Communication Identification: Nathaniel Dawson Topic of Communication: Casual law violations Password: 'Donut Daddy' Recipient: One Police Plaza
Just another trip around Liberty, getting to know the locals. A couple breaches of our laws, I simply took visual evidence so our agents can talk to them later under more relaxed circumstances and inform them of the violations they've made. I met up with the Universal head of security doing some grunt work and delivering 5000 units of the finest ale to our mid-system police station in Pennsylvania. I was accompanied by a Navy bomber pilot "Delta-38" secondary fleet, one of their techs played a cheap trick on him by messing with his transponder, much like what happened to Sergeant Dawn when she acquired her Guardian. We provided escort back to Salt Lake at Fort Bush. The Universal transport captain decided to payout 1million credits to both Delta-38 and myself in compensation for the patrol, my donation will be given to the LPI-Bank. A lengthy conversation followed the arrival alongside a Junker Wrecker, who tried my patience time and time again and when he realized everything he said was recorded, attempted to bribe me with 3 million credits, to which I responded with enlightening him on our rules about bribing authorities in this nation of ours, and promptly payed him back the sum. The poor fellow didn't seem too highly educated so I took pity on him and let him walk. Our agents can decide how to handle that situation I suppose. Delta-38 was also rather off-put by the conversation possibly reaching his superiors, so to ease his trigger finger and tension, we took a trip into the Badlands, taking down two Hellhound patrols and their heavily armed Werewolf escorts. When we reached the Pennsylvania gate after "running the gauntlet" so to speak, 38 and I had a brief chat about the dangers of the Badlands and the lack of defensive measures we have. To which I noted the possible repair of the Ithaca Research Station and attachment of it to the Jump Gate to avoid it being destroyed by the anomaly in it's close proximity. I retired to Harrisburg after 38 dropped off his captured criminals alongside myself to make this report. That is all, Dawson out.
Side Note: In the two documented cases of law violation, I would ask our agency to seek out the violators and explain such laws to them, rather than fining out the gate, it was obvious ignorance.
[17.12.2019 02:26:16] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Greetings miner.
[17.12.2019 02:26:27] BladeRunner: Hello
[17.12.2019 02:26:32] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Greetings Civilian convoy.
[17.12.2019 02:26:34] Gold.Mamba: Howdy
[17.12.2019 02:26:38] John.Stanton: hello there, sirs, officer
[17.12.2019 02:27:21] John.Stanton: it seems we took a wrong turn
[17.12.2019 02:33:06] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Good day
[17.12.2019 02:33:11] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Greetings Arial.
[17.12.2019 02:34:23] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Supplying our proud house with only the finest of ales I see.
[17.12.2019 02:34:32] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: As always
[17.12.2019 02:34:44] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Your trip in was relatively unhindered I hope?
[17.12.2019 02:34:44] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Plenty of base supply as well
[17.12.2019 02:35:00] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Not a pirate in sight
[17.12.2019 02:35:08] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: At least, so far
[17.12.2019 02:35:22] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Rather unfortunate, my Texan urge is itching.
[17.12.2019 02:35:43] Delta-38: Going to be another boring Patrol then.
[17.12.2019 02:35:46] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Ha ha. I noticed the debris on the Ney York sie of the gate
[17.12.2019 02:36:24] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: We can provide you with an escort for the remainder of your deliveries, inside Liberty borders of course.
[17.12.2019 02:36:29] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Should that be required.
[17.12.2019 02:36:59] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: If you wish. Though I will only be withing New York and Pennsylvania for the duration.
[17.12.2019 02:37:20] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Low value cargo.
[17.12.2019 02:37:54] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Very well, My fighter is at your disposal.
[17.12.2019 02:37:55] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Oh my
[17.12.2019 02:38:14] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: That's just.... not...
[17.12.2019 02:38:20] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: I dont think his ship is rated to hold that many people
[17.12.2019 02:38:20] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Oh dear.
[17.12.2019 02:39:07] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I really outta start cracking down on that, had a Heron with Sunburst escort come through with Diplomats.
[17.12.2019 02:39:14] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Ill pick up my new cargo
[17.12.2019 02:40:26] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Salt Lake Station is my destination
[17.12.2019 02:40:52] Gold.Mamba: Good day officers
[17.12.2019 02:40:54] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Understood, I'll take point. Delta-38 will take up the rear guard.
[17.12.2019 02:41:04] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Good day, Freelancer.
[17.12.2019 02:41:17] Gold.Mamba: *chuckles* he said he was taking the rear
[17.12.2019 02:41:18] Delta-38: Copy that
[17.12.2019 02:41:51] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: He's a "come from behind" kinda guy??
[17.12.2019 02:42:03] Delta-38: Ask your mother Arial
[17.12.2019 02:42:03] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Well... he IS in a bomber.
[17.12.2019 02:43:10] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Jesus, Delta-38, mind your manners, it was a simple joke at your expense. *He laughs*
[17.12.2019 02:43:24] Delta-38: *Sigh*
[17.12.2019 02:43:24] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Also, you getting stuck in the rear? Took ya long enough to get through the gate.
[17.12.2019 02:43:31] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Oh i appreciate when my fire is returned
[17.12.2019 02:45:39] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Daily reminder folks, never use auto-pilot near planetary stellar objects.
