The Lane Hackers | Internal Comms

[Mr. Blackfriar]

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Blackfriar here.

I have recently intercepted an Ageira vessel commanded by CEO John White himself. While I expected the patrol to be a routine task, it has proven to be something far more valuable, and resulted in an interrogation that gave me a next clue of the larger scheme I'm pursuing for some time. Mister White has proven to be a tough nut to crack, and I have only managed to subdue him after the lengthy gunfight. Interrogation ensued, but his attitude and answers were more than disappointing, therefore I have decided to evaporate one of his prized possessions to teach him a lesson - his Bison transport.


Proof of destruction

CEO John White communications logs

Unforeseen.Peril: Hold it.
Ageira~Innovations: Oh, to hell with it.
Unforeseen.Peril: There's only one way out of this alive.
Unforeseen.Peril: And that is: Following my direct orders.
Unforeseen.Peril: Now, set waypoint: D-7. Move out.
Unforeseen.Peril: I want to have a chat with you.
Ageira~Innovations: What if I don't want to have a chat with you?
Unforeseen.Peril: Then I force you to.
Ageira~Innovations: Who knows what can happen out there, far away from civilisation.
Unforeseen.Peril: Indeed.
Unforeseen.Peril: So, what shall it be?
Ageira~Innovations: Because if you really wanted to chat, we could this do while thrusting towards Houston, but I suspect you have more devious ide
Ageira~Innovations: ideas
Unforeseen.Peril: No. I just want some peace and quiet. Hudson is way too crowded.
Unforeseen.Peril: So. D-7. Power on your cruise engines, now.
Unforeseen.Peril: I said, NOW.
Ageira~Innovations: No.
Unforeseen.Peril: Very well.
Ageira~Innovations: GOD DAMN IT
Unforeseen.Peril: Last chance.
Ageira~Innovations: ALright, I yield?
Unforeseen.Peril: Move out to C-2
Unforeseen.Peril: That is enough. Cut your engines.
Unforeseen.Peril: Now, let's begin. Your name, please.
Ageira~Innovations: John White.
Unforeseen.Peril: Position in the company?
Ageira~Innovations: What kind of Hacker are you if you don't know it already.
Unforeseen.Peril: I want to hear it, mister White. I'm well aware of who you are.
Ageira~Innovations: I am the President of Ageira Innovations.
Unforeseen.Peril: What was your planned route today?
Ageira~Innovations: Considering I was transporting Iridium, it was either Planet Houston or Denver.
Unforeseen.Peril: Your total run, I mean. The Iridium has came from somewhere, that's for certain. And you surely transported something.
Unforeseen.Peril: There as well.
Ageira~Innovations: I was transporting Ageira White Boxes previously, to one of our clients, who I obviously won't mention due to confidentiality.
Unforeseen.Peril: Should I remind you of your position, mister White? This is no time for confidentiality.
Ageira~Innovations: You can remind me of my position and get absolutely zero afterwards. That is how I see the situation from my position.
Unforeseen.Peril: Very well, we'll get back to it later. The Iridium, where did it come from?
Ageira~Innovations: Freeport 11, if I recall correctly.
Unforeseen.Peril: Are you certain?
Ageira~Innovations: Yes.
Unforeseen.Peril: What are you relations with The Core, mister White?
Ageira~Innovations: That is an odd and vague question.
Unforeseen.Peril: No, it is not. A straight-forward one.
Unforeseen.Peril: What level of relations do the Ageira and Core have?
Ageira~Innovations: Well then, considering I am married, I fancy noone from The Core.
Unforeseen.Peril: That's for trying to be hilarious.
Ageira~Innovations: Ageira has a lot of clients and business partners.
Unforeseen.Peril: Now, answer.
Ageira~Innovations: You got the answer as vague as the question was.
Unforeseen.Peril: You are well aware what the question was refering to.
Ageira~Innovations: Not particulary, when you ask and direct it to me personally.
Unforeseen.Peril: The Core. What is the Ageira's stance towards it?
Unforeseen.Peril: Are you a business partners?
Ageira~Innovations: We have an understanding with people who run The Core.
Unforeseen.Peril: What kind of understanding? Elaborate.
Ageira~Innovations: Ever since Interspace Commerce invested into The Core, we were more or less business partners.
Unforeseen.Peril: More or less? From what I heard from a certain Core member, it is more than that.
Ageira~Innovations: I can neither confirm or deny a rumour that which I do not know.
Unforeseen.Peril: He was in a similar situation such as you now, so I'm assured it was an honest answer.
