Identification:Gunboat Nakatsugawa, Nakai Clan Subject:Kyushu Patrol and Kempetai Agent
Aisatsu Dragons,
While on patrol in the Kyushu system with Dragon Hayashi, the Nakatsugawa encountered a single Kempetai fighter in conversation with a Freelancer vessel. We made contact and engaged in a lengthy debate, after which Hayashi and the Kempetai engaged in an honorable duel. The battle ended with no decisive winner: both vessels were rendered inoperable. We returned Hayashi back to Kyoto, unharmed. Audio recording is as follows:
[13.11.2019 03:36:35] Nodachi: Is that so
[13.11.2019 03:36:55] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Hayashi... I'm picking up something.
[13.11.2019 03:37:01] Nodachi: Not sure why you would want to go to that filthy cesspool void of any actual beauty, but to every man his own.
[13.11.2019 03:37:03] BD|N.Hayashi: Hai? What is it?
[13.11.2019 03:37:10] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Kempetai.
[13.11.2019 03:37:15] Nodachi: Dragons...
[13.11.2019 03:37:16] BD|N.Hayashi: *she sighs*
[13.11.2019 03:37:18] Joshua.Graham:: Was a..."buisness" trip
[13.11.2019 03:37:31] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: And a... Freelancer.
[13.11.2019 03:37:43] Joshua.Graham:: Yep that's me
[13.11.2019 03:38:00] BD|N.Hayashi: Just when I thought they'd ran off, tail between legs. They show up again!
[13.11.2019 03:38:04] Nodachi: What are warriors who failed their emporer doing out here?
[13.11.2019 03:38:29] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Says the protector of the kereitsu. Exploiters of our honored planets and people.
[13.11.2019 03:38:38] BD|N.Hayashi: Hmpf, what is the Kempeitai doing out here? Terrorising rice farmers?
[13.11.2019 03:38:55] Joshua.Graham:: Uh...
[13.11.2019 03:38:57] Nodachi: You fight for ghosts. Your era has long passed. I fight for what the Empire is now.
[13.11.2019 03:39:09] Joshua.Graham:: Whats this about an Emperor and Rice Farmers?
[13.11.2019 03:39:10] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Soft and corrupted by gaijin and profit-seekers.
[13.11.2019 03:39:25] Nodachi: Foreigners have no place in our lands, you generalize too much.
[13.11.2019 03:39:35] BD|N.Hayashi: Hm, at least we agree on that.
[13.11.2019 03:39:46] Joshua.Graham:: Well glad I am getting such a warm reception
[13.11.2019 03:40:03] BD|N.Hayashi: Shut it bakayarou gaijin!
[13.11.2019 03:40:05] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Travel Sirius looking for profit wherever you find it... don't expect to make too many friends.
[13.11.2019 03:40:13] Joshua.Graham:: Wait I remember you.
[13.11.2019 03:40:22] BD|N.Hayashi: Hm? You do?
[13.11.2019 03:40:26] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Hayashi? She's hard to forget.
[13.11.2019 03:40:38] Joshua.Graham:: Yeah back in the Sigmas
[13.11.2019 03:40:42] BD|N.Hayashi: Ha-ha. *she'd say sarcastically*
[13.11.2019 03:40:46] Joshua.Graham:: Was a hell of alot calmer
[13.11.2019 03:40:54] BD|N.Hayashi: Oh! Hai hai. I remember now.
[13.11.2019 03:40:55] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: The Sigmas? What on earth were you doing out there?
[13.11.2019 03:41:16] BD|N.Hayashi: It's all in the Toccata report Nakatsugawa.
[13.11.2019 03:41:21] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: I see.
[13.11.2019 03:41:29] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Fools.
[13.11.2019 03:41:42] Nodachi: Ancient designs, for ancient warriors. I wonder... will you display your lack of honor in an unfair fight like before?
[13.11.2019 03:41:57] BD|N.Hayashi: Unfair Kempeitai?
[13.11.2019 03:42:06] Joshua.Graham:: Oh is it time to start betting?
[13.11.2019 03:42:23] Joshua.Graham:: Been too long since I've seen a decent scrap
[13.11.2019 03:42:32] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: An unfair fight?
[13.11.2019 03:43:12] Nodachi: Awake the dragon in thy den, expect dishonorable action.
[13.11.2019 03:43:45] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: If you ventured too far out into the nebulas... it is you who brings dishonor upon yourself.
