GMG Rumor Library

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Prowler's massive post of GMG infocards and rumors sure is useful, but searching for a particular rumor can be a pain. So I invested in Freelancer Explorer and decided to make a text version. I'm not including infocards or news, since those are relatively easy to find ingame. I'll add bases as I do them...

Gas Miner Naha
Origin
(GMG) Our ancestors are Kusari fishermen that were forced to leave Honshu in the second century, after the fishing stocks became severely depleted. They entered the Crow Nebula in search of something new to harvest. After 20 years of wandering, they found Hydrogen and Helium isotopes that were far more abundant here than anywhere else in the Sirius sector.

War
(GMG) Most of the great battlefields from the 80-Years War lay scattered around this system. In 668 we decisively defeated the Rheinland Imperial Navy at the Battle of Yanagi Cloud. After 130 years, ALG and the Junkers are finally removing the hazardous ship debris from that area.

(GMG) The Kruger gas mining area was abandoned early in the 80-Years War, almost overnight. In their haste to depart, the Kruger personnel left several cargo pods intact. As far as anyone knows, they are still out there, scattered among the debris. The south oxygen pocket has since drifted over the site, making recovery a difficult proposition at best.

(GMG) This has been our primary gas production area since 300 AS. It is almost exhausted, but we are hopeful that the new gas miners purchased from Kishiro will enable us to economically mine the lower density clouds remaining.

(GMG) Kruger and the Rheinland Military will never be allowed to enter Sigma-13. Many sons and daughters of the GMG sacrificed their lives to fight the Rheinland invaders during the war. The GMG lost over half of its people during those dangerous times.

(Samura) The GMG was secretly backed by the Kusari government during the 80-Years War. It was very costly, but the GMG are our brethren, after all. They provide a protective shield for Kusari space, which allows the military to concentrate on more pressing problems, like securing Hokkaido for Samura.


Wrecks
(GMG) Although the bulk of the Imperial Rheinland fleet was destroyed in the Battle of the Yanagi Cloud, the heavy cruiser Kassel and its escorts survived the initial slaughter. They were not so lucky with the second GMG ambush at the edge of the north oxygen pocket. The remains have since drifted into the gas area, out of reach of the salvage crews.

(GMG) The great battlefield in Sigma-13 is the site of Rheinlands most shameful defeat of the 80-Years War. The entire First Fleet was reduced to smoking hulks within several hours by the GMG. In the high radiation areas, the debris is relatively untouched to this day, but salvaging it is very dangerous and unpredictable.

Shipping
(GMG) Most of our Gas produced here is shipped to Osaka by Samura, although that will be changing shortly. Supplies are brought in from our Aomori base in the Honshu system. Our Kusari ancestors did not have the advantage of Jump Gates, so the journey took many months.

(GMG) Samura has betrayed our trust. We made a pact with them centuries ago to simplify the sale and transport of our Gas. They have abused and exploited that agreement. Soon we will be rid of the Samura and will receive a fair market price from Kishiro for all of our H-Fuel.

(Samura) Samura has made immense profits from the H-Fuel monopoly we have shared with the GMG for over 400 years. Those ungrateful gas miners then betrayed our trust and entered a secret deal with Kishiro. Soon enough, the Hokkaido system will be fully operational, and we can abandon the GMG.

(Samura) My ship is here to pick up a shipment of H-Fuel bound for the Mainz Outpost in Frankfurt. Rheinland companies are not allowed to ship H-Fuel outside their own systems. I don't feel comfortable here; the GMG are not true Kusari anymore. Somehow they have changed during their centuries of wandering.

Mining
(Samura) Samura once dominated gas miner technology, but as in many other areas, we have been complacent and let Kishiro pass us by. That is the real reason that the GMG has decided to switch allegiance to our mortal enemy. Kishiro gas miners will enable them to harvest Gas in areas not considered economically viable.

