⧫ OCV Fedayeen
⧫ Omicron Mu
⧫ 10/04/825
⧫ FROM: The Order Overwatch
⧫ TO: Megaera
Training practice
So how are you holding up since the last training? Despite our weapons set on simulated mode, it can appear real and exhausting experience. I had exposed you to greatest frontal firepower available from The Order hangars that isn't considered a capital ship and I have to say I saw improvement. I remember folk in the Order Basic Training telling us that we wont learn until challenged by something more powerful than ourselves. That failures show you what you had done wrong.
...Fully armed Nephthys in hands of a competent pilot may had been a massive overkill in the retrospection. After learning some tricks, the only wisdom you got from being beaten over and over was fact that you simply lost. Ishikawa's your surname, right?... you need better weapons. You do not posess adequate skill to utilize your relatively slow arsenal to its full potential. From my own experience I reccomend you laser cannons. Cheap to buy and maintain, easy to hit hailstorm of low powered bolts of directed light. Veterans and trainees alike perform excellent with laser guns mounted on their fighters.
I fully expect you to come adequately prepared next time if you consider those training sessions seriously. Your Blood-Sister will be expecting improvement and I bet Blood Dragons have over the top standards. Out there in this wild Sirius, those directed energy weapons wont be registering superficial blinks. Next joint session will take place in Okinawa as usual. The Lady of Sendai and her warriors are naturally invited to take part.
Grand Admiral Michal Golanski
Black Fleet, 1st Battlegroup "Wargods"
Incoming Transmission
Recipient: Golanski
Sender: Megaera
Location: Monte Carlo
Encryption: high
Subject: Training
Establishing Video Feed
Konnichi... H- Hello.
*Hides the picture and refinds composure.*
Hello, Admiral.
I see you are well. I see that you somehow found out my... name. Sort of.
I do not possess adequate skill... I see... want to say that in my face? I will gut you like a fish.
Nevertheless I will try what you recommended.. Thank you. Forget about the gutting.
Do you really think I care that much about the Blood Dragons and what they think?
You deal only with me now. And believe me, I am more than enough to keep you occupied.
Be prepared. I will not tolerate such a weak performance from you next time, admiral.
Sayonara,
*video feed cuts out, but a scream can be heard before that too is gone.*
⧫ Temporary Capital Kyoto
⧫ Chugoku
⧫ 21/04/825
⧫ FROM: The Order Overwatch
⧫ TO: Megaera
Sakurai Augus
It has come to my attention that your blood-sister Sakurai Augus, the Daimyo and ruler of Okinawa has been stripped of her rank, titles and holdings couple of days ago within the Shogunate. Subsequently, she was reported missing which Blood Dragons miraculously only notified me after she effectively tried to murder me... turning her guns on me the first minute we met. Her ship, Kusari Naval model full to the brim with Nomad hybrid equipment pararel to this seen on other Wilde / Aoi infected starships was subsequently overpowered and destroyed by me and assisting Dragon fighter.
It is a clear evidence that Sakurai Augus as we know it is dead. Her individuality, identity and previous self had been effectively murdered by the Nomad that had taken residence inside of her body. The Nomad may stole all memories of the late Lord of Okinawa but as it stands, if her body survived intact she will have to be put down for good by The Order. Not only I am warning you but also ask for some information... When was the last time you were in contact with Augus and has she displayed any attitude changes as of late? Anything out of ordinary or dissapearances over span of a week or more will help us establish the circumstances of her death.
Grand Admiral Michal Golanski
Black Fleet, 1st Battlegroup "Wargods"
Incoming Transmission
Recipient: The Order Overwatch
Sender: Megaera
Location: Baffin
Encryption: High
Subject: Sakurai
Establishing Video Feed
*wipes a tear from the corner of her eye*
Golanski, sorry for making you wait. I spit my tea at my screen when I saw Sakurai explode and I could not stop laughing.
I replayed this 10 times now. Kaboom! Kaboom! *starts laughing again*
This is actually really amusing.
Remember when those Blood Dragons were so concerned about me possibly being infected?
