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source: Battlecruiser Iwo Jima
comms id: Lt.Col. James Patterson,Liberty Marine Corps
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so let me get this straight,your station malfunctions and that gives you the right to fire on a military Gunboat.*he laughed* im gonna keep this short,you fire upon my command or otherwise endanger my crew,i will respond acordingly based on the threat to my Vessel,so i highly sugest you fix your IFF Recivers on that outpost.you shouldent of fired upon him at all,as you should damn well know that the guard IFFs read as hostile for a reason asumeing the pathfinder is guard ided, if not then it is you KOF ,that have a very Serious problem
PRIORITY:[color=#33FF33] Medium SOURCE: Pathfinder TARGET: Liberty Forces COMM ID: 'Shadow' Drake SUBJECT: [KoF] Vessels
Thats rather amusing you say that. LPI rookies can be rather envious of the Liberty Elite.
Considering the fact that there were a number of claims to say that Trenton Outpost's defense systems were working as they should.
However, if you will take note to this next piece of evidence, being my transponder, you will see that it is displaying "Liberty Security Force" as it should.
I was rather surprised when the outpost opened fire, however it started making sense when I saw Chief O'Brien begin firing.
Lucky for him he realized what he was firing at before I could get a snapshot with the guncameras.
The other corporate ships I can only assume were following suit with the KoF opening fire. Which was shortly handled over direct communications channels with each ship from my comms officer.
In response to Patterson's transmission. This ship does not bear a Guard IFF.
The outpost simply malfunctioned, as opposed to the KoF claims, and opened fire.
Followed shortly by a brief barrage from Chief O'Brien's transport once my shields were disabled.
'Shadow' Drake
Captain, Pathfinder SIC
Liberty Security Force
I know I'm not a member of the Navy, the Police, or any part of the law enforcement forces, but I can't keep my tongue, and since these communications seem open to the citizenry, I believe I'm in my rights to respond here.
Colonel Patterson, I believe you've misunderstood Ocampo's and William's message. They have stated that none of their ships were involved in firing at the gunboat, and it was the result of faulty transponders on the Gunboat's side. As you can see, the gunboat's sensors showed not only Trenton and the Velvet Revolvis as hostile, but the tradelane to West Point, along with Synth Foods, Deep Space Engineering, and even Police vessels in Manhattan's orbit.
The damage done to the Pathfinder was the result of automatic weapon systems on Trenton that fire on vessels who's transponders mark it as hostile. This is a self-defense system used on all space stations, including those controlled by the Navy. I don't know why this gunboat was, but it cannot blame another organization for improper maintenance of its systems.
While his transponders were correctly identifying his allegiance, the subsystems were obviously malfunctioning to cause a response from Trenton and the surrounding police and corporate patrols.
Forgive my presumption here, but I had to speak my mind. I would not want such a Captain near me if he has a tendency to blame his failures on others.
PRIORITY:[color=#33FF33] Medium SOURCE: Pathfinder TARGET: Liberty Forces COMM ID: 'Shadow' Drake SUBJECT: [KoF] Vessels
Ms. Foster, I must ask that you refrain from attempting to speak on matters to which you know absolutely nothing about.
Yes, the KoF show as hostile on my scanners.
They will remain as such unless they are found to be innocent of their wrongdoings to which current evidence holds them to.
That said it is very unlikely that this will happen.
Whatever affected the defense systems on Trenton must have also affected the systems on the nearby Trade Lane. Something that you won't see in the guncamera footage, however, is that both Manhattan's Defense Systems and Newark's Defense Systems were working fine identifying me as a non-hostile.
Now as I've already stated. The other ships without a doubt opened fire simply due to the confusion at the time, or in the case of the LPI Junior Officers, or Rookies, out of envy of the Liberty Elite. The pilots of those ships were spoken to by my comms officer and shortly afterward headed off to their previous destinations.
Lastly, I'm not a blind man, Ms. Foster. I can see both what a fool you are thinking you can make the statement as to what damaged my ship and I could see the gunfire coming straight from the barrels of Chief O'Brien's turrets.
'Shadow' Drake
Captain, Pathfinder SIC
Liberty Security Force
I don't think it's an attempt at speaking if the words manage to come out of my mouth.
You claim the Kings of Freight vessels will remain 'hostile' on your scanners until declared innocent of wrongdoing.. But to that I ask why they were hostile on those scanners to begin with? If the firing was indeed due to confusion, it was the confusion sparked by your malfunctioning (or deliberately faulty?) scanners. This leads back to my original point, in that this wouldn't have come about if your scanners had been maintained and were operating correctly like other vessels of the Liberty Security Force. I find it highly unusual that a ship belonging to the Liberty Security Force would be the cause of a breach in our nation's security itself.
