wh... the he... !!! i h...e these cry...d code ma...nes
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<highly heavy loud noise>
copy !!! copy !!! ahh !!! that's better ... This is Alban Richard calling from sigma 13 through securised frequency ... i have been asked by Dr karen to gather some funds from "friends" of us ... well ... i started the gathering and will proceed untill all the necessary funds are gathered. Though i am acting as a common trader, i can tell you that with this pirate activity around there it's not a bed of roses ... so to prevent to lose the cash that i'll convert in credit card to mistake the neural net as Dr Karen demanded i hope some of your kind might meet me to get it before pirate scan it.
in return i hope we'll have a deal for my little underground enterprise ... got a pretty good ship to smuggle some goods hiden in my boss's ... he'll never know and that's good enough ... riches untold make no arms aren't they ?
waiting for an answer ... though this channel seems secured enough i would prefer to meet a contact to some station's cantina ... i don't really trust machines or coms for this kind of business ... hey !!! don't be amazed ... it's some 5% of the funds demanded and a smuggling clearance around junker's station that it's about.
waiting contact soon
Alban over and out
*** lost transmission ***
*** location probability reads omega 15 : 45% , dresden system : 27% , new york system : 83%, sigma 13 : 11% .... ***
* from : Dr Karen Elderblow
* callsign : Soledad
* ship : .:j:. Senior Researcher - deep space laboratory - scavenged from Reinland Pirate Cruiser
* to : Speaker Vladimir Tinkerbell
* encryption : Classified - vieques shipyard
Object : Trader Alban Richard
Sir,
I received the copy of Alban Richard's message a few minutes ago.
Listening to this made me angry ... i assume that i add to propose some kind of a deal that would have to be discussed under your authority about smuggling clearance ... i assume too that i told him he might be rewarded with some cash as we usually do ... but never ... never have i proposed 5% of the total.
Now that i recall calm, it becomes obvious that this man is greedy enough to betray us one day. I know that he is not "in" but he might call attention on our activities and it could be a "wise" thing to keep an eye on him.
We are in need of him, of course, first because he has required skills when dealing with these mater and on second hand, because of "whale"'s injurance that keep him unable to perform this task for some time. But thought i am not found of assassinations, i hardly suggest to get rid of him as soon as his task is done or find a better way to use is valuable skills and information if you see what i mean ... of course you see ... he might be a good subject. But anyway we must put him to silence.
Remember one thing too ... when dealling with this buthead ... he is not stupid, be sure he'll hire some backup when he will give us the last credit ... so take care.
Fiver percent of total trade around Junker bases! You are loco my friend. I have some smuggler contacts as well so if money is the issue I can get them moving.
If pirate activity is a problem for our friend here perhaps we can supply an escort? What do you think Arbiter?
We are entering the final two preparatory phases for the mission.
Advance scouting indicates it should go as expected. Our control subject still is operating under strict compulsion with no sign of cracking--though today one of the home units broadcast a signal through its array when hostiles entered the system.
Our partner was able to isolate the pathways involved and terminated the transmission. There was no response from the hostile--though later, a hired freight captain told us of an exchange of communication with one of them.
In any event, the spurious broadcasts were taken care of previously and this new wrinkle--seemingly triggered by proximity and a lack of experience on our part--is now remedied too.
When these two phases are complete, only the final phase will remain. In the meanwhile, we continue raising capitol as quickly as we can.
On the final preparation, moving the nest and the three chicks no less...first, a Liberty cop actually eyeballs the nest!
The one time it leaves home (unavoidable--thank the great maker it's done). I don't know if he pulled off a medium range scan or not. Maybe even if he did, he assumed it was one of the rebuilt kits the Order has crafted. He fired a cruise disruptor but gave up following so it made it back to base. If that ship had been destroyed, generations of work would have gone down the drain.
So afterwards, one of the chicks is returning and who approaches it? A Keeper battleship and fighter. It was forced to return to Yaren and idle. It finally made it out.
The next chick comes out just in time for an Order pilot to spot it in Omicron Minor. It's pretty certain according to our pilot that he fired off a com to Order headquarters. Nothing to do now. we'll have to hold our breath and see what they guess.
The final chick was piloted by myself and I had a drunk Liberty Rogue fly right out of Beaumont (He didn't ask launching clearance dammit!) as I passed 1.5 kliks away. Then he shouts, "Squiddie!" and follows me all the way to Puerto Rico. Somehow they drunken sot had visited it before and they let him in.
I docked Arecibo and we launched the cover story. He seemed to buy it and departed thinking he hallucinated.
So it's on now. We have to hurry. Fortunately the Rogue attacks in Liberty today kept the authorities out. It's just a shame the luck went bad on it.
I will have to be sure the bases are a little more strict about who and what and when docks and launches. Darn private ownership!
Good to hear Chief. I am glad everything is still on schedule. Good to know that Liberty is still unable to patrol their own space effectively. And to think they are actualy thinking of starting something with Rheinland.
Dr. Elderblow Ratchet has procured the specimens you required. Send me a message on where to meet so that he can deliver them. He is safe with friends at the moment but he has to travel through some hostile space to get home.