Affiliate: Huntress

[Kauket]

...neural.uplink detected...
...starting encryption...establishing connection...
identified: Revenant

...TRANSLATING DATA...

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DISPLAYING MESSAGE

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We can do a little hijinks and hire someone to hack one of the major news outlets. Could be worth getting the Lane Hackers in on it, though they can be a little challenging to be cooperative with. Might be fun to hire a billboard in Manhattan Central.

We can deploy a probe to New York or Pennsylvania to boost the signal if all else is unsuitable.

The reason I asked is because, ah... well, you can see here for yourself. As you can perhaps perceive, I am thoroughly exhausted in the encounter in question. It might be of interest to understand who or what this Zoe is doing.

Data Logs

[14.07.2023 15:28:53] Penelope.Quinn: Uh.. Hey-a!
[14.07.2023 15:28:57] A/)-Revenant: Approaching vessel, please identify yourself.
[14.07.2023 15:29:01] Penelope.Quinn: I'm, uh.. Looking for someone. Somewhere.
[14.07.2023 15:29:05] Penelope.Quinn: Vespucky, I think they're called?
[14.07.2023 15:29:06] A/)-Revenant: Who are you looking for?
[14.07.2023 15:29:12] Rebecca.Harper: Pfft.
[14.07.2023 15:29:24] Penelope.Quinn: Vespucky.. Bar-bay-doughs.. I'm not sure. It's somewhere close to here, I was told.
[14.07.2023 15:29:29] A/)-Revenant: Is there a particular reason why you are looking for this place?

[14.07.2023 15:29:41] Goss#m%r.22: [Without power. Without signal. The fighter drifts.]
[14.07.2023 15:29:42] Penelope.Quinn: I need to, uh, make a delivery.

[14.07.2023 15:29:48] Penelope.Quinn: Or meet someone.
[14.07.2023 15:29:51] Penelope.Quinn: And then make a delivery.
[14.07.2023 15:29:53] A/)-Revenant: I see. I can direct you.
[14.07.2023 15:29:59] Penelope.Quinn: Oh, thanks!
[14.07.2023 15:30:13] A/)-Revenant: Delivery, hmm?
[14.07.2023 15:30:22] A/)-Revenant: It seems like whoever told you to go there gave you no detail whatsoever.
[14.07.2023 15:30:29] A/)-Revenant: Almost a honeypot meetup.
[14.07.2023 15:30:33] Penelope.Quinn: Not.. Really, no.
[14.07.2023 15:30:39] A/)-Revenant: Are you sure this person your meeting is safe?
[14.07.2023 15:30:48] A/)-Revenant: They almost got you killed by making you waltz into an active combat zone.
[14.07.2023 15:30:48] Penelope.Quinn: Why wouldn't it be safe?

[14.07.2023 15:31:07] A/)-Revenant: A little curious they skimmed on the detail of various military lockdowns.
[14.07.2023 15:31:17] Penelope.Quinn: An active combat zone? Don't be silly. I was to find a big, luxury ship. One of those Liners.
[14.07.2023 15:31:21] A/)-Revenant: Yes.
[14.07.2023 15:31:24] A/)-Revenant: There is a war going on.
[14.07.2023 15:31:29] Penelope.Quinn: I can't imagine one of those would be in an active combat zone. That's absurd.
[14.07.2023 15:31:33] A/)-Revenant: The Navy is in there purging /everyone/.

[14.07.2023 15:31:42] A/)-Revenant: The Liner is waiting for a key moment to pull out, it's stuck there.
[14.07.2023 15:31:48] Rebecca.Harper: Orbital Spa and Cruise literally have a liner in the Sigma's.
[14.07.2023 15:32:08] Rebecca.Harper: One that is no stranger to the Outcast and Corsair presence.
[14.07.2023 15:32:09] Penelope.Quinn: Oh. Well. I'm no enemy of the Navy. I'm sure they won't do me any harm.
[14.07.2023 15:32:13] Rebecca.Harper: Tourists are nuts.

[14.07.2023 15:32:14] A/)-Revenant: You -...
[14.07.2023 15:32:16] A/)-Revenant: [sigh]
[14.07.2023 15:32:20] A/)-Revenant: It is an ACTIVE combat Zone.

[14.07.2023 15:32:30] A/)-Revenant: They have authorisation to SHOOT anyone breaking their lockdown.
[14.07.2023 15:32:33] Penelope.Quinn: Can't I just fly around it?
[14.07.2023 15:32:33] A/)-Revenant: Do you understand now?
[14.07.2023 15:32:40] A/)-Revenant: It covers the entire system.

[14.07.2023 15:32:48] Penelope.Quinn: Wow. That big, huh?
[14.07.2023 15:32:49] A/)-Revenant: If you are seen there, you are to be assumed to be an enemy of the state.
[14.07.2023 15:32:53] A/)-Revenant: They are PURGING everyone.
[14.07.2023 15:32:55] A/)-Revenant: EVERYONE.
[14.07.2023 15:32:58] Rebecca.Harper: Go home.
[14.07.2023 15:33:06] Rebecca.Harper: You clearly aren't cut out for this.