Pirates
(GMG) We are most upset that the Corsairs have chosen to consort with the Hogosha in the Artifact trade. Our former friends have betrayed us; they are now our enemies. The Junkers give them shelter on their Yanagi base. Once the great cleanup of the debris fields is finished by ALG, we will chase them out of our territory.

(GMG) The Outcasts have entered Sigma-13 in recent times. They are quite similar to the Corsairs, yet seem to hate them as much as anyone else. They access this system through our own Jump Hole from Sigma-17. We must be more vigilant in our patrols.

(Samura) Sigma-13 is more dangerous now than at any time since it was reopened after the 80-Years War. The Outcasts and Corsairs grow stronger everyday. They cannot be bribed or negotiated with like most criminal organizations. We would actually prefer if Republican handled most of the cargo runs through here, but Tokyo and the GMG object.

(Zoners) You must be very careful of the Corsairs if you want to go further into the Sigma or Omicron Worlds. If you are not their friend, it is difficult to survive. The Bounty Hunters that prowl the Edge Worlds are brave souls indeed.

(Zoners) We use the Jump Hole from Sigma-17 to access this system. It is near the southeast oxygen pocket, so you must be very careful. Corsairs use if frequently, so don't linger in the Hole area.

Misc
(GMG) You must be careful of the oxygen pockets within Sigma-13. Many ships have stumbled unawares into these dangerous traps over the years. They are interesting phenomena created when an oxygen pocket is protected from the surrounding hydrogen-rich clouds by a shell of inert helium. When a ship enters the area, its engines emit hydrogen that reacts explosively with the surrounding oxygen.

(Samura) You may see Zoners here on occasion. They are a strange breed that one sees at the edge of civilized space. I hear that they have established bases within the Edge Worlds, very close to the heart of the Corsair empire.

(Zoners) We pick up H-Fuel here to deliver to the Atka Research Station in Sigma-17. We then continue on to Freeport 9. The GMG are much like us -- wanderers of the stars, who no longer belong on the settled planets.

Gas Miner Ogashawa
Negotiations
(GMG) The GMG has been dealing with Samura for several centuries. We are responsible for a large part of Samura's wealth, but they have not shown us the respect we deserve. It is for this reason that the GMG has entered into negotiations with Kishiro.

(Kishiro) Kishiro has entered into very important negotiations with the GMG. If we are successful, there is a possibility that the two entities could merge, thereby making Kishiro the most powerful corporation in all of Sirius.


Shipping/Mining
(GMG) With Sigma-13 almost depleted of Gases we had to come to this system to tap into its resources. Kishiro also does a fair bit of gas mining here. They make the best gas mining ships, because they always had to accept mining Gases from less desirable areas. Their ships had to be more efficient to compete.

(GMG) This base gets the majority of its supplies from Aomori. Anything else that we need is either mined or brought here by Kishiro shippers.

(GMG) Hawaii is a valuable customer to us and an easy run to make. The H-Fuel they use for their pleasure skiffs is supplied by this base.

(Kishiro) The Basic Alloys and Construction Machinery that the GMG needs at this base are brought here by Kishiro from Honshu. It is not very far to Honshu, but the route is beset by criminals and pirates, so you must be careful.

(Kishiro) The Kishiro H-Fuel that drives Sirius is mined here. Soon Kishiro might supply all the H-Fuel, but you didn't hear that from me. Our H-Fuel travels from this base throughout Kusari space. We even ship it as far as New London.

(Kishiro) This base is Kishiro's primary supplier of H-Fuel. We used to mine our own, but our relationship with the GMG has been improving. Kishiro H-Fuel in New York is imported there from this base. We ship to Manhattan and several other bases there.

(Kishiro) If you have ever wanted to fly into the heart of Liberty, you could always take a little Kishiro H-Fuel with you to Denver in Colorado. It will be purchased there.


Outcasts & Omicron Beta
(GMG) The Outcasts in this system have made themselves quite a nuisance, because they feel that our presence here is an infringement upon their territory. We try to stay out of their way for the most part, though we used to venture into the Donryu Cloud. We soon learned that that was a mistake.

