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Takarabune Company Message Relay Center - WesternPeregrine - 07-10-2014

Welcome to the Takarabune Company Employee Notice and Reports Center.
This is the place where the Chief Supervisor will provide updates on the company status, current operations, and pending tasks.

Employees are requested to provide reports of their duties, as well as any outstanding events witnessed. In this age, information is the key to success, and our success will be rewarded.

May the Fortunes guide your travels.

RE: Takarabune Company Message Relay Center - WesternPeregrine - 07-10-2014

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RE: Takarabune Company Message Relay Center - WesternPeregrine - 07-11-2014

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Company Registry Connected:
User ID: The Fisherman
Clearance access: Chief Supervisor
Subject: Long Run

The old man is seen at a makeshift bar build near the wharf, with the sun setting outside. He his drinking a cup of tea, while puffing a long tobacco pipe. He seems content, like one feeling relieved after a long day at work.

Well, been away for a few days on a long trip. Guess it's a good story to tell here.

I've prepared my small freighter and stocked it with a load of sake and a nice shipment of pearls, to be delivered to the wealthy folk at Tomioka, in the Nagano system.

On the way I've met a Hanako Ayuka, member of the Black Dragon Society [|] .
This was the first time I managed to chat a little with one of the Black Dragons, and the exchange was productive.

We parted our way's, and headed up to Otaru border station in Hokkaido, before landing to rest.

The following day I continued my journey to Nagano, and delivered my shipment of 400 units of Pearls and 80 crates of Sake. The Samura dock-master thanked our delivery and made a deal with me to ship a full load of Furs back to Shikoku.

The trip went without any troubles, and the Furs (480) were delivered to the Golden Dragon Casino.

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At the casino I was informed of some customers who wanted a discreet passage to the far regions of the Omegas, so I made arrangements to accommodate the 50 VIPs in my humble freighter.
With a load of Pearls (230), I decided to head to the Omegas via the eastern route, a little slower but somewhat better known to me.

On Honshu however, I received a message from... someone I didn't know. A meeting was arranged, and in the clouds a Kusari destroyer was found, called I-401. It was one of those shady intelligence clique.

The contents of the conversation I will not tell, but he talked in a similar way to that other lad from the section "something", the one who likes to play with puppets. Looks like they are fans of gossip (the rumors, not the musical group from Planet Denver).
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Moving on, the voyage was long, quite long. I bypassed the Corsair area and headed to Omega-41. My charts were not up to date, so I had to ask the fellows at Freeport 5 the way further into the region.

They pointed me on the way to Leon base, and I had a clearer idea of the route after that.

On my way to Omega-49, near Casablanca Base, I spot a Junker transport called Khaeros. I thought it would be trouble, but it seems that my presence struck terror in his mind and he started running away.

Coincidentally, we were heading the same direction, and when my trusty Anki sped in front of his larger Serenity, the pilot must have had a traumatic breakdown, for he almost immediately activated self destruct sequence on his ship.

I carried on, and arrived at Grand Vista Orbital, with only a gunboat in the area as witness. Quite the aimless lad, wandering around, like he was looking for something.

The passengers were delivered, and the pearls sold for a good price.

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Planet Gran Canaria has two good things: one it's Deuterium, that industries use in creation of h-fuel. The other is the great stock of Vodka, which will go handily to the Golden Dragon Casino bars and lounges.

I stocked up on the vodka, and continued west, this time taking the shorter route back to Kusari. I've entered Dublin, and headed to the Battleship Hood to stock on the second best thing of the trip, whiskey, and to get some rest.

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With my load full with vodka (400 units) and some whiskey (80 units), I launched from the Hood.
I saw a molly fighter, called Bloodwyn,O'Driscoll. As he was quite busy and in a bad mood, I just left my greetings and left for Edinburgh.

At Edinburgh I took a stop at Islay base, which I had visited many times before. Seems my freighter signatures were outdated, so the Gaians couldn't recognize me immediately.

After Islay it was a quick and uneventful trip back to Kusari and to the Casino, where I offloaded my cargo. Got some good packets of Tea, and a few bottles of Rum for our own office here back in Junyo.

