Subject: Visitor Encryption:A loyal citizen would know not to ask. Location: Down the hall.
ACV Eidolon Wraith was in the system today, investigating the Pillar installation. Auxesia has an apparent thirst for knowledge that makes them easier to predict.
An interesting conversation followed.
Highlights:
Auxesia has cleansed an installation similar to the Pillar, manned by some form of holographic defense, leading to speculation that these are a series of specialized research laboratories.
Different forms of Nomad display differing levels of hostility. Some are reportedly just curious wanderers, especially the younger forms. One form, described as, quote, "the small ones with the tentacles coming off like weird, glowing streams" are noted for being hostile in all situations.
The log is extremely long, and as a result I may have omitted valuable information in my summary. It is included in full, and should be reviewed when time permits.
[23.05.2018 01:27:23] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Predictable enough.
[23.05.2018 01:27:38] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Well, the EM signature at this range doesn't do us a justice.
[23.05.2018 01:27:44] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Enjoying the tour? You seem to have brought the right ship.
[23.05.2018 01:28:00] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Eh, I was more or less interested in that thing over there.
[23.05.2018 01:28:08] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: The bulbous, station-looking thing.
[23.05.2018 01:28:35] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: It's definitely of interest, yes. We have plans.
[23.05.2018 01:29:00] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Hang on, I'm getting a call.
[23.05.2018 01:29:01] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: As soon as we can ensure anyone that steps aboard won't be painfully killed, you understand
[23.05.2018 01:30:15] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Right, sorry.
[23.05.2018 01:30:24] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Locklear called about some artifact pickup.
[23.05.2018 01:30:45] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: We don't exactly have the area on lockdown, but we do strongly advise people not to attempt to actually enter the structure
[23.05.2018 01:31:17] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: We've been in one of those before.
[23.05.2018 01:31:26] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Its automated defenses were out of ammo.
[23.05.2018 01:31:38] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: This one appears to have been home to some sort of toxic nanoweapon
[23.05.2018 01:31:49] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: The exterior defenses are certainly not our concern.
[23.05.2018 01:32:14] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Information we normally wouldn't share, you understand, but we have reasons.
[23.05.2018 01:32:14] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Exterior defenses are easy enough to bypass. It's the safety measures these sort of installations have.
[23.05.2018 01:32:42] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Ours had some weird, holographic security system we couldn't combat with traditional methods.
[23.05.2018 01:33:00] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: And it was broadcasting through some kind of life support shielding grid, using light reflection to angle itself.
[23.05.2018 01:33:06] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: It was crude, yet sophisticated at the same time.
[23.05.2018 01:33:08] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Interesting.
[23.05.2018 01:33:22] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Non-lethal, too. It couldn't project enough power to hurt anyone.
[23.05.2018 01:33:29] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: A series of specialized laboratories, perhaps.
[23.05.2018 01:33:44] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: We would need to find more to confirm the pattern, of course.
[23.05.2018 01:34:09] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Well, we've found a handful, and have been in pursuit of who appears to be the owners of these hidden stashes.
[23.05.2018 01:34:15] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: For quite some time.
[23.05.2018 01:34:27] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: We're also one of the only few groups to ever make direct contact and receive a response.
[23.05.2018 01:34:41] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They're not a very friendly people.
[23.05.2018 01:34:57] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: That much was clear, at least.
[23.05.2018 01:35:36] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Did they send killer death machines after you, too?
[23.05.2018 01:35:48] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: We got lucky that Stacker managed to hold it off long enough for Predator to take over.
[23.05.2018 01:35:54] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Yes. I was flying the Premonition, and two other Commission operatives were on the scene
[23.05.2018 01:36:20] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Predator managed to save the entire operation.
[23.05.2018 01:36:31] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: our situation was messier.
[23.05.2018 01:36:50] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: The support drone was destroyed by our team, but the apparent lead craft was more resilient.
[23.05.2018 01:37:00] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: By the time the Repentence arrived, a Gallic task force was also here.
