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Sender ID: Intelligence Officer Yamada Kei, Matsue Command Center
Receiver ID: Kusari Naval Action Report
Location: Matsue Base, Hiroshima System space
Subject: General Report (May and June 821A.S.)



Konnichiwa, this is Intelligence Officer Yamada, giving a summary of several operations done in the past weeks.

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May 10th: LNS encounter in Kepler

On the 10th of May, a patrol from the Myoko responded to reports of smugglers heading to Liberty. Although the patrol didn't find the smugglers, it met a Liberty Navy detachment in Ames Research Station in the Kepler System.



Lieutenant Naoki Seok contacted the LNS-South.Dakota and exchanged information regarding recent happenings in the Liberty border. Pirate activity had risen at this point in time, and the Navy was dispatching heavier assets to deal with patrols.

Our patrol returned to Kusari on good terms with the LN group. No engagements, no casualties.

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May 11th: Corsair dreadnought encounter in Honshu.

On the 11th, our transport [KNF]Akita-maru reported the sighting of a Corsair Dreadnought, CNS-Tonma near Akita Border Station in Honshu.

High command was alerted and the [KNF]KDS-Ashigahara was dispatched to Osaka. A bomber patrol Matsu-3 launched from Akita in support, but the commander of the Ashigahara proved capable of diplomacy, and the Corsair showed no intentions of fighting and left Kusari space on our request.
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No engagements, no casualties.

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May 22nd: Zoner Colony Ship detected in Honshu

On this day the regional patrol Matsu-3 found readings of a large zoner vessel, denominated HDS-Vengeance . The captain was questioned about it's presence, and affirmed that it had permissions issued by the old Imperial Government.


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Conversation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6, 7 and 8

Matsu-3 informed the captain that the government had changed for a long time, and such permissions were void. Seems the captain had been living under a rock for a few years, which is quite disturbing.
The captain decided to leave towards the Sigma-19 system, not before dropping some hogosha civilians he admitted to have captured inside Ksuari space, at Aomori Station.

This report has been forwarded to the Kempeitai and Kusari police for processing.

Outcast destroyer engaged.

The patrol then received a distress signal from merchants in the New Tokyo system, about an Outcast harassing shipping in the Honshu-New Tokyo junction.
The Outcast Discharge was found actively engaged in piracy in front of the Naval patrol, and immediately engaged. The few bombers were not enough to handle the destroyer, and had to retreat and call for heavier forces.



The [KNF]KDS-Shimotsuki was sent to face the Outcast, but Captain Enomoto reported that Discharge went into hiding, and even with the assistance of the KSP Ika.Soto.Maru Destroyer, he was not found again.



One engagement, civilian ship casualties.
Information regarding this report have been sent to Kusari State Police and Kempeitai agencies for processing.

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May 24th: Engagement with Imperial Renegades in Tau-29

On this day, patrol Fuji-2 launched form the Nagumo to check on several points in the Tau-29 system for unusual activity. The patrol reported normal traffic in Nago station, Kishiro exploration site, and Freeport 6. However, when heading to Shinkaku Station, we starting having interferences on the comms, and Fuji-2 reported spotting Kusari ships before we lost contact.

A few hours later we sent another patrol and recovery ships, and found the wrecks of our patrol. No escape pods were recovered, and the black boxes revealed what had occurred.

According to the data, the patrol was surrounded by a large group of Imperial forces, and isolated from our comms. The pilots appealed to the opponents ethics, and engaged in a duel, in which they were defeated.

They most likely have been captured by the enemy, and we have changed procedures to the patrols to prevent the loss of other pilots with weak combat experience.



One engagement, KNF patrol lost.
This is an important event, and this section has been forwarded to the Kempeitai intelligence centers.
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May 28th: Discovery and neutralization of Liberty Cruiser, Shikoku system.

A Kishiro transport coming from Liberty reported to us the presence of a Liberty cruiser with irregular (BMM) transponder parked near Deshima.

The cruiser Morani's crew was unresponsive and soon after the [KNF]KDS-Shimotsuki arrived at the scene.
Captain Enomoto tried to contact the crew without success, and after issuing a 10 minute warning, neutralized the immovable ship for traffic security reasons.



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June 7th: Zoner vessel in restricted area, Hiroshima system.

On this day Matsue radars detected a zoner IDed vessel in Hiroshima system. [KNF]KDS-Shimotsuki was deployed to find and apprehend the suspect.
Our destroyer found the zoner Teshub , at the commands of a Order Gunboat, near Matsue Base. Warnings and attempts to approach the vessel were unsuccessful, as the Shimotsuki couldn't catch up to the smaller vessel engines.



No engagements, no casualties.

This is grave matter, and this section has been sent to the Kempeitai intelligence centers.

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June 8th: Orbital Spa & Cruise vessel carrying illegal registered travelers, Shikoku system.

Battleship Myoko's patrol headed by Lieuteneant Naoki Seok headed to Deshima after radars picked up a ship with the designation HMS near the Kepler gate.
The ship arrived at Deshima, the vessel HMS.Horizon was identified as a OS&C Luxury liner, with a whole load of travelers (irregular designation "slaves" papers) on board. The ship was ordered to dock at Deshima and to proceed with the normalization of these so called passenger's papers. The captain complied, and the passengers were able to continue their voyage in other vessels after the proper checks were made at the station.



The captain proceeded to pick up a group of VIPs from a nearby establishment, and requested that a proper report of the events were transmitted to his boss, for the purpose of the contracts applied on his voyage.
This situation of counterfeit and illegal travel papers must be investigated throughly.




This section of the report has been forwarded to the Kusari police for processing.
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That is all of the reports to be issued. I ask you to take the appropriate measures in each of the cases indicated.
Officer Yamada Kei signing off.

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