If the same thing happened to that tradelane that happened to Trenton, than perhaps the malfunction wasn't due to the station's and tradelane's scanners, but your own. The odds of a station's auto-firing system malfunctioning is remote.. The odds of a tradelane's system malfunctioning simultaneously, and declaring the same target, is nearly impossible. The only way this could come about is if the vessel in question had system troubles that emitted false readings. And judging by the backlog of scanner contacts in the photo you sent us, I'd say that Manhattan and Newark were marked similarly to that of Trenton and the tradelane. I know for a fact that when a station marks a vessel as hostile, the stations nearby adopt the same stance.
Your accusations that the Police forces fired on you out of envy only strengthen my claims and further show your narcissism. In taking a look at the communications log publicized here, I'm only more sure of that opinion, seeing your deliberately baiting O'Brien and demonstrating arrogance and sarcasm to his request for you to fix your malfunctioning systems.
If you are to keep Liberty secure, you should ensure your own affairs are in order before beginning your duties, and not try to blame a civilian because of your mistakes.
And I still have yet to see any evidence of O'Brien firing on your vessel..
This is AI construct "Izzy". I occasianally assist Commander Archer. I agree with Miss Foster. Compeltely. Check your own tech before you blame others, and I do not see anything that shows O'Brien engaged you.
PRIORITY:[color=#33FF33] Medium SOURCE: Pathfinder TARGET: Liberty Forces COMM ID: 'Shadow' Drake SUBJECT: [KoF] Vessels
Commander Archer, the malfunction alone is not the issue. The KoF have numerous violations that they are charged with.
I encourage anyone who thinks the KoF to be innocent and law-abiding to review the transmission in the following Neural Net Link.
I was just informed of this archived transmission by one of my men who I left in command of the ship while I left to eat lunch.
Having reviewed that transmission myself only a few moments ago and seeing that it has had no response for quite some time.
An investigation will be started immediately to determine why it was left alone and the validity of the report.
However the cargo scan will be hard to deny as being legit.
Ms. Foster, it may not be an attempt at speaking but it is definately an attempt at speaking about something you have no knowledge of. Try to keep a sentence in its original form instead of picking out what you may to try and twist it to your liking.
The KoF subdivision of the Universal Shipping company were red-flagged prior to this event entirely due to certain confidential reports that have been made.
Here is where I must ask you how my ship's scanner settings, have any influence on the scanners of other systems.
And in all honesty, don't answer that, because They Don't. All it takes is a few keystrokes on the console and one ship can be labeled hostile from my scanners, while they remain labeled as an allied ship to a fighter wing flying with my ship. At the same time, another ship transmitting the same IFF could remain labeled as an allied ship to the Pathfinder's scanners.
This ship's scanners are thoroughly checked, updated, and recalibrated on a daily basis. By a techician aboard the ship, if not a shipyard technician. Both being about as close to perfect as anyone can get.
Narcissism would imply that I said they only shot out of envy of me, and me alone. However, those were not my words. I spoke of a sizable collection of people. Don't make selecting words out of a sentence and twisting them a habit, Ms.
Now, if you'll refer to a prior transmission I made. You will find a secondary transmission of my IFF Signal.
There was no sarcasm or arrogance in my response to his demand which was clearly not a "request". In that the "other direction" I spoke of was to have my gunners return fire on his ship. However, I restrained them to only a two-barrage warning in order to quiet him down.
You will, unfortunately, not see any direct evidence to O'Brien's firing as he quit before I could save an image from the guncameras. Which this statement can also be found in an earlier transmission.
Once again, Ms. Foster, I kindly ask you to discontinue any further discussion on your part. I respect people's opinions, but only when they make those opinions based on having knowledge on what their opinion is about. Knowledge, in this case, you don't have.
'Shadow' Drake
Captain, Pathfinder SIC
Liberty Security Force
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As far as the Security Force is concerned this matter has been resolved. However I had an incident with a [KoF] vessel in the past that was resolved quickly, me and my agents will be monitoring the situation. That is all.
Miss Julia Wolfe
Associate Deputy Director
Liberty Security Force High Command
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Commander Archer has been notified about that, and the data you gave us has been checked. Thank you for the evidence. I cant speak for any of the Navy or LSF, but I can say that Archer and Captain Kei Nagase will be watching the KoF VERY closely.