Noth Squadron - Communications Node

[Noth Squadron]

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/\...closed.frequencyID/set.default/>Altair Research Complex

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/>[wilde.jagd_primary] - Full Access
/>[aoi.iseijin_secondary] - Full Access
/>Altair Command - Administrator
/>Noth Squadron - User
/>LINDWURM - User

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〘SQUADRON STATUS: DEPLOYED〙
〘ACTIVE UNITS : 30 / 30〙
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⊳[INCOMING MESSAGE]

"Active deployments, mission debriefs and useful intel will be handed out to relevant Squadron members through this channel. Altair Command demands exemplary performance and loyalty from every one of you."

"For the time being you must continue pressuring hostile entities within the Omicrons. Put them on the defense when you can and let them win just enough for them to make mistakes that benefit you. Your temporary staging ground is Lichtenfelde Complex for the duration of this deployment."

▹Sender: JIN-13, Mission Commission

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[Noth Squadron]

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⊳[INCOMING MESSAGE]

"A requisition form has been filed by Stockton Depot for the delivery of 4x Scorpion Gunboats. Many of the resources required to craft these assets are at hand, but organic material has been and always will be an expensive resource. Do not execute any Escape Pods you might run across on your current assignments. Instead, collect and deliver them to your active staging point. Codename 'Tixtla' has been tasked with stockpiling everything you find. Once the required amount has been gathered the ship will leave for Altair Research Complex."

ESCAPE PODS DELIVERED: 514/500

Delivery Manifest

▹Sender: JIN-13, Mission Commission

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[Noth Squadron]

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⊳[INCOMING MESSAGE]

"Raw materials have been delivered by codename 'Tixtla' and Altair Command couldn't be more pleased. Extra funding has been approved for your services. Use it wisely.

Threat classification of Order vessels in the OMICRON region has been lowered. It would be wise to hold off from killing any more of them, as that would potentially push them to retaliate by the end of your active deployment and indirectly prolong your participation.

In other news, Zoner Mining vessels have been spotted entering the Tokelau Ice Cloud one too many times to harvest Iridium. Make sure they are there only for that and not stray from the path to and from the mining field. If they do, then feel free to terminate.

Escort these miners and their traders between Tokelau and their destination when you have the chance until the deployment period ends.

MINERS ESCORTED: 1/50

▹Sender: JIN-13, Mission Commission

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[Noth Squadron]

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⊳[INCOMING MESSAGE]

"Evening, Noth. Your recent actions have brought you in a favorable light with Altair Command. Rumor goes that a fresh partnership has been settled with Phoenix - a notable power that strives to push back the Corsair threat. Higher quality provisions have been assigned to your active staging point and a variety of weapons have been delivered for those of you who need extra firepower. Normally it would have taken an extra feat for these 'boons', but as it turns out you have a knack for being ever devoted to the cause.

Today you have infiltrated Military ranks along with other solo operatives and Das Wilde Jagd's sect of infiltrators in order to have an easier time raining hellfire on the Corsairs' CNS-Penitence, taken several of their fighters down and almost made it away with killing a few of what appears to be Bundschuh Fighters that belong to The Platform. I wasn't exactly 'happy' about the last part, but it seems like Altair Command could not care less about it so I will not either - for now.

Your unwavering loyalty has been noted and taken into account, but some of you are well aware of the only truth that matters. The veil of suspicion never truly fades. You may receive a trinket, food, praises. In the end some of you may never experience Greatness.

Keep doing what you do best. All eyes are on you now.

▹Sender: JIN-13, Mission Commission

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[Noth Squadron]

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⊳[INCOMING MESSAGE]

"Attention, Noth Operatives. Recent developments in Omicron Zeta and Omicron Mu have turned the Northern Omicrons into a warzone. That means all covert activities are at risk of being compromised. Altair Command has requested a considerable amount of resources to be siphoned with the intent to supply overt assets in their quest to further our masters' plans. Samsara Debt Collectors and Chochinbi Freighters have quietly contributed to the cause. It is your turn now.

As you are currently closest to the fight than any other sect, you will be interdicting Order assets while also having to juggle a constant delivery of various goods to Altair Research Complex. You are contributing to the attempted regeneration of a damaged Greater Purifier which has been kept in stasis for the past fourteen years. Scientific equipment is in great demand for this very reason. The specimen must survive.

Play your cards carefully, Noth. Our Masters' Grand Design does not have space for rejects.

▹Sender: JIN-13, Mission Commission

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[Noth Squadron]

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⊳[INCOMING MESSAGE]

"Hey, I was wondering if Altair Command could help me out with a little project. You see, there was this girl that earned me my death sentence in Rheinland. She's called 3167, and she might be the most beautiful lil' seductress I ever seen.

