Well, while AZ's finishing his drink, I guess I'll tell you about how I got started.
"When I finally got enough money to get my first shuttlecraft, the Starseeker, I immeadiatly joined UE shipping. After a few missions, however, I decided that this was a little too boring. I could have had a more exciting life back on Earth. So I was in a bar in one of these conversations, and listening to all the old spacer's tales of adventure and glory was too much for me. So i pulled one of the spacers aside and asked him if I could get out of this shuttle with the measly 25,000 credits I had scraped up. He laughed, and then told me that I could get a Krait for 50,000. And he said that if I could get to Lothe Prime in a shuttle alive, I would either be good or lucky enough to survive in a Krait.
"So I did a few more missions for UE shipping, and managed to get around 65,000 credits. After thinking about what the old spacer had said, I decided to get 2 more blaze cannons for my shuttle, and an escape pod just in case.
"After that, I set out for Lothe Prime using directions given to my by a group of passengers I was transporting. Then, when I got to the Thoso system, my klaxxon went off. Never having heard it before, I almost jumped out of my seat. Then, I told the computer to bring up the nearest hostile vessal. The scan of a Krait came up on my screen - a split second before the Starseeker was shook by the blaze cannons of the Krait, as her shields went to about 40%. I turned around to face the Krait, but the Starseeker wasn't fast enough, and the Krait swerved out of the way of her flailing blaze cannons.
"Then the wiredest thing happened. The Krait stopped attacking and stopped right in front of the Starseeker. I slammed on the blaze cannons and accelerators... ...and nothing happened. I had been disabled.
"The krait then manuvered over the Starseeker and forced open the airlock, and the pilot jumped onto the bridge and demanded that I immeadiatly surrender the ship. I looked him down. He was a short, fat man who looked like he couldn't take a 5 year old girl. I shoved him aside, and then jumped into his Krait and took off, with him cursing behind me.
"Extreemly proud of myself, I went to land on Crocket to repair my new ship. I sent in the landing request. <this is the R.S.S. Moonbeam requesting permission to land on Crocket>
<Landing Request Denied>
"What the hell? I took up my map, and then realized that I was now a felon in all of UE space, and I was extreemly popular in Renegade space. Then, I realized that I had places on my map that I had never been before - I had just taken on the identity of a Renegade.
"At which point my klaxxon went off again. But this time, a UE Fighter came up on the display. And I didn't have an escape pod. I was in for it now. I hailed the fighter and explained my situation. 'yeah, I know what you're talking about' siad the pilot 'you happen to be the 5th renegade that's happened to on my patrol today.' Suddenly, I felt a jolt as the Krait started spinning out of contol. I looked up to my shield indicator, and realized that my shields were gone. I thought I was dead for sure. Then, a Turncoat warped into the system right in front of the UE Fighter. The UE Fighter bit the dust, but took out one of the Kraits. Then the turncoat hailed me.
"You look like you need a lift. If you could give me a few credits, I'll let you into my Krait bay."
"I accepted, not thinking I had anoter option. On the way back, however, I was sent out to attack a freight-courior. Once again, not having a choice, I did. Now I was oficially a criminal. I was the only Krait that survived, and the Turncoat plundered the Freight-courior and left.
"Then, one system short of Freeport, we were attacked by a UE Destroyer. I was sent out, and nailed with a Hunter missle as soon as I got out. Then the UE Destroyer took out the Turncoat. It's shields were still at 78%, and mine were at 35%. I fled to Freeport.
"Later at the bar, I was having a drink and trying to think of a way out of this mess, when I saw someone I recognised - the guy who had recruited me for UE shipping. And now he was a renegade. Maybe this wasn't such a abd life I thought.
Then I saw him take some blueprints for something. I decided to approach him.
"What are those?" I asked, pointing to the blueprints. He cursed and ran out of the bar. I followed him and explained my situation. "Well, that's a nice story, but you're not fooling anyone. Nevertheless, if you want to come clean, I;m in a desperate situation here. If you can get me safely back to Knox, I'll see what I can do for you.
"We didn't get farther than Troub when we ran into the U.E.S. London, and were attacked. I hailed the U.E.S. London and put the agent on the line. The London called it's fighters back, and then took me and the agent on board. After a lengthy disucssion with the agent, ths captin of the U.E.S. London spoke with me.
"Because you have assisted us in this delicate operation that was in jepordy, the United Earth government is willing to give you a second chance. But this will be your only second chance. We have taken your Krait into our cargo bay, and when we get to Know I will arrange to have it's transponder codes altered so you will not be attacked by UE ships. But I will personally be keeping an eye on you."
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Cuz I'm a 21st Century Digital Boy
I don't know the Monty Python but I've got a lotta toys
My daddy is a Renegade, his name is Hellcat Helian
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