After stalking an Interpsace Commcerse vessel from New York, I was able to sucessfully extort this corporate dog in New Tokyo. He apparently has heard about me and my ruthlessness when it comes to extortion and other unsavory acts I have commited to various corporate entities. He elected to make his payment in a form of Donation to show loyalty to the Lane Hackers. It seems my pressence was enough to make him open his pocket book. Evidence has been hidden within the code for your review.
Miss Bunt and I had intercepted an unusual transport vessel and sought to discern its purpose. The log of our questioning it, securely redacted, is available below for your reference. The central topic of the discussion is, to my understanding, known to the circle.
[26.06.2019 07:09:47] LH~Glass: Hello there.
[26.06.2019 07:09:48] ████████████████████: Holla, Hacker
[26.06.2019 07:10:09] ████████████████████: Please, excuse me.
[26.06.2019 07:10:23] ████████████████████: I am here on contract and mean no disrespecr
[26.06.2019 07:10:46] LH~Glass: Not at all, I think we were each simply somewhat curious.
[26.06.2019 07:10:52] LH~Glass: What contract would that be?
[26.06.2019 07:11:22] ████████████████████: Some local Freelance group hired our little company to haul some stuff...
[26.06.2019 07:11:59] LH~Glass: How odd. I didn't know it like the Outcasts to take up contract hauling in Liberty.
[26.06.2019 07:12:05] LH~Glass: Which group? What haulage?
[26.06.2019 07:12:16] ████████████████████: Every nation has logistics, my friends
[26.06.2019 07:12:26] ████████████████████: We are but a small entrepeur group
[26.06.2019 07:13:27] LH~Irma.Bunt: Mr. Glass is simply asking who it is your working for, and what your bringing into Liberty.
[26.06.2019 07:13:44] ████████████████████: Well, if I may, allow me to explain it all.
[26.06.2019 07:13:50] LH~Irma.Bunt: Proceed. [26.06.2019 07:14:23] LH~Irma.Bunt: Forgive my intrusion as he didnt seem to get the point across.
[26.06.2019 07:14:26] ████████████████████: We are a small company call ██████████████████████, our internaitional prefix is ███ [26.06.2019 07:14:58] LH~Glass: Yes, it was a tad awkward, how slow these addled ones are.
[26.06.2019 07:15:01] ████████████████████: We started out doing local deliveries in the Omicrons, until we got our big break.
[26.06.2019 07:15:37] ████████████████████: A plantation owner on Malta urgently needed a few extra shipments moved to his buyer in Liberty, and was paying a pretty penny
[26.06.2019 07:15:50] ████████████████████: We of course jumped on the opportunity
[26.06.2019 07:16:21] ████████████████████: I think in a month, our Serenity's hauled 17,000 units
[26.06.2019 07:16:27] ████████████████████: *cough*
[26.06.2019 07:16:32] ████████████████████: 170,000
[26.06.2019 07:16:41] ████████████████████: Excuse me..
[26.06.2019 07:17:06] ████████████████████: We bought this vessel off a black market dealer on the freeport in Tau 37
[26.06.2019 07:17:10] LH~Glass: Units from a plantation... cardamine, I take it?
[26.06.2019 07:17:23] ████████████████████: Yes indeed. The Orange Dream
[26.06.2019 07:17:56] ████████████████████: May I continue?
[26.06.2019 07:18:11] LH~Glass: I'm still missing a few specifics, is all.
[26.06.2019 07:18:28] LH~Glass: What precisely are you hauling now, having had this big break?
[26.06.2019 07:18:47] LH~Glass: And to where? And what freelancer group?
[26.06.2019 07:18:49] ████████████████████: I'll get to it, bottom line is the contract ran out and we were looking for more work.
[26.06.2019 07:19:23] ████████████████████: Our Liberty contact, a █████ by the name of ██████████, offered us local runs here until we found something better.
[26.06.2019 07:19:39] LH~Glass: There's an ongoing need for cardamine in Liberty, as I'm sure that you're aware.
[26.06.2019 07:19:40] ████████████████████: So we've been tasked in trading between █████ stations
[26.06.2019 07:19:48] ████████████████████: Oh of course
[26.06.2019 07:20:15] ████████████████████: However we like it down here. And the money is not all that bad either
[26.06.2019 07:20:19] LH~Glass: So, the local runs are what you are doing now? From where, to where, with what?
[26.06.2019 07:20:46] LH~Glass: We really almost certainly won't have a problem with whatever it is you're doing, but we would insist on knowing what that is,
[26.06.2019 07:20:53] LH~Glass: So that we are not, in future, surprised.
[26.06.2019 07:20:48] ████████████████████: Right, of course. Right now, the █████ has asked for a few thousand hull segments
[26.06.2019 07:21:03] ████████████████████: So I am one way running it from the ███████
[26.06.2019 07:21:17] ████████████████████: Worth the pay with no upload
[26.06.2019 07:21:34] LH~Glass: I see, so ███████████ are providing you hull segments to haul... where, again?