(GMG) There are unexploited resources in the Donryu Cloud at the northern edge of this system but, the Outcasts guard that area fiercely. Any miners who have gone into the Donryu have not returned undamaged if at all. To venture into Omicron Beta is horribly dangerous and not often attempted; though there is an abundance of resources there.

(GMG) One of the GMGs best pilots left his patrol and pursued a fleeing Outcast fighter into the Donryu Cloud. The Hien never returned. An Outcast ambush is suspected, but no one knows. He had some very good weapons aboard.

(GMG) An exploratory GMG expedition consisting of the Hosho Maru and her two escorts was sent into Omicron Beta. The last communication from the three ships was garbled, but it appears that instead of finding H-Fuel, there were Alien Organisms for the taking. Soon after, a brief distress signal fragment suggests the convoy was being attacked by some unknown enemy. No further transmissions were received.


Hogosha & Corsairs
(GMG) The Corsairs used to be our friends, but they made a very big mistake. We served as intermediaries in the Artifact trade between them and the Hogosha. Unwisely, they have decided to try and cut us out of the trade.

(GMG) The GMG fought the entire Rheinland Navy and won in the 80-Years War. We are not afraid of the Corsairs even if everyone else is. They have decided to make us their enemies by cutting us out of the Artifact trade. If we see a Corsair in this system, we will attack. This is GMG space.

(GMG) The Hogosha may be all powerful in Kusari space, but this is not Kusari space. When the Hogosha agreed to deal us out of the lucrative Artifact trade between them and the Corsairs, they made a powerful enemy for themselves. Samura should have intervened. The fact that they didn't shows us how little Samura respects us.

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Aomori Station
Territory
(GMG) Sigma-13 and 17* are the heart of GMG territory. We will defend it fiercely if threatened, as Rheinland did during the 80-Years War. The wreckage of the GMG fleet remains in Sigma-13 to this day, floating in the vacuum of the Yanagi Debris Field.

Ultimate Goal
(GMG) We are searching of a planet to call home. We thought there was a possibility in the Donryu Cloud, but the twin planets are frozen gas, alas. The Outcasts have also proven very challenging in that region of space. We are now looking further inside the Edge Nebula, where our sensors have indicated another planet may lie.

Corsairs/Hogosha
(GMG) The Corsairs and Hogosha were once our friends and partners in the Artifact business. Then they became greedy and bypassed us to trade directly with each other. We do not forget such betrayals easily. All Hogosha and Corsairs are now shot on sight.

(GMG) The GMG encountered a Corsair raiding party in the Chuyu Cloud a few days ago. They engaged and destroyed most of the fighters, but one heavily damaged ship escaped to the Hiryo Cloud. The GMG set up an ambush near the Sigma-13 Jump Hole, but the Corsair never arrived.

Outcasts
(GMG) This base has come under attack by the Outcasts since they discovered the Jump Hole from Sigma-19. We have attempted to patrol it, but they are fearsome fighters, blasting their way through our blockades with impunity.

Shipping
(GMG) Kishiro has offered us superior gas miners that could double our profits. We will abandon Samura within the next year and deliver our Gas to Kishiro exclusively, ending our centuries long agreement with the old lady of Kusari.

(GMG) We buy our basic supplies in Honshu. For many us, it is difficult to walk planetside, after spending our entire lives in stations that simulate half the normal gravitational force. From here it is a short journey through the Gate to Sigma-17*, the site of our newest field.

Blood Dragons
(GMG) Sometimes Samura can be so naive. They have never understood where the Blood Dragons get their financial support. We are the silent partner; we decided to aid the fledgling movement of the Blood Dragons to exact our revenge for centuries of theft and humiliation at the hands of Samura.

(GMG) Samura thinks that once that the government pulls back from the Chugoku Gate project that Hokkaido will finally be theirs. They are gravely mistaken. The GMG will insure that the Blood Dragons live on, and do not rest in peace until Samura abandons Hokkaido. The victory will be sweet.

