Identification: Davizu Shizumo, Nakai Clan Subject: A New Threat!
Aisatsu, Dragons. While on patrol, Dragon Hayashi and I made a discovery that represents a clear, grave danger to the Blood Dragons. We must urgently destroy the Hoshizora Travel Company's installation orbiting Planet Kyushu as it is part of a cloak-smuggling operation into Kusari, sponsored by the Hogosha owned station and supported by Samura contractors.
Report:
In the New Tokyo system, between Planet New Tokyo and Shinjuku shipyard, Hayashi intercepted a Ryuujin-class Kusari Transport belonging to vile Samura Industries. The cargo hold was loaded down with sophisticated robotic hardware, and my armored combat-Drone arrived on scene to assist. Upon inquiry, the Ryuujin-class "Seiuchi" informed us that the robotic hardware was destined for the Hogosha-owned Hoshizora Travel Company orbiting Planet Kyushu. This transport vessel is one of two registered contractors shipping supplies for the completion of this station.
We were familiar with this base as we have eyes everywhere; I have personally seen this station before while patrolling my treasured home system. We have also noticed these same exact two contractor vessels delivering supplies to this station. On those occasions, we did not engage, merely observing and collecting intelligence.
We demanded that the Samura vessel drop all of the hardware, we tractored in what we could (later delivered to Oishi Ronin, just over 600 units), and destroyed the rest. The vessel was permitted to depart unharmed.
Though I hold the Hogosha in contempt for propping up the current dishonorable Kusari regime, I understand their position: they simply want to maintain control over lucrative legal and illegal markets with as much freedom and latitude as possible. They will fall in line with whoever is in power in Kusari. Though travel companies exploit land and represent an obsession with frivolous, wasteful spending that has become all too common in Sirius, this hardly represents a significant threat worth engaging... or so we thought.
Upon jumping to Kyushu to examine the base again, ensuring our intelligence is as up to date as possible, we intercepted the other Ryuujin-class Samura contractor vessel "Tsuyoi_Kaze", also with a cargo hold full of robotic hardware. My first inclination was to treat this contractor the same as before: demand that the robotics be surrendered to us, and we would destroy the rest, permitting this poorly armed vessel to continue on its way. Hayashi intercepted the vessel, brought it out of cruise speed with a well-placed disruptor, and I inquired what this vessels' business was, same as with the "Seiuchi".
This time, however, we received a different answer, and that is why I present this report to you with the highest priority: Hoshizora Travel Company is not what it seems. This contractor did not say these robotics were intended for a mere travel company, but for a Samura cloak-production factory! The captain of the "Tsuyoi_Kaze" quickly realized they had erred in telling us this... for when we began to pry further, their tone changed quickly. At first, they offered to bribe us with cloaking devices for our own use. The prospect was... interesting, though he became more tight-lipped when he realized the threat we posed to his suppliers. He did mention one helpful fact: the source of the cloaks is some illegal base in Gallia owned by non-Gallics. We should investigate the source of these cloaks further, but the biggest takeaway is that Hoshizora Travel Company is not just a travel company: it is a front... a supply depot for cloak-production components destined for underground cloak-building facilities in Gallia.
Construction components depart the Travel Company's cargo bays, and completed cloaks come back in. Given Hogosha's relationship with the government, Naval Forces, Samura, and potentially even the Kempetai, this supply line represents a clear and present danger to the Blood Dragons. Imagine cloaked KNF or Kempetai operatives operating undetected near our most sensitive installations! We quickly destroyed his ship along with the robotics components and fled with all due haste to Chugoku to assemble this report.
Most Honorable Daimyo Nakai Shun, Nakai Clan, and all other Blood Dragons, I most humbly and respectfully request that we mobilize all available capital ships and bombers to eradicate this crucial link in a supply-chain that threatens our very survival. I respectfully request we minimize any and all collateral damage so close to my home planet, but cloaking technology cannot be permitted to fall into the hands of our enemies, especially not under our very noses!
Attached: Scans of the Samura contractors Seiuchi and Tsuyoi_Kaze X
[08.08.2019 05:46:09] BD|N.$hizumo: Hayashi, this is Shizumo. I have arrived to assist.
[08.08.2019 05:46:10] Seiuchi: Kuyshu
[08.08.2019 05:46:22] BD|N.Hayashi~: Hai. - Caught a Samura shipping Robotics.
