====Juneau Shipyard (Alaska)====
->Rumor #131381:
We need to hire Freelancers and Bounty Hunters on occasion to keep Junkers from swiping resources from our Baltimore Shipyard. We are, after all, near a debris field that is prime Junker turf.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131838:
ALG disposes of the waste that this shipyard produces. Toxic Waste and Scrap Metal are shipped by us to Dortmund in New Berlin.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. John Guentzel
->Rumor #131839:
Some of the Scrap Metal produced here at this shipyard is shipped by ALG to the Sugarland. Our freighters in Texas then bring Ship Hull Panels back to this base from Houston.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. John Guentzel
->Rumor #131840:
MOX and Ship Hull Panels are brought to this base from Dortmund by ALG for Deep Space Engineering's use in the construction of ships.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. John Guentzel
->Rumor #131841:
Bowex brings this shipyard the finest in Polymers from Birmingham. Yes, we brave the Rogues to ship these components to Liberty space.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Eric Price
->Rumor #131842:
Our corporation is the cornerstone of Bretonian shipping. We have always competed fairly with other shippers from outside of Bretonia, but the filthy young upstarts at Gateway Shipping have neither the experience nor the intellect to make a successful venture of their firm.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Eric Price
->Rumor #131843:
This company received the first royal shipping charter from the Crown; we have hauled and shipped material throughout Bretonia's long and illustrious history. Through it all we have remained steadfast and vigilant to the needs of our customers, often times not only shipping but insuring precious Commodities.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Eric Price
->Rumor #131844:
This is the last of the commercial shipyards in Liberty. We had to specialize in prison and cruise ships to survive. Kusari took over the general transport business a while ago. That's when they shut down the Edison Yard in Colorado. Lot of good people lost their way of life on that dark day. Now they're Rogues and Xenos.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131845:
The primo jobs at DSE are the Trade Lane and Jump Gate construction crews. They get loads of hazard pay, plus free room and board. It's all secret and such. Aren't supposed to ask questions on what's inside the guts of those Rings. Just swap them out with new ones from Ageira if they're busted.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131846:
Building prisons is big business in Liberty. When they're done, they fill them with all the people that they just laid off from DSE. There's something wrong with that, but I can't do nothin' about it, so why worry? Who knows, maybe someday I'll be living in one of the cells I helped build. Now, ain't that ironic?
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131847:
Prison and cruise ships. That says a lot about Liberty society. We don't build all the miners or transports. That went to Kusari and Rheinland over a century ago. A lot of my old buddies that got laid off joined the Xenos to fight back. Personally, I think they should go after IC and all the rich people using these cruise ships.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131848:
I'm just stopping by on the supply run from Manhattan. We bring the usual stuff like Oxygen and Water. Sometimes I bring more Construction Machinery up from Houston. Pretty easy runs.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131849:
Deep Space Engineering is the exclusive manufacturer of machinery and shipping in Sirius' private sector. If you want something huge or luxurious, then we are the ones to contract.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131850:
Baltimore isn't a bad place. Could be worse, like Houston. Houston is the pits. They get some hellacious dust storms there. Real hot, too. You got one foot in a prison cell there, the other on some factory line with the warden trying to make his monthly bonus.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131851:
I got a friend over at the Norfolk yard. They do a lot of the Hull Panel fabrication onsite to keep everything secret. Once you start building ships for the navy, you're in for life. Can't ever tell your family what you do. Too much stress for me.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131852:
Liberty used to mine most of the materials we use here. Now it's all shipped in from far away. All that debris you see around here is old scrapped ships and junk that everyone threw away for centuries without a thought. Now they're starting to salvage it. It's about time.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131853:
Ageira don't treat DSE with any respect. They think we're just a bunch of mechanics or something. The navy's okay. They know that someone has to build their ships, and it can't be criminals or foreigners.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131854:
Bowex will tell you that we don't have the experience or expertise to be prominent shippers of Bretonian Commodities. But the truth is they realize what a threat we are to their firm. We do the same business they do, but for less.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Devin Price
->Rumor #131855:
Gold is brought to this base for use in wiring the ships built here. We have the pleasure of shipping it in from the Hood in Dublin.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Devin Price
->Rumor #131856:
I've heard that some of the Rogues in this system have been tipped off about our Gold shipments to this base, not by the Lane Hackers but by Bowex. I wouldn't put it past those corporate bastards.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Devin Price
->Rumor #131857:
This station's proximity to Ft. Bush and the Trade Lanes that feed her make this area dangerous for the shipping companies that bring in supplies used to build the ships and machinery churned out by this station. That's one of the reasons why the Bounty Hunters maintain a presence here.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131858:
The Rogues in the area seem to know which ships are bringing the Gold into this base. They must be getting the information from the Lane Hackers. Whenever Gateway ships Jump into the system, some of us are contracted to escort them into this base.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131859:
Xenos don't really come this far east into the system from the Jersey Debris Fields, but they will harass the Kusari Rheinland and Bretonian firms coming to this base via Trade Lanes.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131860:
The Junkers in this area will try to steal machinery and components left unguarded. They aren't too dangerous unless you tangle with several of them in some lonely space with no witnesses around. They will kill you without a thought.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131861:
I killed four Rogues trying to escape into the Pittsburgh Fields last week. They almost made it, but I blew out the engines on one of their ships, and the other three came back to tried and save him. They must have been high on Cardamine the way they were flying.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131862:
Kishiro put up some contracts for us Bounty Hunters to exterminate the Rogues who were attacking their shipments on the Trade Lanes. Here is something to think about: We are to engage and destroy all Xenos that we encounter, unless they're attacking Samura shipments, in which case we are to break off.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131863:
H-Fuel is shipped to this base by Kishiro from Ogashawa. We are proud to contribute to Libertonian industry.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Takashi Momoko
->Rumor #131864:
Optronics and Engine Components are brought to this shipyard by Kishiro from Honshu in Kusari space. These Kusari products that will be used in the luxury liners and prison ships will be reliable for many years.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Takashi Momoko
->Rumor #131865:
Not all of the Engine Components brought to this base by Kishiro come from outside of Liberty; some of them are from Rheinland.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Takashi Momoko
->Rumor #131866:
My father was a joint fitter who worked on the Shetland when it was under construction here. They laid him off, and our family struggled for many years. When I got old enough I joined the LPI because I knew there would always be work catching criminals.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Samantha Sanford
->Rumor #131867:
A lot of the workers here think about turning to crime between contracts when Deep Space will lay off a few hundred or even a thousand employees. Then if they aren't careful, they will end up making toys on the Sugarland instead of making ships in Baltimore.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Samantha Sanford
->Rumor #131868:
The employees who work at this station are prime examples of the disappearing working class in Liberty. If you aren't an ultra-rich Manhattanite or a technocrat, you are working too hard for your money. Some of the labor force here is temporary. Between big contracts they do other things, like fly for the Rogues.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Samantha Sanford
->Rumor #131869:
Republican Shipping is relied upon by DSE to bring Engine Components crafted at the Ring in Rheinland to this base. After all, Rheinland Engine Components are the best around.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ralf Krechting
->Rumor #131870:
The Xenos are a thorn in our side at Republican Shipping, and yet the Liberty government does next to nothing to curb their piracy. It is obvious they are being bribed by Liberty corporations who do not want outside competition.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ralf Krechting
->Rumor #131871:
We have been the premier Rheinland Shipping firm since before the 80-Years War. Back then we were known as Imperial Shipping, but alas, no more empire. Now we represent our mighty republic in shipping concerns throughout Sirius.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ralf Krechting
->Rumor #131872:
We risk many dangers shipping H-Fuel to this base from the refineries in Osaka, but Deep Space Engineering pays well for the Commodities it consumes.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Katsuyoshi Nakayama
->Rumor #131873:
The best Optronics that Kishiro makes are used at their own manufacturing facilities in Kusari. They would never sell Liberty the best of what they produce. I have told DSE this many times, but they seem satisfied with their inferior Kishiro products.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Katsuyoshi Nakayama
->Rumor #131874:
We used to provide this station with all of its H-Fuel. Unfortunately, Deep Space in their wisdom allowed Kishiro to come in and sell their H-Fuels. Kishiro, being the fools that they are, have lowered their prices to try to force us out, so we must lower our prices also. DSE ends up paying less while both Kusari companies lose.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Katsuyoshi Nakayama
->Rumor #131875:
Gateway is not the only company that ships Gold here. Universal brings Gold to this shipyard from New London.
 * Universal Shipping/ Tim Hogun
->Rumor #131876:
Universal ships many materials and components to this yard from around Liberty. We bring in Optical Chips from Los Angeles; Basic Alloys from Sugarland; and Engine Components from Denver.
 * Universal Shipping/ Tim Hogun
->Rumor #131877:
Not only do these guys build all civilian ships in Sirius as well as the majority of heavy construction in Liberty, they hold the exclusive contract to build Jump Gates from Ageira. Deep Space Engineering, even though it's not known as one of the big three Liberty corporations, has more power than almost any other corporation in Sirius.
 * Universal Shipping/ Tim Hogun
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====Kodiak Research Station (Alaska)====
->Rumor #491536:
.Some members of the political elite complained that a lot of money was wasted during the construction of this facility to buy certain non-essential goods. I don't know why they kept thinking that, since as far as I can see all the money was carefully distributed and accounted for.

On another subject, have you tried our pool table that is in the next room? It is made out of fully matured Terumi wood. It also has a diamond sanded frame and slate to ensure the best playing surface. Oh and don't worry if you break something, we have a lot of spare equipments.
 * Liberty Security Force/Bruce Nettles
->Rumor #491537:
.The Nomads keep getting more interested in the work we are doing here. Lately, there have been several attempts to infiltrate our staff, and the attacks on the stations have become more aggressive. Hopefully, this base is sufficiently well defended to repel these attacks indefinitely, although the navy has stepped up patrols recently to counter it.
 * Liberty Navy/Dorothy Fears
->Rumor #491538:
.Last week, a man infiltrated our base and left with some classified information. I believe he tried to gain some plans related to a recent technological development in antimatter research. However, the foolish spy didn't get far. A patrol managed to intercept his transport and neutralize it.
 * Liberty Security Force/Jessica Harrell
->Rumor #491539:
.Working here is an honour. Being in one of the most high tech research facilities in Liberty is something that all scientists inspire to. However, it is very hard to live so far from our own families and more civilized areas, for periods of up to a year without a break. I haven't seen my daughter for a long time, and our calls are restricted to one per month over a monitored line.
