Direct-band transmission to Senior Lieutenant Vladislav Vaska.
Coalition Command does not know what you were expecting to achieve by directly contacting such a hostile fascist-capitalist-aligned movement such as the Liberty Xenos alone and without the approval of Coalition Command or the relevant diplomatic offices under the Premier. The appropriate response to such forces is continued aggression, not vain hopes for peace or sudden conversion of ideals. Just as the People are devoted to Communism, fascists and House sympathizers are devoted to their own thought patterns. We would, theoretically, based on known ideological tendencies, have a better chance of getting the Liberty Government to agree with us on issues than the Xenos.
Consider yourself appropriately reprimanded. Do not engage in reckless diplomatic overtures on your own volition again, or this will become more than a reprimand.
There has been a small Corsair incursion in Cayman today.
I tracked a Praetorian-class vessel from Omega 49 to Kiev, but I was taken by surprise and suffice to say, I was lucky the SCEC research vessel Kardashev was on the scene to the rescue or I may not have written this report now.
Another Corsair capital vessel appeared shortly but the SCEC scientists made quick work of it.
The Praetorian appears to have multi-core functionality supporting both bomber weapons as as-well as fighter weapons.
If we could capture some it may be worth reverse-engineering them.
I attempted to capture the Praetorian and make it divulge information as to the Antikythera's defenses and Corsair plans for Kiev in exchange for it's life, SCEC threats of chemical castration did not make the Corsair break either, fighting was unavoidable.
After our territory has been secured I RV'ed with SCEC to provide them with protection during data gathering in Omicron Delta.
We have been hailed by a suspicious Auxesian AI that has followed us for the most part of the journey claiming it was hunting for hostiles in the area.
The most suspicious thing about it is that it kept appearing in every system we went through and this.
Apparently [REDACTED] does not target Auxesia? What could this mean?
I consider SCEC as having done an excellent job in Omicron Delta, I do not know if HC is aware of this but we suspect Core is attempting to terraform Nauru judging from the docking rings and meteorological phenomenas picked up by SCEC probes.
Our data gathering was cut short when Unioner vessels hailed for help as they were being attacked by [REDACTED],
I saw an opportunity here and intervened, the Unioners made it safely to the Freeport where I questioned them as to their presence so far out from Rheinland.
This has earned us their trust and appreciation, HC knows best how to use this.
This has also given me an insight into Unioner tactics, or the lack thereof.
I've learned that the Unioners were expecting a civilian transport of pilgrims that were to be escorted back to Rheinland.
The Unioners failed to alert the transport before it reached Omicron Delta as such the transport came under attack from [Redacted] and only a few pilgrims managed to get to the escape pods in time.
This points out to a lack of planning and communication on their side.
I opted to assist the Unioners in getting out of Omicron Delta as we were both under heavy fire from [REDACTED] and after all, it was a humanitarian crisis.
We were all humans there, some civilians, in hostile territory, we had to work together to make it out.
We have lost a militsya officer and a SCEC escort got torn apart while the Unioners suffered similar losses or worse, if we take the civilians in calculations.
SCEC has successfully delivered the data back to New Moscow and I asked the Unioners that they too share their findings with us.
SCEC have proven themselves knowledgeable in their field but failed to obey tactical orders which led to the loss of the militsya and their escort.
After we left the Omicrons the captain of the Kardashev confessed they lack the military discipline and as such I have ordered them for starting grade military training ASAP.
TO: Senior Lieutenant Vladislav Vaska FROM: High Commissar for Science and Technological Advancement Alexey Novikov RE: Award for distinguished service
Comrade Senior Lieutenant Vladislav Vaska!
After receiving recent SCEC Report (#825-002) we decided that your distinguished actions during escorting SCEC expedition to Omicron Delta can not go unnoticed. Therefore, for your bravery, sacrifice and battle prowess the HCSTA is honoured to award you with the Medal for Pushing the Frontiers. May you serve an example to our People that any sacrifice is worthy for advancing science in the name of glorious Coalition of Sirius.
Serve your Motherland with diligence!
Slava Coalitsii!
High Commissar for Science and Technological Advancement Alexey Novikov
There have been spreading news of a sudden increase of slaver activity in the Tau's.
This is a humanitarian crisis that must not be permitted to become a trend, instead of serving a drugged criminal nation until they drop dead, these people could start a new life in the Coalition and maybe even become valuable members in the war against fascism and the capitalism that landed them in this situation in the first place.
Do I have permission to head into Tau's and attempt to intercept slaver vessels?
I come forward with two different reports on my activity from yesterday and today.
REPORT 1
I was patrolling the neighboring systems around Kiev and New Moscow when I have received reports of hostile AI drones appearing in the far Cortez system.
I have been informed that such similar reports have appeared recently across the entire Sirius sector.
Clearly this is a matter of national security and SCEC could do a lot of good with any data we manage to gather, therefore I joined up with a Typhoon class vessel under militsya authority and headed for Cortez.
