Konnichiwa, it's been a while. This will be my first report since I was assigned to duties in Hokkaido and the path to Gallia.
First patrol was a deployment on the 7th in response to a call for reinforcements in the Kyushu system, against a pirate group. I departed from the Matsumoto in my chimaera and headed straight to Kyushu. On the lane connecting Tsushima Depot to the Jumpgate to the Tau systems, I've found Kaisho-ho Ishikawa Hideaki in his fighter defending the Naval cruiser KDS-Kirishima against several Junker Marauders fighters and bombers. I immediately headed in and engaged the bombers.
While we were engaging the bombers, more reinforcements came to our aid, amongst them officers Jiro Taiyouji and Teta Nakamura, and the police gunboat KSP-Naginata. Unfortunately, the junkers brought up 2 large ships, and with the dodgy bombers they breached the Kirishima hull, critically damaging it.
We pressed on them, and while our forces focused on the large ships, our support eliminated some of the enemy fighters.
The junkers managed to take down the KSP gunboat, and began to pull back trough the Tau-23 jumphole.
We chased them to the area of the Cali base. Even with the presence of the base defenses, we pressed on the enemy, and managed to take some out before they had the chance of entering the safety of the base.
After the remaining targets were out of our reach we regrouped in Kyushu, and returned to normal patrols.
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On the 9th of this month, I began another patrol on the Hokkaido and Rishiri systems. Of note where the passage of 2 zoner whales outbound to Gallia, one of them the (\^/)Eros, and another zoner called OSSC>Perica who was transporting Gallic wine.
Afterwards, back in Hokkaido, a Council stellion fighter appeared and was moving towards New Tokyo. He was intercepted in the midpoint of the lanes, and ordered to return to Gallia. The pilot Therup resisted, and I engaged him. The fight prolonged for a while until Kaisho Sakamoto Ryoma appeared, and the council pilot by the name Therup decided to retreat back to Gallia.
I was ordered to shadow him until he left, but he stopped at the gate to Lyonnais and refused to depart. Having been warned again, I engaged and destroyed the fighter after he had refused to comply.
Meanwhile, other patrols were busy with several occurrences, so I headed to New Tokyo to provide assistance to them. An unusual high volume of traffic was evident in Tokyo and Shikoku, and I helped controlling the shipping manifests of the ship passing trough Planet New Tokyo.
We stopped a Liberty transport called NRP-Lusitania, bearing a Ageira IFF and Universal ID, which was carrying a shipment of Plutonium. The captain declared that the shipment was destined to Bretonia, and when informed of the embargo through Liberty and without any viable alternative route, decided to exchange the cargo for some New Tokyo 5 Star Sake.
After that a USI convoy arrived at New Tokyo and requested an escort to Planet Tomioka in the Nagano system. After questioning a Unione Corse pilot heading back to Gallia, we were about to start the escort when tokkeitai operative Gaikotsu requested all available forces to counter a possible dangerous situation near Honshu.
We found a GMG pilot flying a BD Katana fighter, and after a few arguments, we made him return to Aomori, although we would have like him to exit out of Honshu completely. Operative Gaikotsu and other pilots handled that situation though, so I don't have all the details.
(near New Tokyo -> Honshu jumpgate)
We then ended escorting the USI convoy on it's return trip to Liberty.
(Near Deshima station)
After that our patrol dealt with an Interspace transport carrying optronic arrays, called Slow.Ninja. He was carrying the cargo without the proper permits and was convinced to surrender the cargo near Shinagawa. However in a fit of depression the pilot steered his ship into Izu surface, where the ship exploded in the crash. Such a desecration of the natural scenery of New Tokyo is inadmissible and the pilot payed with his life. Hogosha cleanup companies were called to deal with the debris.
During this patrol my ship suffered several power failures and unexpected shutdowns. Engineering suspect radiation received during the Council engagement, coupled with an orbit too close to Shikoku's sun at one point. Ship was checked at Myoko during the patrol.
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The last patrol occurred today in Hokkadio and Rishira area. Little activity to report upon, except for the presence of a Republican shipping transport and fighter escort, carrying uncut diamonds to Gallia, and another convoy returning afterwards with super alloys.
Comm ID: Nito Kaii Remyiu Hamada Location: New Tokyo System, Planet New Tokyo, Kusari Naval Base, Medical bay.
Konnichiwa, this is my first report.
