Comm ID : Gamo Ujisato


Konnichi wa.

Encountered one traitor vessel disrupting the Tau 29 - Tsushima lane.
The captain proposed me to exchange our prisonners and i "traded" ten of our pilots in exchange of six traitors.
I'm not very fond of that kind of deals... But i had to. Who knows what would have happened to those men.

I then told him to leave and so did he, but i encountered him again in Tau 29. Soon another traitor vessel appeared and they tried to destroy my ship.

Fortunately, it seems the crews of those vessel lacked training.

Shortly after a pilot of the Katana wing showed up and we tried to teach those traitors they weren't welcome in Tau 29.
Sadly however, the vessel of the Katana wing was destroyed. After tractoring his pod, i decided to retreat to not endanger the lives of the pilots i had in my hold.

After dropping them in New Tokyo, i headed to Honshu Jumpgate.
A mercenary called Remilia Scarlet contacted me to inform me of the presence of a traitor vessel attacking civilian ships in the vicinity.

Soon enough, i met that pilot. Bloodthirsty he was, just like any single of them.
He was flying a Katana and used the callsign ".Abraham.".

My Chimaera heavily damaged, i finally had to eject.
*The young man hesitates a bit* The Gaijin mercenary tractored my pod and dropped me in New Tokyo astroport.

*Sighs* I must say the medical team of New Tokyo astroport starts to know me well.
I have now to explain the Chūsa Mariko i lost yet another ship on duty. A piece of cake.

That will be all for now. Sayonara.

Comm ID : Gamo Ujisato


Konnichi wa.
Encountered this morning two Rheinland gunboats appearing to belong to the 'Buro der Marineintelligenz' division :

After checking they were allowed by the high command to operate here, i reminded them they were guests and entitled to follow the great codex.

I then resumed my patrol and encountered those two vessels a few hours ago, not far from Leeds orbit.
They seemed to have stopped two ships belonging to a Libertonian corporation, universal shipping, and ordered them to hand over a passenger they had on board.

Here are the purged logs of the encounter.

"Blackbox@Chimaera/#Go-Yon-Go|Ni-San-Rei|-Nana-Roku-kyû//Operator#Shoi-Gamo-Ujisato Wrote:[...]
BDM|U-19: Strauss: If that is what you call him ja, he is to be brought onto our ship for questioning.
[...]
[22.07.2011 03:21:46] [*USI*]S.Brennan[R]: Shane: On what grounds? You don't have the authority to do something like that.
[...]
BDM|U-571: Schutze: again, Shut the hell up Libertonian.
BDM|U-19: Wolfe: Freeze! Now get on the ground and let herr Schmidt take you into custody Herr Ben.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: What is happening, Rheinland officers?
[...]
[*USI*]Clackamas[T]: Dexter: He's a paying passenger and his background check came through clean.
BDM|U-571: Schutze: We are just extracting a suspected criminal from the USI ship Clackamas for questioning, Officer Gamo.
[...]
[*USI*]Clackamas[T]: Dexter: Questioning for what? *ben is hollering all the way*
BDM|U-19: Strauss: That is classified, if he is innocent he will be released, if not...Than we will have issues.
[...]
BDM|U-19: Strauss: Granted, secure the prisoner in the Brig. USI, you are cleared to leave, your Friend will be questioned and if innocent released with our apologies.
[...]
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Why do you need that Libertonian for questionning?
BDM|U-571: Schutze: Classified military intelligence.
[...]
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: He seemed to be civilian
[*USI*]Clackamas[T]: Dexter: That's what I'd like to know...and yes he was a Civilian.
BDM|U-571: Schutze: Looks aren't always what they seem.
[*USI*]Clackamas[T]: Dexter: His name is Benjamin O'Riley.
BDM|U-19: Strauss: He is suspected of stealing Information from the Fatherland and sending information to LSF agents to infiltrate our House.
BDM|U-571: Schutze: To you, he is Benjamin O'Riley
[*USI*]S.Brennan[R]: Kusari vessels, requesting assistance retrieving a libertonian citizen from these kidnappers.
BDM|U-571: Schutze: Now, move along Libertonians.
[*USI*]Clackamas[T]: Dexter: I picked him up in Manhattan, he just needed to tag along to Luxury Liner Shetland and that's all...
BDM|U-571: Schutze: You will comply.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: If he is indeed a civilian, i strongly suggest to not harm him or interrogate him the hard way
BDM|U-19: Strauss: This is a matter of Rheinland security and if he is innocent he'll be released on Baden Baden with our apologies.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: You are here to act against Bretonia assets
[*USI*]S.Brennan[R]: Shane: These men are pretending to be on official rheinland military business; do not let them fool you.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Not to gather intel about Liberty
BDM|U-571: Schutze: Libertonian assets were spotted within Bretonian territory aiding the Bretonians.
BDM|U-19: Strauss: We are only going to question him, not harm him, that's hardly a productive means of information gathering.
BDM|U-571: Schutze: This gives us grounds to work again them.
[...]
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: When do you plan to interrogate him?
[...]
BDM|U-19: Strauss: He'll be questioned once we reach a safe port and placed under the protection of the Federal Police.
[...]
BDM|U-19: Strauss: From there we shall be conducting a full background check into his activities and finances.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: You should move to Stokes instead. And proceed there
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Then release him as soon as you can
BDM|U-19: Strauss: *He nods* That may be a prudent course of action Gamo-San.
[...]
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: I doubt you are allowed by the high command to bully Liberty corporations here
[...]
BDM|U-19: Strauss: We will conduct our investigation with all speed and should be be innocent released without incident.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: The emperor didn't declare war against Liberty... Therefore, as long as they don't help Bretonia... We have nothing against them
[...]
BDM|U-19: Strauss: I will be quite busy tonight looking over records it seems. *He shudders*
[...]
BDM|U-19: Strauss: I am only obeying orders, if he is innocent he will be released without incident.
[...]
BDM|U-19: Strauss: Now, we must be off, I have work to do.