[14.07.2023 15:33:14] A/)-Revenant: I apologise if I'm sounding harsh, but you may have been a victim of a scam, or something worse.
[14.07.2023 15:33:26] A/)-Revenant: Do you even know this person who you are supposed to meet?
[14.07.2023 15:33:33] Penelope.Quinn: I'll be fine! I can fly this ship quite well, actually. I've flown all the way through the moray crystal field. Didn't hit a
[14.07.2023 15:33:34] Penelope.Quinn: thing.

[14.07.2023 15:34:02] Rebecca.Harper: Can you dodge gunfire?
[14.07.2023 15:34:02] Penelope.Quinn: Who I'm meeting? Zoe.. Evans. I think it was Evans. Definitely Zoe. They were to give me further directions.
[14.07.2023 15:34:13] A/)-Revenant: Any idea who they work for?
[14.07.2023 15:34:14] Penelope.Quinn: Come on now, I won't be shot. I don't mean any harm.
[14.07.2023 15:34:18] A/)-Revenant: You will be.
[14.07.2023 15:34:21] A/)-Revenant: That is the point of a lockdown.
[14.07.2023 15:34:24] A/)-Revenant: To shoot intruders.
[14.07.2023 15:34:32] Penelope.Quinn: I'm not an intruder. I'm just passing through.
[14.07.2023 15:34:41] A/)-Revenant: [There was a pained sigh]
[14.07.2023 15:34:42] Rebecca.Harper: You know what.
[14.07.2023 15:34:46] A/)-Revenant: The moment you enter - you are trespassing.
[14.07.2023 15:34:51] Penelope.Quinn: Whoa! Careful.
[14.07.2023 15:34:51] A/)-Revenant: I'm... trying to explain it as plain as day.
[14.07.2023 15:34:54] Rebecca.Harper: Six Foxtrot.
[14.07.2023 15:35:00] Penelope.Quinn: What?


[14.07.2023 15:35:07] Rebecca.Harper: *She'd sigh.
[14.07.2023 15:35:08] A/)-Revenant: But, very well, you'll soon learn enough.
[14.07.2023 15:35:11] Rebecca.Harper: F6.
[14.07.2023 15:35:16] A/)-Revenant: Sector. F-6.

[14.07.2023 15:35:19] A/)-Revenant: Entry to Vespucci.
[14.07.2023 15:35:25] A/)-Revenant: After that, head to C-3.
[14.07.2023 15:35:32] A/)-Revenant: The liner is in orbit of a lava world.
[14.07.2023 15:35:37] Penelope.Quinn: F-6, then C-3! Got it!
[14.07.2023 15:35:40] A/)-Revenant: And be quick.

[14.07.2023 15:35:43] Penelope.Quinn: How hard can it be, really? I'll be quick and stealthy.
[14.07.2023 15:35:48] A/)-Revenant: Because you /will/ be shot.
[14.07.2023 15:36:00] A/)-Revenant: This Zoe.
[14.07.2023 15:36:02] Penelope.Quinn: I don't know. Maybe YOU would be shot, but I won't be. I've done nothing wrong.
[14.07.2023 15:36:03] A/)-Revenant: Who does she work for, by the way?
[14.07.2023 15:36:15] A/)-Revenant: It doesn't matter - what you have done is intrude a blockade.

[14.07.2023 15:36:18] A/)-Revenant: That means you are a target.
[14.07.2023 15:36:36] Penelope.Quinn: I think, uh.. Ageira? Definitely some high-tech company. She's going to have me make a delivery. Really important.
[14.07.2023 15:36:39] Penelope.Quinn: I'd be set for life.
[14.07.2023 15:36:49] A/)-Revenant: Know what kind of delivery?
[14.07.2023 15:36:52] Rebecca.Harper: Civilians.



[14.07.2023 15:36:55] Penelope.Quinn: Anyhow! "Be quick", you said.
[14.07.2023 15:36:57] Penelope.Quinn: I better get going!
[14.07.2023 15:37:00] Rebecca.Harper: Do.
[14.07.2023 15:37:01] A/)-Revenant: High tech...
[14.07.2023 15:37:02] Penelope.Quinn: Uh.
[14.07.2023 15:37:05] Penelope.Quinn: Which direction is F-6 again?
[14.07.2023 15:37:07] A/)-Revenant: ...backwater area...
[14.07.2023 15:37:23] Rebecca.Harper: The Nebula to my right.
[14.07.2023 15:37:25] A/)-Revenant: You can't even read a map and they want you to deliver something - ...
[14.07.2023 15:37:27] Penelope.Quinn: Port, I think? Left. I'll be going.

[14.07.2023 15:37:34] Penelope.Quinn: Thanks, a lot, again!
[14.07.2023 15:37:35] A/)-Revenant: [shakes head, sighing]
[14.07.2023 15:37:37] Penelope.Quinn: You've been a great help.

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