In my patrol around the New Tokyo Tradelanes I encountered a freelance smuggler who was hauling Artifacts, he proceeded down the tradelane from Planet New Tokyo to the Shikoku Jump gate while I chased him. The lane was then interrupted by two Outcast Very Heavy Fighters who attempted to pirate the smuggler right in front of me. I managed to receive help from Nito Kaii Mitsu Toshi-san, who was patrolling the Shikoku system. After a short dog fight, the Outcast's cobbled together fighters gave up on their pilots and blew up. During the fight the smuggler escaped towards Shikoku, while we were fighting the two Outcasts.
After we destroyed the Outcasts we went to the Shikoku System to look for the Smuggler, I searched up to the Ames Research Station in Kepler before returning while Toshi-san patrolled Shikoku. Unfortunately we were unable to find the smuggler.
When we returned Toshi-san ended his patrol. I returned to New Tokyo to continue patrolling, after one loop of the tradelanes, Nito Kaii Taisuke Bei-san asked me to come to Shikoku to patrol around Battleship Myoko while he searched Kepler for another Smuggler. Then Bei-san had made sighted a Zoner Destroyer Class Capital ship, the Zoner entered Shikoku and we managed to turn him around back into Kepler at Deshima Station.
(-(Zoner Destroyer)-)
With Bei-san guarding the border again, I went to continue my patrol around New Tokyo when I made contact with the honor-less Blood Dragons and was engaged by their single fighter while they moved four gunboats, two destroyers and a battleship in a convoy through New Tokyo, nearby Planet New Tokyo. I reported their positions before I engaged the Blood Dragon's Very Heavy Fighter, who was left behind to prevent me from following the convoy. After a few passes with the fighter, the pilot activated all of his mines at once and blew up my ship and his as we were fighting.
My pod was picked up by a patrol and sent to the Naval base on Planet New Tokyo where I am now. Thankfully the technology fitted within my Chimaera's Escape Pod prevented me from sustaining any major injuries.
Comm ID : Nitto Kaii Remiyu Hamada Location :Kyushu System, Planet Kyushu.
Konnichiwa, this is my second report.
Yesterday I responded to a distress signal from a Kishiro Transport Vessel in Kepler which was being harrassed by Xenos nearby Ames Research Station. When I arrived there was one Xeno Fighter sitting on the tradelane to Colorado from Ames. After some questioning it was revealed that the Xeno was under the influence of drugs and carrying artifacts. A second Xeno Transport showed and joined its ally, at this point I asked Araki-san to assist me. After a bit of conversation with a nearby LNS vessel in Colorado, (LNS-Concord), I managed to arrange it so that we would be able to escort the Kishiro vessel to the Colorado Jump Gate and let LNS-Concord escort it through Liberty.
Later on I was taken on patrol by the Commander of the ship [KNF]Shiranui where we intercepted a pirate piloting a bomber in New Tokyo which had obtained a cloaking device, after some searching we managed to track him down and I destroy the bomber.
Awhile later we encountered a Blood Dragon Gunboat in Kyushu, which attempted to flee using the Jump Holes, we managed to catch it still and destroy the vessel.
After that I switched into my Umibozu and returned to Planet Kyushu to assist [KNF]Shiranui in taking out another Blood Dragon Gunboat, this one had much better defenses and armaments but it was eventually destroyed.
This I docked on Planet Kyushu to write a report but was contacted by a USI Transport asking for help against a Junker Pirate that had been interrupting lanes in Kyushu. When I arrived on the scene, it was apparent that the Junker had already destroyed a transport of Beryllium Ore. As I arrived the Transport began fleeing towards the Jump Gate to Tau-29, after picking up a cargo of slaves which it had dropped. But instead dropped off the lane and sped into the Ohka Dust Field where it took a Jump hole which lead to Tau-23, I followed it to where it docked onto some sort of Rock.
(-(Junker Transport)-)(-(Slaves)-)(-(Strange Rock)-)
Konnichiwa,
Wish to present my daily patrol report.
Starting my patrol in Shikoku I ran into a trader with call-sign Dante_01. He was carrying high portions of Helium-3 to Liberty and because that isn't allowed I kindly asked him to drop the cargo. After some time of explaining to him the embargo he asked me if he may go back to Okinawa System to get his money back. Since it was his first time I agreed to that and escorted this trader to Okinawa.