Comm ID : Gamo Ujisato


Konbanwa.
Quite a busy day today... Hmm... Where to start...

Encountered several Farmer Alliance vessels on Honshu-Shinagawa lane. They seemed to do... Erm.. 'not so legal' activities, but i had others things to take care of.
Soon, they contacted me to inform me of the presence of two order vessels coming from Honshu.

I soon reached them. They stated they were going to a Gaian base in Bretonia.
I decided to escort them out of Kusari, to ensure they wouldn't harm anyone on the way.

Sadly... As we were moving two enormous vessels showed up... I believe it's what the intelligence reports call using the codename "Jinkusu".
The crews of the two vessels seemed to be infected by the disease known as 'Lawl syndome'. I followed them until i reached the whereabouts of Nansei.

Then... I had to cancel the chase as a pilot of those order vessels called me, stating two kusarians were firing at his wing mate.

I quickly encountered those two vessels who appeared to be belonging to the 113th wing... They looked friendly to me so i didn't try to stop them or to follow them.
*The ensign lowers his head*
Kosetsu-san yelled a bit at me because of this...

Anyway, right after, we encountered a Golden chrysanthemum gunboat and we had to destroy it, since its captain refused to leave.

Will take some rest as soon as i'm able to reach the Naval forces barrackments.

Sayonara.

Comm ID : Gamo Ujisato


Konnichi wa.

Didn't have time to make a status report yesterday, as all the Naval Forces personnel was quite busy due to the last events.

So here it is...

I was assigned yesterday to escort the Emperor along with a large fleet, including Hogoshans, Naval Forces and Imperial Guard.
I was soon assigned, along with the Destroyer Ebisu to move forward and secure Sigma 19 jumphole in Honshu system.
We caught on our scanners several GMG ships but they quickly vanished.

We discovered why as soon as the Satsuma arrived and ordered all the fleet to jump to Sigma 19..
It seems the guild, seeing that large fleet, decided to set up an ambush just for us. Fortunately, the Satsuma was able to cruise to Sigma 17.

However... Two Hogoshan vessels were destroyed out there while they were securing the Satsuma's progression...
I talked with Kaduya Shinba... Seems the pods of their crew were tractored in time before the fleet proceeded to Sigma 17.

The Noble one finally arrived at Kurile without much trouble but sadly he had to dock quickly as many hostiles showed up, trying to break our defenses.

A violent battle followed... Lasting several hours.
I have to report the destruction of a battleship of the guild, appearing to be a recommissioned Rheinland vessel.

Sadly... A while after, we lost the battleship Ryujo. Rescue vessels are looking for survivors as i write this report.

As we were still fighting traitors and guild vessels, the Rheinland fleet finally showed up and they helped us to clean this mess.
Well... They tried at least. I have to say those traitors pilots are extremely skilled and fearless.
Only one of them was destroyed by our forces, and i believe it was mainly because his thruster was too damaged to work again.