 * Liberty Security Force/Fred Hook
->Rumor #491540:
.Visitors are extremely rare here, since few people are trusted enough to keep this base and all it contains a secret from the public. All the knowledge held here is like Pandora's Box. If you opened it, it could have severe consequences for the entire Sirius sector. I'm sure you remember what happened when citizens all across Sirius were told that many members of their government and military were being controlled by aliens? Panic and pandemonium gripped them. We can't allow that to happen again.
 * Liberty Security Force/Robert Mccorkle
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====Prison Station Fairbanks (Alaska)====
->Rumor #132083:
This system is a Bounty Hunter's dream. Point your ship in a direction, start flying, and sooner or later you're going to run into somebody who is wanted for a bounty -- especially on the west side of the system. West Texas is a dangerous cesspool.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132084:
I like to patrol out by the Negra Pequena and the North Dallas Debris Field. You can find Rogues, Outcasts, Xenos, and Junkers in that area. There is a Jump Hole around there that leads to New York, I believe. Somehow a lot of the criminals find their way into this system from California in that general area, too.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132085:
The radiation pocket in the center of the West Dallas Debris Field will fry your ship quick. One of my favorite things to do is chase the scumbags I'm following into that area, and then I let the radiation do my work for me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132086:
IC pays me well to protect their interests in Texas. They don't have any people or offices here, but this is a very important system for them. The majority of the crime that goes on in Liberty goes on right here in this system. And since most of the stolen cargo is insured by IC& well, you get the idea.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132087:
I believe that an Outcast would rather die than go to prison. I don't know of any currently at this facility. I think that any Outcasts who do happen to get captured go to the Sugarland.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132088:
I've seen the Jump Hole in this system that leads to California. It is in the West Dallas Debris Field, just north of the radiation pocket.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132089:
I oversee the workers in the textile wing of this prison facility. The clothes you are wearing right now were made by convicts who work under my supervision.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132090:
This facility houses all the Xenos we apprehend in Liberty space. The Xenos are a relatively small faction, but their numbers are constantly growing. This place is where they do their recruiting.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132091:
Any Outcasts that are captured are sent to the Sugarland; if they come here they will die. Xenos hate Outcasts because they are so different and foreign. So any Outcast who comes will be killed within days by the Xeno population.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132092:
The convoys that run prisoners to this base from other systems in Liberty are under constant attack. Criminals are always trying to break their comrades out before they reach this base. Once they get here the apprehended criminals are here to stay.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132093:
All of the work done at this ship actually takes place onboard. If you were ever to find yourself an inmate on the Sugarland, you might be put on a work detail clearing radioactive debris from one of the debris fields in this system.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132094:
We don't do a lot of security patrols in his system; we leave most of that to the navy or Bounty Hunters. This is more of a corrections area for LPI than anything else. We are most concerned with keeping the prisoners here and putting them to work once they arrive, not necessarily catching them.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132095:
One of the patrols that we make in this system is the Trade Lane from Houston to the New York Jump Gate. There are too many attacks on that small part of Texas space to ignore.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132096:
The East Dallas Debris Field is where many inmates are transported from the other penal ship Sugarland to clean up the scrap. The radiation has died down quite a bit in that field since the Dallas incident, but it is still too dangerous for civilian workers.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132097:
Many of the civilians in this system have four choices: work for LPI on one of the penal ships, become a Bounty Hunter, work at Houston in the Fertilizer plants, or become a criminal. I chose working for LPI; it was the safest choice.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132098:
This base receives Pharmaceuticals, Side Arms, and the usual supplies from Houston. While I'm here between shipments I get a chance to see the scum who harass our shipping concerns. They're behind bars or making toys in the factory.
 * Universal Shipping/ Aidan Williams
->Rumor #132099:
This is the only safe zone in Texas, behind the F-Zone boundary of weapon platforms and satellites controlled by the military. No Universal ship would ever be caught over there. That's criminal country.
 * Universal Shipping/ Aidan Williams
->Rumor #132100:
It is a wonder that anything arrives or leaves this system. Most of the criminals in Liberty reside in Texas. The navy and LPI do their best to curb piracy and theft within Texas, but it's not enough. All our shipments that pass through here are insured by IC, so I suppose it becomes their problem -- except for our pilots, who get killed in pirate attacks.
 * Universal Shipping/ Aidan Williams
->Rumor #134341:
Not too long ago there was a prison break by some Rogues from a Sugarland work convoy in the East Dallas Debris Field. They fled into the Pequena Negra Cloud, pursued by a Bounty Hunter named Annie Shorty Davis. She flew a nice rig called the Avenger. The Rogues eventually doubled back and escaped through the California Hole. Annie must have gotten confused in there, or maybe her ship was damaged by some enemy fire. Either way, she never emerged from that dark cloud.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
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====Prison Station Mitchell (Alaska)====
->Rumor #132131:
We are a Rheinland company committed to disposing of all of Sirius' waste. Just think of the future when there will be no more toxic radiation areas in space, no more debris fields for criminals to hide in. All of Sirius will be clean, thanks to ALG.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Peter Brinkop
->Rumor #132132:
Our transports will pick up Scrap Metal from Norfolk and Baltimore in New York and bring them here to be used in the smelters, which will convert the scrap into alloys.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Peter Brinkop
->Rumor #132133:
We bring MOX to fuel the giant furnaces aboard this manufacturing platform from Dortmund, then take the Toxic Waste produced here back to Dortmund to be reprocessed into new MOX fuel pellets -- a highly efficient process that is more cost-effective than that used at LD-14 in Leeds.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Peter Brinkop
->Rumor #132134:
The largest concentration of Bounty Hunters in the system is hanging out around the North Dallas Debris Field. There is a Junker base in there, and where you find Junkers you are going to find other criminals too.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tara Woods
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker John Smith
->Rumor #132135:
If you patrol the Trade Lanes leading from New York to Bering and Hudson, you are going to run across Xenos. Those guys hate outsiders; anyone who is not Liberty is an enemy in their eyes. So if you have been hired to kill Xenos, just watch the foreign shipping convoys moving through.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tara Woods
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker John Smith
->Rumor #132136:
One of my buddies was chasing some Outcasts near the West Dallas Debris Field a few weeks ago. He tried to cut across the edge of the Negra Pequena to catch up with them, but he stayed in too long and bought the farm. Too bad, he was pretty good.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tara Woods
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker John Smith
->Rumor #132137:
Aside from Trade Lane activity, most of the crime that takes place in this system goes on west of the warning buoys that the navy put up to protect people from flying into dangerous space. Going past those buoys used to worry me when I was green, but now I don't even notice them.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tara Woods
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker John Smith
->Rumor #132138:
Rogues like to come into this system since there is so much shipping passing through. They come in from New York I believe, and run their sorties from the Junker base somewhere in the North Dallas Debris Field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tara Woods
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker John Smith
->Rumor #132139:
ALG hired me to kill all the Xenos and Rogues I run across, with a bonus for every Xeno. The truth is that Outcasts do a fair bit of pirating and raiding in this system, too. They probably drop their Cardamine with the Junkers and instead of going back home with empty hulls, decide to pick up some goodies on the way home.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tara Woods
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker John Smith
->Rumor #132140:
We bring Scrap Metal to this ship from the Beaumont within this same system. If you wanted to haul scrap, you could always come by the Beau. She is tucked safely into the recesses of the North Dallas Debris Field.
 * Junkers/ Ronald Spitzer
->Rumor #132141:
Believe it or not, there is a large black market within the prison population aboard this ship. The only incarcerated Outcasts in all of Liberty are here. We sneak them small shipments of Cardamine to keep them alive. Their brothers and sisters look after them well.
 * Junkers/ Ronald Spitzer
->Rumor #132142:
The Xenos in this system make life difficult for us, but we fend them off by using our varied business contacts. Of course, it costs us money to do this, which is aggravating. Junkers shouldn't have any enemies; we want to be friends with everyone.
 * Junkers/ Ronald Spitzer
->Rumor #132143:
This ship produces the Basic Alloys that Liberty uses in Houston and New York, and all our labor is done by convicted criminals. That's how we offset the cost of their housing. Without LPI, Liberty would be overrun with lawlessness, and would not be competitive with the other Houses.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sugarland Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132144:
Our inmates are clearing the debris fields left by the Dallas incident. Many of the fields have pockets of radiation and are too dangerous to clean yet. The first one to get cool enough to begin clearing was the East Dallas area. It is still too hot for civilian workers, but our inmates do the job. We stock plenty of anti-radiation pills in the dispensary.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sugarland Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132145:
This ship holds all the captured Outcasts. Most of the Outcasts that come here end up dying for some reason we can't figure out, but some of them survive long enough to serve their time.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sugarland Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132146:
The other prison ship, the Huntsville, produces the majority of Consumer Goods in Liberty, although they're sold down on Houston. We manufacture the Basic Alloys. These ships were built to alleviate the overcrowding of prison facilities planetside in Houston.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sugarland Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132147:
I run the escort patrols around the East Dallas Debris Field. The work convoys we send out to clean the debris are vulnerable to prison escapes and criminal raids. That is the point from which they can most easily free their captured fellow criminals.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
->Rumor #132148:
We used to house Xenos at this base, but somehow they always managed to get to the Outcasts no matter how much we tried to keep them separate. In the end, the only way to stop the two factions from killing each other here was to put them on two separate ships.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sugarland Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132150:
Xenos attack the Outcasts and Junkers in this system, so sometimes they actually make our jobs easier for us. The Rheinland government, though, has been kicking up a fuss about the Xeno attacks on foreign shipping. The foreign corporations are pretty angry about it too, except for the Liberty companies that benefit from the Xenos attacking foreign shipping.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sugarland Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132151:
Even though the name of our company uses the word police in its title, I'm more of a factory manager than a law enforcement officer. I'm more concerned with squeezing all the production I can out of the miscreant workers here. Usually they are more inspired to work if I hold back their Food rations for a day or two. That always helps boost productivity.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
->Rumor #132152:
From Pittsburgh and Ft. Bush we bring Boron for use in the Basic Alloy production aboard this ship. Of course, we make more money hauling Commodities here from Rheinland, but the supplemental income from these smaller runs is worth our valuable time.
 * Republican Shipping/ Christoph Höfler
->Rumor #132153:
We ship much-needed Commodities to this base all the way from Rheinland. It is a long journey but well worth it. Mining Machinery is brought here from Essen, and Copper is imported to this ship from the Ring.
 * Republican Shipping/ Christoph Höfler
->Rumor #132154:
There is no system in Rheinland with this much widespread crime and violence. And we certainly don't have any dark matter pockets like the ones found here. Also look at all the debris. This system is the armpit of Sirius.
