Relics

As I continue to get Venture's affairs in order after the long hiatus, I routinely come across old records, often with notes scribbled in the margins by Kendar Zek.  Some files indicated that Kendar was beginning work on a plan to produce frigates in-house, so I asked Takashi if he could help track down any blueprints that his partner might have misplaced.  Takashi was fairly certain that anything of the sort would've been left with one of our affiliates, Aurora Speed, for safekeeping.

After a few days of waiting, contracts from Aurora began showing up for me.  Kendar seems to have had some strange ideas about which frigates the team would need.  More surprising than what he did have in the collection was what he didn't have: no Executioner, Rifter, or Vigil blueprints.  I'm not sure what to make of it.  Was he planning to produce ships as a means of income rather than as racing stock, or had he simply not gotten around to starting work on the most popular frigates in the league?

More importantly, I received contracts for more than just blueprints.  Kendar apparently left some of his own ships with Aurora, and they have been locked in the same hangars for years, untouched aside from the standard maintenance.  I giggled when I saw a contract for a Velator-class frigate.  This one doesn't appear to be the same ship from the Season 3 race in Domain, but it is named for the original, presumably a replica.  Perhaps when I get around to checking the ship's logs, I'll find some useful information about her.

The crown jewel of Venture relics has also been uncovered, sitting quietly in a Caldari Business Tribunal station.  I now have in my possession the Independent Achura, an Atron-class frigate renamed in Season 4 as part of a sponsorship deal.  The ship itself predates the formation of the team; it is the original racing vessel flown by Kendar Zek.  Rather than hiring a courier to deliver her back to Fricoure, I took the liberty of fetching her myself.  I almost feel guilty putting her to space again, as I think perhaps she should be a museum piece.

Surprisingly, the Independent Achura isn't quite fit for racing.  Her rigs are standard racing gear, but the cloaking device and warp core stabilizers lead me to believe that perhaps her captain had other uses for her off the track.