I received report about a large group of Corsairs pirating traders headed for Kusari in Sigma 13.
Due to the recent Corsair intrusion and pirating right in the middle of New Tokyo I could not risk having such a fleet so close to Kusari border. I also felt the moral need to protect traders that bring wealth to Kusari.
I assembled a strike force consisting of my bomber, Lieutenant Toshi and ensigns Akamoto and Tyoshiaki. We jumped into Sigma 13 and I warned the Corsair pirates to leave the system at once or we will use deadly force.
They denied.
Closing in on them we found 3 Gunboats and a fighter. The gunboats exploded in a rapid fashion:
Then only the fighter was left. He proved to be a bit harder nut to crack but his fate was inevitable. But then a Corsair cruiser closed in. We focused our fire on the bigger threat and the fighter managed to flee.
Cruiser exploded soon after that.
The new ensigns proved their worth in combat and I shared a bottle of sake with them to honor their skills.
Enemy casualties:
3 Gunboats
1 Cruiser
Allied forces casualties:
none
Sakai out
End of report
Igiss says: Martin, you give them a finger, they bite off your arm.
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Message to The Kusari Naval Forces
CommID: Ensign Hiroki Masayuki
Konnichiwa, I have news to report, about two very odd... Xenos pilots?
Yes well, while on patrol with Tigon infront of Planet New Tokyo, we came across two of those clueless Xenos Terrorist pilots from Liberty space. They stated they were trying to prepare themselves, or something in that matter, their mistake for even thinking flying through Kusari space, let alone anywhere else.
Tigon and I engaged taking out the first Raven Claw, which I could of sworn was now an LSF crafted ship... Moving on, we engaged yet another Raven Claw that was destroyed in under a minutes time. How Xenos are getting hold of this kind of craft is odd, spies perhaps?
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Responding to reports of Blood Dragon ships I found a Gunboat and a bomber in the orbit of Honshu. I engaged them and after a long fight I destroyed the gunboat:
This left me with only 10 nanobots left and no shield batteries. Nevertheless I stayed to fight the bomber. I was slowly wearing down his hull when he made a critical mistake:
I rescued 1 Fleet Admiral and 2 Cruiser Commanders as well as numerous other pilots from the wreckage.
Sakai out
End of report
Igiss says: Martin, you give them a finger, they bite off your arm.
It all started with two Golden Chrysanthemum bombers pirating in New Tokyo. Me and Akamoto responded to the call.
We engaged both of them at the Honshu Jump gate in New Tokyo after some previous hunting around. One was soon eliminated:
The other one fled to Yokogawa shipyard taking heavy damage on the way. Another GC arrived and the firs ship fled. Soon one more came but was killed:
Then another GC came! But we also got reinforcements with 3 Chimaeras and a Destroyer comming. The new GC fell after a while, while we lost one Chimaera.
This made the remaining run all the way to Tau 65 with us in pursuit. Along the way we detected a GC gunboat but he docked on Ainu immediatelly after he saw us.
In Tau 65 we lost one more Chimaera, but the GC was left with 3 nanobots. As she kept evading our fire further fighting was pointless and we decided to leave back to Hokkaido. The destroyed left to duties in Tau 31.
After we jumped the GC came back as well as 3 Blood Dragon ships and a GC gunboat. We managed to do critical damage to the Gunboat and he was forced to flee. Then Akamoto's ship got destroyed, me and Tigon were the only two left, so we decided to leave for Kyushu system. One more Blood Dragon was killed while pursuing me:
We both landed safely and the repair crews are working frantically on our ships, because we have reports of Bretonian ships in Tau 29.
An Outcast fighter was detected in the orbit of Honshu. I pursued him toward the Chugoku jump hole. There a Blood Dragon bomber was waiting. The Outcast fled and I engaged the Dragon. Soon a Draong GB came as well.
He was the first ship to go down:
As the fight progressed more and more enemy ship were comming.... 2 more Dragon bombers, one Golden Chrysanthemum girl and a mercenary GB that they "hired"
Both newly arrived bombers as well as the GC were destroyed:
The remaining Dragon bomber fled the scene so only the mercenary gunboat was still to be eliminated:
In the meantime an Outcast fighter joined in... I retreated to Honshu system and he followed. We engaged in a short fight with many other Dragon ships around, but he disengaged and fled to Chugoku after loosing all shield batteries.
Enemy casualties:
3 Bombers
2 GBs
Allied forces casualties:
none
Sakai out
End of report
Igiss says: Martin, you give them a finger, they bite off your arm.
...From: Adm. Hikaru Sulu
...To: KNF High Command, Action reports, Alpha communications
I'm trasmitting Kumori-san action report to Alpha communications.
Good job Kumori, expect a promotion.
Quote:Message to: KNF command
comm id: Kumori Doragon
Ahem... This is Kumori Doragon transmitting the action report regarding an engagement involving QCRF in the Dundee system.
The combatants was near the planet when we encountered 3 QCR ships, and 1 destroyer patrol near the planet, and three KNF forces, Kanadzuchi, Kumori Doragon, and Sulu's gunboat. Visual contacts were provided by Sulu's image database.
The combatants were as follows: Brian.Mcnab, Fortunatus,Wright, and Isaac_Brock.
I managed to destroy Isaac_Brook during the fight, but somehow managed to get separated from the main battle by a squad of fighters on standard patrol. After the fighters were destroyed, i returned to battle, only to find myself stranded bout 30K away from the others. I hightailed it back to Sulu-san and the others, but was told that the remaining QCR forces were retreating.
I found Sulu's gunboat being constantly cruise disrupted by about 8 or 9 templars. I distracted them by engaging the fight while the Sokaku managed to break through the fog of fighters.
Me on the other hand, ran out of auxillary batteries, took multiple railguns to the hull, and had to eject my data chip just before the Sokaku tractored it in and entered cruise mode back to Tau-31 jump hole.
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Run Command "To"
Message to KNF High Command
CommID: Retired Ensign Hiroki Masayuki
Konnichiwa,
I am afraid, I must hand in my resignation to the Kusari Naval Forces. To think I was ready to finally live my dream and fly for Kusari, but not all dreams come true. After an attack by a GC wing of Eagles, I was frightened, I was a coward, giving the KNF a bad name.
I will not do that again, not ever again. And with that, I leave, to go back to my studies, to my family, home.
Masayuki out
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To: KNF High Command
From: Lieutenant Inuye "Mako" Toshi
I have the honour to report, a new Gunboat is ready for duty under my command. Callsign [KNF]+Mako (Please add it to the member roster). Since yesterday, right ID and and IFF are installed. Currently it is located in Hokkaido system performing some final testing procedures. My crew is well trained, but still in need of experience.
Btw, who is providing our shipyards with transponders? Because every time with each new ship they need to be adjusted and fixed.
Reports of Blood Dragons pirating in New Tokyo reached me on planet Honshu.
I found them between Honshu jump gate and Shinagawa. A Blood Dragon fighter and a Blood Dragon bomber... there were already rests of many civilian ships around.
After some fighting the Blood Dragon fighter got disintegrated:
Fight with the bomber continued, but after he received a good amount of damage, he decided to flee trough Honshu jump hole. But in the gas cloud I finally managed to destroy him as well:
Sakai out
End of report
Igiss says: Martin, you give them a finger, they bite off your arm.