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Post by 12 on Mar 8, 2014 6:00:00 GMT
*pauses for several moments* Is this thing on? (computer) "Log is recording"
*Ardet nods* Alright, lets get this rolling, I havent Kept a logbook since my days in the MACOs but I feel the need to start doing so once more. I suppose I should start with a brief overview of events to date. I was Discharged from the MACOs following a partial assimilation after Ten years of front line service, the assimilation while halted before I could be linked did quite a number on me. After the Discharge I could not stop fighting, I aquired an old cargo ship and fitted it with some phasers and picked up work as a mercenary working for Starfleet. After 7 months I was offered a position within the Mercenary Coalition of Sindari, an unusual romulan.
I do not know why, but Sindari, her second in Command Karis Xareth and I have become quite close, or at least it appears so to me. Though Sindari and Karis certainly dont know how to have a good time *lets out a small laugh*. Karis has been victim to her past causing quite a bit of a mess, even by my standards. Even so she is family, and so is Sindari. Recently I have picked up a number of contracts within the Dyson sphere, this has brought me into contact with a number of Starfleet personnel who i have grown attached to.
Currently... I am en route to the sphere in a panic, one of these starfleet officers, an enlisted man I hold dear was injured while his ship was en route to the spire, I have to get there fast and this tug just doesnt have the speed I need, I can feel it in my chest, even alcohol with my lack of tolerance hasnt been able to help
*Ardet collapses and begins to snore, the alcohol having done its job, the recording continues for ten minutes until it automatically discontinues*
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Post by 12 on Mar 8, 2014 22:32:15 GMT
Beginning log, March 8th.
I reached the Spire that the distress call emanated from, The starfleet vessel Carrying my friend had crashed after an ambush, the survivors has taken refuge inside the spire. I was greeted at gunpoint when I beamed down and had to have the CO convince the shaky ensigns to let me in. Apparently my Friend Had been shot, I walked in and saw him with a gaping phaser wound on his chest, I ran over and immediately started to tend to him, much to the suprise of everyone around. I spent the next Several Hours playing Triage for the survivors. I had to perform a skin grafting surgery on my Friend... I don't think i have been that nervous in a long time. I wish that I had actually stocked up on supplies instead of storming off blindly across half a sector at hearing the call... could have been much more helpful.
*she sighs and falls back into the chair*
I think the members of my Friends crew were very surprised to see me, and I am noticing that people are starting to pay more attention to me, Even long time friends and acquaintances... you know what, i think i am going to go to nimbus for a while. Its been too long since I last did a shift at the bar in paradise city.
*Ardet leaves the room, once again forgetting to stop the recording as she starts singing a tone deaf rendition of billy Joels "you may be right"
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Post by 12 on Mar 10, 2014 14:49:27 GMT
Log entry March 10
I have finally almost finished construction on my special project, a bunker hidden away in an asteroid with the best tech, and completely self sufficient. Dang thing requires 3 warp cores to operate, 1 of which is dedicated to the computer core. I spent a fortune on this thing, has living space for 50 people and enough communications equipment and data processing to run an entire fleet without ever leaving, but the best part is the fully stocked bar. *giggles* I have enough tullaberry juice for 3 years stocked up in there. I love my tullaberry juice... best drink ever. I gave a tour the other day, think I may sell those slots to some federation brass and a couple friends. All these threats to the alpha Quadrant no telling when things will crash and burn so its nice to have. I am really proud of it, been under construction for over a year but i think its well worth the price and the wait. *pauses* these logs are getting rather nice, its nice to just chat and prattle on, even if its to a computer. *ardet continues on random conversation for the next 30 minutes*
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Post by 12 on Mar 22, 2014 1:58:16 GMT
Ardets Log March 21st...
*pauses* alright give me a minute computer....
A lot has happened since my last entry, I actually left the first relationship i have been in since.... oh good lord its been a while. *paces and thinks, motioning as if to count* damn... long time. It was the same fella that made me decide to start doing these entries when his ship went down in the spire. Anyways after that Lex brought me to a dinner party. Well, i dont know if you could call it a dinner party. Karis was there and that wasnt very good, she is having trouble enough that I knew sin really needed to know. Told sin, sin just about had a breakdown after I told her. Oh and selena left the fleet.
Seems like i am the only one not on the verge of a total meltdown these days...
*tosses her hands up in the air and walks back and forth in frustration letting out a loud huff* seriously, Karis is on the fritz, Sins about to lose it. EVERYONE else is having mental health issues...
