I established a waypoint-based flight pattern throughout Kusari, to patrol the inner systems and map the patrol routes conducted by the Emperor's forces. I took a short circle through Hokkaido, Kyushu, Tokyo and lastly, Honshu, then proceeded to refuel at Battleship Matsuda.
In Honshu, around Yukawa and the planet, I ran into faint visuals erupting from Hogosha vessels, chiefly ones belonging to the Yakuza organization. One of them hailed me, I didn't engage since I was low on fuel and had to make my trip to Matsuda short.
Near the Okinawa jump gate, I was hailed by Rika-sama, flying the Inari transport vessel. She told me to wait for her at that specific location, so I proceeded to hide in the nebula near the jump gate, then switched off my engines and non-essential systems, noticing the arrival of the Inari in a few minutes.
Rika-sama was intending to pick up H-Fuel from Sendai, a station I never heard of until today. Seemingly a Blood Dragon research base, where I wasn't allowed to land. At any rate, our first waypoint was Matsuda, since my reserves wouldn't have lasted until Sendai.
After filling up the tank, Rika-sama revealed me the location of the aforementioned Blood Dragon base, Sendai research complex and we flew there to pick up even more H-Fuel, intending to supply the fighters stationed at Ainu with it.
I waited in space while the Inari was filled up, then we started cruising back to Honshu. On the edge of the nebula, we stumbled upon an unpleasant surprise, a sole Yakuza Black Dragon fighter, piloted by one of their aces, Hideki. Little did we have to wait for the other ship to materialize, an Eagle-class vessel emerged from the nebula, standing to assist his wingman.
Hideki introduced the Oyabun's claims for Rika-sama's head, which of course was a scenario I couldn't idly spectate. Following a brief amount of negotiations, they commenced their attack on the Inari, which I attempted to cover with my Suncannons.
The engagement lasted merely for a few minutes. While delivering only moderate damage to one of the Yakuza serpents; Hayate, the Inari was critically damaged by the strike force. The hull of the ship was fortunately saved however, along with it Rika-sama and the tons of H-Fuel.
The hostile wing leader's weapon systems started malfunctioning, forcing him and his wingman to cease their attack. We used the opportunity with Rika-sama to escape the battlefield.
Through Honshu and Choguku, we reached Ainu depot, both of our ships (barely) intact. The fuel supplies reached the base, but the Inari has to be a subject to repairs.