Incoming Transmission from Planet Los Angeles, California, Liberty
25. May 825 A.S.
To: NO Internal Affairs Priority:High Topic: Report of Hostile Encounter
Message Contents:
Today, while moving Niobium to Houston in Liberty, I was accosted by Lane Hackers in California. Specifically a Mr. Yoshida, who seemed a little put out that I didn't know who he was. I was clearly outgunned and had no chance to make it to the next lane ring, so I cut my engines as requested. I managed to get off several cutting remarks, though. In hindsight, mouthing off to a pirate probably wasn't my best strategy. But I digress. He ordered me off the lanes and into open space. When we arrived at the designated coordinates, he proceeded to question me about my faction affiliation and about the Natio's history. I explained what I could, but told him that I was a recent arrival and not entirely educated on the subject. He asked me to deliver a message, that Professor Yoshida of the Lane Hackers has your cargo, then ordered me to drop all my cargo. He said we could get it back if someone from the government contacted him.
[25.05.2018 14:29:33] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Ahoy there! This is Captain Riley of the independent Octavarium transport Aluminum Falcon. How can I help you?
[25.05.2018 14:29:41] 2018-05-25 14:29:43 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:29:41] Mr.Yoshida.: By curring your engines
[25.05.2018 14:29:50] 2018-05-25 14:29:52 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:29:50] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: How do I curr my engines?
[25.05.2018 14:29:53] 2018-05-25 14:29:54 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:29:53] Mr.Yoshida.: Move away.
[25.05.2018 14:29:58] 2018-05-25 14:30:00 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:29:58] Mr.Yoshida.: I shall not repeat myself again.
[25.05.2018 14:30:05] 2018-05-25 14:30:06 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:30:05] Mr.Yoshida.: Good.
[25.05.2018 14:30:11] 2018-05-25 14:30:12 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:30:11] Mr.Yoshida.: Now turn off your engines.
[25.05.2018 14:30:15] 2018-05-25 14:30:16 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:30:15] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Moving away as ordered. Have a nice day!
[25.05.2018 14:30:21] Mr.Yoshida.: Eletronic Warfare mode activated. Prepare to feel the full power of the most advanced technology in Sirius.
[25.05.2018 14:30:32] 2018-05-25 14:30:33 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:30:32] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: You need to quit being contradictory. What do you want?
[25.05.2018 14:30:39] 2018-05-25 14:30:41 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:30:39] Mr.Yoshida.: Cut your engines.
[25.05.2018 14:30:44] 2018-05-25 14:30:45 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:30:44] Mr.Yoshida.: This is a final warning.
[25.05.2018 14:30:59] 2018-05-25 14:31:00 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:30:59] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: First you tell me to stop, then go, then shoot at me to stop. You're confusing.
[25.05.2018 14:31:11] 2018-05-25 14:31:13 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:31:11] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: You should pay me for the inconvenience. About half a mil sounds right.
[25.05.2018 14:31:12] 2018-05-25 14:31:14 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:31:12] Mr.Yoshida.: I told you to move away from the trade lane. In which you were aligned.
[25.05.2018 14:31:28] 2018-05-25 14:31:29 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:31:28] Mr.Yoshida.: Don't try to be stupid.
[25.05.2018 14:31:32] 2018-05-25 14:31:33 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:31:32] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: And I did move away. Where exactly is the complaint?
[25.05.2018 14:31:32] 2018-05-25 14:31:34 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:31:32] Mr.Yoshida.: B-3 Sector
[25.05.2018 14:31:39] 2018-05-25 14:31:40 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:31:39] Mr.Yoshida.: Move to B-3 Sector
[25.05.2018 14:31:47] Jump drive not ready
[25.05.2018 14:31:53] 2018-05-25 14:31:55 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:31:53] Mr.Yoshida.: We need to have a chat
[25.05.2018 14:32:10] 2018-05-25 14:32:12 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:32:10] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Nothing that can't be settled here for a few credits, I think.
[25.05.2018 14:32:23] 2018-05-25 14:32:24 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:32:23] Mr.Yoshida.: I insist.
[25.05.2018 14:32:37] 2018-05-25 14:32:38 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:32:37] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: I have a client waiting for this cargo, and a critical pickup in Hudson.