Hope to get some groups organized, as my humble ships cannot handle all the work needed to be done around here, and I've must attend to lads here planetside.

Until the next one, may the heavens bless thy.

--=Transmission end.=--

RE: Takarabune Company Message Relay Center - Vega - 07-12-2014

Company Registry Connected:
User ID: Saito Kagehiro
Clearance access: Company 4th Class Agent
Subject: Exports and Imports

This is Company 4th Class Agent Saito Kagehiro, vessel J90P - 54HT "Big Dragon" Fuji 3-2, transmitting from Shikoku E-5. Trade route complete, transmitting data:

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Transactions Log:

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Detailed Log:

Due to time constraints and our client's prerogatives, I have taken initiative and the responsibility of unescorted departure with 2975 units of Sake from Planet New Tokyo towards Planet Tomioka. The route was rather uneventful, in spite of three hostile ships approaching the Hokkaido jump gate. We proceeded towards the gate and received no hails from the party, nor did they get within cargo scan range.

While on Tamioka, I have checked the neuralnet for pending orders and immediately launched with a full hold of Furs, as per request of our client Klaus von Schweinewitz from Planet Hamburg. With the exception of fellow Samuras along the lanes and the occasional freelancer, very few ships were seen and no outstanding contacts were made.Since the orders were delivered in due time, I've headed towards Stuttgart, where luxury foods were purchased at a reasonable price.

The trip back to the Golden Dragon Casino was uneventful, with no cargo loss.

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Deposit Log:

On a side note, I have made some modest profits from day-trading at New Tokyo's Stock Market yesterday and I am transferring a fraction of such amount along with the net profit from the aforementioned route to the Junyo Development Programme account. The J90P - 54HT is now docked at the Golden Dragon Casino. I will take a shuttle to Kabukicho Depot and have the Black Dragon ready by night for the security shift.

Sayonara, tomodachi.

Saito Kagehiro,
Company 4th Class Agent

RE: Takarabune Company Message Relay Center - Teta - 07-19-2014

Company Registry Connected:
User ID: Shino Kato
Clearance access: undisclosed
Subject: Visit Gaians

Following our ambitions to further our ties with the Gaians, who are in a position to have little supporter from nearby, making them somewhat dependent on covered imports, thus giving us fairly lucrative business options, Arai san and myself made sure to get one load of Kyushu Rice through to their Islay Base in Edinburgh.

To properly gain their trust, we also had to dispose of some automated weapon platforms nearby, apparently set up to harass our gaian friends. Other than that, there seemed not much to be going on at that place, since except from gladly buying the all organic food we brought, they had nothing to offer in return. So, we left Islay Base in search for a more bustling gaian installation, what eventually brought us to the nearby Newcastle system. The local gaian hideout is called Skye Base, and luckily for us, we could also bring some gifts that must have fallen of some freighters in the area, leaving us with a variety of Consumer Goods too valuable to not pick up.

As it turns out, Skye Base does actually have a proper black market up and running, offering not the worst of conditions, especially for Hydrocarbons, and although being an odd commodity, we brought a batch home, as any trade with the Gaians improves our standing as their valuable business partners.

Next to the black market, the Skye Base also offers a rather vibrant night life. But always remember to keep your hands off that Gin, as it is really nasty stuff. After spending a quiet night there, we returned with the Hydrocarbons to the still far more pleasant Planet Junyo.

--=Transmission end.=--

RE: Takarabune Company Message Relay Center - WesternPeregrine - 07-29-2014

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Link established, receiving feed.
Source: Planet Junyo, Shikoku System
Source ID: Takarabune Main Wharf

Konnichiwa. The past weeks have been ones of smooth sailing, with little trouble on the path, and little achievements on our road to greatness.

On the 12th, I have arrived on Planet Crete on the sturdy Kani-maru with a shipment of food for the Corsairs.

Activity was low on that day, with only a handful of fighters out of the regular patrols, and some smugglers coming in and out of the sector.
The return trip with a load of artifacts was uneventful, with only an USI convoy heading to Liberty. After giving some time for them to gain distance, I headed the same direction and delivered the artifacts to our brokers in Liberty.

