Stories From Space!

In the Eyes of an Arms Dealer - 1

The light speed missile! my own creation, one of the best in fact, it helped the Federation take down countless Pirate Leader ships. One of my other creations, the Tungsten railgun.

This weapon heats Tungsten rods to 2000 degrees and fires them at the speed of Mach 8 , this one helped the Pirates burn the Federation capital to a crisp, it was a sight to behold i tell you, watching from up in my space station.

If you didn't already know what i do for a living, I'm a Galactic Weapons Dealer/Manufacturer!

My beeeutiful Base of Operations is based on the serene Aeiges Islands. Tropical stuff. On the surface, its just a bunch of trees and sand and whatnot. But of course, that's just a front for what's actually on the island.

Well, not ON the island. More like Underground

I gotta keep things secret, there are a lot of people who want my head on a silver platter and i cannot emphasize how much is "a lot". The Federation wants my head, the Pirate Factions want my head, The Asterians, Paradox tech ( my business rival ), to name a few.  I think my highest bounty would be 72 billion credits? I wonder what would happen if i just turn myself in :)

ohohohohoho, but it's not like they can arrest me or kill me, because then who would be supplying weapons to them? Who would be the one funding their Research? No one! Cause its allll meee baby!

Now why do they hate me? Well because i sell weapons to their 'enemies' 

I sold that railgun that destroyed the Federation Capital to the Pirates, I sold those Ion seeking rockets that destroyed the Khadja Pirate Fleet to the Federation, I sold Orbital Strike Satellites during the Turf wars to the Aeris group which promptly wiped out a quarter of the Asternians population of which IN MY DEFENSE is one way to solve their overpopulation problem.

I never take sides unless it threatens my business, I just do it for the fun and money. Many famous battles have been won with my weapons actually!

Once, back in 2310 in the Battle for Qtara, the Federation were about to lose one of its most important research facility. it's got this sick ass name called " The Forge" i mean come on! is that not cool?!

anyway, if that happened the Pirate factions would have easily gotten their hands on some tech the Fed's were working on, EMP bombs, Hovercrafts, weapons so to speak, funded by me of course, i wasn't just gonna let some skanky ass rust built pirate fleet take over MY FUNDED research facility , so i sent them a present!

Federation troops were dropping left , right and center, the pirates almost breached the Forge's defenses too, until a Bowhead class drop-ship dropped a couple of Mammoth tanks, those things are big behemoths im telling you, those things are a bit clumsy considering how big they are, but they hit harder than my dad drunk on a friday night. was watching all this unfold on a Sat-TV, it was slow but sure.

I could see some Pirate battalions running away when those things when it dropped, it shook the ground beneath it when it landed, the Pirates concentrated its fire on the tanks, tried to kill it. Tried. And failed. The Fed's managed to push the Pirates back to Qtara beach.

 they were slaughtered there.

Fun fact: that's why they called it Victory Beach

you can actually see some remnants of the battle there in the form of busted tanks , Areas which have been cleared by Daisy Cutter bombs and the countless amounts of artillery shells, some of which are actually being used as Beer canisters at the Qtara Resort. I recomend that place for a vacation, they have the best Mango Mocktails

The Feds still have control over Qtara now. My tanks played a big role in that battle.

Oh! here's another one, this ones about the light speed missile. So , lets set the scene, Federation ships fleeing from a Pirate capital ship, the " P.S Ragnarok" that thing is massive,an arsenal of weapons and armor so thick even RamJet projectiles can't dent its armor, it once took out an entire Fed Cruiser Fleet. These things go toe-to-toe with Federation Capital ships.

Anyway, fleeing Federation ships, some destroyed , most damaged. This was a throw away attempt to halt the Ragnarok from reaching the Government Warship Pier, this was near the Jinka Straight, cant tell the exact location or else the Feds'll kill me, or worse, terminate my contract with them! Anyway, the Ragnarok was nearing the Pier, UNTIL they pulled my prized invention out of the testing grounds, now THIS was their last resort, their silver bullet, i cannot even press how desperate the Fed's were, but this was where they turned the tide.

The missile, loaded, just needed some time to charge up before it could fire, at this point you might as well just kill yourself, the Ragnarok was already on the pier doing Orbital strikes, ships and docks blown to smithereens, people scrambling up and about.

And then......... 

[ M I S S I L E , R E A D Y  T O  F I R E ......... P R O C E E D? Y/N].

there was no sound, just the stream of white light that passes through the Ragnarok when the missile fired, it was clearly split in half...... BOOOOOOMMM!!!!!! a noise so loud some people can still hear ringing in their ears to this day. Of course there was no sound, light was faster than the speed of sound! The Ragnarok fell from the sky in dust and debris . ExplOSions!! bOom BamM BooM! .....And the world stopped.... Everyone Looked up to the sky to see the Ragnarok fall....... they didn't account for a shockwave though, everything was BLASTED a couple meters back, there were some stories that other people a planet away could see the faint glimmering light of the explosion.

Feds had to move the Pier to a more secure location down at the Marshlands. The Ragnarok, or what's left of it, still remains on the Straight, being picked away by scavengers and people looking to make easy money. 

Though they hate my guts, the Federation gave me a medal ( again ) and  offered a Leniency slip to continue doing my business and of course i accepted, if i hadn't i would have probably been shot on the spot

WELP! That concludes the interview I'm afraid... i would love to stay and chat, i really do but i have a meeting with the Fed's see?, I'm working on selling them some Lancer Mechs....

Oh, and by the way, help yourself to some snacks outside, and close the door on your way out.