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Sender ID: Itto Kaii Katsuo Shimoe
Receiver ID: Kusari Naval Action Report
Location: Battleship Matsumoto, Hokkaido system
Subject: Encounter in the Shikoku System (02-01-821)


This is Katsuo Shimoe, Itto Kaii, with the report of last night patrol on the Shikoku system.

I launched from Planet New Tokyo with the intention of conducting a regular patrol when I started receiving reports of a uncommon concentration of ships in the Shikoku system. Just then, Nitto Kaii Kenji Tokusha arrived and inquired me about the situation. We decided to head to Shikoku to investigate.



On the lane between Ohashi Border Station and Plante Junyo we stumbled upon several ship loitering around the tradelane.

On the scene was a Junker transport, a Lane Hacker transport and a broadsword bomber bearing lane hacker markings.
The junker with callsign Silver.Hound began a spiel about persecution of Junkers by the navy and that he was innocent. The junker was not carrying anything forbidden, and when asked if he was associated with the lane hackers, my main concern at the moment, he vehemently denied it. I ordered him to leave the area so that I could concentrate in dealing with the other vessels, which he had some trouble in complying.



In the Hacker transport, flown by a Dr.Julius No, we found a large stash of Cardamine, and several units of assorted drinks. The bomber, denominated Data.Miner, was carrying a single package of Cardamine, possibly for personal consumption.
Considering the situation presented, I decided to charge them with possession of illegal cargo, and and the ships were ordered to release and destroy the illegal cargo and be escorted out of Kusari space.
The Hackers were surprisingly quick to follow the orders, and together with the junker vessel, were escorted by Kenji Tokusha and me towards Deshima station. The reason might be that the hackers began showing anxiety of being deprived of Cardamine in their possession. Such addiction must really put a strain in their minds.



At Deshima however, some sort of confusion occurred, and and Kenji's ship took a few shots from the hackers while I was out of range. The ships started cruising into the Keiun Cloud. Kenji was in quick pursuit, but lost sight of the ships faster than expected. The hackers might have equipment that is capable of jamming our sensors, even at close/medium range. I'll ask someone of the engineering department to review the records of our ship for clues on that.

Having lost contact with the vessels inside of the cloud, I ordered to regroup in Deshima, and see if they tried to come back. After a few minutes without any reading in short and long range scanners from Battleship Myoko, we decided that the hackers had left the system trough a jumphole, and we returned to New Tokyo, were Kenji Tokusha signed off.

I proceeded on a patrol alone all the way to Nagano, without any noteworthy events, and docked at Battleship Matsumoto in the Hokkaido System for refuel and some rest.

This concludes my report, Katsuo Shimoe signing off.

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