[25.05.2018 14:32:47] 2018-05-25 14:32:48 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:32:47] Mr.Yoshida.: I don't particularly care
[25.05.2018 14:32:59] 2018-05-25 14:33:01 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:32:59] Mr.Yoshida.: You will move there or you the appointment you have will be forever lost.
[25.05.2018 14:33:05] 2018-05-25 14:33:06 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:33:05] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Fine. Lead the way.
[25.05.2018 14:33:07] 2018-05-25 14:33:08 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:33:07] Mr.Yoshida.: As will your ship
[25.05.2018 14:33:15] 2018-05-25 14:33:16 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:33:15] Mr.Yoshida.: Set waypoint to B-3.
[25.05.2018 14:33:19] 2018-05-25 14:33:21 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:33:19] Mr.Yoshida.: I will follow you.
[25.05.2018 14:35:30] 2018-05-25 14:35:32 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:35:30] Mr.Yoshida.: You may terminate your engines again.
[25.05.2018 14:36:03] 2018-05-25 14:36:05 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:36:03] Mr.Yoshida.: It is the first time I encounter a ship bearing this tag.
[25.05.2018 14:36:13] 2018-05-25 14:36:15 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:36:13] Mr.Yoshida.: You must be part of a new company, aren't you?
[25.05.2018 14:36:24] 2018-05-25 14:36:25 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:36:24] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Natio Octavarium? Not a company.
[25.05.2018 14:36:27] 2018-05-25 14:36:29 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:36:27] Mr.Yoshida.: Judging by your guns' origin, I'd say Bretonian.
[25.05.2018 14:36:37] 2018-05-25 14:36:39 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:36:37] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: We're a small nation in the Taus allied with Malta.
[25.05.2018 14:36:44] 2018-05-25 14:36:45 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:36:44] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: The ship is of Bretonian make, yes.
[25.05.2018 14:37:16] 2018-05-25 14:37:17 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:37:16] Mr.Yoshida.: That is hard to believe. I haven't heard any news about a "Natio Octavarium" from my Maltese allies.
[25.05.2018 14:37:43] 2018-05-25 14:37:45 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:37:43] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: No surprise. I'm sure you don't exactly move in the best of circles.
[25.05.2018 14:38:11] 2018-05-25 14:38:12 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:38:11] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Now, what was so important you had to drag me out in the middle of nowhere, to get shot at by some idiot in a Falchion?
[25.05.2018 14:38:12] 2018-05-25 14:38:14 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:38:12] Mr.Yoshida.: I don't think it is wise to antagonize me. You're clearly too light in the head.
[25.05.2018 14:38:22] 2018-05-25 14:38:24 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:38:22] Mr.Yoshida.: Do you even know who I am?
[25.05.2018 14:38:41] 2018-05-25 14:38:42 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:38:41] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: I would assume, by your name tag, that you're a Mr. Yoshida.
[25.05.2018 14:39:04] 2018-05-25 14:39:05 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:39:04] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: The same Mr. Yoshida, I might add, that's costing me credits every second we chat.
[25.05.2018 14:39:17] 2018-05-25 14:39:18 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:39:17] Mr.Yoshida.: I see.
[25.05.2018 14:39:38] 2018-05-25 14:39:39 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:39:38] Mr.Yoshida.: Indeed. With every added insult, the sum increases.
[25.05.2018 14:39:59] 2018-05-25 14:40:01 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:39:59] Death: 6th|Alpha-4 suffered a self-inflicted catastrophic decompression.
[25.05.2018 14:40:06] 2018-05-25 14:40:07 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:40:06] Mr.Yoshida.: I believe your story is hogwash. Fairy tale.
[25.05.2018 14:40:07] 2018-05-25 14:40:09 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:40:07] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: We haven't even begun to discuss a sum.
[25.05.2018 14:40:18] 2018-05-25 14:40:19 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:40:18] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Believe what you like. I don't get paid enough to lie.
[25.05.2018 14:40:21] 2018-05-25 14:40:22 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:40:21] Mr.Yoshida.: There is no "nation" in the Taus except the well-established ones.
[25.05.2018 14:40:33] 2018-05-25 14:40:35 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:40:33] Mr.Yoshida.: I want to hear the truth from you.
