I apologise for the tone of this communication, however I was recently party to a most concerning series of events which I believe warrants the investigation of a member of the Kusari State Police.
The incident at hand had the most concerning smell of apparent collusion between Oda Shima of the Kusari State Police and a member of the Golden Chrysanthemums.
Please find below a copy of our internal report of the situation, along with communication recordings and some basic visual evidence of the presence of both parties:
Date: 01/07/822
Recipient: Kogane no Kitsune Dantai Security Teams (CC: KKD Leadership)
Report Author: Minoru Chiaki
Subject: KSP-Oda.Shima[J]. and collusion with Golden Chrysanthemum terrorists
++Opening Report++
Upon entering the Hokkaido System from New Tokyo, in order to avoid pirates on the way to Planet Kyushu, our vessel was stopped by a member of the Golden Chrysanthemums. This individual seems to have had no interest in any actions other than stalling our craft until the arrival of their accomplice.
The accomplice turned out upon arrival to be no other than a member of the Kusari State Police, the fact of their collusion was made clear by the fact that the KSP ship completely ignored the presence of a Golden Chrysanthemum ship in order to perform a "routine" scan on our vessel.
As it transpired, there were a number of crates of black market weapons hidden amongst our shipment of fertilizers, their presence should be investigated thoroughly. It is recommended that agents begin their investigations with the dock crews at both Planet Holstein and Planet Kyushu in order to determine who sent these items and who the intended recipient was.
As per KKD policy, we were fully co-operative and all demands of the KSP officer were met, regardless of their collusion with terrorists and their particularly disproportionate fine in relation to the offence.
I recommend that this incident is reported to the Kusari Authorities, and a note of the following departures from Kusari Law are highlighted:
4-1 In any scenario in which a Kusari Law Enforcer confiscates illegal cargo from your ship, you will be required to pay a fine to the officer. Your fine will depend on your ship class and the cargo you carry: Transports will be fined between 3,000,000 and 5,000,000 credits, depending on the amount of cargo confiscated.
(In this instance, the total amount of Black Market Munitions was 1,000 units, less than on quarter of our cargo capacity, therefore, the fine of $5,000,000 may be seen as excessive, although not strictly illegal. It should be investigated however whether the officer did indeed forward the funds to the KSP Bank Account as they stated.)
5-5 The following ship types are not welcome in Kusari and will be considered hostile targets if encountered: "Blossom" Golden Chrysanthemum VHF
6-1 The following organizations are declared extreme dangers to Kusari. Members of these organizations found in Kusari Territory and Kusari Zones of Influence will be arrested or executed: Golden Chrysanthemums
(The officer ignored both of the above directives in order to perform a routine scan on a Kusari Corporate Vessel, the only possible explanation for this is collusion with the Golden Chrysanthemum agent in question.)
The utmost vigilance is recommended during any dealings with this individual, and any further information pertaining to corrupt activity should be forwarded to the KKD leadership for reporting to the Kusari Authorities.
[01.07.2015 17:54:52] Amaya.Harumi: Oh, hey.
[01.07.2015 17:55:06] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: Kon'nichiwa
[01.07.2015 17:55:18] Amaya.Harumi: Doing dirty smuggling, my dear?
[01.07.2015 17:55:29] Amaya.Harumi: Sit in place, for your own good.
[01.07.2015 17:55:53] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: And why would I take orders from you, pray tell, Harumi san?
[01.07.2015 17:56:12] Amaya.Harumi: Why not?
[01.07.2015 17:56:53] Amaya.Harumi: We might just happpen to have a nice chat.
[01.07.2015 17:57:23] Amaya.Harumi: Sooo, uhmhmhmmh.
[01.07.2015 17:57:26] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: Well, that isas may be, or you might be calling your friends here as we speak
[01.07.2015 17:57:34] Amaya.Harumi: I'm a lone wolf, sadly.
[01.07.2015 17:57:42] Amaya.Harumi: So, hm.
[01.07.2015 17:57:51] Amaya.Harumi: How is the day?
[01.07.2015 17:58:03] Amaya.Harumi: Weather seems to be nice today, no?
[01.07.2015 17:58:07] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: Not too bad so far, arigato.
[01.07.2015 17:58:21] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: And yours?
[01.07.2015 17:58:29] Amaya.Harumi: Good.
[01.07.2015 17:58:38] Amaya.Harumi: Quite entertaining.
[01.07.2015 17:58:55] Amaya.Harumi: Care to say where are your voyages going to take you?
[01.07.2015 17:59:15] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: My destination is my business I am afraid.