I headed further into Liberty to check for Junker activity, and to pick up some construction materials for the projects in Junyo.

Passing New Tokyo later on, I've passed by one of them Kempeitai (which I later found it was one of our "clients") taking an interest in a police officer on patrol around Roppongi Station. Seems the lively chat was distracting somewhat the police officer, as a few transports with base materials passed by without much hindrance.
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Further on, while making some deliveries on my personal freighter, I've stumbled for the first time upon the lads of the KTA, or Kyushu Trade Alliance as they were known. Being reprimanded by the police officer for some wrongdoing didn't gave me a good impression, but it surely spiked my curiosity for further encounters with the group.

I've stayed to chat with some of the policemen, and aid them in their cargo scanning.

I've then found the police encountering a Rheinlander military vessel near Yokohama, and a Gallic fighter pilot near Shinagawa, in just a matter of an hour or so. Didn't stay long in either occasion because of the large presence of navy and police hotheads in the area, but I passed some of the tidbits to a certain client interested in that stuff.

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On the next day, I arranged a meeting with Hanako Ayaka-san from the Black Dragon Society, in the remote Tokai Shipping Platform in Tottori System.
After a long and productive conversation, we moved on to New Tokyo, to check on the activity of the RKS| police officers. Apparently one of them spotted a Colonial Republic vessel in Kyushu and we went to him to investigate.

It was a cruiser class vessel, similar to one that had ambushed me near Nago many moons ago. The police officer convinced him to depart for the Tau and stay no longer. Interestingly, the Battleship Nagumo didn't open fire on him, which is truly concerning considering the threat that these colonials are in the Tau systems.

On our way back after that, I have found another KTA vessel, and ask some question about them. While we were both in a hurry, I managed to get some info from him, these farmer merchants from Kyushu.

I return to Junyo with more supplies and a good profit.

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The next day, while doing some runs to various places, a police officer named RKS|-Izumi.Ishikawa, a regular face in the previous days, requests my ship to rescue a large group of slave workers that were being shipped in Shikoku. While Deshima gave some troubles to my ship docking there, even if it was aiding a law enforcement operation, I delivered the survivors to the Battleship Myoko and to Junyo, where the police agents took care from then on. I rewarded the police officer for his good performance for keeping Shikoku free of this slavery scum.

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On the 17th, we managed to make another delivery to the Corsairs, and headed to Liberty with the artifacts.

After delivery, we received a contact from a pilot from the KTA, a Hyouge.Mono fella.
He provided some escort to us while in Liberty, in exchange of partaking in our meager expertise of Liberty commerce.

While Liberty has many ships and fighters, their security (or their dissuasion power at least) is lacking, and dangerous groups roam the sectors unchecked for hours. This time they reacted a little faster than usual, although with strange consequences.

We saw what seemed to be a Kusarian girl working on a junker ship, which spewed nonsense in our presence and did not look favorable on the eyes of the Liberty police present. It is sad to see one of our young corrupted this way, but with her foul mouth and crooked mentality, perhaps were better off without her in our home.

I picked some supplies and returned to Junyo, always in the company of the pilot from the KTA. For his escort, I've payed a good fee, and promised some further work in the future.

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On the 18th I decided to resupply the tea stock of the Golden Dragon Casino. Based on a tip form a passerby, I headed to the Cortez system beyond Liberty, and arrived at Planet Curacao for the tea.
Near the planet I saw a menacing shipping platform, called Oceania. Through the readings I suspect it is run by some bretonian wackos.
Our pearls sell well on that place, so I picked up the Tea and headed back to Kusari.

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Later on, met Taigo.Arai-san and that KTA pilot again, Hyouge.Mono-san.
We went to Liberty again, and found a peculiar phenomenon during our travel.

A group of.... "zoners" from Gallia was being escorted by the Navy into their prisons in Texas system. The Gallics were quite bizarre, and thought that they were being given the prison station to be their possession. I don't know if our navy pilots could handle such eccentricity from such unusual foreigners.

