First of all, I was called in by Professor Yoshida to assist in intercepting and tracking down an Outcast Renegade trading ship that was hauling Gold through Texas into Hudson. The ship was successfully intercepted in the South Dallas Debris Field, where the following conversation took place:
[11.01.2020 22:13:35] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: Disrupt on sight?
[11.01.2020 22:14:20] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: I'm at the hole.
[11.01.2020 22:15:08] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Yes. But let me handle the talking for the time being.
[11.01.2020 22:15:13] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: Alright.
[11.01.2020 22:16:00] *MR|LHS-Napoli: I ain't even sure where you're reading this.
[11.01.2020 22:16:00] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: Target sighted. Disrupting.
[11.01.2020 22:16:04] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Napoli, please meet my operative.
[11.01.2020 22:16:08] *MR|LHS-Napoli: You see something I can't?
[11.01.2020 22:16:16] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: This is where our trip ends.
[11.01.2020 22:16:29] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: No quick movement, senior.
[11.01.2020 22:16:40] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Can't really move quickly in this thing, ese.
[11.01.2020 22:16:43] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Seen this size of it?
[11.01.2020 22:16:57] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: You know you come here in Liberty
[11.01.2020 22:17:09] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: I don't like being lied to by our guests.
[11.01.2020 22:17:15] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Nena do you like being lied to?
[11.01.2020 22:17:23] *MR|LHS-Napoli: I ain't lying to anyone, ese.
[11.01.2020 22:17:55] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: No, not at all.
[11.01.2020 22:18:01] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Ha, you see?
[11.01.2020 22:18:05] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: My colleague is of the same mind.
[11.01.2020 22:18:30] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: So let's do the introductions first. What's your name senior? I hope you do have one..
[11.01.2020 22:18:52] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Name's Alana.
[11.01.2020 22:19:00] *MR|LHS-Napoli: You, uh. Got a name?
[11.01.2020 22:19:10] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Yes. I am Professor Yoshida of the Lane Hackers.
[11.01.2020 22:19:17] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: And this is Nena Bismaquer, Initiate.
[11.01.2020 22:19:21] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: At your service.
[11.01.2020 22:19:32] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Professor? Not what I expected.
[11.01.2020 22:19:55] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: I heard your organization is against cardamine.
[11.01.2020 22:20:03] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: I was wondering if you could refute those claims.
[11.01.2020 22:20:09] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: This is clearly a misunderstanding, right?
[11.01.2020 22:20:14] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Against? Impossible to be against it, ese.
[11.01.2020 22:20:33] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Its a necessity at this point.
[11.01.2020 22:21:28] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: More about its trade.
[11.01.2020 22:21:35] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: You don't like cardamine being traded around
[11.01.2020 22:22:16] *MR|LHS-Napoli: More about regulation.
[11.01.2020 22:22:24] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Making sure that money all goes to a certain place, y'know?
[11.01.2020 22:23:11] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: So you do not mind us if we transport large quantities into Liberty
[11.01.2020 22:23:15] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: or Bretonia
[11.01.2020 22:23:27] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: We make lots of money through this trade, you see. It is a bit vital to our.. interests.
[11.01.2020 22:23:55] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Definitely. It's more of a 'You'll get it from us, or noone' sort of deal. At least I think that's what the higher-ups want.
[11.01.2020 22:24:17] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Then the money goes to further the Maltese nation as a whole.
[11.01.2020 22:24:40] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: So it is illegal if I send Nena to get some cardamine from Malta?
[11.01.2020 22:24:43] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: right now
[11.01.2020 22:24:53] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Depends who you ask, ese.
[11.01.2020 22:24:56] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: I've done that a fair bit. I'm curious myself, now.
[11.01.2020 22:24:58] *MR|LHS-Napoli: I'd say no.
[11.01.2020 22:25:06] *MR|LHS-Napoli: But one of those navy folk, eesh.
[11.01.2020 22:25:10] *MR|LHS-Napoli: They get all uppity about it.
[11.01.2020 22:26:05] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: So I have downloaded your so-called "Codex of Law"
[11.01.2020 22:26:19] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: It seems that Counterfeit Software is outlawed by the *MR ?
[11.01.2020 22:26:36] *MR|LHS-Napoli: I wouldn't even know what that is, ese.
[11.01.2020 22:26:39] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: That is our main export to Malta, you see.