[17.12.2019 02:45:51] Formicid: "Obvious-ish."
[17.12.2019 02:46:05] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: There you go boys
[17.12.2019 02:46:21] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Payment was not required, but the donation is appreciated.
[17.12.2019 02:46:35] Delta-38: Booze money is always nice.
[17.12.2019 02:46:38] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Always happy to help out the Navy. Im sure you don't get paid enough
[17.12.2019 02:46:51] Formicid: "Police, though."
[17.12.2019 02:47:04] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Wait a minute, Delta-38 you have a busted transponder.
[17.12.2019 02:47:15] Delta-38: *groans* Standby.
[17.12.2019 02:47:15] Formicid: "... Unfortunate."
[17.12.2019 02:47:20] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Can I help you Junker?
[17.12.2019 02:47:33] Formicid: "Nothing. Roaming."
[17.12.2019 02:48:04] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Ill drop this off then
[17.12.2019 02:48:13] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Your transponder is still malfunctioning.
[17.12.2019 02:48:20] Formicid: "Confirm."
[17.12.2019 02:48:41] Formicid: "... Nevermind. Something. Whatever."
[17.12.2019 02:48:49] Formicid: "Reads Navy."
[17.12.2019 02:48:53] Delta-38: I swear if I find the tech responsible for this...
[17.12.2019 02:49:05] Formicid: "Confusing."
[17.12.2019 02:49:19] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Seems like someone took your hostile jokes to heart, 38.
[17.12.2019 02:49:29] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: *He snickers*
[17.12.2019 02:49:35] Formicid: "... Jokes?"
[17.12.2019 02:49:43] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: I suppose the odd software error is expected now and then.
[17.12.2019 02:50:16] Delta-38: There is always some issue.
[17.12.2019 02:50:18] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Well, the Cupholder isn't known for masterwork engineering, it's not surprising.
[17.12.2019 02:50:54] Formicid: "Former Junker? Ramshackle construction is... Surprisingly standard, in that area."
[17.12.2019 02:51:11] Formicid: "Of anything. Ever."
[17.12.2019 02:51:54] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Some of your ships are surprisingly sturdy though, despite lacking any uniformity or grace, all that extra scrap panneling ~
[17.12.2019 02:52:02] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: makes them rather nasty to fight when a Junker loses his temper.
[17.12.2019 02:52:27] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: I've heard that each salvager is utterly unique
[17.12.2019 02:52:45] Formicid: "More or less."
[17.12.2019 02:53:00] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Pretty sure their only "uniform" ship is the CSV and it's freighter variant.
[17.12.2019 02:53:29] Formicid: "Some things stay constant, but personal touches. Right on the mark with services and freighters."
[17.12.2019 02:53:52] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Saw a Junker put a sawblade mohawk on his collector before, odd choice in fashion.
[17.12.2019 02:54:21] Formicid: "... Fashion, or atmospheric rudder."
[17.12.2019 02:54:33] Formicid: "Whatever works."
[17.12.2019 02:55:40] Formicid: "Woefully quiet these days. Most entertaining thing so far was border scuffles in Huds."
[17.12.2019 02:56:16] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Well, had the high commissioner of the KSP threaten me with war right outside Manhattan, that was fairly interesting.
[17.12.2019 02:56:25] Delta-38: Excuse me?
[17.12.2019 02:56:35] Formicid: "... Kusari."
[17.12.2019 02:56:37] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Oh jeex. What for?
[17.12.2019 02:56:41] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: The kicker was that he was flying a Renzu liner when he did that.
[17.12.2019 02:56:49] Formicid: "... Very Kusari."
[17.12.2019 02:56:53] Delta-38: Didn't the Kusarians struggle with the Rheinlanders of all people?
[17.12.2019 02:57:01] Formicid: "They did?"
[17.12.2019 02:57:14] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: They still are as far as I know.
[17.12.2019 02:57:16] Delta-38: Like they could even take us on without being wiped out in the first year.
[17.12.2019 02:57:36] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: There was a grey area in the laws for foreign agencies, I misunderstood it's rather vague wording and made him leave.
[17.12.2019 02:57:37] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Universal has to be careful about the embargo to Rhineland
[17.12.2019 02:57:46] Formicid: "Forgive. Not caught up on... Recent events. Or history. Or things outside of Houses."
[17.12.2019 02:57:54] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: He of course refused to leave, so I told him if he didn't it would result in the destruction of his vessel, usual stuff.
[17.12.2019 02:58:01] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Then "War"
[17.12.2019 02:58:26] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: It's not exactly classified information, there were several civilian witnesses.
[17.12.2019 02:58:37] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Formicid, Kusari is... Kusari. More than a little arrogant
[17.12.2019 02:58:55] Formicid: "They shoot more or less on sight for me. I steer mostly clear."
[17.12.2019 02:59:12] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Kusari is prideful with no bite to match their bark. Rheinland learned the hard way in New Hampshire we weren't kusari.
[17.12.2019 02:59:37] Formicid: "Sounds like Rogues. Almost."
[17.12.2019 02:59:44] Delta-38: Rheinland is a joke of its own.
