Onel Whitaker
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2007.02.10 18:13:00 -
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Well whatÆs to say?
I was about 14 years old. My father and I were
just about to dock with his brand new
Kestrel when he received a message from his
agent, Mali Samon, ôYou must do this for
me! There's a pirate called Araski Karusko; he
has killed one of my best pilots and
destroyed a full hauler with Zydrine! Beware,
though, he has a bounty of 200 millions and is
flying a Scorpion.ö My father's eyes widened and
he looked at me. "Onel, do you know how
far we can go with 200 millions?". I looked at my
father for a moment and said, "But you can't
take a scorpion out with this frigate." There was
a strange feeling over me, a strange
silence. I thought to myself, "What if we can do
it? We'll be rich!".
My father said, "I will drop you off at the
closest station." I replied angrily, "No way, I
wonÆt
let you go alone!" My father looked at me grimly,
ôDo you know what the risk is?ô. I slowly
nodded. My fathers eyes filled with tears as he
said, "You know that I only do these ****ty
agent jobs because of you... You are 14 years
old now and I think that you are old enough
to decide if you want to come with me or not".
So I came along.
While we were jumping through gates, we talked
about what we could do with all the ISK. My
father thought that we should buy a Scorpion
whilst I was begging for a Merlin. However,
the closer we get to the location the agent had
given us, the more silent it became on our
ship. Before I noticed, we were in the system
and my father was starting the warp-jump to
the exact co-ordinates.
We were fitted with one home-made MWD, our
good old shield booster, some cargo
expanders for the missiles and 4 missile
launchers. The pirate didn't notice us at first, but
when we locked him he turned around to engage
us. The battle quickly became fierce and
a torpedo hit the back of our ship. When it
dawned on me that my father was in the back
of the ship reloading the launchers, I ran back
and found him lying there, bleeding.
He was still alive but I realised that he didnÆt
have much time left. ôOnel leave in the
escape podö, he managed to say before another
torpedo hit us. I tried to refuse. "I love
you, son. Now run!ô I staggered to the escape
pod and managed to eject before the ship
blew apart. As I tried to engage warp, the pirate
scrambled me. I began to say what I
thought would be my final prayer but looked up
at the last moment. The Scorpion was
turning away. I looked around and saw a
Megathron approaching. It started firing volley
after volley into the Scorpion; causing critical
damage and destruction within a few
moments. I thought, "My father never had any
friends with battleships..."
As the Megathron approached me, I was terribly
afraid. I received an order to dock inside
him - and as a single shot would disintegrate
me, I had to accept. I boarded the ship and
got out of my escape pod The small docking bay
was empty so I start looking around.
AFter a few moments, a kind looking man,
approached me. After looking at my slightly
damaged clothes, he asked me where I was
from. We began talking and he introduced
himself as Viglen, a member of Satal's Legion.
In fact his tales about the legion made me sign
up. I aimed towards learning battle skills
and ended up becoming a fighter pilot for them. I
put my techniques to good use as I fight
every pirate and rat I see. It's the only way I
feel I can avenge my father day by day.
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