*walks right up to the computer and gives a very concerned Sideways look with one eye squinting, the other wide with full pupil dilation with large amounts of facial twitching* When the hell did the galaxy get so screwed up that "I" became the sane one hmmm!?!
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Post by 12 on Mar 28, 2014 20:48:44 GMT
Ardets Log March 28th
Captain Rin was Killed by a hirogen, I dont know the details but I volunteered to help in the Manhunt. Sin was not happy but she will get over it. This act of "good will" should go a long way in bettering relations with the 146th and their new CO. I managed to get a his location rather quickly with the use of a contact from the empire. Unfortunatly it was a trap, Sindari in her brilliance brought her hirogen ship to use its sensors... except the damned thing didnt have working shields. So, we found the hirogen ship in the rings of an ice world, it was set to self destruct, sin got in close and her ship was heavily damaged. My vessel and crew were unharmed.
Sindari is already on board whole heatedly, the damage to her ship made it personal, and in the meantime i am going to see about getting some more intel and relay it along.
*sighs and walks off, leaving the recording running before she comes back to the screen with a small plate of food and begins to eat* on another note it seems that the holodecks are not trying to kill me on sb 146, and my facility is operational.
*between mouthfulls* "end log"
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Post by 12 on Apr 1, 2014 4:05:20 GMT
*the log opens, Ardet is in a dark room, you can barely see her face as she stares back at the screen, eyes bloodshot, hair frazzled, she is resting her chin in her palms, both elbows planted on the desk*
So.... Cant sleep, I am worried. I am not sure if its my paranoia, or the fact people are looking at me, and at my past. I cant stand the thought of some of my new friends learning about my Career in MACO. I have tried so hard to forget those days, and everything before I went freelance, but its looking like it may come up, god i dont want them to know. As if my family wasnt a bad enough rap, 10 years in that division... the things I have done, on top of all that people are actually growing on me, i have people i care about now, its racking my brains.
At first it was just sin and karis, now there are some starfleets that are getting to me. That new chief of security on 146, I keep trying to not let anyone close, but its so much harder lately. Hell sin gave me a compliment and its just nerve racking, shes being nice for once and I am scared shes lost it.
Then there is Lex, great friend, nothing there but just a great friend, shes always smiling always there... Sin is like the mother I never had, and karis is like a sister, but Lex is just that friend people always talk about, that great friend. I have never had this many people, ever and it scares me.
*she sighs and looks at the time*
and this whole thing with rin, the hunting, I dont know what to do, I am.... *she scowls and slams her fist on the desk* computer, tullaberry wine, *she takes the replicated glass and chugs it down, her pupils then dilate fully and she takes several long breaths before laying her head down on the desk and falling asleep, the computer log still recording for another ten minutes as she snores until the auto shut off kicks in*
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Post by 12 on Apr 3, 2014 0:15:11 GMT
*the room is once again dark, Ardet is sitting, her face flat on the desk, a single finger tracing circles on the flat metal surface* computer.... oh computer computer, why don't you have a better name *sighs*
I am worried, I feel as if they are watching me more and more... I imagine they are watching me right now. Sin is rushing into things, not listening... I worry they will target her, karis is already not worth there effort but sin they might go after.
what am I saying, so long as I keep my mouth shut they wont do anything. I did my duty, I did what had to be done, and I was proud to do what was needed for the good of the federation. I am just so worried, people are trying to get to know me, and if i let something out that shouldn't be said, or someone finds out more than they should... I have a Feeling if I screw up here and now there wont be any coming back.
*she looks over her right shoulder, then her left before looking back at the screen*
I almost gave away something that could have led to someone digging today, and *holds her head in her hand groaning in pain, the implant above her left eye flashing several times* *she slams her hand down against the desk several times before screaming* computer end log!
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Post by 12 on Apr 5, 2014 3:45:06 GMT
*the room is dim, with red lighting, Ardet is staring at the computer screen, her face is straight, the left eye below her implant only half white, green and grey borg metal making up over half of the globe*
Bravo 2 log 9/12/2406
My Fireteam is preparing to initiate the assault on Ceptus 4, Charles, Afton, and I will be moving in to take out the communications array in preparation for the main assault, johnsons got the sniper rifle detail this time so ill be back with him *shakes her head* I hate long range cover detail, so much less fun.