[26.06.2019 07:21:42] ████████████████████: The Freelancer group I believe is called ████████████████
[26.06.2019 07:21:51] ████████████████████: Or something like that
[26.06.2019 07:21:57] LH~Glass: Miss Bunt, are you familiar with such an organisation?
[26.06.2019 07:22:10] ████████████████████: The █████ took me there and instructed me on my tasks
[26.06.2019 07:22:28] ████████████████████: Here, would you like to see the manifest?
[26.06.2019 07:22:35] LH~Glass: Now I'm quite confused. ████████████████ seems like it involves words much too long for a █████ to be involved.
[26.06.2019 07:22:53] LH~Glass: Out of what base is this organisation...
[26.06.2019 07:22:56] LH~Glass: ...based?
[26.06.2019 07:22:59] LH~Irma.Bunt: I am not aware of any group by that name Mr. Glass.
[26.06.2019 07:23:28] LH~Glass: Then it is our mandate to learn more.
[26.06.2019 07:23:29] ████████████████████: I don't quite understand what you mean by that question, Glass. My Lirbertonian is good, but I slip sometimes
[26.06.2019 07:23:40] LH~Glass: Can't have a corporate interest springing up without our knowledge.
[26.06.2019 07:23:48] LH~Glass: Uh, hmm.
[26.06.2019 07:24:10] LH~Glass: Where is the primary headquarters of this ████████████████ bunch?
[26.06.2019 07:24:27] ████████████████████: Oh, uhh.... The █████ told me to keep it quiet...
[26.06.2019 07:25:04] LH~Glass: Oh hush now, the Rogues, the Outcasts, the Hackers - we're all the best of friends!
[26.06.2019 07:25:08] LH~Irma.Bunt: We insist on you telling us where this headquarters is at.
[26.06.2019 07:25:30] ████████████████████: Yeah, but I mean.. he was very insistant. I don't want to lose this job, it's quite kushy.
[26.06.2019 07:25:44] ████████████████████: Perhaps you can ask him if you are all that close?
[26.06.2019 07:25:52] LH~Glass: Well, unfortunately that would leave us in a bit of a situation.
[26.06.2019 07:26:01] LH~Glass: We would be obliged to investigate.
[26.06.2019 07:26:09] LH~Glass: We would seek out ██████████ and ask him.
[26.06.2019 07:26:11] ████████████████████: Well, of course.
[26.06.2019 07:26:21] LH~Glass: And it may come about how much information you have already provided to us.
[26.06.2019 07:26:42] LH~Glass: Which I imagine might displease him? You would know whether this is the case better than I would.
[26.06.2019 07:26:50] ████████████████████: I hate to say it, but you should know the importance of trust in this universe?
[26.06.2019 07:27:01] LH~Glass: Whereas, if you can provide us this information now, discreetly,
[26.06.2019 07:27:11] LH~Glass: It may not be necessary for us to prod any further.
[26.06.2019 07:27:10] ████████████████████: Well, I don't know.
[26.06.2019 07:28:22] LH~Glass: We will find out, one way or another, mister...
[26.06.2019 07:28:25] ████████████████████: Look, alright. I'll give you the facilities name
[26.06.2019 07:28:28] LH~Glass: ...what was your name, again?
[26.06.2019 07:28:38] LH~Irma.Bunt: We appriciate that, greatly.
[26.06.2019 07:28:49] ████████████████████: I am ████████████████████
[26.06.2019 07:28:58] LH~Glass: A pleasure to meet you.
[26.06.2019 07:29:16] ████████████████████: Working on contract for ████████████ supply a facility he controls called ████████████████
[26.06.2019 07:29:29] ████████████████████: But please, for the love of God, don't cost me this contract
[26.06.2019 07:29:33] LH~Irma.Bunt: Location?
[26.06.2019 07:29:35] LH~Glass: Oh! You should have said.
[26.06.2019 07:30:02] ████████████████████: I should have?
[26.06.2019 07:30:21] LH~Glass: One moment please...
[26.06.2019 07:30:28] LH~Irma.Bunt: We will not reveal your name as to keep your contract intact for providing us this information, unless you disagree Mr. Glass.
[26.06.2019 07:30:48] LH~Glass: Oh, a source's security is essential to the process.
[26.06.2019 07:31:02] LH~Glass: The information you provide us will be anonymous, ████████████.
[26.06.2019 07:31:31] LH~Irma.Bunt: Rest easy knowing this, a Lane Hackers word is everything to us.
[26.06.2019 07:31:51] LH~Glass: That it is.
[26.06.2019 07:31:54] LH~Irma.Bunt: Please provide the location of this █████ ██████████.