[17.12.2019 02:59:52] Delta-38: Losing to Gas Miners
[17.12.2019 03:00:10] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Rogues... Rheinlanders... all scum that have no place in Liberty.
[17.12.2019 03:00:48] Formicid: "Personal?"
[17.12.2019 03:00:53] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: To be fair those miners are a tenacious lot. And the Sigmas are not for the weak.
[17.12.2019 03:01:18] Formicid: "Heavy workers can fight. Have... Some experience, with that."
[17.12.2019 03:01:32] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Well the damn greens murdered my brother in Texas while I was stationed in New Hampshire guarding the flank during the war.
[17.12.2019 03:01:36] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: So yes, it's a tad personal.
[17.12.2019 03:01:52] Formicid: "Shame, but not much shock."
[17.12.2019 03:02:36] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: They told me he went down holding off an entire advancing fleet not far off the Eastern debris field.
[17.12.2019 03:02:53] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: But i'm pretty sure it was just to make me feel better, Junker hauled off his remains, and he probably died to an ambush.
[17.12.2019 03:03:15] Formicid: "Scrap was repurposed, at least. Didn't contribute to the field."
[17.12.2019 03:03:45] Formicid: "No reminder, makes... Some things, easier."
[17.12.2019 03:04:04] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: You never know. The border fighting was particulary intense. I was involved in some of it flyind security.
[17.12.2019 03:04:09] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: *The pilot goes silent for a moment*
[17.12.2019 03:04:34] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Sure the "only thing I had left of him" got repurposed and his body was never found, no big deal.
[17.12.2019 03:04:37] Delta-38: Reminders are the very thing that stop us repeating the mistakes of the past Junker
[17.12.2019 03:05:07] Formicid: "No tact. Apologies."
[17.12.2019 03:06:03] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: He wanted to retire, but now he never gets to, so neither do I.
[17.12.2019 03:06:11] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I'll continue serving Liberty till my body finally gives out.
[17.12.2019 03:06:23] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Just think of it this way Nathaniel, we beat the Nomads, we beat the Rhinelanders, and if not for us Bretonia would have fallen
[17.12.2019 03:06:36] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Every soldier who died did so for a good cause
[17.12.2019 03:06:49] Formicid: "Holding it together."
[17.12.2019 03:07:00] Delta-38: Now if only half of them didnt die due to screw ups in command.
[17.12.2019 03:07:12] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: There is a difference in dying for a cause, and getting torn to shreds so fast you don't get any final thoughts.
[17.12.2019 03:07:45] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Pointless deaths cannot be made bitter-sweet because of what they died doing.
[17.12.2019 03:08:34] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: My brother is dead cause some mongrel wanted a war medal, My brother is nowhere to be found because of a damn Junker.
[17.12.2019 03:08:35] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: No they cant. But you can focus on the Honorable aspects of warfare. Or you can dwell on the terrible.
[17.12.2019 03:08:42] Formicid: "All deaths are pointless. Seen many an industrial accident and streetside fight. Desensitized to it, probably."
[17.12.2019 03:08:47] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: And perhaps billions are dead because people need more money in their pockets.
[17.12.2019 03:09:05] Delta-38: There ain't no honor in war.
[17.12.2019 03:09:51] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: There's no honor anywhere, only thing that matters is who has the determination to see all the pointless bloodshed through ~
[17.12.2019 03:09:52] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: to the end.
[17.12.2019 03:10:46] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Maybe im just willfully blind, but im not sure i caould maintain such a fatalistic view.
[17.12.2019 03:10:51] Formicid: "Or to try leaving. Also common."
[17.12.2019 03:10:58] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I'm kept awake at night by the people i've killed. Rogue, Xeno, Rheinlander... What of their families.
[17.12.2019 03:11:21] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Their families didn't ask for this, the Rheinlanders were sent as canon fodder at us, wave after wave.
[17.12.2019 03:11:35] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: There's no way every single one of them wanted to lay their life down like that.
[17.12.2019 03:11:40] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Perhaps their loved ones feel the same of you as you do to the Rhinelander who killed your brother?
[17.12.2019 03:12:09] Formicid: "No one wants to lay down life. Workers rarely want to lay down life in industry, but accidents happen. 'Accidents', too."
[17.12.2019 03:12:19] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I don't know who he was, don't know his face, his name, his ship, his choice of gun. All I know is my brother died to one.
[17.12.2019 03:12:50] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: As did many other Libertonian borthers and sisters.
[17.12.2019 03:12:55] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: What fills me with rage is that, i'll never know. I don't even know the name of the junker who stole my brother's remains.
[17.12.2019 03:13:11] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: We arguably killed more of them than they did of us.
[17.12.2019 03:13:27] Formicid: "Hesitate to call it theft. Hard to see it as such. Offense unintended."
[17.12.2019 03:13:55] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Grave Robbing is a very severe crime, Junker. You'd do well to remember that.
[17.12.2019 03:14:20] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Ill submit the junker should have returned the body.
[17.12.2019 03:14:26] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: The consequences for that act carried out during times of war is death.
[17.12.2019 03:14:29] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: But to be fair, salvage is salvage
[17.12.2019 03:14:51] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: He didn't have to take the damn pod, I don't need the ship, I need his face. I need to bury him.
