---SUBJECT: TAU-23 WORRIES, COLONIAL DOWN
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Haikei,
A somewhat troubling element to this report. I came across a Chimaera with an invalid IFF transponder code, Iseijin.Yurnero, in the process of destroying a transport of unknown affiliation. It exploded just as I arrived on the scene, and a Gallic junker, Jean-de-Afrique, implored me to help, naming the pilot as an Iseij a rogue element of the Kusari Naval Forces.
Believing this to be true based on the unfolding situation, I initially engaged the target before Java Station responded by scrambling its defense wing. After the three IMG fighters dove in to take down the target, I disengaged, thinking them sufficient to disable or destroy the contact.
Instead, I proceeded out to patrol the rest of the Taus, and made a pair of contacts in Tau-31, along the trade lane to the Leeds Jumpgate. EFL|Maurice.Cornett and CR|-CM-Narcolepsy were their designations.
The Colonial-san proved unreceptive to negotiation, instead shutting off his comms channel after a brief but arrogant tirade and charging his cruise engines. The EFL security fighter and I gave chase, and the transport was disabled shortly after jumping to Leeds. It was last seen drifting forlornly in space, on fire and venting gas from many hull breaches.