Endless Expanse Online...Galaxy locked

Endless Expanse Online...Beta area accessed

Developers Note: Welcome you old wolf, come to show the kids how to actually play this game?? Goodluck

With that, light blasted him.

Race Locked: The Remnant-Beta Race

Wolfgang chose a 6 ft, 200 pounds, runners build, with blue-green eyes. Physically he chose looks that were scared and weathered but unbroken.

Choose your Primary Class:

Explorer

Pathfinder: Increases the likelihood of finding unique resources and ruins in the Unknown of Space by 25% (You have a nose for finding the diamond in the rough)

Loner: While outside of Imperial controlled space, your health is increased by 5% (You are alive when living on the edge of the Unknown)

Marine

Forged in Fire: Increases the rate at which you learn combat skills by 5% (You live and thrive on the heat of battle)

Battle Hardened: You gain 5% more experience from battle (You learn from every battle you survive)

Engineer

Gearhead: Increases the rate you develop all engineering skills by 10% (You are more familiar with oils and metals)

R&D: You develop new schematics at an increased rate (Get your thinking hats on)

Sub-Class...

Smuggler/Black Market- Locked Due to Legacy

Gun Fanatic/Weaponmaster- Some consider weapons tools, you live and breath them

Starship Lover/Ship Master- You will know every rivet and sound of your ship, and how to best to utilize your ship

Please Choose your name and what path you will take:

Path- These will unlock certain aspects of your tale and hidden benefits of the path

Pilot- Locked due to Legacy

Command- Take control of those around you and direct their efforts

Gunner- Blast your enemies with the weapons of your people

Medic- You earn holes, I will patch them up

Name: John Port

Primary Class: Explorer

Sub-Class: Starship Lover/Ship Master

Path: Command

Importing Legacy...

Legacy Title Gained: "The Old Wolf"

This title will have hidden properties that will be revealed with time

Captains Per View: Captain Rank Attained

Due to leading a ship and crew for over a decade, your new life will start at the same rank.

Smuggler/Gun Runner/Privateer: You found a lot of hidden paths

Due to your history, you have instincts in finding hidden paths in and out of Solar Systems

Black Market captains are likely to help you out...at a discount

Hot Dog: Your Piloting skills were Legendary

You know how to pilot any craft just by sitting at the controls

Increase the fuel efficiency of the craft you pilot

Gearhead: You tore apart and rebuilt your ship countless times

Although you are not an Engineer, you are the next best thing

You will instinctively know how to improve your ship with the parts that you find

High-Noon: You got in more than one gunfight

You can pull your gun with the best of them

Time seems to slow down with your initial shot

Your liquid assets have been transferred and what was located on your ship and vault will be transferred as well. See the nearest bank or acquire a personal vehicle to view these items.

Congratulations on character completion, good luck on your journey-Initializing your story

With that white light swallowed him...

Impereal Remnant Space- Ionian System

Black Horse Station

Spawning...

John opened his eyes and swayed a little bit as his surroundings came into focus. All around him people in military uniforms moved with a purpose. It was amazing, he didn't see any other Travellers though. Interesting. He remembered listening to one of the videos that every person's start would be unique. To be alone though...He walked to the nearest viewport to see the outside. Extending from the superstructure was a pylon with six different starships attached too it. Nothing bigger then a destroyer though, larger ships orbited the station with cutters and shuttles carrying supplies and people to and from the station.

Mission Alert!!!

Mission: Report for Duty

Description: This is your first command and no one likes a tardy Captain. It will cause problems down the road with your crew. Lead by example and it will increase efficiency later on. Report to your ship the Riptide, and receive command orders

Rewards: Experience, Command of Riptide, variable on showing up on time

Mission Alert!!!

With that, a clock with a 15 minute counter started counting down...SHIT!!!!!!! "Jeeves, get into the local network and find the Riptide now and the fastest way too it." John snapped and a golden arrow and path lit up and John took off with his bag. It led to a spire with elevators all around it, as soon as he entered the elevator the doors closed and the elevator dropped down. A minute later it opened on the main floor. Hundreds of Naval, Marines, and civilian personnel ran around. It was so packed he could no longer see a golden path so an arrow took over and led him to a room near a launch bay.

