Hello, Reina here. I have two things to report on. The other day I was flying through Texas buying supplies for a mining base in Dublin in the Hundredth Meridian. I was caught by a Xeno while flying down a lane. I expected him to just tear me apart then continue on his way. But he said that he was just looking around. He didn't seem very hostile, but he still put me down as a target. The weird part is though, he said he seemed a little bit interested in hiring me. I don't exactly trust what the Xenos say, so maybe he was just messing with me. Here is the audio anyways.
[13.12.2019 13:32:33] XA-Phantom.6: Howdy.
[13.12.2019 13:32:39] XA-Phantom.6: I'd like to talk.
[13.12.2019 13:32:39] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: And I thought you went the other way
[13.12.2019 13:33:14] XA-Phantom.6: No records on just what your transponder represents. I'm curious.
[13.12.2019 13:33:39] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Uh, Natio Octavarium
[13.12.2019 13:33:46] XA-Phantom.6: And what's that?
[13.12.2019 13:33:49] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I guess you could call it a micro-house?
[13.12.2019 13:33:56] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I'm just a civilian
[13.12.2019 13:34:15] XA-Phantom.6: You're in luck, because I'm not the guy that gets deployed to hurt people like you.
[13.12.2019 13:34:33] XA-Phantom.6: That's up to Serpentis, and whether you've got anything worth their attention.x
[13.12.2019 13:34:34] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Really? That's a relief
[13.12.2019 13:35:02] XA-Phantom.6: I look into things, and maybe take out singular nuisances. Typically the police or the navy.
[13.12.2019 13:35:49] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Well, I'm neither. Not even in Natio
[13.12.2019 13:36:06] XA-Phantom.6: What's your interests here in Liberty?
[13.12.2019 13:36:26] XA-Phantom.6: Inbound with a foreign ship and strange cargo.. has to be something noteworthy.
[13.12.2019 13:36:30] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Just passing through, taking goods between the border systems
[13.12.2019 13:37:06] XA-Phantom.6: Purchased that from the Planetform outpost back in Hudson, didn't you?
[13.12.2019 13:37:32] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I'm sure that's obvious, I think that's the only place in Sirius to get them
[13.12.2019 13:37:42] XA-Phantom.6: And where do you intend to sell?
[13.12.2019 13:38:04] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: A small mining outpost in Dublin, not owned by any corporation as far as I know of
[13.12.2019 13:38:41] XA-Phantom.6: It's a dangerous thing to be doing given our passionate history with planetform. But like I said, I just look into things.
[13.12.2019 13:39:10] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Well, to be honest, I didn't expect to run into you guys when I bought these
[13.12.2019 13:39:44] XA-Phantom.6: Coming to Liberty brings you into direct contact with us. It's almost like a natural law.
[13.12.2019 13:40:11] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I should expect that, but I don't come to Liberty very often
[13.12.2019 13:41:02] XA-Phantom.6: I can tell.
[13.12.2019 13:41:30] XA-Phantom.6: I'll mark you down as a neutral contact in the recon log, though I have to report what you were carrying when I found you.
[13.12.2019 13:41:41] XA-Phantom.6: So when Serpentis takes look, you'll be flagged as a target of opportunity.
[13.12.2019 13:41:47] XA-Phantom.6: A look, even.
[13.12.2019 13:41:58] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Alright
[13.12.2019 13:41:59] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: well
[13.12.2019 13:42:06] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I'll keep that in mind
[13.12.2019 13:42:30] XA-Phantom.6: Not much I can do to protect you, I'm afraid. If you aren't a resource, then you're a liability.
[13.12.2019 13:42:35] XA-Phantom.6: Could you be resourceful?
[13.12.2019 13:43:04] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: In certain situations, as long as I don't go against Natio law
[13.12.2019 13:43:35] XA-Phantom.6: Then I might be able to keep you in one piece, in certain situations of course.
