**** Incoming Transmission **** From: Johnathan Sanders, Independent Miners Guild
To: Kusari Empire, Foreign affairs
Subject: Hogosha, and Outcasts
Encryption: Moderate
(// This means read-access to official factions who have active infiltration in the Kusari government, opening post only)
Greetings,
We of the Independent Miners Guild have thus far tried to respect the terms of our neutrality in the unfortunate war that plagues the southern Taus, and the Seto system. However, there have been a few incidents... some that seem structural enough to require clarification, or be worth mentioning.
First off, we of the Guild were highly surprised, and displeased, to find Outcast attack wings in support of the Bretonian fighters, in the Dublin system. I will point out that while we are neutral in the Tau conflict, we have no such neutrality with the Outcasts, considering they on a regular basis attack our miners, and bases in the northern Tau systems. That Bretonia aligns themselves with known slavers, and folk whose humanity itself is in doubt, appals me to no end.
We wanted to appraise you of this situation so that there is no misunderstanding in this. Malta is no friend of the IMG.
Second, we would like a clarification of the status of the Hogosha within the Kusari empire. It is my understanding that they are civilians, but there have been... incidents, with these civilians, both in Bretonia as well as in your own empire. We would like to know if the Hogosha within Bretonia fall under the terms of neutrality as were agreed upon between the Kusari empire, and the Independent Miners Guild, or not. We would also like to know why Hogosha assault transports and strikecraft sometimes try to extort our ore convoys within the Kusari capital world of New Tokyo, which deliver goods in support of your own economy. If they are in support of the Kusari war effort, and therefor hitting Libertonian and Bretonian shipping and operations wherever they can be found, this is something I can understand, and frankly none of our concern as long as it's not involving our bases. But if these attacks on the Guild assets persist, we will be forced to classify them as simple pirates - to be destroyed wherever they are found.
Third, we have no standing deals as far as I am aware. 'Though this might be better off directed to your economics ministry, the Independant Miners Guild has access to a wide variety of raw materials, both refined and raw. We have often sold refined niobium to Kishiro and Samuran shippers, presumably for use in your optronics industries. Should Kusari feel it needs a particular material however, and find it difficult to attain such through regular channels, the Independant Miners Guild may be able to assist in this. This is but an offer, of course. If the keiretsu can manage all the neccesary resources we will understand if we are unneeded in this capacity.
Respectfully, - Johnathan Sanders, on behalf of the Independent Miners Guild
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i wonder.. for your statement that hogosha atack transport of IMG in bretonia did you have proof or just a tales from a scared miners when they see us in a Dublin system,
i don't think so that hogosha was robbed any IMG vessel in Bretonia space...
**** Incoming Transmission **** From: Johnathan Sanders, Independent Miners Guild
To: Current Channel
Subject: Re: Hogosha, and Outcasts
Encryption: Moderate (unchanged)
Unknown contact entering this channel, I would appreciate you to identify yourself. As to your inquiry, I made no such claim. The incidents I refer to, and clarification I require, pertains to:
- Hogosha attacking IMG trade vessels or convoys within Kusari space, and the northern Tau systems.
- Hogosha within Bretonia approaching the Hood, seemingly for the purpose of cover, and as a result drawing a battle into the Hood's perimiter.
The first of this is just plain piracy, something we do not tolerate. If the Hogosha are pirates we will deal with them as such - by having our escort vessels destroy them on sight, be they in Dublin or elsewhere. We will take a proactive approach to protecting our Guildmembers.
The second of this depends on what the Hogosha are - if they are in support of the Kusari war effort, then we will respect them under the terms of our neutrality, provided Hogosha vessels remain 5000 meters from IMG bases behind Bretonian lines. This is of course, depending on point one: If Hogosha claim to be Kusari soldiers in one system, but act like common criminals in another and flaunt that in our face, don't expect us to be courteous towards them.
What prompted my inquiry was a comment made to one of our patrol vessels within Dublin, by a Hogosha. "We are but Kusari citizens going the extra mile." This statement is too ambiguous, but suggests the Hogosha do support the Kusari war effort.
Regardless, unknown contact, considering the fact that you do not identify yourself I must assume you are not an official representative of the Kusari empire. Kindly refrain from using this channel.
Respectfully, - Johnathan Sanders, on behalf of the Independent Miners Guild
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***Incoming Transmission***
***Comm-ID: Director Marusa Ryo, Samura Heavy Industries***
***Source: Council Chambers, Planet New Tokyo***
***Re: Hogosha and Outcasts***
Konnichiwa Sanders-san,
My name is Marusa Ryo. I am the current Samura Director of Resource Acquisition and a member of the honourable Council of the Rising Suns.