[23.05.2018 01:37:06] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Or, near here at least.
[23.05.2018 01:38:09] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: They seemed content to show off their believed superiority, and left after disabling the lead vessel.
[23.05.2018 01:38:31] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: I suppose they were satisfied with whatever was salvaged from the wreckage.
[23.05.2018 01:38:47] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Overconfidence tends to be a little blinding sometimes.
[23.05.2018 01:38:49] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Maybe. Kane secured the most important portion though.
[23.05.2018 01:39:43] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: It is a marked shift in tactics for the Royalists, though.
[23.05.2018 01:41:10] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They're faultering over the years.
[23.05.2018 01:41:18] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Pushing too hard with too little to back it up.
[23.05.2018 01:41:24] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Maybe. Hopefully.
[23.05.2018 01:42:03] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: We need to keep disrupting them in the Taus. Force them to divide their attention or risk losing their supply line.
[23.05.2018 01:42:35] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: The supply line is alreadly slowly faultering, and their starvation doctrine hit a few more unexpected roadbumps.
[23.05.2018 01:42:46] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Namely, some angry people with scary guns hanging out in the Independent Worlds.
[23.05.2018 01:43:02] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Sever their logistics, destroy their forward bases, leave an isolated Gallic pocket in Leeds
[23.05.2018 01:43:15] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: And then see how many surrender.
[23.05.2018 01:43:44] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They don't like surrender all that much, trust me.
[23.05.2018 01:43:47] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Better to make them give up than to kill them. To surrender is to admit defeat, and what I've seen of the Royalists tells me
[23.05.2018 01:43:52] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: they don't take kindly to that.
[23.05.2018 01:44:02] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Or we kill them and solve the problem that way.
[23.05.2018 01:44:21] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: But ultimately that's more likely to create martyrs. Which... causes more issues.
[23.05.2018 01:44:48] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: At this rate, they're bound to fizzle out and fail. So many people are stacked against them now.
[23.05.2018 01:44:54] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: The odds are insurmountable.
[23.05.2018 01:45:06] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: And they seem to be actively driving away what few allies they have gotten.
[23.05.2018 01:45:26] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Can't possibly imagine why.
[23.05.2018 01:46:21] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: At this point I have some concerns to look into, though. I suspect they may still have friends in the south.
[23.05.2018 01:46:43] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: If they do, they'll lose eventually.
[23.05.2018 01:47:12] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: We'll see. A nation that dedicates itself entirely to military force often proves... difficult to dislodge.
[23.05.2018 01:47:48] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Give me a day, and I can probably deploy enough precision ordinance to turn their Valors into vapor.
[23.05.2018 01:47:54] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Once they're out of the Taus, they're no longer our problem. Not that I've ruled out continued operations if they're useful.
[23.05.2018 01:48:06] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: It would take an immense amount of coordination, but hey - I've got the munitions for it.
[23.05.2018 01:48:23] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: And that would turn your neighbors against you out of fear of letting you grow stronger.
[23.05.2018 01:48:46] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: That's why we're fairly vague about what we do.
[23.05.2018 01:48:54] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Otherwise people get scared of us.
[23.05.2018 01:49:05] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: More scared than is operationally useful, anyway.
[23.05.2018 01:49:36] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Well that depends on what your operations require. Thanks to some testing, we're getting the hang of direct jump lines.
[23.05.2018 01:49:57] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: And beginning mass production of beacons, so if ever one operative is in danger, an entire strike force can respond -
[23.05.2018 01:50:00] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: instantly from home.
[23.05.2018 01:50:21] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: A long flight is reduced to nothing. It's quite nice.
[23.05.2018 01:50:48] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: We uh... May or may not have had an incident while testing where we /maybe/ jumped a fleet of infectees here.
[23.05.2018 01:51:22] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Yes, we had picked up something suspicious at range. I trust the problem was cleaned up properly.
[23.05.2018 01:51:41] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Well I wouldn't be too worried. We took them all back with us and they were fairly disoriented.