Later on my chimmarea started showing some malfunctions to the thruster, so I docked on planet New Tokyo and left the ship there for necessary repairs. Luckily my second ship was there so I wasn't delayed at all and got back on duty. I regrouped with officers Remiyu Hamada and Naoki Seok at Deshima Station in Shikoku System.
After some time the long range scanners in Kyushu picked up strange readings of a capitol ship present in the nearby area around Planet Kyushu. We set immediately there to investigate and encountered an Imperial Kusary Navy destroyer with call-sign Kongou. High Command was notified and we received bomber support from [KNF]Shingen. After a some of fighting my anti-matter cannon penetrated the Destroyer's Haul which resulted in his destruction.
Shortly after that officer Seok reported a USI vessel with call-sign Uhuru, carrying high portions of plutonium to Liberty. The officer managed to stop the vessel and allowed him to go return the Plutonium, since the USI vessel claimed it was unaware of our embargo to Liberty.
Konnichiwa. Last few days have been sparse with flight time of my own, although other pilots keep their constant watch over Kusari well being.
On the 21st I departed from the Matsumoto for a short range patrol, supervising the traffic in the northern route. Don't have much to report this day, other than some zoner merchants coming from Gallia.
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On the 22nd I headed to Kyushu to investigate sightings of a DSE convoy with Nitto Kaii Taisuke Bei. Before finding the convoy however, I stumbled upon a lone GC named \W/-Oda.Izumi near Tsushima depot, which seemed to be talking with a pair of pilots, A Paris.Reaver and a freelancer Kazuki.Kato. One of the pilots would later communicate with us regarding potential piracy attempts by the previously mentioned DSE convoy, although we could not verify this.
The pilots departed in direction of the Taus, while we pursued the GC that headed north, into the Seiran Dust Cloud. Bei-san arrived just in time to intercept her, and the pilot stopped at the entrance of the field.
We started our interrogation of the pilot. but after a few minutes another GC pilot in a Hachiman gunboat, called \W/~Akane.Takahana came to her aid.
Considering that we only had 2 chimaeras against the gunboat and the blossom bomber, we decided to adopt a cautious posture and proceed with a cordial conversation. The GC didn't show hostile intentions, and we found no traces of illegal cargo in their ships, so we refrained from pursuing detention of the GC. It seemed that the bomber pilot was a new member of the group, and that Takahana-san was some sort of supervisor to the little lady.
At that time we received reports of sighting of the DSE convoy and parted ways with the GC without firing a shot. We found the DSE convoy composed of 3 Liberty Defiant class gunboats near the Kyushu-New Tokyo jumpgate, apparently in the middle of a maintenance operation.
The pilots informed us that they were doing maintenance on the gate, and that it would take some more minutes to finish. Meanwhile we kept watch on the area, as traffic inbound to New Tokyo arrived and waited the DSE operation.
Just after the DSE turned on the gate again and tested it, a Chimaera with unrecognizable transponder and registry appeared from the gate, and we moved in to question him. The pilot with callsign Otousan was stopped south of the jumpgate, and was soon joined by another unidentifiable pilot with callsign Muramasa. Meanwhile we ordered the civilians to pass to New Tokyo as soon as they could.
The pilots claimed that they were from a 58th Sentai group of unconventional warfare, and were heading to the Tau-23 system to investigate activities related to the exiles. We managed to stall them until Tokkeitai agent Hakutaku arrived on the scene, and confronted them about the lack of records of such activities, even to the Tokkeitai. The pilots refused on being escorted to the Nagumo for clarification and insisted on going with their intentions. At that time operative Hakutaku ordered their arrest and a firefight began.
Another unknown contact, callsign Ichitaita appeared to assist the suspects, and although the numbers were even, it was clear that the strange equipment and tactics of the enemy gave them a strong advantage.
One by one our fighters were taken down, myself included, and we managed to survive in our escape pods until a naval patrol could pick us up.
After a few hours of debriefing at the Kyushu system HQ, I was transported back to the Matsumoto.
This concludes my report. Katsuo Shimoe siging off.
Konnichiwa,
I wish to present you my patrol report.
My patrol started at Shikoku System where I was accompanied by a Naval Forces Destroyer class vessel, KDS-Takao. Everything seemed so quite for long time until our scanners picked up a strange ship coming in from Kepler System. I received orders to investigate this vessel with code name, Minstrel, but he wouldn't comply with my orders and later on we engaged in a battle. After taking his shields down I dropped a nuclear mine to end his existence but unfortunately the explosion was so big that got my ship incapacitated. Luckily KDS-Takao was nearby and contacted repair ships from Battleship Myoko.