[13.11.2019 03:43:58] BD|N.Hayashi: Hai hai... *she'd say in a disinterested tone* ...do you not know the stories?
[13.11.2019 03:44:28] Nodachi: I've seen Kyoto firsthand. Quite literally a hole you crawl out of.
[13.11.2019 03:44:50] Joshua.Graham:: What the hell is Kyoto?
[13.11.2019 03:45:01] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Nothing, freelancer.
[13.11.2019 03:45:14] Joshua.Graham:: Right........
[13.11.2019 03:45:16] BD|N.Hayashi: No such place exists.
[13.11.2019 03:45:22] Nodachi: You've never heard the stories? I thought everyone who came to
[13.11.2019 03:45:26] Nodachi: Kusari knew them.
[13.11.2019 03:45:43] Joshua.Graham:: I got dragged down here by my Pyscho friend
[13.11.2019 03:45:54] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: And where is that friend now?
[13.11.2019 03:45:56] Nodachi: Psycho.... friend...?
[13.11.2019 03:46:08] Joshua.Graham:: Dunno to be honest
[13.11.2019 03:46:24] Joshua.Graham:: I'd assume on Freeport Six
[13.11.2019 03:46:56] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: I see. Perhaps you should rejoin them?
[13.11.2019 03:47:19] Joshua.Graham:: Nah they are probably "busy" if you catch my drift
[13.11.2019 03:47:31] Nodachi: Such a marvel the old designs were... it's such a shame to see them fall into such disrepair.
[13.11.2019 03:47:36] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Bah. Not one for subtlety.
[13.11.2019 03:47:53] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: The old designs?
[13.11.2019 03:48:12] Joshua.Graham:: Do I look like I do subtlety?
[13.11.2019 03:48:20] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: I'm sure you will find we retain many of our old designs. Such as this one.
[13.11.2019 03:48:34] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: And fair point, freelancer. Your ship is screaming in waves of green through my viewscreen.
[13.11.2019 03:49:16] Nodachi: Solaris.... Silencers...
[13.11.2019 03:49:18] Joshua.Graham:: Yeah probably shouldn't have left that Engineer go so wild
[13.11.2019 03:49:26] Joshua.Graham:: //let
[13.11.2019 03:49:46] Nodachi: You hunt prey to small to harm you, how very honorable of you.
[13.11.2019 03:50:01] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: We also must adapt to survive. You of all people should know that, Kempetai. Our equipment evolves as the winds of time
[13.11.2019 03:50:06] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: shape and reshape Kusari.
[13.11.2019 03:50:15] BD|N.Hayashi: There is honour in a swift death, one without pain. It is a warrior's duty to fight and die for their cause.
[13.11.2019 03:50:34] Nodachi: You speak much about warriors for being a mere pirate.
[13.11.2019 03:50:47] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Watch your tongue. A mere pirate?
[13.11.2019 03:50:51] Joshua.Graham:: Gotta make a living somehow
[13.11.2019 03:50:51] BD|N.Hayashi: P-pirate!? Baka!
[13.11.2019 03:51:39] Nodachi: Teeming with rage... truth hurts, doesn't it.
[13.11.2019 03:51:44] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Warding off traders in Kusari is our way of speaking to gaijin corporations and the kereitsu in the only language they
[13.11.2019 03:51:47] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: understand. Money.
[13.11.2019 03:51:59] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Make commerce too expensive for them and you weaken their incentive to exploit our people.
[13.11.2019 03:52:26] Nodachi: I wonder.
[13.11.2019 03:52:28] BD|N.Hayashi: *she sighs*
[13.11.2019 03:52:29] Joshua.Graham:: Yeah sure the working stiffs are doing great being Vaccummed
[13.11.2019 03:52:37] Nodachi: Where is your emporer that you swore to protect.
[13.11.2019 03:52:39] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: A pirate steals and murders without purpose or honor... just for personal gain.
[13.11.2019 03:52:56] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: We do not conduct wanton violence... like a hammer to an ant-hill. Dragons are precision instruments.
[13.11.2019 03:53:04] Joshua.Graham:: And that is worse than fighting for a forgotten cause?
[13.11.2019 03:53:29] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Forgotten? Bah. You underestimate the appeal of our movement.
[13.11.2019 03:53:36] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: You underestimate our vast network of connections.
