As per Mission 45, I want to report on my reconnaissance of the Texas System. I have lots of footage so here is the dossier: Dossier 3.2-XA Apologies, it seems the footage has been uploaded out of order but all the info you need is still in there.
So where should I start. First of all I do believe this system would be a pretty good one to possibly expand into. Let me put it this way, lots of Police activity, lots of Weapon Platforms, lots of hostiles but it isnt without it's good.
First, the two clouds of dark matter. We have Pequena Negra and Grande Negra. Both highly radioactive with good reason.
Now, about the feasability of making a base there? To be honest, I think we have the resources. Both clouds would certainly eat at the hull of ships and stations right through the shield as it did to me, however we have to think of the strategic advantage to such positions. First of all, these clouds are very dense in debris, in fact, a patch of the Pequena Negra even has some pretty good quality Scrap out there which would also explain the reason why there's a Junker base so close to it.
Clouds these dense in Debris would severely inhibit the vision and radar of any lawful trying to pursue us. I don't know for you but if I was a lawful, I don't think I would want to follow a criminal into a big cloud of dark matter, who knows what could lurk in there with reduced radar range. Something else that it would greatly inhibit is ship movement itself, any big ship is sure to have a reaaaally bad time in these debris fields and with the Dark Matter eating at their hulls, it would not be wise to navigate these clouds without a nimble and smaller ship.
Out of the two clouds, I feel Pequena Negra has the edge over Grande Negra for a few reasons. First, proximity to the Pennsylvania, New York and California Jump Holes. All systems we routinely work with, this proximity would make operations in these sectors extremely easy and retreats as equally easy. Very easy to get resources to too because we will need routine maintenance very frequently.
Second, proximity to the Premium Scrap field and a Junker Base. This could make for very good business with the Junkers, we don't care much for Premium Scrap however, I am sure Junkers wouldn't mind doing business with us. In return for protecting that field that they most likely use very often from any trespassers, we could easily strike a deal with Beaumont Base for any kind of resources and maintenance we might need on the base and our ships. This would also strenghten our hold on any kind of transit to the 3 nearby jump holes.
Third, with Texas having a lot of Police activity and also being home to the LPI Sugarland which I wrote about in an earlier report, we know that anyone arrested is brought to LPI Sugarland. Proximity to this station would make any Prisoner convoys Ambush very easy should we have the need to do something like that. A base in Pequena Negra would be an excellent Staging ground for such operations.
We could possibly save other Lane Hackers who might have been captured or perhaps, prisoners of other factions given enough incentive. Monetary incentive.
Texas also has a Jump Hole to Puerto Rico which would make any business we might want to have with the Junkers much easier.
On top of all that, I have found a few peculiar things in the system, mostly on the Eastern end of it. For all intents and purpose, the system seems to be split mostly in two. Eastern is Police controlled while the Western part seems mostly empty of life except for the Junkers a little bit. This would mean that we could easily have hold of half the system for our operations.
About the peculiar things, the first one in the Eastern end of the system is a heavily guarded Jump Gate. The Jump Gate also appears to be active and surrounding it are Trade Lanes in construction. WIth this, we could easily have a one stone, two birds scenario. There is no doubt that they are in business with Ageira to have built this Jump Gate out in the emptiness of space with Trade lanes being built around it. This is a golden opportunity to research, extort and seize any Trading Lane parts and Jump Gate parts we would need. On top of it, it would heavily disrupt the plan of the Liberty Forces.
The other peculiar thing is a Jump Hole. I could not scan it nor travel through it. (Not that I would have risked it) But it might be worth investigating, I do not know where it brings and it is not scannable. Almost as if it didn't exist. Maybe a side effect to the Texas incident?
Speaking of the Texas Incident, I had heard of a Black Hole overlooking Planet Houston. I don't know how reliable these sources were because I have not personally seen any Black Hole in the system at all.
So that's my report on the Texas system. I feel like it's a system worth investigating for any expansion we might have and with it, I believe to have completed Mission 45.
Everything is attached in the Dossier up above. If the Professorship has any question, please direct them straight to me or if you want to include me into any plans you might have for Texas, I would be happy to comply, even to death.
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