As I was walking out of the merchants shop , I decided it would be a good time to inspect my new little friend who was at the moment nuzzling his turret against my neck affectionatly. I looked at him with my inspect skill, Name Mobile Combat Turret "nickname" ( Spider ) . Damage dependent upon item the spider has successfuly sync'ed with . base damage 100 - 1000 . I whistled as I walked with my new friend sitting on my shoulder, I came up to a turn and then looked at my armor , I didnt have any money or items i could use to buy some new pieces of armor . I was about to leave the market area when I saw a player fighting what looked like another player. The sign infront of the arena read : 1 v 1 PvP Fighting Arena . The first player seemed to be seriously overpowered , he wasnt a very high level , just level 20 , his opponent was a level 45 cyber druid, but compared to my level 5 character ,it felt like David Versus Goliath. I watched there match in awe , the level 20 player named Ronald Mc-Frugal killed his opponent, a player named Sir-prize after only 10 seconds of fighting . I clapped, that match was worth taking the time to enjoy. I wasnt that big of a fan of player vs. player matches unless it was on a collosal scale where a small nobody like me could go un noticed untill an unsuspecting victim realised he lost all his gear because he wasnt paying attention. Im not sure what came over me at that point , an urge to prove my self , even tho i was only level 5, but I unconsiously took out my shot gun and my spider companion crawled onto my shoulder . I inspected him and noticed he had a slot for a name so I thought about it , and confirmed my choice . Congratulations , your mobile combat turret , has been given a unique name as such your spider now has a permanent damage increase of 5% . I stopped dead in my tracks as i reviewed my new notifications. It took me a minute or 2 to realise somone was talking to me , it was the player Ronald Mc Frugal . Dude he said, how about we make a wager , me versus you and you get 200 million credits if i loose ? but u put up your shotgun and mobile combat turret as collateral should i win ? I looked over at him and shook my head no , sorry bro im only level 5 i would most likely loose . Probably he said but levels in this game arnt every thing . Did you see my match with the druid ? he asked . Yes that was an epic fight , but i still dont want to loose my items if all im getting is credits even tho im sure 200 million would be a fair trade . He laughed and pondered the situation for a moment , and slowly spoke , I have recently came into a ship that i won in a card game of Ghal - Du - Khat . Have you ever heard of the game , its very similar to the old triple triad mini game from Final Fantasy 8. Any whoo i will be happy to bet my ship and all the items aboard it against your mechanical spider and lazer shotgun. I stopped and thought about this carefully from both sides , playing mental devils advocate. On the one hand yes it would be a huge blow to loose my new companion Glitch, and my shotgun however if I managed to some how win against this guy then i would not only have the gun and the spider but some kind of space ship to help me out . I looked down at Glitch and he was hissing at Mcfrugal , his little servo motors screeching ! . I sighed with frustration , glanced at my spider and whispered please dont hold this against me little buddy ! . I agreed to the match but i also changed our battle contract agreement to include an additonal 200 million credits , that would be taken from Mc-Frugal's account and be directly placed into my characters . I powered up my shotgun and donned Spidermancers requiem chestpiece. Glitch immediatly sank into my shoulder and clicked into place , he even slightly grew a bit . Congratulations , Mobile Combat Turret has successfully sync'ed with Spidermancers requiem , Shoulder turret now active +15% damage from turret + 20% additional damage by you from all weapons.

I got into position, and as soon as the fight bell rang i rolled to the right barely missing this guys opening salvo of plasma fire . I tried to get closer to him but he wasnt having any of it . As soon as I dodged away from his 2nd plasma burst , Glitch got a lucky hit in and he was reduced by 5%. Still not good enough to do alot of damage but if we could just stay alive for a few minutes maybe just maybe we might make it . I got distracted a few moments later by a quick feint by Mc-Frugal , and with just 1 of his plasma rounds he shaved off 60% of my health with just a single hit! Damn that hurt even with pain sensitivity to its lowest setting it still felt as if I had been sucker punched. I ducked another incoming blast and got a notification , special ability available would u like to you your Arachnid's song of restoration yes/no . I thought yes and immediatly a green dome covered me , and my health began to quickly regenerate , 50% , 65% , 75% 100% that was cool, i would definatly have to look into what happened at a later time. Mcfrugal got impatient and ran headfirst into me and stomped his metal foot into my solar plexes which almost knocked me out of the arena . luckily I somehow managed to stay just inside the arena without falling out of bounds. Glitch started to vibrate , gently at first like a small hum but quickly grew to uncomfortable , next I recieved a system message, unsync sucessful , glitch has unsynced with your shoulder . Then the little mechanized spider scampered down my arm and suspended himself infront of the shotguns barrel and then clicked himself inplace with a loud CLICK! . Congratulations you have discovered a new sync'ed ability Tri-Barreled Fangs . This attack negates all armor and barriers doing 500% increased attack damage , cool down 5 minutes . I looked up and saw mcfrugal right in my face I managed to pull the shotgun up and place it against his chest , he smiled activating one of his abilities , a Bright blue glow surrounded him . Give me your best shot he snarled at me . I activated Tri-Barreled Fangs and pulled the trigger , a small golfball sized ball of swirling black and blue extended from the barrel moving forward in slowmotion , then right before hitting McFrugal , it stopped and grew to the size of a beach ball then flew forward with the force of fighter jet reaching mach 2 in a split second. I looked at McFrugal , he in turn stopped laughing and looked down at his chest and stomach . A very large beachball sized hole now showed, allowing his insides to spill out over himself . Gore and entrails slid and splattered over his now flickering barrier . I looked at my status screen , Congratulations you have Defeated McFrugal , you have acquired 200 million Credits. You Have aquired a new Ship , Ship Class: Albion Cruiser, Ship Rarity Legendary . I fell to the ground and just laid there panting , somehow i managed to win despite all the odds against me . A few of the crowd that had been watching our match approached me and shook my hand congratulating me on my epic win ! . It took me a good 15 minutes to recover enough of my senses to realize I now had my very own star ship . I opened my character screen and noticed a new tab at the top labeled Star ships. I saw my ship and metally clicked on it. A flashing screen informed me my ship was docked inside the stations hanger and was ready for pick up . I decided to check it out and see for my self what a legendary cruiser looked like in this game .