We've returned to Junyo with more supplies, and took a rest at the izakaya.

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A couple of days ago I picked up some artifacts from Crete, and headed to meet the Gaians in Edinburgh. Delivered the artifacts, but instead of getting Whisky for the Golden Dragon, I returned to Kusari with a load of water and some Basic Alloys I happen to "find" lost in space.
I had heard of a new prospect by Samura to bring HydroGro to Tottori system, so I headed to Shinkaku station and exchanged the water for the fertilizer.
An outcast stopped me at the Freeport 6, but my ship was able to dock safely before the Outcast tried to go full power on me.

After a few hour I went back on the road, delivered the HydroGro to Tokai Shipping Platform, and picked up some more supplies to Junyo.

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Long trips with few good stuff within. Work on the that old fishing ship is almost finished, so I might take a few days dedicated to checking if the lady can take it out to sea and work with the others again.

RE: Takarabune Company Message Relay Center - WesternPeregrine - 08-06-2014

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Company Registry Connected:
User ID: The Fisherman
Clearance access: Chief Supervisor
Subject: Long Run

The Fisherman is seen with his tobacco pipe, paying attention to the docks, where people were unloading the catch of the day to be transported to the markets, still couple of hours before dawn reached that part of Junyo.

He turns to the recorder, with his face showing some concern, from his workers, and from his own thoughts.

Konnichiwa, I guess an early morning report is as good as a late evening one. Work planetside has been stable after the last typhoon grounded one of our heaviest sea vessels inland. Took a while to put it back in water and repair the dented hull.

In other news, some more shipments to Junyo were concluded.
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I think... two days ago, I went again to deliver some supplies to some clients who are connoisseurs of good Kusari quality, in the Tau-29 system. After making my delivery of sake, I went to Shinkaku Station to prepare a shipment of HydroGro for Planet Miyazaki, and loaded my transport full with the cargo.

I must say the odor they put on the package to shield the more sensitive noses from the product makes an odd mixture with the seawater scent of my ship. A truly unusual combination.

I delivered the fertilizer on Tokai and headed back with some Kyushu rice for a second go. On my way, I stopped at Freeport 6 for a break and some chatter.
While talking with a business manager there, a news report aired on the panels of the nearby bar. At first I thought it was just business as usual, and merry wanderers of the Far Omicrons getting themselves in trouble. But then I realized that the appearance of the Order and their inquisitors was "unusual" for the zoners in question, so that led me to suspect that it wasn't happening there, or in the Omegas.

Asking my partner in conversation, I was informed that the Baffin system was "right next door" to Tau-29, and that the zoners had some settlements there.

With curiosity, I payed for a star chart of the system, and headed to Baffin with my load of Rice.

Upon arriving in Baffin, I headed to Shasta Orbital Skyhook, the primary installation of the system, and source of the events in the mentioned news.

Unfortunately, I did not meet any zoners outside of the station. There were only some freelancer mercenaries, a very "eclectic" bunch, as a friend of mine would say.

Some Colonial pilot passed by on his patrol too. Don't trust those guys to keep their fingers off the trigger very much, but this one at least seemed entertained with his duties, and did not make trouble near the freelancers.

I did docked at the station, but the zoners didn't feel like a very good potential customer, at least for regular business. They did have some unusual talismans for sale, produced from a place of worship by the populace of the system. I did buy a few to take home and show to person well versed on such stuff.

Next, I went to another passage in my starchart, and ended up in another system called Coronado. There was a freelancer station there, with a few ships in its vicinity. Met up a reasonable artifacts dealer established in the station, but later findings made me aware that this region is too cosy for the Colonials and Junkers.

Found a planetary system outside of the clouds of the Barrier, with an IMG surface outpost in one of them. However, they weren't keen on letting me come to land, because of some unsavory transmissions from the far side of the planet warning me to stay away from the area...

I asked one of the freelancers in the so called Barrier Gate Station, and they led me to a jumphole to the Cortez system, on the western border of Liberty.
It is quite an impressive passageway, and I'm almost certain now that it is one of the reasons why the Junkers have been pressuring less our territory, but increasing their presence in the Tau systems.