 * Republican Shipping/ Christoph Höfler
->Rumor #132155:
Universal ships Basic Alloys to Pueblo, Colorado. On the way back we pick up Hydrocarbons from Los Angeles to be used in the smelting process.
 * Universal Shipping/ Wesley Randall
->Rumor #132156:
We ship Basic Alloys throughout New York from this base. Then we pick up Water from Manhattan and ship it back here. Texas always needs Water.
 * Universal Shipping/ Wesley Randall
->Rumor #132157:
Basic Alloys produced here are shipped to Houston; supplies are brought up on the return trips.
 * Universal Shipping/ Wesley Randall
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====Fort McMurray (Alberta)====
->Rumor #131658:
The Lane Hackers' Leiden base provides us with all of our supplies. Their base is located in the Komatsu Cloud due north of the Reppu Cloud that hides this base.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131659:
We make a run to Leiden every third week to pick up the essentials that keep this base going: Waters, Consumer Goods, H-Fuel, Engine Components, Pharmaceuticals, and Food.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131660:
There are two Jump Holes in the Komatsu Cloud, which hides the Lane Hackers' Leiden base. The northern Jump Hole leads to Shikoku, the other to Kepler.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131661:
Rochester has plenty of Side Arms to sell, so we pick them up and run them here. The Side Arms we bring in usually head on over to Leiden, where we trade the Lane Hackers for cash or info on ship cargoes headed through the system.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131662:
We ship Artifacts to this base from Leiden. They are highly illegal, and the LSF will smoke you if you get scanned with 'em. But the demand is high on Manhattan's black market, all the Manhattanites love 'em. From here we ship them out to Rochester.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131663:
We don't like dealing with the Hogosha, and they don't like dealing with us. But we get along with the Lane Hackers alright, and they cut us into the Artifact trade.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131664:
Watch the black matter in the system. If you fly into some, you aren't gonna fly back out. Black matter is what led to all the Trade Lane trouble with Ageira and the corporate venture that blew up in its face. To pin it on somebody, Ageira canned a few of its top-level execs and a development team; those guys now operate the Hacker base in Leiden.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131665:
The Lane Hackers appreciate the good things in life -- the Cardamine -- just like us; difference is, they got things all figured out. Me, I'm just having fun. After my last trip through the Huntsville I didn't really care what happened to me, I only knew I'd be damned if I was gonna play by the rules anymore.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
->Rumor #131666:
One of our guys was gonna rat the Hackers out to a Hunter that had credits to burn. He didn't make it to the rendezvous. The Hackers are too valuable to us to scrape for some temporary cash. Too bad I was the one who had to smoke one of our own.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
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====Red Deer Station (Alberta)====
->Rumor #131986:
I love it out here. I grew up on Houston, but I always dreamed about going to the Barrier. It's so beautiful in the skies of Liberty. Who would've known it was chock-full of nasties? I use this as my base for popping into Magellan. I'd rather have the LPI as roommates than the criminals on those Freeports.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131987:
I got the Jump Hole routes down in this part of Sirius. The Outcasts run their drugs from Manchester through a Hole to Magellan, then across to Cortez. From there, into the Tahoe Cloud, then across this system to the Texas Hole. Pretty good, eh? I dare you to follow it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131988:
The Guild does a regular "fishing" trip into the Cloud every day. We usually snag something. A Rogue or two -- once in a while you get an Outcast. Like catching one of those giant black two-finned sharks they have on Curacao. You have to let it run the line till it tires out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131989:
They say if you want to get in with the Outcasts, get friendly with the Rogues. Then graduate to the Lane Hackers. Run some drugs. Then you're on your way. Hard to turn back at that point, since you'll be a Cardamine addict for life.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131990:
I'm doing long-range recon patrols into the Whitney Field. We do a lazy loop around it, keeping our distance from the Rogue base. Our usual path runs right along the Outcast smuggling route, so you have to be real careful.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131991:
The Corsairs are a tough lot. Best chance to get in with them is with the Junkers. Whatever you do, stay away from the Hessian and Outcast alliances. As I said, hard to do.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131992:
Talk about bad luck& I got posted here six months ago. LPI shouldn't even be here. This is practically Border World territory. We got a huge cloud full of nasties separating us from civilization. Can't just go for a pleasure run to Los Angeles.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131993:
They send all the problem people here, literally to kill you. Our western patrol goes right into the thick of the cloud west of the Lane. I've seen more than one of my buddies disappear in a puff of smoke. One moment they're joking with you about their next vacation, next thing, poof!
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131994:
They set up this border station to keep a watch on the Magellan Gate, since it's so isolated from everything else in the system. Then some genius planetside decided that we needed to do patrols into the Tahoe Cloud.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131995:
The eastern patrol goes through some old abandoned paths from the ice mining days. Then it loops back towards the Trade Lane. I just grit my teeth the whole way and hope that no baddies show up on radar.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131996:
I'm just countin' the days. I got thirty-two left before I go back to a life. The attrition rate here is real bad. So far, twenty guys this month got vaporized by Outcasts, Hackers, or Rogues. That's some bad odds. I need to look for a new line of work if I make it through this.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131997:
I may as well join the Bounty Hunters if I'm going to get posts like this. When they told me back on Sugarland that there was a combat opening in California, I jumped at the chance. Now I know why. I was replacing some other fool who lasted all of three days.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131998:
Just dropping off some basic supplies from Los Angeles. We usually stop at Willard first. Today we're bringing in Food, Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel. I'm getting out of here as fast as I can.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. John Pullin
->Rumor #131999:
They ordered some Side Arms, so we're obliging. I wish they could just come to Los Angeles to pick them up; it would make life a lot easier. I guess the replacement rate for new recruits is pretty high, so they need a lot of new issues on Side Arms.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. John Pullin
->Rumor #132000:
I guess the Universal contract with LPI and the navy is real lucrative. Half the time we're flying half-empty. I don't care. Just give me my paycheck. At least the pirates don't hassle us too much.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. John Pullin
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====Pueblo Bonito (Baffin)====
->Rumor #133201:
To the west are the Sabana Fragments. You can get to Omega-41 from there -- a good idea if you are trying to avoid the Corsairs. They are still all over, since this is their space, but you won't be going through the Corsair home system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133202:
I've been contracted by Cryer to come down here and kill a few Corsairs for them. Their base, Atka, got hit a few weeks ago. Usually it's the Outcasts who hit Atka, but this time it was the Corsairs. Corsairs, Outcasts -- it doesn't make any difference to me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133203:
Head for the cloud south of here and you will find Artifacts, but that's not why I go there. The cloud to the south hides the Jump Hole to Omicron Gamma. If you do go in there, get ready to fight or you'd better be good at hiding. No matter what you do, don't stay in there too long, because it's just a matter of time before your number gets punched.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133204:
I have come to this place looking for a Corsair named Jardin. He is an infamous killer and pirate. Many say he cannot be stopped, but if anyone can drop him, I can. He is just a man, and a man can die, no matter how tough he is.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133205:
My brother joined the Bounty Hunters Guild a few years ago. He's not tough enough to take on Corsairs yet; he should still be popping Rogues. The idiot sent me a message telling me he was ready for the big leagues in southern Sirius. I'm trying to find him before he gets killed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133206:
I was a Red Hessian for many years. I became pretty good at killing Corsairs, so I decided to get paid for it. Besides, I had grown weary of piracy. I became a Hessian for political reasons, before they sold out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133207:
Sigma-17 is the next stop between here and the Junker bases where we offload the Artifacts marked for Rheinland. You'll find the Jump Hole in the Orinoco Cloud. The other distribution point for our Artifacts is aboard the Hawaii. The Hogosha on that ship will fence our goods into Kusari.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133208:
The Napo Cloud in this system is filled with Artifacts, but the Zoners here know better than to try and get them. Artifacts are Corsair business. The objects we get from that cloud have been funding and feeding the Corsairs for centuries. You had better be a good friend to us if you decide to go there.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133209:
The Hole that leads to our home system is in the Napo Cloud. Unwanted intruders who get taken alive have it worst of all, we keelhaul them. Try to imagine being in a vac-suit lashed to the outside of a ship that's headed into a Jump Hole.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133210:
We get many of our basic supplies from this base. The biodomes here provide us with the Food we consume throughout our space. Corsair leadership has decided that the next step for the Corsair Brotherhood is to build our own biodomes so we will never have to worry about Food again.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133211:
The Side Arm you see me carrying came from Yanagi. It's a Rheinlander piece, because I'm an eastern Corsair. The western Corsairs get Detroit weaponry from Bretonia. The Yanagi Junkers supply this base with Engine Components, too. We use those at Tripoli.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133212:
Felix, of my sons, was killed at Cadiz fighting the Hessians. His brother, Cesar, died during initiation. Cesar was a good pilot and a strong man, but his sensors were damaged. He trusted them instead of his own instincts.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133213:
Just between you and me, I'll kill the occasional Zoner if he's alone and there are no witnesses. Why pay for something when you can just take it, eh? They shouldn't be here anyway. This is dangerous space for anybody, even you. You should be very careful around here, especially with that nice ship and all of your cargo.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133214:
You can't kill anyone onboard or in the immediate area of a Zoner base. That's why the Bounty Hunters are still breathing here. I would like nothing better than to walk over to a Bounty Hunter and eliminate them with my Daumann Devastator.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133216:
The biodomes we invested in here have paid off in spades. Everyone in this part of space comes here for Food, and we get the profits. Well, us and Synth Foods, of course. We ship Food to Atka in Sigma-17 and Freeport 5 in Omega-41.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133217:
We get many of our goods from the Junkers at Yanagi. Our boats haul Engine Components and Consumer Goods from there.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133218:
We ship the Alien Organisms found in this system to the Cryer base in Sigma-17. Cryer also needs our Polymers, and we return with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133219:
Our brothers in Freeport 5 send us Polymers, Fertilizers, and Consumer Goods. It's a Zoner's duty to help other Zoners where we can. This is a dangerous part of space; only by sticking together can we make it.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133220:
Don't ask me where the Jump Hole is that leads to the Corsair homeworld. I've said too much already. The Corsairs would cut my throat if I dared to utter where the entrance to their system is. Just stay away from the Napo Cloud. I mean & it isn't in the Napo Cloud, it's ... I'm a dead man.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133221:
The Artifacts that you can find in this system are not worth taking. We don't touch them; they are Corsair property. If you think differently, I recommend that you make sure you aren't behind on your policy payments to IC.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
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====Sedona Station (Baffin)====
->Rumor #133180:
I specialize in killing Corsairs. If you want one dead I can do it for you, but its going to cost you. It's a family business, really. My father was killing these heartless cretins before me. It's not easy; these guys are incredible pilots with excellent ships.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jim York
->Rumor #133181:
Obviously you have the skills required to survive if you have come to the edges of Sirius. As a Guild instructor I train newbie Bounty Hunters the skills that you and I already have. The first thing I teach them is that becoming a good pilot is a gradual process.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jim York
->Rumor #133182:
The trick to killing Corsairs is catching them off guard. Go into their home system, find a spot to hide, and ambush one or two as they cross in front of you. Once you've made your kills get out of there, because more are probably coming.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jim York
->Rumor #133183:
I'm following a couple of Corsairs back from Dublin, where they stole a shipment of Gold. The bounty on these two guys will put me on easy street for months. Once I'm done refueling and resupplying I'm headed into Omicron Gamma.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jim York
->Rumor #133184:
The trick to killing Corsairs is taking them head on. They aren't used to someone getting in their face and fighting them squarely; it throws them off balance. Then you have the advantage. I know. I've killed two Corsairs already.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jim York
->Rumor #133185:
This is my first time in this part of Sirius. I couldn't believe it when I saw my old instructor here. He told me that knowing the Jump Holes to this system didn't mean I was ready for them yet. I'm not going home like he said I should I'm good enough for these Corsairs.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jim York
->Rumor #133186:
We bring Artifacts to this base from Crete. It is not as lucrative a run as others, but the Zoners will find buyers for them. Either way we make our money.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
 * Zoners/Freeport 5 Bartender/Jack Phillips
->Rumor #133187:
One of the Zoners here at this base fell in love with my daughter. When she told me of her love I sent her back to Crete. She can never return here. My son has gone looking for the man who dishonored my family.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133188:
The Bounty Hunters at this base are fools. Granted, we cannot attack them while they are here, but most of them will soon find themselves in Corsair ambushes when they have left the no-fighting zone that surrounds this place.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133189:
The shipyard Tripoli requires many different Commodities to maintain production of our vessels and raiding crafts. We ship Polymers and Engine Components there from this base.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
 * Zoners/Freeport 5 Bartender/Jack Phillips
->Rumor #133190:
One day the Corsairs may destroy this base if we find we have no more need of it. The Zoners do not realize what kind of people we are. Death is so familiar to a Corsair that delivering it is second nature. It would trouble no Corsair to put every Zoner at this base to the sword.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133191:
Soon I will be headed to Omega-5 to fight the Red Hessians in that part of Sirius, where it is vital that we gain control. It is every Corsair's responsibility to fly a tour of duty in the Hessian War.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133192:
People often wonder how Corsairs can have such excellent ships when they are all pieced together from other stolen and salvaged vessels. Corsairs are masters of making something from nothing, and we have an advantage. Not all Artifacts are useless; many we recovered offered insight into the science of ship building.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133193:
Every firstborn Corsair carries the family's ancestral blade. The knife is a symbol of our struggle to live and the solidarity of each line. The blades are made from the remnants of the first ship that landed on Crete.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133194:
Do you know what it means when I tell you that I am a Ventru? I doubt you would understand my full meaning. Travel deeper into our worlds and perhaps then the horrible truth will make itself clear to you.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133195:
We get many of our goods from Freeport 1 in Omega-3. We ship Polymers, Engine Components, and Fertilizers here from that area. The Corsairs must fight the Red Hessians to enter that space, but we may pass unhindered.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #133196:
Zoner goods flow between this base and Freeport 9 on the other side of Omicron Gamma. The Corsairs let us pass because we supply them with many of the goods they use themselves.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #133197:
Outside of colony space you don't have the luxury of Jump Gates. You must use Jump Holes to travel between systems. Omega-41 is a crossroads in this part of space. There are Holes that lead to Omega-11 and Omega-5 on the western side and to Omicron Theta and Omicron Gamma in the eastern half.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #133198:
There is a very dangerous radiation zone in the center of the system. Even very good shields will not hold up very long in there. Be careful when traveling through that you avoid it, or you may end up dead.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #133199:
My son had to flee this base. He had to get as far away from this part of Sirius as he could. He made a terrible mistake and fell in love with a Corsair woman. Though the girl loved him, too, the Corsairs would never accept such a union.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #133200:
The Corsairs and Red Hessians have been fighting a vicious war against each other to the west and north of here. As Zoners we do not get involved; we must sell supplies to both sides to make a living. My cousin is a proprietor in Omega-3 and often deals with Red Hessians.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #134311:
Drifting just beyond the inner edge of the planetary fragment field, the Independence was the part of the IMG's failed effort to establish a Diamond mining operation in Omega-41. The debris has been left untouched for some time now, mostly due to its highly exposed location near the neutron star. It is rumored that there were Diamonds onboard, but no one is certain.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
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====Shasta Orbital Skyhook (Baffin)====
->Rumor #133201:
To the west are the Sabana Fragments. You can get to Omega-41 from there -- a good idea if you are trying to avoid the Corsairs. They are still all over, since this is their space, but you won't be going through the Corsair home system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133202:
I've been contracted by Cryer to come down here and kill a few Corsairs for them. Their base, Atka, got hit a few weeks ago. Usually it's the Outcasts who hit Atka, but this time it was the Corsairs. Corsairs, Outcasts -- it doesn't make any difference to me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133203:
Head for the cloud south of here and you will find Artifacts, but that's not why I go there. The cloud to the south hides the Jump Hole to Omicron Gamma. If you do go in there, get ready to fight or you'd better be good at hiding. No matter what you do, don't stay in there too long, because it's just a matter of time before your number gets punched.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133204:
I have come to this place looking for a Corsair named Jardin. He is an infamous killer and pirate. Many say he cannot be stopped, but if anyone can drop him, I can. He is just a man, and a man can die, no matter how tough he is.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133205:
My brother joined the Bounty Hunters Guild a few years ago. He's not tough enough to take on Corsairs yet; he should still be popping Rogues. The idiot sent me a message telling me he was ready for the big leagues in southern Sirius. I'm trying to find him before he gets killed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133206:
I was a Red Hessian for many years. I became pretty good at killing Corsairs, so I decided to get paid for it. Besides, I had grown weary of piracy. I became a Hessian for political reasons, before they sold out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133207:
Sigma-17 is the next stop between here and the Junker bases where we offload the Artifacts marked for Rheinland. You'll find the Jump Hole in the Orinoco Cloud. The other distribution point for our Artifacts is aboard the Hawaii. The Hogosha on that ship will fence our goods into Kusari.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133208:
The Napo Cloud in this system is filled with Artifacts, but the Zoners here know better than to try and get them. Artifacts are Corsair business. The objects we get from that cloud have been funding and feeding the Corsairs for centuries. You had better be a good friend to us if you decide to go there.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133209:
The Hole that leads to our home system is in the Napo Cloud. Unwanted intruders who get taken alive have it worst of all, we keelhaul them. Try to imagine being in a vac-suit lashed to the outside of a ship that's headed into a Jump Hole.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133210:
We get many of our basic supplies from this base. The biodomes here provide us with the Food we consume throughout our space. Corsair leadership has decided that the next step for the Corsair Brotherhood is to build our own biodomes so we will never have to worry about Food again.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133211:
The Side Arm you see me carrying came from Yanagi. It's a Rheinlander piece, because I'm an eastern Corsair. The western Corsairs get Detroit weaponry from Bretonia. The Yanagi Junkers supply this base with Engine Components, too. We use those at Tripoli.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133212:
Felix, of my sons, was killed at Cadiz fighting the Hessians. His brother, Cesar, died during initiation. Cesar was a good pilot and a strong man, but his sensors were damaged. He trusted them instead of his own instincts.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133213:
Just between you and me, I'll kill the occasional Zoner if he's alone and there are no witnesses. Why pay for something when you can just take it, eh? They shouldn't be here anyway. This is dangerous space for anybody, even you. You should be very careful around here, especially with that nice ship and all of your cargo.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133214:
You can't kill anyone onboard or in the immediate area of a Zoner base. That's why the Bounty Hunters are still breathing here. I would like nothing better than to walk over to a Bounty Hunter and eliminate them with my Daumann Devastator.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133216:
The biodomes we invested in here have paid off in spades. Everyone in this part of space comes here for Food, and we get the profits. Well, us and Synth Foods, of course. We ship Food to Atka in Sigma-17 and Freeport 5 in Omega-41.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133217:
We get many of our goods from the Junkers at Yanagi. Our boats haul Engine Components and Consumer Goods from there.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133218:
We ship the Alien Organisms found in this system to the Cryer base in Sigma-17. Cryer also needs our Polymers, and we return with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133219:
Our brothers in Freeport 5 send us Polymers, Fertilizers, and Consumer Goods. It's a Zoner's duty to help other Zoners where we can. This is a dangerous part of space; only by sticking together can we make it.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133220:
Don't ask me where the Jump Hole is that leads to the Corsair homeworld. I've said too much already. The Corsairs would cut my throat if I dared to utter where the entrance to their system is. Just stay away from the Napo Cloud. I mean & it isn't in the Napo Cloud, it's ... I'm a dead man.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133221:
The Artifacts that you can find in this system are not worth taking. We don't touch them; they are Corsair property. If you think differently, I recommend that you make sure you aren't behind on your policy payments to IC.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
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====Guard Station (Bastille)====
->Rumor #132560:
We go further into the clouds than the Armed Forces do. I've gone right by the Omega-5 Jump Hole more than once. That takes some guts, let me tell ya. The Corsairs get really nasty if you get too close to their access points. I've never been in Omega-5. Not too many Hunters survive to tell their tales of that area.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132561:
Word from Freeport I is that the Corsairs are losing their turf war with the Hessians in Omega-5. That'll save Bretonia's rear. Once the Hessians cut off Omega-5, the Corsairs won't have an access route into Cambridge anymore. Hessians don't much care about this corner of the woods.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132562:
Our group went on a long-range patrol along the Corsair Artifact smuggling route to the New London Jump Hole. I got one of 'em in my sights, but his buddies laid some wicked covering fire that forced me to break off. Those Corsairs are a wily lot.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132563:
There are some top Hunters of the Guild out in the Omega Sector. I was talking to one of 'em last week on Freeport 1 -- said he'd made it all the way to Freeport 5 in Omega-41. That's on the edge of nothing, that is. He talked about a neutron star's deadly radiation that'll fry ya in a couple of minutes if you aren't properly protected.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132564:
I used to be an IMG miner in Cardiff. This is much better work -- yeah, a little more dangerous, but a lot more rewarding. They recruited me for my knowledge of the Grasmere and Keswick Clouds. I grew up on Cambridge, so I know 'em like the back of my hand.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132565:
The Guild is gaining membership in Rheinland. It was tough for a while, but the pay is better than the Federal Police can offer, and you have more freedom to boot. Of course, the Red Hessians are growing, too, so it's not an easy job. The Mollys and Gaians would be chicken feed for that lot.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132566:
We are delivering supplies from Cambridge for the battleship. It's not much of a run, but it keeps me busy. The Corsairs rarely bother us along the Cambridge line. We bring the Side Arms and H-Fuel in from London as needed.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132567:
We had a rough MOX run on the way in. Mollys attacked us as we left LD-14. The Armed Forces saved the day on that one. Then the Mollys bit us again in New London. This time it got dicey, since all we had were police in the area. I lost an escort on that one.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132568:
Normally, running Toxic Waste from a ship like this one is not an attractive target, but those Mollys think they can build a dirty bomb with some of this nasty stuff. So, we have to deal with stress both ways from LD-14.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132569:
The Norfolk serves as a keystone in the defense of Bretonia against the scourge of the Corsairs. The Cambridge Line stretches between here and Cambridge to offer additional protection for ships traveling along that Trade Lane.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132570:
Omega-3 is a sea of ice asteroids. Corsairs are more of a problem in our end of the system; the Red Hessians take over at the east end. Apparently, there's no Jump Hole between Omega-3 and here, or between Omega-3 and Omega-7. That keeps things a little bit more controlled.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
->Rumor #132571:
We patrol the Trade Lane into the Keswick Cloud, a favorite crossing point for Corsairs, and the Lane to Cardiff. The Omega-3 Gate area is particularly contentious right now. We've allocated an entire squadron to patrol just that vicinity.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132572:
Captain Edwards says we're going out into the Grasmere tomorrow on a search and destroy mission to look for Corsairs. Guess I better record a message for my momma, in case I don't come back.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
->Rumor #132573:
We've extended our patrols into Omega-3 per the conditions of the Omega Trade Lane Pact with Rheinland. Problem is, they aren't holding up their end in Omega-7. The excuse is not enough money. We're itching to go in there, but London won't allow it.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132574:
Cambridge used to be such a peaceful place, and then the Corsairs showed up. They've built that Cambridge Line to assure all those university types in Cambridge that everything is under control. Fact is the Line's useless. The weapon platforms are too far apart, and the Corsairs just go around the ends of the Line.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #134284:
The Henry Jones Gold convoy was bound for Rheinland when it was attacked by Corsairs near the Omega-3 Gate. Its escorts were destroyed, and the ship was commandeered. An Armed Forces patrol responding to the initial distress call intercepted the raiding party near the edge of the Grasmere Cloud, and a bloody firefight ensued. The heavily damaged armored transport was the only pirate ship able to escape into the safety of the Grasmere Cloud. Its crew is believed to have perished in there before establishing contact with other Corsairs in the area.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
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====Navy Prison Station (Bastille)====
->Rumor #132083:
This system is a Bounty Hunter's dream. Point your ship in a direction, start flying, and sooner or later you're going to run into somebody who is wanted for a bounty -- especially on the west side of the system. West Texas is a dangerous cesspool.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132084:
I like to patrol out by the Negra Pequena and the North Dallas Debris Field. You can find Rogues, Outcasts, Xenos, and Junkers in that area. There is a Jump Hole around there that leads to New York, I believe. Somehow a lot of the criminals find their way into this system from California in that general area, too.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132085:
The radiation pocket in the center of the West Dallas Debris Field will fry your ship quick. One of my favorite things to do is chase the scumbags I'm following into that area, and then I let the radiation do my work for me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132086:
IC pays me well to protect their interests in Texas. They don't have any people or offices here, but this is a very important system for them. The majority of the crime that goes on in Liberty goes on right here in this system. And since most of the stolen cargo is insured by IC& well, you get the idea.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132087:
I believe that an Outcast would rather die than go to prison. I don't know of any currently at this facility. I think that any Outcasts who do happen to get captured go to the Sugarland.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132088:
I've seen the Jump Hole in this system that leads to California. It is in the West Dallas Debris Field, just north of the radiation pocket.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132089:
I oversee the workers in the textile wing of this prison facility. The clothes you are wearing right now were made by convicts who work under my supervision.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132090:
This facility houses all the Xenos we apprehend in Liberty space. The Xenos are a relatively small faction, but their numbers are constantly growing. This place is where they do their recruiting.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132091:
Any Outcasts that are captured are sent to the Sugarland; if they come here they will die. Xenos hate Outcasts because they are so different and foreign. So any Outcast who comes will be killed within days by the Xeno population.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132092:
The convoys that run prisoners to this base from other systems in Liberty are under constant attack. Criminals are always trying to break their comrades out before they reach this base. Once they get here the apprehended criminals are here to stay.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132093:
All of the work done at this ship actually takes place onboard. If you were ever to find yourself an inmate on the Sugarland, you might be put on a work detail clearing radioactive debris from one of the debris fields in this system.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132094:
We don't do a lot of security patrols in his system; we leave most of that to the navy or Bounty Hunters. This is more of a corrections area for LPI than anything else. We are most concerned with keeping the prisoners here and putting them to work once they arrive, not necessarily catching them.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132095:
One of the patrols that we make in this system is the Trade Lane from Houston to the New York Jump Gate. There are too many attacks on that small part of Texas space to ignore.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132096:
The East Dallas Debris Field is where many inmates are transported from the other penal ship Sugarland to clean up the scrap. The radiation has died down quite a bit in that field since the Dallas incident, but it is still too dangerous for civilian workers.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132097:
Many of the civilians in this system have four choices: work for LPI on one of the penal ships, become a Bounty Hunter, work at Houston in the Fertilizer plants, or become a criminal. I chose working for LPI; it was the safest choice.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132098:
This base receives Pharmaceuticals, Side Arms, and the usual supplies from Houston. While I'm here between shipments I get a chance to see the scum who harass our shipping concerns. They're behind bars or making toys in the factory.
 * Universal Shipping/ Aidan Williams
->Rumor #132099:
This is the only safe zone in Texas, behind the F-Zone boundary of weapon platforms and satellites controlled by the military. No Universal ship would ever be caught over there. That's criminal country.
 * Universal Shipping/ Aidan Williams
->Rumor #132100:
It is a wonder that anything arrives or leaves this system. Most of the criminals in Liberty reside in Texas. The navy and LPI do their best to curb piracy and theft within Texas, but it's not enough. All our shipments that pass through here are insured by IC, so I suppose it becomes their problem -- except for our pilots, who get killed in pirate attacks.
 * Universal Shipping/ Aidan Williams
->Rumor #134341:
Not too long ago there was a prison break by some Rogues from a Sugarland work convoy in the East Dallas Debris Field. They fled into the Pequena Negra Cloud, pursued by a Bounty Hunter named Annie Shorty Davis. She flew a nice rig called the Avenger. The Rogues eventually doubled back and escaped through the California Hole. Annie must have gotten confused in there, or maybe her ship was damaged by some enemy fire. Either way, she never emerged from that dark cloud.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
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====Police Prison Station (Bastille)====
->Rumor #132672:
The inmates aboard this ship are considered so dangerous that all guards have the right to shoot and kill any prisoner at any time. That may seem somewhat brutal, but it is necessary to maintain order among so many violent felons.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Newgate Bartender/Ryan Chandler
->Rumor #132673:
The prisoners do not cross Mollys aboard this ship, especially the Mollys that carry the Maguire spike. That weapon is a filed down metal splinter. When we found one on an inmate last week, the guard shot him on the spot.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
->Rumor #132674:
Mollys don't attack this base as much as they used to now that we have installed weapon platforms and a minefield along the Newgate's perimeter. The current problem is that they try to rescue their captured comrades by attacking the convoys headed into the base.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Newgate Bartender/Ryan Chandler
->Rumor #132675:
Aye, the Mollys aboard this ship are a mean lot, but the main problem is the free ones who keep trying to liberate their fellows. The worst attempt I can remember was about two years ago when one of the attackers' missiles penetrated the hull and a whole cell block underwent explosive decompression. Everyone in there died, including guards and prisoners.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Newgate Bartender/Ryan Chandler
->Rumor #132676:
Ever hear of Willy "The Snake" Logan? He's the prisoner some say escaped off this hulk. Me, I don't buy it. I say his corpse is out floating around somewhere in the vac-suit he fashioned.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
->Rumor #132677:
The guards who work this prison are the best in Bretonia. Most of them are incorruptible, though there are always bad apples. One crooked guard is now serving time here for delivering George Good's orders. He's the leader of one of the New London crime syndicates.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Newgate Bartender/Ryan Chandler
->Rumor #132678:
We try to keep the Mollys separated on this ship. Anytime you have more than two of them together, trouble is just around the corner. We learned this only after three of them killed two guards, stole their weapons, and tried to fight their way to the bridge.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Newgate Bartender/Ryan Chandler
->Rumor #132679:
Some of the guards here used to know Willy Logan. He was an escape artist who some people say busted out of the Newgate. Maybe he did. His cell mate says that the vac-suit he made looked pretty good. The closest base sure is a long way to go using a stolen fire extinguisher as propulsion.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
->Rumor #133058:
I haven't really put many inmates in this prison; that's more of a police job. The chaps that I've collected my bounties on are dead. It's just easier like that and that's how most companies prefer 'em.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Benjamin Start
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Loulia Martin
->Rumor #133059:
I used to collect lots of bounties on the Mollys who'd attack the ship trying to free their mates. Not anymore. I hang out at this base to hear about incoming convoys of newly captured prisoners. That's where they try to make the breaks these days.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Benjamin Start
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Loulia Martin
->Rumor #133060:
My first trip to the Newgate I spent some time wearing a number. I decided then to go straight. After I finished serving my time I knew I'd never come back -- not as a prisoner at least.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Benjamin Start
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Loulia Martin
->Rumor #133061:
I may be a Bretonian Bounty Hunter, but I've been making a lot of good money from a Liberty company. Ageira is paying me big bucks to dust any Lane Hackers that I catch in this system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Benjamin Start
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Loulia Martin
->Rumor #133062:
If you find Mollys in this system, they are either sitting here doing time or they came through the Leeds Jump Hole. That Hole is tucked away nicely in the Birmingham Ice Field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Benjamin Start
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Loulia Martin
->Rumor #133063:
I sat down at a bar in Piccadilly once and met the only man to escape from this prison -- Willy Logan. It took him ten years to make his vac-suit, and then he escaped through the waste disposal system and was flushed into space with the garbage.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Benjamin Start
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Loulia Martin
->Rumor #133064:
The Sheffield is a large distribution point for Commodities in Bretonia. Since it is so close, we bring basic supplies to this base from there.
