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Fleet Officer Maksim Przmesył reporting in from the Cruiser Phlegethon, FF107. Before I begin, I apologize for the lack of video feed - our systems suffered some heavy damage at the hands of a few Gallic pilots.
We began our patrol in Cortez, as we were stationed in the far orbit of Curacao. We received a call for help from Fireball, 49th Squadron, in Tau-23, but upon arriving to assist, found the situation had been handled. Fireball docked at Falkland, and we proceeded to locate and chase one Johnathan`LeStrange, a Gallic Junker who had been reported as a pirate several times previously. Though we lost track of him in the Kyushu Ohka Dust Field, we encountered a Kusari Exiles vessel by the callsign of ExMortis.Core. Logs of our encounter are provided below. I have my suspicions regarding it, but it is for command to decide what shall be done, not myself. Our return to Sabah thereafter was uneventful.
Signing off,
Maksim Przmesył Cruiser Phlegethon
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'FF107 Logs' Wrote:
[08.09.2012 21:45:21] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Greetings.
[08.09.2012 21:45:32] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: Greetings to you as well.
[08.09.2012 21:46:06] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: If you see the pilot Johnathan LeStrange, please dispose of him. He's a Gallic Junker, and a disreputable sort. [08.09.2012 21:46:29] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: We have no reason to engage him unless he attacks us first.
[08.09.2012 21:46:47] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: He is a pirate and cooperates with Gallic Lawfuls. [08.09.2012 21:47:43] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Then we shall convert his corpse into one of our crew. [08.09.2012 21:48:01] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: That's... wonderful.
[08.09.2012 21:48:10] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: How do you plan to do that, exactly? [08.09.2012 21:48:42] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: First, we kill him. Then one of our numbers injects him with our virus. In a matter of minutes, he will be one of us.
[08.09.2012 21:49:05] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: If his body is too mangled, be will become nutrients.
[08.09.2012 21:49:10] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: That sounds rather dangerous. [08.09.2012 21:49:30] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: For the victim.
[08.09.2012 21:49:48] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: We did lose some crew in a recent skirmish with a Naval Forces patrol.
[08.09.2012 21:49:58] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: What manner of lifeform are you that you engage in such... activities? [08.09.2012 21:50:04] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: We are the ExMortis.
[08.09.2012 21:50:50] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: And you are positive you're not merely under some variety of delusion? [08.09.2012 21:51:02] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Scan our ship. You will find no atmosphere or heat.
[08.09.2012 21:51:47] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: *a faint voice speaks in the background*
[08.09.2012 21:51:53] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: You aren't lying. [08.09.2012 21:52:26] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Indeed we aren't. [08.09.2012 21:52:49] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: As you're some form of sentient, non-human entity, what is your view on humanity, the entities known as The Nomads,
[08.09.2012 21:52:53] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: and the value of human life? [08.09.2012 21:53:04] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Well.
[08.09.2012 21:53:29] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Humans can be allies, enemies, or potential crew. Which category they fall under depends on their disposition.
[08.09.2012 21:53:39] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Enemies tend to become crew regardless.
[08.09.2012 21:54:17] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: We have heard very little about these 'Nomads'- what we do know is from the specimens that we have consumed.
[08.09.2012 21:54:43] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Human life is only as valuable as they make it.
[08.09.2012 21:55:37] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: What groups of humans have shown themselves to be friends or foes to you? [08.09.2012 21:55:59] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: As of yet, we have worked closely with the Hellfire Legion. They repaired our ship after a close fight.
[08.09.2012 21:56:21] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: We have currently extended olive branches to the LWB, Unioners and AGS.
[08.09.2012 21:57:13] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: Interesting. [08.09.2012 21:57:33] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: So far we have been attacked by Rogues and Mollies, so we count them as 'enemies'.
[08.09.2012 21:57:48] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: The Kusari Exiles don't much like us due to our ship.
[08.09.2012 21:58:19] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: How did you acquire your vessel, then? [08.09.2012 21:58:32] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: I killed the crew and re-animated them.
[08.09.2012 21:59:05] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Masim: So you will sieze any vessel you find desirable if given the opportunity? [08.09.2012 21:59:27] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Currently we cannot. We can't operate more than one ship at a time.
