The Lane Hackers | Internal Comms

[Mr. Blackfriar]

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Blackfriar here.

I have intercepted a Core APM vessel and decided to interrogate the pilot. As much as I don't believe he was sincere with me, there could be some truth in it, as the claims match with several conclusions I have made in this investigation so far.

There is no doubt The Core is Ageira Innovations' newest customer and they are attempting to build a larger structure in Omicron Delta, most possibly an atmospheric elevator in the Planet Nauru orbit to further exploit the riches planet offers. I will travel to Omicron Delta to continue my investigation on the field and collect further information on The Core.

APM-Insight communication logs

Mr.Blackfriar': Not the smartest move.
Core|APM-Insight: Not betting on smart here.
Mr.Blackfriar': I do. Seems it works well for me.
Mr.Blackfriar': Core in Liberty, once again.
Mr.Blackfriar': And once again, hauling Ageira's merchandise.
Core|APM-Insight: Actually, that's the...seventh time today?
Core|APM-Insight: Eight?
Core|APM-Insight: Took you long enough to catch up.
Mr.Blackfriar': Shame I wasn't around to stop you sooner.
Core|APM-Insight: Guess you guys aren't what you usd to be.
Core|APM-Insight: But hey, who am I to judge, right?
Core|APM-Insight: Voice from a speaker.
Mr.Blackfriar': Don't underestimate us, Core. Your ships got burned down several times already.
Core|APM-Insight: All insured.
Mr.Blackfriar': Yet, we choose our hits wisely.
Mr.Blackfriar': By the famed Interspace, I assume?
Core|APM-Insight: Don't make me laugh.
Core|APM-Insight: You'll take whatever you can get.
Mr.Blackfriar': I take whatever I want.
Core|APM-Insight: And you'll try to pitch as a carefully orchestrated move.
Core|APM-Insight: While in reality, it's nothing but blind luck and a few shiny toys.
Core|APM-Insight: So cut to the chase.
Mr.Blackfriar': And you and your Core bastards are on top of my list.
Core|APM-Insight: I bet we are.
Mr.Blackfriar': To what? I want informations. You will not be leaving any time soon.
Core|APM-Insight: We're on top of any and all blacklists.
Mr.Blackfriar': What are your relations with Ageira?
Core|APM-Insight: Well, pretty civil.
Core|APM-Insight: And not at gunpoint.
Mr.Blackfriar': I assume there's more than that.
Mr.Blackfriar': Far more.
Core|APM-Insight: Business.
Mr.Blackfriar': What kind of business?
Core|APM-Insight: Import and export, you know.
Core|APM-Insight: Standard things, really.
Core|APM-Insight: Nothing illegal.
Mr.Blackfriar': Import and export of what?
Core|APM-Insight: Good and cargo.
Mr.Blackfriar': I prefer to hear the details.
Core|APM-Insight: Assuming we have what...one major export?
Core|APM-Insight: Iridium?
Mr.Blackfriar': And import?
Core|APM-Insight: That's common knowledge, really.
Core|APM-Insight: Really?
Core|APM-Insight: What do they build?
Core|APM-Insight: Electronics, mate.
Mr.Blackfriar': Yes. Tell me.
Core|APM-Insight: Stuff like that.
Core|APM-Insight: We buy what they sell.
Core|APM-Insight: I don't know what you are looking for.
Mr.Blackfriar': "Stuff like that" won't cut it. I am well aware of the White Boxes import.
Core|APM-Insight: But it's all common knowledge.
Core|APM-Insight: I personally don't deal with that.
Mr.Blackfriar': But the Core does?
Core|APM-Insight: Bio neurals are on my shipping list.
Core|APM-Insight: I don't know that mate.
Mr.Blackfriar': I assumed all the cargo goes through the APM.
Core|APM-Insight: There are different people in APM.
Core|APM-Insight: My job is Neurals.
Core|APM-Insight: That's what I do.
Mr.Blackfriar': You turned from a smartass to a person that doesn't know much real fast.
Core|APM-Insight: Low value cargo, no escorts, no security.
Mr.Blackfriar': I wonder what happened.
Core|APM-Insight: I ran out of ass. Or smarts.
Mr.Blackfriar': Seems so. Yet the Liberty is a dangerous space.
Core|APM-Insight: Space tends to be dangerous.
Core|APM-Insight: All of it.
Core|APM-Insight: And White Boxes?
Core|APM-Insight: How'd you find out about that?
Mr.Blackfriar': Some more, some less. But, that's not what this discussion is about. I want to know more about them. What are you...
Mr.Blackfriar': Using them for?
Mr.Blackfriar': I have my ways.
Core|APM-Insight: What are we using what for?
Core|APM-Insight: White boxes?
Mr.Blackfriar': Yes.
Core|APM-Insight: I told you that's not my division.