[13.12.2019 13:44:00] XA-Phantom.6: You're free to continue on your route whenever you want. Though I might call you if there's things that need moving.
[13.12.2019 13:44:31] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Alright, I'll be on the lookout. I also have a less, um, flashy ship if things need to be quiet
[13.12.2019 13:44:48] XA-Phantom.6: Good to know.
[13.12.2019 13:45:05] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Good luck with your observing
[13.12.2019 13:45:14] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: My name is Reina by the way
[13.12.2019 13:45:25] XA-Phantom.6: Six, a pleasure.
Second, I decided to check out that system Ye-jin was talking about. I went there through Brittany, that jumphole that's now sitting in the middle of the main path through the system. When I jumped in all I saw was a thick asteroid cluster, one my Gat could barely fit through. I flew around the system for a bit trying to find anything before I came across a group of people, the most important being a Coalition and Bretonian Intel member. They were talking to each other about a dreadnought. I asked what they were talking about and they showed me a nearby Liberty battleship, just sitting there. I won't go into all of the conversation here, but after a Coalition fighter left he found this strange anomaly. The Bretonian said that it was artificial, made by aliens. It makes me uneasy, but according to them the minerals might make it worthwhile to visit. I also found a somewhat active Gallic cruiser, but it didn't have any defenses. I also picked up some of this ore while I was there, I dropped it off on Canberra.
[18.12.2019 10:05:17] *VI|CPS-Armenia: Its Omicrons.
[18.12.2019 10:05:22] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Unsurveyed space is always concerning.
[18.12.2019 10:05:24] *VI|CPS-Armenia: Omicrons without nomads? Pff.
[18.12.2019 10:05:42] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Yea, unsurveyed space
[18.12.2019 10:05:49] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Do you guys, uh, know where we are?
[18.12.2019 10:05:57] *VI|CPS-Armenia: Seems like libertorians tried to survey it. *chuckles*
[18.12.2019 10:06:07] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: I'm afraid you're wrong, this sector is far away from Sirius, we're not in the Edge worlds.
[18.12.2019 10:06:08] *VI|CPS-Armenia: Look at the big dreadnought next to this place.
[18.12.2019 10:06:25] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Wait, wha-
[18.12.2019 10:06:37] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Oh, jesus, that is something
[18.12.2019 10:06:46] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Do you see any nebula cluster resembling the Sirius sector?
[18.12.2019 10:06:49] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I couldn't see it through all these damn rocks making my life hell
[18.12.2019 10:08:17] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: That Liberty battleship seems it got stuck in here and crew eventually abandoned the vessel or died.
[18.12.2019 10:08:27] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: No clue as how it reached this place.
[18.12.2019 10:09:14] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Probably the same way we got here
[18.12.2019 10:09:14] *VI|CPS-Armenia: It might be old.
[18.12.2019 10:09:25] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Hey, uh, Armenia
[18.12.2019 10:09:31] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: What's that stuff floating under your ship?
[18.12.2019 10:09:55] *VI|CPS-Armenia: A load of local ore for a ship which have to come soon.
[18.12.2019 10:09:55] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: I see no reason the Liberty Navy would send a dreadnought to this place, considering the hazardous environment.
[18.12.2019 10:10:11] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: It's not the best place to maneuver in a battleship.
[18.12.2019 10:10:22] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: It isn't even the best place to maneuver in this thing
[18.12.2019 10:10:35] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: And ore? What kind? My people haven't come here yet
[18.12.2019 10:10:51] *VI|CPS-Armenia: Perhaps its just a consequence of another Ageira experiment. Heard they have made a lot of smaug in Texas but never seen...
[18.12.2019 10:11:04] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Unknown origin ore. Seems some sort of crystalline mineral.
[18.12.2019 10:11:25] *VI|CPS-Armenia: Doesn't seems natural.
[18.12.2019 10:11:48] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Even Keller dares to show up...
[18.12.2019 10:11:57] *VI|CPS-Armenia: We're done here. Leaving.
