Ramblings of an Argon Nephew (Page 24 of 35)

Written by TTD



Well. Oi 'av bin a bit curious about news reports about Grand Exchange an' Oi wish to build in Company Strength noo. So Oi took me Ryu up there te git a large Silicon Mine an' a few CCKs.

The Q's are not present at the moment, but the traders are a bit twitchy about the Terran and Argon ships that keep a comin an a goin.

Got offered another Dragon.I know it was at 95% but it had a full bank ov PACs an 5 marines on-board, two with 3* fighting rank, so Oi guess we're evens on that score. Sent it back to the shipyard in Queen's Retribution as there was Kha'ak activity. Took out a lone Kha'ak fighter with me Ryu, on a joint attack with some Teladi fighters. I got the last shot, so I got some credits and another entry in me Passport. heehee.

Sent a TL to Siezewell to get a Teladi EQ dock for Company Strength. I'll set it to purchase e-cells, so we don' run out.

The Teladianium runs are working well now and the silicon mine complex in Thyn's Excavation is complete. Jus' gettin' inititial energy stocks in an' it will be self sufficient. Only just over 106k ore left te deliver to me friend at the Hub.The Haulers/TL combinations worx a dream Exclamation Noo te git me arse in gear.

Running low on credits...again. Doing random Build missions in nearby sectors for Boron, Teladi and Split sectors.

Local Teladi wants a Split Pulse Emmitter forge.Reward over 28Milion! Cost me just over 9 Mil + e-cells. Done ! 43 M crs in the bank.Want a bit more in reserve before we buy the EQ dock, so Oi look for more builds.

Teladi Energy Bolt Chaingun Ammunition Forge Cost 3.5 M Reward 5.7 M

Split Massom Mill M
cost 804,992 cr
Reward 8,479.975

Split Thunderbolt Missile Factory
cost 3M
reward 7.3M

Paranid Soyfarm
Cost 479,984 cr
Reward 14,386,362


Required by Boron.
Now Kings Protecorate 5%
Tycoon 7%

Have acquired Split licence.

At this the TL in Siezewell was stranded without enoigh e-cells to get back. Oi bought some in moi Ecclipse which Oi 'av bin usin' to find the stashun builds, and jumped up there for 'im.Sent 'im on 'is way an' bought two more 2nd 'and Frieghters.

"So preliminary preparations have gone well", Dermot was telling Norman. "we have the first EQ dock in place.That Falcon Hauler you got 2nd hand was a lucky find. She's on her way for a refit and scheduled to supply the EQ dock with e-cells when complete."

The Finance officer was not so happy. "Even despite all the build missions we have done locally, your insistence on using race components for our complexes, instead of the cheapest,continues to increase our budget and reduce the available credits available.More than once we have had our purchases canceled due to 'insufficient credits'. Carry on like that and we won't be allowed to trade Exclamation At the moment we have around 28M credits. Ok if your just buying and selling food, but for complexes...? " He left it hanging.

Norman was determined to get some more build missions and continue as planned. "Iv Oi don't want the Teladi to git wind ov what Oi'm really tryin to accomplish, Oi need to give 'em no reason to. Git what Oi'm a tellin' ya?"

After further erm...."discussion"..., Norman went to his Eclipse. That was his home more and more often nowadays. On the whole, Norman wa happy with all that he had achieved, but credits?...well that was another problem.

Teladi Low-yield Sidearms Fab cost 2,246,368 cr Reward 6,108,652 cr

Boron Computer Plant cost 1,415,340 cr Reward 3,490887 cr

There was also a build Teladi SSP L as well,but did mission and forgot the reward.

These three have brought balance back up to 41.6 Milion, Some time later another two builds:

Paranid Space Jewelry M cost 1,181,452 cr Reward 4,191,201 cr	Split Shield Prod. Facility 1GJ Cost 9,063,376cr reward 10,904,805	Teladi Drone Factory Cost 2,617,732 cr Reward 5,726.953 cr
Paranid Wasp Missile Factory cost 1,447,804 cr Reward 8,368,894 cr	Boron Satelite Factory cost 876,472 cr Reward 5,154,623 cr	Boron Dragonfly Missile Factory cost 1,045,276 cr Reward 4,349,542 cr

At this point,with other tradings There is now just over 79M credits available but he needs 120Million before he really starts the next complex. The earlier meeting had had a good effect on Norman, even if it did rattle his cage a bit.

