Target ID: Blood Dragons Shogunate.

[Felicity Willing]

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...Deceiver.Felicity.Willing.recognized...encoding.transmission...
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Kon'nichiwa, Tai-Shogun, honourable Daimyo.

Quite an exciting sight have caught my eye today, in the vicinity of Ames Research station.
No more, no less - a stranded ronin Togo seeking refuge within the Zoner society. You might want to take a further look at this. Black Box logs applied.
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[03.08.2018 09:37:10] [Redacted]: It is indeed a Togo.
[03.08.2018 09:37:17] [Redacted]: Quite a rare sight around these parts.
[03.08.2018 09:37:29] BR.Aokigahara: man: We are... We are the Blood Ronin.
[03.08.2018 09:37:48] [Redacted]: Never heard. What does it mean again?
[03.08.2018 09:38:04] BR.Aokigahara: man: Wanderers of Kusari.
[03.08.2018 09:38:17] [Redacted]: Are you some kind of... Blood Dragon exiles?
[03.08.2018 09:38:23] [Redacted]: What is your purpose?
[03.08.2018 09:38:37] BR.Aokigahara: man: Sadly, exactly. We are merely looking for a place in the galaxy, away from the war and strife of the past.
[03.08.2018 09:39:19] BR.Aokigahara: man: Hopefully, our paths shall not cross with katanas.
[03.08.2018 09:39:21] [Redacted]: So, to say it straight - you just ran away, abandoning your honor and comrades.
[03.08.2018 09:39:53] BR.Aokigahara: man: We deny nothing. Civil war would've been inevitable, but rather than slay our kin, we thought it best to just leave.
[03.08.2018 09:40:23] [Redacted]: Well, i take it you have your point.
[03.08.2018 09:40:36] [Redacted]: What do you seek to achieve, then?
[03.08.2018 09:40:55] BR.Aokigahara: man: ... A new path for the ronin, and their families, within this battleship.k
[03.08.2018 09:41:35] [Redacted]: What i should acknowledge is that you are quite a weird one.
[03.08.2018 09:41:46] [Redacted]: Still, i guess i am not the one to judge you.
[03.08.2018 09:41:53] BR.Aokigahara: man: Could've had worse names than 'weird'
[03.08.2018 09:42:08] [Redacted]: You 'are' weird. For a Dragon.
[03.08.2018 09:42:31] BR.Aokigahara: man: Our honor merely wishes new life for our people, not wanton bloodshed.
[03.08.2018 09:42:35] [Redacted]: I heard of them fighting the same evil for Generations without real hope, and then... i come across you.
[03.08.2018 09:43:00] BR.Aokigahara: man: We... are the result of that fight for generations without hope. A people weary of the long fight.
[03.08.2018 09:43:37] BR.Aokigahara: man: Zoner vessel... Don't suppose you have any need for a wandering populace such as the Blood Ronin?
[03.08.2018 09:43:43] [Redacted]: Well, as i have said - i am not the one to judge you.
[03.08.2018 09:44:19] [Redacted]: I wish you the best of luck in your endeavours. Perhaps, you should look around Tau region instead.
[03.08.2018 09:44:26] Doctor.James.Erzie: I saw a communique from your vessel... I've been tied in my business. What do you require?
[03.08.2018 09:44:45] BR.Aokigahara: man: We hope your bounties are fair and forthright as well, vessel 'Felicity'.
[03.08.2018 09:45:21] BR.Aokigahara: man: We merely need... employment, zoner vessel. We're still looking for a place in the galaxy.
[03.08.2018 09:45:36] BR.Aokigahara: man: A place to call our own.
[03.08.2018 09:45:50] Doctor.James.Erzie: What skills do you claim? There's hardly room for deadweight.
[03.08.2018 09:46:15] BR.Aokigahara: man: Aside from a mighty battleship and skill for reconaissance?
[03.08.2018 09:46:39] BR.Aokigahara: man: Our people may have left their honor at Kusari, but our duty is to life, so we shall fight for life as hard as any dragon.
[03.08.2018 09:46:43] Doctor.James.Erzie: The Zoners have those exact assets, so yes, besides that.
[03.08.2018 09:46:44] [Redacted]: One last moment, Blood Ronin. May i ask you of your name?
[03.08.2018 09:47:10] BR.Aokigahara: man: I am Tamiya Dachiko... Grand Admiral of the Blood Ronin.
[03.08.2018 09:47:44] BR.Aokigahara: man: We also hold a strong desire and spirit to survive situations, so long as they are worthwhile.
[03.08.2018 09:47:52] [Redacted]: I assume you've already guessed mine. It's Felicity Willing. Just a... general Lane Hacker.
[03.08.2018 09:48:22] BR.Aokigahara: man: From our experience, Madam Willing, no such thing as general.
[03.08.2018 09:48:32] BR.Aokigahara: man: Every story is worth hearing
[03.08.2018 09:48:55] Doctor.James.Erzie: Now... Admiral. Are you familiar with the Zoner's sactuary policies?
[03.08.2018 09:49:26] [Redacted]: I have to apologise, but my story is veiled in shadow, and it will be better if it will stay the way it is.
[03.08.2018 09:49:46] BR.Aokigahara: man: Well, does it talk about the No Fire Zone policies? And no disrespect, Madam Willing, if you choose your story to be-
[03.08.2018 09:49:48] BR.Aokigahara: man: -unheard
[03.08.2018 09:50:07] [Redacted]: I'd prefer 'Miss Willing'. Thank you.
[03.08.2018 09:50:22] BR.Aokigahara: man: Very well, Miss Willing. And you're welcome.  
[03.08.2018 09:50:48] BR.Aokigahara: man: We aren't too familiar with the Zoners' ways, given that we've just gotten here.

Deal with this as you see fit.

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The Lane Hackers

"Making the corporate weenies cry,
so our kids can live in a free and just galaxy."

[Felicity Willing]

...hack.initiated...connecting.to.Spyglass.Network...decryption.in.progress...
...Deceiver.Felicity.Willing.recognized...encoding.transmission...
...uploading.data...

Kon'nichiwa.

On a recent occassion, i've had a chance to cross Aokigahara once again, now traversing through Liberty space - apparently, heading to Rheinland.
The guncam recording applied.
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The Lane Hackers

"Making the corporate weenies cry,
so our kids can live in a free and just galaxy."

[Laz]

Konbanwa, Hacker.

I've looked over what you've sent us and the way forward is clear. It doesn't matter what they fly if they are nothing more than a filthy rōnin. To desert one's brethren is a dishonour to the Blood Dragons, a fate worse than death. For that reason, death is a fitting punishment. Perhaps next time they will seek an honourable death to settle disputes, rather than discarding their heritage.

This should be taken care of, swiftly if possible. If others catch wind of such a thing, it would bring dishonour to all the Dragons. Their actions affect all of us. The fact wear the term rōnin with pride is sickening. If it returns to Kusari we shall put the captain out of his misery, but if they stay away, we must turn to our allies for such a deed. The Hackers assistance would be appreciated, but it is my no means a requirement. You've done enough giving us this information as it stands.

I thank you for bringing us this information, please keep us updated with your findings; oh, and make sure your hacker friends are aware they have permission to engage if it's seen skulking around your space.

~Takashi Hideyoshi,
Hyôbushô Of The Shogunate

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