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Shiloh · (This post was last modified: 09-09-2022, 08:48 PM by Shiloh.)

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Sender: Karl, from Johnny's Office
Recipient: Revenant
Subject: Update n°3

Dear Revenant,

Here is a new update on your targets.

For the most interesting one of the bunch: Caliban, well, he seems like a well-opinionated fella on you. Not that we care. We engaged in a textbook friendly approach, and we discussed for a while in Kepler. Ames Research Station. Please find enclosed the discussion, and under it, the analysis on his ship, conveniently available here -- The rest of the weaponry is irrelevant: Hornet Cruise Disruptor, Wardog Mines, Sentinel Countermeasures. We do not know if it of any use, or if you did not know already, but this was the first contact, and the first contact is everything.

Discussion

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[08.09.2022 19:26:05] Swift.Silence: ?: Greetings. Heh, scared me there.

[08.09.2022 19:26:43] Swift.Silence: ?: Hello?

[08.09.2022 19:28:05] Swift.Silence: ?: Are we gonna watch each other until we die? Want some vodka?

[08.09.2022 19:29:10] Swift.Silence: Lilly?: Well, if you want, you can contact me on the Neural Net, I'm Lilly. Well, until then.

[08.09.2022 19:33:29] Swift.Silence: ?: Greetings!

[08.09.2022 19:33:41] Caliban: Hey. You...uh.

[08.09.2022 19:33:56] Caliban: Well my blackbox says you're Lilly. Or Lily.

[08.09.2022 19:33:58] Swift.Silence: ?: Mhm?

[08.09.2022 19:34:21] Swift.Silence: Lilly: Oh yes, I already passed by. I was kinda far, thought you didn't receive my messages.

[08.09.2022 19:35:09] Caliban: Oh, I did.

[08.09.2022 19:35:18] Caliban: It was just, erhm...I was busy with something else.

[08.09.2022 19:35:29] Swift.Silence: Lilly: Well, what're doing here, waiting, in, relatively bad environmental conditions?

[08.09.2022 19:35:35] Swift.Silence: Lilly: Mhm, understandable.

[08.09.2022 19:35:47] Caliban: I'm trying to figure out as to where I should go, really.

[08.09.2022 19:36:23] Swift.Silence: Lilly: Are you lost? Maybe you should go to Liberty or Kusari and, heh, do odd jobs like we- I do.

[08.09.2022 19:36:36] Caliban: What kind of jobs?

[08.09.2022 19:37:30] Swift.Silence: Lilly: Oh you know. Hauling stuff from point A to point B, then point B to point A. Research demand and supply...

[08.09.2022 19:37:57] Caliban: Yeah I'm- not quite flying a Freighter to do that. Much less a proper transport.

[08.09.2022 19:38:11] Caliban: But maybe t- don't do that.

[08.09.2022 19:38:13] Swift.Silence: //missinput

[08.09.2022 19:38:27] Swift.Silence: Lilly: I'm not used to handling huge ships...

[08.09.2022 19:38:31] Swift.Silence: L: Sorry.

[08.09.2022 19:38:43] Swift.Silence: L: Ah, eh, yes. Well...

[08.09.2022 19:39:10] Swift.Silence: L: Bounty-hunting should be great.

[08.09.2022 19:39:14] Caliban: Well that makes two of us. I flat out hate giving out orders to have a ship move an inch.

[08.09.2022 19:40:06] Swift.Silence: *slight laugh* Have you ever used one of those large haulers from Liberty like the Mammoth? Impossible to handle.

[08.09.2022 19:40:22] Death: ZeikuImara was put out of action by a hostile vessel.

[08.09.2022 19:40:56] Caliban: I did. Never quite flew one.

[08.09.2022 19:41:08] Caliban: Think I've escorted one deep in the Omegas at one point, though.

[08.09.2022 19:41:13] Swift.Silence: L: Oh, I see.

[08.09.2022 19:42:02] Swift.Silence: L: Erk, awful place. Always hated the Omegas. Some, whatever, from Corsairs to Coalized Sirians can pull up any minute.

[08.09.2022 19:42:41] Swift.Silence: L: Or, you know, the usual, the blue tentacles. Heh. The Nomads I mean. Go farther enough and you'll find some I believe.

[08.09.2022 19:42:53] Caliban: I'm no big fan of them either. Their heads pay nice, though.

[08.09.2022 19:43:18] Caliban: The Nomads...right...amazing. Don't want to hear about those really.

