As you can see I am send this report from Buffalo Base. Again, I am in Liberty. I started from Alpha, first I encountered a lone Passenger Liner piloted by a female Rogue, her name was Siena Rae if I recall correctly. I encountered her in Omicron-80, she was bringing workers to Malta and bought Cardamine. I escorted her back to Liberty and had an interesting conversation while flying to Liberty.
Alice's.Restaurant:Siena: Heya. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:'ello there Alice's.Restaurant:Impressive kit on that ship. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Thank you, I guess. Alice's.Restaurant:Anyway, uh... can I help you? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:The question is, can I help you? Alice's.Restaurant:Not really. Just doin' the runs. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:To Liberty I assume? Alice's.Restaurant:Yeah. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Huh, what a coincidence. Alice's.Restaurant:You headed that way yourself? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: I am heading to Liberty as well Alice's.Restaurant:Cool. Alice's.Restaurant:Company might be nice, I suppose. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: I guess I'll join you. Alice's.Restaurant: Interesting new fighters. Alice's.Restaurant:No more Sabres for the Maltese? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:I find Rapier, more satisfying. Alice's.Restaurant:Fair enough. More of a bomber pilot myself. Alice's.Restaurant:So are those lighter or heavier than the classics? Alice's.Restaurant:Switchblade and stuff, I mean. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Well for example Rapier has higher powercore than Sabre. Alice's.Restaurant:Slower to compensate? Alice's.Restaurant:There's always some kind of drawback, after all. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:It is faster ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Than Sabre that it. Alice's.Restaurant:Better power /and/ faster? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:*nods* Alice's.Restaurant:Jeez. Alice's.Restaurant:You guys sell those things to non-Maltese? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Exactly, hence why I prefer to use it. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Whoever wants to buy them. Alice's.Restaurant: I might be giving you guys a ring about it later, then. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Just send a message to Vesuvius Brigade. Alice's.Restaurant: Will do. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:It's either us or Cross, your choice though. Alice's.Restaurant:You guys new? Have yet to encounter you folks. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Indeed we are. Alice's.Restaurant:What're your, ah, goals? Alice's.Restaurant:General furtherance of Maltese prosperity and whatnot? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Well our main goal is to gain more power and trust from Maltese people. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: And expand the Cardamine market of course. Alice's.Restaurant:Understandable. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: The Orange Dream must be everywhere. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:And soon it shall be. Alice's.Restaurant:For what it's worth, I'm lookin' to expand my own base of power and trust. Alice's.Restaurant:And your people have always been reliable business partners in the past. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:The ones that are spreading the Orange Dream are and will be our friends. Alice's.Restaurant: Well, I'm sold. *She laughs* Alice's.Restaurant:I'll give you guys a ring sometime soon. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:*smiles* Yeah, do that. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:There's a lot of profit coming from Cardamine. Alice's.Restaurant:You're telling me. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:I myself and the rest of my Brigade perfers spreading Cardamine than pirating. Alice's.Restaurant:The cardamine alone made the investment into the Restaurant worth it. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:I believe you. Alice's.Restaurant: You wouldn't believe how much it cost to get this thing up and running, but it was worth it. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: I was poor you know? Alice's.Restaurant:Was. Alice's.Restaurant:And now? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:It is a horrible feeling. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Now... I am less poor. Alice's.Restaurant: Less poor is good. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Indeed. Alice's.Restaurant:Vesuvius Brigade pay well? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:I am a Commandant in the Brigade ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Something that you Libertonians would say Vice President or something like that. Alice's.Restaurant:Oh, nice. Alice's.Restaurant:So I guess that's a yes, for your case. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:As I said, we're expanding or wish to expand Cardamine market in order to get even more money. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Yes... Alice's.Restaurant: You got eyes on Rheinland? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:You're reading my mind *smiles* Alice's.Restaurant:You're not the only one. Alice's.Restaurant:I think we can be of help to each other. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Oh yes? Alice's.Restaurant:Me and my boys are looking at Rheinland as our next area of operations, too. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Wonderful. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Your "boys" you say? Alice's.Restaurant:Well, me and a couple friends. Nothin' too organized. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:*nods* Alice's.Restaurant: Bearing any colors more complicated than "Rogues" tends to bring unwarranted attention, and makes things a lot less... Alice's.Restaurant: Flexible. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Figures ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Well tell your "boys" that Vesuvius Brigade might be your chance to get rich. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: After all, money is what is important, right? Alice's.Restaurant:You got it. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Everything circles around the money. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:People tend to say "it's not everything about the money" Alice's.Restaurant: I think you and I are on the same page. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Even our leader ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: I've been poor, I know what it looks like when you don't have anything to eat. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:I don't like it. Alice's.Restaurant:Gotta be determined to never let it happen again. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Yes - "never again" Alice's.Restaurant:Gotta be strong and uncompromising when the situation calls for it, and know when to cut your losses so you don't end Alice's.Restaurant:up with nothing again. Alice's.Restaurant: But if you're good, there's no losses at all. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Just like our Brigade ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Some of us are greedy, I myself am, but I know where the line is. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: And I know when to stop. Alice's.Restaurant:That's where a lot of Rogues mess up. Alice's.Restaurant:They go for too much too quick and end up too dead. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Yup, I know. Alice's.Restaurant:I don't really mind it, though - one less idiot for me to have to worry about compromising my own operations. Alice's.Restaurant:Anyway, where in Liberty was your destination? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: I was heading to Alcatraz, but the person that I was looking for isn't there. Alice's.Restaurant:Mmh. Alice's.Restaurant:I hate when people can't keep to a schedule. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Yeah... ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Ehm, Buffalo, a lovely place. Alice's.Restaurant:It's safe. Alice's.Restaurant:I just feel like gettin' behind the wheel of a snub. Siena.Rae:You know, something with a little more firepower.