At Curacao, I sold my rice and bought a shipment of tea. Met an interesting resident, and saw several Junker ships passing by to and from Bretonia. They were no doubt weary of my presence there, but none of them wished to stay longer than they needed.

Headed to Kusari on the normal Liberty route, and delivered the Tea in Kusari, at the Golden Dragon.

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I've met up with Taiga Arai-san and Shino Kato-san and assembled a convoy of Junyo Pearls heading for Planet Baden Baden in Stuttgart.

On our way we've met a IC|Mercana.Shirou , which claimed he was a leading figure of Interspace Commerce. I was skeptic about this, but I checked some info on their networks, and it turns out he really is a bossman of the corporation.
Not that I had much time to inquire and take advantage of this finding, since Arai decided that this was not a good sign but rather that Shirou-san was a corporate goon of the foreign corporation.
The end result, I am almost certain that IC, and specially Shirou-san, has not received a particularly good first impression from our company, and I may need to amend that sometime soon.

On our way to Frankfurt, quickly gliding through the dangerous GMG installations in sigma-13, another surprise was awaiting for us.
While we could handle having those two dens of evil in our path, I wasn't expecting the third one.

Apparently, neither the Rheinlanders were keen on having such trash near the Frankfurt gate, and had a Battleship watching over the eyesore.
I lodged my protest to the Rheinland captain about the hazard the base was, and moved on when the convoy was whole again.

We arrived at Baden Baden without trouble, sold our good cargo, and loaded with drill bits at Freiburg for the return trip.

Back at Sigma-13, the Rheinlander forces had somehow called for aid from the KNF, and were in the process of locking down the installation, with protests from the first Gas Miners on the scene in the background.

We left the area and delivered the drill bits, before the GMG could come and make trouble for us too.
I heard later on that those dammed gas farters managed to scare away the law enforcement, and keep the station operational until today.

That thing will mean trouble in the future, I'm certain of it.

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The next day, I went again to Tau-29 to pick up some HydroGro for shipping. However I decided to mix up some of the routes and see what I could come up with.
Headed to New Berlin, and had the opportunity to see again these hellspawned contraption near Frankfurt gate, which they called Maebashi Border Station... the nerve, mimicking the Kusari and Rheinland righteous watchers of the domain edges.

Having sold the good product in New Berlin, I headed to the Ring and requested a "special batch" to be loaded, for delivery in the Omicrons.

Loaded up and with no one to give me trouble in the vicinity, I headed to Omicron Delta, where the Black market munitions were sold to the eager Corsairs at Yaren base.

Got some artifacts back, and headed to Kusari, passing by sigma-19 this time, don't really remember why. The different course revealed another surprise, as the GMG have expanded in Ogashawa, making another annex to the station.

Seems this new Noburo annex is still unarmored unlike the rest of the installation, so I wonder if some sort of strike could slow down this unruly expansion of the GMG.
I have to make some contacts about this, cannot leave this go on much longer.

Stand vigilant, my comrades. The enemies of Kusari are tightening their siege.

The Fisherman

RE: Takarabune Company Message Relay Center - WesternPeregrine - 08-19-2014

Company Registry Connected:
User ID: The Fisherman
Clearance access: Chief Supervisor
Subject: Status Update

Konnichiwa. Last week we had the Obon festival here in town, and everyone was busy handling the event in coordination with city associations. Or were they coordinating with us? Either way, the matsuri went without troubles, and we made some good sales from all the hard work.

That meant however less activity in space, which is concerning since our presence there isn't great anyway, and our reputation still very minor.

I restarted activity this week, pumping some life to our cargo services. One thing worth mentioning is the increased presence of GMG everywhere. Those rascals are getting quite bold, since I have seen some of them coming from the Tau systems with Gold ore. They must be slipping past the Gallics into Bretonia. Not that no one can't do that, it's just that the Bretonians don't sell to us.

Traded some words with the Miner, which just showed how they handled business.