On our way we have been intercepted by a Unioner going by the name Mary Dross.
This Unioner was friendly and offered to join our expedition.
We were heading deep into hostile territory and this Unioner claimed to have vital information regarding patrol paths in Liberty, hidden pathways and escape routes leading to and from Cortez, her skills may come in handy and in case HC does agree to a cease fire, taking up the Unioner's offer would only help our cause.
We arrived in Cortez just in the nick of time to witness the destruction of the AI mothership.
The place was a war zone the kind of which I have never seen before in my life time.
Hellfire Legion, Liberty Navy, Bretonian Armed Forces were only a few of the different factions interested in the AI.
We were 1 Typhoon class vessel (militsya), my Storm-class Vostok and the Unioner Sichel staring down at different massive fleets who just exterminated hostile AI's.
The best course of action was to vacate the area and we were on our way back when we have been hailed by the Harmony Battlegroup.
They were wary of our presence in Bering but they did not close off the possibility of cooperating with the Coalition.
I have been reprimanded to not engage in political overtures of my own volition again as such our stance with Battlegroup Harmony remains as it was until HC decides otherwise.
The Unioner offered to escort me to Omega 5 given our recent joint expedition.
I saw no harm in it since she never asked for details of any kind.
That is until we have been approached by a Republican vessel which opened fire on the Unioner, her being my companion I felt obliged to assist in the destruction of said vessel.
REPORT 2
The same Unioner I have met yesterday contacted me again, apparently she has grown to trust me to offer deeper intel into Unioner command.
According to herself, Mary Dross has been put under pressure from internal powers to insist on drawing our attention to their proposal to a ceasefire and as a show of good faith she offered to share with me unique information that she has gathered in regards to what we suspect to be a secret staging area of the Liberty Navy.
She did not possess any in-depth information except a passage through the massive mine field in New York that leads to a jump gate protected by two weapon platforms and a code lock.
These security measures leads us to believe that whatever lies on the other side must be of gigantic military importance to the House of Liberty.
I recommend sending a surgical infiltration team to gather precise data as my current situation did not allow me to do so.
I am pleased to hand in my first mission report. I was tasked to venture into the Omicron Alpha system, enter my name into the transponder hidden inside the wreckage of the Hispania sleeper ship, and come back to New Moscow, alive and unharmed. This was done successfully, as you wouldn't be hearing from me otherwise. The journey was more or less safe, but I have seen a hostile spacecraft, the size of a battleship, on my way back in Omicron Tau. I have provided sufficient proof of my journey inside the file:
Right after I have returned and rested after the journey, there was an emergency in Omega-55. Fellow comrades were under attack by the savages from Crete. I rushed to their aid in my newly commissioned bomber, and lent my hand where necessary. Both sides suffered casualties.
Our ships were under the constant threat by a hostile bomber, which I have destroyed with a burst from a Tunguska with Agent Krsnik's well needed help. Afterwards, we have focused on the last looming threat, which was a 'Legate' dreadnought, but they managed to down a capital ship of our own. The fight ended after that.
I am looking forward to my next assignment, or mission.
Jr. Lieutenant Lin Yanzhao out.
| Boris Medvedev, the secret and true mascot of SCRA |
This is a priority transmission to all Revolutionary Army pilots.
Comrade Lin Yanzhao has proven herself worthy of the Red Banner. As many before her have, she has successfully infiltrated the remains of the Hispania and etched her legacy into that vessel. For this she is awarded the Hispania Memorium medal and promotion to Lieutenant. Her capacity in live combat against the Corsairs has also been noted. With pilots like these, we will surely rout them from their attempts to harass the Expansion Corps.
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Lieutenant Lin Yanzhao reporting in.
It's been a few days before my last report, and during my patrols, I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary that was worthy of making a report. I have decided to use my time after this morning's patrol to sneak into Liberty, and spread the word of the Coalition, the voice of the People.
It was done early enough that the local factions devoted on silencing the truth, such as the Liberty Navy, were not alerted to my presence. I have met three people in Pennsylvania, two miners and a bounty hunter. I have told the two miners about the Coalition and about our noble goals of freeing Sirius from the grasp of capitalist pigs, and had a civil talk with the bounty hunter, who appeared to me as someone who is not doing his job as a bounty hunter. I chose not to shoot him down, because if what they have said is true, they are not a threat to us, but merely a someone who is unfortunate enough to end up with such a job.
The logs of all three conversations are disclosed here:
[13.03.2018 11:46:19] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Good morning, freelancer.
[13.03.2018 11:46:30] Gold.Eanu: hello
[13.03.2018 11:46:39] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: How is Liberty treating you today?
[13.03.2018 11:47:26] Gold.Eanu: on my way to mine some helium
[13.03.2018 11:47:32] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Go ahead, I'm not your enemy.
