Great new chapter!

Seems like a good time to split the missile frigates - a turbo-boosting Cobra can go pretty fast, and Flails kill TPs and TMs pretty quickly too. Hope to see more in-game action once this threat is dealt with.

Hope we reach the next page soon.

I'm wondering - once S'jar and Huritas are both dealt with, will Drake finally be able to resume the main plot? I fondly remember his commentary on the Terran Conflict plotline.

Edit: Yay, new page!

Great read, I eagerly await the conclusion.

One thing I'm wondering, does Drake have any way to contact his own ships?

Hope things are going okay on the next chapter Scion! Looking forward to getting that cliffhanger resolved.

Great new chapter! Looking forward to the next installment!

Hey, if you dock a Hyperion to each Panther, you can boost cargo AND firepower

Good luck on the next chapter Scion!

Guess all the stations you're running have really boosted your trade rank, since you're getting mission payments like that. Think the Nividium sale could have contributed too (which would actually fit kind of nicely).

Hope Drake at least has the sense to execute Sin at this point. No real reason to keep him alive.

Also, incidentally, are the Marines who died here and in the previous chapter actual ingame units that you delete afterward? If so, hope you didn't have too much invested in them!

Nice to see things happening again in-game. Looking forward to where the story is going.

Yeah, I've always thought the higher X3 size categories were labeled one size category too small ("corvettes" should be frigates, "frigates" should be destroyers, and "destroyers" should be battlecruisers/battleships). Funny thing is, sometimes the game even backs up this interpretation: I believe t...

I suppose from now on Drake can put a number of "canary" emitters throughout his stations that only him and a few trusted lieutenants know how to track, and which regularly broadcast "all-clear" messages. If any of the canaries stop broadcasting, that means communications are being jammed.

So does Drake know where Huritas' Shuri is? Because I think she has a surprise incoming... PS, it there are going to be more story events like this, Drake might like to have an Ocelot full of marines with a turbo booster. That ship can reliably go over 500 m/s by quickly cycling the turbo on and off.

Think the silence was just us finishing talking about the previous installment and going on to waiting eagerly for the next one.

Well, looks like Gin's augmentations might be becoming public knowledge before too long. And Huritas' marines might be getting a bit more than what they bargained for...

So how did you manage to keep the Galleon's fighters from launching? Was it just luck?

The other is a pirate kestrel that some ding-bat or another bailed out of a few weeks back. I’ve since had it completely reconditioned, tuned up, and kitted out. Now she’ll do a top speed of six hundred and thirty five meters per second… and that’s BEFORE you hit the supercharger! Yeah, it’s about ...

Nice to see Drake back in action again!

Couldn't see any of the images for some reason - you might like to take a look at http://postimage.org/ - I've found it to be a nice unobtrusive image-sharing site.

Tohron, There were no marines aboard. PBE's destroy equipment? I know Ion-D's do, and do less hull damage, but I didn't know PBE's had the same functionality. ;) Yep, I think rate-of-fire plays into the equipment destruction change, because 8 PBEs get rid of equipment quite fast once the shields ar...

I notice the TL had Cargo Lifesupport - were there any marines aboard? If that was the case, I often board using a Tiger with forward PBEs - they're great for removing the Cargo Lifesupport along with other anti-boarding modules like Sentry Lasers.