Communicator Identification:Yoko Mori Target Identification:The Elders of the Golden Chrysanthemums
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Th- thanks a t- ton. S- sorry about the m- mess it c- caused; I h- had no id- dea anything l- like that would, or... c- could happen. Tell Aik- ko I'm s- sorry and I'll t- talk to h- her later, mmkay? Th- thanks.
Anyw- ways, I h- haven't seen a l- lot of Kusarian sh- ships lately. I h- have... o- one or two, but I'd r- rather have en- nough to matter. I'll l- let you know when I d- do as normal.
Communicator Identification:Yoko Mori Target Identification:The Elders of the Golden Chrysanthemums
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H-... hi. I h- had a... w- well, weird d- day today. I g- got lots of sc- scans, wh- which is... g- good, I g- guess. B- but... w- well, I g- guess I sh- should talk ab- bout that f- first.
First of all, h- here's all the old int- tel.
I r- ran into m- more of those G- Gallic people. H- here's what I g- got from th- them.
L- later I ran int- to these "Maquis" p- people. They're... w- well, kinda sc- scary, but better, I g- guess. They kinda rem- mind me of y- you Chrys- santhemums, actually, in s- some ways. They're f- fighting against a k- king in their home, a- and doing it a l- lot like you are. They w- want to be free. Th- that's... kind wh- where the similarities end, th- though. They're m- mostly ex-convicts, and s- some of them are... r- really, really pretty t- terrifying. Esp- pecially that "Girard Gianc- carlo" guy. St- stay away from h- him. St- still, some of th- them are n- nice. Only g- got one s- set of scans, though.
Th- that was the only... n- "normal" intel I g- got before tod- day. There's... th- this though. I'm n- not really sure wh- what it is, s- so I'll just... l- leave it here.
A-... after that... I d- dunno. Weird st- stuff happened. I r- ran into this Hogosh- sha person f- flying around with s- some pretty strange weapons. I th- thought Samura h- had just given the Hog- gosha some new w- weapons, b- but now... I d- dunno.
Th-... then... we st- started talking. It s- seemed like a normal Hogosha at f- first. It w- was a girl, b- but... I've r- run into one or t- two women Hogosha bef- fore, unf- fortunately. But... the w- weird thing w- was, it k- kept saying that "they" c- could help me. I m- mean, she should've kn- known I d- didn't want any h- help from the Hogosha, and I'd alr- ready said I d- didn't need help in the f- first place. Th- then some r- really strange st- stuff started happening.
I-... it was t- talking ab- bout Cardam- mine, and s- saying you - the Chrys- santhemums - w- were gonna t- try to ens- slave me with it, a- and... th- then all of a s- sudden, I... t- tasted it. I d- definitely didn't t- taste it bef- fore. At f- first I th- thought I w- was just running low on oxyg- gen, so I s- switched tanks, b- but then I... w- wanted it. I-... urg. I-... I never w- wanted to f- feel that w- way again. I-... I m- mean, I'm s- sure some of y- you know, r- right? I... urg. S- so I-... I k- kinda freaked out a- and took off then. I... I g- got back to air I kn- knew was c- clean, and ev- ventually I st- stopped wanting it. It w- was... st- strange. I-... w- well, after a wh- while, I g- got thinking, and I rem- membered those air t- tanks came from Liberty - I b- bought them from DSE. I'm r- really freaked out n- now, so... um. Y- yeah.
And then... th- there were... ug, I kn- know this sounds abs- solutely insane, but I k- kept... hearing things. L- like people were whispering r- right next t- to me, but... th- there wasn't anyo- one there. The wh- whispering alw- ways seemed to b- be right next t- to me, no m- matter where I w- went. L- like... it w- was moving with m- me or s- something. A- and I kept f- feeling... em- motions that w- weren't mine. Wh- when I was sc- scared, suddenly I'd w- want to laugh - j- just for a second - and the whisp- pering'd g- get louder. I- I... I'm sc- scared. Am I g- going crazy? Wh- what's happening t- to me?
Konbanwa Yoko,
I hope you are alright, should you need any medical help, please dont hesitate to ask for it!
This is a very interesting report, especially these Gallics and the strange things you encountered. Maybe we will have to talk with them soon.
The big ship you met was a Order vessel, we saw some of these in Kusari, but I dont really know what they try to achieve here. I think you dont have to worry about them.
The scary Hogosha however is something I can not explain, you should accept our offer for some medical help, maybe the wierd feeling was just an allergic reaction?
Communicator Identification:Yoko Mori Target Identification:The Elders of the Golden Chrysanthemums
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I-... y- yeah, I... th- think I will t- take you up on th- that offer, th- thanks. Noth- thing else weird h- has happened s- since then - I th- think - but I def- finitely want t- to find out wh- what that w- was all ab- bout.
Communicator Identification:Yoko Mori Target Identification:The Elders of the Golden Chrysanthemums
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H- hi! It's b- been a while since I upd- dated, I kn- know - alm- most a month. I've b- been busy, th- though. Very b- busy. It p- payed off, t- too. Look h- here:
Y- you're smart en- nough to know wh- what that is, and wh- who's on it. I c- couldn't do anyth- thing against it but sc- scan it, b- but boy did I c- cause a secur- rity panic. G- got away clean, t- too, and s- saved a Dragon by dist- tracting the fighters ch- chasing him, who c- came to t- try to catch me.