We finally received the order to fall back and land on Kurile. I decided to stay for a while, as the Rheinland fleet was still fighting against several hostile vessels.
However they focused me at some point and damaged my ship to the point i had to fall back.

Currently taking a break. I'm afraid we may have to defend the Emperor very soon again.
To conclude, i'd like to emphasize the exemplar role Hogosha fulfilled, their vessels supporting Naval Force fiercely.

Sayonara.

Comm ID : Gamo Ujisato


Konbanwa.

Crossed GMG space to return to New Tokyo. Didn't encounter much hostility.
As i was patroling, i received a distress signal coming from the Hogosha vessel "Mutusha". Its captain was stating they were about to be attacked by several IMG vessels.

Sadly... I was in Honshu when i received this distress message, dealing with a mercenary smuggler.

When i arrived in Kyushu, the IMG ships already withdrew. I decided to move to Tau 23 to talk to the guild about this, soon followed by a gunboat of the secondary fleet.

We stayed there for a while. Soon, a representative showed up and we talked for a while... Please check the logs attached to this pulse.

Blackbox@Chimaera/#Go-Yon-Go|Ni-San-Rei|-Nana-Roku-kyû//Operator#Shoi-Gamo-Ujisato Wrote:[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Konnichi wa, Degenhard-san.
IKN|-Azumi: Konnichiwa
IMG|Savai'i: *nods* So... IMG supposedly attacked Kusari ships?
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Two Hogosha vessels, Hai.
[KNF]IKN-Zangetsu: anyway keep your investigation, we need to find out who else was helping mutusha.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: I wanted to hear the Guild side of the story.
IMG|Savai'i: *nods* Can you specify the names of the Hogoshas that were attacked?
IMG|Savai'i: I would like to look them up in our registry.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: One of them used the callsign "Mutusha".
IKN|-Azumi: and one of them is "Sachiko"
IMG|Savai'i: Officer, look that one up, please. ... .... Sir, yes. Vessel known. It's a known pirate that took convoys down
IMG|Savai'i: Degenhardt: Ah... you heard it, Sirs?
IKN|-Azumi: a pirate ?
IMG|Savai'i: Both vessels are confirmed pirates.
IKN|-Azumi: Hogoshas are not pirats
IKN|-Azumi: they are loyal subjects to the empire
IMG|Savai'i: I may need to disappoint you, Sirs. They are
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: So did you attack those vessels as a result of a piracy attempts?
IMG|Savai'i: I can give you audio documents that prove it.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Or did you shot them without provocation?
IKN|-Azumi: Yes whe whana now did they tryed to pirate you before youre ships shoted them
IMG|Savai'i: These 2 ships, according to our registry, pirated 2 IMG transports for 14 million when they were transporting Mining Machinery
IKN|-Azumi: did they asked anything from you
IMG|Savai'i: I'd say... that's a clear cut case of piracy.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Defending yourselves in Kusari space is fine... Even if you should notify KNF and KSP first concerning piracy.
IKN|-Azumi: Did you even bothered to check validitie of the evidence
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Shooting at Kusari citizens when they didn't show any hostile behavior towards you isn't however.
IMG|Savai'i: *nods* So... they were harmed? I can't say I feel too sorry.
IKN|-Azumi: Atack on our citisenz in our space is act of war
IMG|Savai'i: I am sorry, Sirs. I have no reports yet on the attack.
IKN|-Azumi: you know very well you are not law in the Kusari
IMG|Savai'i: Of course, Sir. We are not. But we defend ourselves against piracy.
IMG|Savai'i: And I will not strip my men from that right.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Calm down, Azumi. We aren't here to make ennemies.
IKN|-Azumi: than you must have evidence of todays incident did they asked anything from you
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Remember we entered in Taus, fighting Bretonians to free the Guild from Bretonia's grip.
IMG|Savai'i: Sorry, I mean no disrespect, Azumi. But you are a ships that another KNF told me yesterday... I quote: "We may ... "...decommission you, if need be". How comes, you are here?
IKN|-Azumi: I'm afraid i dont understand you quite well coudl you repeat youre self please
IMG|Savai'i: You seem hardly in a position to speak about laws, if your own people tell me we should shoot at you. Which of course we won#t as we honour our Kusari relations and friends.
IKN|-Azumi: Now you whant to shot the Naval officer
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Enough.
IMG|Savai'i: No, just read what I said. *smiles*
IKN|-Azumi: Interesting
IMG|Savai'i: Fact is: 2 pirates seem to have been hurt.
IMG|Savai'i: You say they are innocent civilians. We know they are not.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: I never said they were innocent.
IMG|Savai'i: We acted in self defence, to clear a path for our transports.
IKN|-Azumi: By violating our space and shoting our citisenz
IMG|Savai'i: Criminals, Sir. I beg to differ.
IKN|-Azumi: That s yet to be proved
IMG|Savai'i: Yes. We do not want to see any violence, Sirs.
IKN|-Azumi: Ah my partner has arived than
IKN|-Azumi: Ofcourse not
