There he stood, the last person I knew personally who could still help me and all of Gallente, Mentas Blaque. A fist, covered in blood, was reaching out of his back, from what looked like a simple sexdroid at first glance.
Without waiting for the android to react, I turned and started sprinting. To my capsule, to my capsule. Nothing else mattered now. If I died here, no one would know what was coming for them, and without my capsule, it would be a true death. No new body waiting safely in another station.
As I sprinted through the hallways, I could hear the android chasing me, but I wasn’t just anyone. I am a capsuleer. One of the few who made it, one who has crossed the final Rubicon and abandoned being fully human. A perfect body, a near-perfect mind, and more knowledge and training than anyone should have without living multiple lifetimes.
While an android could easily outrun a human with its top speed of 45 km/h (28 mph), I was hitting 55 km/h (34 mph). I was constantly analyzing everything around me, making sure to maintain the optimal speed to reach my destination. It was relaxing compared to the usual information overload I was accustomed to. I had already planned the exact route I would take as soon as I was in my pod. I briefly considered using the nanotoxin with the burning scanner to send my consciousness to my home station but decided against it.
The Leopard I had parked here in the station, with a full High-grade Ascendancy implant set in this body, would get me to my goal fast enough. 32.4 AU/s and a sub-2-second align time, something only a few capsuleers get to experience.
I was already getting a little excited about the speed I would reach as soon as I departed. Without giving it more thought than necessary, I dropped to the ground face-first just as new holes appeared in the far end of the corridor.
Sliding across the floor with my momentum, I pulled out the Minmatar shotgun I’d acquired on one of my adventures, shifted onto my back, and fired twice, taking out two androids that had just emerged from opposing rooms with weapons drawn.
Lovely, every android was already infected. Let’s hope it's still limited to this station; otherwise, things would look very grim for the Gallente Federation and, before long, for everyone else.
It wasn’t far to my capsule from here, and while disturbing more and more dock workers as I closed in on my exit, only minor resistance from androids required some attention from my shotgun.
As I settled into my pod, I felt safe. Nothing could kill me now; I would just wake up in my home station, which was near the 4th moon of Luminaire 7 in the Federal Administration Bureau Offices.
Without waiting for the usual procedures and undock clearance, I flew my Leopard under an Obelisk so the automatic defense systems wouldn’t even register my exit from the station.
Once out, I jumped straight to the wormhole exit to get back to known space as soon as possible. The defensive fleet stationed outside the Citadel tried to lock onto me and my ship, but I was too fast. I hit faster-than-light speed before they could even get a lock.
All the secrecy and paranoia from Mentas Blaque and his Black Eagles didn’t help in the end. They trusted no one from the outside, and everyone on the Fortizar was one of them—well, except for the massive numbers of androids. Those androids would make quick work of the Black Eagles, I assumed. A quick calculation told me each person would face at least 30 androids if it came to an all-out fight.
There was no logical way they could survive the onslaught that would surely ensue shortly. As I exited the wormhole, my information feed confirmed I was in Rens. I already knew I would end up here, but the pod loved to give you all the information it could, all the time.
One of the major reasons capsuleers were so rare.
Now I just had to make it to Egghelende and enter the Sinq Laison region before I could use a secure network station hidden in an asteroid field. I jumped gate after gate, taking the shortest route possible.
Rens → Abudban → Osoggur → Amamake → Siseide. Just one more jump and I’d reach my goal. Every second counted, so I jumped straight to the next gate toward Egghelende—only to feel the nanotoxin being injected into my body.
A pirate with smartbombs had turned my Leopard into fireworks, followed by my capsule. My mind connected to the clone in my home station, but something felt off. The transmission was usually instantaneous, but this one felt long, strange, and uncomfortable.
I couldn’t be bothered with it though. I needed to inform the remaining Black Eagle cells to take countermeasures as quickly as possible before their enemies could reach their goal. I boarded my Ares, and as I undocked, I was bombarded by various newsfeeds.
Normally, they would’ve been filtered out, but these were different. They bore the official signature of the Gallente Federation, making them high priority and guaranteeing their authenticity.
It was bad, very bad. Luminaire, also known as Caldari Prime, was gone. Not completely destroyed, but not a single soul was alive on the planet. Everything was burned to ashes.
Then it dawned on me, three days. Three whole days had passed since my pod exploded, and my consciousness should have been transferred nearly instantaneously to my current location. But it hadn’t. It took three whole days.
