Fellow Hackers, I have been heavily occupied improving my skills in the combat simulator at Mactan. The transition from a bloated, corporate desktop lackey to a true Lane Hacker is not easy, but increased doses of Cardamine has helped me improve beyond what I previously thought possible. I feel invigorated, unstoppable... And that nearly got me killed, as I'll explain later.
On January 9th I launched from Cochrane Depot to rendezvous with Mr. Scorpius. There was some light Xeno activity in Colorado, a Mr. Hank.Jones was harrasing traders. He didn't show hostility towards me, so I asked him to leave and he kindly did. A wise decision on his part as Mr. Scorpius was arriving and the Xeno would have been both outnumbered and outclassed.
[09.01.2015 16:30:26] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Evening
[09.01.2015 16:30:30] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius: Greetings.
[09.01.2015 16:31:37] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Are there any targets ripe for extortion or possible interrogation?
[09.01.2015 16:32:32] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius: There will be
[09.01.2015 16:33:44] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius: I just shot down someone's Cheetah Thruster.
[09.01.2015 16:33:51] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I am in Colorado, heading for the gate to New York now
[09.01.2015 16:34:01] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: *Laughs*
[09.01.2015 16:34:04] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius: He was actually carrying Counterfeit Softwares, but decided to shoot at me.
[09.01.2015 16:34:23] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: And did you leave the hull intact, so he will have to cover repairs?
[09.01.2015 16:34:25] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius: I was a bit offended.
[09.01.2015 16:34:33] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius: Of Course.
[09.01.2015 16:34:43] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Xeno activity in Colorado [09.01.2015 16:34:53] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Good evening [09.01.2015 16:35:00] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Eagle
[09.01.2015 16:35:24] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I see you are on a killing spree
[09.01.2015 16:35:45] Hank.Jones: spree would require a sequence of kills [09.01.2015 16:35:50] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I will try to extort him if he proves to hold no information of value
[09.01.2015 16:36:15] Hank.Jones: 1 therefore; does not constitute a spree
[09.01.2015 16:36:25] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I assume there was more than one person in that transport
[09.01.2015 16:36:42] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: So what is your business out here?
[09.01.2015 16:37:09] Hank.Jones: my business is my own, what is yours?
[09.01.2015 16:37:39] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Nothing in particular
[09.01.2015 16:37:53] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I was on my way to New York when I saw you
[09.01.2015 16:37:59] TMS)Echizen: Hello sir. [09.01.2015 16:38:17] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: Location?
[09.01.2015 16:38:20] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: And it seems you are infringing on our territory [09.01.2015 16:38:26] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: New York gate
[09.01.2015 16:38:45] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: So I am going to ask you to leave the lanes
[09.01.2015 16:38:54] Hank.Jones: I was not aware the hackers had much presence in this part of colorado....
[09.01.2015 16:39:06] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I am here now, aren't I?
[09.01.2015 16:39:54] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: And I am asking you for the final time to leave
We left Colorado shortly after to go look for a Platinum miner in Alberta. When we found the USI-Triton, the ship was hit by a sudden Ion Storm, but eventually the captain was extorted.
[09.01.2015 16:40:26] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I told the Xeno to leave
[09.01.2015 16:40:32] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: He wasn't showing hostilities
[09.01.2015 16:40:49] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: There's miner in Alberta.
[09.01.2015 16:40:51] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: And didn't seem particularly informative
[09.01.2015 16:41:14] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Understood
[09.01.2015 16:41:40] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: Do you wish to go there?
[09.01.2015 16:41:44] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Yes
[09.01.2015 16:41:55] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Let us
[09.01.2015 16:44:55] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I am not familiar with the mining fields of Alberta, so I will follow your lead [09.01.2015 16:46:01] Rochester: Hello
[09.01.2015 16:46:13] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Greetings [09.01.2015 16:48:46] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: You lead the extortion. If there's any.
[09.01.2015 16:49:02] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Alright [09.01.2015 16:49:22] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Contact [09.01.2015 16:49:35] Ion Storm hits the USI-Triton
[09.01.2015 16:49:47] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Destroy it?
[09.01.2015 16:49:51] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: Damage
[09.01.2015 16:50:22] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: Now then.
[09.01.2015 16:50:53] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: There's a lot!
[09.01.2015 16:51:07] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Do you have access to a transport nearby?
[09.01.2015 16:51:11] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: I do.
[09.01.2015 16:51:26] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I'll guard the Ore [09.01.2015 16:52:26] The USI-Triton reappears
[09.01.2015 16:52:26] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Greetings, Sir
[09.01.2015 16:52:33] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Hold it right
[09.01.2015 16:52:54] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Drop your cargo, Sir
[09.01.2015 16:52:58] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: All of it
[09.01.2015 16:52:58] USI-Triton: what haveyou done man shooting on a ship that hase no com
[09.01.2015 16:53:04] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Excuse me?
