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**Action report,
*Source: Daii Taiki Ono

Timeframe: from 23:10 to 00:35

There was just one even of any importance in the patrol before this one, so I decided to add that to this report. A Pelican-class Armored transport Traceur full of optronics was halted in Kyushu. It even admitted that destination of cargo is New London. My requests to drop the cargo was met with a very inefficient attempt to flee.



My last patrol I started in Leeds. There were information about large group on Bretonian forces at planet, so I decided that a reckon could possibly provide us with some valuable intel. I approached planet Leeds on a steep angle from tradelane on the cloud's side to have a convenient retreat path if I was spotted. As I came in scanner range, interesting sight was revealed to me. A ship bearing friendly IFF was in some trouble with Bretonian armed forces.



I moved closer and intentionally let the BAF forces to pinpoint my general location. As some of Bretonians assumed to close in on my location, I turned around and lost them with ease in the edge of the cloud. The pilot Bretonians were bothering used the chance well and managed to dock with tradelane to Stokes.

I met him and could get a good scan on his ship there. Chimeiteki.Satsujin was a freelancer using one of our Renzu corp fighters, bearing Naval Forces IFF. He explained he is not officially enlisted, but plans to do so once he solves his financial problems. He responded well and thanked when I suggested to check the offers on Kusari bounty board.



Leeds seemed calm enough at that time, so I returned to Kusari core systems. Once on Honshu I spotted a Rheinland Military ship, though, surprisingly, it was a trade vessel. Nomine's captain said the ship is on a trade run and not on a military mission. While I do not understand why Military would do the trading themselves and not outsource it to any of Rheinland's corporations, I did let it proceed this time. Of course, warning about Kusari laws and asking it not to abuse our hospitality for too long.



I returned via Hiroshima to New Tokyo. Taking the route via our guard system was a very lucky decision, because as soon as I entered our capital system, a hostile contact - Hone_Nathan - appeared on my scanners near tradelane. Apparently, it was one of Privateers, employed by Bretonians to disrupt our economy. It did not waste any time and fled directly into the cloud as soon as it noticed me.



After a long chase though New Tokyo and Honshu, it made a jump into Chugoku system. Chances of getting close enough to use Cruise Disruptor were too little to risk an ambush in a system with active Blood Dragon presence.

I continued my patrol, mainly through New Tokyo and Honshu in hopes the privateer dares to return and give me a chance to destroy it once and for all. He didn't.

After a while I was asked for an escort by an independent trade vessel carrying diamonds to Narita. I accompanied it to its destination. Diamonds are marvelous objects, it seems, their ability to attract women... eh, khm, sorry.

During the route to Narita I received a report about a cardamine smuggler in Kysuhu. I went there as soon as I could, but just one tradelane away I came across a corsair gunboat soulzero. I asked it to halt, it refused, so I had to take down a tradelane and disrupt its engines. It still hadn't said a word when it opened fire on me.

Unlucky for the gunboat's captain, my distress call was picked up by destroyer [KNF]IKN-Tomaho-ku. Corsair was destroyed a few minutes after its arrival.



The last encounter of the day was a small Camara freighter Ghoost trying to get some Engine components to Liberty. We presented it an option to sell right there. Pilot decided it can get away by cruising along the lane. I proved him wrong by taking the lane and landing right on top his freighter in just mere seconds. He dropped the cargo as requested this time.

Signed,
Daii Taiki Ono

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