[23.05.2018 01:52:04] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: That kind of mass signature... there aren't many likely culprits. You, Crayter... *maybe* Malta.
[23.05.2018 01:52:36] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Crayter far surpasses us in numbers.
[23.05.2018 01:52:41] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: In fact, we're pretty tiny.
[23.05.2018 01:52:54] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: We just have enough fancy, spooky and shiny toys that people get spooked anyway.
[23.05.2018 01:53:13] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: We tend toward smaller craft. Easier to hide our resources.
[23.05.2018 01:53:38] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: And having the right contact for any situation.
[23.05.2018 01:53:44] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Stealth technology, accurate jump technology, and the means to counter both.
[23.05.2018 01:53:57] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: We've been working on deploying a new device to manage and control traffic.
[23.05.2018 01:54:06] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Oh?
[23.05.2018 01:54:33] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: It'll send out a pulse that disrupts ships within range, stop cruise engines, cloaks, and jump drives.
[23.05.2018 01:55:16] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: A wide-area disruptive pulse on a specific frequency. Aquila had a rough concept, but nothing properly workable
[23.05.2018 01:55:24] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: They kept running into collateral damage issues.
[23.05.2018 01:55:40] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: We happened to get lucky and catch a test concept in Kepler once, but the people doing it are - well... They made this base.
[23.05.2018 01:55:42] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Burning out electronics outside of the intended targets. Which is an issue in a fight.
[23.05.2018 01:56:36] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Our main focus right now is getting the Limelight series back into production. Knowledge is the best force amplifier.
[23.05.2018 01:56:48] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Yup.
[23.05.2018 01:57:38] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: On a distinctly related note, what does Auxesia know about the production of cruiser-scale power systems?
[23.05.2018 01:58:07] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: We're capable of producing destroyers of our own at a very limited capacity, and our experience with power systems is -
[23.05.2018 01:58:23] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Rather hefty. We're very explorative when it comes to renewable energy sources.
[23.05.2018 01:58:49] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Interesting. We're investigating a few avenues to replace one that we overloaded, but that is a secondary project at the moment
[23.05.2018 01:59:04] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: This, of course, is our priority.
[23.05.2018 01:59:34] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Typical modular stations aren't known for having much living space. Adequate for essential crew, but not much more.
[23.05.2018 01:59:49] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: This one is a much more spacious location.
[23.05.2018 02:00:12] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: It seems intact. The reactor needs some maintenance, but core systems are functional.
[23.05.2018 02:00:39] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: An atmospheric purge and replacement is probably necessary, and a thorough cleansing of life support, but I don't think much is
[23.05.2018 02:00:39] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Well, I could suggest a salvage option, but it'd be touching history.
[23.05.2018 02:00:41] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: needed beyond that.
[23.05.2018 02:01:29] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: From our scans, it should be safe as long we make sure it's been decontaminated.
[23.05.2018 02:01:55] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Its location is also ideal. We wanted something off the main avenues through the system.
[23.05.2018 02:03:06] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: If everything proceeds as planned, this will be an open installation... mostly.
[23.05.2018 02:03:18] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Too far and you'll limit the time it takes for reinforcements to reach here in the event of attack.
[23.05.2018 02:03:25] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: So I hope you're taking security into consideration.
[23.05.2018 02:03:58] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: From our internal scans, this should be able to support a respectable snub response force
[23.05.2018 02:04:32] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Mm. I suppose that'll suffice.
[23.05.2018 02:04:52] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: A wing of onboard bombers, combined with the local navigational hazards, should be able to discourage nosy warships.
[23.05.2018 02:05:45] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: You'd be surprised. Determination is something else.
[23.05.2018 02:05:47] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: And if necessary we can radio Crayter for reinforcements. They clearly have more than enough battleships to throw at an issue.
[23.05.2018 02:05:58] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Eugh. Don't remind me.
[23.05.2018 02:06:08] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: We try to avoid that option, but it's occasionally useful.
[23.05.2018 02:07:00] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: A local drydock would be useful, though.