[18.12.2019 10:12:01] Lukas.Keller: Just as you stil ldare to call yourself an Empire.
[18.12.2019 10:12:17] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Huh, alright
[18.12.2019 10:12:21] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: We do our best.
[18.12.2019 10:12:23] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Thanks for the info, I'll pass it along
[18.12.2019 10:13:37] *VI|CPS-Armenia: Oops. Sorry, was directed to Order guy :|
[18.12.2019 10:14:36] Order|LV-Setem: RO: Activate manual control and get ready to avoid huge rocks. Move carefully
[18.12.2019 10:15:18] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Just shows up and takes off while barely saying anything
[18.12.2019 10:15:22] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Order people are always so weird
[18.12.2019 10:15:38] Lukas.Keller: Must be the extended periods of isolation.
[18.12.2019 10:15:57] Lukas.Keller: What was my craven comrade here for?
[18.12.2019 10:16:01] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: They're well known for being rather paranoid.
[18.12.2019 10:16:31] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I just got here so I don't know what they wanted, just that they had someone else coming
[18.12.2019 10:16:55] Ragnar: what a hell you want ?
[18.12.2019 10:17:04] Lukas.Keller: Contemplating whether killing you would be worth the effort.
[18.12.2019 10:17:30] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: I would suggest not to, that wouldn't change nothing.
[18.12.2019 10:18:06] Lukas.Keller: One less dog to grind along Rheinland's gears of industry.
[18.12.2019 10:19:07] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I'm legally obligated to not see anything, sooo
[18.12.2019 10:21:40] Lukas.Keller: On a contrary line of thought, slaughtering them would mean one less target for extortion.
[18.12.2019 10:21:58] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: A more wise point of view.
[18.12.2019 10:22:33] Lukas.Keller: A badly programmed drone joins the fray.
[18.12.2019 10:23:19] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Well
[18.12.2019 10:23:21] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: This is a bit
[18.12.2019 10:23:22] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: strange
[18.12.2019 10:23:24] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: So, by the way, what application would have the Coalition for this stuff Keller?
[18.12.2019 10:23:29] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I'll just see what I can collect
[18.12.2019 10:23:42] Drone.Model-97L: root$drone97L: execute StandingBy
[18.12.2019 10:24:26] Lukas.Keller: I can't claim to know. But likely nothing of a productive value.
[18.12.2019 10:27:27] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: So, did all of you come through Brittany?
[18.12.2019 10:27:43] Lukas.Keller: I noticed a curious sight at the mid-point of the Hamen hole.
[18.12.2019 10:28:15] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Hamen?
[18.12.2019 10:28:57] Lukas.Keller: Hammen, even.
[18.12.2019 10:29:16] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: It doesn't ring any bells
[18.12.2019 10:29:41] Lukas.Keller: It was a concentration of asteroids likely as tightly packed as this one.
[18.12.2019 10:29:57] Lukas.Keller: Constant conflict between the Hessians and the Corsairs has hollowed it out, leaving a graveyard of ships and empty space.
[18.12.2019 10:30:08] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Omega-5.
[18.12.2019 10:30:27] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Oh, that place!
[18.12.2019 10:31:26] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Wait, is there a way out through there?
[18.12.2019 10:32:07] Lukas.Keller: I don't know. How does one leave this accursed place?
[18.12.2019 10:32:35] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Using the unstable jump hole you came in. If it's still there.
[18.12.2019 10:32:38] Lukas.Keller: Is that a warship?
[18.12.2019 10:33:06] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: The Liberty Overlord? Yes, seems an abandoned Liberty dreadnought.
[18.12.2019 10:34:33] Lukas.Keller: A precarious place for abandonment.
[18.12.2019 10:35:12] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: I highly doubt the crew intended to get in this place on such large ship.
[18.12.2019 10:35:28] Lukas.Keller: They likely died here onboard.
[18.12.2019 10:35:45] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Probably.
