I am Senior Lieutenant Kyle Winston of the SCRA. We have been informed of a shipment of weapon's grade plutonium moving into Nagano. As to not have any unwanted misunderstandings I am contacting you in advance of moving into your space. The ship in question will be the SCRA|CPW-Tulun, a Coalition Gunship. The plan is to ambush the transport in Nagano, If the intel is correct it would be a shame for the cargo to go to waste. I am sure you could make use of the plutonium well enough. With your permission, I am requesting to moor the Tulun at Kyoto base until scanners show that the transport is on the move. Any support you can provide would also be much appreciated.
I thank you for your time in advance, and I await your response.
Encryption: High
Location: Undisclosed
Recipient: Kyle Winston
Sender: Heung Hideyoshi
Subject: SCRA Operations in Kusari.
Konnichiwa, Lieutenant Kyle Winston
The intelligence you have provided is incredibly useful, we wondered how long it would take our enemies to respond with such methods of war. This communication does, however, bring other questions to light. How did you obtain this knowledge and to what extent do your intelligence agents reach? Obviously, this is a concern for us as the Shogunate was unaware of these actions nor if your trespasses into the Kusari government are in the best interest of the Blood Dragons.
Until this has been cleared up I kindly request that you do not come to Nagano, that said we are very appreciative of the information and I assure you that the Blood Dragons will handle this issue alone. We will be increasing our patrols in the system and will pay attention to any heavy Samura convoys. We will, of course, pass back any information that we obtain once the vessel has been detained.
Arigato,
Heung Hideyoshi,
Shogunate Treasurer and Representative of Shogun Hideyoshi.
Encryption: High
Location: Undisclosed
Recipient: Kyle Winston
Sender: Heung Hideyoshi
Subject: SCRA Operations in Kusari.
Konnichiwa, Lieutenant Kyle Winston
We have captured the Samura heavy transport vessel "Chikusa" I have attached a scan of the ship below, as you will notice the vessel's shielding capability is slightly damaged but the rest of the ship remains intact with very little wear to the vessels hull. The intelligence you have provided is, although incredibly useful and appreciated, might have been incorrect. The vessel itself had no traces of Plutonium, onboard and no internal shielding to protect a crew from any associated radiation, other than that detail we are certain this vessel is the one you have described. The resources take from this ship we a reward on of its own, the pharmaceuticals it was carrying has helped our efforts on Tomioka. As a thank you for your support here we would like to offer you the Chikusa to use for your own purposes. Should you accept this token of appreciation please send a fighter escort wing to Nagano to collect it.
I hope that at the very least we have proven our own pilot's efficiency and the Shogunates ability to operate independently. I do now have to ask the source of your intel, where did this information come from? Is this person or organization working within Kusari Space? is there any scope for The Shogunate to have a relationship with your source? Information like this would be extremely helpful to our cause and intel sharing between the Shogunate and The Coalition would only serve to strengthen our relationship.
Arigato,
Heung Hideyoshi,
Shogunate Treasurer and Representative of Shogun Hideyoshi.
Well, won't lie, High Command warned me that dealing with Blood Dragons is a lot about honor, and I will be honest it was quite suprising the response I got when offering to come and get a transport. Though, at the risk of coming across ungrateful or rude, allow me to apologize now for any misunderstandings, or misgivings the initial message may have held.
It is excellent news that the transport was successfully obtained and the cargo secured. While yes Pharmaceuticals are not as dangerous as plutonium, still something that should be useful to your selves.
That is quite a stroke of luck and gratitude, offering us the transport. You see we are currently working on a new project, "RENEGADE" though I personally am not at liberty to reveal much information on it, what I can say is that transport will help out tremendously. If you are more interested I would suggest contacting the Ministry of Plenty.
You have indeed proven your pilots prowess, which I would like to clarify was never in question. As for the source, as far as I know it was a political party known as the People's Party of Kusari, a fringe party with a small but devout following in Kusari. While I am not sure how willing they may be to work with the Blood Dragons (Being far more fanatical and less ideologically logical then we are.) to clarify, it would probably be best that we remain the middle man between the two of you at the risk of them attempting to deface you as Communist, which as far as I can tell the people of Kusari wouldn't be 100% alright with. Indeed the sharing of information is vital to a strong and healthy alliance, we will keep you up to date on any news that we believe may be of use to you.
With this however, I believe our cooperation on this ordeal is over. If you have any more questions please direct them to the SCRA High Command proper.
A wing of ships will be dispatched shortly to retrieve the vessel.