I must apologise for my tardiness in assembling and submitting this report. I have been slack this week, my mind occupied with other things. On to my report.
I began my patrol in New Tokyo, continuing through to Shikoku. I, by chance, encountered Shizimu Tetsui-san, who had already cleared the system of any threats. He continued on, and I headed to Kyushu, then through to Hokkaido, not meeting any significant pirate presence along the way. In Hokkaido, however, I encountered a freelancer engaged with our brothers the Kusari Police. I made to check his ID, even though there were already grounds for arrest, as recorded here. After destroying the nearby pirates, I ordered him to cease and submit to escort. He refused to comply, even refusing to release the lawful pilots in his possession, as recorded here and here.
In case he had friends around, or if the situation escalated, I called for assistance from Shimizu-san, who made great speed. The freelancer attempted to escape, but was cornered by the both of us, and after refusing repeated requests for release of the pilots, he was executed by Shimizu-san, and I recorded his death here.
Afterwards, we refueled and re-armed at Sapporo Station. We continued our patrol to Rishiri, then to Nagano. We checked all the known inhabited space, planets and stations, finding nothing of interest. We returned to Rishiri, where we parted ways. Shimizu-san was having some problems with his equipment and wanted to check it thoroughly. I continued to Hokkaido then checked the jump hole to Tohoku to see if anything unwanted had come through. As there was nothing, I returned to call it a night.
On my next patrol, I decided to head out to Okinawa, encountering a Liberty Carrier piloted by a Lord.Hackera. I, mistakenly, assumed that Okinawa was a part of Kusari core space, and I challenged him on the legality of his presence. As you can see here, he called me out, and after checking the Legal Codex I admitted my error and bid him good day. I decided to continue to some of the outlying zones of influence to see if any low-lifes were taking advantage of the smaller lawful presence. I headed out to Sigma-19, then to Sigma-13, and spent some time in our House’s zone of influence, making sure not to tread too far. I returned to Sigma-19, then headed to Sigma-17. I patrolled to each of the system’s jump holes to check for any pirates, finding nothing of note. I finished my job on Planet Kurile. It’s certainly an interesting change of scenery.
二等海尉の新谷海、
鎖海軍。
Nito Kaii Shintani Kai,
Kusari Naval Forces.