[18.12.2019 10:36:27] Lukas.Keller: Someone should cut it up and return it to the sender. A good joke.
[18.12.2019 10:36:48] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I mean some could have gotten off the ship, it isn't unheard of
[18.12.2019 10:37:17] Lukas.Keller: And where would they go in their dinky little escape pods?
[18.12.2019 10:37:38] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Nowhere, if they did that, they most likely are lost and dead.
[18.12.2019 10:37:41] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: It depends on what they escaped in I guess?
[18.12.2019 10:38:12] Lukas.Keller: You can't possible be assuming that they all sat on the laps of their fighter pilots and had a happy ending.
[18.12.2019 10:38:23] Lukas.Keller: Possibly, even.
[18.12.2019 10:38:53] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: As i mentioned before, this sector is quite far from the Sirius Sector.
[18.12.2019 10:39:45] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Well I was in a similar situation a few years ago, but you're right, I think I was closer to Sirius on that one
[18.12.2019 10:40:12] Lukas.Keller: One must wonder how it was so convenient for the Crayterians to fling their people into our sector.
[18.12.2019 10:40:32] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: They had no choice.
[18.12.2019 10:40:54] *VI|CPS-Armenia: There is always a choice.
[18.12.2019 10:40:55] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I don't know anything about them so I can't comment
[18.12.2019 10:41:17] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: No, there's not when your homeland is obliterated.
[18.12.2019 10:41:49] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Obliterated?
[18.12.2019 10:41:51] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: What would you do if New Moscow get's nuked? Only choice is to leave.
[18.12.2019 10:42:09] *VI|CPS-Armenia: A whole system nuked?
[18.12.2019 10:42:16] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Sector.
[18.12.2019 10:43:10] Lukas.Keller: It would make things simpler.
[18.12.2019 10:43:23] Lukas.Keller: An absence of all this three-dimensional chess would be nice for a change.
[18.12.2019 10:43:52] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Wait, hold on, let me catch up here
[18.12.2019 10:44:01] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Are the Crayterians not from Sirius?
[18.12.2019 10:44:12] Lukas.Keller: No. At least they don't seem to be.
[18.12.2019 10:44:29] Lukas.Keller: They do not belong to the populace from any of the four sleeper ships.
[18.12.2019 10:44:50] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Then where are they...from?
[18.12.2019 10:45:06] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: There were more than four sleeper ships.
[18.12.2019 10:45:30] Lukas.Keller: Do you want to acknowledge the bumbling war-machine of Gallia?
[18.12.2019 10:45:35] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Two other prototypes were deployed, most likely the Crayterians were colonists from one of those.
[18.12.2019 10:45:57] Lukas.Keller: That sounds like a bar rumor to me.
[18.12.2019 10:46:14] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I mean I know about the Liberty, Italia, Gallia, Gemini, Orion, all of those,
[18.12.2019 10:46:28] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Is what they historically tell. I do not know the details, could ask some of their pilots about it.
[18.12.2019 10:46:52] Lukas.Keller: I would not trust an entity with allegiances as prone to shifting as theirs. Let alone on the subject of historical fact.
[18.12.2019 10:47:50] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Yea, I think I'll do that
[18.12.2019 10:48:02] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I don't really talk to them so I had no idea they weren't from here
[18.12.2019 10:48:35] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: I thought the NO had some close relations with them.
[18.12.2019 10:48:59] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Uh, the government does
[18.12.2019 10:49:04] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I'm just a citizen
[18.12.2019 10:49:17] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Seems so.
[18.12.2019 10:50:03] Lukas.Keller: About time I tried to find the exit.
[18.12.2019 10:51:16] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: I most likely head back to Taus.
[18.12.2019 10:51:22] Lukas.Keller: Apparently this jump-hole is capable of discriminating on the basis of identification.
[18.12.2019 10:51:39] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Yea I should go too, I'm sure they'll want to hear about what I found here
[18.12.2019 10:51:45] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: And I have questions for some people
[18.12.2019 10:51:46] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Coordinates?
