Enter a young adventurer and his unlikely female ally traveling in an old, battered ship with a glorious past - two people alone against the galaxy, playing a key part in the events to come. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power. In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. Mood brightened by this news, Otani heads to the asteroid platform, and instructs the Rahanas to "Offer" the 100 energy sells to the asteroid platform.Before you buy, expand this description to check the system requirements below. He decides to take the job, and no sooner has the mission finished when Brian informs Otani that the deal is almost "Sewn up". In the meantime, someone in Cold Peaks needs transporting to a nearby zone, which is conveniently the same zone Otani plans to sell the 100 energy cells in. The Rahanas should do its thing automatically. Luckily, Otani doesn't have to wait around. Oh wait, no, because the Albion Skunk isn't a trade ship, and I can't fly any ships other than this one, meaning if I want to do any trading, or mining, or anything that isn't fighting or exploring, I have to get other ships to do it for me. We don't really need a cargo ship the size of a county town to pick up 100 Energy Cells? Can't I do it right here, right now? Why is Brian picking up the 100 Energy Cells? Otani thinks. The captain's real name escapes Otani, so for the moment he decides to call him Brian. It's the captain of the Rahanas, the trade ship that Otani owns. It takes a moment for Otani to recognise the figure. Suddenly, a figure pops up on the ship's communication screen, and says "That's a fine deal! We're on our way to meet you." That means Sales is buying, naturally, so Otani purchases the 100 Energy Cells, a fiddly task in itself because the trade menu only has a slider, and Otani can't simply input the quantity of the product he wants. Offers is selling, because you're offering people things you want to sell. He figures Offers is buying, because people offer things they want to sell to you, but no, he's got it wrong again. The trade menu's buying and selling sections are denoted as "Sales" and "Offers", and Otani can never remember which one is bloody buying and which one is sodding selling. Otani opens up his trade menu, and sighs again. Perhaps there was a reason for that.īut it's done now, and besides Otani has a job to do, so he flies to one of the trading posts located on the second Energy Array to buy one hundred Energy Cells, which he plans to sell to a giant Asteroid station in a neighbouring Zone in exchange for some new plasma weapons. How on Terra did he end up flying with this shrieking lump of stupidity who moves around in his peripheral vision in a really creepy manner like a spider playing with string puppets? Oh that's right, he found her floating in space right at the beginning of all this, alone and helpless. Is Yisha talking to the computer again? She does realise it's not a person, right? He sighs inwardly. Otani is jarred out of his admiration of the view. "NOW SHUT UP BETTY!" screeches Otani's co-pilot - a woman named Yisha - in a nonsensical and highly unconvincing fashion. "Entering, Cold Peaks", bleeps the ship's computer cheerfully. It's an incredible sight, just like every one of X: Rebirth's meticulously crafted zones, sectors, and systems. Meanwhile, hulking interstellar freighters and fearsome Capital Ships float languidly beneath the solar platforms. Queues of space traffic trail in and around the arrays, the string of gleaming hulls illuminated by the flashing lights of patrolling police ships. The zone itself is dominated by two vast Energy Arrays, long tubes of metal lined with huge solar panels, like a tree branch covered in butterflies. It's a starkly beautiful place, situated between the two halves of a cracked planet. Our story begins with Otani piloting his ship, the Albion Skunk, into the zone of space known as Cold Peaks. This is the story of Ren Otani and his epic quest to buy one hundred Energy Cells. It's a cautionary tale about trusting appearances, being taken in by beauty and spectacle. Bit tech readers young and old! Gather around the warmth of this here PC, and listen well while we tell you a story.
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