I undocked from Cochrane and headed towards the New York jumpgate in the Colorado system on intercept course with an Interspace transport I spotted using the Spyglass Network. My tracking of the transport's route seemed to have been on point as it jumped to the system just a few minutes after my arrival to the jumpgate.
The captain of the transport seems to be the same one that Master Assassin Drake very recently interrogated, something that he himself would make me well aware of during our interaction. As I was preparing to issue the regular toll to the vessel in order to let it proceed, however, a second contact appeared on my scanners that had just jumped through; a non-affiliated transport ship.
That was an opportunity I could not pass up. After putting my interrogation capabilities to good use in order to figure out where the transports picked up their cargo at and where their respective destinations were, I achieved two successful mania interrogations on the subjects by having them admit Lane Hacker superiority before allowing them to proceed. The show was also watched by an LSF agent and a passing-by Zoner, an enlightening experience that will likely stick with them for the rest of their lifetimes.
[∎] - Visual Proof, Part A [∎] - Visual Proof, Part B [∎] - Visual Proof, Part C
Communication logs:
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[27.12.2022 21:59:56] Haystack: Not this again...
[27.12.2022 22:00:01] LH~Krest: Greetings, Interspace.
[27.12.2022 22:00:10] LH~Krest: Why the reaction?
[27.12.2022 22:00:12] Haystack: Yes, hi, hello, good day.
[27.12.2022 22:00:29] Haystack: One of yours already had a chit-chat with me.
[27.12.2022 22:00:38] Haystack: Didn't take any money, but I might be losing my job after that.
[27.12.2022 22:00:45] LH~Krest: Oh. I trust it went well then.
[27.12.2022 22:00:59] Haystack: He got what he wanted, alright.
[27.12.2022 22:01:40] LH~Krest: The best traffic stops are the ones that do not end up in monetary demands.
[27.12.2022 22:01:51] Haystack: Depends on who you ask.
[27.12.2022 22:02:11] Haystack: I'd rather pay up than do something like he forced me to do.
[27.12.2022 22:02:45] LH~Krest: Couldn't have been that bad, could it?
[27.12.2022 22:03:03] Haystack: Yeah nothing too bad. Just admitting Lane Hacker superiority over system-wide comms. In New York.
[27.12.2022 22:03:13] Haystack: God, that's gonna cost me...
[27.12.2022 22:03:45] LH~Krest: *She chuckles* That must've been humiliating.
[27.12.2022 22:03:45] Haystack: And what's the deal with you?
[27.12.2022 22:04:18] LH~Krest: What's an Interspace vessel doing transporting drill bits?
[27.12.2022 22:04:40] Haystack: I have a contract. Delivering them to Okinawa.
[27.12.2022 22:04:43] LH~Krest: And another one.
[27.12.2022 22:04:51] Emerald_Night: Hello!
[27.12.2022 22:04:56] Haystack: Hey there!
[27.12.2022 22:05:02] LH~Krest: Hello to you as well.
[27.12.2022 22:05:04] LH~Krest: Hold it right here.
[27.12.2022 22:05:11] LH~Krest: No funny business.
[27.12.2022 22:05:28] LH~Krest: Now it's getting really interesting.
[27.12.2022 22:05:29] Emerald_Night: I mean I'm a freighter buddy, can't really do funny
[27.12.2022 22:05:53] LH~Krest: Where do you both come from?
[27.12.2022 22:06:05] Emerald_Night: Penn, heading out to the Omicrons
[27.12.2022 22:06:08] LH~Krest: And for the Helium filled one specifically, who is your employer.
[27.12.2022 22:06:23] Emerald_Night: I'm my own employer
[27.12.2022 22:06:27] Haystack: Me? Harrisburg was my last stop.
[27.12.2022 22:06:38] LH~Krest: And yet you do not carry any weapons capable of mining resources.
[27.12.2022 22:06:49] LH~Krest: You're your own employer and you can afford to hire a mining ship?
[27.12.2022 22:07:05] Emerald_Night: Nope, purchase from a station
[27.12.2022 22:07:32] LH~Krest: Which station did you purchase the goods from?
[27.12.2022 22:07:37] CONSOLE: Possible cheating detected: No.Cigar
[27.12.2022 22:07:44] Emerald_Night: Some local one next to Erie#
[27.12.2022 22:08:10] LH~Krest: Most interesting.
[27.12.2022 22:08:21] LH~Krest: I can let both of you pass, but we'll have to set up a little deal.
[27.12.2022 22:08:40] Emerald_Night: Understood, and seems fair
[27.12.2022 22:08:46] LH~Krest: It is no secret to either of you that the guns I've got on this ship can wipe both of you out with no problem, correct?
[27.12.2022 22:08:52] Emerald_Night: Whats the cost?
[27.12.2022 22:09:00] Haystack: *Sigh* What is it now?
[27.12.2022 22:09:10] LH~Krest: A "yes" will do for an answer.
[27.12.2022 22:09:49] Haystack: The other guy had an entire gunboat up his sleeve. And I meet pirate bombers every second trade lane.
[27.12.2022 22:10:03] LH~Krest: Do you perhaps need a demonstration?
[27.12.2022 22:10:07] Haystack: You're nothing impressive. A gunship was, though.