After a short stop at Roppongi Station, to get some sweets, I headed back to border patrol in Shikoku. On my way there near the Shikoku Jumpgate I noticed a strange transport it seemed to be registered to the Liberty Navy, ugh! The vessel's call-sign was Captain_Onidin. After some questioning I took him to the New Tokyo police station where he was assisted by the State Police to sort his documentation.
After leaving Planet New Tokyo I noticed a transport filled with 2880 units of Plutonium. The vessel's call-sign was Derrick. After some questioning he told me that the Plutonium was meant to go to the New York System, I let him know that it's violation of the trade embargo that Kusari put against Liberty. He dropped the cargo and the Plutonium was later destroyed taking all safety measures and protocols.
Due to the Plutonium radiation I docked at Battleship Myoko once again for repairs. Shortly after I received a distress call from Naval Forces Officer Katsuo Shimoe that a Rogue Cruiser vessel is roaming in Kusari, Shikoku System. He requested bomber support. I immediately jumped into my ship and went to assist the Naval Forces. We were also joined by Mishima Daisuke and Takumi Kurosawa. We intercepted the Rogue at New Tokyo system his call-sign was RAGED. After some chase the battle started at Galileo System, we took little time to drop his shields and moments after the Jumpgate's Defence Systems managed to penetrate his haul and destroy this vessel.
After I docked at Deshima Station for some repairs and a little sake with whoever I found there, memory seems blur. And here my patrol ended.
It seems my paper work is more behind then I thought.So for now I have just this mornings report.
I was doing visits to bases in New Tokyo when I ran into a Zoner Whale Named OSI-Corigan heading to Honshu.His paper work checked out and I sent him on his way.
As I was busy with my patrols in Shikoku Reports came in that a ION storm was on its way.I headed to Deshima station and ended my patrol until the storm blew over.
Konnichiwa, another week of operations has passed, and I submit my report for your appraisal.
On the 26th, a squadron detachment was deployed to New Tokyo in response of the presence of a Liberty Navy Dreadnought commanded by a Captain_Onidin . The captain seemed misguided by the navigator, and when intercepted by our squadron of bombers and fighters, he agreed to return to Liberty under escort.
The pilots present were Jaaku-na, Nitto Kaii Katsuki Araki, Itto Kaii Taisuke Bei, and Tokkeitai operative Kitsune.
After the escort of the Liberty vessel, most of the pilots returned to their regular duties, and I returned the bomber to my base and continued on a fighter. I've met a Kusari Navy gunboat captain called Mishima_Daisuke, and a fighter pilot called Takumi.Kurosawa. Together we patrolled the Shikoku system and get acquainted with each other's duties.
During the patrol we came upon a Liberty Rogue Destroyer, callsign RAGED, and gave pursuit. He was accompanied by a bomber pilot called Pulsar, which showed evidence that might be associated with the rogue, even though he tried to dissimulate it.
After a prolonged game of tag with the Rogue destroyer, we began engaging him in the south of Shikoku. but our 2 fighters and gunboat could not put enough pressure on him to deal damage, so we resorted to delay tactics until Taisuke Bei could arrive with a bomber.
The confrontation passed to the Galileo system, where we managed to put an end to the Rogue activities.
We returned to the area of Deshima station, and ended the patrol going our separate ways.
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on the 1st of 三月, a Navy taskforce was deployed on the event of the arrival of a Gallic diplomatic delegation that was invited to New Tokyo.
I arrived at Battleship Nagumo in the Kyushu system, where the Gallic Royal Navy Representatives had assembled. Following the commands of Itto Kaisha Yuki Soga, we patrolled the Tau-29 system looking for potential threats that might have shadowed the Gallic fleet.
We had arrived at the end of our patrol near the Tau-31 jumpgate when a Colonial bomber showed up and darted away from the Gallic defenses. We shadowed him to the Freeport 6 and Nago station, but lost sight of him in the southern cloud.
We returned to Kyushu, where the delegation had finished preparations to proceed to New Tokyo. Acting as a forward recon, our fighters detected an Outcast Estefania.Casta of the 101st trying to take a glance of the delegation in the Tsushima tradelane. Yuki Soga ordered the immediate interception, and us and Itto Kaii Taisuke Bei pursued her out of Kyushu system, and into Hokkaido.
