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**Sombs** · 04-09-2016, 04:43 PM,

These log entries are created in secret and aren't available neither to the Core nor any other entity.

Captain's log - Ezrael Vertiga

Eh, some time passed since my last log. Nothing interesting happened at all, some small incidents around Freeport 11, some nomad gunboats and cruisers around Kiribati, some Order captains thinking they must insult any Core in sight. No biggy. The Apahanta got a scanner upgrade, so we will be the first to know when something is around. As long as it's not cloaked.

However, there was one thing yesterday that was... well, I don't really know how to sum up what happened without telling some things that better don't get digitalized as a log. It was one of those weird things that aren't common even in the omicrons, to be honest. Or... I don't know. I guess I need to encrypt these logs anyway as best as possible. Some Core guys already can't wait to see me get shot or thrown out of the Core in a violent way. I can deal with that, and it makes it easier for me to not get too much into their policy.

Just because I don't see a reason to shoot everything on sight and claim any freight that might be "wanted" by the Core. I agree, slavery is the worst, and I will keep up trying to stop it in the Omicrons, but there has to be space to make the right decisions, not just dumb indoctrinated ones. Eh, whatever. There are extreme discussions about ideologies at the Freeport every day, when Core, Order and Outcasts come together and try to convince the others why their group or faction is the best. Already tired of that.

Yesterday, the usual patrol around Freeport 11. Captain Jess was there, an Order pilot and an Outcast, also our new Guardian, Ramesses al-Rashid, in a Manta. He just got his promotion. As I said, it was one of those discussion situations, and this guy even tried to involve me. Later, a weird AI cruiser joined the party, telling us it is a battlefield bartender? As I always say, most people in the omicrons are weirdos. Even the AIs.

Anyway, al-Rashid asked me to join his patrol in Minor. There was nothing going on in Delta, and we had some spare time. So I took the opportunity. We've been in Minor some times ago, updating the map, adding all the wreckages around Toledo to our database and checking the positions of the jump holes. Two of them moved up to two meters away from their latest tagged coordinates. No biggy at all. Al-Rashid then asked about that nomad jump gate and if it still works. He was eager to try it. So we tried it. Once again, my ship was in Major. I remember the incidents happening last time we we're here. Like in that system beyond Iota or the system we call Omicron "Lost", some crew members got crazy within hours and minutes.

Surprisingly, we were not alone in Major. Not encountering nomads, but some freelancers we already knew from the freeport and one very special young lady from the blood dragons. There was Sian Breacon, the dublin girl that wants to establish her own club on Freeport 11. Also that cardamine addicted lady, I think she was called Maren once? Anyway, the pilot of the Wiegenlied. And the blood dragon girl, Yuki Hideyoshi, stepping around the dyson sphere. She pinned her Blossom on the dyson sphere's surface, left the cockpit of her ship in a heavy rheinland metal suit, crawling around on that ginormous shell of metal. While we were in Major, watching what she was doing, al-Rashid got nervous, telling me he wants to leave. I asked him about headaches, but he said he's okay. On the other hand, one of our new crew members had headaches, starting about five minutes after entering Major. I once lost some crewmen to those headaches over a week ago, going nutz and dying for appearantly no reason. The guys on Alabama said that can happen in the omicrons, especially in those systems. So, as the medical bay contacted the bridge, reporting ensign Carmichael has a weird headache and behavior, we left the system, bringing him back to Alabama.

Some hours later, the ensign was healthy again. Just taking a minimum crew with me, we returned to Major. Hideyoshi was still there, in company of the Core's beloved good friend, Sapphire Raven in the Eidolon Wraith and an escort, designation Lelantos. Usually, she was escorted by Joshua Hunt. Maybe he sat in this ship. Don't know at all. They were in range of those nomad turrets around the sealed dyson sphere entry, taking a few hits. Luckily, those turrets more annoying than harmful, at least to heavier ships. Hideyoshi's blossom was damaged, out of shield batteries, but still pinned on the surface, however it was another location. Very close to the defense grid around the entry point. I decided to put the Apahanta in the line of fire, protecting the blossom, while the Eidolon Wraith mortared the turrets, taking them down for some seconds till the nanite repair systems of the dyson sphere brought 'em back online, returning the favor.

And then, the Order appeared, decloaking very next to the Apahanta and the blossom. With al the sudden the Andromeda showed up, Hideyoshi got silent. She stared at the cruiser, I heard her breath. They knew each other. The order cruiser, under the command of captain Tantalus from Horus, just stood there, it's captain not even thinking of insulting me or showing any kind of hostility. He said he just wanted an explanation from Hideyoshi.

I have the audio logs of this conversation. I guess it's the best if I insert them here, trying to get a picture of this whole thing...

Spoiler

So, first time in my life I was on a Order Cruiser. Most Core guys only see the interoir when getting captured by the Order. But I was there, welcomed, in peace. As one can hear in the audio logs, al-Rashid already left Major, returning to Yaren. So it was just the three of us: The Apahanta, the Andromeda and the Blossom. They brought Hideyoshi's ship to the cruisers hangar. Just big enough for one little fighter.

Captain Tantalus welcomed me, lead me to the Andromeda's medical bay, where we saw her, a young beautiful kusarian girl, about 18 years old, very weak, lying on the med-bedding and gave us a fearful look, seaching us for side arms with her eyes. She was tense as frack. We assured her she is in safety, she shall rest and take a little nap. Her body seemed normal, but the medical scanners showed a freaking opposite. "Shes been nearly damn turned into a nomad, almost like with an incubus... but its not present", Tantalus said. I'm not an expert about nomads and such, but I heared those terms already. So, this girl was altered by nomads, but she is a human in appearance and behavior. And what a beauty.

All she wanted is to get away from the blood dragons and the order. She wanted to go back to Cambridge, to her boyfriend. Having a normal life. So, Tantalus asked me if I can do something for her. Not only bringing her to Cambridge, but also find her a shelter for the meanwhile. The only places I had in mind where Gran Canaria and Curacao, since I don't trust Freeports to be a good hideout. Everyone visits them. Every faction has it's eyes and ears there. Best example is Freeport 11. Sometimes I wonder why the Core protects it, while it gives shelter to most of it's enemies. But Gran Canaria is a good short time hideout. People are about to leave this world since the temperatures will be frosty in the coming years. And Curacao, my old home. Well, will be hard to get there unseen. But once she's there, nobody will find her. I know it. It's not like I didn't hide some old friends there.

Now, in this moment, Yuki is still on the Andromeda, on the way to Dabadoru. Just to get some medical support. Captain Tantalus awaits me at Freeport 11, where the Apahanta will take care of her. I guess, Gran Canaria will be the destination, and later, Cambridge. Still, we're running just a minimal crew, so we should avoid getting into trouble at any cost.

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