Sensor echoes

Nothing but sensor echoes.. Over 5000 charted systems and not a soul
in sight, it's been like this for a while now. Ever since the amarrian
emperor was assasinated looks like people are staying out of
un-policed areas which is not good news for certified pirates like me
and my squad.

My ship has been sitting here for 3 days now and not one person has
entered this system. I give it 2 days before we head out and move on
to another system. I wish something good would happen.. just once..
The comm system crackled to life and our covert ops scout unit
reported seeing a badger industrial jumping into the system. For once
it looks like my wish came true.
My squad and i eagerly awaited the cargo scans from the covert ops team.
A few seconds later the readouts were buzzing with information about
the ship. i skipped the boring drivel about hull composition and went
to cargo.

I almost choked on my drink as i saw the cargo hold was filled with
several hundred m3 of precious minerals and more importantly a whole
container of Cybernetic implants. I punched in the comm to my squad
mates.
"Boys.. this could be our lucky day! Form up on my wing and warp in.
leave none alive" I said in my most commanding tones.
"Yes, Sir!" was the crisp reply. I punched in the co-ordinates and
felt the kick in the chest as the warp drive fired up. If the covert
team had these co-ordinates correct we'd be within one thousand meters
of the industrial.
I could feel the ship slow as we came out of warp directly above
below and in front of the industrial. The covert ops team decloaked so
the industrial was surrounded from all sides.
Our crack team of pirates already had scrammed and webbed the
industrial and it panicked and began launching drones.
I targeted the docking bay doors for the drone bay and fired a volley
of missiles. The explosion ripped through the outer hull and disabled
the launching mechanism so no more drones could be launched but in the
time it took do destroy the bay mechanism several drones had launched
and began firing at us.

I Hit the comm button again.
"Covert Ops team. break off and destroy those drones. Assualt team keep firing"
The covert team responded with startling efficiency and within
minutes the drones were obliterated.
All this time we had been pounding the shields of the industrial
which had obviously been tuned if it had taken so long to get through
them. as soon as the shields were down the ship seemed to give up and
just fall apart. The shcokwave from the ship sent fragments of metal
spinning off in all directions. If my shields had not of been intact
they might of caused some damage. There sitting in the middle of the
wreckage was an escape pod which was firing its engines to run. I
targetted his engines and fired, the entire drive section was
destroyed and crumbled off the ship like old bread. i sidled up to the
viewport on the pod and opened my view screen and looked right into
the eyes of the pilot. His eyes burned with hatred and i could not
resist opening a comm channel.

"Well... Well... Well... what do we have here an ickle freighter
captain" i said in the most patronizing tones i could muster " Let me
show you what happens to people who trespass in Wings Of Redemption
territory.." I closed the turned my ship upwards slightly so my main
artillery cannon was facing his viewport. I grinned nastily at him and
waved. He began shouting as though i could hear him i let him continue
for a while and hit the fire control. The shell ripped through the
viewport and the pilot was sucked out into space. He flew forwards and
bounced of from my viewport and then off into the blackness of space.
I laughed manically and opened a comm channel to my squad mates.
"Excellent work guys and it seems all of the cargo is intact.. Im
calling in the salvage team. Secure the area.. we dont want any
un-invited... guests".

I turned the comm off and leaned back in my chair and grinned. This
wait had paid off more than i could of imagined.. maybe this freighter
is the first of many and by the end of this month were going to be
filthy rich.