[13.03.2018 11:47:42] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I'd love to talk to you for a while.
[13.03.2018 11:47:55] Gold.Eanu: sure
[13.03.2018 11:47:59] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Wonderful!
[13.03.2018 11:53:41] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Is this where you mine the helium?
[13.03.2018 11:53:50] Gold.Eanu: yea
[13.03.2018 11:53:57] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Hm, seems pretty calm around here.
[13.03.2018 11:54:15] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: So, say, why do you mine helium? Is it to earn a living? Some money?
[13.03.2018 11:54:44] Gold.Eanu: i'm taking it to sigma 59
[13.03.2018 11:54:59] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Hm.. that's a system in Kusari, correct?
[13.03.2018 11:55:45] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Poor you, the hegemons there are already using you as their puppet..
[13.03.2018 11:56:35] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: What do you think, isn't it always better to be your own boss?
[13.03.2018 11:57:19] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Not being a slave to the capitalist machine that's choking the entire Sirius Sector?
[13.03.2018 11:57:36] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: What do you think?
[13.03.2018 11:57:54] Gold.Eanu: yea..i make like 18 milion on each run
[13.03.2018 11:58:25] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: It's money you seek then, and not freedom?
[13.03.2018 11:58:47] Gold.Eanu: money and freedom)
[13.03.2018 11:58:56] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: The greed of the corporations seems to have rubbed off on you already
[13.03.2018 11:59:13] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: At least you value freedom as well, or so you say.
[13.03.2018 11:59:25] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You could be earning much more money, to make your family ever so happier.
[13.03.2018 11:59:47] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: But those capitalists, every time you deliver them these goods, they are stealing some of your profits, for themselves.
[13.03.2018 11:59:56] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Now, that isn't fair, is it?
[13.03.2018 12:00:05] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: A hardworking miner such as you deserves better, right?
[13.03.2018 12:01:05] Gold.Eanu: i sell to anyone, no affiliation
[13.03.2018 12:01:19] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You're not under a contract then?
[13.03.2018 12:01:35] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You're doing well then. You aren't a slave to anyone then!
[13.03.2018 12:02:01] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: That's good to hear. Never trust the capitalist corporations.
[13.03.2018 12:02:27] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Even if they promise you gold, fame, glory, or even offer you anything...
[13.03.2018 12:02:36] Gold.Eanu: yea..i don't trust anyone
[13.03.2018 12:03:32] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Whenever you hear any sweettalk from those monopolistic beasts, it's lies. They want to take control of you, all the houses!
[13.03.2018 12:04:19] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: The only group, the only people you can trust, is the Sirius Coalition.
[13.03.2018 12:04:58] Gold.Eanu: it sems the navy doesn't realy like you)
[13.03.2018 12:05:08] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Because what I'm saying is the truth.
[13.03.2018 12:05:21] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: They wish to silence our voice, the voice of the People.
[13.03.2018 12:05:39] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Because they don't want to lose their puppets and the slaves they've made of all the poor people.
[13.03.2018 12:05:44] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: They are greedy and evil.
[13.03.2018 12:05:54] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: That is why I'm here. To bring the truth to people who deserve better.
[13.03.2018 12:06:10] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: The truth cannot be silenced so easily!
[13.03.2018 12:06:35] Gold.Eanu: i'm full..see you around
[13.03.2018 12:06:37] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I believe you understand what I'm telling you.
[13.03.2018 12:06:49] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Think about what I told you.
[13.03.2018 12:07:08] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Think about how the majority of people are unfortunate thanks to the evil the houses are doing!
[13.03.2018 12:07:36] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: The Coalition can save these people.
[13.03.2018 12:07:47] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Spread the word, friend, and never sacrifice your freedom!
[13.03.2018 13:41:30] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Greetings.
[13.03.2018 13:41:36] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I believe we've met.
[13.03.2018 13:41:51] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Still mining ore, since the morning?
[13.03.2018 13:42:01] LyrGreen: yeah
[13.03.2018 13:42:06] LyrGreen: busy day
[13.03.2018 13:42:20] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: How unfortunate. You could be spending this time doing things you enjoy!
[13.03.2018 13:42:28] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Say, are you working for a company?
[13.03.2018 13:42:37] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Wouldn't surprise me if you were.
[13.03.2018 13:42:44] LyrGreen: nah
[13.03.2018 13:42:57] LyrGreen: pure freelancer
[13.03.2018 13:42:58] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Freelancer then? That's good.
[13.03.2018 13:43:13] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Companies would rip you off with their shady deals anyway.
[13.03.2018 13:43:22] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Work you into the ground as well.
[13.03.2018 13:43:41] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Sure you must have seen how bad those companies were treating other folks, right?
[13.03.2018 13:44:11] LyrGreen: yeah but everyone has a choice
[13.03.2018 13:44:22] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: *imitates a snobby CEO* "You'll work until midnight, hurr, or you're fired!"
