So I was on a roam with Chris Goh and I was having some real bad issues with my ship and stuff. We were many many systems from home in Vale and I was sure that one way or another I was just gonna lose my ship and die or something without even being able to put up much of a fight. I told Chris I needed to dock up and fast somewhere, anywhere, before things went south. He searched map and about 12 jumps away was a station we could dock up in so without delay we made for it. At one point I was so desperate that we crossed a sys an I saw a station so I jus went for it without checking intel or anything. I told Chris I am docking. "NO! you can't dock there!" said Chris. great, to late, I had alreddy started warping to the station. sure enuf, as soon as the station came in sight there were a couple neuts out there jus waiting with baited breath for some sap like me, so I did a 180 as fast as my poor troubled ship could and split to the nearest planet. The ship groaned and creaked and was making awful sounds but somehow it managed to pull away. I don't even kno if they tried to pursue or not cause I called to Chris that I was clear an he immediately fleet warped us to the next gate. we made it through fine and proceeded the next couple systems to the station we had planned on hitting.
Chris said this station would be Goonswarm federations HQ command center. Wow, I mean WOW. really? We docked up. Good thing too cause I think my ship was starting to crumble, as it was losing all manner of responsiveness an it was all I could do to bring it to a safe spot in the hangar. If any of the goons hierarchy reads this I do apologize for the dents inside the hangar where I was hitting the walls. the ship just pretty much died right there.
Chris, after seeing I was ok said he had to get on his way an he undocked and left back for Vale. So 1st thing I did was to sit back an pull out the bong from under my helm and jus relax. My hands were shaking so bad I couldn't even hav left ship if I wanted to at that point an I reely needed to jus chill for a moment.
When I did decide to leave the ship I opened the hatch an it abruptly jus fell off its hinges right there, barely missing one of the goonswarm security guys. "OMG I am sorry ! sorry, oh hell are u ok?"
He didn't say anything but I did see him roll his eyes at me and let out a sort of questionable sigh ,obviously aimed at me. He jus told me to step away from my ship and stand there. "Credentials mam" he said. He asked what business I had there and I sort of embarrassingly looked in the direction of my ship. I was relieved when I saw a slight smile cross his lips momentarily as he looked at it. He then went back to his professional self an proceeded to tell me where I could and could not go in the station and told me to be as timely as I could. He then pointed me the way to the main concourse and continued his duties.
I found a pub and immediately hit the door of the place. It wasn't a fancy place, sort of dimly lit with all manner of goons sitting around enjoying the camaraderie of exchange of war stories and the like. I sat at the bar and ordered a pretty stiff drink to finish relaxing. The guy who was sitting next to me was nice enuf even tho he seemed to go out of his way to make sure I was good an liquored up cause he kept buying me rounds, lol, not reely sure what was up with that but hey, party on I always say! After a bit of small talk and yet a few more drinks I was getting a little toasted an thot ,wow, it would be awesome to put together a ganking baadass little catalyst. Yeah, a cata built right here in Goon HQ! Galen, as he would become known to me it turns out had a number of contacts here and so I told him of my dilemma. He made a couple calls to a friend he knew there in station who would hav what I needed. He seemed nice enuf and we exchanged contact info. He showed me directions to where I should hook up with "Alizabeth" for my ship and fits. I grabbed a bite to eat to help settle the alcohol a little. By this point Galen was inching closer and closer to me a little at a time. I never found him a threat and not reely creepy. He was jus toasted like me I think and he sort of maybe liked me some, it was prolly the alcohol, it happens. Galen offered to pay for my meal so I obliged. He didn't look like one who would be interested in taking no for an answer at that point anyway. He placed his hand momentarily on my hand then looked at me an said "be careful, pretty thing like u could get into trouble if u don't watch yourself." I, um, didn't reely kno what to think of that so I withdrew my hand gently and said "thank you good sir, I will stay aware." I began to get up from my chair an he stopped me. He said we were both pretty toasted an that I could prolly use a little pick me up. So from his pocket he produced a couple vials of crash and motioned for me to sit back down. He layed it out on the table and we enjoyed a bit of that. I seemed to come out of my induced little stupor there pretty quick so I thanked him and told him I run this kind of stuff all the time. That if he was ever in vale and needed a bit I would return the favor no charge and we could grab a few drinks or something in my own corps station. I rose from my seat and walked to the door of the bar then turned around to see him nod, smile, and wave, I waved back and left the bar.
Following the directions I had received from Galen I made my way to see Alizabeth. Apparently Galen had contacted her already because she was expecting me and welcomed me right in, She was a tall, buxom and very pretty lady all dressed in dark clothes and raven black hair. She took my hand and said "Welcome Ela, come this way" I couldn't help but follow her as she kept hold of my hand the whole time. We walked to her hangar where she already had my Catalyst fitted and ready to the specs I had mentioned to Galen. He must have been sending notes to her as I was getting drunk and didn't notice. Anyway, as I was standing there wide eyed and just a little bit uneasy she then took my other hand and turned me to face her. She said, "take this ship, Take it and shoot something, shoot them good." I said that I would do everything I could to do jus that. She dropped my hands and gently grabbed both sides of my face. She pulled me in closer and kissed me right on the forehead then looked me in the eyes and said "Fly dangerous Ela. Kill 'em baby. And tell 'em where it came from". As she took my hand again we turned to face the shiny new Catalyst hovering there in the hangar. Some workers were just climbing down having just put the finishing touches by painting the name of the ship on it. They walked by us each looking at me with a little smile and a nod. Alizabeth set her hand on one of their shoulders as he walked by and she said "Thank you Gate, it looks great"
Alizabeth dropped my hand and motioned toward the ship. I was sort of jus struck there for a moment. I nodded thankfully and boarded the ship. I could see her as I began moving toward the undock. She raised her hand and waved once then turned to walk away. I undocked and made course for the Vale of the Silent or Hi sec, or wherever I felt like killing something when the urge hits me. I chose a gate and warped off in my shiny little Catalyst. Very aptly named in proud Goon fashion.
"Made in YA0-XJ you Fuckers"
Ela
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