*she stands up and puts on her jacket* well computer I am off to starbase 146 I am hoping to catch karis shes been hard to get in touch with lately, whats todays date again <computer replies> 4/4/2414
*she nods as she heads out the door, the computer actually catches her starting to whistle and skip down the hall before shutting off*
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Post by 12 on Apr 6, 2014 21:49:02 GMT
*a patch covers her left eye, her face somber, and very much human, laying on a medical bed in starbase 146*
So apparently after that holodeck accident my nanite regulator node took a hit somehow, and that lead to a spiral of some kind. For 3 days i have been... how do i describe it, it was like i was hopping around in my head to different places, ceptus 3, parada, my childhood, all over. apparently i had a meltdown in front of chris and karis stuck her hands in my head and fixed me.... I uhm...
*shakes her head* anyways i am stuck here at least for a few days and am bored as hell...
I think I need to examine things more objectively take a step back. I am looking around and, I just dont see myself going anywhere meaningful... to me, hell even sin has made more progress in that regard than me *burries her face in her hands* all i am good for, is just killing... Was all my family ever wanted from me, all the MACOs ever wanted, and all anyone ever wants from me... am tired of it.
Computer, end log... i am getting all melancholy and i dont like it....
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Post by 12 on Apr 7, 2014 22:14:47 GMT
*the eyepatch is gone, ardet is stern faced and sits at a desk aboard her ship, a small stack of PADDs next to her, she is staring straight at the computer*
Entry 4/7/2414,
an assasination attempt was almost succesfull on Karis, Sindari was present and lost it. They beamed karis to sb 146's medical bay where i was still recovering from my own incident. sin completetly lost it, she left the station proceeded to destroy the assailants along with karis's vessel. The entire 146th had guns pointed at her in, it was a giant cluster and sin... I hate to say this but she has gone off the deep end and I don't know if we can get her back. I swore loyalty to Sindari and her coalition, but given the situation karis is now in command. I will wait and see what Karis's orders are, see what she wants to do. In the meantime I am going to do everything I can to prepare and hunt sin, I... never had a real family before this, had the MACOs, had my birth family, but they weren't... family... and *she looks straight at the screen as she stands* and no one messes with family.
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Post by 12 on Apr 8, 2014 21:56:13 GMT
*ardet is in a type 8 shuttle*
Log 4/8/2414
Staev and I found sin, her scorpion crashed on a planet in federation space, she was gravely injured. Staev has her in his med bay, i am reluctantly off to find Karis, I didn't want to leave sin but I know karis should be informed. I am en route to rendezvous with the Persephone.
*she slouches in the chair and lets out a small sob before regaining control* I uhm... this is *slams her fist down* computer end log!
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Post by 12 on Apr 14, 2014 23:03:18 GMT
*Ardet sits on her bed, cross legged, a knife in her hands, she stares at it for a long time and sets it down* Ardets Log, 4/14/2414
I met with sin, she is still there in the jumbled mind of hers. *she looks up and smiles*. I gave her a present, a gift she would recognize and that might help her. I told her what I needed to say, and that I had another job lined up. *rolls eyes* then Staev showed up, I had him leave us be for a few minutes and got out of their so he could do his mushy stuff.
*stands up and walks to the replicator, brushing some of her hair out of her face before getting onto her knees and pulling a bottle from a hidden stash under the replicator* I am celebrating, wish she was here with me... but looks like shes not going to be able to supervise for a while... Been saving this for a long time, *she looks up with a wide almost psychotic smile* tullaberry juice from cirini 7s plantation... *holds it out and looks at it* yeah... a shame hobus got them along with romulus, *cuts the top off of the bottle with her knife*
*raising the bottle she sighs* Sins crazy, Karis is moving on, and me... I am about to go on with life, I can not leave sin, but I still have to work. so onward to new things, while hanging on to the good,
*tosses her head back and takes a swig of the bottle before spraying out the purple liquid and coughing* what the *stares at the bottle, wipes the juice from her mouth and scowls* damn.... well that is one good thing that came from hobus, no more of this... *tosses the bottle over her shoulder and it crashes and breaks somewhere off screen* anyways... computer end log.
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Post by 12 on Apr 18, 2014 15:11:08 GMT
*Ardet sits at a Desk once again staring at the recording*
I am taking up a new Job, for Starfleet Intelligence of All people. On the First day of the job as I was transferred to my partners ship the Persephone was Attacked by a Nauscican Vessel, it Fired its Javelin lance and the Persephone was lost with all hands.
*she gets up and sighs, pacing back and forth*
On top of that Trauma, Sindari wants nothing to do with me. Whatever she is now it is not Sindari, I will give her some space for now, but I intend to drag Sin out of that mess of a skull even if it kills me.