[01.07.2015 17:59:24] Amaya.Harumi: Shame.
[01.07.2015 17:59:30] Amaya.Harumi: Up north, I suppose.
[01.07.2015 17:59:32] Amaya.Harumi: Oh, look.
[01.07.2015 17:59:35] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: And unfortunately I do not have time to chat
[01.07.2015 17:59:41] Amaya.Harumi: I'll leave you two alone.
[01.07.2015 17:59:47] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: This is a police vessel, halt your engine, KKD|Shonin-01.
[01.07.2015 18:00:01] Amaya.Harumi: Have fun.
[01.07.2015 18:00:19] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: What do you think you have right there in your commodity?
[01.07.2015 18:00:23] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: Kon'nichiwa
[01.07.2015 18:00:51] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: This is a shipment of fertilizers, destined for Planet Kyushu
[01.07.2015 18:01:10] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: Funny, you say that. You were heading the wrong way.
[01.07.2015 18:01:19] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Now, explain your other cargo.
[01.07.2015 18:01:28] 2015-07-01 18:01:31 SMT
[01.07.2015 18:01:34] Amaya.Harumi: Entertaining day indeed...
[01.07.2015 18:01:57] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: I have heard reports of pirate activity at the New Tokyo - Kyushu gate
[01.07.2015 18:02:27] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: Going through Tottori seemed safer... so it seemed. And what do you mean by othercargo?
[01.07.2015 18:02:35] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Don't play stupid with me.
[01.07.2015 18:02:44] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: You poison our lands with Black Market Munitions.
[01.07.2015 18:02:52] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: And you lie? Have you no honor?
[01.07.2015 18:03:07] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: Are you picking that up in my cargo hold?
[01.07.2015 18:03:26] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Of course.
[01.07.2015 18:03:30] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: If they are present, I am unaware of their presence, but I will send a man to check
[01.07.2015 18:03:42] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: It will take just a moment
[01.07.2015 18:04:00] Amaya.Harumi: Worst liar I ever saw.
[01.07.2015 18:04:18] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: In the meantime, may I ask exactly why...
[01.07.2015 18:04:34] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: Why...
[01.07.2015 18:04:38] KKD|Shonin-01: ...scanning my ship took priority over taking down a known terrorist?
[01.07.2015 18:04:39] Amaya.Harumi: "Oh, but I were unaware of a ton of weapon crates that too the quarter of my cargo hold."
[01.07.2015 18:04:53] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: I don't see a terrorist.
[01.07.2015 18:04:58] Amaya.Harumi: "Known"?
[01.07.2015 18:04:58] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: I see a smuggler.
[01.07.2015 18:05:13] Amaya.Harumi: Turning from lies to compliments as a way to save your skin?
[01.07.2015 18:05:47] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: I see a Golden Crysanthemum ship, illegal in Kusari, with a plain GC transponder code
[01.07.2015 18:05:49] Death: Tyger was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[01.07.2015 18:06:06] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: Which you seem to be ignoring completely... strange that...
[01.07.2015 18:06:06] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Yes and I see a smuggler trying to talk his way out.
[01.07.2015 18:06:38] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: You seem to be ignoring that fact about your illegal weapons completely.
[01.07.2015 18:06:43] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: Strange that...
[01.07.2015 18:06:59] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: So will you pay your fine?
[01.07.2015 18:07:12] /time
[01.07.2015 18:07:12] 2015-07-01 18:07:15 SMT
[01.07.2015 18:07:20] /time
[01.07.2015 18:07:20] 2015-07-01 18:07:23 SMT
[01.07.2015 18:07:31] Death: Mako_Nora was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[01.07.2015 18:08:02] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: I don't hear anything.. do I need to fire
[01.07.2015 18:08:07] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: It seems that you are right, someone has indeed hidden a load of munitions within our shipment here
[01.07.2015 18:08:12] Amaya.Harumi: Go ahead.
[01.07.2015 18:08:21] Amaya.Harumi: It'll be a pleasant sight.
[01.07.2015 18:08:27] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: Irregardless, your ammunitions could be supplying terrorists.
[01.07.2015 18:08:28] Amaya.Harumi: Enchanted by all these munitions.
[01.07.2015 18:08:42] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: A well-armed terrorists is worse than a terrorist.
[01.07.2015 18:08:42] Amaya.Harumi: Correction: it is supplying terrorist.
[01.07.2015 18:08:55] Amaya.Harumi: Even though ammunition itself doesn't supply anyone.
[01.07.2015 18:08:56] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: Now, I understand ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law, so please, what is the fine for carrying this material?
