up on the Casino Deck, I was met with a sight that made me laugh. There was J’inn walking around the casino handing out free buffet passes to the throngs of customers. It’s an old trick that never gets old. Even though the Table games and the slots were rigged, as long as the players were getting free food and booze they would keep playing. J’inn came up and greeted me like a long lost litter mate. We then headed towards a new bar that he just competed building. He calls it an “Ultra Bar” he was telling me that for some reason humans like to hang around in these types of bars. It’s a win- win situation for J’inn. He charges a huge entrance price, then once the sucke… I mean customers get inside. He has a DJ playing music so loud that no one can hear or think. Next is he has marked up the price for all the booze by about %800 Cha-Ch’ing money for nothing. When we entered the bar I got my next big surprise. The whole hierarchy of “Snickers Inc.” was there. There was Chuut, Hondo, Die Hard, even Mad Elf was here. We all sat down and got down to business. I had to explain to the gathering that in my opinion there was just no way “Snickers Inc” could take over this part of space in this dimension. I just gave them just three reasons why. 1) Nomads. 2) The Guilds. 3) Last but not least The Monkey God would not put up with there Shenanigans. We then discussed ways that there could be a profit made by there discovery of the Dimension hole. I pointed out that at first we could trade small stuff and see what sells. Weapons were out of the question. So it all came down to me bringing them Cardi, Pleasure Droids, and the Greatest Donuts in the known universe. I would receive “Nip” fissionables, and a supply of my favorite “Finger Food”. We then caught up on old times. After awhile I had to leave. When I made my way back to the hanger bay I discovered that my CSV had been painted a bright pink. DARN YOU KROMA!!!!!! I think that on my home I’ll go through some rock formations to scrape off the paint.
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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place.

[Soreyes]

8 Feb

Whap!!!!

There I was enjoying a nice Brew at Booms, when it seems that time stood still. I then knew what had happened. I turned around in my seat to find a overly dressed Monkey standing behind me. He was holding a rolled up newspaper and had a very disaproving look on his face. Then it started WHAP, WHACK, THUD!!! After about two or three min of abuse. I wimperd to the Monkey "What did I do This Time" The Monkey shook his head and said "Your Behind on Flight Logs" I just staired at the monkey with my mouth agape. I've been sick is all I could say. No matter the monkey replyed. You need to write up your Grand Adventure in getting your "HellCat". Then Poff he was gone. i was trying to forget that little adventure
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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place.

[Soreyes]

Going “Old School”

8 Feb.


I had just gone to sleep, when my senses detected that someone was in my room. I awoke with my claws out when I saw him. Standing at the foot of my bed was a large bipedal Feline. He wasn’t Kzinti but he was a close match. Then it hit me, he was Kilrathi, our long lost brethren. It did not speak, but with a nod of his head my mind was hit by a flood of information. The next thing that I knew the Kilrathi was gone. Left in his place was a message left in my head. “Go forth to the Area of space where the Children once played. For there you will find ships of lore. It is in these ships of lore that our brethren will arise again” Now fully awake I realized that I had just been “Quested” Oh CRUD. 

I left the trading post in Tau 29 and made my way to Canada in my trusty Archangel. Once in Canada I made my way to Cheeky Central JH. About 20 klicks from the JH, I was attacked by a flight of Fugitives. When I came too I was back at the Trading Post in Tau 29. After three more attempts to jump into Cheeky Central with the same results, I was becoming a bit peeved to say the least. On my fifth attempt I finally made it through the JH….. Only to run into a bunch of Nomads Aughhhhhhhhhh! On my sixth attempt I was once again brought down by the Fugitives. When I came too back in Tau 29, I was just about to give up on this quest. That is until another memory from the Kilrathi came to me. “Do not forsake your Forefathers. Think of all there sacrifices” Wow this is one heavy duty Quest. On my eighth attempt, I made it through the JH and was able to shake off the Nomads. I started a systematic search of all the Cheeky systems, making darn sure that I kept away from any Fugitive patrols. As it figures it was in the last system that I searched that I found the Ships of Lore.

As I entered the Sales Hanger, I saw them and a smile came to my face. There they sat an Arrow LF, a Bearcat VHF, and a Hellcat VHF. For some reason I was drawn to the Hellcat. Once I got close to the Cockpit of the Hellcat, a strange sensation came over me. I looked toward the cockpit and saw the Kilrathi sitting in it. All he did was I guess was smile and motion to the name painted on the side of the Cockpit. “Hobbes” was the name. At that moment a floodgate of memories opened in my head. Battles won and lost, Friends and enemies. Good times and bad times. I was stunned, I was honored. When I looked back into the Cockpit, I could see that “Hobbes” was fading away. There was more of a request from Hobbes then a vision. In Honor of my friend I request that you rename the ship “The Heart of the Tiger” I whispered a smile knowing all about the man, and it was done.


I may be broke after this little adventure. Then again I just might be the Richest Kitty in the known space. It just depends on how you see things.

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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place

[Soreyes]

9 Feb

Who Might You Be….. EEK!!!!!

I was bringing a shipment of um Rum from the Gamma area. Had no real problems until I got into NY space. Once I got to West Point I was intercepted by [SLA]Weisser. Just by the tip of my tail I got to Newark Station to drop of my Supply to the MPs. When I came out I found that that Nomad Lover Weisser had left the area. I picked up some passengers on Manhattan and started to make my way to New London. About half way through California I picked up [SLA]Z-27. The chase was on. After going through a few jump holes and doubling back a few times. I got a good lead on Z-27 and made it to New London. Found out later that some of the passengers made a complaint about my flying skills. I will keep a copy of the names of those people. If the situation comes up where I need to dump some cargo, and they happen to be aboard. They will be the first out the Air Lock. I loaded up with some supplies for the PTA Club House. Once I launched there was Z-27 waiting for me at the end of the Trade Lane. ABORT ABORT…. Run Away Run Away. Z-27 kept telling me that all it wanted to do was share it’s love with me. Well That’s some loving that I really don’t need. It was a Cat and mouse chase through the New London area, when out of the blue [Sabar]Dorsia showed up…… He is now my Hero. There was a bit of a furball and I did take some damage from Z-27. If it was not for Dorsia I would be scrap metal floating through space. I landed on the nearest station and made some repairs to my ship. I launched and found that Z-27 and Dorsia were still fighting each other, so I did the only thing I could do….. I Ran. I finally made it to the Club House by way of a few jump holes. Once I dropped of my cargo. I made my way to the Bar and ordered a pot of coffee and a bottle of Irish Cream. You know Just to settle my nerves.
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Then according to the Monkey who showed his outstretched arm to space,
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race.
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place.