Thanks Pete, good to see someone keeping the profits well into the green. Careful with those Kusari-Bretonian
runs, don't want to get on the wrong side of either ... No need to let a little thing like a war get in the way of a
credit or two.
Derek you will find that shiny shoes don't do it for me mate. Results are what counts round here ...
Reggie, nice to see you back ... You know you are flying our colours whatever.
And finally, it would appear some new kids on the block have taken umbrage with some old bollocks ... Anything
I should be told about before I make some large policy decisions concerning our diplomatic status ... It all seems
to go to poo round here if I take me eye of the ball.
So basically you lazy bunch of pisshead excuses for pilots known as the Epsilon wing, get your asses out of
whichever watering hole you are calling home at the moment and get some hours logged ...
Winter that includes you ... I have it on good authority that your arse has not shifted from a certain 'Tea room'
on Roppongi since I went fishing.
The rest of you, I know you treat this as a bit of a part time jolly on the whole, but there are others relying on
our getting the job done ... So shape up a bit alright. We ain't a bleedin' charity ...
P 45 o'grams will be in yer lockers otherwise ...
That is all.
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Money, money, and money. A great day in the job of escorting.
I
was flying around Honshu when I get a distress call by one named 13CentKiller. He was under attack by a pirate.
The pirates name was {Nova-PG}-Thomas.East. I went looking for the Trader and the Pirate.
Once I found the pirate I engaged. He was damaged after a short period of time. (1 death in system).
The Trader thanked me.
A bit later the same Trader said he was picking the pirate up again on long range scanners. He asked if I could help again. I said you would have to pay for it.
So 13CentKiller, and one named Scarecrow payed for my services, And I went off.
Mr. East returned with a vengeance. He was much trickier this time, but in the end I Heavily Damaged his ship (2 Deaths in system).
The 2 traders gave me a bonus for the kill, I was very pleased.
I continued my duty, and waited, just in case if Mr. East would try to pirate again.
And, he did. But this time he brought a friend. He was named Seishou_Hekireki.
I was going through the Tradelane, and Scarecrow was disrupted. I jumped out and readyed my guns.
Mr. East tryed to hide from my fire, My guess was he wanted Hekireki to take me down. To bad for him I was to powerful.
Mr. East's ship was destroyed almost instantly with my line of fire. (3 Deaths in system).
I changed my target over to Hekireki, a light fighter he was piloting. Was a very fast target, I had much trouble hitting him. But then I got lucky.
I made a maneuver that won me the duel, I took down his shields, hit him with a Torpedo, and he was gone. (1 death in system).
After that, both Pirates comms went dead (logged out). The traders thanked my for my services. So I went to the Honshu bar for a drink of celebration.
Mandel Out.
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Bloody good show, old son! Good to see the lanes made safe for honest (hem) traders. I'll remember to give you a "coo-ee" next time I find myself up a certain creek minus a paddle.
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Well I have good news and bad.
I was on Planet Honshu, and I got a call that my Large Train was going to arrive today. I was very pleased.
But then, it began to get late, and it was still not here. So I went to bed and hoped it would be here the next day.
When I woke, it was not there. I got a report that it was destroyed by a Blood Dragon fleet.
I was angry, I was just about to go out there and blow every blood dragon to hell, But I decided not too. Instead I went to the bar to calm down a bit.
After a bit of time, one named Vendetta entered the bar. He was a Captain for Black Squadron. He sat down next to be and we got to talking. Swapping stories, and stuff like that.
After I told him my ship was destroyed he said, "Hey! My CO is selling his Large Train. He has it parked right here on Planet Honshu"
Well I was relieved, I could not be leave my chances. I gladly accepted.
I went to the ship bay, and Vendetta contacted his CO. 20 minutes later DBoy's ship landed in the bay.
He launched, talked for a bit and talked about prices. We came to an agreement and the ship was mine.
So now Tannix Shipping is up and running and awaiting business.
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Well my man, damn good start to your vice presidency here. Thats what we want to see from our lads and
lasses ... Getting stuck in early. Stick your drinks on me tab in The Ship.