 * Borderworld Exports/ David Styles
->Rumor #133065:
It may be nearby, but I have close calls running Pharmaceuticals and Side Arms here from Sheffield all the time. On the last run I almost got vaped by some Outcasts.
 * Borderworld Exports/ David Styles
->Rumor #133066:
We use a lot of Oxygen and Water at this base, so Bowex ships additional supplies from Birmingham, a large producer of Commodities in this part of Bretonia.
 * Borderworld Exports/ David Styles
->Rumor #133067:
The run that I make for Bowex is the only one that brings supplies to this base from outside of Manchester. H-Fuel from Cambridge is shipped regularly to this base.
 * Borderworld Exports/ David Styles
->Rumor #133068:
This ship, the Newgate Deep-Max Penitentiary Vessel, is a high-security prison for the worst of the Bretonian criminals. The terrorists, serial felons, escape artists, and others too dangerous to house planetside come here.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Newgate Bartender/Ryan Chandler
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====Freeport 2 (Bering)====
->Rumor #131471:
Lhtml> I tell you, there's a lot of work for Bounty Hunters in these parts. The navy covers the north Trade Lanes and Texas Jump Gate okay, but they aren't around a lot of the time. Xenos and Rogues hit the northern Trade Lane, Unioners the south. Yup, lots of work.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sandra Bassett
->Rumor #131472:
The Unioner base is out there in the southwestern part of the system. You'll know if you've stumbled onto that hornet's nest, believe me. The Xenos and Rogues tend to be more in the northwest part of the system -- guess the Jump Hole to Hudson is somewhere out there.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sandra Bassett
->Rumor #131473:
It's a good thing the Zoners let us land on their bases. The criminals don't like it, but fair is fair. If the Zoners didn't allow us to land, IC and the Liberty Navy would shut this Freeport down in a second, and the Zoners know that.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sandra Bassett
->Rumor #131474:
From Houston we ship in Fertilizers to the biodomes here and return with Food for the prison factories.
 * Synth Foods/ Dwayne Simmons
->Rumor #131475:
We're kind of new to the long-distance Food-shipping business. Until we got Stuttgart handed to us by the Liberty government, we had little business outside of Liberty systems. Now we have better ships and escorts, so we can handle these tough Independent World crossings.
 * Synth Foods/ Dwayne Simmons
->Rumor #131476:
The Unioners and Xenos don't bother us too much here. Nothing like that damned LWB in Stuttgart. The Rogues, on the other hand, are not very discriminating in their targets.
 * Synth Foods/ Dwayne Simmons
->Rumor #131477:
We run supply shipments of Food, Oxygen, Consumer Goods, Pharmaceuticals, H-Fuel, and Water to our base out in the southern asteroid fields of this system. Just watch out for Bounty Hunters.
 * Unioners/ Hartmut Rosa
->Rumor #131478:
We left Hamburg for this system after we reformed into the Unioners, but too many of us flooded onto this Freeport. It was an obvious target for the Rheinland Military, so the Zoners eventually asked us to leave. We put our skills to use and carved a hidden base out of an asteroid in the Tanner Asteroid Field.
 * Unioners/ Hartmut Rosa
->Rumor #131479:
The current workers in the Alster Shipyards and Altona hate us for the attacks we make against their manufactories, but they don't understand the way they are being exploited by Republican Shipping. If only they could open their eyes, we'd have more strong hands to join us in our cause.
 * Unioners/ Hartmut Rosa
->Rumor #131480:
This is one of the only bases around that lets us land. Those Zoners are good people, although they do seem to like foreigners a bit too much. We run supply shipments for basic needs like Food, Fuel, Oxygen, Pharmaceuticals, and Water from here to our base in Hudson.
 * Xenos/ Gill Harries
->Rumor #131481:
The Zoners run Side Arms from Hamburg to this Freeport. That's a big help for us, as otherwise we'd have nowhere else to get our guns for our base in the Hudson system. An unarmed Xeno doesn't last long in Barrow. Only problem is that the guns are Rheinland made; it's just too hard to get proper Liberty hardware in these parts.
 * Xenos/ Gill Harries
->Rumor #131482:
We like to hit Republican convoys in Bering whenever we can. Those Unioners hate 'em even more. That's what we like to see -- them killing each other off. One day this system will belong to just us and the Zoners, soon as we get the Rogues to see the light and join our cause.
 * Xenos/ Gill Harries
->Rumor #131483:
We make supply runs to Hamburg to import essential Commodities like Oxygen, Water, Consumer Goods, and Pharmaceuticals.
 * Zoners/ Elijah Martin
 * Zoners/ Jeff Zabor
 * Zoners/ Mitchell Wood
 * Zoners/Freeport 2 Bartender/Jim Millam
->Rumor #131484:
The Unioners have a base out in the asteroid fields in the southwestern part of the system. They visit us frequently to purchase supplies.
 * Zoners/ Elijah Martin
 * Zoners/ Jeff Zabor
 * Zoners/ Mitchell Wood
 * Zoners/Freeport 2 Bartender/Jim Millam
->Rumor #131485:
There are two Jump Holes into this system. Both of them lie in Unioner territory, so be careful. The one to Hamburg is in the southwestern quadrant; the one to Hudson is straight across on the western edge of the system.
 * Zoners/ Elijah Martin
 * Zoners/ Jeff Zabor
 * Zoners/ Mitchell Wood
->Rumor #131486:
Our main activity on Freeport 2 is Food production. Synth Foods brings in Fertilizers from Houston and buys much of our excess to feed the burgeoning prison population in Texas.
 * Zoners/ Elijah Martin
 * Zoners/ Jeff Zabor
 * Zoners/ Mitchell Wood
 * Zoners/Freeport 2 Bartender/Jim Millam
->Rumor #131487:
The Xenos visit our base to buy all of their supplies and to purchase Side Arms. They grumble about them being Rheinland made, but buy them anyway. A strange lot.
 * Zoners/ Elijah Martin
 * Zoners/ Jeff Zabor
 * Zoners/ Mitchell Wood
 * Zoners/Freeport 2 Bartender/Jim Millam
->Rumor #131488:
Xenos, Rogues, and Unioners attack the Trade Lanes within this system. Bounty Hunters and the Liberty Navy keep them somewhat in check, but it's still not a very safe place to be. We are truly the sanctuary in these parts.
 * Zoners/ Elijah Martin
 * Zoners/ Jeff Zabor
 * Zoners/ Mitchell Wood
 * Zoners/Freeport 2 Bartender/Jim Millam
->Rumor #131489:
We run Side Arms in from Hamburg. The senior council of the station is split on that policy, as Zoners do not condone violence. However, it's profitable and it fulfills a need for the criminals that visit our base.
 * Zoners/ Elijah Martin
 * Zoners/ Jeff Zabor
 * Zoners/ Mitchell Wood
 * Zoners/Freeport 2 Bartender/Jim Millam
->Rumor #131490:
This station originally belonged to Republican Shipping, who used it as a supply and repair depot before the Trade Lanes were built in 550. In 650 our ancestors drifted in from Texas and Hamburg and refurbished the abandoned station, naming it Freeport 2, the second in the Sirius Sector.
 * Zoners/ Elijah Martin
 * Zoners/ Jeff Zabor
 * Zoners/ Mitchell Wood
 * Zoners/Freeport 2 Bartender/Jim Millam
->Rumor #131491:
Zoners firmly believe in the concept of Freeports -- places where anyone, regardless of their criminal or political affiliation, is welcome. Unfortunately, the authorities in the House systems do not subscribe to this philosophy, so there are none within House boundaries.
 * Zoners/ Elijah Martin
 * Zoners/ Jeff Zabor
 * Zoners/ Mitchell Wood
 * Zoners/Freeport 2 Bartender/Jim Millam
->Rumor #131492:
Synth Foods has been good for us. They helped install and maintain the biodomes, provided the special seeds, and sold us the processing and flavorant units that turn inedible crops into digestible food. Until they came along, the Zoners and other free thinkers struggled with the starvation caused by the lack of arable planets in the Independent and Border Worlds.
 * Zoners/ Elijah Martin
 * Zoners/ Jeff Zabor
 * Zoners/ Mitchell Wood
 * Zoners/Freeport 2 Bartender/Jim Millam
->Rumor #131493:
This system only exists as a way point on the Jump Gate routes because the distance between Hamburg and Texas was longer than the six-light-year limit of early Jump Gates. Before the Trade Lanes were built, the asteroids caused constant problems with shipping.
 * Zoners/ Elijah Martin
 * Zoners/ Jeff Zabor
 * Zoners/ Mitchell Wood
 * Zoners/Freeport 2 Bartender/Jim Millam
->Rumor #131494:
We sheltered the Unioners when they first fled Hamburg in the years following the Popular Revolution, but they soon became too numerous for us to support. When Republican hired Bounty Hunters and the Rheinland Military started to harass us, the Unioners left and established their own base at our request. They still come for supplies, though.
 * Zoners/ Elijah Martin
 * Zoners/ Jeff Zabor
 * Zoners/ Mitchell Wood
 * Zoners/Freeport 2 Bartender/Jim Millam
->Rumor #134321:
A Xeno patrol got too close to the Unioner base and was attacked a few days ago. Two ships fled back through the Jump Hole, but the third didn't make it. The Unioners have little use for Xeno weapons, so they probably just left the ship carcass adrift out there in the Tanner Asteroid Belt.
