Excellent work Hide, this is what I like to see. Any help you offer my friends in the Congress, I'll gladly continue to compensate you for as per usual. I'm still in the Barrier pass, so you know where to find me.
Here is payment to help put towards the Chikuzen's continued operation. I'll throw you some more next time we rendezvous in space. Until then, try to stay in one piece.
Also be on the lookout around Coronado, we may have a problem with some nomads in the area...I've seen one in various stages of growth hovering nearby to Barrier Gate Station. Even stranger, a group of freelancers seem to have befriended one or more, and their motives remain unclear. They're the very same mercs I mentioned to you before ironically. If you see anything strange out here, let me know asap...we don't want any more threats to our operation in the pass. We may need some additional assistance up here.
I have a pretty... interesting encounter today. If you would say I am going to see Gallic Outcast, I would laugh. And laugh and laugh. The thing is, I came across such a man. The chatter was quite long and prolonged my Manifold haul into Valetta, but proved to be quite interesting one.
[31.12.822 07:16:21] Ulysses: Hide: Ahhh, welcome welcome! I got Manifolds for glorious Nacion Maltesa.
[31.12.822 07:16:28] Don't use F1 or disconnect when interacting with other players.
[31.12.822 07:16:46] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: So it would seem mesiuer..
[31.12.822 07:16:48] Ulysses: Hide: Now, that's quite interesting ship Outcasts laid hands on.
[31.12.822 07:17:14] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: The only one of iets kind in Les Maltan hands..
[31.12.822 07:17:20] Ulysses: Hide: Wait a second. A Gallic Outcast? I've seen everything.
[31.12.822 07:17:41] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: *chuckles* You'd be surprised Mesiuer..
[31.12.822 07:18:04] Ulysses: Hide: Mhm.Never seen any of your kind in Outcast ranks...
[31.12.822 07:18:22] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Iet's a long tale..
[31.12.822 07:18:53] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: You wouldn't find many of mon kind within Les Maltan space..
[31.12.822 07:19:09] Ulysses: Hide: *Crosses his arms.* I pressume.
[31.12.822 07:19:43] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Again as I said. Iet's a long tale to tell.
[31.12.822 07:21:25] Ulysses: Hide: *Raises his eyebrow.* You went silent, Gaul-sama.
[31.12.822 07:21:35] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: I did?...
[31.12.822 07:22:35] Ulysses: Hide: I thought you were going to speak about a tale of your voyages, or something.
[31.12.822 07:23:00] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Here would not be an.. appropriate measure to tell such a tale.
[31.12.822 07:23:36] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: ALlow moi to finish this run into Discordian territory.. Then we'll talk..
[31.12.822 07:23:45] Ulysses: Hide: Aye.
[31.12.822 07:24:46] Ulysses: Hide: Going anywhere in particular, anyway?
[31.12.822 07:24:58] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Right ahead mesiuer.
[31.12.822 07:25:12] Ulysses: Hide: *Looks at his scanners.* Ah yes, Shasta.
[31.12.822 07:25:48] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: I dispize being here but.. fund must be made to the upkeep of moi Guillotine..
[31.12.822 07:26:19] Ulysses: Hide: Displeased? Sound like you didn't like Zoners.
[31.12.822 07:26:37] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: A single Discordian.. Not all of them..
[31.12.822 07:26:42] 822-12-31 07:26:42 SMT Traffic control alert: OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel has requested to dock
[31.12.822 07:27:08] Ulysses: Hide: I have a strange feeling it is about TAZ Pope.
[31.12.822 07:27:29] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: You would be very correct Junkuer..
[31.12.822 07:27:32] Attention! Stand clear. Towing OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel
[31.12.822 07:27:43] Ulysses: Hide: I've never liked TAZ or their crazy cult.
[31.12.822 07:28:19] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Iet ies not their cult which I distaste, it is th eknowledge of being part of such a lesser soul..
[31.12.822 07:29:02] Ulysses: Hide: Pardon my reservation, but I've never been on good term with Gallia. While everyone hates GRN, I also have some--
[31.12.822 07:29:19] Ulysses: --distaste towards Unione Corse.
[31.12.822 07:29:34] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: THe Corse. I've dealt with them many a time..
[31.12.822 07:29:53] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: But hold no reserve towards such.. I never have..
[31.12.822 07:30:15] Ulysses: Hide: It's more complicated, I must say, friend.
[31.12.822 07:30:18] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: I must stop upon Freeport 6 for a medigel band..
[31.12.822 07:30:45] Ulysses: Hide: Ah yes, Cryer had a good deal providing Freeport 6 with those.
[31.12.822 07:30:54] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Personal use... It comes with being in and out of Cryo..
