Yesterday's patrol was a long one. As I launched form Planet New Tokyo, I came across Cutter's.Flying.Bar, a new mobile bar operating in Kusari territory. It had a interesting selection of drinks, and I considered ordering some for my family.
Flying Bar:
In the same area was a Kusari police officer Makuzushi.Sushi, which I linked up with so that we could coordinate on surveillance and enforcement of the current Kusari Embargo on Liberty.
A few minutes later, a transport working for the GMG appeared in New Tokyo, and was heading to Shikoku. The pilot DrSpud was carrying hellium-3 and seemed unaware of the export restrictions to Liberty. We informed the pilot that he was not allowed to proceed, and he obeyed, docking on Roppongi Station.
DrSpud: 1
Seems that GMG affiliated companies have not yet spread the new information to their employees.
After this occurrence I was joined by Nitto Kaii Ujisato.Gamo, and we done simultaneous patrols with the KSP officer on the Shikoku and Hokkaido/Rishiri systems.
Patrol at Deshima:
No smugglers were reported on this period. However, some thing worth mentioning occurred, namely the passage of a Bowex affiliated transport in Shikoku ( Image1 Image2 ), basic hellium transports inbound from Liberty, and Kruger and GMS traffic in Rishiri.
Later, the KSP officer ended his patrol, and Santo Kaisha Jiro Taiyouji joined us.
Seems Taiyouji-san had an interest in Gamo-san current status in the wing roster, and invited him (or coerced him) to come under it's command. I suppose a request for such effect will be made by one of them soon enough.
A new pilot, Sado-san, piloting a naval bomber callsign [KNF]Hanabi joined us as well, and the patrol regrouped in New Tokyo. Seems Sado-san is filling in for a Nakamura, who we had a patrol with recently.
Heading to Honshu, we spotted a transport Nitta.Maru carrying base materials to GMG space without proper registration. The vessel was stopped at Planet Honshu, were Taiyouji-san handled the situation.
Nitta.Maru:
At the same time, a Hogosha pilot [|]Ishikura.Hideki informed us of lane hacker presence in Shikoku. I moved alone to the system while the others handled the previous transport, but did not met the suspect. Sado-san and Taiyouji-san arrived on Shikoku soon after, and coordinating with the Hogosha, intercepted and destroyed the suspect.
We returned once again to New Tokyo, and while Taiyouji-san was fining a DSE ship, a zoner transport carrying slaves came from Shikoku and resisted attempts to stop. A very long pursuit was made before we decided it was better to keep an eye on the paths to Honshu, were this cargo usually goes after. Me and Sado-san stood watch for a moment before the suspect decided to change course to Kyushu. We decided to not pursue further.
Meanwhile, Taiyouji-san headed back to Shikoku, where the previous Hogosha informed us that a large concentration of criminal vessels was detected. He was joined by Nitto Kaisa Junko Sanada, and proceeded to engage the criminals with the assistance of the Hogosha vessel.
With Sado-san in the Hanabi, I returned to Shikoku and headed to the area of the confrontation, a few kilometers from Fuchu Prison. Over there was a concentration of Xenos and Junker criminals. Sanada-san told us that assistance was not required, and the three pilots in combat gradually defeated the criminals without loses on our part.
After the fight, we received several report of ship being attacked on that same system by an Outcast "Tridente" Gunship. Our patrol encountered Taxifu near Planet Seto, and after he refused our orders for surrender, was promptly executed for active piracy.
Sanada and Taiyouji went patrolling in Kyushu while me and Sado-san stayed in Shikoku to resume embargo control. Two vessels, one freelance and one GMG affiliated vessel appeared with a hellium-3 shipment outbound for Liberty. They were stopped at Junyo, ordered to go back they way they came, and fined 100.000 credits each for ignoring the current legislation regarding hellium-3 transportation. The pilots names were Jaiden_Kelrian and Zaine_Karos. Sado-san escorted them back to New Tokyo.
We continued with the cargo checks in Deshima with the support of Taiyouji-san.
We were deciding to end the patrol there when came 3 different vessels with various irregular cases, which I'll describe now separately.
First case was a "Shire" bretonian transport affiliated with Borderworld Exports, called Mammut. Possibly the same transport we had seen earlier. Jiro Taiyouji handled that case, and the bretonian was fined 2 million for traveling in Kusari space unauthorized, after some delays and resistance.
The second one was Selrac, a Universal affiliated pilot in a BW trasnport carrying a shipment of Artifacts from New Tokyo. He was informed of the legal restrictions of artifact transportation and instructed to surrender the cargo and pay a 1 million credit fine, increased to 1.5 million for being a Liberty registered vessel. Having difficulties with funding, he was allowed to Dock on Deshima to dispose the cargo to the authorities and part with some of his assets so that he could pay the fine. This case was handled by me.
Final pilot was James_Wright, freelancer working for the bounty hunters in Deshima, who was found carrying a moderate quantity of h-fuel in his fighter. This case was handled by Sado-san.
According to the records, a GMG affiliated ship also appeared in this occasion, but I was not aware of what happened then.