(GMG) The GMG has secretly trained many of the best pilots of the Blood Dragons. We gained much valuable tactical knowledge of how to fight in the clouds of the Crow Nebula during our long war with the Rheinlanders.

Fujisawa Mining Facility (Discovery-added)
Corporations
(GMG) The GMG doesn't trust the Kusari government much these days. Samura Industries is always pressuring them to levy more taxes on us in an attempt to make us renew our old shipping contracts with them, but we're not stupid. Kishiro Technologies are more forward-thinking and reliable business partners, and also the more honourable of the two keiretsu.

Samura/Hogosha
(GMG) We don't like the Hogosha, and they are not welcome at our bases. They are rumoured to have a base in the south of this system, but our patrols have as yet been unable to find it. We know that Samura hires the Hogosha to attack its rivals, and both the GMG and Kishiro have had trouble with them in the past, but we can never finger Samura with anything.

(GMG) The Mintaka field's not as harmless as it seems. It's studded with pockets of explosive gas, and I've seen more than a few Hogosha in there. It seems they're trying to sabotage our mining efforts; there are whispers that the New Tokyo crime syndicate has been hired by Samura to confound our expansion in the region. Between you and me, I believe my fellow miners, Samura's infamous for its cutthroat business practices.

Corsairs
(GMG) I ran afoul of a Corsair patrol while hauling Deuterium through Sigma-19. I barely made it out alive, thanks to my escorts, I lost two gunners when a missile penetrated my shields, and our escorts are never seeing home again. Protection in the Border Worlds is nearly non-existent, and the Corsairs have been upping their attacks as of late.


Misc
(GMG) I was born on Aomori Station and worked there for years, until this place opened, whereupon I requested a transfer and got posted here a few weeks after construction was finished. In the time that I have been onboard Fujisawa, I've come to love this station and it is more my home than any planet ever will be.

(GMG) Transporting H-Fuel to Rheinland always makes me grin. Striking isn't it, how their glorious, rebuilt armada's just so much scrap metal without the Guild? Their battleships have massive reactors that spew forth green flame, how silent and cold they'd be if we ever chose to cut off their shipments.

(GMG) We have a remarkable cultural diversity here on board the Fujisawa. We've got miners from practically everywhere, even Rheinlanders, ex-Kruger workers, mainly, ancient prejudices have no place in modern business. We can't include Bretonians in our roster, though; I'd like to, but doing so would be madness in this time of strife and conflict.

* I believe these instances of "Sigma-17" are a vanilla mistake.

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Rumors about GMG on Non-GMG bases. Keep in mind that rumors are vanilla unless otherwise noted.

Planet Honshu
(GMG) We buy our supplies for Aomori in Honshu. We also sell our H-Fuel produced in Naha. One day we will probably sell a lot more here, when Osaka is closed.

(GMG) The Outcasts and Corsairs have entered Honshu space in recent years. This is a very troublesome development for the GMG, as the Trade Lanes through the clouds are our main arteries of commerce. The Guild is considering upgrading our shield technology to match that of the foreign invaders.

(GMG) Honshu is our ancient homeland. I try to visit my ancestral village every chance I get. We try to maintain strong ties with our past on Honshu. After all, this is the only habitable planet that most of us have ever known.

(Kishiro) I'm just stopping by to visit some friends before heading on to Ogashawa in the Sigma-19 system. It's a joint–venture, gas loading facility with the GMG that I'm helping redesign to handle more ships. Kishiro and the GMG will be an unstoppable force once it's complete.

(Kishiro) The police is not doing enough to control the Outcast attacks in the Chuyu Cloud. Many of us feel that Samura is applying pressure to force Tokyo Command to reduce patrols in our sector of the system, in order to gain competitive advantage with their Gas from Osaka.

(Kishiro) We at Kishiro feel a special kinship with the GMG; we share many of the same ancestors. Most of the Kishiro workers in the Optronics and Engine plants know of some distant relative that joined the Guild many years ago.

