Kabukicho Depot

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Comm ID: Hitomi Ryuu
Message To: The Black Dragon Society
Location: On board the Kokuryu, Yokohama Shipyard

I have been commanding the Kokuryu while we were getting her refitted. This has been an interesting cruise. On our way from Dublin to Seto, we ran into two QCP, one fighter and one bomber. As we just finished refitting the Kokuryu we were more interested in getting back to home territory than fighting with Privateers. We set our course for Stokes. They chased us halfway across the Seto system and stopped short of actually destroying the Kokuryu. That's when they made their fatal mistake. They stopped to taunt us and demand money. We decided this was a good a time as any to test our new weapons so we lined them up in our sights and spaced them in four shots.






The TAZ contacted me soon after the fight to thank us for destroying the QCP, apparently they've still been having trouble with them. You can see the damage in the scans of the Kokuryu, we also lost the thruster, counter measure, and two Kusari defense turrets in the fight. I have transferred money from my personal account to cover the losses. I think the blow to Privateer pride was worth the whole amount. We underwent basic repairs on Stokes and started our journey back to New Tokyo. On our way back to Kusari to replace the lost equipment we ran into yet another Privateer in a Shire who tried to pirate us. During that fight the Flip.Open Hogosha transport showed up and lent his guns in bringing it down. Not much of a fight to be honest, those Shires are just one big target.



A Privateer gunboat then entered the system to assist the already destroyed Shire, better late than never I suppose, and started spouting taunts like they usually do. We found him near the Tau 23 hole, pursued him into Tau 23, and he went down fast. Seemed like he was trying to get to the Outcast base in Tau 23 but he never made it.



Things went downhill fast after that. Three bombers, two Privateer and one Chrysanthemum showed up. Flip.Open and I were hoping to rip the gunboat apart before they arrived but we had no such luck. After a rough fight in the thick asteroid fields which put the Kokuryu at a major disadvantage, they won. We barely got the Kokuryu back to dock in one piece. It wasn't long after that Flip.Open was also defeated. Hell of a transport pilot to survive that long against all those bombers.

The Kokuryu has had it's lost equipment replaced and is nearly fully repaired. The Samura repair crews on the Yokohama are making short work of it. I must say, the new gun load out works wonderfully. With all the damage she had already taken, she still managed to take down a Shire and gunboat. I'm going to have to cut this log short as I have some engineers to whip into shape. With the new flood of Privateers we're going to need the Kokuryu back in action as soon as possible.

Hitomi Ryuu
Kumicho, Black Dragon Society

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