Mr. Narrator
The galaxy is a vast sea of endless stars, each one casting it's own light. Civilizations brave the expanse in search of wealth and prosperity. The Terran Federation, in it's own small corner of the galaxy, fights to expand it's borders leaving a wake of destruction in their path. Smaller civilizations are quickly conquered and fall to the Federation's might. Certain individuals take advantage of the recent turmoil in the sector and look to make their own fortune among the stars, unfettered by the rules and regulations of the Federation.
The year is Universal Century 0159, and a solitary vessel makes it's way onto the stage...
Captain Lockheart
The Rigid Pike Spaceport, a cesspool of villainy and scum nestled deep in the asteroid field of an unimportant star system. It was also a good place for people such as herself to hide from the persistent forces of the Terran Federation. Captain Lockheart had managed to evade their attention for some time but as experience would tell her, that only meant it was a matter of time before they found her again.
The Black Dirk had been undergoing some minor repairs after their recent activities chasing a treasure vault that had been hidden on a comet for safe keeping. The ship only received some minor hull damage so it's systems were still in working order. The crew had been getting some well deserved debauchery in the local brothels and gambling halls while the Captain went off to recruit new faces to man the Black Dirk. She had spent too long without essential personnel and it was starting to effect performance. The only thing she could do was recruit some more crew and hope they weren't terrible. Fortunately for her she had come to the best place to find talented idiots willing to join the life of Piracy.
Captain Lockheart sat alone in her ready room, an office connected to the bridge. The office consisted of a couch on the far side from the door and a desk with a chair for the Captian and two guests. On the desk sat her personal terminal. Lydia opened her logs and startd talking.
"Perosnal Log Entry. I've come to Rigid Pike because it's the only place in the area to hide. I think we'll be staying for a while so the men can get their rocks off and whatever else they do when they get spare time..." Lydia put her feet up on the desk. "...Among the new recruits is my new first mate, Alfred C. Reed XIV. He's got some impressive military record or whatever I didn't really read it but that means he's got plenty of experience in warfare. That'll be good for this line of work. Since he'll be with me on the bridge I can only hope that he isn't boring.
Maxxine Nox. Hmm... She's hot, she's tough, and she's got experience leading small teams of soldiers. Seems like a perfect fit to me, no complaints really. I'm sure I'll find something later though, the good ones always have character flaws.
Donovan J. Stroud, a pirate in his own right. He'll be in the barracks with the rest of the pilots as the new lead for the squadron. No one will ever replace Jimmy though. Poor Jimmy Jimson, he should have never tried that triple inverted barrel roll super tre-flip through that mine field on a dare.
Aredwas Loci, calls himself 'Red', I guess it's easier. A decent smuggler but more importantly he'll be my new Chief of Security. Hope he has fun in the Command Information Center. Seems like a real straight shooter as far as career criminals go. He'll be handling security teams and coordinating with damage controls during battles. I'm sure he's up to it.
Cynthia Rosalind Farell, a real cat burglar type this one. Not really sure what to do with her yet but hey she signed up and I need bodies so what the hell? I've got her listed as a crewman so she'll be swabbin' the deck for now but I'm sure we'll find her niche at some point.
Styx Yorkishire, I don't know what the hell kinda alien he is but he's a good engineer and he speaks english, that's good enough for me. My last Chief engineer fell asleep in the engine pre-fire chamber, hopefully this one isn't so dumb. He'll have plenty of time in Main Engineering to get acquainted with the Black Dirk.
DataFox, now this one's a ball of fun. She reminds me of my younger self, so full of energy and ready to cause some mayhem. She's got the skills to handle Cyber-warfare in the Command Information Center. That way she only has to deal with dealing out cyber attacks and defending against incoming intrusions.
Doctor Ashley Archer. Nice to see there's gonna be a doctor on board again. She even get's the Infirmary all to herself. Hopefully she won't molest the nurses like the last one did...
Darius Johnston, another skilled hacker. This ones gonna be our Intelligence Analyst. He'll have fun working with the other one in the CIC. He'll mostly be doing intelligence gathering and risk assessment so they probably won't step on each others toes too much.
Erik Tan, a bad-ass if I ever saw one. He'll be with the other raiders in the barracks. Lucky guy get's to work with that hot terrorist Nox. I might even be a bit jealous.
Hmm.... then there's Aliss, I'm not sure what the hell a royal spy hooker is doing on Rigid Pike but hey I need bodies and he... uh her? Him? Shim? whatever, Aliss is a crewman for now. I'll have to find out what shim is really after at some point.
Relevant files will be attached to this log." Captain Lydia saved her audio log and walked out onto the bridge. It was a bit sparse since half the crew was on Rigid Pike getting drunk and banging whores. The few crewman on duty ran routine checks of essential systems and generally just did busy work like 'pretending to be busy' because they were docked and really had nothing better to do. The repairs on the hull weren't going to be finished for another hour so they all had some time to kill. Captain Lockheart just sat in her Captain's Chair and stared out at the asteroid field in front of them.
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