[09.01.2015 16:53:09] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: You opened fire on me out of the blue
[09.01.2015 16:53:15] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: So what
[09.01.2015 16:53:22] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: We are free. We do whatever we want
[09.01.2015 16:53:37] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: Not like there are any rules about how we must harrass you.
[09.01.2015 16:53:55] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Now
[09.01.2015 16:54:05] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Let's remain calm
[09.01.2015 16:54:18] USI-Triton: its better yes
[09.01.2015 16:54:23] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: There was a lot of Ore right there in space, now it is in your cargo hold...
[09.01.2015 16:54:29] USI-Triton: yes it is
[09.01.2015 16:54:37] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: That ore was ours
[09.01.2015 16:54:52] USI-Triton: i dont think so mr
[09.01.2015 16:54:59] USI-Triton: that ore was mined for me [09.01.2015 16:55:02] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Should we extort him for credits, to save us time?
[09.01.2015 16:55:05] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: Yes.
[09.01.2015 16:55:18] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Well, today is your lucky day, captain
[09.01.2015 16:55:32] USI-Triton: and why?
[09.01.2015 16:55:33] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: You can keep that Ore, if you in turn pay us a handsome amount of credits
[09.01.2015 16:55:41] USI-Triton: and that is?
[09.01.2015 16:55:52] USI-Triton: how much mr
[09.01.2015 16:55:58] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: 4,200 units of Platinum Ore
[09.01.2015 16:57:00] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Let's make it 5 million credits, captain
[09.01.2015 16:57:05] USI-Triton: ok
[09.01.2015 16:57:34] USI-Triton: transfer made
[09.01.2015 16:57:35] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Good
[09.01.2015 16:57:43] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Our business here is concluded
[09.01.2015 16:57:45] USI-Triton: bye
[09.01.2015 16:58:26] You have sent 2.500.000 credits to LH~Vladimir.Scorpius
Immediately after the extortion, we set up ambush in California to catch an IC trade vessel, the [BP-I]-Stargazer#, carrying Optronic Arrays and interesting equipment. As he was interrogated and extorted by myself, Mr. Scorpius took care of the BMM miner Tim_Jan.
[09.01.2015 16:58:36]LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: To Magellan now. There is some heavy movement from Interspace group.
[09.01.2015 16:58:43] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: He was shooting at me right when he appeared, my ship nearly went down
[09.01.2015 16:58:50] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Understood
[09.01.2015 16:58:52] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: He was?
[09.01.2015 16:59:02] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: That should have warranted higher extortion
[09.01.2015 17:00:00] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: He will be wiser the next time we meet
[09.01.2015 17:00:12] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: For his own sake, I hope so too.
[09.01.2015 17:00:17] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Indeed
[09.01.2015 17:04:50] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: To NY JumpGates.
[09.01.2015 17:05:11] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Alright
[09.01.2015 17:06:41] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: Stay at gate
[09.01.2015 17:06:48] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: I will take the second ring
[09.01.2015 17:06:51] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Understood
[09.01.2015 17:07:00] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Are they coming in from Magellan?
[09.01.2015 17:07:07] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: One is heading from NY [09.01.2015 17:07:22] [BP-I]-Stargazer#: Hello
[09.01.2015 17:07:24] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: That's the one
[09.01.2015 17:07:26] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Well hello
[09.01.2015 17:07:49] [BP-I]-Stargazer#: Can I pass ?
[09.01.2015 17:08:18] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I will leave the interrogation of these corporate cronies to you
[09.01.2015 17:08:43] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: That was not so smart...
[09.01.2015 17:08:56] [BP-I]-Stargazer#: I haven't heard anything from you nor your amigo
[09.01.2015 17:08:58] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Now hold it, captain
[09.01.2015 17:09:13] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: We were scanning your ship
[09.01.2015 17:09:19] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: Proceed on your own
[09.01.2015 17:09:30] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: BMM lackey, hold tight
[09.01.2015 17:09:35] [BP-I]-Stargazer#: Oh, next time an announcement would be kinda ... good
[09.01.2015 17:09:48] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: You were just told to halt
[09.01.2015 17:09:50] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: Eh.
[09.01.2015 17:09:55] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: So where is an interspace cronie going with those optronic arrays?
[09.01.2015 17:10:05] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: You jump through that gate and you are done
[09.01.2015 17:10:28] [BP-I]-Stargazer#: To Bretonia.. supplying a public marketplace
[09.01.2015 17:10:29] Tim_Jan: Me?
[09.01.2015 17:10:32] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: When a hacker tells you to halt, you do that.
[09.01.2015 17:10:42] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: Of course you. Do you see more BMM hoodlums around?
[09.01.2015 17:10:47] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: And why do you have such sophisticated scanners mounted on a transport?