 * Zoners/ Elijah Martin
 * Zoners/ Jeff Zabor
 * Zoners/ Mitchell Wood
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====Pacifica Base (Bering)====
->Rumor #131460:
Basic Alloys produced here are shipped to Houston, and supplies are transported on the return trips.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131461:
We smuggle Diamonds from the Junker base in Berlin to the Rogue base Dawson in the Hudson system. This is our main source of income to carry on our war against Republican Shipping.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131462:
The union that formed after the Alster Tragedy of 512 gained well-deserved benefits for the shipwrights and welders who built the transports that shipped goods throughout Sirius. In the decades that followed, the union grew stronger. When the 80-Years War broke out, we were sitting pretty on a mountain of government subsidies and contracts.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131463:
We run shipments from the Junker base in New Berlin; they supply us with superior Rheinland Side Arms and Kusari H-Fuel. Not an easy run through Hamburg, but decent profit.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131464:
The Alster Shipyards are home to the Unioner movement. In 412 AS it was established by Imperial Shipping to supply the Rheinland Empire with transport freighters, lifters, and repair ships.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131465:
When the 80-Years War came to an end the Union joined the Popular Revolt to overthrow the Imperial government. There were no more government contracts, and unemployment skyrocketed.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131466:
In 512 AS an explosion in the Alster Shipyards killed hundreds of workers. They formed a union and walked out on the Imperial Shipping executives. It was then that Imperial Shipping realized how valuable its workers were. Production ground to a stop, and they started losing millions of credits for each day production was halted.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131467:
Our old boss Imperial Shipping became Republican Shipping after the Popular Revolt. It was a dark time for the common laborer, and within months we lost all the rights we had been working to create for the past several decades. Republican Shipping really stuck it to the worker, using the weak economic situation to strong-arm the faltering union.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131468:
The Unioners are a political organization fighting like many others throughout Sirius for the fair treatment of the working classes. We cannot allow the type of exploitation that is common practice of the corporations
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131469:
With our old union destroyed after the Popular Revolt, we reformed and called ourselves the Unioners. We were formed to make Republican Shipping pay for the wrongs it had committed against its workers.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131470:
We use this as our primary base to attack Republican Shipping in Hamburg via the Jump Hole just south of this base. The asteroid fields in the northern part of that system provide good cover. We also attack them on the Trade Lanes that pass through this system.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
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====Battleship Moselle (Braunschweig)====
->Rumor #133910:
We deliver MOX to the Westfalen every few months or so. Berlin has been having difficulty making their payments lately. ALG would like to improve our relationship with the military, so we often waive the transport and installation fees.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133911:
The structural integrity of this ship is suspect. It suffered a lot of damage during the Eighty Years War, but was forced to remain in service, since all of its sister ships are now Scrap Metal in the Sigma-13 system. We are always nervous when we have to enter the reactor compartments of this ship. Especially since the recent accident.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133912:
Our most lucrative runs for MOX are into Colorado. One must first survive the Xenos in the Independent Worlds, however. The Rogues would also like to get their hands on bomb-making material -- especially the group found in Hudson.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133913:
The military's brought us in to help them out in the Nordheide. They don't pay us too much, though. But they have good, long-range scanners and a strategic position in this area, so it's worthwhile for us. Most of the actual bounties are put up by Republican.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133914:
There are a few reformed Hessians among us here in Hamburg. They're the lucky ones who got out of Vierlande before their sentences were up. One guy had some story about some neutron star in Omega-41. That's way out there in the Edge Worlds in Corsair land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133915:
The Hole to Bering is up in the Nordheide. If you're looking for diamond smuggling Unioners, then that's the place to be. There isn't a direct route between here and Hudson, which keeps the Xenos and Rogues out of Hamburg.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133916:
Some of the Hunters use this as a base for journeys into Hudson. Most of the bounties up there are for Xenos and Rogues. Republican posts the bulk of them, though Universal and IC chip in on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133917:
Just came back from Hudson. We were cruising for baddies in the gap between the Wrangell and Kenai Fields. Ran right into a little skirmish going on between the local thugs. I got me two Xenos and a Rogue. Buy you a drink?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133918:
Hudson is a little rougher than Hamburg. No safe havens, not even any military in the Rheinland part of the system. Liberty Navy's putting a lot of pressure on them, but they can't do much about it. You can see why. Look around at this dump.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133919:
It's a quick trip from Hamburg. We run in supplies on a regular basis. Sometimes they can't pay us, but we usually can arrange something. Maybe four dead Unioners for a container of Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133920:
Republican is competing with ALG to win the contract for constructing the next generation of Rheinland battleships. We have a clear advantage in ship design and practical construction experience. But they have a definite strength in alloys and specialized Hull Panel fabrication.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133921:
Although it's not far to Hamburg from here, the Unioners will attack us if given the opportunity. Their preferred method is to disable a Trade Lane ring near the center of the stretch, then flee back into the Nordheide at the first sign of a military patrol.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133922:
The Westfalen is the last battleship still operational in the Rheinland fleet. We are always short of spare parts, and the men are paid only once every three months. Some enterprising pilots have taken to moonlighting for Republican or Synth Foods in order to make ends meet.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133923:
This ship is a deathtrap. They had an explosion last week in Fusion Reactor 6. Had to seal off the entire A Deck. They're not even going to fix it. That's a sorry state of affairs. The Westfalen will never be able to make a jump again.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133924:
There are rumors circulating that ALG is planning on building a new shipyard in Dortmund to build the Bremen and her sister ships. They're willing to build them at cost in order to gain entry into this new market. That's an attractive proposition for Berlin at this point and time.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133925:
The Rheinland Military is tasked with patrolling the northern areas of Hamburg and the adjacent Independent Worlds of Bering and Hudson. But we only have enough working fighters to cover the Trade Lanes in the immediate area, plus a daily patrol into the Nordheide. We assign Bounty Hunters to handle many of our other patrol routes in the area.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133926:
Ever since we lost the war, Rheinland just hasn't been the same; the entire colony feels beaten and bereft of vigor. Look around, there is no one smiling or enjoying themselves. What will it take for my House to heal?
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133927:
Daumann is the real culprit in the Eighty-Years War. The Imperial Navy Command had grave doubts about the wisdom of fighting a guerrilla-style war in the Crow Nebula against an enemy that was so well-supplied by Kusari. But Daumann saw the huge profits to be made in lucrative shipbuilding contracts, and bribed hundreds of key government officials. The rest is history.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133928:
Many of the young officers are leaving the Rheinland Military, tired of the poor conditions and low pay. Most of them end up flying commercial transports for Republican or Synth Foods. The rest end up with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133929:
The Rheinland public doesn't respect the military anymore. We lost the Eighty-Years War to a ragtag bunch of gas miners as far as they're concerned. That is one reason it has been so difficult for Berlin to increase our budget -- the politicians backed by the Bundschuh always vote it down.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133930:
The Bundschuh continues to attack this floating piece of junk for some reason. We usually run them off after a few minutes. I guess they don't have any other obvious military targets left in Rheinland -- except maybe the Oder Shipyard. Have to have an enemy to keep the cause going.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
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====Mecklenburg Station (Braunschweig)====
->Rumor #133931:
Republican is the exclusive supplier for all Federal Police installations in Rheinland. We've had to augment our weekly shipments to accommodate the swelling population here. The Pharmaceuticals supply has become critical with all the illness and disease sweeping through the prisoner population.
 * Republican Shipping/ August Schober
 * Republican Shipping/ Bert Koppe
->Rumor #133932:
It's nice to see so many Unioners locked up in their solitary cells. Maybe that will dissuade others who are considering joining the cause. Somehow I think not.
 * Republican Shipping/ August Schober
 * Republican Shipping/ Bert Koppe
->Rumor #133933:
We've had Unioners try to sneak out of here in our empty cargo containers. Unfortunately, the vacuum conditions and extreme cold of outer space generally mean death for most stowaways within a few minutes.
 * Republican Shipping/ August Schober
 * Republican Shipping/ Bert Koppe
->Rumor #133934:
Vierlande is the new maximum-security prison for hardened criminals. It was built in the Hamburg system to put it out of reach of the Hessian hordes in Berlin and Stuttgart. Unfortunately, they seem to have found a secret access route into this system, so we still get prison-break attempts.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133935:
The Federal Police prison warden sees little hope of rehabilitation for most of these criminals, so most sentences are extended indefinitely. There are standing orders from Berlin to not release Bundschuh under any circumstances. The only planet those poor brutes will ever see for the rest of their lives is Hannover.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133936:
Truth is, most of the people in here haven't committed that many crimes, especially the Bundschuh. Some of them look like Berlin University kids who decided to join a demonstration on a lark without thinking much of the consequences.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
->Rumor #133937:
There is a special political section for the Bundschuh. The government doesn't want them mixing with the other inmates and stirring up trouble. Don't want any more Popular Revolutions now, do we?
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133938:
The Sudheide has become a veritable cesspool of humanity. The Red Hessians, Unioners, and Bundschuh all stage their prison breakout attempts from that field. I don't know why they try. This prison has a triple hull, with outer walls more than two meters thick. No prisoner has ever escaped Vierlande alive.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133939:
The Unioners and the Bundschuh pretty much keep to themselves. The tough guys are the Red Hessians. They control the area inside the inner-security perimeter, where guards rarely venture. You'd never know that some of them were regular working folks before they went bad.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
->Rumor #133940:
The prison convoys have been shipping them in pretty fast from all over Rheinland. As a result, Vierlande has become very overcrowded. There have been hunger strikes to protest the conditions, but there's no money to build an extension. So we keep packing them in a little tighter. One day, it'll all explode.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133941:
Some of the older prisoners that come in from Berlin look more like politicians than hardened criminals. Rumor is that they're whistle blowers and reformers from the government that were getting a little too honest for their own good.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
->Rumor #133942:
We keep just enough LWB examples in Vierlande to show and tell for the Synth Food execs that come through here on their Rheinland inspection tour every few months or so. They want to see progress on the LWB problem on Rheinland. That means a steadily increasing number of LWB inmates at our lovely facility. So we show them a few LWB mixed in with a crowd of Unioners. Works every time.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
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====Battleship Westphalia (Bremen)====
->Rumor #133913:
The military's brought us in to help them out in the Nordheide. They don't pay us too much, though. But they have good, long-range scanners and a strategic position in this area, so it's worthwhile for us. Most of the actual bounties are put up by Republican.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133914:
There are a few reformed Hessians among us here in Hamburg. They're the lucky ones who got out of Vierlande before their sentences were up. One guy had some story about some neutron star in Omega-41. That's way out there in the Edge Worlds in Corsair land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133915:
The Hole to Bering is up in the Nordheide. If you're looking for diamond smuggling Unioners, then that's the place to be. There isn't a direct route between here and Hudson, which keeps the Xenos and Rogues out of Hamburg.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133916:
Some of the Hunters use this as a base for journeys into Hudson. Most of the bounties up there are for Xenos and Rogues. Republican posts the bulk of them, though Universal and IC chip in on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133917:
Just came back from Hudson. We were cruising for baddies in the gap between the Wrangell and Kenai Fields. Ran right into a little skirmish going on between the local thugs. I got me two Xenos and a Rogue. Buy you a drink?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133918:
Hudson is a little rougher than Hamburg. No safe havens, not even any military in the Rheinland part of the system. Liberty Navy's putting a lot of pressure on them, but they can't do much about it. You can see why. Look around at this dump.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133919:
It's a quick trip from Hamburg. We run in supplies on a regular basis. Sometimes they can't pay us, but we usually can arrange something. Maybe four dead Unioners for a container of Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133920:
Republican is competing with ALG to win the contract for constructing the next generation of Rheinland battleships. We have a clear advantage in ship design and practical construction experience. But they have a definite strength in alloys and specialized Hull Panel fabrication.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133921:
Although it's not far to Hamburg from here, the Unioners will attack us if given the opportunity. Their preferred method is to disable a Trade Lane ring near the center of the stretch, then flee back into the Nordheide at the first sign of a military patrol.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133922:
The Westfalen is the last battleship still operational in the Rheinland fleet. We are always short of spare parts, and the men are paid only once every three months. Some enterprising pilots have taken to moonlighting for Republican or Synth Foods in order to make ends meet.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133923:
This ship is a deathtrap. They had an explosion last week in Fusion Reactor 6. Had to seal off the entire A Deck. They're not even going to fix it. That's a sorry state of affairs. The Westfalen will never be able to make a jump again.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133924:
There are rumors circulating that ALG is planning on building a new shipyard in Dortmund to build the Bremen and her sister ships. They're willing to build them at cost in order to gain entry into this new market. That's an attractive proposition for Berlin at this point and time.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133925:
The Rheinland Military is tasked with patrolling the northern areas of Hamburg and the adjacent Independent Worlds of Bering and Hudson. But we only have enough working fighters to cover the Trade Lanes in the immediate area, plus a daily patrol into the Nordheide. We assign Bounty Hunters to handle many of our other patrol routes in the area.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133926:
Ever since we lost the war, Rheinland just hasn't been the same; the entire colony feels beaten and bereft of vigor. Look around, there is no one smiling or enjoying themselves. What will it take for my House to heal?
