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Sender ID: Nitto Kaisa Katsuo Shimoe
Receiver ID: Kusari Naval Action Report
Location: Battleship Matsumoto, Hokkaido system
Subject: Patrol Report (March 821A.S. )


Konnichiwa, this is Nitto Kaisa Katsuo Shimoe reporting. Certain logistic problems, coupled with several training exercises to adapt to our new very heavy fighters has delayed this report submission. Due to the estimated number of operations to report, I'll keep each report to be bare essentials.
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On the 7th of the month, naval command organized a joint training exercise for the primary fleet's fighter squadrons. Kaisho-ho Ishikawa Ideaki and Itto Kaisa Soga Yuki gave orientation to those present on the operation of the new Kusari Navy "Raijin" Very Heavy Fighter, and the "Chimera" MK. II Heavy Fighter.
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On the 8th I linked up with officer Teta Nakamura, who had recently been assigned to the Matsumoto squadrons, and together we stood watch on the traffic coming and going through Hokkaido and Rishiri. Nakamura-san seemed in low spirits this day, seemingly displeased with recent relations with Gallia. Ishikawa-san at one point appeared in our area, and engaged in some conversation with us before proceeding to his own assignment. There wasn't any important occurrence during our patrol, and we limited to verify the cargo and share intel between us.
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On the 14th of this month, I departed form the Matsumoto on my bomber in response to sightings by KNF patrols of a Outcast dreadnought in the Kyushu system. The Outcast "Putin" was engaged and destroyed by Naval capital vessels. 1 2 3
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On the 29th of March, after an extensive overhaul of the fighter squadrons to accommodate the new Raijin vhf, we resumed active patrol operations. The new VHF, although not as maneuverable and versatile as the old Chimera, do provide increased resistance to the hostile environment of Hokkaido, which allow us to extend our patrols in the radiated and nebula enshrouded areas for longer periods.
I decided to make an extended patrol through Kusari space, stopping along the path for refueling.

Spotted a IC affiliated transport evoga, and made him surrender its cargo of Hypnotainment Bands. 1 2 3

Found a freelancer gunboat with a junker transponder. I interrogated the captain Josh_Wildfire and issued a warning to him to look for a alternative to his current transponder. 1 2

Found an oddly placed Rheinland Military bomber pilot in the area around Planet Kyushu, callsign Crik . I tried to question him, but he decided to deal with planetary authorities instead. Seems he was shadowing an IC convoy. 1 2

After that, I patrolled all core systems without any more incidents, and returned to base.

A while later, I departed again to inspect Tau-29 operational region. Very little activity, but I located an unusual base located far form usual passage routes, south of Freeport 6, denominated Peregrine Spaceport. Images are not accurate enough, but I guess this presence should be discussed with GRN forces in the region before deciding on a course of action.

Back in New Tokyo, in the midst of a large group of civilian vessels in transit, a junker liner was spotted. It immediately caught the attention of a couple hogosha pilots, and thanks to them I was able to reach the junker vessel with an unreadable name. 1 2 3 4 I was going to escort him out to Okinawa, but naval forces patrolling in Shinagawa were more heavy handed, and the junker suffered a critical failure on it's engines and exploded. Whatever survivors were remaining form the sudden explosion were picked up, and I requested to the hogosha to deploy a cleanup crew to remove the hull scrap and floating hellium cargo that survived. 1 2 3 4 5
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After that incident I returned to the Matsumoto and ended this last patrol.
This concludes my report for March activities. Hopefully it won't be that long for the next one.
Katsuo Shimoe signing off.

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