[26.06.2019 07:32:21] ████████████████████: Ok, alright.... It's ███████████████████████████████████████
[26.06.2019 07:32:35] LH~Irma.Bunt: ████████████████████████
[26.06.2019 07:32:42] ████████████████████: Yes Ma-am
[26.06.2019 07:32:52] LH~Glass: And, it is operated by... the █████, or this ████████████████ bunch?
[26.06.2019 07:33:01] ████████████████████: Look, can I be honest?
[26.06.2019 07:33:04] LH~Glass: Sure.
[26.06.2019 07:33:14] LH~Glass: I mean. Yes. We require it.
[26.06.2019 07:33:30] ████████████████████: *tones his voice down, a trickle of fear runs through his words*
[26.06.2019 07:34:23] ████████████████████: I... I honestly think it's a front. A rumour I heard is that some freelancers are being extorted to make a shop for the ██████
[26.06.2019 07:34:34] ████████████████████: You know how the ██████ can be...
[26.06.2019 07:34:38] ████████████████████: That ████..
[26.06.2019 07:34:49] LH~Glass: Sounds like an excellent venture, to me.
[26.06.2019 07:35:42] ████████████████████: I mean, we offer delivery into Bretonia for some of the goods that appear on that depot
[26.06.2019 07:35:49] ████████████████████: And cheap too.
[26.06.2019 07:35:53] LH~Glass: I'll have to visit.
[26.06.2019 07:36:37] ████████████████████: The ██████ they were selling we so cheap, it was criminal *chuckles nervously*
[26.06.2019 07:36:56] LH~Irma.Bunt: They are selling ██████?
[26.06.2019 07:36:59] LH~Glass: So, the ██████ running a front as some ████████████████ organisation, in a clandestine location?
[26.06.2019 07:37:06] LH~Glass: Seems terribly clever, for them.
[26.06.2019 07:37:15] LH~Irma.Bunt: and you truthfully admit this?
[26.06.2019 07:37:16] ████████████████████: Yeah, the ██████ some how got them and were passing them on.
[26.06.2019 07:37:28] LH~Irma.Bunt: Thank you for your honesty.
[26.06.2019 07:37:51] ████████████████████: Well, I honestly would never have found it
[26.06.2019 07:38:21] LH~Glass: No, it's not often I venture towards the outer expanses of the heliosphere.
[26.06.2019 07:39:16] LH~Glass: Well, I still don't understand how the ████████████████ front and the freelancers fit in... I don't wish to delay you much
[26.06.2019 07:39:21] LH~Glass: longer, but are you able to explain that?
[26.06.2019 07:39:24] ████████████████████: *curses* Gentlemen, please excuse me, I am 20 minutes late for my pick up.
[26.06.2019 07:39:42] ████████████████████: As far as I know, it's what I said
[26.06.2019 07:39:51] ████████████████████: I think it's the case?
[26.06.2019 07:40:08] LH~Glass: Very well. Thank you for your information. We shouldn't delay you any longer so as not to arouse suspicion.
[26.06.2019 07:40:10] ████████████████████: No one questions anyone there.
[26.06.2019 07:40:49] ████████████████████: Thank you, I apologise I can't offer you more information
[26.06.2019 07:40:55] LH~Irma.Bunt: Thank you for your time.
[26.06.2019 07:40:56] LH~Glass: I can appreciate the importance of enforced secrecy regarding secure installations.
[26.06.2019 07:41:03] LH~Glass: Good day! Safe travels.
[26.06.2019 07:41:05] ████████████████████: But hey, uh... if you find yourself with stuff you need moving give us a call.
[26.06.2019 07:41:11] LH~Glass: Gladly.
[26.06.2019 07:41:15] LH~Irma.Bunt: With pleasure.
[26.06.2019 07:41:16] ████████████████████: Take care, Hackers! [26.06.2019 07:41:35] LH~Irma.Bunt: shall we take a peak at this installation?
[26.06.2019 07:41:54] LH~Glass: Quite.
I have made another step toward Ruthlessness today, successfully, and might I say, rapidly, intimidating a Universal Shipping cargo ship into donating to the cause. The relevant logs are below.
[28.06.2019 10:35:29] LH~Glass: Hi there.
[28.06.2019 10:35:30] LH~Glass: Stop.
[28.06.2019 10:35:44] Elk.River: Well then, what do you want, Hacker?
[28.06.2019 10:36:07] LH~Glass: Well, well, let's see...
[28.06.2019 10:36:19] LH~Glass: From a Universal corporate pig...
[28.06.2019 10:36:31] LH~Glass: Four million credits.
[28.06.2019 10:36:47] LH~Glass: That should put a tad more balance in the scales.
[28.06.2019 10:36:56] LH~Glass: And it'll go to furthering the good of the people of Liberty.