Now if we can just get the others into major pirate elimination mode, things will be geting a little easier round
these here parts.
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Blood Dragon, Blood Dragons, and Blood Dragons. What is with these Blood Dragons?
I was in my Hotel room on Planet Honshu when I got a distress call from deLuna. A Ravens Talon, a Tiiadan Bomber, and a Talarca Cruiser was attacking Honshu.
I jumped in to my ship and engaged the Ravens Talon.
Second I entered the battle, deLuna's comms went dead. And all ships pointed fire towards me. My reputation must be getting around.
The Ravens Talon was simple, both him and the bomber had no piloting skills at all. Instead that flew around there Cruiser waiting for him to shoot me down, To bad for him.
I blasted the Talons shield like there was nothing there, blew his hull down in 3 hits. The ship was damaged (1).
I moved my fire towards the Bomber. Got his shield and hull down many times. He regend every time.
Him of course circled the Cruiser, after a short period of time my ship was damaged (1).
When my ship was quickly repaired I launched from Planet Honshu once again. But when I did, they were gone.
The battle was over. A good one it was.. Unfortunetly the I did not get paid, but it was worth it for the fight.
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Dimitri: "I am opening up comm channels now captains."
Roddy: "Roger That"
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Rita: Ahoi IND chaps, it was a pleasure flying with you today. Just making a report of teh final outcome of the tracking of the three Blood Dragons.
Roddy: By the time you guys had all departed, we ahd reached Anui Depot, the location we belive they were hiding and to our surprise, we found them.
Rita: They atempted to negotiate with us, and we complied but one of their members was Destroyed. We left for Sapporo Station.
Roddy: After undcking, teh blood Dragons taunted us and soon they came into veiw. At the same time a fighter with friendly intentions came to assist.
Rita: We started shooting at the Blood Dragons, because they started attacking us, and we noted several things: They were good at hiting us, but they really didn't seam to like the prospect of Dodging all that well.
Roddy: Subsiquently, Thomas east was destroyed twice, RiKKIRI (however you spell that) was destroyed once, and Pirate_somethingorotehr was killed once. It was a good day for the forces of good. It is unfortunate your exceptional fighter piltos were unable to take part in the Final Conflict.
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Kusari is busy again, not surprised...
[IND]Patrick.Boone and I were escorting both [IND]Riviera.Express and [IND]Kane, when we got a distress call from one named [KNF]~Osaka.
I beleave the count was 7 to 8 pirates that had entered Honshu from Chugoku. Trading was no longer safe, [IND]Riviera.Express and [IND]Kane landed on Planet Honshu for there own safety.
[IND]Bettie.Page and SIN|Tech then joined in to assist Osaka.
We began to patrol Honshu when we got the location of the pirates at the New Tokyo jumpgate. We all moved in, and engaged.
They were flying about 3 cruisers, 3 Fighters, and one Gunboat (I think).
After a fierce battle all targets were destroyed with no loses on our side.
Both Patrick and I then returned in escourting [IND]Riviera.Express and [IND]Kane until we became to tired to fly.
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Excellent work Ladies and gentlemen. Thats what you get paid for ... I believe Johnny Winter is now in that
area aswell, seems he's managed to extricate himself from the tea rooms.
Myself, I'm docked on Honshu too at this moment, waiting for a little action here.
And just as a little aside, seems my cut of our income should be around 10% to bring us into line with the rest
of the companies round here. I shall be invoicing you as necessary for tax purposes ...
Any thoughts ?
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Alright Jay, who the hell do you think you are? Where do get off saying I 'owe' you 83.4 million credits? You can kiss ma as...... Besides, you'd have to open up about 4 new bank accounts to hold the amount of money you'd get every month. You son of a, no good, piece of flying crap saddle tramp! I'm gonna beat you bald! Damnit, you already are!!
On second thought, I probably should 'pay' you some taxes. I've roughed up your trains and scratched your paint far too often for it to have gone unpunished forever. Handbags and shoes will be last on the list o f essentials now.
I'll be in the bar shortly to talk to you about this face to face.