Dash Nine

[Dash Nine]

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///standby...connecting to [spyglass network]///
///ensuring accurate classification.bin///
///mtu size set to 1350///
///configuring subinterface gi1/0/77///
///ensuring port security is active//
///checking certificates are updated///
///78m23apr.cam is up to date///
///expiring in three months///
///trunking port gi1/0/78///
///VLAN 777 enabled///
///standby for full connection///
///3001:0da8:75a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:73343///
///2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:ab00:0123:4567///
///dash nine connected///

id: dash nine
encrypt: sha-4096-q
subj: unkn
loc: unkn -- location scrambled
audio: active
video: codec corrupted
cloak: active
spyglass: active
unknown: unkn
counter-emi: active
counter-intel: active
counter-stealth: unkn
/override all
usr indicates all systems green

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After the discussion with the member of the Inner Circle last night, I decided to do some sleuthing. I came to the realization of a few things:

1 - There is no TLAGSNET connectivity in Cortez or Coronado despite there being active lanes in those areas. That tells me that Ageira has limited connectivity in those areas as well. This might be something that we can use to our advantage. However, the downsides to this is we are blind there as well. We should look into gaining access to the network in Cortez and especially Coronado with the existence of the Insidious within the system.

2 - Cardamine traffic through Coronado is down, no doubt thanks to Crayter and IMG patrols in the area. While the rumors of Crayter and IMG having a falling out during aftermath of the Malta slave revolt, it appears they are still united as far as stopping Cardamine trade through a system in which they both have a vested interest. I haven't checked the alternate route passing through Leeds and into Magellan. Even though slightly longer, Freelancers and Outcasts may be utilizing that route with the Bretonia and her allies focusing more on Dublin.

3 - LSF activity is down in the region as well. They appear to be fosing most of their energies on Ontario with the recently discovered ruins activating on Planet Sudbury. Cochrane has even seen some Order vessels in the area supporting the Xenos of all things. LSF and Order seem to have some kind of mutual understanding (for now) in the area, but that could blow up at any time like a powerkeg. Cochrane forces are mostly staying out of it but some are getting involved in "live fire exercises" near the anomaly on the planets surface. Plus, with the recent rift opening to Inverness, rumor has it that the LSF even have a small foothold there. No intelligence corroborates this, but the rumor must have some basis in reality.

4 - The Outcasts and Xenos angle. The revelation of the Inner Circle member has me more wary of Outcasts than usual. I was always suspicious of their kind but that paranoid has been dialed up to 11 since last night. I do have to deliver some intel to an Outcast at Freeport 10 in the coming days. I've put it off a couple of times but the Outcast in particular is getting annoyed with my stalling. I need to go take care of it and hope that I don't have to do a complete purge of my assets again. Those purges seems to keep getting closer and closer together. After this, I think I'm done dealing with Outcasts and their kin; too much risk. That and the fact that an LSF agent assassinated one of our own when they were willing to work with a Xeno for a short period. Makes you wonder who is in whose pocket.

There has never been a more important time to keep your head on a fucking swivel. Once I get this deal with this Outcast done, I'm staying the hell away from Alpha and Malta for the foreseeable future. I don't want to work with Corsairs either, but at least they're just bloodthirsty. Outcasts are crafty and insidious...at least with bloodthirsty, you know what you're getting.

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///dash nine disconnected///
///standby...disconnecting from [spyglass network]///
///encrypting message///
///resetting mtu size to 1500///
///trunk released on gi1/0/78///
///shutting vlan 777///
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