[28.06.2019 10:36:56] Elk.River: Sure, whatever. From one corporate pig to a script kiddie, here's your four million.
[28.06.2019 10:37:02] You have received 4.000.000 credits from Elk.River
[28.06.2019 10:37:03] LH~Glass: What a philanthropist you'll make.
[28.06.2019 10:37:06] LH~Glass: Good day.
I came across a Kusari State Police Bomber in Colorado and he tried to flee but it was to late for him and I had him cornered, however it seemed he had a trick up his sleeve and another Kusari State Police vessel showed up and it was a Sutinga. While I was preparing myself for a two on one, a Liberty Naval Archer came into the mix and naturally they saw fit to try and shoot me down. I escaped via the trade lane and bolted towards Shikoku where I lied in wait expecting them to return back to their controlled space and I was right. I knew the Naval ship would not be able to escort them the entire way and I was able to take on both targets simultaneously and I am proud to say both targets fell by my actions. Let this serve as a reminder to anyone especially law enforcement who thinks they are above the Lane Hackers. Evidence has been hidden within the code ready for your eyes.
It seems Ageira has towed Detroit Munitions away from its lonely part of New York and placed it a few Kilometers from Pittsburgh I am sending updated coordinates from my Vindicator that should be distributed to the rest of our Network.
I have completed Determination through extortion of a freelancer helium miner. Although he had to be persuaded, he found reason in the end. Please find below the logs:
Today I took a step towards becoming an operative by completing Determination, I encountered a freelancer carrying Ship Hulls and Liberty Rouge Pilots, Upon Ordering him to cut his engines I immediately came under fire So I put the dog down.
He did not want to discuss why he was carrying Rouge Pilots instead he opted to die with that information.
Greetings to the Professorship. Deceiver Largo, reporting in.
Industrious
Convoy Members:
- Deceiver Maximillian Largo, on LH~Ransomware, my personal Border Worlds Train;
- Professor Scorpius on LH~Spoof, his personal Outcast Battletransport;
- LH~Kurt.Ambrose on his own Vindicator.
Notes: Nothing noteworthy. Operative Ambrose's report will detail the security side.
- Counterfeit Software from Leiden* to Malta.*
- Cardaminefrom Malta* to Leiden.*
Result: No ships lost. Convoy successful.
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In other news, I was charged with a request from our friends, the BDM, most precisely from the captain of the BDM|LV-Gotha to haul specific materials - namely 10'400 units of Magnetic Superconductors and 1'800 units of Gravity Field Stabilizers - that they couldn't aquire through conventional means to their owned deposit on Bristol. In light of the Industrious criteria, I will leave the haul timestamp archive of each material for review by the Professorship.
During the Gen'an Festival I was able to strike a deal with Matriarch Kiri, the leader. A load of Cardamine each month to show their commitment to the Cardamine trade and to forge a closer relationship with us. They have made good on their promise and have already delivered a good roughly four thousand units on their first run straight from Malta. I have to say I inspected the quality of the Cardamine myself and its fit enough for any Professor in my honest opinion. Evidence has been provided hidden within the code.
It began when my scanners detected an out-of-place Maltese Dreadnought at Fort Bush. I questioned it and informed the crew that it was in violation of the Orange Treaty. It was attempting to be coy and argued poorly before agreeing to be escorted out of Liberty. We flew towards Rochester, where it stated it was going to offload it's "loot" against my orders to keep on route. After mooring and unloading, we continued the route into Colorado. Once it reached Planet Gunnison it ceased it's following of the route. I opened comms and stated it must continue moving. It broadcasted that it had dectected Naval vessels, none which were in our advanced scanner range.
I had previously opened a line to nearby operatives in the area to come assist with the Maltese. With the vessel deciding to stop moving, I gave it it's last warning of it's violation. Support arrived, and it started to try to flee. When our bombers got close to it, it's secondary batteries opened up. We called to begin the operation for it's removal. It was no real issue, I had my own vessel move to distract it while torpedoes rained on it's hull. The vessel was disabled easily.
With our force already mobilized, we regrouped at Buffalo and linked up with the SNS Discovery. It informed us that there has been major readings in the Pennsylvania system for days by the Navy and we headed off. After a swift removal of some mercenary fighters, we found the Navy laying into a station above Sayre. We moved in to disrupt them. Their strike force housed a Battlecruiser and two Alantis-class carriers, one being the Navy Flagship Jacobi. After taking detailed scans of their vessels, our forces remobilized to handle this new target. We first targeted the Battlecruiser, which was dusted. The network noted the missing anti-ship weaponry on the Jacobi and found it to be easy for our torpedoes to land hits. Without needing to be said, the Jacobi was disabled. Next was the Bennington who, like the carrier before it, was wiped out.
We suffered only one loss, a supporting fighter, but otherwise all assets remain at peak performance after standard operational repair.