The man sitting behind the counter didn't even look up "Place your hand on the reader." John placed his hand on the outline on the counter and a quick beam of light hit his hand and the man's screen light up with light. "Captain John Port of the Riptide. Shipping out tomorrow, well captain the shuttle is in slip 3. Good luck and have a safe tour." With that, the man ignored him again.

10 minutes left...

John swept out the door with his bag and headed down to the slip. Of course, the nearest slip was listed as 10. So he picked up the pace as he headed to slip 3. On either side of the entrance of the shuttle were two marines in basic power armor and an Ensign. The ensign scanned his hand and snapped to attention and saluted, dam formal military "Welcome aboard sir. We don't have a full load yet, but we will take you to the ship immediately. Take my seat next to the pilot and we can get going." With that, the Ensign took his bag and John returned the salute and walked into the shuttle and headed to the front. The marines followed them onto the shuttle. The pilot looked like he was going to argue but saw his Captain's bars and shut up and finished prepping the shuttle for launch and started talking into the mic about getting clearance to leave the station.

A minute later the shuttle launched into space and looped around the station. The main superstructure of the station had 6 pylons jutting out of it. Beyond it was a gas giant with 6 moons from what he could see. Beyond the gas giant, he could see two other planetoids, an astroid ring, and bright yellow sun. The shuttle was steadily moving closer too and oval-shaped ship. It looked sleek and beautiful. "Enjoying the view sir? The Riptide was commissioned 10 years ago and the last of the Long Runner Class scout ship. It is built for stealth and speed. I have been her pilot for the last 2 years. Lieutenant Jim O'Hansen at your service sir. As soon as you get on board, you can look up all her specs and quirks from the local network. Kate is the ship's A.I., she has her quirks too but she has gotten her crew out of more than one scrape sir." O'Hansen said.

"As you say LT. What can you tell me about the crew?" was John's response.

"About half the enlisted and marines will be green with no experience. Same with officers. Those that are veterans have two tours on the Riptide. Most crew will have 4 tours minimum before moving on. The Chief of the Boat has been on her for 8 years and the Chief Engineer has 4 years on her. So you have a solid core of people to work with sir." was O'Hansen response.

As the shuttle approached the scout ships open launch bay, he could see one other shuttle and two assault shuttles in the open bay. He could see crew members unloading supplies from the other craft and stacking them in the bay for further distribution and stowing within the ship. The shuttles forward thrusters fired off and slowed the shuttle down to a crawl as she landed on the deck.

Mission Complete: Report for Duty

Description: You have arrived on the Riptide before time has run out. The crew will remember that you came promptly to the Riptide when you could have enjoyed your time at Black Horse Station. You just need to get unpacked, talk to your XO, and get a tour of the ship.

Rewards: 500 Experience, Command of the Riptide is recognized by Kate the ships A.I. and increased crew proficiency, training, skills.

"Welcome to the Riptide sir. if you access the local network Kate will show you to your quarters." O'Hansen said. John thanked the pilot and headed off the shuttle. He picked up his bag on the way out. 'Jeeves link up with the local network and be nice to Kate. Please set me up with a path to my quarters and get me the specs on the Riptide' John thought to his personal AI, with that he followed the golden path. He stayed out of the way of the crew unloading all the supplies and equipment the Riptide would need for the coming months.

The ship felt empty with just a skeleton crew on board, The few he saw saluted then continued on with whatever work they had ahead of them. He only saw a couple of NCOs running around but beyond the two officers, he had seen on the shuttle he had not seen any so far on the Riptide. He assumed they would be prepping the Riptide for leaving, on the station for R&R, or in their quarters. Near the end of the hallway was the door leading to his quarters. Entering proved although it wasn't very big, it was better furnished and bigger than any other quarters on the ship other than the guest quarters reserved for high ranking officials and military personal that were guests on board. Those sat on the opposite side of the ship from him. Thank god in case he ever got tasked carrying VIPs for the Empire, he could avoid interacting with them unless he absolutely had too.

His quarters had a twin size bed jammed against one corner opposite of a small desk that had a future-looking computer on it. and a closet and wardrobe with 2 space suits. The bathroom had a shower, a toilet, and a sink. Wohoo he had his own shower. The computer screen lit up and he could see the specs for the Riptide. "Kate, please alert the XO that I have found my quarters and that I need to see them at their earliest convenience." John requested. "Yes, Sir" was her only response.