Perhaps they should have paid more attention to one of their own.
I see that you put her out of her misery. Well done.
Even if she survived that, the fact that she is probably just another nomad slave is good news to me.
It means I am no longer bound to my honor bond to her, something that was a mistake to begin with.
No... I have not seen her in recent weeks. I have not been in Kusari as of late.
But she had always been behaving oddly... You know what I talk about.
It is no longer of consequence to me however.
She outlived her usefulness.
Just another stepping stone. Only this one stained my boot...
The only reason why I did not discard her sooner was my honor.
You did me a favour today. Do not expect me to repay it.
You make me very happy. You even take out the trash...
*gets closer to the screen so none else hears*
It is so bad that you killed my former sister... Almost feels like cheating you know...
*whispers* Kaboom
*feed cuts out*
Incoming Transmission
Recipient: Golanski
Sender: Megaera
Location: Kepler
Encryption: High
Subject: Scan
Establishing Video Feed
Greetings Golanski,
Something came to mind and made me a little disappointed in you. You came to bring me the news of my sworn sister's passing but decided to ignore some crucial detail. I was her sworn sister. Does that not mean my infection risk is all that higher? And yet you did not even request another brain scan to see if I can still be trusted?
*she waves her finger infront of the monitor*
Ts ts ts.
Like this you will never win a war you know.
You can never trust anyone.
Guess I will need to go see you for another scan, so you know that I am still me.
So at your place again tomorow? I will bring wine. Oh wait, I forgot something happened to Dabadoru.
When I passed it last time, it looked like you flew the Osiris into it... Did you?
Just let me know where you want to meet then.
⧫ OCV Fedayeen
⧫ Omicron Mu
⧫ 29/04/825
⧫ FROM: The Order Overwatch
⧫ TO: Megaera
Sakurai Augus
Dabadoru has resumed its operations today, thank you for the concern... as for that Osiris nearby, it's the Apophis. Thanks to this mighty Order bucket of doom we taken the station from dead, cold hands of the Core. I wish ramming battleships into enemy installations all the time would solve all my problems, I really do. Back to the topic at hand... Sakurai's predicament surprised everyone, Order and Blood Dragons included. I would personally opt for Okinawa for your next scan. While Sakurai COULD'VE turned into this undead avatar of Augus clan's sins, it is nevertheless secured. Omicron Delta itself will be too busy for the few next days I pressume.
Grand Admiral Michal Golanski
Black Fleet, 1st Battlegroup "Wargods"
Incoming Transmission
Recipient: Golanski
Sender: Megaera
Location: Bering
Encryption: High
Subject: Hazmat suit
Establishing Video Feed
Greetings Golanksi
Do you mayhaps have a good Hazmat suit laying around or willing to make one for me?
It must protect me against radiation and chemicals and I do not trust that other groups will provide me the quality I desire.
You are one of the few people not actively trying to kill me after all.
Ofcourse I will compensate the Order if they provide me one.
Let me know what you have.
One a side note. The Zoners here in Bering are completely nuts. I love it!
⧫ OCV Fedayeen
⧫ Omicron Mu
⧫ 30/05/825
⧫ FROM: The Order Overwatch
⧫ TO: Megaera
Equipment purchase
For a couple of years now I realized that Zoners are the only outlet for individuals deemed mentally unfit for service in space-branches of any Sirian corporation or armed group. Physically incapable of long term strategic thinking, they are happily assuming their so called neutrality is universal “I do what I want” card. Beringers arranged excellent distraction that draws troublemakers out of their hideouts from Omicrons and other lairs of scum and villainy they call Freeports and cease to be my problem. I might even come down to Independent Worlds for sole purpose of target practice.
Well, you did called me for something very specific, rather than wishing to hear my insightful commentary on topic of delicate state of mind that we know as “Zoner”. Yeah, we got exactly what you are looking for here… depending on your need, we have two types of environmental suits that fit your desired specifications. Of course, regardless of the option you choose, you ought to retain some of the Cryer’s anti-rad pills as even the best the best equipment in the Sirius will only lower the emission exposure to manageable level. I believe said Cryer is the only reason why half of Zoner overall population isn’t glowing in the dark yet. Refer to Freeport 5’s case for details.