Since you didn't directly address the emperor himself, I'm going to assume it suffices if this assembly of Kusaris political parties will take care of this matter.
I am pleased to see that the Miners Guild seems to have changed their mind to now shape their neutrality in a less pro-bretonian way. And I'm glad to hear that your Guild is sharing the same view on those outcasts as we do.
However, your claims against the Hogosha, and right now we can not confirm they are any more than that, will have to be brought up in front of the Council since the members of the Hogosha society are indeed considered Kusari citizens. For the very same reason I advise you to reconsider your steps. Kusari will not take unprovoked attacks on its citizens lightly.
Your last point however is the most interesting one for Samura Heavy Industries since we have in the past tried to get into negotiations with the Miners Guild on multiple occasions, yet we have always faced hesitation, justified by bretonian threats to attack your installations. If you have decided to change your mind and are interested in deeper relations with Samura Heavy Industries once again, we'll gladly welcome our neighbours in Kyushu. However, this matter should be discussed on separate channels since corporate deals are usually not what the government should deal with.
As I already stated early, the matter on the Hogosha will be brought up in front of the Council and you will be informed on Kusaris position on this.
Sayonara Sanders-san, Marusa Ryo, Council of the Rising Suns
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**** Incoming Transmission **** From: Johnathan Sanders, Independent Miners Guild
To: Director Marusa Ryo
Subject: Clarifications
Encryption: Moderate
Greetings, Mr. Ryo,
I did indeed not address this to the Emperor himself - I did not deem a clarification important enough to have to do so. I have no doubt he has more important matters to attend to these days, given the rapidly changing relations between the houses. I was however quite surprised to be contacted by a Samuran executive - I was unaware you held a position within the Kusari government. I guess there is still much of Kusari for me to learn.
I will heed your warning on the Hogosha, for the present, we will not take offensive action against Hogosha as long as they do not disrupt our operations. However I will stipulate that the Independent Miners Guild will defend it's own members against any attackers - and will, if no alternative remains, resort to lethal force to do so. I am not sure how to contact them - but I would request that they remain clear of our mining operations, west of Java station in Tau 23. There have simply been too many incidents.
We will await word of your council. One question remains unanswered however: Are the Hogosha behind Bretonian lines actively supporting the Kusari war effort? The Guild needs to know this in order to respond correctly to situations where Hogosha are involved, especially in systems where we have a presence in (such as Dublin and Newcastle - I am unaware how Kusari calls these systems). If they are, we will treat them as Kusari combatants, and expect them to do likewise to us.
As for establishing trade relations - I am not sure those were ever severed fully. Truth, the war has seen a disruption in some of the resources we used to supply Kusari with, primarily Beryllium and Gold, but if my reports are correct, Samuran and Kishiro traders frequently procure both raw and refined Niobium from our Tauside bases, presumably for your optronics industries. If you wish to reformalise this - that can be discussed, but should likely be done so through other channels, yes. I recommend you address the director of our trade division, mr. Gene Starwind, regarding this.
Understand that, given the current situation, we will be unable to provide you with resources we produce in Bretonia, but I see no such issue for our Tau, or Omega side commodities. The particulars of that however I will leave to mr. Starwind.
Kind regards, - Johnathan Sanders, on behalf of the Independent Miners Guild
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>>>ID: Shōshō Mikako Takahashi
Jonathan Sanders, I can confirm this statement on the Hogosha is true:
Quote:"We are but Kusari citizens going the extra mile."
Operations behind enemy lines executed by Hogosha vessels are not attached to any Naval operations or Funding. Those operations you speak of are doubtless the deeds of those heroic few who risk their lives in service of the Empire under their own initiative. Though information on the Hogosha and black dragon society is scarce: I personally have observed them functioning as devoted protectors of Kusari, its traditions, its citizenry and have heard it said that it is their guiding principle.
Takahashi out.
**** Incoming transmission **** From: Johnathan Sanders
To: Mr. Takahashi
CC: Channel participants
Subject: Hogosha
Mr. Takahashi,
First of all, thank you for replying. But unfortunately, your reply still doesn't answer the fundamental dilemma our IMG defense forces have. The question I need to have answered is Are the Hogosha part of the Kusari war effort, officially, or unofficially? We need to know this in order to know if they fall under the Guild's neutrality - if they do we should expect them to behave accordingly. If they are basically Kusari freelancers that wish to raise hell behind Bretonian lines, we'll leave them be, but only so long as they leave us be. And the latter has been problematic of late.