[08.09.2012 21:59:59] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Our leader, the Core, directs us and I transfer its orders throughout the vessel.
[08.09.2012 22:00:18] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Until the range of its telepathy increases we cannot operate multiple ships.
[08.09.2012 22:00:22] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: If you saw a ship more desirable than your current one, would you abandon it in favor of the new one?
[08.09.2012 22:00:35] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: No, it would be too much effort.
[08.09.2012 22:00:52] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: That would require completely transferring our crew, Core, technology and computer records.
[08.09.2012 22:01:48] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: Alright.
[08.09.2012 22:02:10] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: This is certainly an interesting development. How has Gallia reacted to your presence? [08.09.2012 22:02:18] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: They shoot us, we shoot them.
[08.09.2012 22:02:24] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Not much communication there. [08.09.2012 22:02:43] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: Good news for us, then. [08.09.2012 22:04:27] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: That is a formidable ship. I take it you were hunting for something or someone out here? [08.09.2012 22:04:35] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: You are correct.
[08.09.2012 22:05:20] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: The Phlegethon is a Thanatos-class cruiser, designed, commissioned, and built by the Colonial Republic. [08.09.2012 22:05:44] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: We encountered you in Coronado. [08.09.2012 22:07:11] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: We were here searching for that Gallic Junker.
[08.09.2012 22:08:48] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: If I may ask, what are your goals? [08.09.2012 22:08:54] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: To survive.
[08.09.2012 22:09:12] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: It's difficult, being alone. That's why we have been seeking allies before enemies.
[08.09.2012 22:09:46] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: We have a bastion within the Legion, but out here it's.. Harsher.
[08.09.2012 22:10:07] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: You may find one in the Colonial Republic. You share our enemies, and the Republic is always looking for assistance.
[08.09.2012 22:10:27] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: I cannot promise anything - we are a wary people, given recent... events. [08.09.2012 22:10:32] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: So long as our nature does not disturb you.
[08.09.2012 22:10:53] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: If such an agreement is signed, then we shall not convert your people.
[08.09.2012 22:11:29] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: Would you be willing to undergo a benign inspection by our scientists? [08.09.2012 22:11:43] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: 'Inspection'?
[08.09.2012 22:11:51] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: That would greatly improve your chances of a favorable outlook from our leadership.
[08.09.2012 22:12:08] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: An inspection to determine your genetic makeup and how your "virus" functions, I would assume. [08.09.2012 22:12:10] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: We can transmit volumes of data collected by ourselves and the LEgion.
[08.09.2012 22:13:25] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: Regarding what, yourself? [08.09.2012 22:13:32] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Yes.
[08.09.2012 22:13:54] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: And samples of the virus.. But all must be handled with care.
[08.09.2012 22:14:03] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: We would hate to cause accidental deaths. [08.09.2012 22:14:52] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: Hm. Interesting.
[08.09.2012 22:15:31] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: I do have another question, though - if you seek simply to survive, why not hole up inside of whatever stronghold th
[08.09.2012 22:15:39] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: the Hellfire Legion is possessed of?
[08.09.2012 22:15:54] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: Provide them aid occasionally, and seek to improve your own existence in isolation. [08.09.2012 22:15:57] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: What manner of life would that be? We wish to survive, yes, but what point is there in surviving if you do not live? [08.09.2012 22:16:58] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: Ah, so you are a lifeform possessed of a spirit of adventure!
[08.09.2012 22:17:08] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: I can admire that. [08.09.2012 22:17:14] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: Yes. We don't want to live staring at walls, we want to see the stars
[08.09.2012 22:17:20] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: And not die along the way. [08.09.2012 22:18:17] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: A common sentiment amongst our people - many Freelancers even joined the Republic's forces solely to pursue such
[08.09.2012 22:18:18] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: a goal. [08.09.2012 22:18:42] ExMortis.Core: Speaker: We shall seriously consider your offer.
[08.09.2012 22:20:12] CR|-Phlegethon[FF107]: Maksim: That's good to hear. I hope that the good Admiral will reciprocate.
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