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Freeport 6, Tau-29 - 18-11-824 A.S.

● Good morning, mister Polstari. My name is Ernson Carver and I’m private investigator. Here’s my assistant Michael Rosse. Your manager has hired us to help Zoners return what they have lost today. So can you tell us what exactly happened five hours ago, between Kyushu Gates and Nago Station? And a small note... our conversation is being recorded. ○ Kallisti... is it normal to jump on me like this, right after I woke up? This is a hospital, a place where you let people recover, before you bother them with your investigation? ● True… But, time is a luxury we don’t have, Sir. Zoner vessels were attacked and all details are strange a lot. Please, help us and help your colleagues. Attackers are still out there, maybe preparing to act again. We’ve also scanned debris of your vessel and... no other survivors have been found. Black box we couldn’t find either. Maybe attackers took it away. What are they hiding? Let me be even more open, Sir. We are at the dead end. So please, tell me what happened, with as many details as possible. ○ Okay… okay, I get it. We were in charge of transporting experimental substance, the matter that was highly enhanced by special kind of Devon’s organisms. We were sharing a minor project with researchers from Kansai. It was just two steps far from Honshu, so project managers signed me and a crew of three to a medium transport. There was no reason to get any escorts for such a short round. ● But weren’t you crossing the frontline between two opposing Kusari sides within? Were you about to cooperate with Kusari Naval Forces? Could there be any sabotage from the Imperial side? ○ No-no, I wouldn’t say there was any cooperation. We are never picking sides. Our cargo was actually to be delivered to Omicrons. I just had to take some equipment details from Kansai, along with the substance and then haul it to a place in Omicrons. ● Right, I’ve seen your mission logs already. How about enemies? Do you, or your project managers have any? Any idea who would sabotage your project? ○ No, no enemies or saboteurs I’d know about. ● So far your words are matching with statements your manager gave me. Yes, I spoke to him first. Alright, tell us more about the attack itself. ○ We docked to the trade lane from Nago to Kyushu Gate, shortest way. We spotted few neutral contacts, with unknown signatures. According to ICQ-Code they were criminals. Additionally, they were using ships and equipment popular with highjackers. Well, we were ready to be taxed by pirates, no problem. We warned them about attacking Zoner ship might have consequences, like losing docking rights at Freeports. So… we tried into negotiating our free pass. But... In one moment I started to doubt they were just common robbers. They weren’t very fluent in our language. I’ve never heard such accent before. And rhymes... Did they try into a poetry? I can’t say… However, they told us we can’t keep the artifacts from our cargo. Ah, was that their problem - infected by Nomads? They could easily originate from that misterious Tau 117. I’m not an expert, ya know. ● Tau 117? Or maybe Drake? Are those two different systems? ○ I’ve no idea, honestly. So… After some talk, they strongly demanded our cargo. Ok, life is short enough already, so I decided to hand it to them all. Unfortunately, cargo bay failed to open. In that moment I recalled we had some trouble opening it for loading our cargo, but we had no time to check and solve such minor issues. Our attackers were waiting a minute more, before they started opening our ship with their guns. Large metal parts started to float around our ship, glowing red-hot in empty space. Thanks god I was close to ship’s evacuation pod. ● Mhmmm. I guess that’s how the rest of the crew died. They weren’t that close to escape pods like their captain. ○ B-but!... What could I do? It all happened so fast! I w-was.. ● … scared as hell! From your medical file I see they hardly pulled you out from your four-man escape pod, my dear Mr. Polstari. Rosse, let’s leave this man with his troubles. There’s nothing more we could do here. And… you can turn that camera off now.

Battleship Moyoko, Shikuko 14-11-824 A.S.