⧫ “Schild” Mark 3
Class rating A
This is high-end industrial-grade civilian environmental suit pattern by ALG incorporating the newest of Space Kraut “magic”. It allows prolonged operations in irradiated areas for purposes of handling MOX. It additionally fully seals the user coupled with filters and optional internal oxygen supply for use in vacuum and particularly dangerous hazardous materials.
Unit cost: 1 million
⧫ I-5E “Marauder” powered exoskeleton
Class rating S
It is engineer variant of powered exoskeleton armor used by The Order’s space marines (Read: the best of the best). This particular version offers limited protection against weapons fire on top of full protective seal and magnetic boots for no atmosphere, zero gravity environment. It also comes with specialized deployable mini-crane on the back if you need to move something about.
Unit cost: 3 millions
Choose which one you want and I can pack it up to the next freighter that will be flying in your general direction... yeah, I'll need your current address for that.
Grand Admiral Michal Golanski
Black Fleet, 1st Battlegroup "Wargods"
Incoming Transmission
Recipient: Admiral Golanski
Sender: Megaera
Location: Kepler
Encryption: High
Subject: Environmental suit
Establishing Video Feed
Greetings Admiral,
I have no further information on the Bering issue. Only that the Zoners there shoot anything in a Rheinland vessel. That includes me.
It seems that they have no plan at all, besides shooting anything they see. I personally think there is some mass psychosis at work here.
Funny that you happened to mention Cryer. Did Cryer do any experiments on the Zoner population lately to cause all this? If so, I want some of that stuff and weaponise it.
On to the topic at hand.
The I-5E “Marauder” powered exoskeleton seems perfect for my purposes. I have no proper equipment to explore barren planets and there are plenty of those. Originally I just sought a suit that protected me from hazardous materials, but this is much better. It will certainly open new possibilities for me.
During the time I awaited your reply, I came to the conclusion that I could also just let others handle the truly radioactive stuff for me. No need to get my own hands stained by such things. But this exoskeleton will surely contribute to my capabilities.
Let me know where to transfer the credits to.
The best place to send it to is my apartment on Brunswick Shrine in Baffin.
My place is room number 5. If you deliver it to me in person, I will be sure to be there myself.
I still got some nice poison free wine.
Along with this message is a file attached that includes my sizes.
To make sure you send me an armor that fits.
⧫ OCV Fedayeen
⧫ Omicron Mu
⧫ 26/06/825
⧫ FROM: The Order Overwatch
⧫ TO: Megaera
Equipment purchase
The armor was designed and custom fitted to your size, Miss Ishikawa. You will find it quite comfortable to wear and once the suit synchronizes with you, lifting anything heavy (within reason, of course. Dont try to toss a starfighter now) will be as easy as just thinking about it. I added specific recharger that will allow you to use most common modern power sources to restore its energy banks as needed. Your ship will also do just as fine for this specific purpose.
As for the delivery, I am afraid this 'temple' is inaccessible to The Order operatives. Prolonged exposure to this weird superstition of Zoners is incomprehensive in its nature to me and many other within The Order. TAZ ain't also keen on seeing outsiders within their sanctums and so long they do not develop anything nasty over there, I am contend to keep distance. I have arranged for your order to be collected at far more reasonable installation of Freeport 6 in Tau 29 system, just one jump away from uninterrupted chanting of Eris that painfully drills into my skull whenever I had to restock on my fuel over there.
Freeport 6, Tau 29
Hangar C
Interstellar stock exchange
Locker 2-6
It will open for your biometrics and passcode "FP11WASINSIDEJOB". In fact I decided that instead of holding this convoluted logistic chain whenever you want something, I have decided to let you into Order space proper given you get quite along with our allies too. I will fill in neccesary paperwork for you to visit Akabat.
Grand Admiral Michal Golanski
Black Fleet, 1st Battlegroup "Wargods"