Okay you bunch of humps, Ryoko, the almost infamous space pirate, is back to finish this adventure. She was temporalily delayed when she got roped into playtesting my seven day roguelike, WWRL. After that, she assisted me in participating in a panel of primadonnas expert panelists that reviewed the impressive list of 7DRLs completed this year. Now, I was going to give her a little time off, but screw it, if she is relaxed and well rested her adventure isn't interesting, so on with the show.
Friggin' tech support, I get stuck on hold for two weeks when my phone starts whining about having "No persona fragment", giving me a Blue Screen and showing off a Red Ring. Damn, don't they know how hard it is to get a job around here without a frickin' phone?! I got stuck working for a bunch of basement dwellers who give up showering for a week to make games that are only mildly more functionally than my friggin' phone. But, I crossed my fingers and entered the birthdate of the president of the Federated Commonwealth with my pinky toe like the tech support guy recommended. It may sound stupid, but at least my phone boots now.
Now looking over our situation, it's time for a little reorganization. First, Yglegely gets the Zeta Proof Ice Wind, but not before swapping out its Glass Cannon with my Repeater Cannon. Burning + rust is a lethal combination I am not about to pass up. Also, Yglegely get's trained in M. Piloting and I improve Dodge, Stealth and M. Gunnery.
Boneyard
First stop, Theles Boneyard. One dog and one mining robot later, we're up $45k. Easy money.
Yatate
Next stop, big money Yatate. Or at least so Ufkmi claims. We'll see.
Yatate - Spaceport
Looks like Ijtob has a civil defense mission, fun fun.
Yatate - Aurora Night
Word on the street is that Oxnzur is running a mecha arena out of here. Well, why not, maybe this is the easy money they were talking about. After being solicited, I beat up on a Wolfram and a Buru Buru for $9,582... Not the best money. Heck, I get more for kicking dogs. Well, maybe it is just the newbie rate, I'll have to see if the pay gets better later.
Yatate
As we leave, Yglegely informs me that he's heard about a hot tip he got that Mypetd Emmmun is offering double for a mission. Maybe this is the big money?
Yatate - Spaceport
Mypetd Emmmun, the mechanic shopkeeper, wants us to beat up some mecha causing trouble in the spinner. The pay is $13k, not quite dog kickingly good, but I'll take it.
Yatate
We head over to the troublemaker, a Wraith, and blast him out of the sky and take his ride. Sweet, $13 and a mecha, good deal. The Wraith nets us $58k as well, maybe this does pay better than kicking dogs. While I have a chance, I improve Initiative and Ranged Combat.
With nothing better to do, I give Ijtob a call. Or I visit her in person. Seems that Arxyso is in town and yet again, someone wants me to deal with him. Sheesh, don't these spinners have defense forces or anything? Much to my surprise, Itjob is willing to talk turkey about pay. She opens up with $722500. While collecting my jaw from the floor, she has taken my reaction for acceptance. Damn right, for $722k, I'll take care of Arxyso and his whole family! Wait, that didn't come out right. Screw it, big money here I come. She seems to think that he is hanging out in the Yatate Tower, so off we go.
Yatate - Yatate Tower
I hear that Lopkat Ihl is resting in the hospital after a nasty fight, hmm, last time I taunted a dude in a coma it bit me in the backside, maybe I should spare this one? No, it wouldn't be right.
Calling Lopkat Ihl, it seems they bushwacked him and put him in the hospital. Now that's hardly sporting. He wants to get back at them but his doctor Ymcgaiml has his mecha locked up. Maybe, I can convince the doctor to let him fly, nothing like a gimp to draw fire. Hmm, the doctor isn't budging, oh well.
While checking out the rest of the tower, I bump into Vogtor (19 year old male mecha pilot) who seems lost. Of course I can help you buddy, you can trust me, just look at this face. Well, your mission is in the Station Exterior, I see. Don't want to go if I'm going with you, interesting. Wait, what was that? He is sooo lucky that there is so much money on the line or I would wreck him for that.
Yatate Exterior
Patroling outside, we run into some Silver Knights guarding some Blades of Crihna escorting a ship. This isn't something you see everyday. Opih Yphes (28 year old male knight) tells me not to attack, was I planning to? I was more confused than aggresive. Seems that the ship is Bohemian, and the Blades are it's escorts and the Knights were responding to a distress call because the ship was attacked by the Rishiri. Confused? Well, so am I, but those pirates are worth a lot of money to me, so I kindly suggest that the Knights escort the ship and leave the pirates to me. They agree, leaving the Gorilla, Ice Wind and Buru Buru to use. With our new kit, the battle is all too easy. Our battle plan consists of hitting them with the Glass cannon to rust them, and then destroying them with the Zeta Proof Ice Wind's Implosion bombs.
Yatate - Hoeller Mecha Works
I report the victory to Ijtob. She equates the Blades escorting a crippled ship with a terrorist attack. Man, this lady is cold. But I am paid, so it's all good. She gives me a choice:
I'm going to see if anyone else needs my help.
I need some more action.
I need to get some better equipment.
L5Law must be told about this.
Hmm, this is a tough one. With that cash, I almost have enough for a Savin, but not enough to retire. Thoughts anyone?
Commentary tomorrow.