[13.03.2018 13:44:32] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: That's horrible isn't it?
[13.03.2018 13:44:41] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Some people don't have a choice..
[13.03.2018 13:44:44] LyrGreen: sure
[13.03.2018 13:45:00] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: They would like to see space, make a new life for themselves..
[13.03.2018 13:45:07] LyrGreen: but most does
[13.03.2018 13:45:21] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: But they have to take a loan, and by that loan, they are forever in debt to the fat corporation rings.
[13.03.2018 13:45:34] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You are lucky you had the choice of being free.
[13.03.2018 13:45:52] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Not everyone gets the same chance
[13.03.2018 13:46:25] LyrGreen: true, but i dont really have time for politics
[13.03.2018 13:46:36] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: This isn't about politics, friend.
[13.03.2018 13:46:47] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: This is about the truth.
[13.03.2018 13:47:46] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: The companies, the houses, they are feeding you with lies.
[13.03.2018 13:47:54] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: People deserve to hear the truth.
[13.03.2018 13:48:22] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I'm here to deliver said truth.
[13.03.2018 13:48:34] LyrGreen: yeah i-m aware, find someone who is not
[13.03.2018 13:49:03] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Oh, you'd be surprised how many people are still buying their sunshine-and-cupcakes stories.
[13.03.2018 13:49:37] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You're a busy miner, I can see that. Do consider what I told you.
[13.03.2018 13:49:49] LyrGreen: i will thanks
[13.03.2018 13:49:51] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Stay free, and don't buy the capitalist's garbage.
[13.03.2018 13:50:16] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Spread the word. One day, the Coalition will save these poor people, who are forced to work for the greedy corporations.
[13.03.2018 13:50:50] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: One day, everyone will have a happy life, without having to feed the hegemons of capitalism!
[13.03.2018 12:32:24] Horace.Laster: Boo.
[13.03.2018 12:32:25] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Well now, a hunter.
[13.03.2018 12:32:33] Horace.Laster: Hey.
[13.03.2018 12:32:36] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I was wondering when your kind would show up.
[13.03.2018 12:32:51] Horace.Laster: I was wondering when I'd find one of your kind.
[13.03.2018 12:33:05] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Well, you sure found one, what are the odds?
[13.03.2018 12:33:28] Horace.Laster: Well... yeah. But I am bound to buy one, there's quite a few of criminals.
[13.03.2018 12:33:35] Horace.Laster: Buy? I mean, find.
[13.03.2018 12:33:43] Horace.Laster: Man I lack sleep.
[13.03.2018 12:33:58] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Maybe you should sleep then, flying awake for hours doesn't do anyone any good.
[13.03.2018 12:34:32] Horace.Laster: I suppose. I guess I'll head to bed right after we are done, in one way or another.
[13.03.2018 12:34:51] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Sounds like a good idea to me.
[13.03.2018 12:35:10] Horace.Laster: How about you, though? How does a life in prison sound like?
[13.03.2018 12:35:28] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Not appealing, I should be asking you the same question, you know.
[13.03.2018 12:35:39] Horace.Laster: There'd be enough time to rest, certainly.
[13.03.2018 12:35:52] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Then again, a lifetime in a gulag, you wouldn't talk either way.
[13.03.2018 12:36:09] Horace.Laster: But ah... well, being in prison once, I don't really want to go there again.
[13.03.2018 12:36:31] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You, in a prison? Whatever for?
[13.03.2018 12:36:47] Horace.Laster: I am a bounty hunter. I've been a bad boy once.
[13.03.2018 12:36:58] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Bad boy seeking redemption, hm?
[13.03.2018 12:37:18] Horace.Laster: Not really seeking redemption. I didn't commit mass murders that keep me awake at night.
[13.03.2018 12:37:23] Horace.Laster: As far as I know, that is.
[13.03.2018 12:37:36] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You're quite tame for a hunter then.
[13.03.2018 12:37:39] Horace.Laster: Did you?
[13.03.2018 12:38:03] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Me? No, not really.
[13.03.2018 12:38:28] Horace.Laster: So you have done nothing bad? Not good at being a criminal?
[13.03.2018 12:38:48] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I've done nothing that is considered bad in the bigger picture.
[13.03.2018 12:39:10] Horace.Laster: In the smaller one? How many lives did you end, could you guess?
[13.03.2018 12:39:32] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I could count them on my hand, that's for sure.
[13.03.2018 12:39:45] Horace.Laster: You're pretty tame too.
[13.03.2018 12:40:17] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Guess we're one of a kind among our respective groups, then.
[13.03.2018 12:40:29] Horace.Laster: Your kind usually takes pride in ending lives. And make sure to tell you they have done such quite many times.
[13.03.2018 12:40:50] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Is that what your fellow hunters have been telling you?
[13.03.2018 12:41:12] Horace.Laster: What did those people do then? The ones you've killed? Just poor randoms in a random battle nobody remembers?
