I am a Freelancer Trader making a living out of supplying Luxury Liner Mackinac's vacationers with high quality food. As such I frequent Okinawa, but much to my shock I found out today that a hostile base has been built, blocking the jumphole to Nagano, shooting at everything that moves.
My ship was damaged beyond repairs, and three of my crew suffered serious injuries. The den is called "Torii", it's located right on top of the jumphole - you can't miss it. I do not know anything of it's origins, and a search on the Neural Net made me none the wiser, but I suspect it to be some sort of pirate's nest.
I will gladly assist you in any way I can to remove this terrorist threat.
-=Incoming Transmission=-
-=Comm ID: CEO Kami Aiko =-
Konnichiwa John Bacon, The base you are referring too was built by the Gas Miners Guild.
The reason for the base is because there has been an increase in Hogosha and Farmers alliance vessels in the area of the Nagano jump hole, And has been built there to protect the Okinawa system.
Now if you would like to work out a small deal we can place your ship on the bases no fire list for a small fee of 50 Million credits. All that we need is proof of your affiliation, ID, and rep sheet.
I am honored by the quick response from such a reputable person. I am sorry, I must have missed the notice or warning on the Neural Net regarding the defense station, can you point me to it?
I am slightly surprised that you, our friends at GMG, are attacking Freelancers with no warning when we have been welcome guests in your home for so long. I suppose a desperate situation requires desperate actions, security is not my area of expertise. It is your prerogative to attack traders indiscriminately in your sovereign space, your choice if you believe good will come from it.
For an independent trader like me 50 million credits is a lot though. I will have to get in touch with OS&C and Luxury Liner Mackinac to see if they can cover part of the costs for my continued delivery service, or if I should look for another trade route.
John Bacon
I have included the requested documentation in a gallery here so all you now need is a ship name and the credits. I also took the liberty of forwarding a log of the incident and a conversation with another law-abiding trader also attacked by the weapon platforms of your base. I can forward the unredacted logs to you on request, should that be your wish:
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[25.06.2013 16:27:11] xxxxx: 'Ello
[25.06.2013 16:27:16] Gateway|-GSX-xxxxx: greetings
[25.06.2013 16:27:45] Gateway|-GSX-xxxxx: hello xxxxx
[25.06.2013 16:29:13] Death: xxxxx did their best.
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[25.06.2013 19:21:58] xxxxx: Ahoy
[25.06.2013 19:22:04] xxxxxLines: hail
[25.06.2013 19:22:25] xxxxxLines: wat brings u to this part of the universe
[25.06.2013 19:22:26] xxxxx: Do you happen to know the ownerds of Torii base in Okinawa?
[25.06.2013 19:22:36] xxxxxLines: thats a negative
[25.06.2013 19:22:38] xxxxx: Got some food for wealthy tourists
[25.06.2013 19:22:47] xxxxxLines: that base sure is a pain in the neck
[25.06.2013 19:22:50] xxxxx: Well beware, just on the other side of the jumphole is a hostile base
[25.06.2013 19:22:53] Traffic control alert: xxxxx has requested to dock
[25.06.2013 19:22:56] xxxxx: Aye, it is
[25.06.2013 19:23:31] xxxxxLines: shredded my armour to pieces thrice
[25.06.2013 19:23:40] xxxxx: Well, I had my last ship demolished by it
[25.06.2013 19:23:57] xxxxx: So sad, we were so close to Nagano, and then we were sent to our escape pods
[25.06.2013 19:23:59] xxxxxLines: yeah -someone sould do something about that base
[25.06.2013 19:24:08] xxxxx: Aye
[25.06.2013 19:24:11] xxxxxLines: sorry to hear that
[25.06.2013 19:24:16] xxxxxLines: so wt you supplying
[25.06.2013 19:24:23] xxxxxLines: i may have a proposition for you
25.06.2013 19:24:28] xxxxx: Luxury items, food and fur
[25.06.2013 19:24:35] xxxxx: Aye go on?
[25.06.2013 19:24:45] xxxxxLines: hold on lemme scan your ship for techinical specs 1st
Konnichiwa Again Mister Bacon.
First off, I can assure you that the intention behind the base is not to shoot traders but to shoot Hogosha and Farmers alliance. The Nagano hole has been primarily used by hostile pilots and the reasoning behind the base being hostile.
Secondly, The Okinawa system and the sigmas are private property and therefor we do not need to alert everyone of out intentions or our actions inside these systems.
Might I suggest that you stick to the trade lanes if you cannot afford the "no fire" fee. Your papers seem to check out as well.
I do not in any way question your sovereignty over Okinawa as I said, and again I am no security expert, but if you claim that the intention is to stop the Hogosha and the Farmers Alliance, why do you not tell your base's gunners to fire at Hogosha and Farmer Alliance ships, and NOT Freelancer traders? By all means, I am just a visitor, but you cannot blame a man to be a little confused when his ship was destroyed and 3 of his crew are in the infirmary due to deliberate friendly fire.
The reasoning behind the full hostility of the base is because the Hogosha and farmers alliance commonly use freelance traders to get there supplies into nagano and as such the base defenses cannot tell the difference between a freelance trader simply heading into nagano and the freelance traders they hire to smuggle.
As such at this time it is guild policy not to allow any freelancers to pass by tori, and i'm technically not even suppose to add freelancers to the no fire list. So consider this an under the table kind of thing that wont be happening to every freelancer who asks.
If you can afford to be added to the no fire list then send the credits to the ship GMG|GTS-Kami.Aiko