Akita Border Station
(KSP) We have heard that there is a Hole into Sigma-13, but the GMG will not tell us. They keep their secrets close; they are not truly Kusari anymore.

(KSP) The GMG and Samura haul H-Fuel to Osaka past our lonely station. Kishiro, ALG and Republican are the other shippers using this area. Tokyo has said we must hold this line against the Edge World threat, yet reduces our strength on a regular basis.

(KSP) The GMG has assured us that they can handle the criminal problem in Sigma-13, but this does not seem to be the case. They should bring in the military -- that would seal the border.

(KSP) Upper management is trying to put pressure on the GMG and Kishiro by having police patrols removed from this base. I'm not sure it really helps us though, as Samura ships must still travel to Rheinland with other supplies.

Osaka Storage Facility
(GMG) People in Kusari think we are their long lost children that will return someday. We do share our genetic heritage with Honshu, but not much else. The goal of the GMG is to find an ocean planet somewhere in the mists of the Edge, with plentiful fish to reestablish our traditional way of life.

(GMG) This is the primary distribution point for Naha Gas produced in Sigma-13. Ogashawa H-Fuel is shipped directly from Sigma-19 or transferred on Honshu to Kishiro transports.

(GMG) The GMG has faithfully delivered gas to Osaka for many years. And what does Samura do? They give us half the market price. We felt bound to honor the unfair agreement from many centuries ago. Soon they will pay. The GMG will insure that Hokkaido will not be theirs for many years to come.

(Samura) Osaka is old; Samura is no longer maintaining the tanks well. We know that shortly the GMG will abandon us. There have been numerous complaints by Bowex about the dangerous conditions, but there is little that we can do.

(Samura) The GMG has transferred its Gas here as long as anyone can remember. Osaka's isolated location was intentional. It would not have been cost effective or safe to place such a facility planetside. We needed to keep it clear of the clouds for security reasons.

(Samura) We have bought the GMG's Gas at very reasonable prices for 400 years. Now they betray our trust and secretly negotiate with Kishiro. They will pay for this. Perhaps there will be fewer State Police available to patrol this system in the near future ...

(Samura) Samura will open an H-Fuel complex larger than this in Hokkaido, once the criminal element has been reduced to an acceptable level. Hokkaido is much closer to markets and less susceptible to Edge World pirates than the Sigma systems. Kishiro and the GMG will not be able to compete.

(Bowex) Bowex is the only foreign shipper to be granted landing rights at Osaka for over 200 years. We supply all of Bretonia's H-Fuel needs. We are hopeful that the arrangement can continue, although we hear murmurs of great changes coming. (Defunct)

Yukawa Shipyard
(Kishiro) The Yukawa Shipyard has been in operation since the second century. We have always produced commercial ships, specifically gas miners. Our miners must deal with the extremely high operating temperatures prevalent within the gaseous clouds of the Crow Nebula. Extreme radiation levels are a fact of daily life for a gas miner within the heart of the Nebula.

(Kishiro) Kishiro was locked out of the GMG/Samura monopoly for many years, so we had to develop superior technology that could economically mine less concentrated deposits of H-Fuel than those found in Sigma-13. Now the research and development is finally paying off. We will not sell the GMG our latest miners unless they agree to abandon their relationship with Samura.

(Kishiro) Huge electrostatic fields must be created by a gas miner to attract the desired Deuterium and Helium 3 gas molecules into the collectors. Other gases such as Oxygen are often collected as byproducts. We use specially fabricated Superconductors built onsite to perform this task.

Kansei
(KNF) This base is dedicated to high-temperature Superconductor research. This is a key technical problem faced by both gas miners and military ships in the brutally hot conditions typically encountered in the interior of the Crow Nebula. The challenge is creating a strong enough electrostatic heat shield to keep the ship from melting.