Also, before you declare them heroes, have a look at the following shots, taken from within the Hood's defensive perimiter. You can see the Hood's defensive grid opening up on one of the fighters at the top of the first visual: Visual 1 Visual 2
As you can see, multiple Hogosha fighters are operating in concert with a large Corsair fleet (which, according to my report also had 2 battleships among it, but these were not caught on-cam). Kusari has often chided the Bretonians for working openly with the Maltan criminals, and rightly so, but if your own heroes associate themselves openly with another Hispanic faction that is, quite frankly, no better then the Outcasts... what does this say about Kusari? It may serve you to remind your citizens that your improving relations with Rheinland could be damaged, if your heroes openly associate themselves with Rheinland's enemies.
Furthermore, if this kind of force ever again approaches Hood, we will assume the entire fleet hostile and act accordingly. It is not in the Guild's ways to wage war, we are not a military force. But like you claim the Hogosha to do - we too protect our own people.
Regards, - Johnathan Sanders, on behalf of the Independent Miners Guild
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My name is Commander Alexander Yamakazi, I'm sure you have seen Kempeitai-operatives in the Dublin system, or in the Leeds system for that matter. As you are well aware and have probably heard from your associates, the Kempeitai never commits any of their strikes against IMG vessels.
Plenty of your ore-transports have passed our radar unharmed after a simple scan to ensure there are no attempts to deliver war-materials to the Bretonian House. Miners in the Dublin system carrying the IMG transponder have always been left alone as well.
Now, as far as I'm aware, these Hogosha Pilots seen in the Taus and behind enemy lines are not officially part of the Kusarian war-effort. Some of them have proven to be very helpful however, even sometimes saved the lives of KNF-patrols. It seems however clearly, by your evidence, that some are participating in directly harming IMG-interests.
If these individuals pose a direct threat to your guild, then you are of course permitted to take whatever actions necessary to ensure the safety of your people and your vessels. But regardless of what those actions are, they should not include an active attack inside Kusari House Space. Defensive combat is allowed as always, and should these individuals be foolish enough to return to Dublin (whilst maintaining a threat to your Guild), then by all means are you clear to take them out. Hogosha shouldn't be there in the first place, and certainly not irresponsible pilots who see fit to jeopardize Kusari relations with other organizations.
Now of course we do not support these actions. Should I see similar incidents occur during my operations that crosses your path, I will naturally do everything in my power to stop them. But please do not judge the entire Hogosha based on a few misguided individuals.
If I have spoken out of line or not in accordance with the KNF-policy, then their superiors are of course free to correct me.
>>>ID: Shōshō Mikako Takahashi
Jonathan Sanders of the Independent Miners Guild, my apologies if something was lost in translation: this statement;
Quote: Operations behind enemy lines executed by Hogosha vessels are not attached to any Naval operations or Funding.
was intended to inform you that: vessels identified as Hogosha are not officially part of the Kusari war effort, as Commander Yamakazi has confirmed.
There is not much I would add to the Honourable Commanders statement except to stress the fact that the State police and Naval Forces have strict diplomatic guidelines: members of the Hogosha have free will and are not forced to adhere to any diplomacy but their own. I was not aware that I sounded so masculine: my parents were not blessed with a son; my title is 'Miss' Or 'Shōshō'. I hope this is sufficient answer and that your Guild reaches an agreement with Samura heavy industries and Kishiro technologies.
May the Emperors grace reach you,
Takahashi out.
**** Incoming transmission **** From: Johnathan Sanders
To: Ms. Takahashi, Mr. Yamakazi
CC: Channel participants
Subject: Re: Hogosha
Mr. Yamakazi, thank you for making the Hogosha matter clear to me. I'll instruct the Guild's escort and defense fleet to continue to act in a defensive manner, with the stipulation that the Hogosha are not part of the Kusari forces. I will also welcome any assistance you can offer in preventing us from having to resort to force against Kusari citizens - though I somehow feel that that aid in Dublin shall be minimal, considering the Kusari main push seems to be localized to Seto. Your own adherence to IMG's neutral stance in this regrettable conflict is also noted - please do inform us should any IMG assets not act accordingly. With a situation as chaotic as this there are bound to be a few incidents, every now and then.
Ms. Takahashi, unfortunately text communications do not often convey the nature of a person well. And I must regrettably admit that my Kusari is less then optimal - I had assumed that "Shosho" was a title of sorts you held, a rank. My sincere apologies for any offense this misinterpretation may have caused.
As for trade relations with the keiretsu - I've offered the suggestion that they contact our director of trade, mr. Gene Starwind, but to my knowledge they have thus far not done so.
Regards,
- Johnathan Sanders, on behalf of the Independent Miners Guild
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