[23.05.2018 02:07:07] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They certainly come in handy.
[23.05.2018 02:07:08] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: One other than the one the IMG have.
[23.05.2018 02:07:39] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: I've used it before, when I stole a Dreadnought from Liberty.
[23.05.2018 02:07:47] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They were gracious enough to let us refit it there.
[23.05.2018 02:08:07] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Mhm. You hadn't provoked Gallia yet. That creates a complication for us to use it.
[23.05.2018 02:08:15] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Oh, we had.
[23.05.2018 02:08:24] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Interesting. Perhaps it's better-hidden than I thought.
[23.05.2018 02:08:41] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: The patrols weren't permitted to exit the nebula.
[23.05.2018 02:09:18] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: The explosive pockets would probably deter most Serval patrols, too.
[23.05.2018 02:09:49] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Indeed. The IMG played it off as a safety hazard while hiding a Monument-Class.
[23.05.2018 02:10:04] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They're pretty innovative when operating under the noses of oppression.
[23.05.2018 02:10:23] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: That makes sense. Perhaps I had underestimated them.
[23.05.2018 02:10:52] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: It took a lot of convincing, and the Guildmaster was still a little skeptical, as we had only just cleared our names then.
[23.05.2018 02:11:04] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: We were being accused of an attack on Freeport 11.
[23.05.2018 02:11:23] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: ... I had heard about some incidents out there, but never anything concrete.
[23.05.2018 02:11:43] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: I was there. For all of the battles.
[23.05.2018 02:11:58] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Stayed awake for five days, fighting on the bridge of the Cincinnati against The Core.
[23.05.2018 02:12:15] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Keeper Revenant had to order me out of service to recover.
[23.05.2018 02:12:29] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Core still just in it for money out there?
[23.05.2018 02:12:51] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Money, power.
[23.05.2018 02:13:01] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Their plan was revealed to us when we first started off.
[23.05.2018 02:13:12] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Keeper Revenant used to lead the Core back then.
[23.05.2018 02:13:38] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: She broke off with a loyal group of followers, the Eidolon, and every single piece of dirt on The Core she could find.
[23.05.2018 02:13:48] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: So the Edge Worlds still consist of varying levels of power-hungry megalomaniacs fighting each other.
[23.05.2018 02:13:50] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Including the blueprints to replicate their equipment.
[23.05.2018 02:13:54] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Sometimes I wonder if Nomads laugh.
[23.05.2018 02:14:28] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They do experience humour, but not the same way we do.
[23.05.2018 02:15:37] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: It seems that every group that sets out to fight the Nomads finds something else to do instead.
[23.05.2018 02:15:56] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Well, I wouldn't say we're fighting the Nomads.
[23.05.2018 02:16:01] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Not letting them kill people, sure.
[23.05.2018 02:16:05] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Shooting them when they do, yeah.
[23.05.2018 02:16:19] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Actively looking to drive a species to extinction? That's against the very reason we exist.
[23.05.2018 02:16:28] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Preservation of life and knowledge. All of it.
[23.05.2018 02:17:10] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: And trying to communicate with them never gets easier, by the way. Just more and more tedious.
[23.05.2018 02:17:24] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: That's never been my field, so I'll take your word for it.
[23.05.2018 02:17:39] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Yeah... I've got some experience on the subject.
[23.05.2018 02:17:41] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: As long as they leave us alone, we see no reason to provoke them.
[23.05.2018 02:17:57] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They'll usually poke around. A lot of them are curious.
[23.05.2018 02:18:11] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Though the bigger they get, the more aggressive they get.
[23.05.2018 02:18:16] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: So keep that in mind.
[23.05.2018 02:18:30] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: And the small ones with the tentacles coming off like weird, glowing streams?
[23.05.2018 02:18:33] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They exist to kill.
[23.05.2018 02:18:40] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They're just weapons.
[23.05.2018 02:18:49] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Good to know
[23.05.2018 02:19:08] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: We've yet to see any out here, but we've been watching.