[01.07.2015 18:09:07] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: 5M.
[01.07.2015 18:09:20] Amaya.Harumi: It's rather that people are supplied with amunition, but what can I know.
[01.07.2015 18:09:25] Amaya.Harumi: No one is listening anyway.
[01.07.2015 18:10:01] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: And this fine is payable to which account?
[01.07.2015 18:10:08] Amaya.Harumi: Mine.
[01.07.2015 18:10:15] Amaya.Harumi: My account.
[01.07.2015 18:10:17] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Heh.
[01.07.2015 18:10:31] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: You're not going to pay the fine to the matirachy there.
[01.07.2015 18:10:36] Amaya.Harumi: Awww.
[01.07.2015 18:10:38] Amaya.Harumi: Why not?
[01.07.2015 18:10:55] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: You'll find out later after he pays the fine to my account.
[01.07.2015 18:11:03] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: To which the account will be transferred to the Police Department.
[01.07.2015 18:11:09] Amaya.Harumi: It's like you could threaten me.
[01.07.2015 18:11:19] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: Commencing transfer...
[01.07.2015 18:11:20] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: Worth a try.
[01.07.2015 18:11:29] Amaya.Harumi: Fair enough.
[01.07.2015 18:12:01] /givecash ksp-oda.shima[j] 4640703
[01.07.2015 18:12:01] You have sent 4.640.703 credits to KSP-Oda.Shima[J]
[01.07.2015 18:12:07] /time
[01.07.2015 18:12:07] 2015-07-01 18:12:10 SMT
[01.07.2015 18:12:47] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Well?
[01.07.2015 18:13:01] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: That is unfortunately everything in this ship's account currently, I willl ensure the rest is sent to you as ASAP
[01.07.2015 18:13:10] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: Plus interest of course
[01.07.2015 18:13:16] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: You haven't sent me anything.
[01.07.2015 18:13:20] Amaya.Harumi: Plus a volountary bonus to me?
[01.07.2015 18:13:50] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: That is not possible, This ship's acccount is now empty
[01.07.2015 18:13:54] Death: (@)-Dino.Bloodrose was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[01.07.2015 18:14:04] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Funny, how you were able to buy the expensive black market munitions.
[01.07.2015 18:14:08] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: You will recieve the transfer.
[01.07.2015 18:14:22] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Heh.
[01.07.2015 18:14:43] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: This shipment cost the rest of our credits
[01.07.2015 18:14:52] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Lies and more lies...
[01.07.2015 18:15:06] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: When will the lies ever cease.
[01.07.2015 18:15:28] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: You're not fooling anyone, Akegata gives a rank of 62
[01.07.2015 18:15:35] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: You have way more than in your account.
[01.07.2015 18:16:45] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Drop the contraband too.
[01.07.2015 18:16:51] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: And you'll be free to go.
[01.07.2015 18:17:35] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: Carry on.
[01.07.2015 18:17:57] KKD|Shonin-01: Minoru: Hmm.
[01.07.2015 18:18:09] 2015-07-01 18:18:12 SMT
[01.07.2015 18:18:17] Amaya.Harumi: So, happy ending?
[01.07.2015 18:18:26] KSP-Oda.Shima[J].: Oda: Mhmm..
[01.07.2015 18:19:10] 2015-07-01 18:19:13 SMT Traffic control alert: KKD|Shonin-01 has requested to dock
As you can see from my internal report, we were indeed carrying illegal goods, albeit unwittingly, and accept responsibility for our carelessness. Rest assured we will be more vigilant and will not allow such a lapse in future.
As to the rest of the incident, I would like to request that the Kusari Authorities undertake an investigation of KSP-Oda.Shima[J]., on the grounds of collusion with the GC terrorist organisation and the high amount of the fine. I would further appreciate confirmation that the amount of the fine was indeed forwarded to the KSP Bank Account, and that this was not a simple case police corruption for personal gain.
If you believe we can provide any further information, please feel free to contact me directly.
Konnichiwa Minoru Chiaki, I am Oda Shima, officer accused here and have been assigned to be dealt here.
Quote:"Upon entering the Hokkaido System from New Tokyo, in order to avoid pirates on the way to Planet Kyushu, our vessel was stopped by a member of the Golden Chrysanthemums."
I would happily illustrate to you my thoughts first on the first mistake already on his way to "avoid" pirates.