Mr.Blackfriar': Are you blind? The White Boxes are not used for microscopic instruments.
Core|APM-Insight: I doubt you'll be able to put to sleep before he puts me to sleep.
Mr.Blackfriar': Lanes, docking rings, jump gates.
Mr.Blackfriar': That is a correct assumption.
Core|APM-Insight: I'll tell you something, but it's super secret man.
Core|APM-Insight: Like, they'll have my head if you tell them I told you.
Mr.Blackfriar': Say it.
Core|APM-Insight: We're building a jumpgate.
Mr.Blackfriar': Hmph. To where?
Core|APM-Insight: Dunno where it leads, though, the eggheads won't say.
Core|APM-Insight: But it's odd...
Mr.Blackfriar': What about Nauru?
Core|APM-Insight: I mean, who would need a jumpgate in a remote omega.
Core|APM-Insight: What about it?
Mr.Blackfriar': Anything odd there?
Core|APM-Insight: It's only the single most prospering planet in to the deepest of nomad space.
Core|APM-Insight: It's nothing normal there.
Mr.Blackfriar': And it's under Core's possession, correct?
Core|APM-Insight: Not possession, no.
Mr.Blackfriar': Ownership?
Core|APM-Insight: More like...we're running the show there.
Core|APM-Insight: But, it's a free planet.
Core|APM-Insight: I mean, it's not a dictatorship.
Mr.Blackfriar': I assumed that. And the its riches?
Mr.Blackfriar': What are they?
Core|APM-Insight: Haven't you see the brochures?
Core|APM-Insight: The most valuable resource is oxygen.
Mr.Blackfriar': I prefer not to waste my time on reading Core's brochures.
Core|APM-Insight: Oh and water.
Core|APM-Insight: And there's this bacteria, that lives on iridium minerals.
Mr.Blackfriar': Is it? I thought numerous nebulas and ice fields cover that.
Core|APM-Insight: It absorbs radiation.
Core|APM-Insight: Feeds on it.
Core|APM-Insight: We're currently putting that to use in reactors.
Core|APM-Insight: Top notch stuff.
Mr.Blackfriar': Tell me, how do you move that kind of cargo off planet?
Mr.Blackfriar': Atmospheric entry points are quite dangerous.
Core|APM-Insight: It's really hard.
Core|APM-Insight: But, particle shields do the trick.
Core|APM-Insight: As with any planet, really.
Core|APM-Insight: And then there's this no good for anything half built docking ring decaying in orbit.
Core|APM-Insight: Bloody thing has been there rotting for years.
Mr.Blackfriar': And the APM decided to kickstart it's completion?
Mr.Blackfriar': Seems like a waste of good resources if it's not completed.
Core|APM-Insight: Nah, we're pooling resources into the Sigmas.
Mr.Blackfriar': Lusty for the war?
Core|APM-Insight: We got our own wars.
Core|APM-Insight: We don't need another one.
Mr.Blackfriar': In Sigmas?
Core|APM-Insight: The order's blight is everywhere.
Core|APM-Insight: We are always there to prevent them from "rescuing" innocent people from fake threats.
Core|APM-Insight: Or that's what the brochure says.
Mr.Blackfriar': Mhm. I'd assume the main battlefront would be Omicron Delta and Minor.
Mr.Blackfriar': I did not read Order's brochure either.
Core|APM-Insight: But I'm thinking, HC's shifting resources there, trying to colonize a planet.
Mr.Blackfriar': Seems they are far too common nowadays.
Core|APM-Insight: A brand new planet.
Mr.Blackfriar': Which planet?
Core|APM-Insight: I dunno, I'm shipping this to Durban.
Core|APM-Insight: I don't have clearance.
Core|APM-Insight: I mean, you can comm the boss, I guess.
Mr.Blackfriar': Hmph. Seems I will have to investigate that on my own.
Mr.Blackfriar': I already "commed the boss".
Mr.Blackfriar': The other boss.
Core|APM-Insight: I see.
Mr.Blackfriar': Grand Admiral Michal Golanski.
Core|APM-Insight: Oh that boss.
Core|APM-Insight: He's not a boss, he's an admiral.
Mr.Blackfriar': So perhaps we'll see each other more often in the near future.
Mr.Blackfriar': And hopefully less Ageira.
Mr.Blackfriar': Far less.
Core|APM-Insight: Deffo, plenty of shipping orders for stuff.
Core|APM-Insight: On the low down, I gotta this order for a few tons of ale too.
Mr.Blackfriar': That's enough for today. You are free to leave... Once you pay me, 5 millions.
Core|APM-Insight: How about this.
Core|APM-Insight: Three millions.
Mr.Blackfriar': And inform all of your colleagues that mister Blackfriar will be waiting for them.
Mr.Blackfriar': You've been kind, so I will be as well. 3.
Mr.Blackfriar': Yet don't expect to see my kindness often.
You have received 3.000.000 credits from Core|APM-Insight

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