[11.01.2020 22:27:34] *MR|LHS-Napoli: I see.
[11.01.2020 22:27:40] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: And what is this..
[11.01.2020 22:27:55] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Slaves are banned too?
[11.01.2020 22:28:05] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Big on slaves, are ya?
[11.01.2020 22:28:15] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: I thought the Maltese really needed the labor your partners from Liberty provided them...
[11.01.2020 22:29:16] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Not really a fan myself. Always seemed a bit archaic, y'know?
[11.01.2020 22:29:36] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Yes, of course.
[11.01.2020 22:30:01] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: I am also surprised. I see at least two passages with allowances to the vile Hellfire Legion. The ones who betrayed us and
[11.01.2020 22:30:15] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: caused us so much pain. Does the *MR have agreements with these people?
[11.01.2020 22:30:27] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Depends what you'd consider an agreement.
[11.01.2020 22:30:47] *MR|LHS-Napoli: We have passage through their space.
[11.01.2020 22:31:02] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Sort of ends there...They don't talk much.
[11.01.2020 22:31:22] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: The enemies section in your codex is even more concerning.
[11.01.2020 22:31:34] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Its nice to know you have all of this information to hand.
[11.01.2020 22:31:39] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: I see that the Kusari is crossed out, perhaps you reached a peace deal with them...
[11.01.2020 22:31:43] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: and not even Corsairs are there
[11.01.2020 22:32:02] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Ooh, boy. The Corsairs definitely don't like me.
[11.01.2020 22:32:20] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Yet they are not defined as "Criminals of the State"
[11.01.2020 22:32:22] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Weird.
[11.01.2020 22:32:35] *MR|LHS-Napoli: More of an Empire at this point, aren't they?
[11.01.2020 22:33:16] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: It doesn't matter.
[11.01.2020 22:33:39] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: What matters is that the Consul was right. There is something really wrong going on with your people.
[11.01.2020 22:34:09] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Do you prefer gold or credits?
[11.01.2020 22:34:09] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Which people?
[11.01.2020 22:34:23] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: I'll take the gold.
[11.01.2020 22:34:25] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: The *MR people.
[11.01.2020 22:35:21] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Y'know, ese. Live with generations of drug addiction and being essentially held hostage by the Dons, what do you expect?
[11.01.2020 22:35:37] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Are you referring to the Lane Hackers?
[11.01.2020 22:35:57] *MR|LHS-Napoli: No? The Dons of Malta.
[11.01.2020 22:36:14] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: So you refer to cardamine as a drug? This is House propaganda.
[11.01.2020 22:36:32] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: It is an intellectual enhancer, and most importantly natural product.
[11.01.2020 22:36:39] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Not lab-made like Cryer's pills.
[11.01.2020 22:36:48] *MR|LHS-Napoli: You don't wanna see what happens when I go without Cardamine for too long.
[11.01.2020 22:37:07] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: I wouldn't want to see what happens when you go out of oxygen as well.
[11.01.2020 22:37:13] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: But you wouldn't oxygen a drug, would you?
[11.01.2020 22:37:24] *MR|LHS-Napoli: One in the same, as far as i'm compared.
[11.01.2020 22:37:25] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: wouldn't call*
[11.01.2020 22:37:34] *MR|LHS-Napoli: //concerned*
[11.01.2020 22:37:34] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Very well then.
[11.01.2020 22:37:52] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Is there a reason why *MR has never bothered to make contact with us
[11.01.2020 22:38:06] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Can't really speak for the higher ups, y'know. I'm just a hauler.
[11.01.2020 22:38:11] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: yet you have contacted and made agreements with your Hellfire Legion enemies?
[11.01.2020 22:38:18] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Oh I see.
[11.01.2020 22:38:27] *MR|LHS-Napoli: I just go where I'm told I can go.
[11.01.2020 22:39:25] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: So Alana you do realize we are not happy, this is not proper conduct by a Maltese organization.
[11.01.2020 22:39:40] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Y'need to be talking to my bosses, then, ese.
[11.01.2020 22:39:43] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: I would like you to take a message to your superiors, can you do that?
[11.01.2020 22:39:56] *MR|LHS-Napoli: I'm sure I can manage that.
[11.01.2020 22:40:39] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Alright Nena, would you like to give Alana the message?
[11.01.2020 22:40:51] *MR|LHS-Napoli: I see where this is going.
[11.01.2020 22:40:53] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: I'll make it a clear one.
