INCOMING TRANSMISSION
COMM ID: Takako Nakajima
LOCATION: Ainu Depot, Hokkaido System
Sisters! A magnificent patrol I had today. Left Ainu with Sei Osugi and Junko Okanaya to go and stir up trouble for Kusari establishment. Osugi-san and Okanaya-san went to Shikoku, but I was stay in New Tokyo to tease the Police and Naval Forces. They were blinded by own stupidity and never caught me, even as I was sit right next to Planet New Tokyo. Was very amusing.
I headed towards Shinjuku for finally dealing with policeman Toyo Oyashio, when out of lane comes a Hogosha in Black Dragon fighter. Have not before seen these Hogosha, "Kagemushu Ltd". Could be new group in Hogosha - should be watching them.
Tonikaku, the Hogosha named Bonten told me to be leaving Kusari. I told him to go and put his head in a horse's bottom. He was open fire, but my missiles quickly made him regret this. Then, after a fight:
I am betting he will be object of much joking at Hogosha clubs after this. Beaten by a woman! He will never again be able to show his face.
Sender ID: Nezumi Yui
Location: Moioka Base
Transfer Code: *****-***-*****
Code Accepted
*Squeek* What a day... first the suprise as my superior called me. I had to fill in for a missing Sister. I even could move in a Blossom. I never was able to even touch it. Most of the time I had to fly in a Griffin... I got called to a big battle, which... I never saw. I was too late, but the Nebula of Kyushu is too hard to move inside. But I met some of our Outcasts friends for that. I gave them some Cardamine because one seemed to be sick and it always helps me. And when you give treats to one person you have to share with everyone.
*the crunch of vegetables interrupt the report* "Well, then the O-Shaku Osugi Sempai-Chan and myself moved towards the tradelanes to check up on Transporters. The first one attacked us on sight, we had to put him down... he almost got a scratch on the Blossom I lend....by the way, can I get some air fresheners? Lynn-Sempai was not very clean I am afraid.
Okay... to continue the report... we moved towards Chugoku because some signals came from there for hostile fighters. I can`t report what happened there I am afraid, I had to promise... but those triangle ships were cute. Then we moved to Sigma 13 where we, again, be attacked on sight. This time from 4 ships. Sempai got hit by a lucky shot and had to retreat. I followed them to Frankfurt, severely damaging their ships until they got me in a trap and nearly killed me. After that shock we went again for Kyushu, we got two transporter who tried to move Polymer to a Bounty Hunters Base. We got all their cash from them, 1,5 Million. Well, they were unlucky enough to meet up with an Outcast after that, who destroyed them. I feel so sad about them *squeek*.
Then we saw on the radar a Kusari Naval Force Fighter. Of course we came close and attacked him, but when we almost had him, he got backup from the Yakuza. We escaped undamaged and... as lucky as we were, met up with a Samura Transporter in Hokkaido. He burned to good...*squeek*
Oh... and here are some shots of him. I tried to use the camera but the button is sticky and I don`t like that. Now where is my Cardami....
There should be a message directed at the Sisterhood relitively soon concerning the sale of an Orcid Bomber. The message should be found under the Communication Section soon.
Another glorious day for our cause, together with our Dragon Brothers and our Outcast Friends we were able to destroy another Naval Forces vessel, lets see how long it will take until they stop to build them.
A bit later, I encountered a Zoner vessel in the Dragons home. It didnt want to cooperate and its behaviour was more then questionable, so I decided to remove it.
I was summoned into space by Osugi-sama, reporting the presence of a huge, unidentified spaceship within Tau-65, rapidly heading towards the jumphole leading to Tau-44. Osugi-sama deemed it wise to flank the ship and catch it in Tau-23, but Colonial Remnant forces hailed us in the said system, reporting the being handled by their security forces within Tau-44 already.
We were to go back to Tau-65 and monitor the other end of the system from Hokkaido when suddenly, the vessel disappeared from system sensors. Local patrol ships report it suddenly vanishing, it must have been sucked in by a gravitational anomaly.
The Colonials informed us that it was a Naval Forces battleship, designated as IKN-Yamato. More than that, we couldn't determine of its whereabouts.
As the threat passed, we went back to Ainu, where I fetched my Chimaera. We launched a wing with Osugi-sama to collect some resources and donations from the traders passing through Kyushu, it was quite successful, I have to say.
