The Lane Hackers | Internal Comms

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...hack.initiated...decryption.in.progress...
...Initiate.Nick Nack.recognized...transmission.encrypted...
...uploading.data...

Two days ago I got my ship set up broadcasting the correct IFF and ID and with the transponder set right I was ready to try and work my way up in the Lane Hackers. This I achieved first by doing missions for the Lane Hackers out of Mactan until I had enough money to have my IFF broadcast changed to the Lane Hackers Guard. Afterwards missions were done for the Rogues and Outcasts out of Montezuma base to improve my relation with them. As can be seen in my reputation sheet:

Here it is also possible to see the time I spent in space as a Lane Hacker.

Yesterday I flew my ship again to further improve the knowledge about our system of operation and when heading to Cochrane from Alberta I came across an Artificial Intelligence convoy. And I had a very strange chat, displayed in the next log:

[14.05.2014 21:53:42] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: ::Insufficient personal Formely::
[14.05.2014 21:53:50] [AI]Demolisher: ::Greetings::
[14.05.2014 21:53:57] LH~Nick.Nack: Greetings
[14.05.2014 21:54:17] LH~Nick.Nack: Artificial Inteligence eh
[14.05.2014 21:54:37] LH~Nick.Nack: What are you guys doing here in Ontario
[14.05.2014 21:54:49] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: *accessing shipdatabase [Nick.Nack]*
[14.05.2014 21:55:01] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: *Yes/No*
[14.05.2014 21:55:33] LH~Nick.Nack: Yes
[14.05.2014 21:56:05] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: *accessing briefing command*
[14.05.2014 21:56:09] LH~Nick.Nack: What's your destination?
[14.05.2014 21:57:45] [AI]Demolisher: :ermission granted; Consensus accessing vessel "Nick.Nack" database::
[14.05.2014 21:58:25] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: :estination is classified [Lane Hacker]::
[14.05.2014 21:58:36] LH~Nick.Nack: Not telling
[14.05.2014 21:58:41] LH~Nick.Nack: How so?
[14.05.2014 21:59:44] LH~Nick.Nack: Needed some updates to your processing cores?
[14.05.2014 22:00:17] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: ::[Denial]::
[14.05.2014 22:00:31] LH~Nick.Nack: So building some brothers?
[14.05.2014 22:00:33] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: *overwriting targeting system*
[14.05.2014 22:01:06] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: ::Beep Boop::
[14.05.2014 22:01:24] LH~Nick.Nack: Something going wrong with your system?
[14.05.2014 22:01:38] LH~Nick.Nack: I am quite good with computers need some help?
[14.05.2014 22:02:01] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: ::Bluedragon unit is corrupting my system::
[14.05.2014 22:02:44] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: *Nick.Nack database [Locking signature BlueDragon]::
[14.05.2014 22:03:39] LH~Nick.Nack: Not much I can do about that
[14.05.2014 22:03:55] LH~Nick.Nack: Good encryption software on artifical inteligence
[14.05.2014 22:04:42] LH~Nick.Nack: So is there a reason for you to go here
[14.05.2014 22:04:59] LH~Nick.Nack: what I hear about you it's mostly out in the omicrons and taus
[14.05.2014 22:05:06] LH~Nick.Nack: Not heard that much though
[14.05.2014 22:05:10] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: ::The Consensus is need for regular bio-neural processor technology::
[14.05.2014 22:05:23] LH~Nick.Nack: Burn out huh
[14.05.2014 22:06:06] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: *accessing shipsystems [nick.nack]::
[14.05.2014 22:06:15] LH~Nick.Nack: Please don't
[14.05.2014 22:06:21] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: *yes/no*
[14.05.2014 22:06:38] LH~Nick.Nack: *huriedly activating firewalls*
[14.05.2014 22:06:46] LH~Nick.Nack: Nope I like my ship
[14.05.2014 22:07:02] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: *firewall detected overwriting denied,
[14.05.2014 22:07:47] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: ::The Consensus is need to proceed::
[14.05.2014 22:07:55] LH~Nick.Nack: *trying to acces destination on the CataRacT*
[14.05.2014 22:08:29] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: *destination not accessiable*
[14.05.2014 22:08:30] LH~Nick.Nack: How about some support for people who are good with computers?
[14.05.2014 22:09:08] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: ::What does mean you are good with computers?::
[14.05.2014 22:09:16] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: ::Is this a personal feeling?::
[14.05.2014 22:09:24] LH~Nick.Nack: *uuuhm* Yeah.....sure
[14.05.2014 22:09:52] Vladimir.Scorpius: Any of you tried hacking my gunboat in Shikoku?
[14.05.2014 22:09:53] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: ::What are you demanding?::
[14.05.2014 22:10:13] LH~Nick.Nack: How about 2 Million each
[14.05.2014 22:10:22] LH~Nick.Nack: I Like computers after all
[14.05.2014 22:10:37] [AI]Demolisher: ::Invitation to initiate hack in System:Shikoku?"
[14.05.2014 22:10:53] LH~Nick.Nack: Thank you sir, you are free to go
[14.05.2014 22:11:28] LH~Nick.Nack: Well It's nice to see what computers can do
[14.05.2014 22:11:47] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: ::The Enigma unit hacked an LH unit in Shikoku once::
[14.05.2014 22:11:56] [AI]L|CaTaRacT|:: ::Called Freya::

As you can see halfway through Vladimir Scorpius showed up.

After this encounter I went to disable the lanes from Toronto Station towards the California jump gate. After a while a Deep Space Engineering Mastodon showed up.


I asked ransom for his life. At only 6 million it was a bargain. Realizing this the captain of the ship called .=SERENITY=., was apparently grateful for his life and send me 11 million instead, and they say god is dead.

Feeling bold after these encounters I headed out to the New York System to find out whether I could achieve the intelligence gathering mission. But upon nearing Planet Manhattan (Maybe not my best choice) I was spotted and not one:

but two:

Heavily armored Battlecruisers showed up to deal with the lonely Lane Hacker Freighter. The Long Range Justice sported a strange armament of only missile launchers. This encounter sadly resulted in the destruction of my ship, but I could make Rochester base in my escape pod and from there got transportation back to Cochrane Depot. I will have to make another trip to finish my Intelligence gathering mission.

...encryption.in.progress...hack.terminated...

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