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**Action report,
*Source: Shōsa Taiki Ono

Timeframe: from 19:52 to 21:29

A short report of yesterday patrol is due. As I launched an operation of pursuing a criminal had just been finished and KPT forces were returning to their position in Sigma-13. I informed KPT commander that he can rely on our assistance in case of need and along with Chūi Daiso Takato and Shōi Akira Tyas assumed routine patrol through Kusari systems.

We checked Shikoku first, but it proved to be empty bar for a few civilians without cargo. Since other Kusari core systems also seemed very quiet, we set our route to Taus.

The first interesting encounter was at Freeport 6 in Tau-29. A Zoner "Fearless" destroyer ORI-|Mordren-[pri] was in a position next to Freeport. It's cargo hold had nothing of interest, just some helium. We questioned the captain of the ships intent, purpose of being there, its flight plan and reminded that the vessel shall not proceed any further into Kusari, as Kusari codex prohibit forign warships in core space. Captain claimed the ship's next waypoint to be in Baffin system.



Patrol route went forward to Tau-31 and then to Tau-23. The surrounding of Java were surprisingly empty. Though near Kyushu jumphole we noticed a hostile contact, which also did not hesitate to hail us. That was an outcast pirate transport Jack_Ramirez, confidently sitting next to a particularly large asteroid, apparently a base of sorts.

After a minute or two while I politically educated the outcast, Tyas and Takata spotted a Junker slave liner 'Crimson.Gale' with human organs and assumed chase. I caught up with them in Tau-29, where they had already halted the smuggler.



Unfortunately for him, its captain was not very cooperative and attempted to flee. A last chance to halt and drop the cargo was offered by me and ignored by the junker. Direct fire was opened at the liner. Junker was aided by an outcast repair ship, but, fortunately, it encountered technical problems and had to power down its systems.



The liner's hull had little armor enhancements so it went down relatively fast. Unfortunately, no organs could be salvaged for use in our hospitals.



We returned to Kusari core space. There had been reports of Outcast Storta in Galileo, so we launched our katana wing bombers, but the reports proved to be untrue.

Signed,
Shōsa Taiki Ono

*End of transmission

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