[23.05.2018 02:19:10] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: The softer, more-rounded out ones that are a bit smaller are more or less children.
[23.05.2018 02:19:56] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: And the more I think on it, the more I hope Crayter doesn't see any out here.
[23.05.2018 02:20:10] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They're out to learn. Gather knowledge to develop an identity. The unfortunate fact is, they get met with gunfire everywhere
[23.05.2018 02:20:16] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: It teaches them to hate us.
[23.05.2018 02:20:45] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: But we can't just let them roam around freely into traffic lanes and civilian areas.
[23.05.2018 02:20:51] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: It's a problem that needs to be contained.
[23.05.2018 02:22:39] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Very interesting information. Definitely to be considered if they do show up.
[23.05.2018 02:23:00] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: I'd normally offer an invitation to the Glass Moon Pub, Minister Kane tends to be there lately, but I suspect you'd rather not
[23.05.2018 02:23:11] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Well uh...
[23.05.2018 02:23:12] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: leave an Auxesia vessel moored this close to Crayter installations.
[23.05.2018 02:23:17] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: I kind of...
[23.05.2018 02:23:22] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Can't... Drink things anyway.
[23.05.2018 02:23:32] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Ah. I was not aware.
[23.05.2018 02:23:57] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Yeeeah, most people aren't really comfortable with the idea when they realize the four purple lights on my face isn't a mask
[23.05.2018 02:24:25] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: I can see where that would be an issue.
[23.05.2018 02:24:47] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Well, walk into a bar looking like a walking infantry-fighting-vehicle and see if people get concerned.
[23.05.2018 02:25:28] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Hah. My favorite was a sparring match with the Curator.
[23.05.2018 02:25:34] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Oh?
[23.05.2018 02:25:50] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: I told him to do what he'd normally do when confronted with an enemy.
[23.05.2018 02:26:00] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: So he pulled his sidearm and fired into my chest once.
[23.05.2018 02:26:21] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: But when your fleshy bits and bones were replaced by steel because they weren't working anymore, that doesn't work.
[23.05.2018 02:26:28] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Once, from a sidearm? Even with normal armor, that's usually inadequate.
[23.05.2018 02:26:49] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Well, I don't really fit in clothes, so I'm just kind of over here looking like an evil villain.
[23.05.2018 02:28:02] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: To be fair though, I did used to have to wear a mask.
[23.05.2018 02:28:06] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: It's part of the uniform.
[23.05.2018 02:28:31] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Interesting. I can see the merits. I'm reminded of the Immortals.
[23.05.2018 02:29:00] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Intimidation, mystery. Identity concealment. The Curator was pretty surprised when I told him this wasn't a mask.
[23.05.2018 02:29:52] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: I believe his exact statement was: "Oh. Shit."
[23.05.2018 02:30:07] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Commission policy generally discourages facial coverings, though. They tend to draw attention, which isn't how we work usually.
[23.05.2018 02:30:52] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Yeah, but I can either draw attention in a mask, or draw attention looking like I'm wearing a mask
[23.05.2018 02:30:59] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: I don't really have a lot of alternatives, here.
[23.05.2018 02:31:06] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: True.
[23.05.2018 02:31:12] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Maybe if I spraypaint a smiley face on my face.
[23.05.2018 02:31:22] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Actually- no. That'd scare people.
[23.05.2018 02:31:26] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: I suspect that would be more alarming, yes.
[23.05.2018 02:32:03] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Eh...
[23.05.2018 02:32:05] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: It kind of sucks.
[23.05.2018 02:32:14] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: There's a lot of things I miss being able to do.
[23.05.2018 02:32:28] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: I haven't been to sleep in four months.
[23.05.2018 02:32:45] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: That seems like it would be mentally taxing.
[23.05.2018 02:33:07] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Yeah that's honestly the least taxing of the stuff I put up with on a daily basis.
[23.05.2018 02:34:25] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: That's fair. You're not far from where we used to operate.
