Encountered some nutjob in New York t'day, preachin' some claptrap abou' "joinin' t' light". Sounded a li'l Nomad-esque ta me...so I goes ta check it out. Turns out 'ees parked up at Rochester, demandin' one o' our reg'lars t' "accept t' light" ('ee didn' define wha' "t' light" was, mind yew).
So, anyways, dey's talkin'...an' dis nutter opens up on da Junka right in front o' me eyes, blowin' 'im awa' an' all. Well, as ya can guess, I got right 'acked off at dat, an' I tells 'im ta shove it. 'Ee ain't 'avin' none o' it, an' opens up on me, too! Well, I's givin' 'im back right what I's takin', but that ol' Recycler ain't made fer dogfightin'...good job I was near ta Rochester an' could make an emergency landin'.
So, anyways, yeah...we might wants ta be keepin' a look owt fer dis guy...flys some sorta GMG-made ship.
Oh, dere be some pictures what I recovered from me gun cam...seems it got a li'l beat up an' I can't find da shot o' 'im downin' da first guy...
****Incoming Transmission****
****Comm ID: Arbiter Jack Crow****
****Transmission Source: Rochester****
Wow, I've been hitting a lot of Junker bases recently. Anyways, Rochester is seeing some action again. We've got a new breed of low life to deal with out there in space. It seems a few individuals have chosen to become known as vigilantes. I personally do not quite understand their lifestyle. Mercs I get, they fight and do mean things for money.......easy enough. These vigilantes however do it just because they like it. Many of you have heard me say this before and I'll say it again, we live in a violent world and violence in unfortunately a part of what we do. I cannot however abide those who hurt people just because they enjoy it. All Junkers should use caution when dealing with these vigilantes.
Today we had a very special encounter with one such individual. A vigilante named Rorschach. He was flying a bomber and came to our base announcing that he was going to put an end to the Junker economy by himself by destroying us all. Foolish, foolish man. Even in his fancy Roc bomber, he could not handle the defense force at Rochester and he took a little ride in his escape pod for his trouble. This individual is now barred from Junker bases and should be shot on sight if you see him within 10k of a Junker base. If there are anymore incidents with this individual please contact me via private coms or this message dump and he will find his life most unpleasant.
Yes I too have spoken to one of these so called vigilantes. It seems they are only out for personal vengeance or to aid someone else's revenge. Money doesn't appear to motivate them and negotiation is simply out of the question. These people are crusaders on their own personal mission to right the wrongs through violence. All subjects calling themselves "vigilante" should be approached with extreme caution and should never be trusted. Simply because who knows what agenda they have in mind.
Source: CobaltWatsas
Destination: Junker Congress Public Channels
Subject: Well howdy
Howdy, ya'll. Feller Junkers.
It seems Ah'm yer newest recruit in this here Congress. Some 'o Ya'll may have seen meh before, to the rest o' ya'll, ah say howdy. Ah may just be a simple scrap merchant, but ah'm willin' ta help mah fellow Junkers in need. Mah CSV is primed an' ready ta go incase ya'll decide ya need me. Can't do much fightin', but ah can haul stuff.
In the meantime, ah'll be 'round Liberty. Gotta get this bird fixed up an' ready. Hope to see ya'll in space soon.
Good day to you, fellow Junkers! It is with great joy that I return to such a prominent Junker organization.
You see, my brother-in-law, Clark White, was missing for a while there. I thought he was dead, probably those cursed Hogosha, and that affected my business sense. Luckily, though, it turns out that he had just met a nice female Junker out Kreuzberg way. To make a long story short, I am proud to introduce you all to my new sister-in-law, Anke White!
And now that we are all reunited, business is going quite well!
Congressmen.
This independant mining ship, callsign 'Ulthor' has been spotted a few times mining scrap at Bornholm.