[17.12.2019 03:15:10] Formicid: "All have something or someone to bury."
[17.12.2019 03:15:22] Formicid: "Can't. Doesn't go away."
[17.12.2019 03:15:27] Formicid: "Unfortunate."
[17.12.2019 03:15:33] Delta-38: Unless Junkers keep stealing the remains of War Heros
[17.12.2019 03:15:52] Formicid: "Cannot speak for every Junker."
[17.12.2019 03:15:59] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: "War Hero" Meaningless title, but I know what you meant.
[17.12.2019 03:16:10] Formicid: "Specific body."
[17.12.2019 03:16:22] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Every soldier in war is a hero for the hell they're put through.
[17.12.2019 03:16:31] Delta-38: Take the title up with command.
[17.12.2019 03:16:47] Delta-38: Apparently calling it what really is gets you chewed out now.
[17.12.2019 03:16:58] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Hah, i'd have gotten put in prison on the Missouri for the rest of the war for questioning my superiors.
[17.12.2019 03:17:33] Formicid: "Scrap meat. Used to seeing that, anyways. Things go very wrong."
[17.12.2019 03:17:44] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: The encounter that really displayed our selfish commander's arrogance and unflinching stupidity was when ~
[17.12.2019 03:18:03] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: He sent our fighter wing up against a Turtle.
[17.12.2019 03:18:16] Formicid: "Large?"
[17.12.2019 03:18:27] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: The Rheinlander's capital dreadnaught.
[17.12.2019 03:18:30] Delta-38: Jesus christ.
[17.12.2019 03:18:34] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Whatever the hell they call it.
[17.12.2019 03:18:36] Formicid: "Very."
[17.12.2019 03:19:03] Formicid: "Manufactures a lot of scrap. Not many go, though."
[17.12.2019 03:19:07] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: A question. Universal contracts Deep Space Engineering craft to haul in Military Salvage from the border.
[17.12.2019 03:19:17] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Do you consider that a legitimate activity?
[17.12.2019 03:19:37] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Are you asking 'me' or the 'law'
[17.12.2019 03:19:42] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: You
[17.12.2019 03:19:59] Formicid: "Wager no."
[17.12.2019 03:20:10] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: All depends what they're doing with it I suppose.
[17.12.2019 03:20:23] Delta-38: And how they carry out the salvaging.
[17.12.2019 03:20:28] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Though chances are if it's got corperate fingers in it, they're leaving the pods out there.
[17.12.2019 03:20:42] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: In which case I'd consider it a war crime.
[17.12.2019 03:20:54] Delta-38: Nah...I'd bet the corps hold the pods ransom.
[17.12.2019 03:20:54] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Not at all. Any bodies recovered in this manner are repitrated to Manhattan for identification
[17.12.2019 03:21:08] Gold.Mamba: Howdy
[17.12.2019 03:21:10] Formicid: "Ransom, funny."
[17.12.2019 03:21:13] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: But its possible some have been missed in all the debris
[17.12.2019 03:21:13] Formicid: "... Yes."
[17.12.2019 03:21:17] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Safe skies, Freelancer.
[17.12.2019 03:21:50] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: If it means bodies, in any number, are being brought home where they belong, then I suppose I can't demonize that.
[17.12.2019 03:23:00] Formicid: "On... The dead. Exterior systems. Omicrons. Bad?"
[17.12.2019 03:23:26] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I've never been out that far, but from what I hear the whole damn place is a graveyard.
[17.12.2019 03:23:49] Delta-38: Sounds about right from what little I know
[17.12.2019 03:24:06] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Aliens, rogue AI, opportunistic pirates, Not sure how the Zoners manage to keep themselves out there for so long.
[17.12.2019 03:24:17] Formicid: "Scrap and whatever made it. Considering leaving here, not somewhere I think would be good to stay. Feels uncomfortable."
[17.12.2019 03:24:20] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Its exceptionally dangerous for any vessel. Even Outcast and Corsairs
[17.12.2019 03:25:09] Delta-38: Corsairs can go rot in hell.
[17.12.2019 03:25:19] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Ironically i've heard the Corsair and Outcast territories are relatively "safe" compared to where the aliens and AI lurk.
[17.12.2019 03:25:20] Delta-38: If anyone deserves to suffer it is them.
[17.12.2019 03:25:31] Formicid: "Would have to be. People there."
[17.12.2019 03:25:39] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Though, that's just rumors i've heard from freeports.
[17.12.2019 03:25:40] Formicid: "Even Dusties, still people."
[17.12.2019 03:26:19] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Dusties?
[17.12.2019 03:26:34] Formicid: "You say Outcast, IFF says Outcast, used to Dusties."
[17.12.2019 03:27:12] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I've heard maskers, I've heard flesh peddler, druggy and mongrel. Not sure i've ever heard Dusty.
[17.12.2019 03:27:23] Delta-38: Same here.
[17.12.2019 03:27:29] Formicid: "... Used to hear it lots. Small area."
[17.12.2019 03:27:41] Formicid: "Young."
[17.12.2019 03:27:43] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Suppose so.
[17.12.2019 03:28:18] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Not sure what's worse honestly, Cannibals and Tyrants, or republican druglords.
[17.12.2019 03:28:27] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Both are disgusting notions.
