PRIORITY:Medium ENCRYPTION:High, RFP-O7K coding IDENTIFICATION:Polizeidirektorin Laura Carsten SOURCE:RFP Direktorium Büros, Brandenburg Base SUBJECT:Patrol report 10/2/825
Patrol Report
Initial Comment This was my first regular patrol this year, I decided to take even double shift because coincidentally all my scheduled meetings were cancelled that day. It ended up quite eventful.
Patrol Summary
Event #1:Ship Leviathan (Pilgrim Liner, caught near Battleship Strausberg heading from Dresden with 4000 cargo units of xeno relics onboard. Shortly after the crew jettisoned the cargo and destroyed and tried to claim they never had it onboard. Despite I repeatedly told him everything is recorded, captain refused to pay a fine and chose to let the ship be detained and crew arrested. But shortly after I started escorting ship to Vierlande Prison, captain near planet New Berlin changed his mind and rather paid.
[10.02.2018 14:58:19] Leviathan[$15] exited tradelane at New Berlin D-6
[10.02.2018 14:58:20] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: This is Rheinland Police, stop your engines captain.
[10.02.2018 14:59:01] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Looks like there is illegal cargo onboard of your ship.
[10.02.2018 14:59:25] Leviathan: What cargo?
[10.02.2018 14:59:46] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Those 4000 cargo units of Xeno Relics you just destroyed.
[10.02.2018 15:00:07] Leviathan: That's quite an accusation there cap
[10.02.2018 15:00:25] Leviathan: Is this a shakedown?
[10.02.2018 15:00:48] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: I have quite nice cargo scans, attemts to deny it are useless.
[10.02.2018 15:01:12] Leviathan: If you say so m'lady
[10.02.2018 15:01:32] Leviathan: I'm not so sure you do
[10.02.2018 15:01:54] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: That is your problem, because I am the police officer hier, not you.
[10.02.2018 15:02:06] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Now you will pay fine of 4 million credits for transporting contraband.
[10.02.2018 15:02:15] Leviathan: To your personal account no less?
[10.02.2018 15:02:29] Leviathan: This sure does feel alot like a shakedown
[10.02.2018 15:02:46] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: What are you talking about?
[10.02.2018 15:02:59] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Is this your first time when caught with contraband or what?
[10.02.2018 15:03:11] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: This is quite standard procedure.
[10.02.2018 15:03:17] Leviathan: Nope, but thing is I haven't been caught
[10.02.2018 15:03:23] Leviathan: There's your problem right there
[10.02.2018 15:03:32] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Well, this is your first time then.
[10.02.2018 15:03:40] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: My pleasure.
[10.02.2018 15:03:41] Leviathan: Well i didn't say that...
[10.02.2018 15:03:56] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Look, let me explain how it works:
[10.02.2018 15:04:35] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Either you pay a fine and continue on your way, or your ship is going to be detained and you arrested with possible further consequencies.
[10.02.2018 15:05:13] Leviathan: Well then take me sarge, we can go over it down at the precinct
[10.02.2018 15:05:52] Leviathan: I'm sure your lieutenant would love to discuss how you're having trouble shaking down an independent trader
[10.02.2018 15:06:06] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Just so you know, I am recording this whole encounter from the beggining, so if you think you lawyer around it, I can assure you can not.
[10.02.2018 15:06:25] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Oh, you dont know polizei ranks it seems.
[10.02.2018 15:06:33] Leviathan: Hell my lawyer's my co-pilot, say hi Barnes
[10.02.2018 15:06:37] Leviathan: Barnes: Heyo
[10.02.2018 15:07:00] Leviathan: Barnes: Yeah, we're pretty much in the clear here
[10.02.2018 15:07:22] Leviathan: Thank you Bares
[10.02.2018 15:07:26] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: I am second highest rank of the polizei. Not any common wachmann. So no, I dont think any "lieutenant" will have discussion
[10.02.2018 15:07:38] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: with me. Because that is actually my job to do usually.
[10.02.2018 15:07:54] Leviathan: The second highest rank of the Rheinland Federal Police is on the beat looking for pirates?
[10.02.2018 15:08:06] Leviathan: That right there is an organisational structural fault cap
[10.02.2018 15:08:15] Leviathan: Who pushes the pencils?
[10.02.2018 15:08:27] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Nein, it is not. I just hate those higher-ups who lose touch with regular duty.
[10.02.2018 15:08:36] Leviathan: You mean your boss
[10.02.2018 15:08:41] Leviathan: The one guy at the top
[10.02.2018 15:08:42] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: So I decided to not be one of those.
[10.02.2018 15:08:58] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: He flies too actually. We share this view.
