Mission Commission: Misguided Liberty

[Kusari Uchugun]

Kusari Naval Forces

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Recipient: Broker "Supai" / KOI Mission Commission
Sender: Santo Kaisa, Umakai Miwa
Date: 11.10.835 A.S.
Subject: LSF Operatives
Priority: Medium

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Konbanwa,

Your informant was correct.
After receiving your request, I managed to gather a handful of vessels on active duty for a subtle sweep of several corners of our space. Hardly the best assortment of vessels for such a task but we made work of it.

One of our units managed to track down a convoy consisting of a Scarab-class transport and two Locust-class escort vessels flashing Samura colors as they emerged the Hiyo Cloud en route to the New Tokyo Gate.

• Akuma.Inu - Scarab-class Transport with approximately 1300 crates of Daumann Side Arms
  
• Sukoshi.Akuma & Koakuma - Two Locust-class snubcrafts featuring Bretonian made Starrail-type weaponry and Rheinland origin light missiles, as well as a cloaking device each.
  

The suspects were uncannily amateurish in their attempts to pretend being actual Samura merchants flying on a contract to Deshima Station. Below you will find relevant excerpts of the conversations taking place over the course of the mission. Please note that the Captain of the Akuma.Inu was allegedly mute and nobody else on board supposedly could communicate either. It is a shame this mute managed to slip away in the end, I would have loved to assist in loosening their tongue.

Audio Transcript

• Honshu
  
  [11.10.835 19:25:08] Koakuma: We are on our way to Dayshiema station
  [11.10.835 19:25:10] Sukoshi.Akuma: Ahh, yes of course! We come from Rheinland. Shipping order for Deshima, Shikokuu~!
  
  [11.10.835 19:26:05] IKN-Rice.One: You come from rheinland. Why are you not using the trade lanes?
  [11.10.835 19:26:35] Koakuma: We were taking the touristic route for a bit, we were planning on using the gate as you can see
  
  [11.10.835 19:26:37] [KNF]Sk.Umakai.Miwa: Weaponry for Deshima's Hunters. Their exclusive contracts with Ageira for Detroit Side Arms aren't effected by current embargoes.
  [11.10.835 19:27:12] Koakuma: Something like that
  [11.10.835 19:27:14] Sukoshi.Akuma: Yes, special delivery!
  
  [11.10.835 19:27:54] [KNF]Sk.Umakai.Miwa: Feldgeists.. Bretonian blasters.
  [11.10.835 19:28:02] [KNF]Sk.Umakai.Miwa: Had to grab a handful of replacements along the way, huh?
  [11.10.835 19:28:14] [KNF]Sk.Umakai.Miwa: What made you opt for such inferior weaponry, Sukoshi-san?
  
  [11.10.835 19:28:46] Sukoshi.Akuma: Ahh.. Well, you see.. Ah, particle! Yes yes - We needed replacements for damaged weapons.
  [11.10.835 19:29:06] Sukoshi.Akuma: And particle good quality!
  [11.10.835 19:29:20] Koakuma: Well you know us Samurans, always looking out for good quality
  
  [11.10.835 19:30:13] [KNF]Sk.Umakai.Miwa: I've never heard of a "Samuran" ever before in my life.
  [11.10.835 19:30:30] Koakuma: Suuuure you have...we say it all the time...?
  
  [11.10.835 19:35:02] [KNF]Sk.Umakai.Miwa: The transport, who else.
  [11.10.835 19:35:17] Koakuma: She's mute, I'm afraid that might complicate questioning
  
  
• New Tokyo
  
  [11.10.835 19:46:34] Sukoshi.Akuma: Where uh,
  [11.10.835 19:46:38] Sukoshi.Akuma: Did you want us..?
  [11.10.835 19:46:54] Koakuma: Time to run, MOVE
  
  [11.10.835 19:47:48] Jackhammer: Hey. How's your day?
  [11.10.835 19:47:53] Koakuma: Oh dont mind me
  [11.10.835 19:47:54] Koakuma: Just passing
  [11.10.835 19:48:01] Jackhammer: Yeah, fair enough. How's the weather?
  [11.10.835 19:48:06] Koakuma: bit hot to be honest
  [11.10.835 19:48:09] Jackhammer: I agree.
  
