Xeno Alliance communications (iRP) (FO)

[Zeb]

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> Comm ID: Barry Carleone
> Location: Nome Base, Kepler
> Destination ID: Xeno Alliance
> Subject: Liberty Patrol
> Priority: Juvenile

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Mornin'.

I stumbled upon a Rogue during a patrol in the Alamosa Asteroid Field. The pilot was hiding right outside the Galileo Gate, probably thinking nobody would catch him before he'd find some transport to pirate. I swear there's just more and more filthy Rogues pouring out from that system lately, like rats escaping the sewers. Just as expected, the Rogue got scared like a little kid and fled immediately through the trade lanes. A cat and mouse chase began through the system that eventually ended in Kepler where the pilot vanished from my scanners, most likely by escaping into one of the dark matter clouds.

The chase got my blood pumping so I took a small break at Ames. After having a drink or two, I met up with another XA fella - "Night". Bored as we were, we undocked to find some action. And would you guess, a lone Hacker who for some reason decided he wanted to test his luck showed up not far from Ames. These self-proclaimed "geniuses" seem to lack the braincells to understand when they're stepping on our turf. After a brief chat, we robbed him off some custom made plasma gun, which is apparently effective at blowing holes in stuff. We both wanted to get rid off the Hacker to learn them a lesson, but as current orders at that time were to avoid unnecessary battles with them, we swallowed our pride and told the Hacker to piss off.

Yet another moment of boredom hit us, so me and "Night" decided to split-up. He traveled to the Kansas system while I went back to Colorado. "Night" ended up finding some unknown contact nearby a dark matter cloud, most likely a foreign ship. It disappeared into the cloud, no surprise. Might be worth investigating what goes on in there, as many foreign ships seem to be circulating around it lately.

Colorado was quite empty at the time, so I decided to pay New York a visit. I cut the lane between the Texas Gate and Norfolk and waited until an unlucky Hegemon exited. The Freelancer who piloted it must have panicked since it started firing at my ship after ignoring any attempts of communication. The pilot was dumb enough to mess with the fangs and paid the price of death.

I've docked at Nome for now. The engineers seemed interested in the Hacker Gun, maybe they'll find some use of it.

Communication logs

Kepler:
[14.03.2019 15:02:38] LH~Wardriver: Well fancy that.
[14.03.2019 15:02:54] XA-"Night": That's my line, son.
[14.03.2019 15:03:21] LH~Wardriver: Didn't mean to infringe on your copyright.
[14.03.2019 15:03:27] XA-Lyre: Now what is a hacker doing in Xeno territory.
[14.03.2019 15:03:35] XA-"Night": Hacker.
[14.03.2019 15:03:56] LH~Wardriver: Xeno territory? I admire your gusto, but this is just another system to me.
[14.03.2019 15:04:03] XA-"Night": What business have you got here? Apart from being all the way drugged up.
[14.03.2019 15:04:10] LH~Wardriver: I'm simply patrolling between our bases.
[14.03.2019 15:04:24] XA-"Night": Your bases are in Galileo, not here.
[14.03.2019 15:04:43] XA-Lyre: Kid, you got your head all messed up.
[14.03.2019 15:04:47] LH~Wardriver: Did you miss the part where I said "between"?
[14.03.2019 15:05:05] LH~Wardriver: That implies travelling through systems.
[14.03.2019 15:05:50] LH~Wardriver: Either way...
[14.03.2019 15:05:54] XA-"Night": Right...
[14.03.2019 15:05:56] XA-Lyre: Lissen, fella.
[14.03.2019 15:06:01] XA-Lyre: I want your cardamine.
[14.03.2019 15:06:09] XA-"Night": You what?
[14.03.2019 15:06:11] LH~Wardriver: The audacity!
[14.03.2019 15:06:22] XA-"Night": I wanna destroy that crap.
[14.03.2019 15:06:52] XA-Lyre: You're gonna hand it over.
[14.03.2019 15:06:53] LH~Wardriver: Can I interest you in my portable plasma shotgun instead? I had it custom made on Mactan.
[14.03.2019 15:06:56] XA-Lyre: Or I'll take it from you.
[14.03.2019 15:07:13] LH~Wardriver: Tsk tsk. I don't respond well to threats.
[14.03.2019 15:07:23] XA-"Night": Plasma shotgun?
[14.03.2019 15:07:33] XA-"Night": Hmm, i've always been a fan of weapons myself.
[14.03.2019 15:07:54] LH~Wardriver: Yes, powerful enough to blast a hole in any station's hull, to be used with care.
[14.03.2019 15:08:14] XA-Lyre: Alright, you know what.
[14.03.2019 15:08:17] XA-Lyre: I'm in a good mood today.
[14.03.2019 15:08:28] XA-"Night": Me too.
[14.03.2019 15:08:31] XA-Lyre: Hand over that gun instead, and leave the system.
[14.03.2019 15:08:36] XA-"Night": I'm interested in that shotgun.
[14.03.2019 15:08:39] XA-Lyre: Refuse and you'll hit the hammer.
[14.03.2019 15:08:45] LH~Wardriver: I wouldn't usually just give it away, but seeing as there are hints of warming up in our relations...
[14.03.2019 15:09:11] LH~Wardriver: Again, I don't respond well to threats. But I'll just assume that's because you're really eager to get your hands on it.
[14.03.2019 15:09:19] XA-"Night": As long as you don't screw us over, we will be fine, Hacker.
[14.03.2019 15:09:43] XA-Lyre: Now continue to whatever hell-hole you were going to.
[14.03.2019 15:10:01] XA-Lyre: I don't want to see your face here again.
[14.03.2019 15:10:15] LH~Wardriver: Be careful with that, I'd hate to read the news that you've accidentally caused an explosive decompression somewhere.
[14.03.2019 15:10:26] XA-"Night": Not without a good reason anyway.
[14.03.2019 15:10:47] LH~Wardriver: Farewell, then.
[14.03.2019 15:10:53] XA-Lyre: I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that.
[14.03.2019 15:11:06] LH~Wardriver: Next time you threaten me, I'll have your brains fried.
[14.03.2019 15:11:24] XA-"Night": Details details.
[14.03.2019 15:11:30] XA-Lyre: I will keep that in mind next time I see you, kid.

New York:
[14.03.2019 16:16:54] XA-Lyre: Cut your engines now.
[14.03.2019 16:17:14] XA-Lyre: Lissen fella.
[14.03.2019 16:17:19] XA-Lyre: Don't move an inch.
[14.03.2019 16:17:28] XA-Lyre: If you do I'll tear a hole in your ship.
[14.03.2019 16:17:56] XA-Lyre: Wrong decision.
[14.03.2019 16:17:59] XA-Lyre: Time to die.
[14.03.2019 16:19:50] Death: Space_Nigrutin was put out of action by XA-Lyre (Gun).

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