[25.05.2018 14:40:48] 2018-05-25 14:40:50 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:40:48] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: You already have. I'm sorry your records are out of date.
[25.05.2018 14:40:49] 2018-05-25 14:40:51 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:40:49] Mr.Yoshida.: Tell me the truth and everything will finish much quicker.
[25.05.2018 14:41:05] 2018-05-25 14:41:06 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:41:05] Mr.Yoshida.: Operative, maintain 10K perimeter.
[25.05.2018 14:41:20] 2018-05-25 14:41:21 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:41:20] Felicity': Understood. Observing.
[25.05.2018 14:41:46] 2018-05-25 14:41:47 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:41:46] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: More firepower? I was unaware that an obsolete bucket like this one constituted such a threat.
[25.05.2018 14:41:47] 2018-05-25 14:41:49 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:41:47] Mr.Yoshida.: As you can see, there is no escape. No one can come and save the day.
[25.05.2018 14:42:01] 2018-05-25 14:42:03 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:42:01] Mr.Yoshida.: We, in the Lane Hackers take nothing by chance.
[25.05.2018 14:42:36] 2018-05-25 14:42:38 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:42:36] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Clearly. Come visit scenic Liberty, they said. Safest lanes in Sirius, they said.
[25.05.2018 14:42:48] 2018-05-25 14:42:50 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:42:48] Mr.Yoshida.: What is your name, captain?
[25.05.2018 14:43:00] 2018-05-25 14:43:01 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:43:00] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: John Riley, at your service.
[25.05.2018 14:43:18] 2018-05-25 14:43:20 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:43:18] Mr.Yoshida.: So Mr Riley, let's play along. How did this "nation" come into existence?
[25.05.2018 14:43:22] 2018-05-25 14:43:24 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:43:22] Mr.Yoshida.: Where did it come from?
[25.05.2018 14:43:56] 2018-05-25 14:43:58 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:43:56] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: They're descended from a group called the Vagrant Raiders.
[25.05.2018 14:44:10] 2018-05-25 14:44:12 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:44:10] Mr.Yoshida.: Interesting.
[25.05.2018 14:44:21] 2018-05-25 14:44:22 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:44:21] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Look, I'm a recent arrival and history isn't my strong suit. They gave my family asylum from the war, and that's all I care about.
[25.05.2018 14:44:53] 2018-05-25 14:44:54 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:44:53] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Our home system is in Tau-44.
[25.05.2018 14:45:21] 2018-05-25 14:45:23 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:45:21] Mr.Yoshida.: You invoke a name that has fallen in obscurity
[25.05.2018 14:45:30] 2018-05-25 14:45:32 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:45:30] Mr.Yoshida.: A name that has been lost in the mists of history
[25.05.2018 14:45:41] 2018-05-25 14:45:43 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:45:41] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Possibly because they're using a new one now?
[25.05.2018 14:46:23] 2018-05-25 14:46:25 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:46:23] Mr.Yoshida.: The remnants of the Raiders were destroyed. I fought when I was a Technician too!
[25.05.2018 14:46:49] 2018-05-25 14:46:50 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:46:49] Mr.Yoshida.: Whatever this group you work for pretends to be, they are not descended from Vagrant Raiders.
[25.05.2018 14:47:02] 2018-05-25 14:47:04 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:47:02] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: I was informed they settled in Kansas, formed the Natio, and then were forced north by the Gallic advance.
[25.05.2018 14:47:04] 2018-05-25 14:47:06 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:47:04] Mr.Yoshida.: And they are certainly not enough to even pretend to call themselves as 'nation'!
[25.05.2018 14:47:38] 2018-05-25 14:47:40 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:47:38] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Rome, back on Earth, started out as a haven for fugitives and criminals, then formed a nation.
[25.05.2018 14:47:46] 2018-05-25 14:47:48 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:47:46] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Why is such a thing so outlandish now?
[25.05.2018 14:48:03] 2018-05-25 14:48:05 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:48:03] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Sirius is a big place, and the war has uprooted a lot of good people.
[25.05.2018 14:48:19] 2018-05-25 14:48:21 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:48:19] Mr.Yoshida.: Mr Riley you live a lie.