(KNF) Kishiro is building specialized new Hull Panels under the guise of gas miner production in the Yukawa shipyard. They are also constructing special field generators that are able to fit within a stripped down cruiser. Our goal is to make an instant leap into Sigma-17* from Kansai, without the aid of Jump Gates, less than 10 years from now.

*Could be a mistake?

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Discovery-added Rumors on Non-GMG bases in Okinawa. Guess what orange means...

Isehara Terraforming Outpost
(Kishiro) I heard from a friend of mine who works as a guard down in the mines that the labourers are being tortured and starved. Rations are cut as a matter of course, especially if quotas aren't met, and an overseer reportedly snapped off two of a man's fingers after he complained about his blistered hands.

(Kishiro) Here at Isehara we handle the conflux of goods from outside Okinawa space. Collating and registering all the merchandise that passes through our hands here is a constant job, and we work around the clock. Fortunately, we're paid well for it; Isehara is one of Kishiro's foremost concerns.

(GMG/Kishiro) Kishiro's struck pure gold here in Okinawa; they might as well be mining credits planetside, because that's what we're seeing more and more of every day. We're turning profits that would make your jaw drop, everyone wants to buy from us, but especially Interspace Commerce. My grandfather always said the Libertonians would do anything to make some money quickly.

(GMG/Kishiro) Between you and me? The average Bretonian knows the war against Kusari's lost. Many of our top advisors here are former Planetform employees, there's not much profit to be made in Bretonia these days, despite the Gaians' degradation to simple pirates, and many of Cambridge's best scientists are increasingly turning to Kishiro and the Gas Miners Guild for work. Kishiro disagrees with the war and is happy to hire the Bretonians, but the Guild encounters difficulty from its Kusari employees.

(Kishiro) Kishiro's mere presence in Okinawa is a massive affront to Samura. Once treated as the smaller of the two Kusari kereitsu, Kishiro's moving in on all the economic sectors Samura once monopolized. This goes beyond mere corporate squabbling, Samura's decidedly dirtier than that; they have a finger in every political pie in Kusari, and are rumoured to be sending their agents, the Hogosha, against us to halt our progress here.

(GMG) A Hogosha agent succeeded in penetrating our defensive perimeter two weeks ago and sabotaged weather satellites #17 and #18 before being destroyed. That little shenanigan cost us thousands of credits in repairs and tens of thousands in lost revenue, as Miura can hardly be terraformed without proper sensory equipment.

Furyoku Station
(Interspace) Adam Sensicle basically runs just about everything that comes through Okinawa. He has his hand in so much dirt he's gonna end up dead one of these days. That or running off to the Chrysanthemums for protection when the Naval Forces finally catches up to him.

(Interspace) Damn the Hogosha! They might be legally tolerated by the authorities in Kusari, but Okinawa is still a frontier system in most respects, and the police and military are busy with the war in the Tau systems. We seem to get a raid every week or so now on this base, and I heard that one of Fujisawa's gas miners was destroyed recently after the Hogosha broke through the GMG's defensive perimeter. Furyoku's manager contacted the Golden Chrysanthemums recently in order to request their aid in clamping down on the Hogosha issue, but it appears they and the blood Dragons have their own problems of late. Something to do with a system called Tohoku, I heard.

(Interspace) Interspace takes a 5 percent cut in the H-Fuel profits within this system, although sometimes the GMG lets us take our cut in H-Fuel itself, rather than credits. We usually store it here until it can be shipped to Liberty, where we sell it for more to the Liberty Navy. Hey, we've all got to make a living, right?

(Interspace) The Golden Chrysanthemums occasionally dock here for supplies, just as they do at Roppongi Station in the New Tokyo system. However, there is less risk for them out here as there are no police or navy patrols in the entire system. It is a shame really, because the Hogosha wouldn't be nearly so audacious with the navy around to keep an eye on them. Either way, the GC girls are friendly enough, and always eager for stories and news from beyond Kusari.

(Interspace) The gas miners who work out on Furyoku are decent sorts overall. Definitely not like most of the Kusari we get in here. They're definitely a lot more liberal in their thinking, and some of their managers are even female. I've made a few good friends here, and I'm thinking about moving to Kusari maybe.

