Personal Log, Svetlana Scarlet
Captain, Buzzard-Class Frigate Lonely Hunter
Location Unknown, Locus J131842
Yesterday, I threw my life away -- four years and nearly four months in the Reserve, and today I am without a corporation for the first time in my life. It had to be done, though. The past two years I have found myself making excuses for what I do and I have come to have a hard time believing them myself. No longer; today, I left for parts unknown to find a sense of purpose again. Like the State, I have lost my way. If I can find it again, maybe I can help the Caldari to return to our true purpose as well.
I released my crews from their contracts today; I do not know when I will return and it seems cruel to leave them waiting around when I could be dead and gone forever. I'm told that cloning technology works even from within the depths of wormhole space, but having never tested...well, I am ready to meet my Maker if it does not. If I don't return, I've made provisions for them to receive the balance of my assets. They have served me well, and that is to be rewarded.
My ships, save this one, have been put in mothballs. I've managed to get the automation aboard the Lonely Hunter working well enough that I should be able to handle everything myself, barring a firefight. Considering I have no weapons, that seems for the best anyway; any fight I get into will be short, one way or another. The cloaking device should manage to keep me away from trouble for the most part anyway. I've loaded three months of supplies, which should be enough for now. I suspect I will be able to find my way back to known space within that window anyway.
And so, here I go, into the unknown. I thought to begin my journey in Malkalen; if nothing else, it would serve as a reminder of all the Caldari have lost these last two years. I do not know whether to curse Otro Gariushi or praise him; he was a kindly father to his employees, but sometimes I think he spared the rod a bit too much. Perhaps if we had known of the dire straits we were in before our nation was wrested into the hands of a fanatic, before the treachery by the Gallente that doomed us to this ridiculous war...perhaps it might have shaken us from our slumber. Now, I fear, we have traded one lie for another, prosperity for hollow patriotism. I see it on GalNet every day, Caldari who think extolling our superiority and slandering the Federation will propel us to greatness. It takes more than words to make great men, a lesson I have learned all too many times.
I tried to find a wormhole within Malkalen, but to no avail. I don't know if it's my own inexperience with the probes and sensor systems on this vessel or that there were none; I'm certainly not the equal of Derrys or Beann with such things, I'm afraid. I decided New Caldari was as good a place as any to have another look, and so I set course for New Caldari Prime. As tempting as it was to visit home again, I restrained myself, and merely looked down from orbit. I did not want to take the chance of being distracted; I have heard things are...not as I remember, these days. I will return when I can make a difference.
I had better luck in New Caldari; it took me a while, but I managed to narrow down a wormhole some 5 AU from New Caldari Prime. On the other side, I emerged in an uncharted system -- a small, G2 class star with a spectacular nebula in the background.
As quiet as it seems to be here, it is not as deserted as I thought; perhaps unsurprising, considering that it is accessible, at least for now, from one of the most populated systems in known space. I found a space platform being operated in orbit around the moon of a ringed gas giant, and while I was there, cloaked, I watched a Hoarder arrive with what was presumably fuel for the platform. The pilot was unaware of my presence, thanks to my cloaking device; for more than half an hour I watched, simply to see the time go by.
Unfortunately, aside from some Sleeper ruins I am wary of approaching, especially with others in the system, I have been unable to find much else of note. As I write this, I am on approach to another wormhole; sensors indicate that beyond it is another system unlinked to the main gate network. Onward to new discoveries...
Captain, Buzzard-Class Frigate Lonely Hunter
Location Unknown, Locus J131842
Yesterday, I threw my life away -- four years and nearly four months in the Reserve, and today I am without a corporation for the first time in my life. It had to be done, though. The past two years I have found myself making excuses for what I do and I have come to have a hard time believing them myself. No longer; today, I left for parts unknown to find a sense of purpose again. Like the State, I have lost my way. If I can find it again, maybe I can help the Caldari to return to our true purpose as well.
I released my crews from their contracts today; I do not know when I will return and it seems cruel to leave them waiting around when I could be dead and gone forever. I'm told that cloning technology works even from within the depths of wormhole space, but having never tested...well, I am ready to meet my Maker if it does not. If I don't return, I've made provisions for them to receive the balance of my assets. They have served me well, and that is to be rewarded.
My ships, save this one, have been put in mothballs. I've managed to get the automation aboard the Lonely Hunter working well enough that I should be able to handle everything myself, barring a firefight. Considering I have no weapons, that seems for the best anyway; any fight I get into will be short, one way or another. The cloaking device should manage to keep me away from trouble for the most part anyway. I've loaded three months of supplies, which should be enough for now. I suspect I will be able to find my way back to known space within that window anyway.
The Lonely Hunter departs Ishukone headquarters in Malkalen.
And so, here I go, into the unknown. I thought to begin my journey in Malkalen; if nothing else, it would serve as a reminder of all the Caldari have lost these last two years. I do not know whether to curse Otro Gariushi or praise him; he was a kindly father to his employees, but sometimes I think he spared the rod a bit too much. Perhaps if we had known of the dire straits we were in before our nation was wrested into the hands of a fanatic, before the treachery by the Gallente that doomed us to this ridiculous war...perhaps it might have shaken us from our slumber. Now, I fear, we have traded one lie for another, prosperity for hollow patriotism. I see it on GalNet every day, Caldari who think extolling our superiority and slandering the Federation will propel us to greatness. It takes more than words to make great men, a lesson I have learned all too many times.
The Lonely Hunter over New Caldari Prime.
I tried to find a wormhole within Malkalen, but to no avail. I don't know if it's my own inexperience with the probes and sensor systems on this vessel or that there were none; I'm certainly not the equal of Derrys or Beann with such things, I'm afraid. I decided New Caldari was as good a place as any to have another look, and so I set course for New Caldari Prime. As tempting as it was to visit home again, I restrained myself, and merely looked down from orbit. I did not want to take the chance of being distracted; I have heard things are...not as I remember, these days. I will return when I can make a difference.
On approach to a wormhole in New Caldari.
I had better luck in New Caldari; it took me a while, but I managed to narrow down a wormhole some 5 AU from New Caldari Prime. On the other side, I emerged in an uncharted system -- a small, G2 class star with a spectacular nebula in the background.
Emerging from the wormhole in unknown space.
A space platform in orbit around the moon of a gas giant.
Unfortunately, aside from some Sleeper ruins I am wary of approaching, especially with others in the system, I have been unable to find much else of note. As I write this, I am on approach to another wormhole; sensors indicate that beyond it is another system unlinked to the main gate network. Onward to new discoveries...
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