When I reached the orbital ship dock, There seemed to be a somewhat beefy guy in front of the hanger doors , he was playing spotter for the ship driver who was trying to put what looked like a giant metal wedge of cheese on to a floating anti grav lift. I approached the spotter and asked for directions to my new cruiser , he pointed inside the hanger and motioned for me to enter , I did so cautiously incase he was trying to get me killed . Wouldnt have been the first time somone said stand here wait 2 minutes and you get a reward , then the afterburners of some ancient ship would spin up and fry me to a crisp . Yes to my humilation I was the victim of stupidity when I use to play other vrmmorpg. I entered and saw somone who looked like a cross between a walrus and a poodle . He was barking out orders to some of the others that worked for him . When I reached him , he smiled at me and asked how he could be of service . I told him who i was and that i wasnt sure where my ship was or what it was called . He shrugged his shoulders and barked out another set of orders and a young looking boy part fox and part bat came running over . This here is Ratchet the best mechanic to ever work for me or this facility .The young boy looked embarassed and shifted his focus to the floor for a few moments . Ratchet Go get the legendary Cruiser we put away yesterday wont you. He Skampered off and then came back holding what looked like an ornate silver braclet. He handed it to me and I asked what i was suppose to do with it . He said for me to place my hand over it and then we could go get my ship . The moment my hand made contact with the metal my entire body was immidiatly covered in a space suit. There was a loud crack like thunder and Ratchet opened up what I could only marvel at , it was an honest to god portal , after pulling a few levers and pressing a few buttons , a very large mechanical arm moved inside the portal wideing it and pulling out my ship . Words failed me when my ship was shone to me , it was a large sphere with a dark black and silver trim. Ratchet set it down on an identical anti grav lift then gently lowered it to the hangers floor. When I got near the ship i hugged it ! Dont judge me I said , this is the first time ive ever owned a ship !

Ratchet handed me a tablet with a list of all its capability and simulations , such as flight , acceleration , shields , firepower ect . You currently have 200 beam cannons installed . I looked over tabs , and prices , rows upon rows of tecnical details and load outs and my mind began to hurt looking at all the numbers . How do I make money I asked him ? Normally he said you would do quests , fight bandits or pirates , become a bounty hunter or acquire a mining ship and mine ore from asteroids or planets . Some people buy and sell goods artifacts weapons armors or other commoditys. I sat down and looked over the tablet one more time and asked him what he would do if he were me . Ratchet smiled a genuine smile , im glad you asked me , up till now no one has ! If I were the owner of your ship I would get rid of all the beam cannons and add something with a bit more of a wow factor. Normally Beam cannons are what you want in terms of raw power , however since most people are expecting the hardest hitting ships to be fully decked out with beam cannons , they have installed counters for them. Now not all will have these counter to the beam cannons but i can guarantee alot will , since I was the one to install them on there ships ! If I were you I would install a heavy , or medium rocket propulsion system along with some way to replenish your rockets, like a stand alone production facility inside.

He Handed me a new data pad with all the available upgrades he had available , but none of the rockets or long range missles he had to offer me seemed to do even 80% of the damage my beam cannons were capable of . I got up and stretched and noticed something nearby and asked him if i could see what they were . He Smiled at me wickedly , you want to see my newest toys then he rubbed his hands together like a mad scientist. sure he said and handed me a new tablet. My mouth fell open when I compared the damage output numbers with my beam cannons. If what i was seeing was correct i could do 175% more damage per volley per rocket as well as gain the added benefit from the Photonic Rockets special ability of built in micro Emp's that would encompass a frigate or 2 . Nice how much for 200 of these rockets. Wel..l...l.l he began to say, you would need first to remove all your beam cannons , then we would need to install a prototype rocket launching system. Then it would cost you all of the credits from the beam cannons even if you were to sell them to us. it would cost you a grand total of 40.2 billion , we would buy your cannnons off you for 40 billion but then you would have to supply the other 200 million ? Can you do it he asked ? Sure i said .