And now, I have to make sure they pay for it.
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There he stood the last person I knew that still could help me and all of Gallente, Mentas Blaque. A fist covered in blood reaching out of his back, from a simple sexdroid I assumed by a quick look. Without waiting for the android to react I turned and started sprinting. To my capsule, to my capsule. Nothing else mattered now, if I die here nobody will know what is coming from them and without my capsule it would be a true death, no new body waiting safely in a different station. As I sprinted across the hallways I could hear the android chasing me, but I wasn’t anybody. For I am a capsuleer. One of the few who made it, one that has crossed the final Rubicon and forgone being a human. A perfect body, a near perfect mind and more knowledge and training anyone should have had without living multiple lives. While an android would outrun a human easily with their top speed of 45 km/h (28mph) I was hitting 55 km/h (34mph). Always analyzing everything around me while making sure to maintain the optimal speed to reach my destination. It was relaxing compared to the usual information input I was accustomed to. I already planned the exact route I would take as soon as I was in my pod. I considered briefly using the nanotoxin with the burning scanner to send my conscience to my home station but decided against it. The Leopard I had parked here in the station with the full High-grade Ascendancy implant set in this body would get me fast enough to my goal. 32.4 AU/s and a sub 2 align time, something only a few capsuleers got to experience. I was already getting a little bit excited about the speed I would reach as soon as I departed. Without paying it more attention than needed, I dropped to the ground face first as shortly after a few new holes at the end of the corridor became visible. While sliding across the floor from the momentum I had I pulled out the Minmatar Shotgun I got from one of my adventures, changed my position so I was on my back and shot twice to destroy two androids who just exited opposing rooms with weapons in their hand. Lovely I thought every android was already infected, let's hope it is still limited to this station otherwise it would look very grim for the Gallente Federation and in the not so distant future for everybody else. It wasn’t very far to my capsule from here and while disturbing more and more dock workers while closing in on my exit only minor resistances from androids needed some love from my shotgun. As I settled into my pod I felt safe. Nothing could kill me now, I would just wake up in my home station which was the Luminaire VII (Caldari Prime) - Moon 4 - Federal Administration Bureau Offices. Without waiting for the usual procedures and the undock rights I just flew with my Leopard under an Obelisk so the automatic defense Systems wouldn’t even register my exit from the station. Out of the station I just jumped straight to the Wormhole exit to get to known space as soon as possible. The defensive fleet stationed outside of the Citadel tried to lock me and my ship, but I was just too fast for them and had reached faster than light speed before they could even lock me. All the secrecy and paranoia from Mentas Blaque and his Black Eagles didn’t help in the end. They didn’t trust anyone from the outside and everyone on the Fortizar was one of them, well besides the massive numbers of androids. And they would make quick work with the Black Eagles I assumed. After a brief calculation every person would face at least 30 androids if it came to an open and all out fight. There was no logical way they could survive the onslaught that would ensure surely shorty. As I exited the wormhole the information feed told me I was in Rens, I was already aware that I would end up here but the pod just loved to give you all the information all the time about everything it could. One of the major reasons a capsuleer was a rarity. Now I only had to make it to Egghelende and enter the Sinq Laison Region before I could use a secure network station hidden in an asteroid field. I jumped Gate after Gate taking the shortest route possible. Rens → Abudban → Osoggur → Amamake → Siseide. Just one more jump and I would reach my goal. Every second counted and I just jumped straight to the next gate towards Egghelende only to feel the Nanotoxin being injected in my body. A pirate with smartbombs let my Leopard go up in fireworks, followed by my capsule. My mind connected to the clone in my home station but it felt strange. The transmission was usually fast, instant but this one felt long, strange and uncomfortable. But I couldn’t be bothered, I needed to inform the remaining cells from the Black Eagles to take countermeasures as fast as possible, before they could reach their goal. I boarded my Ares and as I undocked I got bombarded by various newsfeeds. Usually they would have gotten filtered out but these ones were different, they got the official signature from the Gallente Federation encoded in them making them a high priority and guaranteeing their authenticity. It was bad, very bad. Luminaire, also known as Caldari Prime, is gone. Not completely gone surely, but not a single soul was alive on that planet. Everything was burned to ashes. It dawned on me, three days, three whole days had passed since my pod exploded and my consciousness should have been transported nearly instantaneously to my current location. But it didn’t happen, it took three whole days and now I need to make sure they pay for it.