Here's a summary on what vessels we found:
This vessel is an IMG Miner. It took him a few shots and disruptor missiles to get him to even say a word after our demands. Its cargo was empty, but Osugi-sama asked for a smaller donation of 500,000 credits. The miner decided to be so supportive that he paid double the price, so we let him go.
An Ageira vessel, carrying Military vehicles through Kusari, to Bretonia. That, we due to the security issues, we found hard to believe with Osugi-sama. We were going to escort the ship to the McDuff ourselves, but then its reactor started malfunctioning. I wanted to destroy the ship and deliver the vehicles ourselves, but Osugi-sama in her mercy, decided to allow the Libertonian to move back to planet Kyushu and fix his vessel.
We found a Liberty Rogue gunboat traversing the lanes of Kusari, claiming to visit an Outcast relative. I again, called a lie, since the very genetic code differs of the Maltese people from normal humans, but again, Osugi-sama in her infinite mercy let the gunboat move, with the promise that it wouldn't cause any trouble within our territory.
A random miner transport vessel, one of the Kiretsu, a vessel labeled as Kentano allowed it passage while Osugi-sama was dealing with the Rogue gunboat, also present at that time.
A Freelancer-registered IMG mining vessel under a Liberty police IFF. The captain attempted to run on multiple counts, due to which we requested a donation of four million credits. After throughout... persuation to pay up and two bombers being present along with my Chimaera, the captain decided to pay up.
I gave a part of it to the Armory, as Osugi-sama suggested.
I established a waypoint-based flight pattern throughout Kusari, to patrol the inner systems and map the patrol routes conducted by the Emperor's forces. I took a short circle through Hokkaido, Kyushu, Tokyo and lastly, Honshu, then proceeded to refuel at Battleship Matsuda.
In Honshu, around Yukawa and the planet, I ran into faint visuals erupting from Hogosha vessels, chiefly ones belonging to the Yakuza organization. One of them hailed me, I didn't engage since I was low on fuel and had to make my trip to Matsuda short.
Near the Okinawa jump gate, I was hailed by Rika-sama, flying the Inari transport vessel. She told me to wait for her at that specific location, so I proceeded to hide in the nebula near the jump gate, then switched off my engines and non-essential systems, noticing the arrival of the Inari in a few minutes.
Rika-sama was intending to pick up H-Fuel from Sendai, a station I never heard of until today. Seemingly a Blood Dragon research base, where I wasn't allowed to land. At any rate, our first waypoint was Matsuda, since my reserves wouldn't have lasted until Sendai.
After filling up the tank, Rika-sama revealed me the location of the aforementioned Blood Dragon base, Sendai research complex and we flew there to pick up even more H-Fuel, intending to supply the fighters stationed at Ainu with it.
I waited in space while the Inari was filled up, then we started cruising back to Honshu. On the edge of the nebula, we stumbled upon an unpleasant surprise, a sole Yakuza Black Dragon fighter, piloted by one of their aces, Hideki. Little did we have to wait for the other ship to materialize, an Eagle-class vessel emerged from the nebula, standing to assist his wingman.
Hideki introduced the Oyabun's claims for Rika-sama's head, which of course was a scenario I couldn't idly spectate. Following a brief amount of negotiations, they commenced their attack on the Inari, which I attempted to cover with my Suncannons.
The engagement lasted merely for a few minutes. While delivering only moderate damage to one of the Yakuza serpents; Hayate, the Inari was critically damaged by the strike force. The hull of the ship was fortunately saved however, along with it Rika-sama and the tons of H-Fuel.
The hostile wing leader's weapon systems started malfunctioning, forcing him and his wingman to cease their attack. We used the opportunity with Rika-sama to escape the battlefield.
Through Honshu and Choguku, we reached Ainu depot, both of our ships (barely) intact. The fuel supplies reached the base, but the Inari has to be a subject to repairs.
Be so notified that mercenary [color=#FF6600]Alexander Vargas has decided to take arms against the Sisterhood, contracted by the Corsair Elders to eliminate us.
I met the Sabre-class vessel he was flying near Shinjuku Station in New Tokyo. He disrupted the lane I was intending to use, then proceeded to engage me after a few minutes of conversing. He doesn't care about the righteous war we're fighting for a greater Kusari, he is merely driven by the cash the Corsairs offer.