  
• Shikoku
  
  [11.10.835 19:53:26] [KNF]Sk.Umakai.Miwa: I had enough of these foolish games. They'll stall it again until the scum catches up.
  [11.10.835 19:53:30] [KNF]Sk.Umakai.Miwa: Annihilate them.
  [11.10.835 19:53:32] [KNF]Sk.Umakai.Miwa: Here and now.
  [11.10.835 19:53:49] IKN-Fubuki: Yuzo: We cannot! Not until we question them!
  [11.10.835 19:53:49] Sukoshi.Akuma: No noo, wait a minuute..
  [11.10.835 19:53:51] [KNF]Sk.Umakai.Miwa: I've said: Annihilate it.
  [11.10.835 19:53:53] Sukoshi.Akuma: No need to get killy.
  
  [11.10.835 19:56:40] [KNF]Sk.Umakai.Miwa: I repeat my orders.
  [11.10.835 19:56:41] IKN-Fubuki: Yuzo: Samura, you're to proceed at once, do you understand ?
  [11.10.835 19:56:43] Locky's.Katana: Get the transport!
  [11.10.835 19:56:43] IKN-Rice.One: Orders received.
  [11.10.835 19:56:44] [KNF]Sk.Umakai.Miwa: Annihilation.
  [11.10.835 19:56:46] =ROT=KNS-Imperial: C: show no mercy!
  [11.10.835 19:56:46] IKN-Rice.One: Killing target
  [11.10.835 19:56:49] Sana.Yamamoto: All sitting nice and pretty. Get them!
  [11.10.835 19:57:01] Sukoshi.Akuma: Wait, you TOLD her to MOVE!
  [11.10.835 19:57:05] Sukoshi.Akuma: HELLO?
  [11.10.835 19:57:08] Jackhammer: The hell?!
  [11.10.835 19:57:23] Locky's.Katana: what the hell!
  [11.10.835 19:57:30] Jackhammer: What's happening here?
  [11.10.835 19:57:42] Akuma.Inu died to =ROT=KNS-Imperial(47%), Assisted by: Nozarashi(32%), IKN-Rice.One(18%)
  
  

I will now run down the events in brief manner:

Whilst trying to get the suspects to cooperate, multiple Blood Dragon and Chrysanthemum contacts would enter the perimeters proximity. Hurling insults and nonsense as per usual. Hell broke loose once the transport made it through the Jump Gate and the criminal elements decided to get rid of it. Both its escort and the vessel itself made no attempts to actually hit their adversaries with gunfire. Following a dispersion of the enemy units through our heavier assets, we surrounded the LSF vessel in protective manner but the emerge of two cloaked Dragon Gunboats perfectly synced with an attempted breakthrough by the enemy snubcrafts opened a brief window for the LSF vessels to slip away and rush down the trade lanes.

One escort vessel stood behind at Shinagawa, as you can hear from the transcript casually chatting with this mercenary for hire employed by the Dragons. A Libertorian, no less. They did not attempt to stop my pursue and I managed to lay an ambush on the vessel in the Saiun Cloud, suspecting them to try and rush back across the border to Liberty passing by usual smuggler routes, now that their cover got blown.

The vessel emerged but with one escort unit already gone missing, we lost contact to the Koakuma and cannot confirm its whereabouts. It is highly likely they found refuge with the Dragons elsewhere. Given my lead on the criminal elements was slim and it was becoming increasingly apparent that it was actually us who ran into an ambush within the Saiun, I gave the order to destroy the LSF transport. Parts of the weaponry could be destroyed on spot, whilst some might haven been extracted by hostile entities during the resulting clash. The second escort vessel managed to slip away towards the Shiun Cloud, presumably having crossed the border to Liberty by now. Ultimately, I had to abandon ship during the clash together with the blackbox. An Ohashi dispatch wing luckily collected me among other survivors, including several crewman of the transport.

I am overstepping my competences here but I urge the KOI to make their move. Not through simplistic means like Side Arms but drastic, yet deniable measures. If you require someone with experience of fighting far behind enemy lines, inform me. And keep your credits. I serve my nation, not my pockets. I will not mind your other ways of compensation though.

Sk. Umakai Miwa
The last of the Yamaguchi

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