[13.03.2018 12:41:46] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Let's just say, they are among the same kind that your kind would get paid for hunting.
[13.03.2018 12:42:37] Horace.Laster: We get to shoot a whole lot of criminals though.
[13.03.2018 12:42:45] Horace.Laster: Corsairs?
[13.03.2018 12:42:56] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Indeed.
[13.03.2018 12:43:12] Horace.Laster: Ah well. I guess they'd make soup from your bones if you had not killed them.
[13.03.2018 12:43:38] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I suppose. I made the whole system safer that day.
[13.03.2018 12:43:46] Horace.Laster: Good work.
[13.03.2018 12:44:01] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Why, thank you, hunter.
[13.03.2018 12:44:10] Horace.Laster: And what is it you do here, now? I know you people come here at times, but I never could learn why.
[13.03.2018 12:44:41] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I came to teach the poor opressed folk why capitalism is bad for them.
[13.03.2018 12:44:59] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: But it's still too early, only one has had the time to wake up and listen to the voice of the People.
[13.03.2018 12:45:07] Horace.Laster: I am one of those poor, oppressed folk.
[13.03.2018 12:45:31] Horace.Laster: Except maybe, not so poor.
[13.03.2018 12:45:40] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Is that so?
[13.03.2018 12:46:02] Horace.Laster: Well... bounty hunting pays a lot.
[13.03.2018 12:46:18] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Is that capitalist greed I hear?
[13.03.2018 12:46:23] Horace.Laster: Even considering how many times I have to repair my ship, and patch myself up.
[13.03.2018 12:46:46] Horace.Laster: Does everything that pays well sound like capitalist greed?
[13.03.2018 12:46:56] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Only if it's done for the wrong cause.
[13.03.2018 12:47:13] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: After all, you're pretty much being paid to do the dirty work of the navies and armies around Sirius.
[13.03.2018 12:47:15] Horace.Laster: I employ no one, ma'am. I work myself. This is a profession I work hard for, a hundred percent my own effort.
[13.03.2018 12:47:42] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: That's nice to hear.
[13.03.2018 12:47:55] Horace.Laster: So, I am indeed a simple worker, then. Do we agree?
[13.03.2018 12:48:13] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Well, you work for yourself, perhaps.
[13.03.2018 12:48:34] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Still, what sort of contracts do you pick up?
[13.03.2018 12:48:43] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Someone -has- to pay you.
[13.03.2018 12:48:46] Horace.Laster: Everybody need to work for themselves. We bounty hunters just can't enjoy the rights of other citizens no matter-
[13.03.2018 12:48:48] Horace.Laster: where we go.
[13.03.2018 12:48:56] Horace.Laster: It's really limited what I can do.
[13.03.2018 12:49:36] Horace.Laster: I get to shoot criminals who'd shoot people who can't defend themselves.
[13.03.2018 12:49:41] Horace.Laster: That kind of work.
[13.03.2018 12:50:06] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Then indeed, you're nothing like the bounty hunters I've met before.
[13.03.2018 12:50:19] Horace.Laster: Maybe you have not known enough bounty hunters.
[13.03.2018 12:50:22] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You actually have a code of honor, or something like that.
[13.03.2018 12:51:01] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Well, to be honest, I've seen bounty hunters a lot, and all they care about these days is money.
[13.03.2018 12:51:24] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: No matter the target, they're like murderers for hire.
[13.03.2018 12:51:25] Horace.Laster: To be honest, I've told many people that the only reason is the 'money'.
[13.03.2018 12:51:36] Horace.Laster: Most are not worth a more detailed explanation.
[13.03.2018 12:51:47] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I see.
[13.03.2018 12:52:24] Horace.Laster: And, the bounty hunters only shoot the criminals, as far as I know. Not that some of us actually care about being 'good'.
[13.03.2018 12:52:51] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: What if said criminals were innocent, though?
[13.03.2018 12:52:56] Horace.Laster: Rather than being a merc for hire for the highest bidder, I guess working for the houses is more comfortable.
[13.03.2018 12:53:27] Horace.Laster: Well... What I want currently, is to offer you a chance to correct yourself, and your life.
[13.03.2018 12:53:28] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You're also comfortable with the houses telling you lies then?
[13.03.2018 12:54:12] Horace.Laster: Ma'am, I do not know what lies these houses tell us. All I know is that I was born as a pirate among really awful people.
[13.03.2018 12:54:34] Horace.Laster: And made to shoot a few innocents. I only know that side was bad, and this side is better.
[13.03.2018 12:55:20] Horace.Laster: I mean... I am not a part of any house, anyway. I am on the fringes of this society.
[13.03.2018 12:56:04] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Hm.
[13.03.2018 12:56:41] Horace.Laster: So... do you want to take the path I took, yet?
[13.03.2018 12:57:08] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: My life is already correct. What I am doing is being done for the greater good of all of us.