[13.11.2019 03:53:41] Nodachi: It would seem even foreigners understand your irrelevence in our house.
[13.11.2019 03:54:12] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Ask Samura and Kishiro shippers how irrelevant we are. Ask planetary lords and governors. Ask the ground troops on Tomioka.
[13.11.2019 03:54:13] Joshua.Graham:: Was trying to be nice but if you want to be realistic about it at least the Pirates cause had a chance of happening
[13.11.2019 03:55:23] Nodachi: You believe yourself just, by working with corperations more corrupt than foreign?
[13.11.2019 03:56:03] Nodachi: Sometimes upholding your oath means defending something you don't believe in. You seek only that which benefits you.
[13.11.2019 03:56:26] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: What corporations do we work with?
[13.11.2019 03:56:43] BD|N.Hayashi: True warriors have no reason to be cruel, they do not need to prove their strength.
[13.11.2019 03:57:00] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: And don't misunderstand our position. If you've seen Kyoto as you claim, you know it is nothing compared to the crown jewel
[13.11.2019 03:57:04] BD|N.Hayashi: Warriors are courteous even to their enemies. They are not only respected for their strength in battle.
[13.11.2019 03:57:06] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: planets of Kusari, our ancient honored homeland.
[13.11.2019 03:57:09] BD|N.Hayashi: But in their dealings with others.
[13.11.2019 03:57:18] Nodachi: Well, you say the shippers of Kishiro and Samura know of your relevance.
[13.11.2019 03:57:19] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: If we truly sought out our own best personal interest, we would be toasting champagne in a Samura breakroom right now.
[13.11.2019 03:57:28] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: But we fight for the honor of all of Kusari. For the benefit of all Kusarians.
[13.11.2019 03:57:36] Nodachi: You aid the masters of the corperation by removing people to pay.
[13.11.2019 03:57:58] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: We remove people who supply their installations, transport their goods, and fund their profits.
[13.11.2019 03:58:07] BD|N.Hayashi: So you admit, the Keiretsu are corrupt?
[13.11.2019 03:58:13] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: They have fewer salaries to pay... but they receive even less in stock returns and material profits.
[13.11.2019 03:58:24] Nodachi: There isn't a single thing in this world untouched by corruption.
[13.11.2019 03:58:47] Joshua.Graham:: I dunno man I feel pretty uncorrupted right now
[13.11.2019 03:58:57] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: There is honor. Courage. Love. Honesty. The brutality of combat.
[13.11.2019 03:59:17] Nodachi: Brutality of combat, the only thing I have left to live for.
[13.11.2019 03:59:19] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Complex systems tend to be rife with corruption, but it is not an inevitability.
[13.11.2019 03:59:27] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: That's where you're wrong, Kempetai.
[13.11.2019 03:59:41] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Kusari has infinite potential. The Kusari people have infinite potential.
[13.11.2019 03:59:47] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: There is so much left to live for. To fight for. To die for.
[13.11.2019 04:00:08] Joshua.Graham:: Dying for a cause is heavily overrated
[13.11.2019 04:00:25] Nodachi: I swore an oath to defend a government that would take credits over it's people's lives any day.
[13.11.2019 04:00:29] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: What drives and motivates you, freelanceR?
[13.11.2019 04:00:29] BD|N.Hayashi: A gaijin Freelancer would never understand.
[13.11.2019 04:00:33] Nodachi: That to this day opresses my own kin.
[13.11.2019 04:00:44] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: I would not disagree with that assessment.
[13.11.2019 04:00:57] Nodachi: I am unwilling to break what I swore to give my life for.
[13.11.2019 04:01:03] Nodachi: My word is everything.
[13.11.2019 04:01:11] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: You are in... a difficult position.
[13.11.2019 04:01:11] Joshua.Graham:: Oh I seen plenty of fools die for nothing
[13.11.2019 04:01:20] Joshua.Graham:: For causes that hit a standstill
[13.11.2019 04:01:31] Joshua.Graham:: And the bodies just keep piling up
[13.11.2019 04:01:38] BD|N.Hayashi: A Dragon need not give their word. When they commit to an action, it is as good as done. They do not need to promise.
[13.11.2019 04:01:58] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Hai. Our words are deed.
[13.11.2019 04:02:08] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: To give your word to a cause that turns out to represent everything you find reprehensible...
[13.11.2019 04:02:14] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: I don't know what I would do in your position.
