There are many adventures to be had and beautiful sights to be seen.
A story of intricate space politics, epic battles and ambitious objectives.
This is based on the real events that happen for pilot Buck Reece in the online game, EVE Online.
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I look around the large metallic room, there are so many people, some seemed panicked or concerned, others excited. The idea of a full alliance meeting is new to me; I'm used to leadership meetings but not a complete alliance meeting. Around the edges of the room are wooden circular tables with table cloths covering them. Looking at the cloths in detail I realise that on each cloth is a different corporation logo, we don't have one, however, being as our corporation is so new to the alliance. In the middle of the room is a long rectangular table with little plaques set around it, this must be the leadership table. Sah'ra, Pyke, Lexik and Takota, all of these spaces were occupied by their respective figures, though one remained vacant, Sirus Griffing.
I realise that I had been awfully silent and that the group of people I was standing with, my corporation members, were feeling awkward.
"Hey guys, sorry, I was completely taken by the excitement of the room then. Come and huddle around our new shiny table," I said, trying to convince them that it sure was excitement and not fear that consumed the room. "Right, we're a new crew, they understand that. They're not expecting too much from us at all. But you know what, they think we're so good that they've given us this table."
I smiled and looked around at them as they chuckled nervously. "I'll be honest with you all, I have no idea what this will be about, for all we know it could be a welcoming party for us. But I can tell you this, everything that we experience out here will be an excellent lesson and I will be here to support you guys every step of the way."
The group started to feel more relaxed and I was glad to pull them out of the thick foggy atmosphere, even for a moment.
"Oh Buck, I was going to mention..." A slender man with light brown stubble and a balding head put his hand up out of the group to grab my attention.
"Sure Maxwell, go ahead," I said reassuringly.
"Me and Rats were talking earlier on the way in, we're really interested in learning how to scout and tackle, do you think there will be that opportunity here and can you help us?"
"Of course, that's great. Every good fleet needs strong scouts. There will be plenty of opportunities I'm sure, and I will give you as much knowledge as I can to help you two along that path."
The room started to quieten down as a tall, burly man with a cigar strode straight in to the middle of the room, assuming the once empty position at the leadership table. "Alright everyone settle down, thank you all for attending this alliance meeting," he bellowed, but with a jolly tone of voice. "I am Sirus Griffing the executor of Sarcos Federation. Firstly, I'd like to welcome 9 new members, Buck is their CEO and they are a new combat pilot training corporation."
He gestured over towards me as I nodded back and looked around the room. 'Welcome aboard!' and various other greetings echoed around the room for a short while.
I peered over towards a short stocky man with spiky hair standing around the table in the centre of the room, who spoke. "It's nice to have you on board, Buck, come to me if you need anything."