[17.12.2019 03:28:32] Formicid: "Druglords. Control."
[17.12.2019 03:28:41] Formicid: "Addiction. Like... Slaves."
[17.12.2019 03:28:42] Delta-38: The Maskers didn't side with the Gallics
[17.12.2019 03:28:50] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: That's a good point.
[17.12.2019 03:28:55] Delta-38: Puts them above the Cannibals in my book.
[17.12.2019 03:29:06] Formicid: "Slaves, save them. Slavers? Filthy."
[17.12.2019 03:30:21] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: That is a truly terrible enterprise
[17.12.2019 03:30:35] Formicid: "Was uncomfortably close to home."
[17.12.2019 03:30:43] Formicid: "... 'Home.'"
[17.12.2019 03:31:31] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Truth be told, i'm not sure what to think of the Xenos.
[17.12.2019 03:31:49] Formicid: "Hostile. Angry. Hard to understand when taking fire."
[17.12.2019 03:31:54] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: They're obviously terrorists and should be shot down, and I'll continue to do so. But their message isn't exactly meaningless.
[17.12.2019 03:32:37] Formicid: "Not a fan, but can see some wins if they take over. Not including living."
[17.12.2019 03:33:01] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: They're usually willing to leave Universal vessels alone if we indulge their preaching
[17.12.2019 03:33:06] Delta-38: If we stopped shooting every terrorist with half a point we would have a Goverment less stable than a Rogues Mental Health
[17.12.2019 03:33:16] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I meant the corperate corruption part, not the overthrow the government and plunge the nation into chaos part.
[17.12.2019 03:33:56] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I wonder, did they ever consider... not going full radical, and instead getting into government to make the changes they ~
[17.12.2019 03:34:01] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: wanted so badly they could kill for?
[17.12.2019 03:34:12] Formicid: "People are angry down there."
[17.12.2019 03:34:21] Delta-38: That kind of thinking is far above my pay-grade
[17.12.2019 03:34:37] Formicid: "Angry people don't think. Angry people hit, and don't stop."
[17.12.2019 03:35:10] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Sergeant Dawn tells me I think too damn much and it's not good for my health, she might be right.
[17.12.2019 03:35:39] Formicid: "Very. Been considering the thought as well."
[17.12.2019 03:35:49] Formicid: "Might even make staying comfortable."
[17.12.2019 03:36:10] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Not to sound like a corporate apologist, but there is corruption everywhere. I agree we should minimize it when possible but-
[17.12.2019 03:36:21] Delta-38: That Sergeant sounds like one of the smarter ones
[17.12.2019 03:36:43] Formicid: "Cares. More than coworkers have any reason to, normally."
[17.12.2019 03:36:51] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: She's one hell of an officer, took on two outcast destroyers and multiple rogue and hacker bomber pilots alone at Norfolk.
[17.12.2019 03:37:00] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: If the Xenos get what they want and the Commonwealth takes over, its highly dubious that the corruption would end.
[17.12.2019 03:37:18] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: It would simply contiune under another banner
[17.12.2019 03:37:21] Delta-38: The Commonwealth....
[17.12.2019 03:37:23] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: One extreme to the next, nobody can seem to find a middle ground.
[17.12.2019 03:37:35] Formicid: "Slavers and Dusties would be cleaned out, maybe."
[17.12.2019 03:37:44] Formicid: "More fitting method, anyways."
[17.12.2019 03:37:46] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: the Commonwealth are damn filthy traitors, they can burn along with the legion and Seperatists.
[17.12.2019 03:37:48] Delta-38: Those cowards should be shot on sight
[17.12.2019 03:38:24] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: They basically copied the Xenos but in a turncoat fashion, turncoats are inexscusable and I have no sympathy for such a notion.
[17.12.2019 03:38:58] Delta-38: They took an Oath to this House and then their turned their back to it for personal gain.
[17.12.2019 03:39:07] Formicid: "Turncoats run away. Can understand that. Ran, once."
[17.12.2019 03:40:47] Formicid: "Wrong, maybe. Seem to be too different here."
[17.12.2019 03:41:22] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I guess what they don't realize, is that with foreign nations constantly encroaching our borders, that a civil war would be ~
[17.12.2019 03:41:35] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: the doom of us all, we wouldn't survive it and there would be no more Liberty to fight over.
[17.12.2019 03:41:46] Formicid: "... No more home, for you."
[17.12.2019 03:42:19] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Its a big ugly ship Delta. But it serves me
[17.12.2019 03:42:48] Formicid: "Tankie. Useful."
[17.12.2019 03:43:02] Delta-38: Never saw the appeal of the larger ships.
[17.12.2019 03:43:09] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: It has absolutely no trouble with the lanes
[17.12.2019 03:43:40] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: The appeal is the ability to earn rather large amounts of credits quickly
[17.12.2019 03:43:57] Formicid: "Space. Can sleep in this. Not the most comfortable, but can work."
[17.12.2019 03:44:14] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I can imagine the fact it has so much cargo and still has the capability of defending itself is rather useful for anyone.
[17.12.2019 03:44:23] Delta-38: You don't get the same sense of control though.