○ Welcome to the Myoko, Lara-san. ● I want to see your Commander, I don’t have time for Lieutenants. But, before that, you could explain why those men forced me out from my warm bed, in the middle of the night, in the middle of the weekend? And they brought me here, with little chance to even dress up? Am I arrested, or what? ○ Patience please, Hunter. You are not under arrest, but under investigation process. My commander will have few questions for you. ● Konichiwa, Thomas Lara. My name is Shirvani Usamoto, I’m humble commander of this ship. Please, take a sit over there. Make yourself feel like at home. Your safety is guaranteed here. ○ Isn’t this room a bit too nice for a warship? It’s like sitting in some of Manhattan’s museums. Always loved how you Kusarians preserve your culture. So... lemme guess.. Is this all about a missing pilot of yours? ● Hai. It happened three days ago, as you know. I’ve sent two CSI groups to investigate sectors bordering the one where it happened, but we are still empty handed… We suspect attackers have crossed Liberty border at some point and there we have no jurisdiction. Personally... I’m not looking forward to cooperate with the LSF in this matter. How would I know if they weren’t sent from Liberty to provoke incidents? Our scout’s log reads that unaffiliated contacts were spotted, so he decided to check them up from closer. One of attackers had some sort of artifacts aboard and our scout backed up. Then you arrived there and... next thing is our pilot was missing. And no one but you can say what happened there. We would be really pleased if you tell us what happened after our scout intercepted the smugglers group? ○ They were not smugglers, Sir. They actually appeared recently from nowhere. So far they have been noticed dwelling around Bretonia and Liberty borders. A criminal group of fanatics, I’d say. We know they robbed some lawful and few freelancer transport ships. They robbed even some smugglers, as far as we know. That day I saw intriguing picture of three of them close to Deshima. I saw their odd signatures on my scanners and they were matching to those I memorised in Bretonia. They are probably getting criminal files in Bretonia and Liberty, as we speak. ● So... can you tell us any more details about that group? We’d file them all and send to Kusari Crime Database, together with deeper details the accident itself. ○ Okay... We have no clue who they really are and where did they come from. All we know they are new in highjacking business. There are no previous records about their crimes or any other activities. They are intercepting transports all around borderworlds, using civilian ships and weaponry. Their accent is specific. When you see one of them, be sure some more are not far. They are scouting solo, but team-work when on their prey. They probably use neutral bases as hideouts and to resupply and repair their gear. We don’t think they are popular between regular hijackers, because of their rather fanatic approach. I’m not really sure, but some reporter named them The Lumen group. Do they call themselves like that, or it was just the reporter? Who knows... Well, that’d be all I know so far... not much, really. I’m sure there’s much more to be revealed. ● There’s something happened in Taus some days ago. Kishiro corporate transport went missing after interaction with unknown group of freelancers. They tricked the captain to escort him for free through the dangerous parts and not long after that we lost connection with him, somewhere in Tau 29. Any knowledge about Lumen activities in Taus? ○ No, not really. But they might transit Taus on their way to Kusari, maybe via Bretonia, as I suspected. Personally, I never saw them before that incident with your scout. He was trying to contraband their cargo, no matter they didn’t look like they would hand it willingly. He tried to scare them a bit, in order to be more convincing. After some threats exchanged, they became nervous. They openly refused your scout’s demands. But, in the process, they were slowly approaching closer to Galileo anomaly. The one with strange cargo went in first. Rest of them remained on Shikoku side. Then your scout jumped and one of them followed him. The last one remained calm, but kept watching me. I still feel creeps crawling over all my skin, when I recall his gaze. He was trying to block my jump to Galileo, but yet I jumped after distracting him with short burst over his head. On the other side, your scout and criminals were leaving my radar’s range. I wanted to cruise, but was disrupted by third one criminal. That behaviour I didn’t like at all and we started dogfighting. How did it end? Well, I’m here, you see and he’s not. I know this sounds strange, but I have no idea where last criminal is. His ship exploded and there was no escape pods left after that. Some ammo and space debris were all I could read on my cargo scanner. Do they use escape pods at all? Do they wanna really end their lives shooting on enemy? Or... would they have access to some new technology, like cloaked pods? How could random criminal group get so advanced tech? But, they didn’t seem like ordinary robbers to me… Welp... It’d be all I know. Night is still young and I’d like to leave now, Commander. And thanks for the tea. ● Ok… Mister Thomas, we are very grateful for your cooperation. Lieutenant will show you the way out. ○ Thanks. I’ll take care about sending my logs and other files about those Lumens first thing in the morning, Sir. Good night, Commander and good luck with your search. Also… did you search for them in Cassini? They might be hiding there too, don’t they?

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