[08.09.2022 19:43:22] Swift.Silence: L: Indeed. I wonder if a human tried to consume it. Maybe the Kusari.

[08.09.2022 19:43:45] Swift.Silence: L: Right, sorry.

[08.09.2022 19:43:49] Caliban: Weird things as they are. Even weirder are the people who claim they're somewhat peaceful or anything.

[08.09.2022 19:43:55] Swift.Silence: L: May I, ask why?

[08.09.2022 19:44:30] Swift.Silence: L: Oh, those. Maybe they are, maybe they're not, all we know is that there was a war in the shadows. I wasn't even born back th

[08.09.2022 19:44:36] Swift.Silence: -en.

[08.09.2022 19:45:45] Caliban: Are we really going to discuss how trying to be peaceful with the Nomads is a bad idea?

[08.09.2022 19:45:53] Caliban: Or a good idea, pardon.

[08.09.2022 19:45:59] Caliban: Take it as you will. 

[08.09.2022 19:46:23] Swift.Silence: L: No, if I could, I would personally ask to be the one handling a nuclear weapon straight to their home-..whatever.

[08.09.2022 19:47:11] Caliban: Mmm...alright.

[08.09.2022 19:48:21] Caliban: Well, anyway. Nomads are bad. Corsairs are bad.

[08.09.2022 19:48:26] Swift.Silence: L: Well, 'suppose I have other things to do. I have to deliver a package from a Freelancer to the Technocracy.

[08.09.2022 19:48:31] Swift.Silence: L: Mhm, I agree?$

[08.09.2022 19:48:37] Swift.Silence: //agree*

[08.09.2022 19:48:46] Caliban: Oh, the Technocracy.

[08.09.2022 19:48:59] Caliban: Colorful bunch...well. Best be on your way, then.

[08.09.2022 19:49:03] Swift.Silence: L: Mhm, know them? 

[08.09.2022 19:49:11] Swift.Silence: L: Not a lot around me does.

[08.09.2022 19:49:30] Caliban: I want to continue believing you're just performing a one-time contract and not that you're an affiliate to them.

[08.09.2022 19:49:40] Caliban: Otherwise, I do know them.

[08.09.2022 19:50:12] Swift.Silence: L: Well if the pay's good enough... Just a Freelancer asking me to deliver something to them.

[08.09.2022 19:50:25] Swift.Silence: L: You do know them? I'm curious now.

[08.09.2022 19:51:20] Swift.Silence: L: They are a strange bunch, and that's why we have five additional weapons aboard.

[08.09.2022 19:52:03] Caliban: They can't decide between helping or fighting against the Nomads or something.

[08.09.2022 19:52:25] Caliban: Add the demented hierarchy they have and you got yourself a soup of madness.

[08.09.2022 19:52:45] Swift.Silence: L: Huh? So there really are humans unsure of these squids' objectives.

[08.09.2022 19:52:50] Caliban: But just go ahead and ask them. They'll deny everything like they always do. And you will get your answer indirectly.

[08.09.2022 19:53:03] Swift.Silence: L: Smart answer

[08.09.2022 19:53:46] Swift.Silence: L: Well, I'll go now. Drop off that package, and leave as fast as I can.

[08.09.2022 19:53:59] Caliban: Do as you will. Take care.

[08.09.2022 19:54:20] Swift.Silence: L: You too, take care.

[08.09.2022 19:54:34] Swift.Silence: L: And good luck with those credits. Don't use the Boron excuse, heh.

We are sorting through what we received from the Corsairs. What we can say right now is that we recevied a lot of information on their current situation in terms of food shortage and needs. As I said, we are sorting through it.

For the Golden Chrysanthemums, we are still at "phase one", we received a reply, which was enough to determine their time to react to distress calls or to situations not favoring them. Sorting through as well. We will give you everything unprocessed once we are done with it, like the Corsairs.

As for the Insurgency, please find enclosed footages, with descriptions under it. These descriptions were written as we were exploring the system. We noticed far away a high-conflict zone, but we made our best (and succeeded) in avoiding anything. Also, from what we can assume, Liberty wants to flank Veracruz from both sides, but are concentrated on one. Well, you got some images, that might get our heads blown up, or "suicided" by three gunshots in the back. Just kidding. Enjoy.

I hope you will reply one day but we will continue to gather intelligence, as requested.

Kind regards,
Karl, from Johnny's Office.

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