[11.01.2020 22:41:18] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: As you can see where it's going, I'll not waste my time with the semantics.
[11.01.2020 22:42:10] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: Drop that gold. We'll control your flow of goods, just like you think your superiors think they can do the same with-
[11.01.2020 22:42:13] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: Cardamine.
[11.01.2020 22:42:16] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: The rest, you can keep.
[11.01.2020 22:42:32] *MR|LHS-Napoli: You want all of it? Ain't gonna fit in that little ship of yours, ese.
[11.01.2020 22:42:47] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: I'd recommend you listen.
[11.01.2020 22:42:52] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: What doesn't fit, you'll get to keep.
[11.01.2020 22:43:06] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Aite, aite. Lemme just get the bay doors open.
[11.01.2020 22:43:10] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Yeesh.
[11.01.2020 22:43:32] *MR|LHS-Napoli: There ya go, ese.
[11.01.2020 22:43:40] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: Alright.
[11.01.2020 22:43:46] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: That's our control done, then.
[11.01.2020 22:44:11] *MR|LHS-Napoli: I'll be on my way, then?
[11.01.2020 22:44:14] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: I hope the message will be conveyed to the right ears.
[11.01.2020 22:44:21] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Have a good day, sir.
[11.01.2020 22:44:26] *MR|LHS-Napoli: Si, si. I'll pass on the message.
[11.01.2020 22:44:38] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: Have a safe trip.
[11.01.2020 22:44:39] LH~Insidious.Suppressor: Nena, take point.
A full freighter's hold of Gold was taken from the Renegade ship. After that, we moved on to different destinations - Yoshida to drop off the ship elsewhere, and I headed to New York to sell off the cargo. En-route we encountered Navy ships, who took chase after spotting us, and followed us all the way to New York.
It was a relatively long chase that took across most of New York, but a few Lane Hacker allies (Raphael Drake, Professor Yoshida, Exploit, Elektra King and Birdie) managed to intercept them and give me the space to rush into the Badlands to Buffalo and get the cargo sold. I've went to rejoin my colleagues, who were already in a fight.
The fight was even and there were losses on both sides, so I moved into finish off the last Navy target that survived - it seemed to be their best pilot, and I was in an unarmoured freighter, but I've managed to take him down.
To report a different subject, during my quiet hours and freighter runs to Malta, I've amassed quite a few captured pilots that got in the way. I've passed a lot of these to the Mactan interrogation vessel.
[31.12.2019 13:57:54] Kage,Tenshi: I will dock, and go meet the interrogator pilot at the bar
[31.12.2019 13:58:01] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: That's great, thank you.
[31.12.2019 13:58:02] Kage,Tenshi: I'll tell him to launch for you
[31.12.2019 13:58:09] 2019-12-31 13:58:10 SMT Traffic control alert: Kage,Tenshi has requested to dock
[31.12.2019 13:59:36] LH~Mactan.Interrogator: Interrogator here, good to see you Miss Nena
[31.12.2019 13:59:45] LH~Mactan.Interrogator: I was told you have pilots to deliver to me
[31.12.2019 13:59:50] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: Hey. I've some pilots, indeed.
[31.12.2019 13:59:59] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: Initiating transfer protocols.
[31.12.2019 14:00:05] LH~Mactan.Interrogator: Roger that
[31.12.2019 14:00:35] LH~Mactan.Interrogator: Thank you for your, contribution... to the faction. Miss Nena
[31.12.2019 14:00:51] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: All part of the job, no thanks needed.
[31.12.2019 14:01:06] LH~Mactan.Interrogator: I'll inform Miss Tenshi that the pilots have been delivered
[31.12.2019 14:01:11] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: Wonderful. Thank you.
[31.12.2019 14:01:12] LH~Mactan.Interrogator: She will be right with you
[31.12.2019 14:01:16] LH~Mactan.Interrogator: Good flying, pilot
[31.12.2019 14:01:22] LH~Nena.Bismaquer: Have a great day.
[31.12.2019 14:01:24] 2019-12-31 14:01:25 SMT Traffic control alert: LH~Mactan.Interrogator has requested to dock
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find the amount of pilots I've actually transferred - I'm certain it was 80 or 90, the Interrogator can confirm.
I'd like to have this contribute towards Determination, Relentlessness, and perhaps even Humiliation. This should be enough to earn the next rank up.