[10.02.2018 15:09:34] Leviathan: I wonder how the other cops get paid when you and general zod are flying around taking collars
[10.02.2018 15:09:58] Leviathan: Look unless i'm under arrest here we're gonna carry on to Baden Baden for some R&R
[10.02.2018 15:09:58] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: This is not a question of money.
[10.02.2018 15:10:31] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Nice, smuggling convoy.
[10.02.2018 15:10:46] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Anyway, like I said, if you dont pay fine, you are under arrest.
[10.02.2018 15:11:03] Leviathan: Ok then, throw me in the slamma like MC hammer cap7
[10.02.2018 15:11:18] Leviathan: I'm squeaky clean
[10.02.2018 15:11:36] Leviathan: Bail's pretty cheap when your innocent i've heard
[10.02.2018 15:12:12] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: You are not innocent. Anyway, if you want it this way, Vierlande prison is going to be your next stop.
[10.02.2018 15:12:29] Leviathan: Well alrigtht hen
[10.02.2018 15:12:53] Leviathan: So shal i fly myself to prison then? or?
[10.02.2018 15:13:14] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: I will escort you there.
[10.02.2018 15:13:26] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Follow the lane to planet New Berlin, but do not take it.
[10.02.2018 15:13:41] Leviathan: Urgh
[10.02.2018 15:14:40] Leviathan: Yano for rheinland this isn't very efficient
[10.02.2018 15:15:04] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: What is your problem now?
[10.02.2018 15:15:25] Leviathan: Umm, lets see
[10.02.2018 15:16:10] Leviathan: False arrest, harrassment and what i suspect will be police brutality if i don't fall in line
[10.02.2018 15:16:19] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: *laughs*
[10.02.2018 15:16:30] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: You are funny guy, captain.
[10.02.2018 15:16:44] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Anyway, at the planet, take turn and fly along lane to Dortmund.
[10.02.2018 15:16:51] Leviathan: Urgh
[10.02.2018 15:17:02] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Remember, you chose this solution.
[10.02.2018 15:17:19] Leviathan: Well the only other one was extortion
[10.02.2018 15:17:24] Leviathan: Or death
[10.02.2018 15:17:33] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Fine for your crime was the other option.
[10.02.2018 15:17:36] Leviathan: So i'll play along with the beureaucracy
[10.02.2018 15:18:04] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: I really wonder what you plant to achieve hier. I have scans of your cargo clear as blue sky.
[10.02.2018 15:18:10] You have received 5.000.000 credits from Leviathan
Event #2:During the talk with captain of the Leviathan, two more smugglers in Annapurna mining ships flew around, but I was unable to catch them as I decided to stay with the biggest culprit. I assume it was coincidence, if they would be part of smuggling convoy, I am sure crew of the Leviathan would warn them to avoid the area. First ship named Blonde (IMG ID) had 565 cu of xeno relics onboard, second one named Repteloed had 570 units of the same contraband.
Event #3:This was particularly crazy one. I spotted ship Lord_Aldridge (Shetland Bretonian Train, Border World Exports ID and IFF) at planet New Berlin carrying 4950 diplomats and thus breaking the law by transporting passengers in unfitting ship. Captain ignored my order to stop at first, so I had to use cruise disruptor and he finally stopped at Mannheim Station. He said he is heading from planet New London and Cambridge to Kusari for some "secret convention" and tried to convince me to let him go by claiming that these people with diplomatic IDs are hunted by some terrorists so they can not travel by liner. It seemed to be only excuse so I ordered him to pay a fine according to law, sum of 2 475 000 credits. Captain reacted by offering to pay only 1 423 750 credits with explanation that the "other half" will be paid when the ship arrives to its destination. I refused that and at that moment captain somehow lost his sanity and went totally crazy. He replied that he do not care about his passengers anymore and he "prefer being terminated" and that there is no reason to stay alive when "income is eaten by taxes". Just for mere 2,5 million credits fine when he was flying a ship worth of at least 100 million. All my attempt to talk some sense into him failed unfortunately, even my offer to let him dock on Mannheim and unload the diplomats there feel on deaf ears. Crying "muahahahaha", captain directed his ship right to the atmosphere of Planet Heidelberg. After that I tried to tractor as many escape pods as possible and called emergency rescue unit to the site.
[10.02.2018 15:25:07] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: This is Rheinland police, Bowex stop your ship.
