The expensive mistake

Today I met someone who was a new Citizen, called Fregeri. With him I did some cargoruns and we split the profit 50/50. And it ended in a disaster.

We first met up at New Babbage Interstellar Spaceport to travel together with my Crusader C2 Hercules. We loaded up my Argo ATLS and went to Port Tressler to load up with 20 x 32 SCU Containers of Quartz and brought them to Seraphim Station.

By Hasgaha – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
Seraphim Station high above the gas giant Crusader. And is named after the precursor of Crusader Industries, Seraphim Systems.
Above Crusader — Stanton system

We then loaded up with 20 x 32 SCU Containers of Copper and did a quick detour to Orison to buy Fregeri his very own ATLS to facilitate even quicker loading and unloading of my C2.

By Cloud Imperium, Cloud Imperium IP
The city that hangs in the sky, Orison. It is situated inside the atmosphere of the gas giant Crusader in the Stanton system and, aside from the fact that it is floating it is also well know for it luxurious furnishings and amenities.
On Crusader — Stanton system

From there, fully loaded with about 1 million UEC worth of cargo and two ATLS we made our way over to Stanton Gateway in Pyro, where something quite embarrassing happened: While flying towards the Gateway-station I misjudged the distance to the station and went to fast. In my efforts to slow down in time, before hitting the station, I turned my C2 Hercules around and fired the main thruster away from the Stanton Gateway-station. This meant though I was flying blind. Flew blind into an Asteroid at that.

By T00dled00 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Stanton Gateway station in Pyro is inside an asteroid field that is at that littered with debris from ship-asteroid-collisions and failed jumps through the Gateway. This makes navigation and travel here even more dangerous, be mindful of your speed and heading!

At this moment I woke up in Brentworth Care Center in New Babbage. At which I thankfully uploaded my genetic material to be able to load my consciousness into a clone body. No matter what this service costs and it’s even free at this point in time, I will always make sure to purchase it.

By T00dled00 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
The huge main hospital of New Babbage, the Brentworth Care Center from the outside. It is a place for everyone to get medical treatment to the highest capabilities and standards of modern technology.

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