Two days ago I encountered a sizeable force of Blood Dragon ships in the Honshu system. Apparently they were blockading the lane to Okinawa and extorting traders.
The full number of enemy forces amounted to three fighter class ships, one gunboat class and one destroyer class. Apparently one of our own that was captured. I was accompanied by Hanegawa Issei, an agent of the Kempeitai.
After a short conversation it was clear that a fight would be inevitable and soon we found ourselves engaged by their fighter craft.
However, we quickly managed to dispatch one of theirs, prompting their larger vessels to open fire on us as well.
In the course of the fight we managed to destroy the other two fighters as well, while evading the heavy fire from the destroyer. In the end we had to retreat as we didn't have the firepower to bring down their gunboat.
The following day large activity in Sigma-13 was reported by some Kempeitai agents and I quickly moved to the system to find out more. I found a large conflict zone with multiple factions fighting each other. The small GMG force did well in their effort to defend their system, while fleets of the Outcasts and Corsairs roamed the system. It was also interesting that our infamous Golden Chrysanthemums were present as well, fighting with some Rheinlanders against the Corsairs. I mostly kept out of the fights, only making sure that our Kempeitai assets were safe, as those invading forces were surely a problem of the GMG and not Kusari.
However, the Chrysanthemums foolishly decided to destroy a hogosha vessel present in the system. Even though he willingly joined the fight I couldn't leave such an action unpunished.
I swiftly destroyed the two present GC fighters just to find myself in a calm system again as the GMG were cleaning up the last corsairs.
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