Today, we battled as the true defenders of Liberty. A lone Rheinland Carrier had managed to slip past an absent Liberty Navy and enter high orbit around Planet Houston, where we have many families and supporters.
Boy, did we put on a fireworks show for them...
With Natter providing fighter support and Milk and myself packing a huge wad of torpedoes each, we pummelled this invader into submission. Soon it lost stabilizer capability as our torpedo assault damaged critical systems, and the hulk was gripped by the planets gravity, falling into the Southern Houston Ocean in many pieces.
The Missouri was in plain sight, but never supported our attack in any way or even moved. The Navy plain sat on their hands on this one. Slackers.
That's OK though. We can look after our own. We don't need their corrupt bureaucracy or bribed officials. A few torpedoes and we got it covered.
Afterwards we went back to Oyster Creek and replenished the ships. Now that I have this place up and running I want you guys to know you are welcome at my pad and can crash any time you want.
Our new installation has been occupying most of my time. When we aren't coordinating transports vessels we have begun launching raids, progressively securing a large area as the operations expand. With 600 crew and roughly 400 plant workers and facility employees purifying helium, processing ores and sorting scrap metal, Oyster Creek has far outgrown its initial purposes as a simple hideout and is now one of the largest Xeno installations in Liberty.
The next step is to secure our diplomacy with the few groups that favour us, namely the Corsairs and the remnants of the Hellfire Legion. The Corsairs have access to many materials that we don't, and if we continue to supply them with a steady stream of sorted scrap parts we can source the appropriate materials to continue the ongoing construction and expansion of the installation. The Hellfire Legion, while having little to trade of their own, provide a prime location from which to launch mining activities in Humboldt system. We can then ship the ore to our processing facility at Oyster Creek where we can prepare it for its final destination at Ouray.
The personal being employed here presently will be used to train miners and heavy equipment drivers for preparation of the Death Valley mineral extraction project, which I understand has long been a goal of the Xeno Alliance but has had many obstacles in its path. The Oyster Creek project will help to overcome two of those hurdles - raw materials and trained labor. Additionally the pending acquisition of the Serpentis Maximus will allow us to move larger amounts of goods than ever before, accelerating the process.
Finally, some success against our bitter enemies the Junkers. I managed to rip apart two large Salvager ships that came into range of our patrols. May this just be the beginning. Milford are refuelling and rearming my Waran, then I will return to oversee the completion these two projects.
I decided to take my old mining surveyor for a run out to Vespucci system to see if I could re-establish any connections with the Hellfire Legion. Blow out the cobwebs with my face sucking back in the seat at 425m a second. Stick some guns on it. And a Razor. And some nuclear mines for good measure, just in case something managed to catch me.
I checked in at the Ravager Dreadnought and told them I had come to initiate more recent diplomacy. I took a variety of ores and some various things. But they seemed only interested in H-fuel. I spoke with the Captain about the possibility of launching mining operations from Vespucci which he seemed mildly interested in.
When I saw the size of their ships and fleet I saw why. Huge gunships. Then, unexpectedly, a ship much larger that would normally make me split my flight suit appeared. It was quite obviously a Siege Cruiser, one of the assets that must have defected with them I guess. After a discussion about my intentions, I was invited on a joined patrol.
We went though Magellan and into Cortez system. It appeared some new construction was going on there. We also went into California, sticking to the ice nebula to avoid detection. I was running low on fuel, so I invited them to our place. We even managed to transfer enough nanobots and shield batteries to completely repair and restock both of the Hellfire ships. They also commented on the strategic value of our newest hideout.
This means we have something to work with, and some room to perhaps get some cooperation going again.
Negotiations with the Hellfire Legion are underway. I have taken the Red Serpent into Bretonia to test my theory on using its Interhouse license to aquire repair goods in order to restore it to a servicable condition. The gamble has paid off, and we are now awaiting reprogramming of the friend/foe transponder by our technicians in order to safely transport the ship to the Vespucci system.
The negotiations have paved the way for a black market H-fuel economy as well. We are able to seize regular shipments of fuel, and now have a place to funnel excess amounts in exchange for credits and use of larger facilities, relieving cargo capacity on several of our smaller stations at once.
I should also mention that our facility has recently been extended, including attaching a service and docking arm and expanding our living space and production facilities significantly. The station's reactor is now equivilent to a class 3 generator.
We had a visit today from a secondary fleet Navy patrol, well within our patrol zone of 15K. We are getting reports that one of our hired Freelance transports was destroyed as it approached Milford, but that it managed to draw the patrol away while we relocated project "Serpentis Maximus" . Randy Rattlesnake is to be honoured in a small ceremony later today.
As of now, Oyster Creek is on HIGH ALERT. That means increased patrols and extreme hostility to anyone who comes close that should not be there. If you have a bomber or fighter that can be deployed from the Creek, you are to be flight ready at all times.
So y'all keep your eyes peeled. The next piece of scrap that looms out of the dark could in fact be a Navy warship. It's up to us to reduce it to the same state as the rest of the area.
Hello there. I don't have too much to say, just that i've been a bit busy taking out Liberty's garbage.
[[:Opening Attached Files:]]
#1. This fool thought i was joking when i told him to stop firing. Therefore, i teached him some manners.
#2. Nothing much to say. Only that soon after i destroyed that guy's ship, i was forced to retreat.
#3. The lonely Junker couldn't keep his mouth shut, so i did it for him and soon after that returned to Ouray.
#4. I was trying to chill in my favorite System, Humboldt, when these junker pests came after me so i decided to take action. But they called reinforcements so i was forced to retreat once again.