It w- was invading Leeds. I... c- couldn't do m- much but hold it st- still for Ozei and the Armed Forc- ces, b- but that w- was enough. W- wish I had the firep- power to help, th- though.
It sh- showed up right aft- ter the Nehu. W- we took it d- down... w- well, fast en- nough that I c- couldn't get an- ny kind of conc- clusive scans of it.
The Bount- ty Hunter's G- Guild has bec- come more and m- more active in Kus- sari latel- ly, s- so I'm g- gonna st- start get- tting scans of th- them.
This is Karry O'K- Ki. She's... k- kinda b- been stalk- king me ab- bit latel- ly. Apparentl- ly I'm a h- high prior- rity targ- get now, and sh- she's in ch- charge of capt- turing me. It'd b- be kinda f- flattering if th- they weren't, you kn- know, trying t- to murd- der and/or ens- slave me.
N- not that weird, exc- cept he w- was sneaking a ton of Plut- tonium, and he really d- didn't want m- me to know wh- where it w- was going. He end- ded up going sev- veral systems out of h- his way to h- hide beh- hind Freeport 9 so we c- couldn't follow h- him. It w- was unus- sual.
C- caught him undoc- cking from Freeport 1. Sup- pposedly, Bret- tonia and Rheinl- land have a c- cease-fire, s- so I th- thought you'd w- want to kn- know about this devel- lopment.
I've h- heard rum- mors those p- poor women are b- being forced int- to it, too, unsurp- prisingly. I c- can't conf- firm it, but I susp- pect they're r- right.
The.Magician and Dario.Gaspar.:
S- so... w- while I was f- flying around in New Y- York ab- bout a month ag- go. So... th- they... b- basically, long st- story short, the sh- shot my Dromed- dary d- down - an... um... w- well, I g- guess you c- could call it a rest- tored antique - and l- left me freight- terless, and st- stuck with j- just that awf- ful Charon f- for ages (which, inc- cidently, made one of m- my Rheinland rep- ports to the Bretonian Crown l- late). Ap- pparently, they st- stole from a Bowex sh- ship I w- was talk- king to right aft- ter they g- got me, t- too. Th- thing is, th- though... th- they were b- both f- flying your Orch- chid-class bombers. I m- mean, what!? H- how do peop- ple like this get those th- things? I m- mean, as o- one of your cont- tractors - which I d- did warn them ab- bout - I d- don't expect to b- be shot down by y- your own ships. So y- yeah. I'd k- kinda like an explan- nation here. I'm not h- happy ab- bout this at a- all.
Konichiwa Yoko,
Those are quite interesting scans, especially the one of the Satsuma. We never came close enough to get something like this. Now we know what we have to deal with if we ever get the chance to destroy this thing.
Now about those 2 last scans, I made a mistake there and I am trying to get rid of it. If you need a new Freighter just contact me Yoko!
Communicator Identification:Yoko Mori Target Identification:The Elders of the Golden Chrysanthemums
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Hm... a n- new freight- ter would b- be nice, b- but... hm. W- well, I've st- started work- king on hiring m- my crew for th- the Ichih- hara, and I'm f- figuring out I'm g- gonna have big p- problems maint- taining them as it i- is. I-... I th- think I'm g- gonna go elsewh- where for my carg- go-moving n- needs. I n- need something... b- bigger than a freight- ter. I kn- know just where t- to look, too.
On t- top of that, I've f- found m- more and more of a n- need for... s- something w- with a little m- more firep- power. That Satsum- ma thingie w- wasn't the first t- time I had an opport- tunity to go aft- ter something huge and c- couldn't 'cause I w- was stuck in s- some little fighter. I c- can't afford to m- maintain much, but... y- you know all ab- bout that, anyw- ways.
Als- so, I'm g- gonna be t- trying a l- little more of an... und- dercover mission soon. If you h- have gener- ric-looking ships th- that're not alr- ready regist- tered to anyo- one, and n- not related t- to you or a- any of the rest of our s- side in any w- way, that'd b- be great. Just a sh- shot in the d- dark here, and it's n- not a big d- deal, it'd j- just make my l- life a little eas- sier.
Anyw- ways, that's p- pretty much a l- list of everyth- thing I really n- need right now to move f- forward right n- now. I'll l- leave how to resp- pond to it up t- to you.
Konichiwa Yoko,
I should be able to help you with a ship, its a Roc class Bomber, one of the newer models even. We bought a few of them out of private hands, so they are not known to have caused any trouble in the past.
They should allow you to work undercover wherever you want to, as this is one of the more openly available ships.
Communicator Identification:Yoko Mori Target Identification:The Elders of the Golden Chrysanthemums
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Oooh. N- nice. Thanks a t- ton. This'll eas- sily cover the undercov- ver issue. I m- mean, it w- won't work for b- both the undercover and f- firepower issues; aft- ter all, I'd h- hardly be undercov- ver if I was sh- shooting Kusari with the s- same ship that w- was spying on th- them. But it defin- nitely will help with my undercov- ver work.
It... d- does seem k- kinda... I d- dunno. A- anyways... g- guess I'll send my n- next report al- long when it's r- ready.
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