[31.12.822 07:31:12] Ping: 159ms (Max: 1000ms) Fluct: 18ms Loss: 1% (Max: 70%) Lag: 12% (Max: 100%)
[31.12.822 07:31:13] 822-12-31 07:31:13 SMT Traffic control alert: OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel has requested to dock
[31.12.822 07:32:19] Ulysses: Hide: Well, back to the topic. Reservation to Unione comes from their deals with Hogosha. Petty tuxedo-and-tie criminals.
[31.12.822 07:32:56] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Shall we continue?
[31.12.822 07:33:03] Ulysses: Hide: Of course.
[31.12.822 07:33:26] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: I have sadly not met any of the.. Hogosha.. You speak of sadly..
[31.12.822 07:33:47] Ulysses: Hide: They roam in Kusari and sometimes in Tau-29.
[31.12.822 07:34:07] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: I see.. Kusari was never much to moi liking..
[31.12.822 07:34:45] Ulysses: Hide: Well, I come from there.
[31.12.822 07:34:54] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Do you now?..
[31.12.822 07:35:14] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: I'm afraid my deepest venture into Kusari was the Kyushu system..
[31.12.822 07:35:40] Ulysses: Hide: Aye, the most beautiful system in the entire Kusari. Some argue Shikoku is.
[31.12.822 07:36:13] Ulysses: Hide: Oh my, where are my manners. My name's Hidetaka Kojima, friend.
[31.12.822 07:36:19] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: I do however miss the rings of Tonnerre...
[31.12.822 07:36:38] Ulysses: Hide: I do hope you'd find calm in Rings of Aso.
[31.12.822 07:36:39] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Manners are appropriate... Felanis.. Vulpe Felanis Mesiuer..
[31.12.822 07:36:55] Ulysses: Hide: Vulpe, hah. Mr Fox then?
[31.12.822 07:37:21] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Pardone?..
[31.12.822 07:37:31] Ulysses: Hide: Nevermind... Just joking.
[31.12.822 07:37:42] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: I see then..
[31.12.822 07:37:50] Ulysses: Hide: Doesn't 'vulpe' mean 'fox' in your language?
[31.12.822 07:38:06] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: I do not know.. It was what I was designated.
[31.12.822 07:38:19] Ulysses: Hide: Hmh.
[31.12.822 07:38:40] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Granted by the past Lord Enzo Du Sable..
[31.12.822 07:39:00] Ulysses: Hide: Enzo? Sounds more Kusarian than it should.
[31.12.822 07:39:15] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: A former Royalist Lord..
[31.12.822 07:39:28] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: In a sense.. Moi creator..
[31.12.822 07:40:22] Ulysses: Hide: Creator? How come? Your, father, you mean?
[31.12.822 07:40:56] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Non. He ies moi Lord. Moi ... variant.. Ies the Discordian I spoke of..
[31.12.822 07:41:15] Ulysses: Hide: Ha, so you don't like him because of that, or...?
[31.12.822 07:41:34] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: How would you feel of being the echo of someone else?
[31.12.822 07:42:04] Ulysses: Hide: I wasn't born to made great deals or a future. I'm humble, and being 'echo' is... well. Enough.
[31.12.822 07:42:45] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: To moi I'm afraid, gives state of a lesser being... To be that of a .....clone..
[31.12.822 07:42:57] Ulysses: Hide: ... clone?
[31.12.822 07:43:15] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Indeed.. I do not enjoy saying that sole word mesieur..
[31.12.822 07:43:44] Ulysses: Hide: Don't tell me you are an actual clone.
[31.12.822 07:43:54] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Not direct.. Non..
[31.12.822 07:44:13] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Tampering of some other genetic material added to the base..
[31.12.822 07:44:22] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: I am what I am..
[31.12.822 07:44:29] Ulysses: Hide: Thank Heavens, for a moment I thought these crazy Zoners made... Oh.
[31.12.822 07:44:51] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Non. I am the creation of Royalists..
[31.12.822 07:45:13] Ulysses: Hide: *Spits.* Damn Royalist, making Kusari to bend to its knee.
[31.12.822 07:45:13] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Fallen and persecuted from grace..
[31.12.822 07:45:24] OCT-La.Rosen.Ciel: Vulpe: Let me show you..
For sure, "Parchydeme"-class bearing the Outcast IFF is a quite unorthodox view. Guess there are such people as well, then.
As for the other topics, I found out Odani-maru is beyond repairs after the last encounter, so it seems Ulysses, the rebranded Chikuzen, would be my flagship for a while. Well, I find her a bit more tough and better, so far. Well, for sure I won't be the one to argue. Thing is, it might get useful to tame such a firepower.
Oh yes, I've heard Cortari Lance is back. I'm not sure what to think about it and I think that Crimson Cross and Cortari Lance might be pushing each other in order to get one stable leadership over Outcasts. Let's hope not.
