'\S/' NX-01 Black Box Logs

[TheKusari]

[[ SR-45's LOG - 02 / 04 / 828 A.S.]]

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This is Leon, leader of the crew stationed on the Bustard known as SR-45.

The Outcasts are a savage pirate faction. Below will detail just how generous they can be when offered the right price.

A few days ago, through my flight in the New York system, I witnessed a weapons demonstration by a Liberty Navy Fifth
Fleet Commodore by the name of Christopher Edwards. An Orbital Spa & Cruise vessel was his only audience, beside myself,
as staff and guests of the Breezewood were witnessing the show. Christopher's battleship, the Akhetaten, was outfitted with
numerous threat counters, one such device enabled him to cloak. I bet the guests aboard the Breezewood enjoyed seeing
a Navy ship decloak right in front of them. It was quite a sight. The weapons demo turned into a conversation once it concluded.

I was asked if I had seen any fantastic sightseeing locations by the Breezewood, my suggestions included the Tau-23 system, as
I personally think it's a very nice system. I mentioned how I was in the Omicrons a few hours earlier, and I had seen the Hispania
from a distance. That's right, the historic sleeper ship. The Breezewood's reception to that was interesting, as they said it was on
their bucket list to see it for themselves. I made it a point to take them there on their off time. Little did I know that this little trip
into Omicron Alpha was going to yield way more than a historic sightsee.

In between then and the beginning of my trip, I witnessed an Order Battlecruiser by the name of OCV-Be.Not.Proud try to stop a
Daumann trade convoy through the Omicrons. Despite the Order's insistence for the convoy to stop, they kept flying. It was an
impasse, as nothing was going to happen. I followed them from Omicron Nu all the way to Delta. Once the Daumann vessels
docked, the Order vessel gave up. Too little too late. I told the Order ship that I found this little event highly amusing.

Now, onto my trip with the Breezewood. I bumped into the OS&C vessel in front of Battleship Missouri. Needed some work done
at Norfolk, so I was double checking my systems. After a greeting and exchanging names, I brought up the idea of making the trip
then and there. Breezewood agreed, and we prepared ourselves to launch from Fort Bush. A short rime into Colorado, we had
another OS&C ship join us, the Svalbard. That made three.

After a few Jump Gates and Jump Holes, we stopped at Freeport 10 in Tau-37 for final preparations. Here I picked up some H-Fuel
for taking detailed scans of the Hispania once we made it. I told the Breezewood and Svalbard that I was scared for the both of them.
Heading into the Outcast homeworld isn't something you can just casually do. One more jump hole, and we were in.

Once inside, I told everyone to spool their engines as I didn't want to linger here for too long. Being familiar with the Outcast laws,
what we're doing is already going to get us killed. We made it a few clicks before an Outcast vessel noticed two OS&C liners and
one Freelancer bustard. I'm not even sure if I can repeat what was said during our visit. Seems like the Outcasts had plans, and I
sure as hell don't want to get killed over sharing their sensitive information.

Once we told them that we were here to appreciate The Hispania, I gave this Outcast a fair amount of money to give us a free pass
this visit. To our surprise, he agreed and gave us something we all didn't expect - a history lesson! He told us all about the Hispania.
How old it was, the origination of their opposing brothers, the Corsairs, how much they want to move Cardamine... it was a very
fascinating experience. During this lesson, three more Outcast vessels showed up. With more questions and irritation coming from
the later two. I told them that it seems we overstayed our welcome and we'd go back the way we came.

Once we got back to the No Fire Zone in Tau-37, I was thanked by the Breezewood and Svalbard for saving their lives, I mean, all
I did was give the Outcast 20 million credits. At that point, I jumped back to New York while the Breezewood and Svalbard went
their separate ways.

Maybe I should ferry others to Omicron Alpha...

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[[ LOG END]]

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