I Handed over another 200 million credits to Ratchet who turned out to be a flarion, a race that went almost extinct due to a neglegent parent and a rather gifted newborn . Flarions are rather gifted Technomancers who can influence technology with there prodigous minds. The little flarion newborn had created a quantum singularity generator and activated it before his family realized what was going on and wiped out most of there race. Now less than 500 Flarion's exist in the entire universe.

Ratchet grinned at me , ok he said lets get to work on that amazing space marble of yours ! . I waited 30 minutes resting in a nearby chair and tried one of the drinks the mechanics had for there vip clients. It was a bit fruity with a nice tounge numbing jolt. Ratchet came to meet me with a new data pad and said he had finished with all the changes to the ship , however if i were to give his facility exclusive rights , and used them only , he was authorized to fix up my ship a bit more , increasing its shields capacity , adding in some additional older beam cannons, and increasing cargo capaciity .I agreed and after my hand print was verified by his biometric palm scanner. He told me to wait another 30 minutes and he would then be completely finished . I accidentally fell asleep and was jarred awake by Ratchet gently shaking me . Im done with all your upgrades bro-ski, would u like to come see them .? I stood up like I had been shocked with a high voltage live wire. Lead on I said . When I reached my Cruiser , I could hardly recognize it, it now had 16 hyper beam cannons, ( the first generation, oldest model) but with a few flarion tweaks to make them useable . Double the cargo capacity , where i use to hold 500 tons of storage I could now hold 1000 tons. Ratchet smiled as he hit a button on his data pad , twin doors slid back on my cruiser, revealing 100 Rocket bays on the left half and another 100 rocket bays on the other. I placed my hand on its hull and imediatly recieved a prompt , Congratulations you can now name your ship , what name would u like to name it ? I thought about it , i was never any good at naming things , they always sounded wrong or fake somehow. I thought about what I would be doing in space , whether i would be doing the fighting with a group or solo . A picture of a lone wolf sprang to life inside my mind and a name slowly fell from my lips , Star-Wolf . Congratulations Star-Wolf has been accepted , Congrautaltions the name Star-Wolf is a unique name and as such has earned you a reward. + 15% offense and 10% additional defense while Star-Wolf is in battle. Nice i said as i opened my ship and walked inside. I was Greeted by a computerized voice that sounded a bit snarky , but i was so excited I didnt care and proceeded toward the bridge so I could sit in my captains chair. When I approached the door it slid open with a star trek wooosh . I smiled, automatic doors now that was interesting . I sat down in comfy Captains chair and when I did a virtual projection appeared . A young man with a smile on his face said welcome captain my name is Zac the artifical intelligence that runs this star ship. Z.A.C stands for Zeta Acutuated Conciousness. Nice tyuho meet you Zac i said , by the way can u give me a read out or report of most of this ships ability's? i asked . Sure he said and 7 monitors came to life near by , the ones on the left Captain are for weapons output , and the ones on the right are for defense. is there any thing you would like to know in particular ? I asked for a simulation of what the ship could do now that i upgraded the Star-Wolf to Photonic Rockets. Sure sir , a ding sounded to my right and a tablet slid out like an ejected 9 inch credit card . A small battle scenario played out on the virtual screen. My ship was at the end of the tablet waiting for what looked like hundreds of frigate's and few cruisers about 5 or so mixed in the middle of the swarm. My ship started the confrontation by ejecting what looked like thousands of rockets in the split second it took for my eyes to blink , they were launched and to my complete surprise every single frigate was gone , however the cruisiers looked mad . They unloaded every thing they had from hundreds of small fighters , which now made about 1000 of the pesky little things , along with 5 fully intact cruisers.The Star -Wolf dodged and evaded the best it could and then launched a massive rocket assault obliterating all the fighters and taking down 3 of the cruisers in the attack , i got a message on the tablet congratulations you are victorious ! . All Hail the winner !. I smiled the setup that was shown looked interesting , Zac i said , Lets take off i would like to see what The Star-Wolf was capable of in open combat. We have to calibrate our light-r's and grav-r's then we need to inform the orbital station were about to leave sir . Ok then get on it Zac . A devious smile appeared on Zac's holographic face then the ship shot out of the hanger and into the sky , Just kidding Captain ! but you really should have seen the look on your face boss ! . Totally priceless . I looked at him a bit aggrivated but still slightly amused i said , with an attitude like that it will take me a millenium to get you married off ! . He shot back nahhh just a few weeks he had a girl friend alredy , the orbital station was his honey , and he said i could tell it was a serious relationship , all the slow boops and beeps. Just last week i sent her a bouqute of ones and zeros ! Oh we have a jokester on our hands i said laughing, just get us moving you futuristic holographic television , before I find a way to dismantle you and turn you into a toaster! . Dont go making fun of toasters , he said with a small sniffle , my father was a toaster , before he gafawed ! Ok I have to admit you got me on that one . Now go do ship like things like make me money by killing lots of my enemies . Sure boss , here we go !