(Interspace) There's some real strange stuff going on around here lately. A lot of transports have reported seeing ships with unknown transponders and anomalous energy signatures following some of the GC patrols lately. They aren't Outcast and they aren't Dragons. And that's aside from the recent rash of other 'anomalies' that have been popping up. Lots of mysterious lights and random sensor pings. Something's going on out there, thats for sure. (About Consortium)

(Golden Chrysanthemums) Interspace Commerce has moved to the Okinawa system to ensure the stability of Kishiro's operation in the area. It's a big, long-term investment. Though, the really important part for me is that they have brought Golden Chrysanthemums along too. That's how I ended up here, after all. What's my purpose on board? I mediate between the Interspace Commerce executives and my sisters on Battleship Matsuda. It helps to coordinate attacks on specific targets, inflicting the maximum possible damage on any attempts that Samura makes in its bid to expand into Okinawa. Interspace lets me know what should I be aware of and I share this information with my superior on Battleship Matsuda. She then organises an assault wing, which then intercepts the target. So far this strategy has kept Samura's hands away, but the Hogosha are starting to become more irritating as of late.

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Yanagi Base
(Junkers) The Kruger gas mining area was abandoned early in the 80-Years War, almost overnight. In their haste to depart, the Kruger personnel left several cargo pods intact. As far as anyone knows, they are still out there, scattered among the debris. The south oxygen pocket has since drifted over the site, making recovery a difficult proposition at best.

Helgoland
(ALG) We have been contracted by the Rheinland and Kusari governments to remove the debris remaining from the 80-Years War battlefields. Much of if poses hazards to shipping in the area. The GMG has allowed the Helgoland Scrap Metal shredding and sorting facility to be based in the Yanagi Pocket.

(ALG) ALG was reluctant to take this job, but the contract was quite lucrative. It is eerie dismantling all of these tombs of Rheinland sailors. The interiors of the ships look like the day they were destroyed over 130 years ago. There are plenty of bodies still floating about.

(ALG) ALG would like to see better relations between Rheinland and Kusari; that's why we agreed to this job. It has also been the most ambitious salvage operation ever undertaken in the Sirius Sector. Many of these ships were just left as is by the GMG, engines still intact. We will have enough material here to supply ALG needs for years to come.

(ALG) Beware of the oxygen pockets in this area. The GMG used them with devastating effects against the Rheinland fleet during the war. There's a big one in the clouds just to the east of our base. Rumor has it there's a Hole to Sigma-17 on the other side of it.

(Junkers) We're taking our time. That was the plan all along. GMG wants us out of here as soon as possible, but that would create problems for our little import/export business of Artifacts and Cardamine.

(Junkers) The great battlefield in Sigma-13 is the site of Rheinland’s most shameful defeat of the 80-Years War. The entire First Fleet was reduced to smoking hulks within several hours by the GMG. In the high radiation areas, the debris is relatively untouched to this day, but salvaging it is very dangerous and unpredictable.

(Junkers) It makes me wonder how Rheinland messed up the Yanagi campaign so badly. They had a huge advantage in ships and men. Chalk it up to imperial arrogance and a lack of appreciation for the local terrain.


Kyoto Base
(Blood Dragons) The GMG has been invaluable in providing financial assistance and training to the Blood Dragons. At first they were reluctant, but once the government forced them to pay a reparation tax for the 80-Years Wars, they changed their minds.

(Blood Dragons) Samura's plan was to open Hokkaido to gas mining in order to compete with the GMG, a partner whom they have exploited for centuries. I assure you that Hokkaido will not be a good place for Samura to do business for many years to come. The GMG will make sure of that.

(Blood Dragons) The GMG has trained us in many nebula fighting tactics that they learned during the 80-Years War. This is why we can fly circles around the Kusari Naval Forces in Hokkaido. Nansei is a different story. The Research Station is very protected and difficult to attack in the style to which we are accustomed.