[25.05.2018 14:48:24] 2018-05-25 14:48:26 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:48:24] Mr.Yoshida.: Your employers are lying to you.
[25.05.2018 14:48:49] 2018-05-25 14:48:50 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:48:49] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: They gave us refuge and my son wasn't drafted into the BAF. I'm happy with the outcome.
[25.05.2018 14:48:51] 2018-05-25 14:48:53 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:48:51] Mr.Yoshida.: They are pretending to be individuals who are erased from the physical.
[25.05.2018 14:49:16] 2018-05-25 14:49:18 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:49:16] Mr.Yoshida.: I respect that Mr Riley.
[25.05.2018 14:49:29] 2018-05-25 14:49:31 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:49:29] Mr.Yoshida.: And I believe you deserve a second chance to start over.
[25.05.2018 14:49:49] 2018-05-25 14:49:51 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:49:49] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: If you're concerned with who they claim to be, send a communique to government yourself. Talking to me isn't going to clear
[25.05.2018 14:49:52] 2018-05-25 14:49:54 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:49:52] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: things up.
[25.05.2018 14:50:41] 2018-05-25 14:50:42 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:50:41] Mr.Yoshida.: I have nothing to say to pretenders. If these ghosts really believe their lies they can seek me out.
[25.05.2018 14:51:09] 2018-05-25 14:51:11 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:51:09] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Now, I believe we had business? This load of niobium really needs to get to its destination.
[25.05.2018 14:51:31] 2018-05-25 14:51:33 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:51:31] Mr.Yoshida.: Yes, I believe we do.
[25.05.2018 14:51:47] 2018-05-25 14:51:48 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:51:47] Mr.Yoshida.: Tell me, Mr Riley, are you a courier of messages?
[25.05.2018 14:52:02] 2018-05-25 14:52:04 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:52:02] Mr.Yoshida.: Can you relay a message to your "government"?
[25.05.2018 14:52:06] 2018-05-25 14:52:08 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:52:06] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: I can be. Messages don't take cargo space, after all.
[25.05.2018 14:52:35] 2018-05-25 14:52:36 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:52:35] Death: Deadpool was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[25.05.2018 14:52:50] 2018-05-25 14:52:52 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:52:50] Mr.Yoshida.: Tell them that Professor Yoshida of the Lane Hackers has their cargo. And they can contact him if they want it back
[25.05.2018 14:53:16] 2018-05-25 14:53:18 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:53:16] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Tell me you're not referring to the cargo in my hold.
[25.05.2018 14:53:24] 2018-05-25 14:53:26 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:53:24] Mr.Yoshida.: I do, yes.
[25.05.2018 14:53:31] 2018-05-25 14:53:31 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:53:31] Mr.Yoshida.: We will keep it for safekeeping.
[25.05.2018 14:53:35] 2018-05-25 14:53:36 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:53:35] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: I see... how much, then?
[25.05.2018 14:54:12] 2018-05-25 14:54:13 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:54:12] Mr.Yoshida.: This is not an extortion. We are simply delaying its delivery.
[25.05.2018 14:54:15] 2018-05-25 14:54:17 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:54:15] Mr.Yoshida.: All of it, of course.
[25.05.2018 14:54:37] 2018-05-25 14:54:39 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:54:37] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Is that other ship hanging back big enough to carry it all?
[25.05.2018 14:55:00] 2018-05-25 14:55:01 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:55:00] Mr.Yoshida.: A transport will soon arrive in our coordinates, with bigger cargo hold than yours to take it for safekeeping.
[25.05.2018 14:55:14] 2018-05-25 14:55:16 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:55:14] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: Do you need me to wait, or just drop it here?
[25.05.2018 14:55:22] 2018-05-25 14:55:24 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:55:22] Mr.Yoshida.: Just drop it. And go.
[25.05.2018 14:56:15] 2018-05-25 14:56:16 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:56:15] Mr.Yoshida.: Goodbye Mr Riley. My name is well-known, it will not be hard to find it.
[25.05.2018 14:56:26] 2018-05-25 14:56:28 SMT
[25.05.2018 14:56:26] NO-Aluminum.Falcon: I have no doubt. I'll pass along the message.
Captain John Riley, NO-Aluminum.Falcon
Natio Octavarium
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