Alexei Miranov - Red Exile

[Nodoka Hanamura]

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Log Number 001
Date/Time: December 12th, 825 AS | 01:11 Universal Time
Location: Freeport 11, Omicron Delta, Contested Space
Subject: 20 Years

It's been 20 years.

Twenty long years since those bastards put my parents down and I miraculously escaped them and made it all the way here.

And still the air smells the same. I was around for the days that Nodtviet reigned over the Core. The dawn of Ingennus Research Group. The fall of the Zoner Alliance, hearing of the rumors of the 101st Ghosts of Razgriz. I was here for it all. I am no stranger to the Omicrons, even though I was born on Jiangxi. They taught me, that the Coalition was the greatest nation in all of Sirius.. that the world was out for our heads. That we would overcome and conquer them all and show them the glory of Communism....

Glory.. heh.. Remove the l, and you have the truth in a nutshell. The Coalition is a monster, powered by the misery and corruption of the people and their government. That fateful day enlightened me to the evils of Communism. After I fled to Freeport 11, I lived with the Administrator at the time... He took me in, impressed that I had made it this far, not to be shot at by Nomads or Corsairs, to be Enslaved by the Outcasts or lost to the elements. He gave me a chance to continue my life. To live my life.

The day I met Akibara feels like yesterday, but it was so long ago. I had recently been promoted to Head of Maintenance on the Freeport. When he introduced himself to us, I felt conviction in him - a care for the people of the station that even Hanamura today has. I guess her being by his side in combat before he left rubbed off on her.. but I feel it's something else too.

After he left, I was charged by the Akibara to keep things on the station itself in order until the CoF were to find a replacement. When Hanamura took the helm, I ran her through everything I could, showing her the many systems that run the Freeport, exploring every part and getting to know each other. It's surprising she likes me, given that she faced my ancestors first hand back on Earth.

Today has been a interesting experience.. Hanamura came back after her meeting a few days ago, and now I hear word that James Erzie has vanished. Never had much interest in those IRG guys, but it's concerning to say the least - something right out of the State Security Agency's books. Data logs report no footage from that general area following the encounter. Given that from the sound of it, that McCool guy was laying around there, something tells me he might have something to do with it.

Hanamura's tasked me with figuring out what the hell happened on the network front. Samantha from Network maintenance will be taking a look at it tommorow, see if we can pick up anything from the RAIS relay here at the Freeport.

I'm looking forward to my next news broadcast as Samizdat. It's nice to get the word out to the people. Much like the men and women of yore who engaged in shedding the light on the truth in the Sol Coalition and in the USSR eons ago, I too must let Sirius know of the evils and good that lurks about.

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