Sapporu Station, Hokkaido
(KSP) I hear that the GMG was forced to pay a special "reparation" tax to the government to help Kusari recover some of the loans given to the GMG during the 80-Years War -- more specifically, to pay for the immense costs of constructing the Hokkaido and Chugoku Gates.

Battleship Matsumodo
(Samura) Why do the Blood Dragons hate the government and Samura so much? They seem to tolerate Kishiro and the GMG. I'm just a soldier following orders. I want this war to end so that I can go home to Kyushu. Unfortunately, it seems like there will be no simple resolution to this conflict.

Narita Outpost
(Republican) The only reason Samura doesn't buy all of their Boron and High-Temperature Alloys from Mainz is to save more of their ships from being lost. The Corsairs and Outcasts have become quite troublesome in that system, and there seems to be little that the GMG can do to control the problem.

Roppongi Station
(Interspace) Roppongi was established in New Tokyo following the resolution of the 80-Years War. Previously we had no physical presence in Kusari, unless one considers all of the Trade Lanes that IC financed here, which the Kusari incorrectly claimed were their own during the trade dispute in the sixth century.

(Interspace) We use this station to monitor the Trade Lane network within Kusari, Tau-29, and Sigma-13. The Tau Lanes are most affected by the Outcasts, who seem to have been disturbed by the opening of the Tau-29 Jump Gate in Tau-23. Sigma-13 is threatened by Corsairs and Outcasts, though the two groups do not seem to be acting in concert.

(Interspace) The most troubling development in this sector is the growing strength of the Outcasts and Corsairs in Honshu and Sigma-13. The military seems distracted by the Blood Dragons, and the GMG is not capable of controlling these Edge Worlds pirates, who are far more vicious and cunning than the Imperial Rheinland Navy ever was.

I can't figure out where I found this one:


Mainz
(Samura) The foolish Rheinland people tried to wrestle the control of H-Fuel production from the GMG. They could never do so; even today if you want H-Fuel you must travel to the Border Worlds and do business with Kusari companies. Samura Fuel comes from Naha, so you can purchase from the source if you like.

(Kishiro) Go to Ogashawa. There is the main source of Kishiro H-Fuel. You will find the best prices at the source. Every station needs H-Fuel, including this one.

Holstein
(Daumann) One day the Rheinland Navy will be as powerful as it once was. Our day of reckoning is only separated from us by an expanse of time. Every day that passes, the expanse gets shorter. Rheinland will rise from the ashes like a phoenix from the flames. Then the GMG will pay -- and so will Kusari and the rest of Sirius.

(Daumann) Life must go on, even after defeat. No one really cared about the GMG once the rebellion started. It could have been quite horrible but the life’s blood of Rheinland -- her companies -- were not dissolved. It would have been chaos if that had happened. Who knows who would be running things now.

(Daumann) The GMG who come into this system are scoundrels. If they wanted Frankfurt, they could have taken it. If they come here now with their guns armed, then they are just looking to fight for no reason.

The Ring
(Daumann) The truth is, Daumann viewed the Eighty-Years War as an excellent way to make large amounts of money in the ship-building business, which ultimately supports all our primary extraction operations. The ships lost during the War may have been costly for Rheinland, but were very profitable for the owners and shareholders of Daumann Heavy Construction.

(Republican) Kusari shippers are still not allowed into Rheinland space; the only concession from Kusari that Rheinland was able to be granted in the treaty that ended the Eighty-Years War. Samura and Kishiro offload their Optical Chips, Optronics, and H-Fuel at the Mainz Outpost in Frankfurt. (Has apparently changed.)

Ruiz
(Outcasts) This is Outcast space, and any ships that come into this system better be welcomed by us. The GMG has been sending ships into our turf looking for Alien Organisms. It’s no doubt they are working for Planetform or Samura, maybe even Cryer. When we catch them we kill them.



Now open to comments. If anyone has additional rumors, mention the location and I'll go search for it.

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