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The Blood-Stained Stars: Queens and Drones — Part VII

Strain Render Alvi

Burning Down the Hive

Essense region – Peccanouette constellation
Arnon System – Planet IX – Moon 3
Sisters of EVE Bureau station

25 August YC 127

Three days after my wild chase through the space rifts, I got summons from Sister Alitura. The agent looked tired but excited.

“He tracked it!” she exclaimed as soon as I entered her office. “Wolf tracked the Mysterious Drone!”

“Where is it?” I asked eagerly.

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The Blood-Stained Stars: Queens and Drones — Part VI

Chasing a Nighmare

Essense region – Peccanouette constellation
Arnon System – Planet IX – Moon 3
Sisters of EVE Bureau station

22 August YC 127

It took Sister Alitura more than three days to prepare the next mission. When I came to her office for a briefing, she was alone.

I made a grimace, “Judging by the absence of our famous tracker, I take it our last mission was a failure.”

“Not necessarily,” replied Alitura. “I don’t have sources within Serpentis, so I can’t say for sure. What we know is that the pirates stopped actively looking for Wolf.”

“Then why is he not here? I thought he would fly with me.” Continue reading “The Blood-Stained Stars: Queens and Drones — Part VI”

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The Blood-Stained Stars: Queens and Drones — Part I

Royal Jelly

Essense region – Peccanouette constellation
Arnon System – Planet IX – Moon 3
Sisters of EVE Bureau station

13 July YC 127

I smiled pleasantly, “Good day to you too, Sister.”

Alitura shook her head in a display of frustration, “We have an urgent situation here, and I’d appreciate if you took it seriously.”

“If it is that urgent, why didn’t you engage a local pilot rather than someone seven jumps away?”

“Because,” Alitura replied with a note of bitterness, “if you remember, my management decided that the only contractor I could work with on The Damsel case was you.”

“The Damsel case?” I asked eagerly. “Have you got any new leads?” Continue reading “The Blood-Stained Stars: Queens and Drones — Part I”

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The Blood-Stained Stars: Shadow Puppets — Part VI

Infester Alvi

Every Drone Inside

The Citadel region — Caldari Border Zone constellation
Hatakani system — Planet VI — Moon 4
Hyasyoda Corporation Refinery station

13 July YC 127

After my last milk run mission, Immuri Asaka stopped bothering me with stupid assignments. I called on him every few days and was heartened to learn that he was fully focused on the datacore investigation. Today, I went to see him for the latest progress update and found him in a lab. The agent was slumped in a chair and stared into the distance.

“Hey, how are things?” I said, by way of greeting.

Immuri looked at me with bleary eyes and sighed, “Shitty, but thanks for asking.” Continue reading “The Blood-Stained Stars: Shadow Puppets — Part VI”

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The Blood-Stained Stars: Shadow Puppets – Part II

Drone Hive

Passive Observation

The Citadel region – Caldari Border Zone constellation
Hatakani system – Planet VI – Moon 4
Hyasyoda Corporation Refinery system

6 June YC 127

“These two datacores,” Immuri said, “will be of great help but I also need up-to-date information on the corrupted drones. We managed to contain them in the deadspace pocket. One of my colleagues is monitoring the situation there but I haven’t heard from her. I talked to my superiors and was told that outbound communications were tightly controlled by our security forces in that pocket. I need you to be my eyes in the field. Fly over there and report your observations to me.”

“Um… Won’t your security forces try to ‘control’ me when they see an outsider pop up on their overviews?” Continue reading “The Blood-Stained Stars: Shadow Puppets – Part II”

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The Blood-Stained Stars: Automation Impediment – Part I

CreoDron Factory

Studying the Scene

Everyshore region – Chasnaye constellation
Harerget system – Planet V – Moon 1
CreoDron Factory station

27 April YC 127

As I was jumping through the gates toward Harerget system, I contacted Delphine Xarasier, a Level 1 R&D agent who agreed to help Alitura with deciphering the datacore.

“Good morning, Ms Xarasier,” I said cheerfully, when a disheveled, sleepy agent appeared on the comms screen. Continue reading “The Blood-Stained Stars: Automation Impediment – Part I”

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The Blood-Stained Stars: Quality of Mercy – Part VIII

Heartbreak Explosion

Engineering a Rescue

Essense region – Peccanouette constellation
Arnon System – Planet IX – Moon 3
Sisters of EVE Bureau station

17 March YC 127

I spent a rather uneventful morning in SOE Bureau station and was considering my lunch options when I received summons from Sister Alitura. I winced. The previous day had been intense and if today was going to be the same then I’d have to make do with intravenous nourishment.

When I entered the office, I saw that Alitura was excited.

“Captain, we have found the key survivor,” said the agent, her eyes gleaming. “She was an engineer on The Damsel, and now she is signed on to the crew of the Heartbreak. She may be the only one who knows what really happened.” Continue reading “The Blood-Stained Stars: Quality of Mercy – Part VIII”

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The Blood-Stained Stars: Quality of Mercy – Part VI

Infester Alvi

Chivvying a Chef

Essense region – Peccanouette constellation
Arnon System – Planet IX – Moon 3
Sisters of EVE Bureau station

16 March YC 127

Sister Alitura followed me into the office and closed the door behind her. She did not offer me a chair and remained standing herself. Obviously, the agent took a leaf out of my book which brought a knowing smile to my face.

“Captain,” Alitura started drily, “we received information from Mr Centrien about the ship’s cook, Mr Aubrei Azil, but there is a problem. It appears that he has shipped out as well.”

That new intel made me frown, “There is no way three of them could get reassignments so soon after an incident like this. I think they are being shuffled through the system so that we don’t find them.” Continue reading “The Blood-Stained Stars: Quality of Mercy – Part VI”

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Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation

Mining Base
Lonetrek region – Okela constellation
Nourvukaiken system

3 March YC 127

“Look what we’ve got here,” I said, having finished scanning Nourvukaiken system. “There are two sites which I have never seen before. Which one shall we visit first?”

The probe scanner revealed Local Guristas Production Installation and Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation.

“Since we are flying a Buzzard, I would suggest to go to the Guristas place first,” replied Aura.

I looked at Aura with surprise, “Don’t good manners, to say nothing about common sense, dictate that one should fly a combat ship when visiting a den of pirates?” Continue reading “Rogue Drone Asteroid Infestation”

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What’s in a Name – Change of Address

Infester Alvi
Lonetrek region – Okela constellation
Tsuguwa system – Planet VI
Caldari Navy Assembly Plant Station

24 December YC 126

“Vlad, I have something very important for you,” Purkkoken babbled excitedly on a commlink, “We have a crisis here and you are my most reliable contractor. I really need you on this mission.”

Intrigued, I went to Purkkoken’s office. As soon as I closed the door, the agent jumped from his chair and cried out, “Vlad, we are on the edge of a war!” Continue reading “What’s in a Name – Change of Address”

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