IKN|-Azumi: We need you as an alies
IMG|Savai'i: The IMG takes Silver ore to Narita... daily. But Hogosha hit us twice. Hard.
IKN|-Azumi: We were just discusing the mathers
IKN|-Azumi: They explain to me everything what hapend
IMG|Savai'i: Yesterday. And some weeks ago, pirating us for 30 millions. 2 tranports, 1 lane from Narita. 30 million.
IKN|-Azumi: This put a lot of suspicious on hogoshas
IKN|-Azumi: But sitll our souverenitie must be respected
IMG|Savai'i: You will have to understand, that known Hogosha criminals may prompt overzealous young IMG and CR escorts to... act in-
IKN|-Azumi: i'm sure Gamo san agree with me
IMG|Savai'i: not so clever ways.
IMG|Savai'i: *nods* I agree fully.
IMG|Savai'i: This is Kusari space, Kusari legal territory. And the IMG will not play police there. We will, however, defend ourselves and the goods that your economy needs us to transport.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Then we agree...
IKN|-Azumi: Well youre job is to prevent young IMG pilots for acting hostile against our citisenz
IKN|-Azumi: if any incident hapend again please notify KNF or KSP we will arive to help you
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Hai.
IKN|-Azumi: No mather is that hogosha or any other citisen
IKN|-Azumi: we are all the same in the eyes of the law
IMG|Savai'i: Thank you a lot. We will try to get you, as we tried yesterday. We were not lucky last 2 times.
IKN|-Azumi: if they commited act of piracy they will be punished
IKN|-Azumi: But you must restrained youre self from acting hostile against them you can act only in self defence
IMG|Savai'i: Azumi, we will forward the remaining records of the blown up transports to you about the 2 Hogosha vessels committing crimes.
IKN|-Azumi: or if they try to pirate you
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: What we won't allow you is to destroy any Hogoshan vessel on sight, for the presumption they would rob you.
IMG|Savai'i: Sir, I understand. But, a known criminal will not be spared if our escorts on a transport run meet them.
IKN|-Azumi: Yes no presumptions only pure evidence of criminal activities
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Hogosha is after working for Kusari interrests. They break the codex at times, however. It's the job of KNF and KSP to ensure this doesn't happen.
IKN|-Azumi: Well known or not that is something KSP will deal with it
IKN|-Azumi: If they dont atack you than just ignore them but if they do you are free to retaliate
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Hai.
IMG|Savai'i: Good to know. I just want you to understand that preemptive defense is something I will not take off the list of our options.
IKN|-Azumi: And dont forget to report everything to us
IMG|Savai'i: Preemptive defense means: transports are near. And the escort knows that the Hogosha are criminals.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Ie... You cannot do that
IMG|Savai'i: We iwll not enter Kusari to single out individuals. We are no death squad.
IKN|-Azumi: I'm afraid that is not acceptable
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: If they remain neutral to you, why would you fire at them first?
IKN|-Azumi: you can act only in self defence in kusari
IMG|Savai'i: They only remain neutral as long as the situation is in their favour.
IKN|-Azumi: Well if they are neutral they will stay neutral if they atack you on aniway you can defend youre self
IKN|-Azumi: Preemptive actions against hogoshas are not acceptable
IMG|Savai'i: IN that case, we lose our transports against heavily armed pirte gunboats. That's not a risk we can take.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Fine then.
IKN|-Azumi: We can not afford to watch our citisenz bein killed just because someone thinks they will be pirated
IKN|-Azumi: you must restrained youre selfs these are dificult times for all of us
IMG|Savai'i: I understand your point, but I cannot let my pilots be butchered by known criminals, either. I hpoe you understand that, too
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: I shall report this to the High command. They will take the decisions needed to ensure the safety of Kusari citizens, Hogosha included.
IMG|Savai'i: But I agree...
IKN|-Azumi: Yes and we can not hunt hogoshas if they are defending from preemptive strikes
IMG|Savai'i: IMG pilots will be called to act more carefully.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Thank you for your time, Sir.
IKN|-Azumi: Well i hope everything will be fine from now
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Let's head back to Kyushu, Azumi.
IKN|-Azumi: Hai
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Sayonara, miners.
IKN|-Azumi: sayonara
IMG|Savai'i: *nods* As I said: IMG pilots will be reminded to be more careful.
IMG|Savai'i: Good luck, Gentlemen. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Arigato.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Stay safe.
=CR=Rubicon[CV44]: Terrence: Hmph..thought it'd escalate too...
IMG|Savai'i: We would not want to risk our economic and diplomatic relations for such incidents.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: As i said... We didn't come here to retaliate... Just to get the guild side of the story.
[KNF]Si.Ujisato.Gamo: Sayonara now.