[09.01.2015 17:10:56] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: This is no ordinary hauler
[09.01.2015 17:11:24] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: Now, to cut this short, as I have another matter to attend to, you will transfer four millions.
[09.01.2015 17:11:40] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: That's rather small sum of the profits you are earning, right?
[09.01.2015 17:11:46] [BP-I]-Stargazer#: Our Company is owning the marketplace, and those are left over scanners from last year that didnt were sold
[09.01.2015 17:11:57] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: What marketplace?
[09.01.2015 17:11:59] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: I heard mining is a booming business, so yeah. Four million credits.
[09.01.2015 17:12:03] [BP-I]-Stargazer#: so they gave them us, as no one would buy an outdated scanner of this type. The new BTS-42 Version' is out
[09.01.2015 17:12:15] Tim_Jan: Agreed as i must go feed my Kids
[09.01.2015 17:12:22] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I see
[09.01.2015 17:12:23] [BP-I]-Stargazer#: International Trading Hub
[09.01.2015 17:12:33] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: What is your precise destination?
[09.01.2015 17:12:41] [BP-I]-Stargazer#: Manchester, Bretonian Space
[09.01.2015 17:12:55] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I see. You may procede then, after a donation
[09.01.2015 17:13:11] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: 3 million credits
[09.01.2015 17:13:17] [BP-I]-Stargazer#: You probably should change your sentence on the next time you ask for a donation. Kinda to
[09.01.2015 17:13:29] [BP-I]-Stargazer#: 'After a donation, you are clear to pass' I had a smile on my face, reading the first half of yours
[09.01.2015 17:13:32] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: So, Tim_Jan ?
[09.01.2015 17:13:34] [BP-I]-Stargazer#: and then I read... after a donation, uh
[09.01.2015 17:13:39] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: Are you going to pay your dues?
[09.01.2015 17:13:43] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I like to disappoint
[09.01.2015 17:13:49] You have received 3.000.000 credits from [BP-I]-Stargazer#
[09.01.2015 17:13:55] [BP-I]-Stargazer#: I see
[09.01.2015 17:14:03] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Credits received
[09.01.2015 17:14:17] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: Excellent news.
[09.01.2015 17:14:29] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: This lackey right here suddenly became unresponsive...
[09.01.2015 17:14:34] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: And he just called for backup?
[09.01.2015 17:14:38] You have sent 1.500.000 credits to LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.
Mr. Scorpius' suspicions should prove to be right, and moments later we were assaulted by a Liberty Navy Dreadnought. I had not wholly understood the urgency of the situation when I was interrogating the IC scum, a mistake I won't make again. Feeling over-confident, we continued the extortion of SFMC|Starswine while dodging incoming fire from the Capital Ship, when a Freelancer with a cargo hold full of Torpedos and Missiles arrived and forced us to disengage. My ship was heavily damaged, but fortunately today's extortions covered the repair bills - several times over.
[09.01.2015 17:14:58] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Starswine...
[09.01.2015 17:15:28] SFMC|Starswine: Why hello there
[09.01.2015 17:15:35] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: I hope you got your wallet open
[09.01.2015 17:15:46] SFMC|Starswine: Me?
[09.01.2015 17:15:54] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Yes. This is a shakedown!
[09.01.2015 17:16:02] LNS-Connecticut: Elijah: Oh look, flying coffins.
[09.01.2015 17:16:04] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: BMM shill, you are testing my patience.
[09.01.2015 17:16:16] SFMC|Starswine: I'm pretty sure the Navy will take a rather dim view on that my friend
[09.01.2015 17:16:19] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Let's destroy it and move on to Starswine, things are heating up...
[09.01.2015 17:16:27] LNS-Connecticut: Elijah: Trader, get outta here.
[09.01.2015 17:16:34] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Starswine, please transfer the amount of 2 million credits
[09.01.2015 17:16:40] Morgan_Sixkiller: Assiting Navy all guns fire
[09.01.2015 17:16:40] SFMC|Starswine: oh, ok
[09.01.2015 17:17:26] Tim_Jan: system i said i will pay !!
[09.01.2015 17:17:39] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: You'd better pay fast...
[09.01.2015 17:18:17] Zettsu': Howdy.
[09.01.2015 17:18:19] LH~Vladimir.Scorpius.: CM ON NOW
09.01.2015 17:18:33] Zettsu': Well we have Hackers here, hackers are pirates.
[09.01.2015 17:18:38] Tim_Jan: stop fire or i wont cargo gone anyways
[09.01.2015 17:18:39] Zettsu': Pirates die. Horribly.
[09.01.2015 17:18:44] Zettsu': Engaging.
[09.01.2015 17:19:05] LH~Sun.Liang-tan: Im pulling out..
That is more or less all I have to report, except for one extortion of the DSE)Antei on my way to Mactan last night.
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