[08.08.2019 05:46:28] BD|N.$hizumo: Oh my.
[08.08.2019 05:47:38] BD|N.Hayashi~: Shizu-kun, what should we do with this Samura dog?
[08.08.2019 05:47:38] BD|N.$hizumo: So you're shipping Robotics to Kyushu, Samura?
[08.08.2019 05:47:57] Seiuchi: yes
[08.08.2019 05:48:06] BD|N.$hizumo: For what purpose?
[08.08.2019 05:48:18] Seiuchi: Building a base for a travel com pany
[08.08.2019 05:48:27] BD|N.$hizumo: Kyushu is my home, and I don't care to see it overrun further by... Samura. Your oppression of our people has gone on for too
[08.08.2019 05:48:29] BD|N.$hizumo: many centuries.
[08.08.2019 05:48:38] BD|N.$hizumo: A travel company? That's an interesting venture.
[08.08.2019 05:48:58] BD|N.$hizumo: Letting the rich and powerful that line your pockets enjoy a little diversion, while people on the planet below suffer under
[08.08.2019 05:49:00] BD|N.$hizumo: the yoke of Synth Foods?
[08.08.2019 05:49:31] BD|N.Hayashi~: Oishi Ronin Station could do with that hardware Shizu.
[08.08.2019 05:49:36] BD|N.$hizumo: It certainly could.
[08.08.2019 05:49:43] Seiuchi: I'm not working for Synth Food
[08.08.2019 05:49:57] BD|N.$hizumo: No, you are working for Samura. Which is worse.
[08.08.2019 05:50:09] BD|N.$hizumo: Your... company... took this government from us.
[08.08.2019 05:50:24] BD|N.$hizumo: Now I'll take something from them.
[08.08.2019 05:50:33] BD|N.$hizumo: Here is my demand: Drop all of your Robotics.
[08.08.2019 05:50:34] Seiuchi: I thought the Exiles did.
[08.08.2019 05:50:55] BD|N.$hizumo: The Exiles? Bah. Pawns in another game. Our shogunate was disposed by you.
[08.08.2019 05:51:07] BD|N.$hizumo: Take what you can Hayashi, we'll destroy the rest.
[08.08.2019 05:51:16] BD|N.$hizumo: You're free to go... Samura.
[08.08.2019 05:51:48] BD|N.Hayashi~: Get out of our sight before we remove you.
[08.08.2019 05:51:52] BD|N.$hizumo: Think twice before continuing to support our oppression.
[08.08.2019 05:51:58] BD|N.$hizumo: The Shogunate will be restored.
[08.08.2019 06:00:23] BD|N.$hizumo: I detect a Samura vessel! Dogs...
[08.08.2019 06:00:30] BD|N.$hizumo: You took our Shogunate from us!! Halt at once!
[08.08.2019 06:00:42] BD|N.Hayashi~: Samura, I suggest you stop before I catch up and force you to.
[08.08.2019 06:01:23] BD|N.Hayashi~: Cut your engines.
[08.08.2019 06:01:30] BD|N.$hizumo: And state your business.
[08.08.2019 06:01:34] Tsuyoi_Kaze: I did
[08.08.2019 06:01:44] BD|N.Hayashi~: More Robotics Shizu.
[08.08.2019 06:01:59] Tsuyoi_Kaze: Transporting Robotics for a factory
[08.08.2019 06:02:03] BD|N.$hizumo: A factory, hmm.
[08.08.2019 06:02:07] BD|N.$hizumo: What kind of factory? Owned by whom?
[08.08.2019 06:02:28] Tsuyoi_Kaze: Samura
[08.08.2019 06:02:45] BD|N.$hizumo: Ah, of course. True evil.
[08.08.2019 06:03:03] Tsuyoi_Kaze: For producing cloaks
[08.08.2019 06:03:05] BD|N.Hayashi~: This is unacceptable. - We cannot have Samura expanding their operations.
[08.08.2019 06:03:12] BD|N.$hizumo: Cloaks!?
[08.08.2019 06:03:16] BD|N.$hizumo: Hayashi could you imagine?
[08.08.2019 06:03:28] BD|N.$hizumo: Cloaked Samura vessels in Nagano? Cloaks for KNF and Kempetai infiltrators in Chugoku...