I think this is a high time for some more actions against enemies of the Junker cause. Odani-maru is finally operational and awaiting further instructions. Up to date, after failed Gateway piracy attempt, I was bothered by Crayterian cruiser - thankfully, withdrawing from Cortez. As usual, I await on Freeport 6 in Tau-29.
Good old times of extortion of Gallic friends, all for righteous cause, is soon to happen again.
Well I'm relieved your vessel is back to being operational. I've been bouncing in and out of Liberty like usual. Float like a butterfly they say. Its always best not to linger in one place too long. I'll make my way to the Taus and try to catch up with you around there. As to hitting enemies of the Junkers...well you'll get no argument from me on that. You know me, I'm always up for a good heist along the way! *laughs*
Watch your back and keep an eye on your scanner, I'll be in the vicinity in no time.
Our patrol went well yesterday, although it seemed most of the action had subsided by the time the rest of you managed to catch up with me in New London. Word spread fast about the happenings so I went in earlier in my fighter while I had the Argo follow me into Bretonia and rendezouz at Trafalgar. I observed this latest Nomad incursion for some time from the asteroid field on the periphery of the battle zone. After some wilde bombers showed up, I decided to go in.
I briefly found myself entangled with a 'Wilde' bomber who was as ferocious as their reputation precedes. Many did not survive that one I can tell you. I stuck it out a while but managed to give the slip. For a few moments I thought I was going to wake up in an escape pod. As it turns out, its a good thing I didn't. Only after I got back to Trafalgar, I found I must have tractored in a nice little surprise. I've heard rumors about these things and what they can do. Imagine my surprise when I opened my cargo hold this morning!
I never got to take out that wilde bomber, my guess is it came from a previous Nomad attacker. So today I snuck my way with it over to Kepler and again had my ship follow behind. There I can give it a proper examination, before ultimate transfer it to the Argo. I'm going to poke around Ames and try to find a Zoner researcher who might be interested in helping me out here. I know these things have secrets to be cracked, there's a reason the Order and the Core go so crazy over this stuff. Either way, I'm going to need a bit more security for a while, so don't be scarce. Head t'wards Ames Research Station, contact me from there. You know I'll pay you well for this one.
There had been some strange actions between Rheinland Military and GMG, which resulted in heavy damage of Fulda Border Station and Sigma-13 Gate in Frankfurt. I went there and found myself in the middle of combat between a hastily-made fleet of various Kusarian, Rheinlander and even Corsair ships and The Nomads. I joined the fight myself, seeing no other option but to fire back at the blue critters. Such a situation hadn't happened since the Nomad War, I think...
And I think I'll need a lot of feedback on what had been happening in the colonies. The place of seclusion I found myself left me pretty much off with touch with realities across Sirius. Like, by a lot. The fact that GMG and Rheinland jumped to each other's throats and the kraut radicals blame the Gassers is also odd. Very odd.
You know the place.
Hide
....signal cut....
***COMM CHANNEL CLOSED***
This little bird went to sleep forever. So long.
Thank you for everything.
Antares was sitting back in his chair with his feet up, hat tipped down over his face, in his dimly lit quarters aboard the Argo. He had just got off the bridge and had sat down to let himself dose off, when a notification sounded off from his main console. He lurched forward and sat up, adjusting himself and moved in closer to the screen. The sound was unique, designated a long time ago by Antares to indicate reception of a transmission along a certain frequency. He hadn't heard it in a long time to be sure. But recent events left him not so surprised, with mention of him recently by a long off stranger. He quickly entered his password and brought up a decompressed message.
Afterwards he gave the command to record and re-broadcast. He reached out to the wall and hit the comm panel with a finger,
Ahh welcome back my friend. Glad to see you are still among us! I know sometimes one can wind up lost for long periods of time, but we all wind up back in space eventually. You came up in conversation recently after I was approached by someone who heard of me through you. I was just about to plan a lane heist in your memory, when you finally turn up!
A great deal of action has occurred since we last had any contact. I was injured myself in a catastrophic decompression some time ago where I had to spend almost a year in recovery. These days I continue to patrol for unique business opportunities as I always have. Although at my age I tend to play things a little safer than in the past. Yet I never mind a well planned operation for the occasional hit and run maneuver. If the parties are appropriate of course.
As to the latest breakdown out in the Sigmas, if you wind up dragged into anything and want some back-up, just say the word and I can turn us around to head your way pronto. It is true as you pointed out that the attack seems largely unexplained, with no clear indication of responsibility or motive. It is a disturbing development indeed. 'Means it might not be so safe out there still. Not to mention 3 fleets about to build up. Try not to get pulled into any black holes so soon after just getting back into the sky eh*laughs*
EMERGENCY RECALL to Argo and all remaining Fighting Pelicans to MANCHESTER and CORTEZ. Queen Carina's Privateers are also to be warned about upcoming situation that had just happened in the system. Gathering required in order to decide upon further rules of engagement and overall strategy undertaken across Western Independent System.