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From: Commander Taro Katsuo
Location: Gas Miner Ogashawa, Sigma-19

Konnichiwa brothers and sisters!

It would seem like the Outcasts didn't appreciate our little expedition into Omicron-85. Long range scanners indicated an Outcast strike force in pursuit of our expeditionary forces as they were returning back to friendly space. The expedition made it safely back to Sigma-59, and their pursuers must have been reluctant to follow through the jump hole. Surely they were smarter than trying to fight us in our own turf... Or so we thought.

The Outcast gunship No.Remorse and the accompanying bomber strike craft Kitty.Justice[101st] showed up on our short range scanners. As we closed in on them, the bomber tried to break off heading towards the Sigma-19 jump hole, with Guild Master Okazaki and Corporal Suma hot on its tail. Myself, Corporal Shindo and Ensign Hatsumi engaged the gunship, bogging it down. Shindo in his agile Karasu Heavy Fighter drew the gunships fire, allowing me and Hatsumi to carefully aim our antimatter cannons, inflicting horrific hull damage. It wasn't long until the Gunship exploded, allowing us to help the others catch the running bomber.

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The bomber managed fly straight through our defence grid, and jumped into Sigma-19. Okazaki, Suma and Shindo, all piloting the Karasu Fighter, caught the bomber on the other side and quickly turned it into a flying fireball.



Believing that all of our enemies had been vanquished, we went on our separate ways. I was just about to drink a cup of sake at the Sakhalin bar, when I received an urgent message from Guild Master Okazaki. He was near Ogashawa and had encountered a pair of Sabres! [RoS]Schiff.Toha[X] and Felix.Rommer[101st]. I quickly jumped back into my Kaichou and made haste to aid Okazaki-sama.

Once I arrived at Ogashawa, I saw Okazaki-sama ferociously fighting off the pair of Sabres. I rushed to his side, evening the odds. The skirmish raged on, until Hatsumi arrived to the scene of battle, tilting the odds in our favour. After several shots, I managed to hit one of the Sabres with my antimatter cannon while its shields were down. Tilting the odds further in our favour, it was now a three against one.

Hatsumi-san must have been reckless, as one of the Sabre's mines found its mark, forcing Hatsumi to eject his escape pod while the mine tear up his ship. Not only that, but now another Sabre and an Werewolf joined the battle. Airwi. and [RA]Vergere'sShadow. In one swift stroke, the enemy shifted the balance in their favour. It was now me and Okazaki-sama against three dangerous and skilled Outcasts.

The battle intensified, as I was now myself targeted by missiles and other ordinance. It was hard just keeping the Sabres off my back, as they were much more agile than my Kaichou. Luckily for us, Shindo-san arrived, evening the odds yet again!

Then it happened. I swear that it was the Pineal Amulet, a Zoner gift, that guided my hands. I fired my antimatter cannon once, hitting my intended target! One of the Sabres had been hit, leaving little evidence of its existence. Merely a minute after that, I fired my antimatter cannon yet again, scoring a hit on the Werewolf! Surely this must have been the work of something higher than me!

Ensign Hayate now joined us, and helped us finish off the last Sabre. Shindo-san scored that kill, with much grace.

Sadly we couldn't find any of the Outcasts escape pods to bring in for interrogation, however Hatsumi-sans pod was found, him being alive and well.

I'm sure the following Outcasts will think twice before ever fighting us again:



Taro Katsuo,
Sayonara!

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