18:30 (aprox) - Onga System, Heinmatar

Darius frantically commanded his ship to full speed as he approached the last gate in his trip, leading from Onga to Pator. His auto-scanner was going ballistic, registering around a dozen ships marked as unfriendly. Most of them battleships and several cruisers and interceptor escorts. The ships belonged to the two corporations of Blacksheep and PIE Inc. No doubt a task force here to impose their will on the system of Pator in one of their "terrorist hunts".

Darius' little Probe rattled in protest as both modified cold gas afterburners kicked in and the cargo frigate accelerated towards the gate. Normally the speed did not seem unreasonable, today however it seemed like an eternity in seconds to reach the gate. He was in no real danger, but he was well known in circles and out spoken against the likes of these people. More so, he wished to warn anyone in the system of their impending presence.

Unhindered, the ship thrust through the jump gate's energy and was catapulted to the system of Pator.

Darius swung the camera drone around to get his Barings and find the marker for his destination station. He glanced at his autoscanner and pulled the ship away from the gate to align for warp when he noticed, as well as a couple of cargo containers, a single ship marked as friendly was slowly moving towards the gate. The identification tag showed the ship belonged to Freelance Unincorporated [FU2] and was piloted by Maggot.

The lone typhoon steamed towards the gate at an ungainly speed. he was running into a trap! Darius quickly opened the local system comms line, he had to warn him.

"Maggot, Blacksheep and PIE on the other side of the gate. Don't go through."
There was no response...
"Maggot, do you read? There's too many of them, it's a tr..."
Before he could finish, another ship registered on the scanner, a Blacksheep cruiser warped. but not from the jump gate, from within the system of Pator.

Maggot swung his ship around and engaged the Black Bird cruiser. Darius could simply watch the events unfold. He had no official war with these corporations and could not interfere without the sentry guns making short work of him. He would not do that. He did not want to give these zealots the satisfaction of gloating about another stupid Minmatar terrorist. So he sat, and watched.

The remaining fleet of Blacksheep and PIE ships suddenly uncloaked around the gate, first one, then three, then eight and finally the entire fleet had Maggot surrounded.

19:00 - Pator, Republic Security Services Assembly Plant

Darius entered his office as soon as he docked. He ignored the people around him, his demeanour dark and brooding. He stopped by the sink in his personal bathroom and rand the cold tap, soaking his face in water. His skin was burning. It was not fever, it was anger. He stared angrily at himself in the mirror, fighting the urge to punch the reflective plastic.

He had just sat at the jump gate and watched as the fleet of enemy ships quickly decimated Maggot's battleship. Until today, he had though he could make a difference with words and politics. But today he felt different. He felt weak, dirty and powerless. It was this feeling, above all else, that a Brutor could not endure.