Quote:[01.07.2015 10:46:27] KKD|Shonin-01[$8] entered tradelane at Honshu F-6
[01.07.2015 10:46:51] KKD|Shonin-01[$8] exited tradelane at Honshu F-5
[01.07.2015 10:47:08] KKD|Shonin-01[$8] entered tradelane at Honshu F-5
[01.07.2015 10:47:40] KKD|Shonin-01[$8] exited tradelane at Honshu F-3
[01.07.2015 10:48:00] KKD|Shonin-01[$8] entered tradelane at Honshu E-3
[01.07.2015 10:48:35] KKD|Shonin-01[$8] exited tradelane at Honshu C-4
[01.07.2015 10:48:50] KKD|Shonin-01[$8] entered tradelane at Honshu C-4
[01.07.2015 10:49:01] KKD|Shonin-01[$8] exited tradelane at Honshu C-3
--Wait where's the jumpgate exiting sequence?--
[01.07.2015 10:52:37] KKD|Shonin-01[$8] entered tradelane at New Tokyo E-4
[01.07.2015 10:53:03] KKD|Shonin-01[$8] exited tradelane at New Tokyo E-3
[01.07.2015 10:53:22] KKD|Shonin-01[$8] entered tradelane at New Tokyo D-3
[01.07.2015 10:53:48] KKD|Shonin-01[$8] exited tradelane at New Tokyo D-2
[01.07.2015 10:54:14] KKD|Shonin-01[$8] exited jumpgate at Hokkaido E-6
Funny to see him going into Hokkaido. Territory that is more infested with pirates than New Tokyo and Kyushu itself. Here are the transmission pictured from the trade lane logs.
Based on the evidence already, we can already see you were avoiding me near the jumpgate Honshu -> New Tokyo and New Tokyo -> Kyushu due to the reason that you are clearly hiding illegal cargo from the Kusari State Police. The fact that it takes longer and becomes much more dangerous as pirates are more frequent in Hokkaido proves to be dubious in the claim that you are sending these to Kyushu.
As the fine reaching 5.000.000 million credits that is due to the rule section 4-2:
4-2 Kusari Law Enforcers may add to or subtract from these listed fines if they find it necessary to do so.
Lying to a Kusari enforcer is deemed dishonorful and increasing the fine is necessary to assure that all Kusarians are truthful to the upholders of peace.
As for the known terrorist, I did not have the necessary manpower nor firepower to engage her in my bomber class ship and she posed no threat to me, yet. There after, I called one of the Kusari Naval Force fighters to assist me in apprehending her unsuccessfully.
Firstly, I would like to point out that we do not have access to the same kind of lane tracking software as your ships do, therefore we have no way of ascertaining the position of other ships for ourselves. Of course, if you are going to accuse me of lying again, I can and will provide proof that we are not party to this sort of knowledge.
Secondly, moving to and through the Tottori system makes a lot of sense for our ships, as this is a system rarely frequented by any of our enemies, full of friendly bases and has a close connection to Planet Kyushu. Aside from the safe trip through Tottori, I would say taking an extra trade lane through a system that may contain pirates is less than unusual, compared to taking a very slightly more direct route through another territory that may also be staked out by pirates. Again here, it seems your accusations of my lying are based on pure wordplay and conjecture.
Thirdly, I find it interesting that you have responded to this directly, rather than your superiors, as would be usual in these circumstances. I do wonder whether this report actually managed to reach the intended recipients, or if it may have been "intercepted", perhaps?
Do you by any chance have the visual evidence of your transaction... the one where you forward the fine to the Kusari State Police Bank? We made a mistake by not checking over our cargo before flying, a mistake that we have paid for to the full extent of the law, and were more than happy to oblige. However, it is not my actions in question here, it is your own.
So, "Honest-san", can you prove that you forwarded the funds to the KSP in due course, or am I supposed to... take your word for it?
Yes.
For security measures, we prefer not to disclose our money transfer to prevent tampering and further legal allegation that could be used against the State Police in the future.
From your very blunt response, I assume that you are a man who values his honour as highly as I do my own, so under that assumption I will indeed take your word for it that your actions were in accordance with the dignity and sensibility appropriate to a member of the Kusari Authorities. Furthermore, I would like to apologise for any insult my allegations may have caused you.
I hope you in turn may offer the small courtesy of an apology for suggesting that I myself am a deceptive snake, as I too find the insinuation... distasteful.
Either way, you will find that I myself, and the Organisation are men of our words, you will not find any contraband cargo on board our ships in the future, as every shipment will be thoroughly checked before embarking. With your good will, I hope we can put this incident behind us, and perhaps work side by side in future for the betterment of our Great House of Kusari?
I look forward to hearing from you again Shima san, in the meantime may luck fly with you.