-----From Ouray Base, Colorado-----
------ Dean Ambrose------
-----Subject: Report message------
I thought today will be the day like others but actually we met a lot of fools, freaks and rice eaters. My name is Dean Ambrose. People call me Lunatic Fringe or just Unstable, my mind is very dangerous place to be and today I showed them why is that. We took off from our base Oyster Creek in Texas system, we followed the Lane Hacker ship but he managed to escpape, he won't have that luck next time.
After that I recieved some information from a man called "Whistleblower" So me and my cronies moved to Colorado. We immediately spotted a ship coming from the Kusari space smuggling valuable pearls. This ship did not communicate, he engaged his engines and he was attacking us with mines flood. I bet he was high or something. So we just blew him up.
Then the armored transport appeared straight from the Kusari. After a long discussion we persuaded him what's best for Liberty people and he dropped all his cargo. I personally destroyed all of it, we scared him to death so I gave this man another chance to prove loyalty.
We moved to Kepler system to see what is going on there and we got him. We found a rice eater. His transport was loaded with alloys but I think he was smuggling rice to Liberty. We taught him a lesson, I don't think he will ever return near to Liberty with his scum.
And the last but not least, the biggest fish of them all, a huge transport packed with quantum multiplexors and 500 people in the cargo space, I think he was a slaver. We gave him chance but he did not even respond, another freak piloting transport ship. Guess what, he has no ship anymore.
Day after day we have to strive and fight for what's best for our people. It's not going to be easy but better times are coming.
Dean Ambrose out.
Transmission offline
Former Official Member: Alliance),[TBH],XA,Ageira~ [AFA],Ageira|, Aoi Iseijin,=LSF=, [UC],[RM],[OPG]
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ID: Leon Gutierrez
Subject: Second day, and Already got action
-----------------BEGINNING OF MESSAGE----------------------------------
Well I'd like to say first of all, Greetings I'm Leon. I am only two days new but I've had the time of my life so far since leaving my old life. Go out of doing some normal runs at Milford to keep the permimeter clear of enemies, and ended up coming across a Liberty Hacker. He called us out and I fell in to his little dance, and it looks like I need to know the steps better. After nearly dying, I was able to get back to Milford base. My first defeat, and quite a shame to myself as I worried I brought upon a bad image for the Xenos. After some time passed as I reflected in the Bar, I came across some others such as Dauntless and Dean. Together, we patrolled over all of Liberty, taking down the forgein threats to Libertonian workers and even diving in a sea of legitimate goods. We made sure the Xenos presence was felt, and we let all those who cross into Liberty know that this is our turf.
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Attachments A trader who dropped all his loot after he defied Dauntless.
Comm ID: Dauntless
Target ID: Xenos Alliance
Subject: First day always the best day
Encryption: ||||||||||60%
Priority: ||||||||||60%
Flight Report
Colorado
Good day, today i am here to present the activity which was done by the Xenos Hatchlings yesterday inculding myself. Now yesterday was not so quiet for us. The main issue however was the lack of better communication and we were not together for the begin of the day, but rather inseparable by thew end. We decided to move to penny to check the poor traders in there, but we did not managed to find anything worth a damm, however we managed to get ourselfs killed by a so called Lane Hacker, nothing out of the Ordinary. After couple of hours spend into the inferemery of Ouray, we decided to move down to Colorado and hold the lane 25k away form Pueblo and our luck was not questioned as many transports have passed by, so were only demand to depart from their cargo and then move along before getting harmed and some did not found themselves into such a lucky and benevolent situations.
There were two transports which popped up for us and sparked a form of interest, one which had around 100-150 units of pearls, which we managed to move down to Ouray and then here where the nice part is. As i was around the Keplar Gate into Colorado, a FL-ER something popped up and as i've managed to pin it down he decided that it would be a smart choice to engage me and do not give me even a "Howdy" and well it turned out bad form him, not me which was decent. But the the interesting part about hims bloke was his cargo hold, respectively over 3000 units of quantum multiplexors and around 540 passengers. As we send the FL-ER Serenity into space dust we could only salvage the Multiplexors and not the humans, but that is a pitiful
waste we can afford, due to the so called value of the cargo hold XA-Serpentis.Maximus, or the rust bucket has picked up. Our space incursion stops around 0215 hours.
Primary assets of the XA: 1. XA-Dean.Ambrose
2. XA-Dauntless
3. XA-Leon Gutierrez
4. XA-PitViper
5. XA-Serpentis.Maximus
There is to be mentioned that our forces were made out of 2 fighters, one Raven Talon and one Eagle and a Waran. This force lead to the killing of two transport ships, the FL-ER one and the one which had in it's possession the pearls.
I told you I can shoot people, but today made up for the last month of sitting on my arse and playing backgammon with an AI. Oh well. Our younglings did pretty well too, gotta say. I ain't saying they're worth much yet, but maybe they become a bit better in the future.
Also, I'd watch out if I were you on those DSE fellas... I thought they were clean, good, taxpaying, honest-to-God people but it seems they're dealin' with some kind of scum, judging by their taste in alcohol, from some rat-pissed god-forsaken hellhole in the Omicrons or whatever. I mean... Does anyone actually like the Ale? We had to shoot a couple of 'em, just to take the edge off.
Anyway. I'll leave you with a couple of nice pictures, the Jägerbombs aren't gonna drink themselves, eh?
Perhaps it ain't much, but that Eagle I been flying got older wirings than my mother's earrings. Eh, anyway.
If you gon' be needing anything else, the backgammon table is waiting, messurs.
-- Cambridge
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