Itto Kaisha Yuki Soga, after a duel with the outcast, terminated the threat in the south of the Hokkaido system, and the flight wing returned to New Tokyo to resume escort duties.
At that time, due to some overdrive damage to the engine, docked at Yokohama shipyard and ended my duties for that day.
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The next day I departed from Yokohama Shipyard and made a small patrol around New Tokyo. Near Shinjuku station I spotted a zoner with a large shipment of Fusion Diodes. Suspecting the lack of authorization of the zoner called Celestra regarding the carrying of base materials, I followed that ship until I could confirm the inclusion of Fusion Diodes in the restricted cargo list, and the lack of registry by the zoner.
Having concluded that I should intervene, I ordered the pilot to stop midway of the tradelane to Planet Kyushu and interrogated the destination of the cargo.
From what I could gather from the pilot, who's registry indicated he was employed to Kruger Minerals, the fusion diodes were being shipped to a zoner base in the Taus called Danica Outpost.
The pilot being a subcontractor to an unregistered group, I issued a 500.000 credits fine to the pilot and requested that the pilots employers contacted the Kusari authorities as soon as possible.
The fine was payed and the pilot released. Having found nothing else mentionable in the patrol, I returned to base.
Later on, I answered a call for reinforcements by Santo Kaisha Jiro Taiyouji in the Tau-29 system, and dashed to his aid on my fighter.
When I arrived, Jiro was fighting a group of Junkers with the assistance of some mercenary freelancers, Renee.Thorpe and Aidan.McGann. Nitto Kaii Remiyu Hamada also arrived to aid in our fight.
The enemy group consisted of a junker heavy transports, 2 junker fighters, and a GC gunboat, all gathered around Cali base.
Also in the area was a confirmed Nomad light vessel, which did not engage our forces. 1
Jiro coordinated the attack, and we managed to destroy one junker heavy transport and fighter, while the GC retreated inside the base. One of the junker fighters got away under the cover of the gunboat.
An Outcast came out of the base to investigate what was happening, but was not engaged. Name of the pilot was Estefania.Casta .
After the Junkers were dealt with and the GC retreated, we flew back to Kyushu system, and Jiro returned to base for refuel and repair.
Meanwhile, me and Remiyu Hamada found a Liberty Navy bison transport docking in Shinjuku station. In the presence of Kaisho-ho Hideaki Ishikawa, we interrogated the pilot, which declared that wanted to proceed to Munich, although no authorization was given by our personnel for such action.
The pilot was guided back to New Tokyo and ordered to be escorted to Shikoku for deportation, but refused to comply. When the pilot resisted detention and started firing upon our ships, he was executed by me and Ishikawa-sama.
Today's Patrol started in New Tokyo.Not long after I got into space a Smuggler named "Thorning_Reynoldz" Past me hauling Slaves.After I requested him to cut his engines and drop the cargo he tried to run.I warned him a final time but he ignored my requests.I engaged him and he was destroyed,I then moved the slaves to Shinagawa for medical help. #Cargo# #Destroyed# #Moving Slaves#
By the time I returned back to my patrols.A Outcast Destroyer(Eugen_Balan) was pirating the lanes near Planet New Tokyo(26k away).Arriving on the scene the Pirate without warning starts shooting at me.I fell back to Planet New Tokyo and got into my bomber that was already prepared by the KSP crew.This time I gave him no mercy and he was destroyed. #Dessie# #Dessie Destroyed#
After completing my patrol in New Tokyo I moved to Shikoku and ran into a strange trader name Azur.He was moving base supplies and docked at Deshima without warning...I still got his ship on my cams.. #Ship# #Docked#
I was then Attacked without warning by a Rheinland Trader named xKNUTx.I requested him to halt his fire,He failed to comply and my shield was knocked out.I then moved in self defense and destroyed him. #Destroyed#
I was later then joined by Bei-san.A trader tipped us of a Liberty Capitol presence within Galileo.We moved to investigate...Arriving there where the trader last saw them we were greeted by the 5th|,LN and LSF.We started communications with them and LSF started showed Hostile word choice then broke communications with us.I then spoke the 5th Fleet Admiral Jack.O'Neil who showed more respect towards us.Their story was that they saw KDS ships in Galileo and was ordered to investigate.After requesting multiple times them to leave Kusari Border with their caps LSF left on their own will.Jack O'Neil on the other hand refused and said he was on orders there.We were then joined by [KNF]KDS-Takao and not long after Jack.O'Neil fell back to Norfolk.