[13.03.2018 12:57:39] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I do not shoot innocents, I fight for the People, and their rights in this vast sector.
[13.03.2018 12:58:01] Horace.Laster: Are you sure your people are not just like one of these many warring factions who are all self-righteous but cause-
[13.03.2018 12:58:17] Horace.Laster: the deaths of many innocents for their ideals they'll never realize?
[13.03.2018 12:58:44] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I'm pretty sure. We are nothing like Gauls.
[13.03.2018 12:59:02] Horace.Laster: Or the houses? Is everything completely perfect in your society?
[13.03.2018 12:59:14] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: As perfect as it can be as of now.
[13.03.2018 12:59:32] Horace.Laster: Sounds magical.
[13.03.2018 12:59:39] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: It just works.
[13.03.2018 13:00:08] Horace.Laster: How? Are you all well fed, and happy? Anyone commits crimes? Gets punished? Deaths?
[13.03.2018 13:00:54] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: But of course, everybody is happy. As for crimes, nobody dares to commit crimes.
[13.03.2018 13:01:01] Horace.Laster: I heard a few weird rumours about you.
[13.03.2018 13:01:26] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Rumors are merely rumors.
[13.03.2018 13:02:02] Horace.Laster: Do your fresh troops get dropped in a freezing planet and told to survive with only their own wits?
[13.03.2018 13:02:38] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Such is the training every soldier has to endure.
[13.03.2018 13:02:48] Horace.Laster: How many of them survive?
[13.03.2018 13:03:06] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Those who are ready.
[13.03.2018 13:03:33] Horace.Laster: *Sigh* How will you realize your goals without breeding enough soldiers? This is a strategic mistake, anyway.
[13.03.2018 13:04:21] Horace.Laster: And I heard you're generally oppressed.
[13.03.2018 13:04:21] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Well, our army needs quality, not quantity.
[13.03.2018 13:04:43] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: What you've heard must have been a false rumor then.
[13.03.2018 13:04:58] Horace.Laster: Maybe the cause is that you currently can't feed everyone, hm? Maybe you should think about better ways to structure your-
[13.03.2018 13:05:06] Horace.Laster: ugh... economy... if you have any.
[13.03.2018 13:05:38] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: As I said, currently, everyone is happy. We are prospering.
[13.03.2018 13:05:52] Horace.Laster: Could you smile for me, then?
[13.03.2018 13:06:16] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: That's an odd request. I don't smile unless I have a good reason.
[13.03.2018 13:06:20] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Maybe you could tell me a joke?
[13.03.2018 13:06:22] Horace.Laster: It will look good in the pictures.
[13.03.2018 13:06:31] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: What pictures?
[13.03.2018 13:06:51] Horace.Laster: Well... I need to scan you and provide some proof before I claim.
[13.03.2018 13:07:14] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: So that's what you're really after.
[13.03.2018 13:07:34] Horace.Laster: Ma'am, I'd actually prefer if you come with me to the Sugarland.
[13.03.2018 13:07:43] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I admit, you've been indoctrinated in the hunter mentality pretty well.
[13.03.2018 13:08:02] Horace.Laster: No... I want to do this because I think it is good for you, as it had been for me.
[13.03.2018 13:08:24] Horace.Laster: This is the very same way I was snatched from my old life of misery.
[13.03.2018 13:08:36] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I don't think so, my life is pretty perfect the way it is.
[13.03.2018 13:08:42] Horace.Laster: Got shot by a hunter, taken to a prison, and uh, given another chance.
[13.03.2018 13:09:04] Horace.Laster: Well, if you say so.
[13.03.2018 13:09:30] Horace.Laster: I mean, you could still persuade me to leave you alone.
[13.03.2018 13:09:44] Horace.Laster: But you need to give it some effort.
[13.03.2018 13:10:05] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You know, that'd be great, you are not like the other hunters, and thus, maybe you'd be more useful alive around here.
[13.03.2018 13:10:41] Horace.Laster: As long as you don't catch me my pants down, I don't think I am in danger, ma'am.
[13.03.2018 13:11:08] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: If you like to give other people chances, maybe you'd like to offer the pirates that scour the lanes in New York for their -
[13.03.2018 13:11:12] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: - prey, a new life, perhaps?
[13.03.2018 13:11:27] Horace.Laster: I have been doing that before I got here.
[13.03.2018 13:11:48] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I wonder then, why aren't you on your way, savior?
[13.03.2018 13:11:56] Horace.Laster: But not all would listen to me. Some just enjoy it.
[13.03.2018 13:12:21] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Not everyone is going to accept new lives.
[13.03.2018 13:12:37] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: But maybe you were not persuading them.. well enough?
[13.03.2018 13:12:37] Horace.Laster: I am not a saviour, miss. I am just a normal person who likes to help if he can.