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[17.08.2014 18:59:01] 2014-08-17 17:59:00 SMT 

[17.08.2014 18:59:01] Bune|Kani-maru: Fisherman: ... Good day pilot.

[17.08.2014 18:59:23] 2014-08-17 17:59:21 SMT 

[17.08.2014 18:59:23] Bune|Kani-maru: Quite a busy day for the Gas miners I see.

[17.08.2014 18:59:27] 2014-08-17 17:59:25 SMT 

[17.08.2014 18:59:27] GMG|GTS-Yamashiro: Nishimura: Konnichiwa ... and godspeed on your journey ... 

[17.08.2014 18:59:39] 2014-08-17 17:59:38 SMT 

[17.08.2014 18:59:39] GMG|GTS-Yamashiro: Nishimura: just your imagination ...

[17.08.2014 18:59:44] 2014-08-17 17:59:43 SMT 

[17.08.2014 18:59:44] Bune|Kani-maru: With all that... non gaseous goods...

[17.08.2014 19:00:08] 2014-08-17 18:00:06 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:00:08] Bune|Kani-maru: Be on your way if you must. Can't let that gold go to waste...

[17.08.2014 19:00:26] 2014-08-17 18:00:24 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:00:26] Bune|Kani-maru: Such a waste, yes...

[17.08.2014 19:00:41] 2014-08-17 18:00:40 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:00:41] GMG|GTS-Yamashiro: Nishimura: what waste ? 

[17.08.2014 19:01:18] 2014-08-17 18:01:16 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:01:18] Bune|Kani-maru: A waste in profits, that go to such underserving kind of people.

[17.08.2014 19:01:47] 2014-08-17 18:01:45 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:01:47] GMG|GTS-Yamashiro: Nishimura: Hai, I agree ... undeserving people like yourself ... 

[17.08.2014 19:01:56] 2014-08-17 18:01:55 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:01:56] Bune|Kani-maru: But I guess business are business, and you got your hands on some valuable stuff...

[17.08.2014 19:02:45] 2014-08-17 18:02:44 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:02:45] Bune|Kani-maru: Guess those poor bretonians are always happy to see you sell your precious fuel to them.

[17.08.2014 19:03:16] 2014-08-17 18:03:15 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:03:16] GMG|GTS-Yamashiro: Nishimura: As they should be ....

[17.08.2014 19:03:36] 2014-08-17 18:03:35 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:03:36] Bune|Kani-maru: As if it was worth an equivalent weight in gold... Poor sods.

[17.08.2014 19:03:59] 2014-08-17 18:03:57 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:03:59] GMG|GTS-Yamashiro: Nishimura: it's worth much more than it's equivilent in gold to be honest

[17.08.2014 19:04:32] 2014-08-17 18:04:30 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:04:32] Bune|Kani-maru: Such is it's demand... for now.

[17.08.2014 19:05:04] 2014-08-17 18:05:02 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:05:04] GMG|GTS-Yamashiro: Nishimura: and it's demand shall not change if we have any say in the matter ...

[17.08.2014 19:05:39] 2014-08-17 18:05:37 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:05:39] Bune|Kani-maru: Oh, to starve or not to starve a population in need. Very shrewd.

[17.08.2014 19:06:54] 2014-08-17 18:06:52 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:06:54] Bune|Kani-maru: Well, I've wasted enough time with you. Good to learn some things atleast.

[17.08.2014 19:07:19] 2014-08-17 18:07:17 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:07:19] GMG|GTS-Yamashiro: Nishimura: Oh, but we are not the ones who do the starving now are we ...

[17.08.2014 19:07:37] 2014-08-17 18:07:35 SMT 

[17.08.2014 19:07:37] Bune|Kani-maru: A "safe" journey to you, and thread carefully.

[17.08.2014 19:07:45] 2014-08-17 18:07:43 SMT Traffic control alert: Bune|Kani-maru has requested to dock

Later on, on my way to Crete in the Omicrons, I stumbled upon a Corsair raiding party in the Sigma-13. Quite a peasant change from all those GMG ships flying around. After delivering the foodstuffs to Crete, I went back and observed their operations for a moment, while fishing out some loose stuff left in their wake.