[17.12.2019 03:44:30] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Oh this ship cant defend itself
[17.12.2019 03:44:36] Delta-38: Kills the joy of flying.
[17.12.2019 03:44:45] Formicid: "This can. Not used often, mostly ignored."
[17.12.2019 03:44:47] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Well, the model has the ability to mount defensive turrets, is what I meant.
[17.12.2019 03:45:04] Formicid: "Can bite back, at least a little."
[17.12.2019 03:45:36] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Yes i could mount turrets. But they will take up cargo space and will not prevent a half competent polit from destroying me
[17.12.2019 03:45:42] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I'd say the Wrecker is the personification of Junker enginuity. Transport, Gunboat, slap em' together.
[17.12.2019 03:45:51] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Still butt ugly though.
[17.12.2019 03:45:56] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Even with top grade capital armor. It would only delay the inevitable
[17.12.2019 03:46:02] Formicid: "Like people, on the inside."
[17.12.2019 03:46:16] Delta-38: Speak for yourself
[17.12.2019 03:46:31] Formicid: "... Not literal. Inside is ugly, especially on mining equipment."
[17.12.2019 03:46:40] Formicid: "But not intended to be literal."
[17.12.2019 03:47:22] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I can appreciate that Liberty is quiet enough I can have such long conversations.
[17.12.2019 03:47:39] Formicid: "Quiet means thinking. Prefer less quiet. This is fine."
[17.12.2019 03:48:18] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Quiet means i'm not getting shot to sh*t by some angry failed school boy that joined the Xeno Alliance.
[17.12.2019 03:48:20] Delta-38: Beats going against Valors with no reinforcements.
[17.12.2019 03:48:35] Formicid: "Failed school boy is common. More than just Xeno."
[17.12.2019 03:48:53] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I joined the LPI cause I was done risking my neck for some dimwit behind a desk that wanted a medal.
[17.12.2019 03:49:15] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Thankfully our Chief actually flies with us into battle, and knows the price of victory.
[17.12.2019 03:49:31] Formicid: "Seen the Chief. Went to Huds."
[17.12.2019 03:49:51] Formicid: "Talked to Rhein that stopped me outside of Texas gate. Was snub escort, though."
[17.12.2019 03:50:05] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Those damn greens and rogues were lucky I wasn't there.
[17.12.2019 03:50:19] Formicid: "... There was spectacle. Most went, one retreated."
[17.12.2019 03:50:23] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I would've torn those Rheinlanders to shreds for daring to cross their marked line in the sand.
[17.12.2019 03:50:30] Delta-38: So you risk it for a Corpo that cares more about keeping the prisons full of free workers
[17.12.2019 03:50:36] Formicid: "LSF boat went after. Nearly got last one."
[17.12.2019 03:50:46] Formicid: "Prison is better than certain work."
[17.12.2019 03:50:49] Formicid: "Ugly work."
[17.12.2019 03:50:55] Formicid: "Old 'Home' work."
[17.12.2019 03:51:15] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Most of the time we end up killing the criminals we find in space, but i'm sure you understand how democracy works, 38.
[17.12.2019 03:51:20] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Button man?
[17.12.2019 03:51:22] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: They require court dates should they be captured.
[17.12.2019 03:52:09] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Besides, would you prefer the taxes taken out of your already disgustingly small paycheck go to taking care of their execution?
[17.12.2019 03:52:14] Delta-38: Yeah "Democracy"
[17.12.2019 03:52:15] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Or have them rotting in prison.
[17.12.2019 03:52:36] Formicid: "Preferable to rotting on equipment. Reminders."
[17.12.2019 03:53:00] Delta-38: My paycheck stays the same either way.
[17.12.2019 03:53:14] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: You're telling me they don't take taxes out of your paycheck?
[17.12.2019 03:53:32] Delta-38: I'm saying those taxes get deducted if they are dead or alive
[17.12.2019 03:53:39] Delta-38: Imprisoned or not.
[17.12.2019 03:53:57] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: That's a fair point I suppose.
[17.12.2019 03:54:17] Delta-38: Sh*t listen to what you got me saying.
[17.12.2019 03:54:30] Formicid: "Damned if do, damned if don't."
[17.12.2019 03:54:49] Delta-38: My CO would tear my head off if he heard me saying this stuff
[17.12.2019 03:55:22] Delta-38: Probably take my wings too.
[17.12.2019 03:55:41] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Suppose it's bad i'm required to submit my full flight log after every patrol then, huh?
[17.12.2019 03:55:51] Formicid: "Flight... Log?"
[17.12.2019 03:56:06] Delta-38: *sighs* Son of a bitch...
[17.12.2019 03:56:20] Formicid: "... Everything said here?"
[17.12.2019 03:56:44] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Yup, including all your questionable statements that tried my patience.
[17.12.2019 03:56:49] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Well Delta, if you get sacked for asking questions, Universal is always looking for experienced combat pilots.
[17.12.2019 03:57:06] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: We are looking to expend our secuirty division
[17.12.2019 03:57:14] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Expand
[17.12.2019 03:57:19] Delta-38: Yeah I ain't selling out no matter what.
[17.12.2019 03:57:22] Formicid: "... This..."
[17.12.2019 03:57:26] Formicid: "... Bad."
[17.12.2019 03:57:32] Formicid: "Very."