[10.02.2018 15:25:40] 2018-02-10 14:25:43 SMT Lord_Aldridge's docking rights have been removed by RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten for minimum 120 seconds
[10.02.2018 15:25:45] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten[$21] exited tradelane at New Berlin G-4
[10.02.2018 15:25:52] Lord_Aldridge[$9] exited jumpgate at Frankfurt B-6
[10.02.2018 15:26:04] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten[$21] exited jumpgate at Frankfurt B-6
[10.02.2018 15:26:07] Lord_Aldridge[$9] entered tradelane at Frankfurt B-6
[10.02.2018 15:26:17] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten[$21] entered tradelane at Frankfurt B-6
[10.02.2018 15:26:30] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Captain of ship Lord_Aldridge, stop your engines!
[10.02.2018 15:26:38] Lord_Aldridge[$9] exited tradelane at Frankfurt D-6
[10.02.2018 15:26:43] OK Removal of docking rights reset to 120 seconds
[10.02.2018 15:26:49] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten[$21] exited tradelane at Frankfurt D-6
[10.02.2018 15:27:00] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Stop now!
[10.02.2018 15:27:01] Lord_Aldridge: okok
[10.02.2018 15:27:12] Lord_Aldridge: we stopped
[10.02.2018 15:27:18] Lord_Aldridge: what can we do for you sir?
[10.02.2018 15:27:21] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: When police tell you to stop, you stop!
[10.02.2018 15:27:34] Lord_Aldridge: We are sorry.
[10.02.2018 15:27:47] Lord_Aldridge: The diplomats wanted to go on faster...
[10.02.2018 15:27:58] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Anyway, you are transporting human passengers in the cargo ship. That is not allowed by Rheinland laws.
[10.02.2018 15:28:11] Lord_Aldridge: Oh sry.
[10.02.2018 15:28:28] Lord_Aldridge: We didnt know about Rheinland Law
[10.02.2018 15:28:32] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: It can be done only by liners and ships up to 3000 cargo units of size.
[10.02.2018 15:29:01] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Where are you taking these people?
[10.02.2018 15:29:05] Lord_Aldridge: There is no way you can let my passagiers go on?
[10.02.2018 15:29:36] Lord_Aldridge: The reason for hiding them in a transport is that there are some VIP diplomats on board.
[10.02.2018 15:29:54] Lord_Aldridge: Some are hunted by terrorists.
[10.02.2018 15:30:12] Lord_Aldridge: It would have been too obvious to travel in liners.
[10.02.2018 15:30:13] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: That sounds quite unlikely. Anyway, I asked where are you taking these people.
[10.02.2018 15:30:24] Lord_Aldridge: Kusari.
[10.02.2018 15:30:36] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Where did you load them?
[10.02.2018 15:30:46] Lord_Aldridge: Bretonia. New London.
[10.02.2018 15:30:58] Lord_Aldridge: And some in cambridge
[10.02.2018 15:31:19] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Well, seems that they will have to find some legal means of transportation then.
[10.02.2018 15:31:30] Lord_Aldridge: their task is to meet in a secret convention diplomats of kusari
[10.02.2018 15:31:50] Lord_Aldridge: we got already taxed that way
[10.02.2018 15:31:59] Lord_Aldridge: sry we are nearly out of any funds
[10.02.2018 15:32:13] Lord_Aldridge: how we may solve the problem?
[10.02.2018 15:32:45] Lord_Aldridge: we have no chance to stand your weapons.
[10.02.2018 15:32:53] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Solution is following: first, you pay fine of 2 475 000 credits as Rheinland laws say for transporting passengers in unfitting ship.
[10.02.2018 15:32:54] Lord_Aldridge: neither escaping by any other way
[10.02.2018 15:34:23] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: I said 2 475 000 credits is the fine.
[10.02.2018 15:34:40] Lord_Aldridge: the other half when we arrived target
[10.02.2018 15:35:06] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: This is not a negotiation, captain. Do as I say or your ship will be detained and you may be arrested.
[10.02.2018 15:35:58] Lord_Aldridge: never mind, diplomats issues are not my issues. i prefer being terminated.
[10.02.2018 15:36:09] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: What?!
[10.02.2018 15:36:21] Lord_Aldridge: do what you need to do
[10.02.2018 15:36:40] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: You are going to endanger 5000 people just for 2,5 million credits?! You can not be serious with this.
[10.02.2018 15:37:15] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Nein, move your way, there is police action in progress.
[10.02.2018 15:37:29] Lord_Aldridge: there is no issue to stay alive when ur income is eaten by taxes
[10.02.2018 15:37:54] Lord_Aldridge: at the moment im thinking for my next beer
[10.02.2018 15:38:01] Lord_Aldridge: if its in prison or not
[10.02.2018 15:38:23] Lord_Aldridge: my offer still stands
[10.02.2018 15:38:39] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Are you really that...crazy? I am quite sure that your profits can cover 2,5 million credits. You are just greedy as hell!
[10.02.2018 15:39:00] Lord_Aldridge: yeah, thats a good argument.