She then undocked with her heavy bomber - Barghest and told me something that I don't think you will believe either. Apparently the "Crimsion Cross" shot one of the Rogues in California or Texas. You will find everything in the conversation number two.
~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Oh yes. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: The firepower of that thingy is extraordinary. Siena.Rae:You're tellin' me. Siena.Rae: Navy, Rheinwehr, and Hellfires alike all fall before a Barghest. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Mhm... Siena.Rae:Maltese captains who forget whose turf they're bringing those big ol' Stortas onto, too. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Heh, Storta. Siena.Rae:Stortas, Ranseurs, Sarissas. They all depressurize about the same. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Hopefully our Brigade will aquire one Ranseur. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Imagine having that kind of firepower. Siena.Rae: I feel it. I'm looking towards something like that myself. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:So what are you doing around here other than importing Cardi? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:You, not Rogues in general. Siena.Rae:Well, aside from Rogue things in general? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Ye Siena.Rae:Doing my best to put out feelers to anyone interesting. Siena.Rae:Potential business partners. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Such as? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Be right back. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Oh, sorry for that. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Where were we? Siena.Rae: Askin' me what I do down here. Siena.Rae: Aside from general Roguery. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Oh yea. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:So *raises his eyebrow* Siena.Rae: Look for less general Roguery to be done. There's some new gang, up and coming - I've got my eye on them. Siena.Rae:Dumb name. "Sirian Rogues". ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Oh, never heard of them. Siena.Rae:That tells me more than you might think. Siena.Rae:Aside from that, my focus is on looking at a way to get in on Rheinland. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Yes, where to profit is. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:A lot more customers that are willing to try our products and pay quite amount of money. Siena.Rae: Is that so? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Well yes. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:I don't know why, but Crimson Cross is not going there, for whatever reason. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: I've heard that from a guy that was from Malta. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Was - now he's dead. Siena.Rae: Cross doesn't respect the Rogues. Siena.Rae: I don't like it. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Hm? Siena.Rae: They come onto our turf and disrespect us. Siena.Rae: *My* turf. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:What do you mean exactly? ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:I am not catching up. Siena.Rae:Convoy of theirs came through lately. We wanted to stop and talk. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: But...? Siena.Rae:They thought it'd be smart to run and shoot at us for daring to hold up their glorious crusade or whatever the hell they're Siena.Rae: playing it. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:You're kidding me right? Siena.Rae:Whoever was on that ship died for it. Siena.Rae:So maybe they've learned their lesson, but I doubt it. Siena.Rae:And get this, they even tried to moor at Alcatraz *while shooting at us*. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: I mean was there something else, they can't just shoot you because you tried to stop them? Siena.Rae: That was it. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:You didn't provoke them? Siena.Rae: Well... I suppose we mighta come off as a bit threatening. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: Tell me everything, if you wish. Siena.Rae: But it doesn't reflect too well on them that their first thought was "our good business partners are trying to cause ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:I don't want something similar to happen to our Brigade. Siena.Rae: problems for us". Siena.Rae: Hey, the rules are simple. Siena.Rae: Liberty is Rogue territory. No capitals, no disobeying the Rogues. Siena.Rae: You'd think it'd be simple enough for even religious cultists to follow. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Don't tell me that they had capital vessels. Siena.Rae: They broke the other rule. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:I find "religious" people such as Cross weird. Siena.Rae: Yeah. Siena.Rae:People who're motivated by something besides profit are less predictable. Siena.Rae:I don't like that. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Me neither to be honest. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:But I just can't believe that they started shooting at you. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Sounds... I don't know... Siena.Rae:Well, if anyone survived, I guess they know that doesn't fly. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Odd I think is the best word to describe that. Siena.Rae:Disappointing, I'd say. Siena.Rae:Anyway, I probably oughta go handle some stuff. Siena.Rae:Pleasure meeting you. Siena.Rae: I'll be in touch, I think. ~V~Aldo.Lombardi: *nods* ~V~Aldo.Lombardi:Have a nice day.
I will soon be on my way back to Malta. That's is all for today.
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