This will be a page in which I will paste future additions to another story I am writing for a character i invented in the game Freelancer. the name of this page isnt permanent as I dont know what it will be called yet.
Freelancer
800 years ago humans were raging a space war in the solar system that had lasted over a hundred years, it had gone on so long nobody could rmemeber the reason it all started in the first place.
there were 2 sides, the Aliance, and the Coalition. during the war the aliance had had enough, they built 5 giant sleeper ships filled with cryogenically frozen people, each ship christened after its patron nation, the Liberty(america), the Bretonia (United Kingdom), the Kusari (Japan), the Hispana (Spain) the Rhienland (Germany). the aliance launched them from one of jupiters moons, breaking through the overwhelming coalition blockade the sleeper ships entered hyperspace and headed for the Sirius system, the ships were spread out in there hyperspace jump, after landing on different planets, each colonised a series of stars and named them after the locations on earth they had been close to before they left, the area the stars are within was named after the sleeper ship of the ones who found it, and that is how the great space territories where formed.
the hispana however, was sabotaged and a bomb exploded on board, all of its crew and surviving cryo people spreadout all around the edge of the galaxy and formed the 2 greatest space pirate organisations, the Corsairs, and the Outcasts.
Blood Dragon Orginasation is a Kusari Pirate faction with strong ties to the other pirate faction in Kusari the Golden Crysanthimums which contains only female members. both believe in removing the current emperor of Kusari from power.
story is done in short episodic bursts.
Episode 1 – painful recollection
My name is, Kiri Hidamari, I was 8 years old, when the military came to our village, word was being spread of treasonous ties to the Bretonian government within our village, they came, the men in beige, and burned us, they burned everything to the ground.
I had always been weak, unable to do sports at school when I was well enough to attend, unable to do so much, because of this body I was born with. Our family was fairly poor, we didn’t have many possessions, to help out my family I was always went out to pick mushrooms in the morning dew. Was I the fortunate one? No, that was no fortune, to be able to smell the charred bodies and hear the screams of your friends as their skin melted and popped in the heat. , it was 5:30am, the smell of wet grass and cleansing pure air was soon shadowed by the screams of my people, Kusari State Troopers surrounded my village, i watched them move door to door, killing everyone, the elderly, women, children, it didnt matter to them and the emperor. up on the hill i watched, and screamed as loud as i could for my mother father and brother
Kiri: OKAASAAN! OTOUSAANN!!!!…. ONIIICHANNNNN!”
(Oka-san = mum – mummy, otou-san = dad – daddy, onii-san = big brother)
the roaring snapping sounds of fire and the screams of the villagers almost drowned out my cries, i was heard, but only by a trooper.
Soldier: “up there, on the ridge!”
I saw my mother, she was hurt, I didn’t see my dad, or my brother. Mother fought with the soldier
Kiri: “OKAASAN!!”
Tears streamed down my face, I wanted to go to her, I wanted to protect my friends, but my legs, would not move.
mother: “KIRI RUN, GET OUT OF HERE”
my heart almost stopped, I screamed while I watched the soldiers beat my mother, she never gave up, she stood back up again and again, I was so helpless, they threw her to the ground and shot her, i froze, stood quivering, black smoke and embers rising high into the morning air, two soldiers began to walk towards the base of the hill.
mother:”run Kiri…”
I wasn’t sure if I heard it or not, my mum’s voice, like a distant echo in my mind. I began to run, turning round I headed into the bamboo groves.
Soldier: “hold it you little bitch!”
I ran to nowhere, it didnt matter, i didnt know, i could hear the sounds of soldiers behind me shouting and cursing, the grass was no comfort to my feet, and my soles began to hurt, the vines tore at my pyjamas, the sounds of soldiers never got any further away, i was tired now, my mind hurt, my heart hurt, my body hurt. I collapsed on the floor at the base of a large tree, i tried to crawl forwards slowly pulling at the mud dragging myself, crying all the while in despiration.
Soldier: “there you are you little treasonous bitch”
the soldier grinned evily at me, he slung his weapon over his shoulder, I was so weak.
Kiri: “no, n…no”
The soldier approached me slowly, undoing his trousers.
Soldier: “me an you are gonna have some fun before you die, little miss, heh heh heh”
he began to cut my clothes, ripping them off with a huge jagged knife, I couldnt move, my head was blank, I wearily looked up at the tree with tear filled eyes, a pair of eyes staring down at me made me gasp.
Soldier: “not gonna put up a fight ar’ ya!”
the soldier pressed the blade against my throat cutting my skin, he then lightly traced the blade down to my chest and suddenly there was a loud yell from the surrounding trees, then it stopped, the soldier looked around, the trees whistled and brushed the wind loudly, he turned to me grinning, he jumped on top of me.
Soldier: “I love it when you cry, oh this won’t hurt a bit hahahaha”
Kiri: “n…no”
at that moment he stopped cold, and the echoing sound of a rifle shot filled the trees, he fell onto my right arm, I tried to get up, he was so heavy. I slowly wriggled my way out, i was cold now, i took the soldiers handgun even though I didn’t know how to use it, I then stumbled and slowly using the trees to support myself continued walking into the forest,
Man: “are you alright, child “
I turned around as quickly as I could manage, there was nobody, I was really scared, I remember trying to hold up the gun, but it was heavy, and I was shaking too much.
Kiri: “wh…where are you..”
Man: “I’m sorry for not helping you right away, we had to.. “take care” of his friend first”
my breathing was heavy, I looked around for the man who’s this voice belonged to, I couldn’t find anybody, I tried to hold up the gun again, but I could not, I could feel that I was going to fall down again, I was so weak, and it was too much strain. I remembered my mother fighting the soldiers and how even though she couldn’t fight, she didn’t give up, I tried to remain conscious, I was crying and shaking too much, again I tried to look for the man, I tried so hard to hold firm the weapon in front of me, but I simply did not have the strength, I was so weak compared to my mother, and my family, yet it was I that was alive.
Man: “I’m sorry about your village… we got here too late, there is nothing we can do now, if you want we can take you with us, it will be tough but you will have your chance to get back at the people that have done this..”
Kiri: “otou..san, okaa..san…onii..”
I was at my limit, I dropped the gun and it hit the ground with a thud, my head slowly blacked out, somebody caught me from behind before I fell, that was all I remembered of the dawn where my life changed forever.