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Meanwhile, our operations in Rheinland go at a slow pace. The other day, our ship the Hayatomi-maru was ambushed by a Junker while heading back to Kusari with a shipment of Robotics. The fiend took our cargo, but other than that, we suffered no loss.

We have to further investigate the conditions of the Junker presence in the Sigmas. The Corsairs will not help us in removing them, and the GMG only add to the trouble.

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Hebishima reported another contact with the Unioners, this time with someone called Hex. Hebishima is cautious of the approach, but we might still recover the time lost since the last negotiation.

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Some progress has been made with the folks of Cape Soya about the production of new Raba vessels, and quite possibly we will have conditions to deploy them to commandeer critical operations.

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Taiga Arai-san was not pleased with the handling of the IC encounter, and decided to cut his ties with our organization. We think that he went to join the syndicates at Kamakura Base, but we have no clear intel on this.

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I think that is all on my part. Stay vigilant, stay on top of the situation.

May the Fortunes guide your path.
The Fisherman

RE: Takarabune Company Message Relay Center - WesternPeregrine - 08-31-2014

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Company Registry Connected:
User ID: The Fisherman
Clearance access: Chief Supervisor
Subject: The end of August

Goukigenyou everyone. Hope the summer has been benevolent with you. Not that it changes much here in the Tokushima Archipelago.

On the 21st, our agent Hebishima met once again with representatives of the Unioners, now being led by a group called RAP|, with a missy called Hex-san in charge.

According to Hebishima, pleasantries were exchanged, and trade of information regarding the situation in Rheinland and where do the Unioners stand. Seems they will be able to protect us in the eastern systems at least.

We agreed to provide them with guns and food supplies, as well as some pearls. Seems the missy liked our fine products. We await their list of materials to ship.

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Negotiations with Samura Industries proceed. We managed to make a deal regarding wharehouse space in their imposing Itabashi station. This way, we will be able to link easily the Rheinland and Gallic goods, hopefully speeding our operations.

Planet Junyo contributions are still progressing well with lots of deliveries made. Samura has also agreed to give some thought on collaborative research on the production and development of the Pearls and derivate products.

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We had another long interruption for a week of so, because of the end Obon celebrations. The matsuri was long, and after a few flights in my last transmission, we were back at work in Tokushima markets and shrines, so our space operations were stalled. We did compensate afterwards.

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On the 29th, we have met a large casino liner, operated by another syndicate. This syndicate, led by a Lady Black, appears to be well connected with the rich circles of Interspace Commerce Roppongi and New Tokyo. It will be good to maintain contact with this other Hogosha, who knows when we will need some different skills than our own.

If you meet the [HA]-$|Casino~*K&K*~ in space, do send our greetings on behalf of our company.

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In the same occasion, we found a GMG vessel with a large shipment of slave labour. The captain refused to heed our calls, and therefore he will be dealt accordingly.
I guess we also reported him to the police, but I feel they won't actively chase him.

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On one of my rare travels to Gallia, I have met some explorers in New Paris. Two ladies, an outgoing Harley-san and her silent companion Komachi-san.

Seems they are some sort of leisure explorers, quite an unusual hobby/job, but I guess Gallia offers enough for such people to be active.

I forgot to ask for their surnames. That could have given me some clues to search about them.
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Another encounter was several ships of the famed Unione Corse, engaged in active trading in the Tau systems and bordering Gallic worlds. We just crossed paths, but others say that their presence in Kusari has been increasing. Let's hope that is for good reasons.

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After we returned to Kusari, I received a request to meet another Hogosha in the Tottori system.
I've met this Kenji Takeda-san of the Aikokusha. I have heard little about this organization, but apparently this Takeda-san has been involved in many political circles in the past. Let's hope he's not a swindler.

We talked about some relations within the Hogosha, and then he gave me some documents about the "Association". Like then I'm still amazed by the workings that this Hogosha Association could do, even if it has been inactive for more than a century, ever since the old Kabuchiko-gumi took over the position of the Grand Syndicate, and disbanded the Association.