[13.03.2018 13:13:02] Horace.Laster: And, there's only so much attention I can give to everyone. I don't even talk to them, usually.
[13.03.2018 13:13:17] Horace.Laster: Only with people who appear not bloodthirsty.
[13.03.2018 13:13:50] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Well, that narrows your possible lives to save a bit down.
[13.03.2018 13:14:01] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Can't rehabilitate a Xeno, for example.
[13.03.2018 13:14:09] Horace.Laster: But anyway. If I shoot you now, I am sure I'll lose my sleep.
[13.03.2018 13:14:19] Horace.Laster: I am a softie
[13.03.2018 13:14:42] Horace.Laster: So uh... I'll act as though I didn't catch you, if you'd like to move on.
[13.03.2018 13:14:49] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: That's unusual for a hunter, as well.
[13.03.2018 13:15:13] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Move on? Why, sure. I'll just be on my way as well.
[13.03.2018 13:15:15] Horace.Laster: We hunters are not some weird people who take pleasure in the pain of others.
[13.03.2018 13:15:39] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Let's agree to disagree. There are many cases of hunters being savage beasts who jump at the chance to kill someone.
[13.03.2018 13:15:49] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Money is a powerful motivator for those 'people'.
[13.03.2018 13:15:56] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: But I can't generalize, can I?
[13.03.2018 13:16:17] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You're a living example of a somewhat good hunter.
[13.03.2018 13:16:26] Horace.Laster: They are no worse than those who are motivated by weird ideals, and think it is right to kill people to see a world they think-
[13.03.2018 13:16:32] Horace.Laster: is more worthy than the other ways.
[13.03.2018 13:16:40] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Ah, yes, the Gauls.
[13.03.2018 13:16:49] Horace.Laster: Or some Coalition agents?
[13.03.2018 13:16:54] Horace.Laster: But I don't generalize.
[13.03.2018 13:17:30] Horace.Laster: Do you think it is worth it to get rid of the extra 'weak' folk among yourselves for this ideal?
[13.03.2018 13:17:45] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: It is their own choice.
[13.03.2018 13:17:49] Horace.Laster: Say what, if you can save a few of them, contact me, I'll give them a proper life.
[13.03.2018 13:18:04] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Hmm... Actually.
[13.03.2018 13:18:28] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I wonder, maybe you've saved a coalitioner before?
[13.03.2018 13:18:31] Horace.Laster: How is it their own choice? Aren't you all soldiers in the coalition?
[13.03.2018 13:18:40] Horace.Laster: Not yet. I hoped you'd be the first.
[13.03.2018 13:19:33] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Unfortunately, I won't. As for your question, what would an army do without the workers, the farmers, and the rest?
[13.03.2018 13:19:53] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You can't build an army if you haven't got a working society, now, can you?
[13.03.2018 13:19:58] Horace.Laster: I mean, I only asked.
[13.03.2018 13:20:06] Horace.Laster: I can't know everything.
[13.03.2018 13:20:14] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: That's why I'm explaining
[13.03.2018 13:20:36] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You should probably forget everything you thought you knew about the Coalition.
[13.03.2018 13:20:43] Horace.Laster: So the soldiers choose to risk it and be dropped to a freezing planet, knowing they'll most likely die then?
[13.03.2018 13:21:04] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: They want to serve in the army, and they're willing to take the risk.
[13.03.2018 13:21:27] Horace.Laster: Well, that's better than being conscripted and forced to do that.
[13.03.2018 13:21:48] Horace.Laster: You were a volunteer too, right?
[13.03.2018 13:22:06] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Correct, and as you can clearly see, I survived.
[13.03.2018 13:22:17] Horace.Laster: You must be a tough woman.
[13.03.2018 13:22:37] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I may not look like one, but looks can be deceiving, hm?
[13.03.2018 13:22:48] Horace.Laster: I'd really enjoy to hear about your adventure there, actually.
[13.03.2018 13:23:17] Horace.Laster: You were not naked like some say, right? That would be extreme.
[13.03.2018 13:23:38] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Of course not. *she scoffs*
[13.03.2018 13:23:42] Horace.Laster: *Laughs*
[13.03.2018 13:24:14] Horace.Laster: And, got chased by any predators or the sort?
[13.03.2018 13:24:36] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: A few, yes. They're mere animals, and they were easy to outsmart.
[13.03.2018 13:25:01] Horace.Laster: I suppose they became your meal instead.
[13.03.2018 13:25:09] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: One of those predators happened to be pretty tasty, indeed.
[13.03.2018 13:25:16] Horace.Laster: Haha...
[13.03.2018 13:25:21] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: The hunters became the hunted.
[13.03.2018 13:25:22] Horace.Laster: Well, that's interesting.
[13.03.2018 13:25:43] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: So I suppose I should ask you, are you a predator, or are we cool?
[13.03.2018 13:26:03] Horace.Laster: I am still a predator, but I won't hunt you.