He has been asked to pay licensing fees. From what I hear from other congressmen, he usually gives some story that a friend of his is doing missions for him to get a junker tag, he's one bar off getting the tag etc. So far there's been no concrete evidence of this and each time we ask him to pay the fee he docks at Bornholm and hides.
He has had his chances and is no longer welcome. Next time you see him, remove him from Bornholm. By force if necessary.
Salvager out
****Transmission Ended****
.:j:.Salvager - Junker Congress (Salvage Frigate) := Recipient of the Yanagi Defense Medal
.:j:.Salvager.VHF - Collector
.:j:.Salvager.B - Recycler
.:j:.Salvager.B2 - Waran
"Good news everyone. I suddenly and unexpectedly have job vacancies for an entire spaceship crew!"
Today saw a victory for us. The =CR= have been making a nuisance of themselves for some time, harassing our cargo shipments through the Taus, then yesterday the =CR= attacked and severely damaged my Frigate when myself and Fawkes were attacking a Hogosha pilot.
Today we began our revenge. When a =CR= trade convoy of 2 transports (=CR=Ball and =CR=Johannesburg) was sighted well away from their home, we decided to set an ambush.
They were seen to dock on Gran Canaria, and gave us plenty of time to set up.
Myself, Crow and Tinker approached through Bretonia and waited by the 49 hole in Dublin. RustyNail and MrUnusuall approached through the Omegas and waited in by the 49 hole in 47. After a short wait, the two trade vessels launched again.
With them cut off on both sides, we just had to wait. Then the ambush was sprung in Dublin.
After demanding they drop their cargo, they both complied. Then the Johannesburg tractored his back in and they both made a run for it to Leeds. Johannesburg managed to escape our grip, but Ball did not and paid the price.
We have taught the =CR= a lesson today. Not only did we catch them smuggling Deuterium through Bretonia toward Kusari space, but we managed to capture one of the loads and destroy a =CR= super transport. It's going to hurt them.
Well done to all pilots involved. Textbook ambush, we caught them with their pants down!
Salvager out
****Transmission Ended****
.:j:.Salvager - Junker Congress (Salvage Frigate) := Recipient of the Yanagi Defense Medal
.:j:.Salvager.VHF - Collector
.:j:.Salvager.B - Recycler
.:j:.Salvager.B2 - Waran
"Good news everyone. I suddenly and unexpectedly have job vacancies for an entire spaceship crew!"
Junkers,
Two brave pilots managed to take down a Hogosha container transport today. His fighter escort could not help him because he was busy engaging me in Galileo. The fighter then pursed the two bombers to Colorado but could not find them and he ran away when the Xenos threatened to eject him. He was quite angry and vowed that the Hogosha will now begin hunting Junkers in the Taus and in the Sigmas. Please be on your guard and all transports are advised to use escorts.
Well, started off with us chasin' down that "Obi Wan" neer-do-well through t' deep Omegas an' inta t' Sigmas. Me an' mistah Crow made a nice explosion' o' his ship, wi' 'elp from a passin' 'Sair cruiser.
Then mistah Crow spots one o' them 'Ogosha types, flyin' one o' their transports, out in Shikoku. So, we sets off, in t' company o' Scrap Splitter ta make a li'l mess o' 'is transport.
Eventually, me an' Splitter cornered t' 'Ogosha in Shikoku, an', wi' liberal applicashun o' antimatter, perforated 'is ship. Scroungin' fru t' debris, I came across some escape pods, 'oldin' some o' 'is crew. I 'opes they enjoys their li'l vacashun on Malta...hurr hurr.
'Eadin' back fru Lib'ty, we was chased by t' 'Ogosha's disgruntled friend. After we split up ta shake 'im, I was even chased by onna them Xenos, 'oo was rantin' summat about me crimes. Made me chuckle, that did...
Anyways, from what I 'eard, we all gots 'ome safetly, wi' only minor bruises an' scratches...nuffin' a li'l bit o' metal anna weldin' torch won't fix...
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