Spoiler: Spoiler

Class: Long Runner Class scout ship designed for deep space exploration and reconnaissance. This ship was designed to act on its own for up to a year without resupply or fleet support. Designed to move stealthily in and out of systems without getting caught. This design is one of the most advanced in the Imperium.

Ship Name: Riptide

Length: 400 feet

Width: 60 feet

Crew Compliment: 100 enlisted, 24 NCOs, 18 Officers (Does not include Captain), 30 Marines with 6 NCOs and 3 officers

Engines and Reactor: 4 type III Pulse Engines, 24 thrusters, Class 2 Military Warp Drive (1-hour cooldown after being disengaged), 2 Type 4 Fusion Generators

Shielding: Absorbs 1000 Damage

Armor: Absorbs 1000 Damage

ECM Suite: Type 2

Stealth System: Type 3

Defensive Weaponry: 24 Point Defense Cannons (20 energy/kinetic damage, purpose-built and designed to destroy incoming missiles and small craft, rapid-fire and short-range)

Offensive Weaponry: 4 Foreward and 2 Aft Missile launchers (40 Type V Kinetic Missles, 500 kinetic damage per missile), 12 Dual Pulse Cannons (40-60 energy damage per blast),

Other: 2 personnel shuttles, two Lancer-class assault shuttles, 12 drones (4 Scout, 4 Mining, 4 Combat)

So the Riptide is built to get quietly in and out of systems, but if she does get caught she can run or fight. No nukes though, so she isn't designed to slug it out with a battle line. Limited combat capabilities in other words, just enough to survive. Compact with how many heads were assigned to her also. His door beeped with someone wanting to come in. "Enter" John yelled.

Striding into his quarters was Lieutenant Commander (XO), Rebecca Stein. 5'5", 130 soaking wet, built very well, black hair with blue eyes, and a face like she just ate a pile of shit...' Jeeves pull up her personal file so I can figure out what makes her tick later.' His computer dinged with the received information. She saluted "Reporting as ordered Sir." He almost rolled his eyes at the way she was acting "At ease XO. Unless we are in front of the crew or I say otherwise, be a little more relaxed. We have to work together to make sure everything runs smoothly here on the Riptide. Understand? Now, ship and crew status." was John's response. Rebecca immediately relaxed although she still stood near the doorway, just not as rigid.

"Very well Sir, currently 1/3 of the enlisted and half the NCOs are on-ship. All the officers except those that are picking up supplies on Black Horse Station are here also. Now as far as the Marines, one-quarter of them are aboard and the rest are running training scenarios on Black Horse Station, they will be back early tomorrow. Our orders are to leave no later them 10:00 tomorrow morning, everyone should be back on board no later then 09:00."

"Very well XO let's go for a walk and you can introduce me to everyone aboard the ship," John said.

Two hours later they walked onto the bridge, which was less the thirty feet away from his quarters. It was located near the heart of the ship and would be the furthest from external damage. It had a Navigation Station, Communication/Sensor Station, Tactical, and Engineering. They were all centered on the command chair which could bring up information from any of the other stations and assist them as needed. Very little time would be spent there considering how much he would have to do running the ship. If he had to sit there, that usually meant something had gone very wrong. Several of the ships engineers were working at various stations installing new tech or swapping parts.

"This is the bridge, Sir. As you can see, it is fairly close to your quarters. This ship isn't the largest in the fleet, it is in fact very snug but its got a good crew. At least those have gone on tour, the fish will learn quick enough. Usually, we will go through several systems that have already been explored so we do not have to worry too much at first. Anything else I can show you, Sir?" Stein asked.

"No that will be all Commander. Thank you for the tour and your time. I will be in my quarters familiarizing myself with the officer files if you need me please don't hesitate to call." John called

A couple of hours later, he was done reading all the files. He had some very good people with a few bad apples in the bunch. Nothing he couldn't handle though. He had a snack and drink earlier, now it was time for a real meal. The officer's mess was empty but the table still had leftovers on it. He made two plates then headed to his quarters and took a shower before heading to bed. Tomorrow was going to be a long day...