[13.11.2019 04:02:33] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Hayashi, would it be better to die having upheld an oath to an unjust, immoral, and dishonorable cause?
[13.11.2019 04:02:47] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Or to betray that oath and live as an oathbreaker... knowing your conscious is clear from supporting something dishonorable?
[13.11.2019 04:03:46] Nodachi: I find myself a mere puppet in the kogs. There is no sanctuary, no retribution.
[13.11.2019 04:03:47] BD|N.Hayashi: The dishonour would be too great to simply die, I would rather break the oath, restore myself through deeds.
[13.11.2019 04:04:02] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Speak through action, yes... yes that is our way.
[13.11.2019 04:04:07] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: The old way.
[13.11.2019 04:04:23] Nodachi: And though honor and spirit would deem us kin, tradition and oath demands us enemies.
[13.11.2019 04:04:38] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Oath, yes. Tradition? I'm not so sure.
[13.11.2019 04:05:10] BD|N.Hayashi: Warriors have only one judge of character, and this is themselves.
[13.11.2019 04:05:36] Nodachi: I honor my mother's memory. The values she held, that is all I have, and I won't forsake that.
[13.11.2019 04:05:48] BD|N.Hayashi: Decisions they make and how these decisions are carried out is a reflection of who they truly are.
[13.11.2019 04:06:00] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Tradition would dictate we find a way to serve the same end: the benefit of all Kusari people.
[13.11.2019 04:06:04] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: We are Kusarians, first and foremost.
[13.11.2019 04:06:15] Joshua.Graham:: Not Human?
[13.11.2019 04:06:25] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: What values did your mother... rest her soul if she has passed on... treasure most dearly?
[13.11.2019 04:06:51] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Human? Well. We are human, but that is irrelevant in political and social settings when all participants are equally human.
[13.11.2019 04:06:55] BD|N.Hayashi: Sumimasen, may your mother find peace.
[13.11.2019 04:07:09] Nodachi: Honesty, Honor, Compassion, Pride, Committment.
[13.11.2019 04:07:38] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Honorable aims. A life worth living.
[13.11.2019 04:07:48] Nodachi: I cannot forsake any of these. So, if I am to die here. I die an Oathkeeper. And I honor my mother's name.
[13.11.2019 04:08:12] Joshua.Graham:: So why exactly is an Oath worth so much round here?
[13.11.2019 04:08:14] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: She does Kusari proud... those values... save for pride... are the same directives that guide Dragons.
[13.11.2019 04:08:48] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Because people have immense power.
[13.11.2019 04:08:56] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: To create, to destroy, to injure, and to rescue.
[13.11.2019 04:09:09] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: To use those powers without regard for honesty... arbitrarily... brings chaos.
[13.11.2019 04:09:21] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Disorder. Immorality.
[13.11.2019 04:09:31] BD|N.Hayashi: It is a matter of integrity gaijin. Believe in justice, not just from other people, but from yourself.
[13.11.2019 04:09:43] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: For your words and actions to be guided by a strong, consistent purpose and integrity... that is representative of being in
[13.11.2019 04:09:52] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: control of your power. To be responsible and fair.
[13.11.2019 04:10:05] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: It is the measure of a man or woman.
[13.11.2019 04:10:40] Nodachi: |Nodachi Weapon System Online|
[13.11.2019 04:10:51] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Shields up.
[13.11.2019 04:10:55] Nodachi: |Nodachi Targeting System Online|
[13.11.2019 04:10:55] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Hayashi, he is yours.
[13.11.2019 04:10:59] Joshua.Graham:: Awww sh*t finally something fun to watch
[13.11.2019 04:11:02] BD|N.Hayashi: Hai.
[13.11.2019 04:11:16] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Gunnery crew, do not interrupt their duel. But prepare to fire... should Hayashi fall in battle.
[13.11.2019 04:11:16] Joshua.Graham:: So Naka wanna take a bet?
[13.11.2019 04:11:18] BD|N.Hayashi: Could I at least know the name of whom I face this day?
[13.11.2019 04:11:34] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: May your blade strike true, honored sister.
[13.11.2019 04:11:40] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: And no. I do not bet.
[13.11.2019 04:11:41] BD|N.Hayashi: I am Hayashi Aiko, of Nakai Clan. May you fight with honour.