[10.02.2018 15:39:14] Lord_Aldridge: in bretonia they call me crazy dude
[10.02.2018 15:39:24] Lord_Aldridge: sometimes drunken dude
[10.02.2018 15:39:36] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: And this is exactly reason why people like you are not supposed to take passengers...
[10.02.2018 15:39:44] Lord_Aldridge: you are right
[10.02.2018 15:40:00] Lord_Aldridge: but they promised a good income
[10.02.2018 15:40:35] Lord_Aldridge: after the happenings on our way i came across that this income doesnt will exist anymore in target place.
[10.02.2018 15:40:52] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: You do realize that in the meantime you could have been making money again if you would just cooperate? This would have been over already.
[10.02.2018 15:41:30] Lord_Aldridge: yeah and the next 20 people will have followed in this cascade of tax situations on that way
[10.02.2018 15:41:56] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: It is not my fault you did not read laws of the house you fly through.
[10.02.2018 15:42:06] Lord_Aldridge: no point to move on more far, just destroy the ship... the diplomats will find other ways they wont die...
[10.02.2018 15:42:21] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Some of them might die, what the hell you think?
[10.02.2018 15:42:35] Lord_Aldridge: well im really tired of reading all different laws
[10.02.2018 15:42:48] Lord_Aldridge: you want me to jettison them?
[10.02.2018 15:42:52] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: Do not work as a trader then, or stick to checked cargo.
[10.02.2018 15:43:32] Lord_Aldridge: i cant listen to that any longer
[10.02.2018 15:43:32] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: No. Dock on the station and unload them there.
[10.02.2018 15:43:37] Lord_Aldridge: my ears are bleeding
[10.02.2018 15:43:41] Lord_Aldridge: muahahahaha
[10.02.2018 15:43:53] RFP|Pdt.Laura.Carsten: *sighs*
[10.02.2018 15:43:56] Death: Lord_Aldridge suffered a self-inflicted catastrophic decompression.
Event #4:I spotted possible unlicensed hauler of military vehicles running flying towards Bretonia. After I rushed after him, I finally caught him at the jumpgate to Omega-3. Ship was Mammoth class transport named DavidLL with weird identification configuration (Liberty Police ID, Liberty Navy IFF) and 429 cargo units of the vehicles. To my surprise, he obeyed order to stop and cooperated. After I informed him about his misdemeanour, unlicensed cargo was destroyed on site and fine of 214 500 credits was paid, despite the payment required several attempts because he seemed to be quite new to use payment interface and had problem to set correct sum. I also told him that ships of LPI are not allowed to enter Rheinland space without permission so he is required to either obtain it or change his affiliation.
Event #5:Approximately hour later, I spotted another possible unlicensed hauler of military vehicles and stopped him at the Frankfurt gate in New Berlin system. Ship named Donald_Chambers was Freelancer IFFed Heron class transport with 592 cargo units onboard. Captain first claimed that the transport is made only from planet Nuremberg to planet New Berlin and thus no license is required. After I told him that is not correct, he said he is doing this for four months. Hard to tell if he was that lucky so no patrol caught him, or it was a lie. After I explained him where the current version of laws can be found, he jettisoned the unlicensed cargo and destroyed it, then paid a fine of 296 000 credits.
Event #6:The eventful patrol continued when a vigilant captain of the trading ship Aiko.Sakahashi informed me that he ran into a modular base placed in the Munich mining field and thus had suspicion it is not legal. I checked it on site and confirmed, it was another illegal base in the field and again I was not allowed to dock. I notified the administration about only possible solution - eviction and deconstruction, what happened under my supervision eight hours later.
Event #7:Another case of unlicensed transportation of restricted cargo. This time it was Daumann affiliated Colossus named Weltschmerz with blue jillies, which I noticed on TLAGSNET moving towards Liberty and was able to catch at the planet Hamburg. It had 4935 cargo units of the restricted flowers in the cargo hold and as usually in similar cases, captain claimed he did not know about the need for license. Captain cooperated, jettisoned the cargo and paid fine of 2 467 500 credits.
Event #8:Later that evening I intercepted near Dortmunt Station another case of transporting passengers in an unfitting cargo ship. The Ryuujin class train affiliated to Samura named Ticari.Devam.Et was moving 4945 socialites. Captain said that the destination is planet Baden Baden "for big party". He cooperated, paid the fine of 2 472 500 credits and obeyed my order to unload the passengers on the planet New Berlin.
Closing Comment During preparation of the patrol report, I found out that I overlooked that captain of the ship Leviathan paid one million credits more than the fine was. Overpayment was sent to his account additionally. Collected fines in total sum of 11 925 500 credits was forwarded to the Arsenal.