Yesterday, we did a good strike to the Privateers, we found to Bowex ships, drove by privateers, flying through Kyushu. The small one managed to get away while we were dealing with the "Shrine". After we destroyed his cargo, I tried to force him to bring his buddy back, but the efforts were futiles, and we finnaly destroyed his ship.
Today, testing the Niigata, we ran into a couple of runners, trying to get into the Taus, breaking our laws about exports. Nothing that a few words, and a shocking gunboat couldn't solve.
After that, the Niigata ran again into another Bowex-privateer convoy, and once again the small transport got away with important cargo, while we destroyed the other one.
We let the pilot to leave alive, so he can tell to his partners, to stay out of Kusari.
Also, we met a smuggler flying in front of planet New Tokyo, holding 2200 units of cardamine, which we forced to drop and destroy in the spot.
That'd be all at the moment, I'm glad to inform that the gunboat Niigata is in optimal conditions, and fully operational.