::INCOMING TRANSMISSION:: ::ID- Clarence Rowe:: ::Loc- Java Station, Tau 23::
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Hello, this is Clarence Rowe of the Lost Star Vigilantes.
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Yesterday night a crazy Outcast Tridente, Caitlyn.Velasquez, decided to scream in system wide channels like "Nuke Java, Jajaja!", and started to shoot Java. Our pilots took the crazy one down as soon as possible.
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Next ones are Johanna with solo effort. First, she found a cardamine smuggler called Lotus.Blossom, and an escort for that slaver Quasi. She chased them from Tau 23 to Kyushu, however with the help of the escort, the smuggler could run away. Johanna took the escort down instead.
- Johanna stumbled upon another smuggler, Barbosa, near Tau 37 jump hole in 23. The smuggler tried to make a run for the defences of Cali, but Johanna was quicker, and she blew it up before the smuggler could reach the base.
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Next up is a Maquis bomber, La.Mirage, who was fighting Java's defences and two of IMG capitals for some reason. Lost Star pilots scrambled to chase it away. As soon as he saw us he started to run. After a long chase, far away from the bases, he could get away from us... uh... what he showed us was terrible so, we decided to stop chasing. We are including the voice recordings and the footage with this report.
You are cautioned however, not suitable for minors, elders, or people who are susceptible to heart attacks.
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A nomad Marduk was passing real close to Java, our pilots and many others scrambled to fight the nomad, and we took down the beast. Last shot is not ours but it's worth mentioning.
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Dear Sirs and Madams,
I have studied your reports and I have to say that they are impressive. Furthermore I would like to add that the Guild is thankful for your efforts that you invest into the defense of the Tau systems against the threats that come out of the direction of Malta.
I realize by reading your combat reports that this "war" is much dirtier than I thought it was. The IMG never intercepted these numbers of slave and cardamine shipments that you encounter because it was the Colonial Navy that hunted actively. And they never talked about it.
About the Liberty Rogues mentioned in one of the voice transmissions: You do not have to exercise any diplomatic caution when dealing with them. They are pretty much a threat to the IMG whenever we pass their territory.
I will keep a close eye on this channel and in case you need any kind of help, feel free to contact me or Java defense anytime.
Please provide a bank account so the first payments can be wired on time.
Thank you and good luck for your operations.
Jack Henderson
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[color=#330000]::INCOMING TRANSMISSION:: ::ID- Clarence Rowe::
::Loc- Java Station, Tau 23::
[color=#FFCC99]This is your favourite Vigilante, Clarence Rowe of the Lost Star.
We have lots of things in our hands to put in the reports lately, too busy for that in fact. This is just a part of what we did, the others will be included soon with the help of my friends.
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What I have here starts with Bo.Alex, a tridente we caught in Tau 23. After a brief chat we took it down for reasons you are aware of. It's time to strike fear in the hearts of them Maltese...yeah.
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This next Tridente, Jack_Sparrovv, we caught in Tau 23 as well, said that he was going to Baffin. We were in merciful mood and the guy looked really out of place, so we decided to chase him back to Malta. We assured him that coming back to Taus will not be a good thing for him.
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There were a strange bunch, cruising around with slaves on board, intent on making trouble for us... and themselves. They are namely Giftgas.Express, the Anki, and her escorts ThePink.Goose and Depravus. Giftgas.Express took refuge in the Freeport after whining about the NFZ, without knowing the FP10's NFZ policy. Then we took down one of the escorts, ThePink.Goose, just before it could dock.
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Two Outcast pirates bombers were causing trouble as we got an emergency call from a trader. They were named Agama and NiMERiLA. We rushed to the spot, and the fight spanned Tau 23 and Kyushu. We forced the bombers to Cali, surely they will be out of action for a while as they were barely holding together.
Oh and... the bank account will be Bank.|* - We are very thankful for your support and the resources you are providing us with.
That's about it... I hope the IMG are doing good. Your people, especially Miss O'Shaunessy, are being very nice to us in Taus, it makes us feel welcome.
Vigilante Clarence Rowe
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::ID- Tavish Degroot::
::Loc- Java Station, Tau 23::
::Subject- Reports::
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Tavish here again with lots of things to report.
First we have a slaver going by the name of RazoR. He was stopped and told to drop the slaves.
Apparently he was one of those who are not clever enough to do what they're told. Soon enough the hull of his ship was opened, but unfortunately an Outcast Ranseur tractored them.
We started to attack the dreadnought then, but it's captain decided to enter the suns corona, where he dropped the slaves into space...
Needless to say, they didn't survive. We made sure he would pay for it however and blew up his ship.
We met the same slaver again a day later. This time he was carrying cardamine.
However, it seems he had learned, because he decided dropping the cardamine would be better for his health.
Next up is a Sarissa battleship. Soon after he entered Tau 23, the combined forces of the IMG and our own bombers made him flee to Orkney. There he was then finally blown up.
I guess the gallics would also approve.
A few hours later, there was this Outcast sabre near Java. We thought it would be better to take care of him on the spot.
Since he insisted on a duel, I gave him one he didn't survive.