[17.12.2019 03:57:40] Delta-38: To hell with playing Corporate babysitter
[17.12.2019 03:58:00] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Damn, 38. You always such a goodie two shoes?
[17.12.2019 03:58:31] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: You play corporate babysitter every time you fly a patrol. Why do you think your superiors want you to protect the lanes so bad
[17.12.2019 03:58:41] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Don't worry, i'm sure i'll get my head chopped off for treason after 90% of the crap I said.
[17.12.2019 03:58:54] Delta-38: Depends on who you ask really.
[17.12.2019 03:59:00] Delta-38: As for the Lanes.
[17.12.2019 03:59:07] Delta-38: I used to be on the front
[17.12.2019 03:59:37] Delta-38: Wasn't always just sitting round here getting paid jack shit.
[17.12.2019 03:59:49] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Oh they might give all kinds of reasons publicy. But ultimately, its because the Big Three generate the revenue-
[17.12.2019 03:59:55] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: that pays for all of this
[17.12.2019 04:01:48] Formicid: "... Forgive. Sorry for hesitance."
[17.12.2019 04:02:08] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Why did you pay me.
[17.12.2019 04:02:25] Delta-38: Yeah the good old Big Three that just sat back and waited to eye up the contracts for the repairs in Bretonia.
[17.12.2019 04:02:31] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: I paid you both becasue a good esort deserves a fair wage
[17.12.2019 04:02:37] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Not you, Arial.
[17.12.2019 04:02:38] Formicid: "Insult. Logged. Wish to not be observed and looked at and prodded and... No."
[17.12.2019 04:02:49] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I see.
[17.12.2019 04:03:22] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I don't take bribes, Junker. You should know that's highly illegal.
[17.12.2019 04:03:42] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: You might think the corporations are sell outs but we dont stop or employees from making good money
[17.12.2019 04:04:05] Formicid: "... Mistake. Mistake, mistake..."
[17.12.2019 04:04:07] Delta-38: Sure....
[17.12.2019 04:04:21] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I'm not interested in your money.
[17.12.2019 04:04:38] Formicid: "... Going."
[17.12.2019 04:04:42] Formicid: "Fare better.
[17.12.2019 04:04:51] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Safe skies, Junker.
[17.12.2019 04:05:11] Delta-38: How much you wanna beat John White is sitting in a penthouse in Manhattan laughing at the fools out making him billions.
[17.12.2019 04:05:34] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: He actually does his own deliveries often, 38.
[17.12.2019 04:05:48] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: In one of those fancy Ageira specialized Bisons.
[17.12.2019 04:05:51] Delta-38: You are shitting me right?
[17.12.2019 04:05:59] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I'm not, seen it myself.
[17.12.2019 04:06:21] Delta-38: Huh...
[17.12.2019 04:06:26] Delta-38: Good to know I guess.
[17.12.2019 04:06:44] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Look at me. Im the head of security for Universal. I could easily have any number of underlings out doing base supply
[17.12.2019 04:07:22] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Hmmm.... Suppose we've kept you far too long.
[17.12.2019 04:07:27] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: My apoligies.
[17.12.2019 04:07:27] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: But im out here doing grunt work myself
[17.12.2019 04:07:59] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: It's no trouble. Hull strength is at optimum levels
[17.12.2019 04:08:19] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: That Junker payed me 3 million to keep his words quiet, suppose it's unlucky for him i'm not corrupt.
[17.12.2019 04:08:33] Delta-38: Lucky bastard
[17.12.2019 04:08:43] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: I assume he will have a warrent in the morning?
[17.12.2019 04:09:06] Delta-38: Why did we bother letting him walk then?
[17.12.2019 04:09:09] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I gave him his money back, i'm not out to ruin someone's life just cause they got a bit smart with their mouth.
[17.12.2019 04:09:44] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: As for a warrant, I wouldn't know, that's up to the Chief and her advisors.
[17.12.2019 04:09:47] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Mighty nice of you
[17.12.2019 04:10:49] [*USI*]Arial[CSO]: Well boys, I have a date with my bed on Trenton. Thanks for the conversation
[17.12.2019 04:10:50] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: My trigger finger was itching with every word he said, but i'm a servant to the public, not a hitman.
[17.12.2019 04:11:09] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Fair skies, Arial.
[17.12.2019 04:11:33] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: So, you sweatin' 38?
[17.12.2019 04:11:57] Delta-38: Not as much as that Junker must be
[17.12.2019 04:12:19] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I can imagine his command deck is nice and stuffy.
[17.12.2019 04:12:31] Delta-38: Poor bastard.
[17.12.2019 04:12:34] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: You sound disappointed you didn't get a chance to crack him open.
[17.12.2019 04:12:47] Delta-38: Just bored.
[17.12.2019 04:13:03] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I'm sure you'll be nice and bored after they take your wings.
[17.12.2019 04:13:16] Delta-38: Fuck em
[17.12.2019 04:13:25] Delta-38: I'll go freelance if I have to
[17.12.2019 04:13:38] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: LPI is a corporation run by civilians, you could just join up with us and you could keep your tech.
[17.12.2019 04:14:01] Delta-38: Never been much for the corps
[17.12.2019 04:14:30] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: We do basically the same thing you do now.