[08.08.2019 06:03:29] BD|N.Hayashi~: I would rather not... I have seen those things, the potential...
[08.08.2019 06:04:07] BD|N.$hizumo: We must stop this existential threat to the Blood Dragons.
[08.08.2019 06:04:13] BD|N.Hayashi~: Hai!
[08.08.2019 06:04:19] Tsuyoi_Kaze: Are YOU interested?
[08.08.2019 06:04:33] BD|N.$hizumo: In... in what?
[08.08.2019 06:04:35] BD|N.$hizumo: Speak, quickly.
[08.08.2019 06:05:06] Tsuyoi_Kaze: I have ..... friends.... that produce them.
[08.08.2019 06:05:46] BD|N.$hizumo: A cloak would be... most useful for our operations.
[08.08.2019 06:05:49] BD|N.$hizumo: But we would need more details.
[08.08.2019 06:06:30] Tsuyoi_Kaze: I am Samura but have friends in Gallia that produce cloaks on demand.
[08.08.2019 06:06:47] BD|N.Hayashi~: Gallia? Those Gaijin? Hah.
[08.08.2019 06:06:54] BD|N.$hizumo: And you could... acquire cloaks from this... Gallic supplier?
[08.08.2019 06:07:17] Tsuyoi_Kaze: They aren't Gauls, they have an illegal base there.
[08.08.2019 06:08:00] BD|N.$hizumo: I can respect those who support Gallia's enemies.
[08.08.2019 06:08:07] BD|N.Hayashi~: You have mere seconds to give us something to work with here that satisfies us, unless you shall be destroyed.
[08.08.2019 06:08:09] BD|N.$hizumo: But they're supplying our most mortal enemy... you. The Samura.
[08.08.2019 06:08:29] BD|N.$hizumo: We need to stop this flow of cloaking technology into Kusari. Or redirect it to the Blood Dragons entirely.
[08.08.2019 06:08:48] Tsuyoi_Kaze: They sell to anyone if the money is right.
[08.08.2019 06:08:55] BD|N.$hizumo: So what is Samura's role in this?
[08.08.2019 06:09:09] Tsuyoi_Kaze: None.
[08.08.2019 06:09:28] BD|N.Hayashi~: Who are these friends of yours? Where is their base? How could we contact them?
[08.08.2019 06:09:31] Tsuyoi_Kaze: I am Samura but I can use some money as well
[08.08.2019 06:10:01] Tsuyoi_Kaze: I bring a customer and they pay me for that.
[08.08.2019 06:10:31] Tsuyoi_Kaze: I have no idea where the base is, just the contacts.
[08.08.2019 06:10:35] BD|N.$hizumo: So your Robotics supply their cloak production?
[08.08.2019 06:10:57] Tsuyoi_Kaze: Yep.
[08.08.2019 06:11:11] BD|N.$hizumo: As much as I hate to weaken forces that oppose the Gallic government, we have no choice in this matter. Samura cannot maintain
[08.08.2019 06:11:27] BD|N.$hizumo: lines to such dangerous technology. Your lives and cargo are forfeit. Hayashi, charge weapons!
[08.08.2019 06:11:30] BD|N.Hayashi~: Hai.
[08.08.2019 06:11:37] BD|N.$hizumo: Bringing guns to charge...
[08.08.2019 06:11:44] Tsuyoi_Kaze: OK. no cloaks for you then.
[08.08.2019 06:11:49] BD|N.$hizumo: ENGAGE!
[08.08.2019 06:11:54] BD|N.Hayashi~: Hai Shizu!
[08.08.2019 06:12:26] Death: Tsuyoi_Kaze was put out of action by BD|N.$hizumo (Gun).
[08.08.2019 06:12:30] BD|N.$hizumo: Target down.
[08.08.2019 06:12:35] BD|N.Hayashi~: One less dog.
[08.08.2019 06:12:41] BD|N.$hizumo: Disaster averted... that was a horrifying prospect.
[08.08.2019 06:13:03] BD|N.$hizumo: Destroy the Robotics so this Alliance, Samura-puppet rabble, cannot turn this cargo on us.
[08.08.2019 06:13:09] BD|N.Hayashi~: There will be more where that came from. It's Samura.
[08.08.2019 06:13:49] BD|N.$hizumo: Robotics destroyed. Return to base!
[08.08.2019 06:13:57] BD|N.Hayashi~: On you.