Following a relatively long shootout, the end of which was spectated by a bunch of Yakuza pilots, I placed his vessel out of action. I'm certain he'll be back though. Let him serve as an example to anyone intending to prospect against a better Kusari.
Incomming Transmission
Source: Office of the Okasan, Morioka
ID: Okasan Matsumoto
Subject: Small stuff.
Greetings ladies of Kusari.
First, i wish to officially announce the promotion of Junko Okanaya to Han'gyoku.
Second, i hereby also promote Nezumi Yui to Han'gyoku.
May you bear your new positions with honour.
Arigato for your attention
Matsumoto
Transmission Ends
In a brilliant tactical movement, i charged backwards.
Through blood and sweat, the Sisterhood managed to pull a victory of a considerable size today. Several Samura and Naval Forces vessels have been eliminated, we also paid a visit to our Maltese brothers between two "operations."
I launched from Ainu to perform an everyday patrol of the region, while I was at it, I also grabbed my new Orchid bomber. Luckily enough, I picked up the signal of Sister Rika, originating from Sigma-13. I quickly contacted her, then we proceeded to regroup near the Honshu-Sigma 13 gate.
As soon as I reached the gate, a Samura Akegata transport jumped in, with a cargo hold full of terraforming gases. I halted the vessel, soon afterwards the Inari arrived. Little did we suspect that the Akegata, designated as Kimichi Machiro; was a lead vessel of an entire Samura convoy. We didn't have to wait long, two more Samura-registered Akegata transports, the Tugric and Mr. Ben jumped in.
We hailed the convoy's lead vessel, the Kimichi Machiro. The captain was rather cheeky, he even started threatening us, thinking two vessels had no chance against three of his heavily armored Akegatas. His strategy was flawed due to the fact that each of these ships were equipped with Iron Hammer transport turrets, definitely not meant for countering a bomber attack.
Following the claim of cash I introduced, they dared demanding the exact same sum back, opening fire at the Inari to... emphasize their "superior weaponry."
As few minutes of warfare passed, the Inari got heavily damaged, Rika-sama had to abandon the ship as soon as we destroyed the convoy's lead vessel. As the Inari was abandoned, I was left alone against two Akegatas, dispatching both of them without suffering any sort of injury.
Rika-sama grabbed her Orchid from Ainu, we met up in Sigma-13, where she showed me the remnants of the Imperial Rheinland fleet. It made me draw the conclusion. Soon, visitors into Kusari will stare at the wrecks of the Emperor's vessels, that died to a small force of fighters prospecting for a greater goal. The people of Kusari will then realize the Emperor is no longer needed, when there's no whip to punish them with.
At any rate, through various nebulae, me and Rika-sama eventually made our way to the Outcasts' home, Planet Malta. I got a fresh supply of cardamine, while Rika-sama conducted talks with a figure I deemed shady. The Outcasts in space gave us no trouble either, neither did the miners of the Taus as we made our way back to Kusari. En route, we linked up with one of the Kiretsu, Kusanagi-san.
To our surprise however, we ran into a pair of Naval Forces vessels above Tsushima. I attempted to approach them with a diplomatic tone, introducing them the abuse they are too ignorant to even notice, to which they responded by labeling it mere hallucinations caused by cardamine.
The samurai eventually commenced their attack, targeting the bomber of Rika-sama at first. I quickly eliminated the Katana-wing bomber with a SNAC projectile, then proceeded to disengage. Rika-sama's ship was placed temporarily out of action by a power surge, so Kusanagi-san was fighting the KNF Chimaera alone.
I spectated the fight, Kusanagi-san lost her ship, but not without doing considerable damage to the enemy. The Naval Forces pilot then told me a pair of bombers he would eliminate without trouble, so Rika-sama, whose ship was again operational, gave me the go to prove him wrong.
The fight resulted in our victory. The Chimaera was destroyed by a supernova projectile launched by Rika-sama. All hostiles in the area have been eliminated.
We flew back to Ainu for the rest of the day. We managed to destroy an entire Samura convoy and eliminate a Naval Forces patrol. My new Orchid bomber also managed to... pass her flight evaluation process. I'll call today a considerable notion of success.