[23.05.2018 02:34:38] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Yeah, I recall.
[23.05.2018 02:34:40] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Kansas.
[23.05.2018 02:34:59] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Golanski on one line, assorted nosy LSF on another, uppity local pirates on yet a third
[23.05.2018 02:35:14] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: With Gallia bearing down on everyone.
[23.05.2018 02:35:36] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: And of course the Lane Hackers occasionally insisting upon their own relevance.
[23.05.2018 02:36:04] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Ah, the Lane Hackers.
[23.05.2018 02:36:12] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Useful, yet so aggrovating to deal with.
[23.05.2018 02:36:44] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: We haven't found much use for them historically, especially once we got the Limelight arrays set up.
[23.05.2018 02:37:07] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: As far as I can tell they're just hopped-up theater nerds that don't realize they're just slaves to Malta.
[23.05.2018 02:37:30] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Their networks have proven useful to me both as an independent Operative after I left the Legion and here.
[23.05.2018 02:37:38] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: I've been able to gain access to a lot of information.
[23.05.2018 02:37:45] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: It's amazing what those monkeys will do for a handful of credits.
[23.05.2018 02:38:07] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Well, they have to feed the habit somehow.
[23.05.2018 02:38:30] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Greed is a powerful motivator.
[23.05.2018 02:39:31] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: That, also, but I think it's mostly just the cardamine addiction.
[23.05.2018 02:39:42] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: True. Takes me back, though.
[23.05.2018 02:40:11] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Back then, everyone wanted my head.
[23.05.2018 02:40:35] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: I remember I saved Baker from a Buro gunboat that the Director at the time had sent to figure out what Geoff and I were up -
[23.05.2018 02:40:37] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: to.
[23.05.2018 02:40:43] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: And she put a gun in my mouth.
[23.05.2018 02:41:19] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Baker... sounds vaguely familiar. Navy?
[23.05.2018 02:41:38] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Yup. Rachel Baker, First Fleet. At that time she was reinstated as a Captain, and remembered me.
[23.05.2018 02:41:52] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: ... formerly an admiral?
[23.05.2018 02:42:02] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Yup. She was re-promoted later.
[23.05.2018 02:42:11] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: We stayed in touch after I explained my presence.
[23.05.2018 02:42:13] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: One of our pilots had an interesting discussion with her while escorting a Coalition convoy, back in the day.
[23.05.2018 02:42:34] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Baker, Polstari, Malrone and I used to fly on patrols together back in the day.
[23.05.2018 02:42:52] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Malrone sounds familiar too, but I don't remember a Polstari.
[23.05.2018 02:43:10] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Alan Polstari, and Admiral Jack Malrone.
[23.05.2018 02:43:15] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Malrone was my superior at the time.
[23.05.2018 02:43:27] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: He was recommending me for an immediate transfer into the First fleet as a Lieutenant.
[23.05.2018 02:43:35] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Completely bypassing the whole standard process.
[23.05.2018 02:43:54] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: They do occasionally recognize competence.
[23.05.2018 02:44:13] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Then one thing led to another and next thing I know is I'm dueling Malrone's Guardian, flying the same Prosecutor I have now
[23.05.2018 02:44:24] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: It's a long story.
[23.05.2018 02:44:26] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: But eh.
[23.05.2018 02:44:29] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Ancient history.
[23.05.2018 02:44:31] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Not much unity in Liberty these days.
[23.05.2018 02:44:47] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Or much harmony, from what I hear. The navy's just pulling itself apart.
[23.05.2018 02:44:57] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: All while a war is ongoing.
[23.05.2018 02:44:59] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Smooth.
[23.05.2018 02:45:22] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Sirius being what it is, if they waited for peace to start fighting each other, they'd never get around to it.
[23.05.2018 02:46:05] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: It's situations like that which remind me why I came here. Everywhere else felt so hopeless.
[23.05.2018 02:46:11] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Everyone is too busy killing each other.
[23.05.2018 02:46:41] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: I'm not such an idealist. The Gallic invasion gave us a chance to put piracy behind us, get the Hunters off our ass.
