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Sender ID: Nitto Kaisa Katsuo Shimoe
Receiver ID: Kusari Naval Action Report
Location: Battleship Matsumoto, Hokkaido system
Subject: Patrol Report (26-02-821 - )

Konnichiwa, another week of operations has passed, and I submit my report for your appraisal.

On the 26th, a squadron detachment was deployed to New Tokyo in response of the presence of a Liberty Navy Dreadnought commanded by a Captain_Onidin . The captain seemed misguided by the navigator, and when intercepted by our squadron of bombers and fighters, he agreed to return to Liberty under escort.



The pilots present were Jaaku-na, Nitto Kaii Katsuki Araki, Itto Kaii Taisuke Bei, and Tokkeitai operative Kitsune.

After the escort of the Liberty vessel, most of the pilots returned to their regular duties, and I returned the bomber to my base and continued on a fighter. I've met a Kusari Navy gunboat captain called Mishima_Daisuke, and a fighter pilot called Takumi.Kurosawa. Together we patrolled the Shikoku system and get acquainted with each other's duties.



During the patrol we came upon a Liberty Rogue Destroyer, callsign RAGED, and gave pursuit. He was accompanied by a bomber pilot called Pulsar, which showed evidence that might be associated with the rogue, even though he tried to dissimulate it.



After a prolonged game of tag with the Rogue destroyer, we began engaging him in the south of Shikoku. but our 2 fighters and gunboat could not put enough pressure on him to deal damage, so we resorted to delay tactics until Taisuke Bei could arrive with a bomber.



The confrontation passed to the Galileo system, where we managed to put an end to the Rogue activities.

We returned to the area of Deshima station, and ended the patrol going our separate ways.



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on the 1st of 三月, a Navy taskforce was deployed on the event of the arrival of a Gallic diplomatic delegation that was invited to New Tokyo.

I arrived at Battleship Nagumo in the Kyushu system, where the Gallic Royal Navy Representatives had assembled. Following the commands of Itto Kaisha Yuki Soga, we patrolled the Tau-29 system looking for potential threats that might have shadowed the Gallic fleet.



We had arrived at the end of our patrol near the Tau-31 jumpgate when a Colonial bomber showed up and darted away from the Gallic defenses. We shadowed him to the Freeport 6 and Nago station, but lost sight of him in the southern cloud.



We returned to Kyushu, where the delegation had finished preparations to proceed to New Tokyo. Acting as a forward recon, our fighters detected an Outcast Estefania.Casta of the 101st trying to take a glance of the delegation in the Tsushima tradelane. Yuki Soga ordered the immediate interception, and us and Itto Kaii Taisuke Bei pursued her out of Kyushu system, and into Hokkaido.



Itto Kaisha Yuki Soga, after a duel with the outcast, terminated the threat in the south of the Hokkaido system, and the flight wing returned to New Tokyo to resume escort duties.



At that time, due to some overdrive damage to the engine, docked at Yokohama shipyard and ended my duties for that day.

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The next day I departed from Yokohama Shipyard and made a small patrol around New Tokyo. Near Shinjuku station I spotted a zoner with a large shipment of Fusion Diodes. Suspecting the lack of authorization of the zoner called Celestra regarding the carrying of base materials, I followed that ship until I could confirm the inclusion of Fusion Diodes in the restricted cargo list, and the lack of registry by the zoner.

Having concluded that I should intervene, I ordered the pilot to stop midway of the tradelane to Planet Kyushu and interrogated the destination of the cargo.



From what I could gather from the pilot, who's registry indicated he was employed to Kruger Minerals, the fusion diodes were being shipped to a zoner base in the Taus called Danica Outpost.
The pilot being a subcontractor to an unregistered group, I issued a 500.000 credits fine to the pilot and requested that the pilots employers contacted the Kusari authorities as soon as possible.
The fine was payed and the pilot released. Having found nothing else mentionable in the patrol, I returned to base.

Later on, I answered a call for reinforcements by Santo Kaisha Jiro Taiyouji in the Tau-29 system, and dashed to his aid on my fighter.

When I arrived, Jiro was fighting a group of Junkers with the assistance of some mercenary freelancers, Renee.Thorpe and Aidan.McGann. Nitto Kaii Remiyu Hamada also arrived to aid in our fight.

The enemy group consisted of a junker heavy transports, 2 junker fighters, and a GC gunboat, all gathered around Cali base.



Also in the area was a confirmed Nomad light vessel, which did not engage our forces. 1

Jiro coordinated the attack, and we managed to destroy one junker heavy transport and fighter, while the GC retreated inside the base. One of the junker fighters got away under the cover of the gunboat.



An Outcast came out of the base to investigate what was happening, but was not engaged. Name of the pilot was Estefania.Casta .


After the Junkers were dealt with and the GC retreated, we flew back to Kyushu system, and Jiro returned to base for refuel and repair.

Meanwhile, me and Remiyu Hamada found a Liberty Navy bison transport docking in Shinjuku station. In the presence of Kaisho-ho Hideaki Ishikawa, we interrogated the pilot, which declared that wanted to proceed to Munich, although no authorization was given by our personnel for such action.

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The pilot was guided back to New Tokyo and ordered to be escorted to Shikoku for deportation, but refused to comply. When the pilot resisted detention and started firing upon our ships, he was executed by me and Ishikawa-sama.

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With this last action, I returned to base.

This concludes my report of last week.
Katsuo Shimoe signing off.

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