... Thank god. We made it. Safely docked in 6VDT.

Just as I decide to take a break from all of this. A humble voice from across the hall.

Loken ! I've heard about your guys little adventure into Aridia. Lucky you don't pay any repair bills for the cruiser down here, eh ?

Loken just keeps walking without saying a word. Leaving me to deal with this.

It is Loqe Dior. The CEO of the alliance we currently work for.

An old and grumpy Deteis. He lifes the Caldarian spirit and that is profit above everything else.

Nobody of us trusts him.

Listen here boy. We have reports of hostile forces pushing into our territory from Syndicate. One of our Commanders, Pier Tsi tried to track them with a small covert ops group. We lost all contact 2 hours ago. I need you and your crew to investigate this. Your Drakes will be refitted with nanofibers for hit and run operations.

... I would just like to avoid all of this but what can you do when the CEO himself gives you a mission.

Adaiz Keelz just unboarded from the Blood Raider vessel and joins us in the hallways of the dock.

I don't want to discuess this with her infront of Loqe Dior.

So I just accept the mission and we leave to the next best observation deck.

He wants us to investigate on a lost Black Ops group of ours.

A random Black Ops group ?

The operation was commanded by Pier Tsi. He seems to be missing and his clone didn't activate.

Same goes with the rest of his fleet. He probably has critical information regarding our alliance and defensive plans against the syndicate forces. Our Drakes have been refitted with nanofibers

I don't like this. I don't like this at all she says.

We have two hours to get ready. Make sure to update your clone contracts and insurance... I have a wierd feeling about this.

I walk down the empty hallways towards my quarters.

Den Nis and Mas Tatrandar are awaiting me infront of the Air Lock.

So you talked to the old bastard ?

What did he want

Adaiz and me have a mission... It seems to be nothing fancy. You two try and get this cruiser fixed so we can ship it up to Jita meanwhile, Ok ?

They seem to be fairly suspicious.

Den Nis accepts it as it is, puts out his blunt and leaves but Mas Tatrander insists to talk to me in private.

Listen... they have not just gone missing. There is something more behind this. Pier Tsi found a strategic cruiser near our boundaries. These are worth billions you hear. You know Loqe ! Don't let him get you two into trouble you cant handle. The Hophib thing was close. Who knows if we can make it this time

I agree with his warning without a doubt. Mas and myself have served together in many many wars. If there is one person I trust with everything. That would be him.

The two hours have passed and we undock and set course towards C-N.

It is only a 15 minute travel via. the Jump Bridges the alliance has installed.

We enter C-N. No local beacons and no distress calls.

Our sensors pick up different signatures. Most likely wrecks.

We warp towards the wrecks and land in the middle of a warp disruption field directly on a Star Gate.

The Star Gate flashes and hostile forces pile in. This is what must have happened to Pier Tsi !

Our ships are beeing incapacitated almost instantly.

They can't capture us as well so we decide to self destruct our vessels.

Altough the capsuleer has the most control over the ship its maintenance still requires hundreds of crew members.

All their lifes will be lost but we can't risk the whole alliance. This needs to be reported !

Hostile Marines storm the bridge and deactivate the self destruct sequence.

Adaiz ship just exploded. Looks like she made it. I can feel the shockwave as I am beeing dragged through the airlock into a room.

One of their Marines uncuffs me and a man appears on a holo screen right infront of me.

I will make this simple. Your Defensive Structure passwords please

I... I don't have them ! I am just a simple gru...

Something hits me on the back of my head and I black out.

I wake up... I don't how much time has passed meanwhile but before I could even figure out where I am actually at...

Intense pain rushes through my body.

oh ? so you are awake I see. How do you think about giving me the codes now ?

I can't see. I can't move and all I feel is pain.

Again ! I try to scream but I cant. The suffering seems to intensify each time they activate the machine.

GIVE ME THE PASSWORD. I WANT THE CODES . ONLY YOU CAN MAKE THIS STOP

I try to talk. They expect me to reveal our secrets any second

You have no idea what you just started

Pain strucks and I black out again.

The black out only lasts a few seconds. Explosions and gunfire arouses me.

I can feel the cold barrel of a gun pointing at my forehead.

A familiar voice promises me to put me out of this misery.

Can it be ? is that Loqe ?

He pulls the trigger and I awake in a new clone.

A writing on the wall tells me this is home.

MEDICAL BAY - DECK 16 - 6VDT

I havent even really gathered my senses yet but I am already rushing towards my ship hangar.

PREPARE THE VEXOR. JOIN INTERCOM WITH MR. LOQE DIOR AND ADAIZ KEELZ. JOIN THEIR FLEET IF POSSIBLE

I undock in a hurry. A message from Loqe Dior to all forces on the intercom : Hostile operation base spotted. Join alliance fleets. Our enemy is using a Covert Tengu Class Cruiser as mobile operation base.

I join the fleet and burn to 5-D ASAP where the Tengu last has been spotted. Not many of our ships are left. a few cruisers, Tornados and battleships.

I see Adaiz' Thorax giving the Tengu hell as I join the battlefield

The hostile Tengu took out two more of our cruisers meanwhile and hostile forces are now focusing on my Vexor.

This is it ! I approache to point blank range to join Adaiz and together we finish the Tengu off as friendly reinforcements arrive to help clean up the rest of the intruders.

Search and rescue bots pull the corpse of Pier Tsi out of one of the wrecks. He seems to have been killed during the first wave of attacks. The password is safe.

...

Loqe approaches us back in 6VDT.

I am sorry but I had to do this. I needed a trackable ship that can reveal the position of the hostile base to bring an end to all of this but...

Den Nis punches Loq in his face.

YOU COULD HAVE AT LEAST TOLD HIM , TOLD US !!!

Lucky I already have a new contractor because I dont think we will make deals with Loqe anymore.

Excuse us mr. Dior... but we have a new contractor in W-Space

We move to Jita to sell the Blood Raider vessel to gather ISK for our new adventures into W- Space.

Looking foward to whatever the future may brings to the five of us!.