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Well, I passed my certification today! I’m officially a CMDR! I ended up in the Dromi system. There doesn’t seem to be much to do here except fight, fuck, and deliver mail. I can’t wait to get back home, and start milking the wealthy tourists. I’m not going to be able to do that in this shit-box Sidewinder though. I’m grateful to have it, but it is NOT good. I just have to collect enough bounties to buy a decent ship, and I’ll be moving on.

I’ve collected a few so far, but if I’m honest, I don’t like it. I’ve been having dreams where I’m out in the high intensity RES collecting bounties, picking them off, one by one. Everything will be going great, then right as I’ve collected enough bounties to get that new ship, it happens. The bounty I’m hunting gets an advantage and gets in on my tail, and before I have a chance to move pips, my shields go down. I’m left running from inescapable shots hitting me no matter where I turn. My frameshift drive won’t engage, and in a matter of seconds, they chew through my hull, the Hud blinks off, and boom… I wake up covered in sweat. Really makes you consider the weight of your actions out here in the black. I can justify protecting myself, but it’s not as easy to justify killing for money.

Anyways, I didn’t get licensed to go play cops and robbers, it’s a means to an end. Soon enough I’ll have made enough credits to buy a glorious Python, and those things can rake in money back home. I guess I need to make another run. Sitting around talking about it won’t get anything done.

U. Starcaster