[17.12.2019 04:14:50] Delta-38: You think I signed up to sit around and watch lanes?
[17.12.2019 04:15:40] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I mean we cracked open a battlecruiser and several outcast capitals a couple weeks back, intercepted Kempeitai
[17.12.2019 04:15:45] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: And shot down a whole wing of Lane hackers.
[17.12.2019 04:15:50] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Does that anwer your question?
[17.12.2019 04:16:24] Delta-38: Hang on did you say Kempeitai?
[17.12.2019 04:16:51] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: They invaded our space with a battlecruiser and two fighter escorts, claiming they were sightseeing.
[17.12.2019 04:17:03] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: That's why the KSP High Commissioner got such a nasty welcome.
[17.12.2019 04:17:39] Delta-38: Jesus
[17.12.2019 04:17:52] Delta-38: Sightseeing in a Battlecruiser. Thats a new one
[17.12.2019 04:17:56] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Just something to consider if you get your butt kicked.
[17.12.2019 04:18:22] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Oh right, we also have round the clock fresh coffee, rather than the week old sludge your superiors hand to you when they're ~
[17.12.2019 04:18:24] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: done with it.
[17.12.2019 04:18:47] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Plenty o' perks, 38. Plenty o' perks.
[17.12.2019 04:18:53] Delta-38: Have to do better than coffee for me to sell out.
[17.12.2019 04:19:33] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Your paycheck would be easily triple what the navy pays you, and that's just the recruit rank.
[17.12.2019 04:19:46] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I was in the navy, they treat me better here than they ever did there.
[17.12.2019 04:20:37] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Ah, right. You don't have to wake up at the crack o' dawn either, you pick your schedule.
[17.12.2019 04:20:45] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: And they won't turn your bunk upside down every 2 hours.
[17.12.2019 04:21:03] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: I mean, I can keep going, 38.
[17.12.2019 04:21:21] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: greetings, Freelancer.
[17.12.2019 04:21:34] Delta-38: Crayterian weaponry.
[17.12.2019 04:21:40] Delta-38: Thats odd.
[17.12.2019 04:21:51] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Not illegal, he's clear.
[17.12.2019 04:24:05] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Got some weird chatter on the lanes, possible target.
[17.12.2019 04:24:13] Delta-38: Copy
[17.12.2019 04:25:42] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Chatter came from here, don't see much.
[17.12.2019 04:26:06] Delta-38: Glitched comms maybe?
[17.12.2019 04:26:25] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Perhaps, but unlikely.
[17.12.2019 04:26:32] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Care to take a dip in the dark waters, 38?
[17.12.2019 04:26:42] Delta-38: Why not.
[17.12.2019 04:28:02] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: We're advised to stay the hell out of here, for obvious reasons.
[17.12.2019 04:29:14] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Second gunship
[17.12.2019 04:30:14] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Fighters down, focusing gunship
[17.12.2019 04:30:37] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: on your 6!
[17.12.2019 04:31:43] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: There, those remains should make up for what you said earlier.
[17.12.2019 04:31:44] Delta-38: Gunboat Splashed
[17.12.2019 04:31:57] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Heading to the gate.
[17.12.2019 04:32:11] Delta-38: Copy right behind you.
[17.12.2019 04:32:47] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Ya'know, i'm not sure why we don't construct a hidden forward base in this cloud, considering we have a nearly undefended ~
[17.12.2019 04:32:51] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: lane going right through it
[17.12.2019 04:33:12] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Or just a giant weapons platform wall like in Texas
[17.12.2019 04:33:55] Delta-38: Probably because our Tactical planners think sending our most valuable asset through a Gate that wasnt Recce'd yet is smart
[17.12.2019 04:34:10] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: *The pilot let out a heavy sigh*
[17.12.2019 04:34:14] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Please don't remind me of that.
[17.12.2019 04:34:23] Delta-38: That was a shit show
[17.12.2019 04:34:31] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Hell, we could even rebuild Ithaca.
[17.12.2019 04:34:55] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: put some defensive wings on it and attach it to the gate to keep the anomaly from tearing it apart.
[17.12.2019 04:35:23] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: But nah, what would some lowly grunts know, eh?
[17.12.2019 04:35:36] Delta-38: *Laughs*
[17.12.2019 04:36:21] Delta-38: Probably some obscure reason that involves alot of Bueracracy
[17.12.2019 04:36:33] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Damn Beurocrats.
[17.12.2019 04:39:14] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Damn, seems no luck, 38.
[17.12.2019 04:39:28] Delta-38: Typical.
[17.12.2019 04:39:39] Delta-38: imma check JGs i guess
[17.12.2019 04:39:46] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Should turn in your rogue captains for a decent paycheck.
[17.12.2019 04:39:53] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Harrisburg buys the standards for a decent amount.
[17.12.2019 04:39:59] Delta-38: Not a half bad idea.
[17.12.2019 04:42:11] [Harrisburg Station]: Good day pilot.
[17.12.2019 04:43:59] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Suppose I'll head in and finish my report.
[17.12.2019 04:44:05] LPI-Nathaniel[S]: Safe skies, 38.
[17.12.2019 04:44:14] Delta-38: Good luck