Boron BoFu Chem.Lab L Cost 2,024,976 cr Reward 5,867,660 cr

Boron Stott Mixery M cost 1,103,708 cr Reward 4,575,272 cr

Norman sauntered into the breakfast canteen on board the new Tel EQ Dock. There was a moments silence and then all returned to normal, except that Derek,Anna and Dermot seemed frozen in the middle of an animated discussion and just sat there looking at him.

"Iv only dey knew 'ow funny dey look." he mused as he grabbed his tray and walked over to them.

They watch him sit down with them and Anna looked straight at him. He looked haggard and tired. " Feel better?" asked Anna.

"Enuff ov that! Oi'm back and we are nearly ready to start without running out of credits this toim." He tucked into his meatstake soaked in egg. "There's nothing wrong with me that a few hours rest won't put right. 'Ave you two got an announcement to make yet?"

"Well Terry can step into my shoes while were off for shore leave. I am sure there's someone that can fill Anna's until we're back. Of course there will be a spare cabin when we return.We won't need two any more...well not for a while..."

Terry acknowledged that he was fully briefed and ready when needed.

Suddenly there was a large flash from outside, just south west at a lower elevation.

"Control Centre! Report Question " called Norman.

"It's the Teladi, Sir. They have just planted a Quantum Tube Factory just outside our docking lanes Sir. Any orders?"

Norman thought quickly,but his fatique was catching up fast. He looked at Dermot.

Dermot commed control. " Send them a request to warn us next time. Most of us down here have to order more drink and fresh uniforms. We thought the Kka'ak had just dropped in to say hello *Laughing " Looking back at Norman he said a bit quieter, " probably more than a QTF if Teladi has anything to do with it. It's just too conveniently close to us."

All communications techs were scrambled to tooth - comb the EQ dock for any suspicious additions. EQ docks were standardised many years ago,so anything out of the ordinary was examined closely.

"They've checked every deck, lift and tube by hand and eye. Where they could not see,they scanned....Norman, either they have become more advanced or the dock is clean", Terry told him.

"Ok.Thank de crew, but tell 'em all te be on de alert.We may not be oidin' anything, but it meks me nervous.It's not as if Oi'm not allowing them te take advantage ov our research, now is it?" With that he retired to his quarters for a well earned rest.

Meanwhile the station crew, construction engineers and techs met together to discuss final preparations.

This time they integrate Teladi tech into the new construction methods. Norman wanted them to be ready to start when the last drop of or had been delivered to the Hub. He calculated that he should have all the funds he needs for this project and then some. Only 27k of or left to deliverJust over 7k per trip with TL plus the UTs and NPCs delivering.Should be done soon.

Collecting Crystals the same way as we did the Ore. Setting up the Teladi complex. Will build/drag each mine,one at a time,because some roids are very close again.

Oi was glad the Ore waz finished an Oi was about te dock an' save me ships data when moi traders at moi Boron complex got attacked boi zum Kha'ak. Toined round and jumped doon ther.Killed one off,an got paid. Assisted in lowering shields for the rest but Boron claimed 'em. Two more Clusters...so Oi got me Hoshi Captain te deal with em. Noo to git back te Company strength.


Which remoinds me... Oi'll show 'em what Oi de do, but Oi'll let 'em figure out 'ow fer demselves.

290Mil cr,soory. Finger slip up and right Laughing

The complex will cost about 112 M cr. So plenty for more, unless I lose some on buying crystals via UTs/NPCs.

Norman is a bit upset. He is returning to his Teladi EQ dock.

Two 15y silicon on top of each other. The first blew up. "Roight, Oi thaght,dat clears de way fer de nex un. Built mine on dat. Then CABOOM! Evil or Very Mad " Now he has to go back to his techs and re-plan the complex.

"nearly two million credits blown away as space dust,not to mention lost future earnins'. An' just as Oi thaght all waz goin smooth."

Terry was listening to Norman but could not understand how two 'roids could occupy the same space.But then again, that is exactly what the new complexes were doing. "ok Norman.I'll look into this.It might have a bearing on our future experiments." He went back to his data logs and brought up data from the initial mineral scans,along with camera drone footage. "It may be my pet study, but the sooner Dermot and Anna get back,the sooner I may get some answers", he thought to himself.