When I initially designed Mission 39, I had to overcome the tremendous logistics with the strained funds I had in my disposal. Yet here I am three months afterwards being in the extremely pleasant position to announce that Mission 39 was a total success without spending a single credit.
With Mission 39 we achieved the impossible, the unthinkable. We made the biggest extortion in the history of Sirius; equipment worth more than 4 billions credits were taken from a death dealer who proudly refers to himself as a capitalist swine. More info about the mission and the loot can be found in the respective mission log. Here I would like to personally thank all the Lane Hackers who participated and made all this possible.
Anyway here is the report of my other activities the previous months. Probably my biggest report so far.
At the beginning of the previous month I intercepted a Cryer| transport in Shikoku system. The doctor paid 2 million credits while I also made clear to her our strong conviction in the extermination of her cancerous company. [①②③④] On a similar fashion, a Gateway| liner was encountered in Manchester carrying a cloaking device. The Bretonian flunky made a small donation. [①②③] In the same system a Kishiro| transport carrying a full load of ore was also extorted. [①②③④⑤] The next day with the help of Mr Scorpius we intercepted a Bowex) convoy carrying Military Vehicles supposedly for New London, though I expect their final destination would be Planet Leeds. They were terrorized before making a significant contribution to the Professor. [①②] Of all things I also encountered a XA- Stork near Cochrane which was about to collapse on its own. The Xeno was immensely humilitiated before being interrogated. In the end he gave half of his cargo which was classified as Premium Scrap though I expect it was "premium" only in name. I let him keep the rest since the Xenos are a wonderful meatshield and distraction of the law enforcement. The cargo was then sold to the Junker Marauders. [①②③④] Finally, I have evidence of IND operating in Dublin system in the form of purchasing Gold Ore from the official branch of BMM. [①②③]
Back in Shikoku, I intercepted an official USI transport heading back to Liberty. The captain helped me in my efforts to bait the 5th in entering Shikoku so instead of dropping all of its cargo, a modest monetary compensation was demanded. [①②③④⑤] Additionally, an Order| vessel came shortly afterwards inside a Blood Dragon vessel. Apparently the Order has a close alliance with the Blood Dragons as I also witnessed Order dreadnoughts being granted mooring access to Kyoto by the Shogun himself. That intel was also confirmed by one of my informants in Rheinland. [①②] A PFI) flunky was also intercepted in Cortez system. As it didn't carry any cargo, the captain provided me with moderate value intel instead. [①②③④⑤⑥] Finally, I encountered a SPS) medium transport entering Liberty with cardamine. By following the Operations Manual, I successfully escorted the smuggler to Planet Houston while pirating two transports on the way there. [①②③④⑤]
A few weeks ago I encountered a small modular station above Padua Base named Devils Island. I contacted the PLR and was informed that they are building this modular station in order to serve as a place to store liberated goods or deposit contraband. In addition its excellent location in the edges of Liberty made me decide to support them with base construction supplies since the Lane Hackers are also going to use that station. [①] In other news, there is a freelancer company tagged as FL-ER which apparently expertizes on escort services and supplying modular station. They also have a supply contract in Poena and according to them they are "neutral" to the Lane Hackers. [①②③④⑤] Around the same time I also met the [M] leader, Blodwyn O'Driscoll and we discussed various issues. [①] Furthermore, near the now-inactive war zone I also obtained evidence of Kishiro and T&T breaking the embargo on Rheinland and Liberty. [①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩⑪⑫⑬⑭] Finally, I intercepted an official USI Barge moving to Philadelphia, inside Pennsylvania system. Shortly afterwards Interruptor Gruvozavoyschikov arrived and the foolish USI members decided to not meet my demands. Eventually a USI escort and a Freelancer were obliterated before the Barge went down in a massive explosion. [①②③④⑤]
Three weeks ago I scored more extortions, again with the official branches of Bowex and Gateway. The war effort probably forced the Bretonian corporate bosses to not even assign escorts on their convoys or properly armor their ships while moving supplies through Liberty. Subsequently they made my extortions considerably easier. [①②③④] Jumping from California system I met a transport using the [SU] tag and carrying unlicensed munitions. In the following conversation the smuggler mentioned that he is part of the new Slavers Union. So I instructed him to contact the Lane Hackers if he wishes to claim the status that the former organization enjoyed with us. [①②③] I would also like to announce that our latest Counterfeit Software - Cardamine Lane Hacker convoy in Gallia under Gallic Brigand escort, was a total success. The Unione Corse miserably failed to intercept Mr Trigger while we brought EFE back to Leiden. In addition the relations between the LH and LD are very good and thus we are now receiving all Gallic equipment from them, successfully replacing our former arrangement with the Unione Corse. [①②③④⑤⑥] So now Unione Corse convoys in Liberty became a juicy target. On top of that, I had also promised them a warm welcome when they enter Liberty and with the help of Ms Grubozaboyschikov we delivered it. The [UC] captain made a generous donation of 8 million credits while we also obtained evidence of the Unione Corse carrying Gallic drugs inside Liberty. The evidence when then given to the Junker Congress for the purpose of being leaked into the public and the law enforcement. [①②③④]
Nox is a serious competitor to cardamine in the drug business, so I request that we apply the same restrictions to its trafficking as we already do with the artifacts and stabiline.