[27.12.2022 22:10:29] Emerald_Night: Listen I don't need any demo
[27.12.2022 22:10:37] Emerald_Night: I just want to get on my way
[27.12.2022 22:11:05] LH~Krest: Then we have an agreement.
[27.12.2022 22:11:14] Emerald_Night: Maybe Interspace wants to play games, lets be honest don't think they'll notice a loss
[27.12.2022 22:11:15] LH~Krest: In order to proceed I require one thing out of you.
[27.12.2022 22:11:45] LH~Krest: Turn your communications to the system-wide channel.
[27.12.2022 22:12:00] SLRC-RV>Aurora.Borealis: Brad: Uh *cough* Hi there
[27.12.2022 22:12:05] Emerald_Night: Ermm how do you do that?
[27.12.2022 22:12:11] LH~Krest: Here to witness the show.
[27.12.2022 22:12:13] LH~Krest: Just in time, Zoner.
[27.12.2022 22:12:18] Haystack: Oh shit. Yeah, I know where this one's going.
[27.12.2022 22:12:38] SLRC-RV>Aurora.Borealis: Brad: I /was/ trying to Bethlehem, for the season *chuckles*
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[27.12.2022 22:13:05] LH~Krest: You add in this little piece of code on your console, before the message you wish to transmit. " /s "
[27.12.2022 22:13:14] LH~Krest: Now, listen carefully and you might make it out of here unscratched.
[27.12.2022 22:13:28] LH~Krest: Transmit the following to the entire system.
[27.12.2022 22:14:02] LH~Krest: "I am a corporate lapdog who is hated by everyone I know. The Lane Hackers are superior and I wish I was as smart as them."
[27.12.2022 22:14:21] Emerald_Night: *lord above* really?
[27.12.2022 22:14:29] LH~Krest: A small price.
[27.12.2022 22:14:39] LH~Krest: Do that and you can forget you ever saw me here.
[27.12.2022 22:14:50] Haystack: Huh. That's not as thought as I the one I did for that Drake guy.
[27.12.2022 22:15:08] Haystack: Alright... I'm definitely getting fired after what he forced me to do, so might as well.
[27.12.2022 22:15:25] Emerald_Night: I am a corporate lapdog who is hated by everyone I know. The Lane Hackers are superior and I wish I was as smart as them
[27.12.2022 22:15:28] SLRC-RV>Aurora.Borealis: Brad: I'm sure H.R. will understand *chuckles*
[27.12.2022 22:15:30] Emerald_Night: We done here?
[27.12.2022 22:15:35] /time
[27.12.2022 22:15:35] 2022-12-27 22:15:34 SMT
[27.12.2022 22:15:44] Emerald_Night: Not that this hasn't been absolutely thrilling
[27.12.2022 22:15:48] LH~Krest: You can proceed, Emerald Night.
[27.12.2022 22:15:52] Haystack: [clears throat] My name is Riley Schwartz. I'm a merchant trader for the Interspace Commerce.
[27.12.2022 22:16:08] LH~Krest: The Lane Hackers thank you for your sponsored message.
[27.12.2022 22:16:13] Haystack: I am a corporate lapdog who is hated by everyone I know. The Lane Hackers are superior and I wish I was as smart as them.
[27.12.2022 22:16:31] CONSOLE: Possible cheating detected: DTR-CNS>Ironfall
[27.12.2022 22:16:42] LH~Krest: Very well done, both of you.
[27.12.2022 22:16:44] Haystack: I hereby declare their superiority in matters both diplomatic and philantropic.
[27.12.2022 22:16:49] Haystack: There.
[27.12.2022 22:16:52] LH~Krest: I am sure you will go far in life.
[27.12.2022 22:16:55] /time
[27.12.2022 22:16:55] 2022-12-27 22:16:54 SMT
[27.12.2022 22:17:14] Haystack: You're short-sighted if you think so. I'm definitely getting fired now.
[27.12.2022 22:17:24] Haystack: You think it's easy to feed a family of three kids?
[27.12.2022 22:17:31] LH~Krest: I see that as a new opportunity for you to start over.
[27.12.2022 22:17:41] LH~Krest: Perhaps bother yourself with something that isn't corporate tomfoolery.
[27.12.2022 22:17:41] Haystack: Don't give me that bullshit.
[27.12.2022 22:17:47] SLRC-RV>Aurora.Borealis: Brad: We're always hiring if the corporate lackies don't pay well enough
[27.12.2022 22:17:51] B-22: Well hell people
[27.12.2022 22:17:55] CONSOLE: Possible cheating detected: DTR-CNS>Ironfall
[27.12.2022 22:17:56] LH~Krest: Or you can become a Zoner.
[27.12.2022 22:18:11] B-22: What in the devil is going on here?
[27.12.2022 22:18:11] LH~Krest: Definitely don't join --those-- guys though.
[27.12.2022 22:18:13] Haystack: Finally! Someone who can deal with this nuisance!
[27.12.2022 22:18:23] SLRC-RV>Aurora.Borealis: Brad: Oh Eris above this might get messy
[27.12.2022 22:18:29] LH~Krest: Haystack, you're cleared to proceed, of course.
[27.12.2022 22:18:34] Haystack: I'm out of here.
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