The maltese seem to think it's a really good idea to move their capital ships through Tau 23, because we found another Ranseur moving slowly through the asteroids near Java.
With the mobility of the dread severly limited by the asteroid field, it was an easy task to turn it into scrap metal.
Last, but not least, we responded to an emergency signal about an Outcast fighter near Java. It turned out to be a ship of the XTF group.
Clarence Rowe made quick work of it and the system was safe yet again.
[color=#330000]::INCOMING TRANSMISSION:: ::ID- Clarence Rowe::
::Loc- Java Station, Tau 23::
[color=#FFCC99]This is Clarence Rowe, again.
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There was a brigand gunboat named FBG~Bleriot. It took hostage a transport filled with passangers and demanded money. Clever thing to do was paying the guy the money so the transport's captain did that. The Vigilantes and the IMG around Java scrambled to take down the gunboat. 101st appeared to help it and fighting ensued. We took down the gunboat, and chased the 101st, who lost their morale and will to fight, all the way back to Alpha.
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It's that Slavers Republic girl Adorra again. We used a new recruit, Ai Nakamura, to test Nakamura's capabilities and to see if she can be trusted, but Adorra took our recruit down. Then we sent Tavish to deal with the slaver, this time Adorra blew up.
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I saw a Ghost, called Ghost~of~John~Halsey, hanging around Tau 37 jumphole. The ghost didn't answer, probably really thought that he was a ghost and can't speak to me. I started shooting that to make sure he really becomes a ghost, hoping that he will be happy then. He decided to Nova a rock and blew himself up. I looted his remainings... fetched a good price. Makes me a pirate who pirates pirates I guess.
uploading reports from happened combat today. Combat was about defeating Outcast presence in Tau 37 and in Tau 23.
First encounter was named MNS-Killer, an Outcast Storta, class destroyer, that wanted to move through the Taus..."Moving to Cali". We intercepted it and laid down the facts, MNS-Killer shouldn't go anywhere except back to Malta, refusing treated with destruction. First it looked good, that MNS-Killer would comply. Later the Storta opened fire upon one of our vessels. Weapons powered up and we destroyed it in Tau 37.
While the destruction of MNS-Killer was in progress, MNS-Monty appeared and tried to support it's 'friend'. After MNS-Killer went down, the Ranseur dreadnought of the Outcasts got destroyed as well...before the destruction we received some hostile contacts getting closer.
The fighters were a threat against our bombers, so we decided to return to Java with two of our bombers to switch to fighter craft. After doing so, the enemies entered Tau 23. After a heavy battle, the SR was taken out, as well an Outcast bomber by the IMG.
After some more minutes of fighting, the hostile contacts retreated and probably went back to Omicron Alpha. We returned to Java and had some last scans of the area around Java and the Tau 37 jumphole.
[color=#330000]::INCOMING TRANSMISSION:: ::ID- Clarence Rowe::
::Loc- Java Station, Tau 23::
Clarence Rowe of the Lost Star Vigilantes here. Time for another intel and action report as you requested.
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Our group stumbled upon two Outcasts in Tau 23, they were not nice and they didn't want to leave Taus. Their names were Horhe.Campos and Mateo.Dante. We fought them for a small while, choosing two fighters to deal with them, however they docked in Cali real fast, probably feeling threatened by our numbers who were just watching.
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Next up is an Outcast Sarrissa class Battleship called MNS-Arca.Perdida, which was found in Tau 23 and didn't want to leave. We decided to show them that it is not a good idea to visit these places with your battleships. Our Roc bomber crafts easily reduced the armor of the battleship from afar and soon we forced them to dock.
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Next up was a prolonging battle between Lost Star Vigilante forces, assisted by a Colonial Gunboat, and the Outcasts. The engagement started in Tau 23 when we found a Ranseur class Dreadnought, Mr.Killer, who got help from another Ranseur, MNS-Monty. We took down Mr.Killer in Tau 37, and decided to chase the badly damaged MNS-Monty to Alpha. It was a nice message we sent to the maltese when we destroyed another Ranseur just in front of Malta and as it was trying to hide in Valetta shipyard. We lost a bomber in the explosion because of carelessness, but it was so damn worth it.
As we felt that it is enough, and were returning home, Maltese forces launched an attack in their anger. The result for our tired pilots weren't looking well in the end. It was a fierce battle, we lost two of our ships, made them lose one and forced one of them to dock, both sides gave enough trouble to each other as we were draining each other from repairs wildly. However in the end we saw that our side was less experienced and we decided to retreat to Tau 23.
It was a nice hit and run attack for us however, and the profit for us were those two ranseurs going down in full glory and explosions. I am sure the maltese beast knows now that their teeth are falling down, and they will have to relent soon. We will keep on blowing them up until they release their slaves, and become a peaceful, hippy community, like they are supposed to be.