I will be working with SFI for quite a while with this assignment, and its one to my liking. It suits me, I will be using my talents, my skills, and my contacts to do good instead of just random killings for money. I miss this, I haven't had the ability to do this kind of good since my MACO days, end log.
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Post by 12 on Apr 21, 2014 3:52:26 GMT
News from home... Apparently I am the new head of the family. I uhm... *sighs* my family was.. is. *scoffs and gets up pacing* I guess this was going to come up.
My Family, is the Alexanders of Ceptimus 3, formerly of the orion syndicate, but when the non-orions where discharged my father elected to stay in business, taking the left over assets to form his own little syndicate.
*she turns grim, slams her fist down and throws a glass shattering it against the bulkhead behind her*
I LEFT THAT LIFE BEHIND DAMNIT.
*she stares and breaths heavily, then smooths the sides of her dress and fixes her hair* That man was cruel, no one was above his torture or wrath, not even his own daughter...
*she sits down having paced all about the room in her frenzy* I enlisted in the MACOs and broke ties. hoped never to have anything to do with that life ever again when suddenly-
*holds up a PADD and tosses it across the desk* I got this 2 days ago... he died, heart attack of all things. I was his only child and for some reason that seems to be enough for his men to put me in charge, though of course i had to make a few alterations in the staffing when i arrived. so the question is, where to from here?
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Post by 12 on Apr 26, 2014 3:20:22 GMT
Ardets Log
I officially have reformed Alexandria Ceptus from the criminal empire of my father, to a legitimate mercenary and cargo business run by yours truly and licensed under federation law. *smiles wide* I have 23 cargo freighters, and 10 mercenary vessels under my control, and external assets as well. *she lets out a laugh* well, this has been a rather eventful few weeks, it was a painful transition for most of the company but its done.
on a more personnel not sindari came by the 146th, and asked for help... I couldn't refuse. I have major plans and intend to grab hold of the Pi Canis sector block, I want to get a strong economic foothold there, with the truce that sector of space is going to receive massive amounts of traffic now. Its smack dab in the middle of klingon, federation, and romulan space.
*sighs* problem is I haven't had a chance to take time for myself since all of this began, and its wearing me down, I think ill take some down time before i make another move.
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Post by 12 on May 3, 2014 17:44:17 GMT
*she is sitting, slack jaw and lacking any color in her face, staring at the screen with a thousand yard stare as she begins to speak*
I uhm... was feeling under the weather, had some issues with my implants lately so I went to see Karis and have her do a scan or two *pauses for 30 seconds or so* Apparently I am pregnant....
*blinks a few times and shakes her head*
Talked to villaina and the romulan contact I have about moving on Pi Canis, I have aquired exclusive supply rights to starbase 487 and 295... I uhm. *sighs* this is shouldnt be possible, not with all this borg metal inside me *she looks at the screen, terrified* I dont even know if it will be a normal child...
heavens I could use a drink... *sighs shakes head and turns the log off*
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Post by 12 on May 6, 2014 1:38:05 GMT
*Has a number of PADDs scattered about, leaning back slouched in her chair*
Acquisition and Mergers with 5 smaller Trade groups has almost doubled the size of my fleet. On top of that I have secured Exclusive trade rights to several Starbases that will in the next 5 years become quite important...
*holds her belly as it growls* ugh... this whole... situation could have had much better timing.
*standing she looks out the window* I am building something here, at first I was content to simply... keep it alive, but now.. I have started something, and I intend to see it through.
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Post by 12 on May 13, 2014 7:37:30 GMT
Ardets log... 5/13
I had a medical evaluation... if things go on with the pregnancy as is, I will give birth to not one but two borg drones. Discussions on what to do... Docs are talking, lots of talking. I wish... I wish i wasn't alone with this...
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Post by 12 on May 15, 2014 20:24:19 GMT
*she is sitting, smiling and relaxed* I had the first part of the procedure to save the children done. The extraction and implantation of them into artificial Incubators was a success. Tomorrow Karis and Six are going to try to extract the nanites *drifts off at this* thats the real risky part. *winces and smirks as she leans forward* still sore, will need a couple days rest. I dont seem to be regenerating as quickly, perhaps its because my nanites are busy reconstructing me back to normal.
*sighs and shakes her head* Hopefully the nanite extraction goes well... end log
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Post by 12 on May 17, 2014 0:51:03 GMT
*her chin is resting on her knees, she sits with her arms around herself on the bed*
the extraction failed... lost both of the twins. Karis did everything she could, so did six but... *sobs breifly before regaining control*. Jayy returned, I told him... he reacted better than I would have. I....
*shakes her head* end log...
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