The Lane Hackers | Mission Archives

[JonahC]

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Greetings

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

Once repairs were completed to my Scimitar, I was ready to figure out the Attica minefield.

The main entrance to the minefield is not hard to find. It is of course guarded by two weapons platforms. I got a good run at the entrance and then powered down my ship and coasted past the platforms until I got to a safe distance. The path is a maze, it would be easy to get lost in this place, however, prisoner transports are rather large, and there is really only one path these ships can choose. I stayed low to the path and took the first left, and then the first right, and voila I was in! Once clear of the minefield however the Supermax facility itself was able to get a lock on my ship, at which time it opened fire on me. I dodged incoming fire, and managed to get some good images of the facility, including the only docking point:



The mooring fixture is directly below the facility in the center.

It is interesting to know that once inside the minefield, all communication is cut off. At first this might seem like a bad thing, but it is not. All communication from Attica is also cut off from stations on the outside. Orders must be transmitted directly by ship to the facility.

Once I made my way back out of the minefield and was returning to the Colorado Jump Hole, I was spotted by a lone Liberator patrol. I was easily able to destroy his vessel and take him into custody, for interrogation. I returned to Cochrane Depot with this prisoner.



Also here is a completed map of the system:


I propose that a direct assault on Attica to extricate a prisoner would be nigh impossible. However hijacking a prisoner transport and hacking the correct release orders would be relatively easy for the more experienced operatives in our midst. The easiest way to get a prisoner out, would be to give them what they expect, a transport with the correct paperwork showing up at their doorstep and getting said prisoner released to our custody. There is no way for them to verify the orders without waiting an extensive period of time, and frankly, they would not be expecting anything other than the routine transfers.

The complete isolation of Attica, while preventing escape from within, could also be used to our advantage.

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