[13.03.2018 13:26:12] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Intelligent predator.
[13.03.2018 13:26:36] Horace.Laster: Yeah, I am full currently, anyway. Not in need of any more food.
[13.03.2018 13:26:59] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Money isn't tasty, is it.
[13.03.2018 13:27:19] Horace.Laster: I mean, as long as I survive in this job, the money will not be a problem.
[13.03.2018 13:27:28] Horace.Laster: The thing is that we don't get to retire much.
[13.03.2018 13:27:44] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Hard work's hard work.
[13.03.2018 13:28:16] Horace.Laster: That it is. Sadly, I only know how to pilot this ship, and they won't let me fly for any respectable organization anyway.
[13.03.2018 13:28:49] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Who would want to work for the larger organizations anyway?
[13.03.2018 13:29:05] Horace.Laster: I might. It's not as risky as what I am doing now.
[13.03.2018 13:29:32] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Just so they'd make a puppet out of you?
[13.03.2018 13:29:40] Horace.Laster: I am talking to a dangerous coalition pilot who hunted predators in a freezing planet when she was younger. The danger is real.
[13.03.2018 13:29:40] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I think you deserve better than that.
[13.03.2018 13:30:15] Horace.Laster: As I said, there's no other choice.
[13.03.2018 13:30:36] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: There could be, but I do believe you wouldn't listen.
[13.03.2018 13:31:00] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: I'd also feel like a spitting image of you.
[13.03.2018 13:31:07] Horace.Laster: I know you folk wouldn't accept anyone from outside, but nah. I don't think that's the life for me, ma'am. That's even more-
[13.03.2018 13:31:16] Horace.Laster: dangerous, it sounds like.
[13.03.2018 13:31:55] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Well, as a matter of fact, I think you wouldn't be the first outsider to join our ranks.
[13.03.2018 13:32:13] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: That is, -if- you did. Keyword being if.
[13.03.2018 13:32:28] Horace.Laster: Well, I really couldn't trust you. You're so foreign to me.
[13.03.2018 13:32:47] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Then maybe we should meet more regularly.
[13.03.2018 13:33:15] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Unless you bring unwanted attention with you the next time. That'd be most unfortunate.
[13.03.2018 13:33:33] Horace.Laster: Usually, I'd not be afraid of a... uh... anyone. But something tells me to make an exception for you.
[13.03.2018 13:34:06] Horace.Laster: And don't worry.
[13.03.2018 13:34:20] Horace.Laster: I'd shoot you by now if I wanted to, right?
[13.03.2018 13:34:27] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Likewise.
[13.03.2018 13:34:45] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: But I, as well as you, it seems, like civil conversation.
[13.03.2018 13:34:53] Horace.Laster: Yeah.
[13.03.2018 13:35:37] Horace.Laster: It's rare to find people who can take the time for that. Full of dangers make everyone jumpy.
[13.03.2018 13:35:53] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Truly.
[13.03.2018 13:36:31] Horace.Laster: But, every sweet thing has to end at one point.
[13.03.2018 13:36:36] Horace.Laster: So I'll need to go now.
[13.03.2018 13:36:42] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Very well.
[13.03.2018 13:36:49] Horace.Laster: Don't want to overstay my welcome.
[13.03.2018 13:36:56] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Safe skies to you, then?
[13.03.2018 13:37:12] Horace.Laster: Safe skies. My cruise disruptor is jammed, dammit.
[13.03.2018 13:37:24] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: Don't worry, I won't follow you.
[13.03.2018 13:37:39] Horace.Laster: Enjoy cruising.
[13.03.2018 13:37:45] SCRA|Lin:Yanzhao: You too.
On my way back, however, I saw a typical bounty hunter gunboat in the hands of what seemed to be a civilian. Not long after my inspection of their vessel, a bloodthirsty bounty hunter was on my tail. We fought, and it ended up with the bounty hunter's ship being blown up to pieces by his own nuclear mine. Rookie mistake. He managed to wear my ship down by a few scratches, so I headed back to Kamchatka. On my way to the Hamburg jumphole, I saw a vessel belonging to the 5th Fleet chasing me, but due to the damage of my ship, I chose not to engage, and went straight for the jumphole.
I hope the miners understood what I had to say, for they deserve a better Sirius.
TO: SCRA HC FROM: SCEC CRO Dr. Mstislav Belov RE: Report on Scientific Activities ENCRYPTION:HIGH
Comrades!
SCEC is pleased to report on achieving progress in our scientific work. Apart from our regular expeditions, we on daily basis engage in research to benefit the common folk of the Coalition and our Gloriuos Army, as you can see below:
We also at the moment possess over 20 experimental guns for your services, collected throughout Sirius.
We hope, those would benefit the Revolution and the People!
I would also like to inquire as whether a temporary transfer of Sn. Lieutenant Vladislav Vaska to SCEC is possible for the military training of our personnel. The details can be found here.
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