Two weeks ago, an Order| vessel tried to stop my transport in Inverness, because I was carrying 1 unit of cardamine! Needless to say that I am very disappointed with the aforementioned organisation. [①②] Back in Cortez I intercepted a USI transport commanded by no less than USI President again. The corporate slave master was interrogated before he was allowed to leave with his account balance significantly smaller. [①②③] In addition a CR| convoy soon came and they were also extorted despite the lack of reinforcements. [①②③] The next day aas I was fleeing from naval patrols, I found a BMF transport on the same spot. Apparently they're building more things over at Fortidutine so the captain was ordered to drop his cargo of Bio-neural Arrays. He foolishly refused and was destroyed without even putting up a fight. Before he died he revealed to me that another BMF transport was heading to that direction so I then headed to Manchester and caught it on its way from Magellan system. The same procedure and outcome happened in this case too. [①②③] James Green, the captain of Counterfeit Coin is a friendly smuggler who sold us nomad materials and he is interested for further business with the Lane Hackers. Finally, a LPI- Bison carrying Robotic Hardware was intercepted in California. The officer was subjected into reverse-interrogation and the results were magnificent. He actually paid more than he was asked for! [①②]
The last week, I caught the CEO of Swellendam Inc. while moving Premium Scrap to his installation. Two thousand units were extorted from his vessel while I let him keep the rest and all that with a 5th vessel on the scene unable to do anything or even intercept me after the extortion. Then a T&T was contacted to get the scrap from my transport. [①②③④⑤] In New London another BMF| had an unfortunate accident. He decided to attack me on his own thinking that he is close to the base and get away. But I efficiently used my ship's powercore despite letting him damage to my ship. Before he reached Kensington he had already been blown up. [①②] In Kusari I accidentally met Smithy, the notorious IC captain. Impassively he boarded his escape pod while my bomber quickly blew up his ship. The remaining 3000 units of premium scrap were retrieved by a [HA] ship that I called. For the purpose of creating stronger relations with them, I didn't ask for a share. [①②③] Back in Liberty, we decided to do some clean-up. Small pirate gangs had recently moved in and that was bad for business. With the help of Professor Hunter we intercepted a Pirate Reapers gang and since they were not interested for even a discussion we destroyed them. [①②③] The next day another TBH transport was extorted in northern Texas and 40% of its artifact cargo was safely transported by Smithy to Planet Manhattan. [①②③④⑤⑥⑦]
I should also report that Interruptor Grubozaboyschikov was found using Advanced Cargo Scanner in an earlier joint operation with her. I would like to propose all Lane Hacker operatives to use Advanced Deep Scanner unless they request and receive special permission to use another one. Maximum detection range is crucial to both detect our targets, those who hunt us and also to avoid docking at lawful stations with law enforcement in range. In addition, I propose that Infiltrators or higher ranked Hackers to be allowed to use one of our most advanced technologies, the Spyglass Scanner. Furthermore, I talked with Flora of the Watchers, now named as Gaian Guard and informed me that she met Blodwyn O'Driscoll and she visited Londonderry and saw the destruction of Planet Cork. However Flora wasn't really interested to blame the Corsairs for this destruction. Clearly, the environmental issues is not the top priority of her group which disappointed me greatly and jeopardized any chances of further cooperation. Hopefully that Gaian group would eventually fall and a new one, more concerned with nature, will rise once again. This incriminating intel has already been handed over to a Planetform transport who before that he was forced to give me the Order pilots that it was carrying and some credits. The agents are now in Leiden's Interrogation. [①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩]
A few days ago I encountered a VWA convoy in southern Liberty along with Liberty Navy of the primary fleet. Once we jumped in Hamburg system the Liberty Navy didn't follow. Four VWA ships were present. Two transports carrying engine components and two escorts, one of them being the Oberst of the Vereinigte Widerstandsarmee, Erich Klugmann. The first thing was for the VWAs to ask their leader if they should demand the unit of cardamine in my cargo hold and Klugmann reluctantly refused. I was then told that the Liberty Navy was escorting them through the entire way and I expect they were probably responsible for providing the VWA with their cargo which they need for their war against Rheinland's authorities. Of course Liberty Navy didn't do it out of its good heart. I am certain VWA gave them diamonds in return or any other commodities that they have in abundance. Anyway, soon afterwards the VWA convoy moved on while only Klugmann stayed back. Our conversation offered me further insights. His group are also enemies with our friends, the Unioners and Liberty Rogues so the only friendly base that they have in northern Rheinland/Independent Worlds is Freeport 2. Furthermore, they are going to intercept LH cardamine convoys heading to Liberty. When I informed him about the protection agreement that we have with the Red Hessian Army he said he needs to discuss it first with the Partei if anything is going to change. Additionally I was informed that the VWA does not deal with Blood Diamonds as that would spread the Red Hessian ideology and not theirs. So it is not in their best interest to do that. Apparently the relationship they share with the Red Hessians is a fragile one and kept only for the advantages that it produces. Because of all this, I believe VWA has absolutely no usefulness, significance or worth to the Lane Hackers while instead their convoys are easy targets for our operators. [①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩⑪⑫⑬⑭⑮]