Greetings Mr Tex Mex.

My name is Le Gérant, I am the newly appointed Ambassador of the Lane Hackers. As such, my new position does not allow me a lot of time at the moment, lots of paperworks and the likes, I'm sure you know what I mean. So I will try to be as direct as possible about all this.

I have went over the attached logs that you have provided us and I have a few questions.

First, what do you know about this individual so far? Or perhaps it is a group of individuals? To be honest, to have a single man put the Junkers in such Frenzy leads me to believe that you might know a little bit more than you let on. Surely if it was just another idle threat, it would be shrugged off as such and simply ignored, right?

Second, if a bounty was put on your head, it is quite likely that you have already met this man or the organization this man is part of. Can you remember anyone you might have recently offended to the point of wanting to physically harm you? As attempt on your life been made by said individual so far?

Third, I need to know who this Ari Kova individual is. If we can find a link between this individual's past actions, it would be much easier to build up a dossier on who we're dealing with. Additionally, the individual has asked for a meeting in the Sigma-19 system. For the moment, it is a stretch to make any assumptions but it would not be far-fetched to say that there is a reason to have chosen Sigma-19. It is a hot spot for both Outcast and Corsair activity, perhaps the individual is linked to one or the other, perhaps not. It is however worth investigating.

Fourth, the messages that individual has sent are quite ominous. To be paid twenty-five measly millions for our reconnaissance and espionage services are almost making a fool out of us. We do not yet know what threat this man represents to you or us. However, I believe we can smooth out the finer details on the reward later so do not let this bother you too much as of now. For now I would like you to answer the questions asked.

I apologize if this is not the straight up answer you would have wanted but before any good Reconnaissance and Espionage mission can be done, it is very important to sit down for a moment and know every facts and details of what we're dealing with here. Men will be sent on the field to investigate if this escalates and so before sending any men to potentially dangerous situations, I would have as much information and intelligence built up on this dossier as possible before men are deployed.

We are professionals, it would not be wise to just rush headlong into something like this. Thank you for your understanding.

Greetings.

Thank you for your swift reply. Time is of the essence in situations like these.

A very generous sum that is. Four times the original amount, is this man starting to worry the Junkers that much?

This whole story is a little bit confusing, I won't lie about that. Let's recap, an individual named Ari Kova going under the name of Yaroslava Ivanov who happened to once be with the Lane Hackers worked on a project called Kronos Device that I've never heard of and is now an AI? That is a lot to swallow in one go but I will give you the benefit of the doubt.

Can't say it hasn't piqued my curiosity however.

We accept your terms. We will mount a dossier on the individual, we will find what this entity who calls itself Blackwood is and come back to you with our findings.

Also, you seem to be rather knowledgeable on this Ari Kova, where have you learned of all this?

At any rate, stay safe out there until we know more about this individual and always have an eye on your back.

If you have anything else for us, do not hesitate to contact me directly.

Greetings.

Send payment to LH~Le.Gerant for the time being.

I will be personally out into the field to see what I can find. It is unknown if this individual knows of your contact with us Lane Hackers. In the event that the person knows and things get dangerous, I expect your bases to be ready to receive me.

However, I do not think it will go that far. A quick in and out espionnage is more in our line of work and interest.

Greetings.

I have started fielding men in search of this individual or possibly even organization called BlackWood. So far they have not found much unfortunately, he is either a very slippery fellow or simply works through others.

I received footage of Sigma-19, they went to the Rendez-Vous point to see if they could find anything. They haven't found much but they have found a Jump Hole to the Sigma-17 system. One could assume this would be the escape plan. Once in Sigma-17, it can also be possible to assume where they might head to. The odds of them going back to Sigma-13 are slim as it is not in their best interest to stay around for too long after the transaction. my scouts have found Jump Holes to unknown systems but they haven't dared pushing further at the moment.

Footage:
Sigma-17 Jump Hole at F6 coordinates in Sigma-19.
First Jump Hole at G4 coordinates in Sigma-17.
Second Jump Hole at F6 coordinates in Sigma-17.

Additionally, I have heard about the sad passing of Mr Tex Mex. His death might not be in vain however.

Do you have access to the black box footage of the two destroyed Junker ships? If the individual truly work through others, it might be worth it to first know the identity of the killers that could link back to BlackWood if BlackWood himself wasn't the perpetrator in these murders.

(10-08-2016, 06:11 AM)Blackwood Wrote: NO!!!

I KILLED HIM, YOU RUSTY PIECE OF SCRAP!! ME!!!