[18.12.2019 10:52:02] Lukas.Keller: Echo 3-4.
[18.12.2019 10:52:52] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: What....is that?
[18.12.2019 10:53:26] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: I've seen this kind of anomaly before.
[18.12.2019 10:53:38] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Now this is really concerning.
[18.12.2019 10:53:48] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: What is it?
[18.12.2019 10:53:49] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: NO vessel, i would suggest you to depart.
[18.12.2019 10:54:20] Lukas.Keller: They are safest with us.
[18.12.2019 10:54:29] Lukas.Keller: We represent two of the only combat capable ships in this system.
[18.12.2019 10:54:41] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I don't....understand?
[18.12.2019 10:54:44] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: At least for now.
[18.12.2019 10:54:45] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: What is this?
[18.12.2019 10:55:06] Lukas.Keller: If there's something you have to say Alfred, now's the time to explain.
[18.12.2019 10:55:29] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: It's an artificial anomaly, of alien origin most likely.
[18.12.2019 10:55:58] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: You mean Nomad?
[18.12.2019 10:56:08] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Maybe. Probably yes.
[18.12.2019 10:56:19] Lukas.Keller: They make for good hunting practice.
[18.12.2019 10:56:34] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: As long as they're not in group.
[18.12.2019 10:57:09] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: God, if there are Nomads around I don't want to deal with them
[18.12.2019 10:57:17] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Last run in I had ended up costing me my liner
[18.12.2019 10:57:28] Lukas.Keller: You'll be fine.
[18.12.2019 10:57:40] Lukas.Keller: Just aim for center of mass and move away from the strange lights.
[18.12.2019 10:58:29] Death: Arvo_Suran was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[18.12.2019 10:59:00] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I'll keep that in mind once I have my Osprey back
[18.12.2019 10:59:11] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Now, uh, is there a way out of here? I should relay this stuff as soon as possible
[18.12.2019 10:59:18] Lukas.Keller: You tell me.
[18.12.2019 10:59:23] Lukas.Keller: I didn't come here with a charted map.
[18.12.2019 10:59:36] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Me neither
[18.12.2019 10:59:38] Lukas.Keller: And I don't have fuel reserves deep enough to scour every grid-square.
[18.12.2019 10:59:51] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I think they way back to Brittany is in sector C5, or at least close to there
[18.12.2019 10:59:57] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: So far it seems there are three jump holes, one leads to Omega-5, another to Orkney, and this one, who knows.
[18.12.2019 11:00:14] Lukas.Keller: I'm tempted to stay and see what comes through.
[18.12.2019 11:00:17] Lukas.Keller: But I'm not a cat.
[18.12.2019 11:00:30] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Omega-5 too? Interesting
[18.12.2019 11:00:59] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: I will head back to Tau-31 and report about this mess.
[18.12.2019 11:01:39] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Same story here, but to a different Tau
[18.12.2019 11:02:08] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Thank you for the info today
[18.12.2019 11:02:30] Lukas.Keller: Hrm..
[18.12.2019 11:02:45] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Hold on
[18.12.2019 11:02:48] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: By the way Keller, if you are willing to shoot at something, there's a GRE cruiser here.
[18.12.2019 11:02:52] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I didn't see that earlier
[18.12.2019 11:03:02] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: I would personally like to see this one wrecked.
[18.12.2019 11:03:08] Lukas.Keller: Where did you last see it?
[18.12.2019 11:03:16] [SIS]-HMS-Dundee: A: Here.
[18.12.2019 11:03:28] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: I wonder
[18.12.2019 11:03:40] Lukas.Keller: I dread to think of cooperating with your ilk, but as far as enemies go. You deserve some respect.
[18.12.2019 11:03:52] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Looks like /some/ systems are on at least
[18.12.2019 11:04:38] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: But I won't wait around to see what else
[18.12.2019 11:04:47] NO-Hundredth.Meridian: Good luck out there
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