Macet: The Hunters

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Bounty Hunter recruitment record #1,450,482,472
Dated: 824 A.S.
Recruiter: Bounty Hunter Ishiwara Fukami.
Recruiter ID: Black 12-6.
Recruit biographical:

Name: Olivier La Gardeau
Call sign: Macet
Age: 27 years, 4 months old.
Gender: Male
Born: Ile-de-France, New Paris.
Residence: Colorado, Planet Denver.
Nationality: Gallian
Family:
Father - Romain La Gardeau
Mother - Henrietta La Gardeau (Dead)
Step Mother - Sylvia Renaud
Brother - Charles La Gardeau (Dead)
Sister-in-law - Maria La Gardeau
Nephew - Henry La Gardeau
Sister - Annie La Gardeau
Half Sister - Stefanie Renaud
Wife - Marie La Gardeau
Son - Loic La Gardeau

Recruiter notes:
Olivier was discovered fleeing from Gallian authorities heading through Lyonnais to Rishiri before crash landing his ship in the docking bay of Yokohama shipyard in New Tokyo. Evidently Olivier was being chased by Gallian Police forces and his ship sustained a lot of damage before his ship failed on him in New Tokyo. After Olivier climbed out of the wreck of his ship i was docked at this station getting a work up on the electronic control systems and was sat in the refectory when i saw this wrecked ship land, even felt it. After a few minutes Olivier wondered into this stations refectory and collapsed into a heap.

This pilot who was clearly in shock, no visible signs of injuries, the medical team did a quick check up on the spot and then left the area when all was clear. I woke Olivier up from his sleep and told him to come and sit down next to me. He understood a little basic language but his accent was very thick, it was almost hard to understand Olivier. But after some chatting about how this happened, i confirmed this with the guild.

It turns out that Olivier fled from Gallia because he was being set up for a crime he did not commit and the Gallian law enforcement want him back, badly. It turns out that the crime he "Apparently" committed was the assassination of his mother and brother 5 years ago. However our sources tell us that the Law Enforcement were in fact behind that assassination and they are attempting to pin it on Olivier.

After learning about what was going on i saw several Gallian warships and fighter wings parked up in Kusari space quite suddenly as the Station went on alert. Luckily there were a few Kusari state police pilots and a naval forces pilot in the refectory as i talked with them before launching into space. There was a small ship with some weapons that was on offer, i decided to buy the ship from the dealer quickly and told Olivier to get into it and take off and i would explain more in space.

As everyone came out to defend the station, there was a stand off as the Gallian navy demanded the return of a national who had escaped their custody. The Station commander rightfully told him that he had no authority in this area of space to demand anything and then demanded these ships leave Kusari space immediately. I was contacted during this stand off by fellow hunters nearby that they were coming to support the Kusari forces and myself as i also received a communication from a Kusari police pilot that reinforcements are incoming. However this stand off did not last long as the Gallian fleet leader lost patience and started attacking.

At this point during the fight i saw Olivier pulling off moves that only someone who had experience could pull off so he must of been trained quite well in Gallia, about 10 minutes into the fighting and i had lost two fellow hunters, the Kusari only had one police pilot left and the naval pilot had ejected from his half destroyed fighter. Luckily i managed to save a fellow hunter and this naval forces pilot. The shipyard was being hammered and finally the Kusari Naval forces supported by a large amount of police fighters from one trade lane had arrived, on the other side were a few more fighters belonging to Samura, Kashiro and a number of hunters with a hunters gunboat.

With this many reinforcements, the Kusari naval forces captain ordered the Gallia forces to stop firing and stand down, this was met by static. Several Gallian warships were crippled and their fighter wings were all but destroyed with their ejected pilots in space. Finally the ships stopped firing and during this tense stand off i managed to communicate with Olivier and told him how impressed i was with his flying skills. He mentioned that he wants to get away from this carnage as soon as possible.

The Gallian police fleet stood down and were told to leave Kusari space and that they would be escorted back through Rishiri to the Lyonnais gate. The fighting was over but the shipyard was wrecked while whole the area was turned into a small debris field of metal. After concluding my duties during the fighting, the hunters and naval forces escorted the Gallian forces out of the area. Meanwhile Search and Rescue teams arrived to clean up the area, i ejected the hunter and naval forces pilot so they can be picked up by SAR. At this point i decided to offer Olivier the chance to head into Liberty space.

While talking with Olivier during the journey i discovered he left his family back there including a 2 year old son and his wife. I have a family of my own, 3 daughters and i miss them each time i do my duty as a hunter so i can only imagine how hard it is for Olivier to be separated from his family like this. We stopped off at Deshima station in Shikoku for a few hours as i gave my complete report to the station commander. After this i took Olivier to Colorado to live on Denver so he can start to piece together events. Just after i left him back there i contacted the hunters and offered a reward for any hunter who can bring Olivier's wife and young son out of Gallia and i would pick them up at New Tokyo.

After a couple of weeks and the Gallian government had arrested the entire Gardeau family on charges of treason and aiding a fugitive of justice. My fellow hunters ambushed the transport and the heavy escort, they managed to board the transport quickly as the escort were destroyed, the pilots were killed. The Transport made it to the Otaru border station in Hokkaido, from there they were shuttled to New Tokyo where i gave the reward to the hunters and took Olivier's family to him on Denver. Understandably when the doors opened Olivier was in tears, so happy he was to finally be with his entire family. Unfortunately we could not rescue the Gardeau grandparents or the rest of the extended family.

My sources confirmed to me a few days later that the rest of the Gardeau family have been executed for false crimes against the state, this has apparently infuriated the Gallian Brigands, The Council and The Maquis. Already the brigands have attacked and destroyed several Royal Navy patrols including a gunboat while the Maquis are inciting riots on several worlds and the Council has already sent out feelers to the rest of the Sirius sector imploring them to officially condemn the action while at the same time a Council battleship, Cambrai has defeated a large group of Royal navy fighters and bombers that were sent to Champagne deliberately in the confusion in an attempt to steal control away from the Council.

Not long after reuniting with his family , Olivier feels he owes the bounty hunters and offers his services to us. I have already contacted the station commander at Deshima Station in Shikoku to prepare for a new recruit to the hunters guild. After a month of contracts and deals being put into place, i have requested that Olivier head to Erie in Pennsylvania to meet me where i will officially initiate him into the guild, however he won't officially become a guild member until he has proven himself first as a freelancer. The Hunters guild are unwilling to take on a raw recruit without first finding out how good he is.

I am now ready to close this report as several months after becoming a freelancer, Olivier has now become a member of the hunters guild as the Hunters were suitably impressed with his skills. Last reports suggest he was building relations with the Bretonians and the Libertonians. Olivier who is now call signed as Macet, if i should meet him again in Kusari space, i wouldn't mind swapping stories once again.

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Bounty Hunter Ishiwara Fukami.