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Those things were the trump card in the D.I.P.s corperation. Those thoughts lead it's few people forward into an age of great success.
When the corp was still fresh, I, Enna Elios, joined the ranks under the supervision of Ash and Ben Murder. Followed by my former pilot, Taksen Luminox, we saw potential and wanted a piece of it for ourselves. We made the long journey from Heimatar to the Forge and later settled down in the corp system known as Mitsolen. Armed with nothing but a Rifter Frigate and a couple of weapons, we made our living.
Then word came back home... We were moving to a better sector.
After looking at many star charts for countless nights, we found that there was only one way to our newfound home of Otalieto and it was through a pirate infested space, a small space known as Aunenen. Tiring of the backwater systems, I packed my things and waited anxiously for the gate to clear.
Knowing it was going to be a dangerous jump, and that I might only get one chance, I packed the bulk of my things into my Cyclone Battlecruiser and sat at a station just outside of Aunenen while Cham, a higher ranked officer, scouted the system keeping track of the pirates, watching their activity in a safe distance closer to Otalieto. As I sat, eating the bland meals and foods that came in dozens of metallic-looking packages I've seen my whole life, I began to question my piloting skills for this jump. Would I make it? What happens if I dont? I'm taking a huge risk. The loss will set me back years of research and planning.
Planning... There's something, i thought to myself, I've lost sight of. Had I kept with my originial goals, I could have been a pilot of that great and wonderous ship already. But I have been sidetracked so many times. I knew, that if I could make this jump, I would finish my current project and go straightforward to my goals.
"Enna, come in, Enna."
"This is Enna, go ahead."
"The pirate activity across the gate is thinning. I think I've found the perfect time, when they go back to their stations to reload, you'll be able to make it safely across with little resistance."
"15k, that's a long ways to travel. Not to mention to the time it will take for my Battlecrusier to launch it's Fukijawa-Warp drive systems and get to the other Star Gate in time."
"I know, that's why I want you to meet up with Crass Biggs, he's another pilot in this system who is looking to make this jump. He'll be able to help you out. Now hurry, there isn't much time."
Off I went, forgetting to pay for my meal, and went to find Crass. He was docked outside a CDE military station, his ship, a fast and deadly Crusier, was all loaded up and next to him were crates needed for my ship. He told me to attach the nanofiber interfacings to my Warp Drive systems. It would help lower my inertia fields and make me warp faster. I quickly fitted them onto my Cyclone and headed to sit outside the Star Gate waiting for the ok. Crass followed shortly after.
My nerves were shot. My arms were shaking. I was putting everything into this jump, praying to whatever celestial being was up there that I would make it alive and unscathed. I began to hyperventaliate. I couldn't see, couldn't control my breathing. My hand was on the star map, and my finger was about to select Mitsolen to go back when....
"GO!GO!GO! THE GATE IS CLEAR!!"
"Roger!"
....My hand threw on the throttle and activated the Warp Gate. Crass flew past me and hit the gate first. Disolving into a million micro particles and being shot through a interstellar cannon to the next star system.
I emerged, and before i could even look around. I was being target painted and locked onto by more than 20 pirates. Over the intercom i could hear Cham screaming to turn back, that they came out of nowhere! This large group of pirates sent everything flying at me, bullets and rockets hit my shields. I hit the warp button, the engine wouldn't start. I hit it again, nothing. I turned on my Micro Warp Drive, nothing. The ship wouldn't move.
On my HUD, I saw the message: "Fukijawa-Warp Systems Malfuncioning, target in location 006723 of the Aunenen system is Warp Scrambling the ships functions."
That explained the Warp Drive.... As I turned to look at the other monitor, I knew what it would say: "Target in location 004612 orf the Aunenen system is Webbifying your nativation computers."
There was nothing i could do. The missiles, rockets, and bullets beat on my ship. I sat back, pulled out a cigar, lit it, and watched the last bit of my shields reach 0%. The lights began to flash, "Warning. Warning. Hull has been breached. Warning. Warning."
The heavenly female computer voice echoed, I found it comforting. I turned off the comm channel, the screaming didn't help the situation. The last thing I heard was that Crass made it. They had targeted me first, completely missed Crass. Good...
The last thing I remember, is seeing shrapnel shatter the viewscreen in front of me, and the vaccume of space, obliterating my body....