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Next day is a 'battle' the outcasts invited us in Tau 37. We were about to train our pilots seeing situations like the last night's could be dangerous for us next time, and we were contacted by Miss O'Shaunessy, who said that the outcasts want us to kill them. We couldn't refuse, so we jumped on our fighters and rushed to the battlefield. Soon we were swarming everywhere, and outcasts started to find places to run to. We got a few kills, and forced that annoying Maquis gunboat La.Sensual to dock. There were some freelancers who were causing troublefor the IMG also, but they were routed or killed in the end.
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This one report here is not about shooting something, but not being able to shoot something. The smugglers and slavers now gave up on Taus. We can easily guess that we have stopped at least 85% of the smuggling and slave traficking operations in Taus. Which is good news for you as it means a part of Outcast influence is gone. However, an intel coming from our informants in Malta tells us that they take another route through Sigmas and Rheinland. We will try to solve this problem soon, and they will learn to fear once again. We have a few plans for that for the near future, and we may also need your help in those matters. However, our job in Tau battlegrounds is not over, it is a personal matter here that we have to tie up... that is, total retreat of the outcast forces from Taus where we hope to home our freed people in the future.
Our cause is growing, and each day makes the wolves stronger... I hope our continued partnership will keep on being profitable for both sides for a long while. Vigilante Clarence Rowe
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Dear Sirs and Madams of the Lost Star Vigilante,
this is Jack Henderson and it has been about one month since the signing of the contract.
Reading your reports and opening them to the IMG leadership and Strike Wing Leaders in the Taus provides us with a much clearer picture what is really going on in the Taus when no one is watching. Seeing your successes and the losses inflicted, a agree with Mr. Rowe's guess that a large part of the smuggling value is being held up, intercepted or destroyed at the moment.
Mr. Rowe also mentioned that the decrease could have something to do with a change in smuggling routes, which would just be a logical reaction of the enemy to the counter-smuggling operations. The IMG has recently established talks with the GMG about security issues along the Helium 3 routes and if you want, I could try and give them a call. I just need to know what you are interested in.
I also received reports of joint operations between IMG and Lost Star forces, which I think is a really good idea, especially against large scale threats. In case there is anything you would like to address when it comes to joint fighting, you can do that here and I will spread the word to the combat pilots, or you adress issues/wishes directly in space.
The IMG has been debating how to reward your men and women for their outstanding bravery and agreed that we will apply the highest possible bonus to the payment agreed on in the paperwork.
at first I want to thank you and the IMG for making it possible for us to do our job in the Taus. It's good to see we can help you out there a bit. Though...we have to report something again.
Some time ago there was another battle in the Taus between the Outcasts, the IMG and us. The leader of that operation from the sides of the Outcasts was probably someone named Chenzo from the 101th.
In the middle of the battle then, Chenzo retreated back to Cali where he docked. Before we had to deal with some other ships of the Outcasts.
One guy named Sebastian Cavani was one of those who fell during the battle. After the destruction of his ship, his comrades probably tractored his pod...that was one troublemaker less.
After both of them were taken out, we focussed more on Chenzo and the other remaining Outcast, Luciano Pavarotti. But before we were able to do some damage, they both docked with Cali after chasing them. For that moment, it was being quiet around the Taus until the next problem appeared.
Later then, an Outcast named Arturo Salieri jumped into the system, flying around in space around Java, thinking he was free to go where he wanted to. Well...We showed him the door to the Tau 37 jumphole and told him it would be probably the best to go back to Malta, after a conversation with him. However...before he jumped he did something stupid...threatening us with our destruction...revealing his real motives. So we went after him and tried to take him out. He ran and docked at the freeport in Tau 37 after chasing.
Hours after that happened...we had contact with two Outcast gunboats in Tau 37 we met before in Tau 23. The names were "The.Bebop" and "Diego_Flores". After a short brawl with the, Sol and I took them both out...leaving scrap only.
Also...a to us already known Outcast named Carbon Seven appeared in Tau 23. Sol reacted fast and chased him to Orkney where he destroyed Seven's ship once more. After that...it was quiet again...
Clarence Rowe of the Lost Star Vigilantes with the latest action reports.
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First one is our friend La.Sensual, who was pirating your miners in Tau 23. We launched an overwhelming bomber force against him as soon as we heard, and he started to make a run for the sun as soon as he saw us. We lost the race, he is really good at reaching this sun... I suggest we move this sun a bit further away from Java... It's getting annoying.
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The next day, I've heard from others that Lumen girl, a known troublemaker, wanted to fight us in Tau 23. After a long chat which went on and on like, "my ship!" "no my ship!", Lumen engaged Lost Star forces. It appeared that 101st forces were lying in wait for the engagement to start as they jumped on us soon. Responding to that IMG Defence assisted us in cleaning Java's proximity from enemies. In the end the enemy forces were totally obliterated, and Lumen is currently in our custody.
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Another day another engagement. We heard that the Outcasts were swarming around Java and fighting the IMG forces, so me and Tavish undocked to assist in the defence. Outcast forces were destroyed or forced to dock in Cali.
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Following are random pirate and outcasts we stumbled in our patrols of Taus and destroyed them, they are either known troublemakers or were caught very close to Java and refused to go away, namely CardamineAbuser, Goblin.Lancaster, FreeKiss, Loco_Amigo
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