Chrysanthemum Communications Network

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Gen'an Chrysanthemums
Incoming Transmission

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Decoding transmission contents

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Beginning Feed

Sender: Arai Reiko

Recipient: Command Post

Subject: Battles are won and lost

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Viewing Report

Greetings sisters,

Terrible news! A battle with a Kusari cruiser, ID Ikazuchi, ended in a sad but honorable loss. I came ill equipped for the fight, but I kept other flees that call themselves Kusari Police off of your backs. My two sisters in their glorious gunboats fought valiantly, but the battle was lost.

However, the victor gloated about my sisters in his cargo hold. I could not allow this to pass. I, too, had fellow pilots of his in my cargo hold. Forgive me if this was wrong, as I am new to the sisterhood, but I negotiated the release of my sisters in exchange to the release of his tasteless kin. As much as it saddens and angers me that we could not claim victory this day, our trade was founded on honor and respect. The trade was completed with no exchange of gunfire. Ikazuchi, though an enemy to us, is an honorable adversary.

Yurei Arai Reiko

Gen'an Chrysanthemums

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Concluding Report

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It ain't about what you are capable of, it's about what you're willing to do.