ID: Irina Kuzmivna Location: Freeport 8, Sigma-15 Subject: Information Confirmation. Encryption Secure
"To a representative of the KNF, I recieved some unconfirmed rumours from a unknown source that shall remain anoyamous. I need to confirm or deny this, perhaps a comment from you. I decided not to print just yet out of respect for you and well, I would not be a good journalist if I didn't research everything."
[13.04.2020 21:11:29] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: *Irina turns on a recorder* You are now on the...record.
[13.04.2020 21:11:37] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: I'm Irina Kuzmiva, Zoner Independent News.
[13.04.2020 21:12:00] Person A: *winks out of the cockit* Konbanwa!
[13.04.2020 21:12:12] Person A: Hai, so what I was about to tell you.
[13.04.2020 21:12:31] Person A: Viewer discretion is advised, first and foremost. It's not a pleasant story!
[13.04.2020 21:12:36] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Of course.
[13.04.2020 21:12:55] Person A: As you are most certainly aware, the Rheinland Government has recently...well, it has collapsed.
[13.04.2020 21:13:09] Person A: Much to our suprise back home, actually!
[13.04.2020 21:13:39] Person A: Who would have thought that after pushing so deep into our territory, their greatest defeat would happen so close to their
[13.04.2020 21:13:40] Person A: capital.
[13.04.2020 21:13:54] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Mhmm, mhmm
[13.04.2020 21:14:23] Person A: Due to this, part of the Kusarian politicians may or may not be considering to claim Sigma-21 once again.
[13.04.2020 21:14:37] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Hmmm...
[13.04.2020 21:14:49] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: And how do you know this information?
[13.04.2020 21:15:04] Person A: Hai, hai.. I knew you would ask!
[13.04.2020 21:15:12] Person A: Of course, there's always rumors, leaks.. and the likes.
[13.04.2020 21:15:26] Person A: But isn't my presence so close to the border more than enough confirmation?
[13.04.2020 21:16:27] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Hrm.
[13.04.2020 21:16:32] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Well, it's a little thin.
[13.04.2020 21:16:35] Person A: There's always been operations in the Sigmas, but I've come from right over there. *Points at the Frankfurt-Sigma-15 connection
[13.04.2020 21:16:40] Person A: Hai hai, but there's more.
[13.04.2020 21:16:59] Person B: I've seen agents of the Tokkeitai in the Eastern Omicrons so that doesn't mean much, but please continue.
[13.04.2020 21:17:30] Person A: Naturally, you might have seen us elsewhere too. It's best to keep an eye on your surroundings, after all.
[13.04.2020 21:17:35] Person A: Anyway, let's not strive off.
[13.04.2020 21:17:55] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Yes yes, go on.
[13.04.2020 21:18:00] Person A: Do you remember the Gas Miner Guild attack onthe base in Frankfurt not so long ago?
[13.04.2020 21:18:11] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Not, really but I can check on it.
[13.04.2020 21:18:33] Person A: The Guild has been receiving fundings from the Kusari Government. It us unclear for what, though.
[13.04.2020 21:18:49] Person A: I really shouldn't tell you any of this, I might lose my job.
[13.04.2020 21:18:55] Person A: Please censor me out if you can.
[13.04.2020 21:19:08] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Hrm...very well
[13.04.2020 21:19:21] Person A: Anyway.. the Guild! Hai.
[13.04.2020 21:19:49] Person A: Isn't it strange how first, the Guild attacks a station in Frankfurt, which is followed by an open war between the two
[13.04.2020 21:19:57] Person A: houses shortly after?
[13.04.2020 21:20:22] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: I don't have a opinion.
[13.04.2020 21:20:42] Person A: If you ask me, it is! And it should come as no suprise that it has been known that the Rheinland Government has always had
[13.04.2020 21:20:54] Person A: a few ... difficult people. These Imperalists, or what they call themselves now.
[13.04.2020 21:21:02] Person A: Naturally, even back home we were aware.
[13.04.2020 21:21:28] Person A: And now all of a sudden I'm being ordered to fly around in Rheinland, being ordered to intercept these Imperials.
[13.04.2020 21:21:44] Person A: These events following up on each other so quickly does make me suspicious, personally!
[13.04.2020 21:21:58] Person C: Certainly makes for a good story.
[13.04.2020 21:22:06] Person A: But that's not even all.
[13.04.2020 21:22:12] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: I'll have to confirm it.
[13.04.2020 21:22:30] Person A: I've been specifically asked not to intercept vessels with Federalist transponders.
[13.04.2020 21:22:56] Person A: Make of all of this what you will, but I think there is a connection.
[13.04.2020 21:23:03] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: Hrm...
[13.04.2020 21:23:12] ZIN|Irina.Kuzmivna: I'll have to confirm it before printing.
Sender ID: Officer Yamada Kei, Matsue Command Center
Receiver ID: Irina Kuzmivna
Subject: Information Inquiry
Encryption: Helvetica Standard
Konnichiwa, this is Officer Yamada, from Matuse Command, I have been designated the spokesperson on behalf of the Kusari Naval Forces to reply to your inquiry.
Regarding the situation in Rheinland, the office of The Imperial Shogunate did raise the alert level of KNF and KPT units in the Honshu and near sigma sectors. There are naturally concerns of violence spilling out to systems near Kusari borders, namely sigma-13 and 21, already under great danger due to the still present state of war between the Gas Miners Guild and the House of Rheinland.
So far, the situation has been stable, and 1st Fleet Command in charge of operations in the Honshu system and borders has reported zero incidents with the Rheinland Navy, and pirate activity has not diverged much from what has been recorded in peacetime conditions.
Due to Tokkeitai functions as internal affairs military police within the KNF, we can claim with assurance that the statement of said agents operating in "Eastern Omicrons", a designation unknown to us, is false. The lack of any KNF units in operations in the Omicrons invalidate the deployment of Tokkeitai in such areas.
I will not extend myself upon the comments regarding the war with Rheinland, for which there is plenty of public information available to acquire a well formulated picture. At this moment, peace with Rheinland is enshrined in a treaty signed by both Houses last summer. We can inform you that Federal Republic of Rheinland diplomats indicated to our government diplomatic channels that they were in the final stages of negotiating peace with the Guild as well, and that they would inform our government and the public when the time was opportune. If such efforts will prevail or if the civil war will irredeemably disrupt that, is not a verifiable fact for the KNF at this point in time.
I'm afraid I cannot comment on the anonymous person activities in Frankfurt or Rheinland space, nor his or her relations or business with or against the Rheinland Government or Military.
That concludes my message regarding the contents of that transmission, in regards to the Kusari Naval Forces. Should you have any more questions or inquiries for the purpose of journalism, my channel remains open to provide answers based on the disclosed information that is available to the public.
With regards,
Commander Yamada Kei, Kusari Naval Forces