I immediately brought the documents to Junyo, to present them to the Seven Fortunes. They have received them in silence, so I don't know what was their initial reaction.

The Seven Fortunes have declared that the vacuum of power is too big for the Takarabune as it is. Seems the Association is a tool that comes at an opportune time. We will gather the Hogosha syndicates, and bring them in cooperation.

This way we can fill the empty space without losing ground against our opportunist enemies.

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As a final story, seems Hiraku finally showed some work being done. He reported meeting Lady Black once again in Shikoku, and while looking out for criminals, stopped a Cryer transport with that illegal Stabiline substance.

We were going to enforce him to drop the cargo, but in the end we managed an appropriate deal.

He also met Haruna-chan from the Hizoku syndicate, in her ship the [HA]-H|Hachiwara. While they operate in the Tau systems, it appears she was after my bounty offer. It is good to know that cooperation so far as been working well.

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Still lots to do for this coming weekend, so let's get to work.

May the Fortunes guide your path to prosperity.
The Fisherman

RE: Takarabune Company Message Relay Center - WesternPeregrine - 09-04-2014

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Company Registry Connected:
User ID: The Fisherman
Clearance access: Chief Supervisor
Subject: Stepping up production

Konnichiwa to all. With the opening of our new store in Itabashi, our workload has risen quite a bit.

With the need of constant shipments of new products from the Tau systems and Gallia, our patrons have authorized the purchase of the Company very first Ryuujin class cargo transport. It is a very different vessel from the ones we use, and I decided that the new Kujira-Maru operations will restrict themselves to Kusari and some trips to Gallia.

Our patrons have requested that Takarabune expanded it's security wing, and gave permission to commission a security gunboat. Our contacts with Samura pointed us to a nice model available in Yokohama Shipyard, and the Company's Ahoudori class gunboat has arrived in Junyo for fitting and personnel assignment.
The Seireisen will be the first of the -sen type heavy ships of the Security division.

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Speaking of improved security, we had a situation the other day in Shikoku.

Our Kani-Maru was arriving in Shikoku from another day of work when we received a transmission from our contacts in the Golden Dragon Casino, as well as Junyo orbital workers.
Their spotters had detected a well known outcast pirate in the system. More, he wasn't alone, so that that meant extra trouble.
Near Ohashi station, I informed the police there and contacted for backup from other Hogosha. [HA]-$|Lady.Black. reported being able to help, waiting at Junyo for takeoff.

An unexpected addition was the arrival of a Naval Forces battleship called KDS-Haruo , also following the lead of the known criminal. we agreed to work together, and headed to Junyo.

Having not find them near Junyo, we linked up with Lady.Black and moved to Deshima. As expected, we dropped in front of the outcast jeanmarrie.pfaf in his Storta class destroyer, with two odd pirates in bombers. Pirates were Habdul.Hassan , and a.|.nice.|.person .

As both forces were quite on top of each other, with only a few km between them, tensions rose quite quickly, and before either the Kusari Navy captain or the Outcast were able to take control, the unruly Hassan threatened the Battleship and began firing torpedoes at it.

Seizing the opportunity, I moved my Raba against the offending bomber, while the KDS-Haruo pounded the Outcast behind me, and Lady.Black supported both our efforts in her bomber.

Hassan quickly fell to our guns, and at the same time jeanmarrie.pfaf exploded near the lane, under the heavy fire of the Naval Battleship. The remaining bomber began shooting at me in desperation, and as he ignored my calls to stand down in his frenzy, met the same fate as the other pirate.

More Naval forces arrived at the scene as soon as we ended the confrontation. A Naval officer took statements from the KDS-Haruo captain, while I and Lady.Black checked the lanes down south for other pirates.

System was clear and we returned to Junyo with the thanks of the officers of the Navy.

Should have asked the boys to test the new gunboat, but I was the first to arrive at the scene, and we must keep Shikoku clean from those decadent influences.

encounter and engagement

KNF comms and Shikoku patrol

End of my story for today. Get back to work, we still have to set up for the next fishing session.

The Fisherman.