[23.05.2018 02:47:05] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Gallia's a threat, but at least this way we've reduced it to *one* instead of half of Sirius wanting us dead
[23.05.2018 02:47:15] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: If there's one thing I've learned serving at the front of Auxesia for all these years, it's that someone, somewhere, no -
[23.05.2018 02:47:22] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: matter what you do, is going to want to shoot at you.
[23.05.2018 02:47:30] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They have no just cause or reason for it.
[23.05.2018 02:47:41] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Some people just like shedding blood for the sake of it.
[23.05.2018 02:48:24] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: True. My job is reducing that.
[23.05.2018 02:48:51] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Complete peace is clearly not possible. Adequate safety is.
[23.05.2018 02:50:14] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: We'll never stop fighting ourselves.
[23.05.2018 02:50:17] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: It's our nature.
[23.05.2018 02:50:58] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Part of our job as preservationists is to make sure there's a sturdy foundation to rebuild from when we inevitably have to-
[23.05.2018 02:51:10] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: - flee after some other, stupid historic war.
[23.05.2018 02:51:29] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: We just have to face the music: People suck.
[23.05.2018 02:53:01] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Thankfully, there are groups interested in peace. Not as many as I'd like, of course.
[23.05.2018 02:53:43] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Peace is hard to come by. We happened to encounter some Order operatives today.
[23.05.2018 02:53:53] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: We had them totally outgunned and outnumbered.
[23.05.2018 02:53:57] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: But we let them live.
[23.05.2018 02:54:12] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They turned over whatever materials they had on them, and we went on our way.
[23.05.2018 02:54:27] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Now normally Raven and I prefer to not leave anyone around to potentially bother us in the future.
[23.05.2018 02:54:36] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: But they were compliant and willing to work with us.
[23.05.2018 02:55:06] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: A mercy I don't expect them to extend to your own pilots. But that is what the beacons are for, I suppose.
[23.05.2018 02:55:28] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Alternatively we can reverse the theory.
[23.05.2018 02:55:34] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Just jump the enemy somewhere else.
[23.05.2018 02:56:19] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: An interesting notion. The Zoners might be interested in it as non-lethal deterrence.
[23.05.2018 02:56:40] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Funnily enough, they employed it and taught us how.
[23.05.2018 02:57:00] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Interesting. I'd thought that lot had forgotten innovation.
[23.05.2018 02:57:26] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: I have no issues with the Zoners personally, but they seem prone to complacency.
[23.05.2018 02:58:44] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: They needed to think fast. The Order was attacking the Freeport.
[23.05.2018 02:58:58] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: It all seems to come back to that, doesn't it?
[23.05.2018 02:59:39] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: My money was on Freeport 9 being the first to fall, but 11 seems more likely at this point.
[23.05.2018 02:59:59] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Nah, 9 was easy to defend.
[23.05.2018 03:00:08] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Us and the Hessians fought off the entire Core fleet.
[23.05.2018 03:00:31] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: I had expected Corsair expansion to target Freeport 9 before the Core or Order had an invasion plan
[23.05.2018 03:01:12] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Clearly that hasn't panned out. We need to investigate Corsair movements more.
[23.05.2018 03:01:32] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: their homeworld is as far from here as you'll likely get, but their operations in Bretonia concern us.
[23.05.2018 03:03:53] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: *beep beep bip beep beep bip* Hm?
[23.05.2018 03:04:09] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: Interesting. There's been something on the station I need to deal with.
[23.05.2018 03:04:13] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: I see.
[23.05.2018 03:04:18] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: Farewell then, I suppose.
[23.05.2018 03:04:21] A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith: L: I'll be returning home.
[23.05.2018 03:04:42] NO-OCS-Save.Yourself: I'll pass along your information to the Commission and Minister Kane.
[23.05.2018 03:04:47] 2018-05-23 03:04:47 SMT Traffic control alert: NO-OCS-Save.Yourself has requested to dock