Ageira~Innovations: What you fail to understand is that people are more willing to lie and provide false information to get out of uncomfortable si
Unforeseen.Peril: He said you were staunch business partners, with few deals going on.
Ageira~Innovations: situatione while under pressure.
Unforeseen.Peril: Commodity exchange, to be precise.
Unforeseen.Peril: Hence my suspicion that you are lying as well, and the Iridium has came from the Core.
Ageira~Innovations: I don't remember any commodity exchange as Core has nothing to offer so far.
Unforeseen.Peril: Iridium? APM Hardware? I've seen them hauling both, delivering the goods to Alberta.
Unforeseen.Peril: You know, your Core partners do not how to hold their tongue as good as you do.
Unforeseen.Peril: The moment I start shooting, they talk.
Ageira~Innovations: *Pushes shipping manifest from Freeport 11. Timestamped at 08:09 SMT*
Ageira~Innovations: Even at this age, I trust in hardcopies.
Unforeseen.Peril: If the Core is not your current business partner, who is?
Unforeseen.Peril: What are the current project of Ageira?
Ageira~Innovations: As I said, we have many clients and business partners.
Unforeseen.Peril: Name them.
Ageira~Innovations: Are you serious?
Unforeseen.Peril: Yes.
Ageira~Innovations: I don't have the vocal cords to say them all.
Unforeseen.Peril: One that you were delivering to today will be enough, then.
Unforeseen.Peril: Who was it?
Ageira~Innovations: I cannot expose a client due to confidentiality clause.
Unforeseen.Peril: The location, then.
Ageira~Innovations: Omicron systems.
Unforeseen.Peril: Which system? Be precise.
Ageira~Innovations: I cannot. That would be telling too much.
Ageira~Innovations: If you cannot make an educated guess, then what kind of a Hacker are you?
Unforeseen.Peril: Do you value the information more than your life?
Unforeseen.Peril: I want to hear it from your mouth, mister White. It's worth more than my guess.
Ageira~Innovations: I value the business relationships we have with our clients.
Unforeseen.Peril: It is your life on the edge here, mister White. Not theirs. Would they do the same for you?
Ageira~Innovations: If you think the president of company has not invested in top-of-a-line Escape Pod equipped with various countermeasures and cl
Ageira~Innovations: cloaking device, then you sure have no idea to what extent and lenghts will I go to protect not only my own safety but that of
Ageira~Innovations: our clients all over Sirius.
Ageira~Innovations: You have been provided with enough information.
Unforeseen.Peril: Your cargo nor your vessel and all your belongings in it won't go anywhere, that's for sure.
Ageira~Innovations: And if you are unable to put two and two together, that's really not my fault.
Unforeseen.Peril: All what will remain is few scrap for the Junkers.
Unforeseen.Peril: Omicrons are vast, mister White. I want a more precise answer.
Ageira~Innovations: As if I care about losing a penny in the sea of income we are getting from our clients.
Unforeseen.Peril: You're a tough nut to crack, aren't you, mister White?
Unforeseen.Peril: As my patience is running low, there is only one way remaining for you to come out of this alive.
Ageira~Innovations: Perhaps you are asking the wrong questions. Or are too stuck up in making me answer directly.
Unforeseen.Peril: Maybe next time we meet each other I'll have different set of questions to ask, mister White. But for now, there's one more ...
Unforeseen.Peril: Thing you will do.
Unforeseen.Peril: An announcement, system wide. A admitting that the Lane Hackers are far superior than Ageira, intellectually.
Ageira~Innovations: In your dreams.
Unforeseen.Peril: As well pointing out what a fool you are for allowing to be caught twice already.
Unforeseen.Peril: Your first encounter did not pass well, didnt it?
Unforeseen.Peril: I gave you a new chance, but you screwed it up.
Unforeseen.Peril: Your last chance to comply, mister White.
Ageira~Innovations: Perhaps I am a fool for not putting my foot on my fighter and annihilating you one by one?
Ageira~Innovations: Now that would be something for system-wide announcements about superiority, don't you think?
Unforeseen.Peril: I hope that's more than an empty threat.
Ageira~Innovations: Oh, you do hope?
Ageira~Innovations: That can be arranged.
Unforeseen.Peril: As for now, time to pack your things up and move towards escape pod.
Unforeseen.Peril: Blackfriar. Remember the name, mister White. I'll be waiting for you.
Death: Ageira~Innovations was put out of action by Unforeseen.Peril (Gun).

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