The Lane Hackers | Mission Archives

[JonahC]

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Greetings

I am reporting the first stage of Mission 21, Phase 1, The reconnoitering of the Illinois system.

After ascertaining the location of the Jump Hole to enter the Illinois system, I bagan formulating a plan to get in. As with most secure systems I knew it was very likely that there would be weapons platforms just on the other side of the hole. So I enlisted the help of some very expert programmers on Leiden base.

We designed a "spike" that would trick the weapons platforms into thinking they had destroyed my vessel once one of their missiles struck home. Much to my dismay, upon entering the system there was also stationed nearby a Dreadnaught class vessel. I decided to play the game anyway and, it worked perfectly. It appears that the Dread monitors signals from the platforms, so once the spike told them I was dead, there was no further pursuit from the Dread. I will say though, allowing a missile to destruct on my shields was quite a nerve wracking experience. I was able to thrust with engines off to a safe distance from the Jump Hole.

In addition to the Dreadnaught, there are two other stations in close proximity to the Jump Hole. Here are guncam images of the placements of these facilities:







There is also a planet, with another Large space station in orbit. Not far from here is another Jump Hole. After initial scans I followed this Jump Hole to its destination, and lo and behold it led to the Oita system.
Here are guncam images of the space station, the planet, and a relative distance to known installations in the Oita system upon exiting the Jump Hole:




Once I gathered all the intel I could, I decided it was time to find Attica Supermax. This did not prove to be difficult. Finding it was easy. Getting into close proximity to it is another matter entirely. Attica is surrounded by a minefield approximately 12k deep, as you can see:

You can also see what appears to be an entrance to the minefield.
I followed a marked path through the minefield, which was big enough for at most a Freighter class vessel. This path though led to a dead end, which terminated at approximately 4 k from the prison. Perhaps an opening could be made at this relatively thin area of the minefield. However, while probing this thin area, I happened to detonate a few of the mines. Two mines managed to completely decimate my shield, while a third did some damage to my hull. It was at this point I decided to exit very carefully from the minefield, and the system and get both my ship repaired, and my nerves calmed.
Attica would have to wait until another day.

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