After this I left to patrol on Nekketsu-san and I went to a little relaxation.

Comm ID : Gamo Ujisato


This is a great day for the Empire.
LD-14 is in our hands.

However i keep thinking about all those lives slain. Human beings killing others human beings.
Is it really worth it?
Is Leeds really worth all those lives?

Such thoughts are a weakness for the way i'm not following. Going against what was taught can be really difficult.
*The Shoi lowers his head. After a few seconds, he raises back his head to face the video feed, his eyes reflecting a semblance of heartlessness*

I was assigned to patrol the Taus lately, and as i was doing so, i scanned briefly a zoner vessel hauling optronics.
He was obviously heading to Bretonia.

I chased him until i reached Stokes, where i found a Bretonian battleship trying to sneak in our defenses.
Calling some support i then participated to its destruction.



I was then ordered to stand by in Leeds as an important gathering of forces was about to happen.
After refueling the Chimarea and spending a few minutes meditating, i then joined the strike force which was about to move.

It seemed the High command received some intel about a Bretonian fleet sent to retake or put LD-14 under blocus.



We finally caught some hostile contacts not far from the "LD-14 Uranium Asteroid Field".
The Bretonians pilots started to insult us and finally, after a short moment, the unavoidable happened.
*He sighs*

During the battle, a Bretonian Battleship and others lesser class vessels were destroyed.
The flagship Hosho finally had to retreat as its hull seemed to be severely damaged by the fight.

The Bretonians, now shorthanded, retreated.
I moved to LD-14 with an Hogoshan who helped us during the battle.

There is quite a mess in the station.
A lot of work will be needed to repair the damages made during the assault.

Sayonara.

Comm ID : Gamo Ujisato


Konbanwa.

Was assigned this afternoon to patrol the Taus. I met there two gaijins i had to stop.
Those two vessels were shipping optronics and were obviously heading to Bretonia.

They refused to drop the supplies and the vessel callsign'd "RSH" started to shoot at me without any warning.
*Ujisato sighs* Baka gaijins.

I was forced to destroy that vessel and started to damage 'Charly'.
That one was however smart enough to comply and drop the optronics.

After leaving that trader be, he oddly threatened me to "report me"...
To the High command, i guess.

I then headed quickly to Leeds as i received new orders.
A strike force was fighting not far from planet Leeds.

When i reached Leeds orbit, the mess there was indescribable.

As we were fighting the Bretonians, one of them, 'Woodrow'-san, suddenly expressed the wish to joust me.
My wing brothers let him be and we started to fight.



However his vessel was damaged before we started. The outcome was predictable.

He fought bravely, with honor. Before i came back into the melee, i detected a rescue vessel tractoring his pod.
I believe we will meet again.

Soon after, i had to fall back, my ship heavily damaged.
I was chased by two vessels. I couldn't have made it if the 'Juubi' didn't show up to support my retreat.

Repairs on my Chimaera may take a while.

Sayonara for now.

Comm ID : Gamo Ujisato


Konbanwa.
This is a quick report about a patrol with Nekketsu-san in New Tokyo and Kyushu.

As we were moving to Kyushu, we caught a trader hauling contraband.

That one didn't want to comply until we fired some warning shot. He then tried to fool us by dropping only a few units of contraband.
But we finally dropped his shields and the gaijin understood it was a better idea to comply.

Shortly after, while Takahashi-san was busy receiving some reports from the personnel of Nansei, i detected a trader, his hold full of Quantum Multiplexors.

The gaijin complied to my order to stop and we had some talks. As it seemed he was unaware of the embargo put in place by the Emperor, i asked him a symbolic fine of one credit and directed him to Liberty borders.

That's all for now.
Sayonara.