To: Lane Hackers

[Karst]

Hagglers;

Hello, it's Elise Pennybrooke.
I used to work with the Inner Circle a good bit, and I've dealt with you new Lovelace girls a bit too. I'm sure you have a file on me, I mean, you have files on everyone, right?
Anyway, I kind of want your take on some current developments. And I want to know if you know something I don't. And if you're doing some work in relation to those developments, work that I can somehow profit from. I'm sure you can imagine what those developments are.

If you've got something, would be much appreciated.

~ Elise

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[Amba]

User ID: xxxx Chloe

Target ID:xx. Bluefin

Subject:xxxx War Never Changes

xxxx
xxxx

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Yo yo Elise, how you doin'?

Don't think I got any deets for ya ya wouldn't already know. Shit's getting heated, big tough lawmens flexing at each other and starting shit, the uj. We caught some big stupid tactical moves right close to Belmont the other day, Kusari officers are on some other level it looks like.

From our lil' perch up in Ontario, after all the shit that went down? We're just glad something's taking the heat offa us. Don't mean we're sitting idle tho, this is the time for spooky biz. Cuz you can bet your sweet behind both houses are planning some BS, and we'll wanna know 'bout it. So hey if you wanna go 'round squeezing spooks for intel or something, I'm sure we can work something out.

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[Karst]

Chloe;

Hey Chloe, good to hear from you again! Alright, so nothing secret going on behind the scenes, that we know of anyway?
Warrants further investigation, I'd say. War is bad and all that, but if it's going to happen anyway, I'd like to benefit from it somehow. It's a real shame that it's the two houses I hate, so I can't exactly offer my services to one side. Going to have to play third party.

Anyway, I'm definitely going to be hanging around the area, keeping an eye on stuff. I'll probably be floating between Thunder and Leiden, so hopefully we'll see each other at some point? I might want to chat about some of this in more detail.

~ Elise

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[Mr.Ling]

...hack.initiated...connecting.to.Spyglass.Network...decryption.in.progress...
...Deceiver.Mr.Ling.recognized...encoding.transmission...
...uploading.data...

Actually, I might have something in that regard, but it needs a whole lot of looking into. Also hi Chloe.

To cut a very long story short, the Gen'an found a cruiser full of deathtraps and decided to keep it. I did about as much digging as I could, getting through these message digests is a long process even for the Mactan Network. Haven't busted the reporting address, but I did get the sub-address. Have any of you ever heard of the "Chochinbi"? Seems they were keeping tabs on the Chrysanthemum's new toy until they weren't.

...encryption.in.progress...disconnecting.from.network...hack.terminated...

[Karst]

Ling;

'Chochinbi'? Sorry, I got nothing. It feels like a mysterious name I've heard dropped at some point as some sort of antagonist, but I might be imagining that entirely. I've mostly been down in Liberty lately and contact with my girls has been pretty sporadic.

But I'll keep my ears open. If I find anything, I'll let you know.

~ Elise

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