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　　Number5Alive, Golddigger, BurtBacharach, CrazyCelt, Blaze, DoYouEvenLyft?, MarcoPolo, MightMakesRight, l33tpally, Bennie, SEA-TAC_Sweetie, Requiesce-in-Pace, MacD, HaveGunsWillTravel, TheDespoiler, Guardian, GunKitty, Chummer, Inquisitor, Lizard, RedFox, SemiSolidSnake, ElfMama, Not_the_Face!, Anonymous3, Anonymous4, Anonymous7, Anonymous9, AggregatorOfSorrows, M.Mollen, WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot, DigDug, BigGunn, Dolcett, Starwatcher, Backlog, DarkAvariel, Knocker, Hullu_Kapteeni, GrimDark, BloodForTheBloodGod, Queen`s_Bitch, BackDat@55Up, DoYouEvenDPS?, MajorTom, Parca, and DarkAngel are in the chat.

　　Anonymous7: Heads up for those who are tracking the Black Stars. The Black Star Marines just returned to Star`s Reach from wherever they went, but Third Group of their fleet didn`t come back with them.

　　MacD: Huh. I would have thought that they would all return.

　　SEA-TAC_Sweetie: Maybe they got destroyed? Those ships were mostly supports for the mobile shipyard, right?

　　Chummer: Sure, that`s possible, but something that could take out those ships, but the Marines somehow escaped? I doubt it.

　　DarkAngel: Especially since you know there were at least a few Starbolts available to the group.

　　Anonymous7: Got a better look at the Marine craft. There isn`t any sign of battle damage. All Marine craft accounted for.

　　WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot: Well, that means they probably weren`t involved in a fight.

　　Knocker: How come? Could be they were just lucky enough to not get hit.

　　WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot: Any fighting bad enough that all of their Third Group got ganked would have dragged the Marine ships in, as well. They don`t exactly like running from fights.

　　Queen`s_Bitch: So where is that Third Group, then?

　　M.Mollen: Safe. And conducting their mission.

　　Starwatcher: What mission? Where did they go?

　　M.Mollen: Elsewhere. And what mission do you think my team of mobile builders would be doing?

　　BigGunn: Sooo& secret base?

　　DarkAngel: Why would he need a secret base? He owns a star system!

　　Anonymous9: To study Lost Tech artifacts he`s been hoarding! That was how he got the money for all of this. The Arena thing was a distraction!

　　M.Mollen: Wow, I have conspiracy theories about me now? I`ve really hit the big time!Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.

　　Lizard: Still, you have to admit that you have had a disturbing trend of being at the right place at the right time. Too often to be random.

　　M.Mollen: It isn`t random. How many players do you know that have put together a fleet of ships? There`s a few, sure. Each of them has had more events` happen around them than someone just going solo, or in a squad with a single ship. Why? Because they`re out there, with more potential contacts.

　　Starwatcher: And none of them have the kind of contacts you`ve gotten.

　　M.Mollen: Mostly by luck. I got my ship because an idiot didn`t know I was cheating at cards. A lucky encounter had a princess fall into my lap, which spurred a whole host of troubles and opportunities.

　　Backlog: So, you`re saying that the rumors of a connection between you and the devs are false?

　　M.Mollen: They`re factually incorrect. My performance in the beta, combined with my situation in RL, made me the perfect test subject for a couple different systems. Sure, I had some lucky encounters, but those were the results of my work putting me in those situations to begin with, not the devs pulling strings.

　　Anonymous3: Any truth to the reports that you`re some kind of unique race?

　　M.Mollen: Not unique, but I`m likely the only player with this race. No, I won`t tell you what it is or the backstory. But basically, I had a start that was more disadvantaged than even those who started off as slaves.

　　Anonymous3: Bullshit.

　　M.Mollen: Believe me or not, it is your call. But it is the truth. I spent my first two weeks in game figuring a way out. I didn`t even know what planet I was on, until a week in.

　　Chummer: So, anyway, what are those ships doing out wherever they are?

　　Inquisitor: Nice subject change.

　　Chummer: Shut it. The guy streams, so you can see how he did most of what he did if you go through the logs. I want to hear about future plans.

　　M.Mollen: Well, I have some mad science types on the payroll, and I`m fine with them doing their experiments, but if one of them does something crazy, like opening a portal to a hell dimension, I want it to be on a nice, isolated facility that can be destroyed from a distance, instead of in a populated system. Doom was a fun game to play, but I`d rather not live it.

　　Blaze: Wait, is that really possible?

　　M.Mollen: We have ships that can travel light-years in an instant by tearing physics a new one, and psychic powers. I wouldn`t bet against it being possible to rip open a tear into another dimension.

　　TheDespoiler: The Immaterium beckons. The Eightfold Path opens before you, beckoning all who would turn to the salvation it offers.

　　GrimDark: Silence, heretic!

　　BloodForTheBloodGod: YES! Rip and tear the universe apart, and offer all for the glory of Chaos! Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne!

　　Inquisitor: This heresy shall not go unpunished. Soon, all shall see.

　　Lizard: Well, that`s not ominous or anything.

　　MightMakesRight: But seriously, what are they researching that needs to be locked away?

　　M.Mollen: Punching holes in the fabric of reality for instant transmission between location, using power sources that could power a superdreadnought.

　　MightMakesRight: No, really.

　　M.Mollen: Really.

　　MightMakesRight: But& but why?

　　M.Mollen: Did you miss the part about mad scientists? They see things like the Gateways, and decide they want to learn how to make new ones, or some other fun` thing. I`m fine with them doing that, but I don`t want them anywhere near me when they do it.

　　Not_the_Face!: Hey, anyone got eyes on Earth? I`ve heard some disturbing rumors that something`s going down.

　　BackDat@ssUp: Not another civil war!

　　Not_the_Face!: No, nothing like that. There`re just rumors going around like mad. Something about an Awakening. Capitol A. I think something`s going down.

　　Inquisitor: So, it begins.

　　M.Mollen: I just want it on the record that, whatever it is, it is NOT MY FAULT! I`m not even in that arm of the galaxy!

　　Anonymous4: Defensive, much?

　　M.Mollen: Read this chat log again. Got plenty of reason to try and establish ahead of time that this is not my fault.