V.I.P. Lounge, Deshima Station, Shikoku

[farmerman]

"The same as other payments," Takao Hiyashi said, "I'm sure you and your associates can sort that out. Oita is pretty out there, but I'm sure you'll find it."

With that Takao pulled out a small neuralnet uplink pad from his orange suit and punched in some numbers. A map of the area was uploaded to the Rheinlanders neuralnet account.

"My ship's callsign, Samura|-Takao.Hiyashi please," he said, "This one is off the books, hai?"

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Faction info links: Samura Heavy Industries : LWB : Watchers

[titanbot]

Armin stood tall and pondered. Holding a tablet, he was whispering something.

One million, two millions... right there. Fifty millions. Computer, send these credits to the following neural net account. 68#...



... for Herr Takao Hiyashi. Armin Schultz, closing transaction... aaand... done.

He turns towards the kusarian, and tells him:

Your account has been updated. You should find fifty millions in addition. Now, it's your turn, I'll be waiting for the full information on how to get there.

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[farmerman]

"Ah, good to hear," Takao Hiyashi said, checking his neuralnet account. "Now, to get there, and you didn't hear this from me, you need to head through a jumphole located past Planet Fuji in the New Tokyo system, around Sector G-6. There you will enter a very dangerous location, but in Sector EF-5, just through the vast cloud of radiation and Crow Nebula is the jumphole to the system you seek."

Takao paused and rubbed his chin. "And if you're not on good terms with the navy," he said, "You'll be needing a new ship. Good luck."

With that the Kusari man bowed and exited the room.

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Faction info links: Samura Heavy Industries : LWB : Watchers

[titanbot]

Armin pondered the kusarian's words and thought:

The risk is acceptable... the pictures and the coordinates are always good but... I'll need a guide. An escort of some kind, yes...

With a swift move towards the door, Armin said:

Mister Nagata... help me out.

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[Ironwatsas]

Mister Nagata stood, watching the lesser man Armin like a hawk. There were certainly plans in place should the Naval Forces not be... co-operative... as had been indicated by persons elsewhere.

"If you desire an escort it shall be made. We will have a ship available for your service. Once your ship is in Oita we shall make the arrangements necessary to get it out of the country. By whatever means." He paused, and adjusted his tie.

"That is to say, Admirals Nagata and Gitsune may not prove co-operative. But, as this is a Samura Corporate Venture and not one involving official Naval Forces property, they shall have little legal impetus to act on."

He then handed a small data-card to Armin, containing, among other things, the locations of a relevant bank account in the Bank of New Tokyo.

"I will ask you to deposit our 'payment', before I can commit to any further action. Once that is done we shall set things in motion."

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All that begins must end.