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Kusari Naval Forces transponder detected
Decrypting KR-9064J key, secure transmission established.
Source: Battleship Myoko, Shikoku System
Sender ID: Agent Majin
Recipient: KNF command structure

"Majin"

Konbanwa, officers. Agent Majin, of the Kusari Naval Intelligence division here. You probably not accustomed to directly receiving our reports in the main network, but the division command has changed its policy, and believes the need for filtering of KNI intelligence to the Naval Forces operations was deemed unnecessary.

I write following reports of traffic disturbances in the Liberty border in the past week or so. One would expect piracy or some weird incursion, but hostile encounters were seldom reported in this disturbances. I took to the fields of Kepler and Galileo to investigate potential causes.

Evidently, something was causing commotion, as me and my team have located several new installation deployed along the tradelanes of Kepler and Galileo, in several stages of development.

First new discovery was near Ames research station, broadcasting the designation Port Tacoma. The installation seems distantly associated with the zoner community, and in a precarious state of development. We passed by the same location a day later to record progress, and the station remains debilitated, but apparently stable. Access to the station was not granted for inspection, and we will contact the zoners at Ames for further information.

Port Tacoma (1) Tacoma (2).

Kepler held only this new presence, but it was not to be the sole perpetrator of the disturbances. On a prolonged patrol on the Galileo system, we stumbled upon a second installation on the Reppu Bend, in the Liberty area of influence.

This station designated Freeport 12 was stable, had some defenses online, and showed faint affinity with the zoners. Access to the station was granted, and we could verify that a sizeable market of goods was being established. Fortunately it appeared that illicit goods presence was residual so far, keeping up with regulations of Kusari. The only point of concern was the development of a workshop for restricted ship equipment (see annex notes).

Freeport 12 (1) Freeport 12 (2)

I hope to have further information on this topic soon.

Majin, signing off.

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