Now, I was hearing about all those problems with Corsairs and the Freeport in Theta, and even about some spineless government on Pygar, and I got to thinkin': "3167 could handle them all real nice." Yeah, it might leave them in a permanent vegetative state. It'll give them something like super-dementia for a few weeks at the very least. But I ain't seen her in a bit, and I was just wondering if you could whip up a batch and let me engage in a little. . . "Proof of Concept", if you would. It's not like Pygar is going to fight back, after all.

I'll attach a record of the chemical structure, along with a little dossier on her too."

Attachments

Chemical Warfare Agent 3167 (CWA-3167) is a potent and long-lasting anticholinergic deliriant drug, related to the chemical warfare agent 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate (CWA-QNB). It was developed during the Sol war as part of a military chemical weapons program, in an attempt to develop non-lethal incapacitating agents.

The intensity of CWA-3167's effects is unparalleled among known psychoactive substances of any class. Incapacitating effects can last anywhere from 5-10 days, sometimes manifesting as a full 3-day peak of vivid hallucinations, along with prolonged confusion, amnesia, and inhibition of speech and cognition. Some subjects exposed to the drug would not fully recover for almost 20 days. Even six months after exposure, a few subjects demonstrated significant increases in the scores on the hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria, psychasthenia, schizophrenia, and mania scales. The drug's potency caught the attention of the Rheinland Military after it's use in terrorist activities by one Kendrick Walter, a Libertonian who claims his motives were "doing it for the love of the game", and was quickly added to the list of outlawed dangerous pharmaceuticals. Studies regarding weponization were abandoned due to the extreme nature of its effects and the strain on available study resources caused by conducting human studies for extended periods.

▹Sender: Noth-4, Squadron Pilot

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[Noth Squadron]

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⊳[INCOMING MESSAGE]

"Altair Command claims to lack the resources you're looking for. Your objective appears noble, but is misplaced unless you find a way to sabotage The Freeport and the Corsairs without raising alarms with other locals. Noth Squadron is starting to be recognized as an active presence in the Omicrons and with this comes both negative and positive traits.

To gain both permission and support from Altair Command to proceed with your plans, you must provide a scenario in which this plan actually works. Otherwise you and your squadron act alone and at your own risk."

▹Sender: JIN-13, Mission Commission

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[Noth Squadron]

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⊳[INCOMING MESSAGE]

"Evening, Noth Squadron. An opportunity has shown itself and Altair Command wants to seize it. It is located somewhere in the Omega Region and could offer us the breathing room we've been longing for a couple months now.

As you may know already, our leaders' campaign in Omicron Zeta has been success, but resources had to be spent to achieve such a feat. An effort to recover these losses has begun across the entire Sirius Sector. Infiltrator sects such as the Samsara Debt Collectors have bolstered their recruitment efforts, Chochinbi continued their own plans in Kusari and Stockton's Privateers worked tirelessly to scavenge for valuable assets and intel in western Sirius.

The Privateers finally brought back results. They caught wind of a lumbering giant sporting the Insurgency's faded colors. Chances are it belongs to a larger fleet, but we hope they are alone. Your task is to pinpoint its location and bring the prize to Altair Research Complex for further study. Try not to damage these goods, Noth. Unlike you, this possible asset is irreplaceable if lost in any way. We don't have the finer details of what we're fishing for yet. But... that is what you are supposed to produce after all -- information.

You have been chosen to perform this task, because of your impending expansion into the region and adequate efficiency to warrant the highest success rate of this operation: 67% -- give or take, of course.

Good luck."

▹Sender: JIN-13, Mission Commission

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[Noth Squadron]

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⊳[INCOMING MESSAGE]

"Following a recon mission in the Omega Region, Twenty-Five and Twelve have found a damaged Order Scout drone. Thanks to their... unique way of accessing the drone's innards for its hard drive, they figured that something must be going on in Sigma-15, and that The Order is related. For the moment you are not authorized to further explore validity of this information. Relevant data will be wired to Das Wilde Jagd. You might be asking yourselves why your squadron can not be trusted with more advanced technology or missions that require higher brain functions.

To that I can only reply with a verbal warning that mutilating a drone with Towing Hooks and Silencer Missiles, before ultimately blowing it up in what I hope was an act of hiding one's own shame, does not mean you are 'hackers' or 'techy agents'.

▹Sender: JIN-13, Mission Commission

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[Noth Squadron]

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⊳[INCOMING MESSAGE]

"Lindwurm family. You have been integrated into Noth Squadron's debriefing channel with user permissions for the duration of your joined participation in the Dublin Harvest. While you do not need to follow the orders of your cousins, you are strongly recommended to obey those of Altair Command. You are incentivized to collect and deliver downed fighter hulls to the nearest shipyard for experimentation -- in your case, Kaarst Drydock. Vessels belonging to the Bretonia Armed Forces ought to reach the local Sect currently in charge of Stockton Depot's well being. The bounty for your contribution is well worth it. Act accordingly.

▹Sender: JIN-13, Mission Commission

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