It has been some time since I last reported in, my flying time has been somewhat reduced recently.
I had been hearing rumours for some time about a wreck in the Oita system, which may possibly contain valuable weaponry, vital for Lane Hacker R&D efforts. I ventured to the Illinois sector, where I was assaulted by more Liberator fighters than I could count. After dispensing enough countermeasures to fool any sensors for kilometers, I managed to make it to Cruise speed, and safely passed through the Oita jump hole.
Upon entering the system, I searched long and hard for the wreck. Eventually, i found it in the orbit of an unknown planet. A quick burst of fire from my Hellflurries loosened the weapons from the wreck of the fighter, and I successfully recovered a codename ARCHANGEL weapon. It was brought back to America base and submitted to the Lane Hackers R&D Vessel. ARCHANGEL
After moving back to Mactan, I switched to my Scimitar, and proceeded to go on our assigned recon mission. Nomad technology is infiltrating Liberty, and my assignment was to see how bad the situation has gone.
Naturally, the best place to start would be the weapon merchants. All sorts of vessels make use of these weapon dealers, from Civilians to Military. If the weapon dealers were carrying Nomad tech, surely it wouldn't be long before it was everywhere in Liberty.
The first target - [Wellington]Weaponry, a Bretonian Royal Cruise Liner, bearing a BMM IFF and trader ID. It was found in orbit of Houston, a scant 200m away from the Battleship Mississipi. Wellington Wellington Wellington
As you can see, the vessel not only contained a Nomad Power Cell, but multiple Nomad weapons.
The Wellington taunted me as I was leaving, evidently believing that I was attempting to attack it, however I quickly explained that my mission had been a complete success.
Not being content with merely finding one instance of Nomad technology in Liberty, I proceeded to Manhattan, where my sources indicated that there was another weapons dealer in orbit.
[Arms_Dealer]JaGuAr, another Bretonian Royal Cruise Liner, with no IFF and a Trader ID. It was found in orbit of Newark station. Jaguar Jaguar Jaguar
As clearly shown, yet another instance of vast amounts of Nomad technology in Liberty. This vessel was carrying enough Nomad Energy Cannons to start a small war!
Clearly, Nomad technology is becoming a problem in Liberty. I'm somewhat surprised that we aren't already encountering police and naval vessels with Nomad weaponry.