[13.11.2019 04:11:57] Joshua.Graham:: *sighs* Damn
[13.11.2019 04:12:07] Joshua.Graham:: No one gambles round here
[13.11.2019 04:12:13] Nodachi: Akechi Mitsuhide
[13.11.2019 04:12:21] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: You're welcome to watch. But do not interrupt honorable combat. Consider yourself fortunate to be permitted to watch.
[13.11.2019 04:12:27] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: When two Kusarian warriors meet in battle...
[13.11.2019 04:12:32] BD|N.Hayashi: Arigato, I shall remember this name.
[13.11.2019 04:12:33] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: It is something to behold.
[13.11.2019 04:12:47] Nodachi: Prepare yourself, I will not hold back.
[13.11.2019 04:12:49] Joshua.Graham:: So far seems no different than the Core and Order scraps
[13.11.2019 04:12:51] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Long live Nakai! Long live the Dragons!
[13.11.2019 04:12:55] BD|N.Hayashi: Hai, as to be expected.
[13.11.2019 04:13:02] Nodachi: Long live, Kusari.
[13.11.2019 04:17:22] Joshua.Graham:: Huh not bad
[13.11.2019 04:17:27] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Hai.
[13.11.2019 04:17:31] Joshua.Graham:: Usually its over by now
[13.11.2019 04:17:39] Joshua.Graham:: Specially in such light ships
[13.11.2019 04:22:11] Death: Nodachi was put out of action by BD|N.Hayashi (Mine).
[13.11.2019 04:22:11] Death: BD|N.Hayashi suffered a self-administered loadout error (Mine).
[13.11.2019 04:22:15] Joshua.Graham:: Damn....
[13.11.2019 04:22:16] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: ... wow.
[13.11.2019 04:22:33] Joshua.Graham:: Well that was unexpected
[13.11.2019 04:22:35] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Freelancer, take the Kempetai's escape pod back to Kyushu.,
[13.11.2019 04:22:48] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: I have Hayashi in our hold.
[13.11.2019 04:22:59] Joshua.Graham:: Whats in it for me?
[13.11.2019 04:23:16] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: ... the knowledge you've brought an honorable warrior back to solid ground.
[13.11.2019 04:23:41] Joshua.Graham:: Hmmm....
[13.11.2019 04:23:46] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Ah... a Maltese vessel.
[13.11.2019 04:23:51] IRMM~"Blackfox": Indeed.
[13.11.2019 04:23:52] Joshua.Graham:: Guess it was a good thing we didn't bet eh?
[13.11.2019 04:24:03] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: State your business, this is gunboat Nakatsugawa of Nakai Clan.
[13.11.2019 04:24:05] Joshua.Graham:: Oh Hola Outcast
[13.11.2019 04:24:09] IRMM~"Blackfox": Anything happened?
[13.11.2019 04:24:20] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Hai. A duel between one of our Dragons and a Kempetai agent.
[13.11.2019 04:24:35] IRMM~"Blackfox": Got anything else to shoot?
[13.11.2019 04:24:37] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: It ended in... well... a draw. Both ships were rendered inoperable.
[13.11.2019 04:24:44] IRMM~"Blackfox": Ah. Sad.
[13.11.2019 04:25:00] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: No. I have a Dragon to return to our home base.
[13.11.2019 04:25:21] IRMM~"Blackfox": Sure sure. No haste. Take it easy. I can come with you if you don't mind.
[13.11.2019 04:25:24] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: This Freelancer is a business-type. He may be interested in... whatever it is you are doing in Kyushu.
[13.11.2019 04:25:43] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: No, Maltese. You are only welcome in Kusari due to your... relationship with our sisters, the GC and Genan cell.
[13.11.2019 04:25:52] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: I cannot abide a Maltese escort back to our nebulae.
[13.11.2019 04:26:09] IRMM~"Blackfox": Sure. It's your space afterall.
[13.11.2019 04:26:24] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Hai. It is.
[13.11.2019 04:26:32] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Power to engines, Dragons. We are returning home.
[13.11.2019 04:26:39] IRMM~"Blackfox": And i'm more interested in a fight after morning. My hands need stretching *smiles*.
[13.11.2019 04:26:48] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: There is a Freelancer here...
[13.11.2019 04:26:56] Joshua.Graham:: What no Gallics or Sairs to tear apart?
[13.11.2019 04:26:56] BD|N.Nakatsugawa: ?: Conduct yourselves with honor, gaijin.