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133927:
Daumann is the real culprit in the Eighty-Years War. The Imperial Navy Command had grave doubts about the wisdom of fighting a guerrilla-style war in the Crow Nebula against an enemy that was so well-supplied by Kusari. But Daumann saw the huge profits to be made in lucrative shipbuilding contracts, and bribed hundreds of key government officials. The rest is history.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133928:
Many of the young officers are leaving the Rheinland Military, tired of the poor conditions and low pay. Most of them end up flying commercial transports for Republican or Synth Foods. The rest end up with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133929:
The Rheinland public doesn't respect the military anymore. We lost the Eighty-Years War to a ragtag bunch of gas miners as far as they're concerned. That is one reason it has been so difficult for Berlin to increase our budget -- the politicians backed by the Bundschuh always vote it down.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133930:
The Bundschuh continues to attack this floating piece of junk for some reason. We usually run them off after a few minutes. I guess they don't have any other obvious military targets left in Rheinland -- except maybe the Oder Shipyard. Have to have an enemy to keep the cause going.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
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====Cloppenburg Base (Bremen)====
->Rumor #134037:
We get everything we need from the Junkers. Either we go into the Border Worlds to Yanagi, or to New Berlin, where we will find the Kreuzberg Base.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134038:
Those who go to Vierlande seldom return; most sentences are for life, and it's not just pirates, but the political opponents of the corporate elite as well. The Bundschuh fly attack raids on the prison ships and inbound convoys. We fight to liberate our brethren who have been unjustly incarcerated.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134039:
The Bundschuh is a political organization founded by New Berlin university students who were tired of the corruption of the old regime. Decades later we still toil under the yoke of an oppressive government, though its name has changed.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134040:
The Bundschuh need not lower itself to common piracy like the Red Hessians. Instead, we are funded by the enlightened Berlin intelligentsia looking to do away with the burdens of a corrupt government. This frees us to work directly toward our political agenda without being sidetracked by financial necessities.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134041:
The corporations, though exploitive and uncaring, aren't truly at fault for what they do. Corporations are intrinsically self-serving; it's the government's role to keep them in check. As long as the government is corrupt enough to accept corporate bribes, the workers cannot be free.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134042:
Our base is located in the Taunus Asteroid field of Frankfurt. Within the same cloud is a Jump Hole to Sigma 13. Nearby is another Jump Hole that leads to Hamburg. In Hamburg there is the Vierlande Prison Ship, the Westfallen battleship, and the Berlin Jump Gate. These are all priority Bundschuh targets.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
->Rumor #134043:
The Bundschuh recruits new members from the Red Hessians, LWB, Unioners, and even disgruntled Daumann and Kruger workers. But the people we take in must care about our cause, because they won't get rich flying for us.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
->Rumor #134044:
In 700 AS, the Dresden Revolt sparked the Popular Revolution that would do away with the Rheinland Imperial Government and replace it with a coalition of the people. The Bundschuh was a key player in the Dresden Revolt, running supplies to the rebels.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134045:
After the revolution, the Bundschuh found itself sidelined by the new government. The coalition wanted the support of the wealthy aristocrats who headed Daumann Industries and Kruger Mining. By 715 AS, the Bundschuh was forced to go underground again, this time by a government it had helped to create.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
->Rumor #134046:
Because we have taken the high road, and not one of piracy like the Red Hessians, our ranks have dwindled. But the members of the Bundschuh are purists, committed to a political agenda -- unlike other underground organizations.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
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====Alesia Station (Burgundy)====
->Rumor #504876:
.The Brigands are now so numerous that they have become a danger even for the strongest convoys. Two officers that I was friends with were killed in an attack near Alesia last week. I am afraid for my own life. They said it'd be an easy life in the police, but boy am I a fool. There are many days when I wish I had never joined.
 * Royal Police/Sgt. Marc Fallet
->Rumor #504877:
.The Maquis are terrorists, plain and simple. Their attacks are sporadic, but quite masterful and dangerous when they occur. Luckily, unlike the Unione Corse, the Maquis tend to avoid the excessive killing of civilians. They prefer to disable the ships they are raiding, not blow them up. Although this wasn't always the case, admittedly. The Maquis were originally members of the Council until they were kicked out for killing over thirty thousand people, so perhaps they learned something from that.
 * Royal Police/Inspector Yves Blundell
->Rumor #504905:
.When people come to work for the GMS, they just want better pay. But we get much more. The Company becomes our family. Those who take the risks to work in space earn quite a lot as well.
 * Gallic Metal Service/Marc Lafargue
->Rumor #504906:
.Pirates and the Council? They are an annoyance to our trading convoys, but they are also aware that we are not offering as much help to the Royal Navy as the other companies do. We mind our own business, and this saves the lives of many of our pilots.
 * Gallic Metal Service/Marc Lafargue
->Rumor #504908:
.Of all the pirate groups of Gallia, the Unione Corse are the ones I hate the most. They are extremely cruel, totally unpredictable, and strike only if their success is assured. Attacks are rare, but the Corse target the most valuable cargoes that we have, and rarely leave any survivors behind.
 * IDF Shipping/ Beatrice Fournie
->Rumor #504909:
.I've been employed with the GMS since I was twenty two. Two years ago, my wife and only child were killed by a suicide bomber in a cafe. They said that the Maquis were responsible for it. I asked for a transfer into the Border Worlds, and now I'm waiting for an opportunity to find out the location of one of their bases, fill my transport with explosives, and run directly into their primary airlock.
 * Gallic Metal Service/Richard Gauguin
->Rumor #504910:
.My colleagues are quietly spreading rumours about our senior managers entering into deals with the Junkers in order to protect our convoys from pirates. I don't know if this is the main reason why we get less pirate attacks than the other corporations. Probably there is more to it than that, though what it might be is anyone's guess.
 * Alesia Bartender/Jean-Marie Jade
->Rumor #504914:
.The Council are a pirate group, much like the Maquis or Brigands. I have always found it strange that most of the citizens of Gallia don't understand that they are nothing more than mere criminals.
 * IDF Shipping/ Alain Morarou
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====Avallon Station (Burgundy)====
->Rumor #504850:
.Many of our officers have defected and joined the Council. They betrayed their country in the most shameful way, and politics has nothing to do with it. I don't understand how could they even think about treason.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Sylvie Delors
->Rumor #504855:
.Now that the secret of Gallia is revealed to the whole of Sirius, what will our leaders do? What will we do? I'm completely bewildered, and many of my fellow officers share similar doubts about our future.
 * Avallon Bartender/Olivier Delorme
->Rumor #504856:
.The nearby Champagne system is completely under the control of the Council, and we are not yet able to re-take it, but it is only a matter of time before the resources of Marne will be exhausted.
 * Royal Navy/Captain Lucas Charnock
->Rumor #504857:
.Lorraine is much better defended than Languedoc ever was. Despite numerous attempts by the Council to breach our defenses, they have always failed. None of our stations in Lorraine have ever been captured by the enemy, and it is unlikely any ever will be.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Laure Dalle
->Rumor #504862:
.Me and my fellow officers are following the reports from the Core Worlds very closely. Had there been any sightings of the newcomers' ships in Lyonnais, Berry, Orleanais, Picardie, maybe even Ile-de-France? The future of our House may depend on the security of the Core World paths right now.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Thomas Winchcombe
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====Battleship Beuvray (Burgundy)====
->Rumor #504846:
.The Council accuses us of various atrocities. In fact, the Council themselves have frequently breached the rules of war by attacking civilian ships and stations, and torturing captives. I admit that we have also done such things, from time to time. War is cruel, but why does the Council need to be so hypocritical?
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Sebastian Houdon
->Rumor #504850:
.Many of our officers have defected and joined the Council. They betrayed their country in the most shameful way, and politics has nothing to do with it. I don't understand how could they even think about treason.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Thomas Winchcombe
->Rumor #504851:
.The Council have turned the whole Champagne system into a pirate haven. Pirate groups openly build bases there, and the Council uses their help in defending the system. Once any of our ships enter Champagne, we've got the Maquis, Brigands and the Council acting in unison against us.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Sebastian Houdon
->Rumor #504856:
.The nearby Champagne system is completely under the control of the Council, and we are not yet able to re-take it, but it is only a matter of time before the resources of Marne will be exhausted.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Thomas Winchcombe
->Rumor #504864:
.The Council stands no chance against our capital ships in open space. Their forces in Burgundy though are fighting a guerilla war of sporadic raids; ships come from asteroid fields, attack our patrols, and retreat into the fields before reinforcements arrive. Our capital ships cannot venture inside those fields, which makes Council bases there impervious to harm.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Gerard Duras
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====Battleship Rocroi (Burgundy)====
->Rumor #504849:
.The Royal Police prefers not to mess with the pirates here in the Border Worlds. It is way too much danger for them to bother with. The Navy ends up doing all the dirty work that they are paid to do. Sometimes I think that the pirates and the Police might have signed some sort of non-aggression pact.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Christian Bovie
->Rumor #504854:
.The Council in Languedoc are isolated. An offensive fleet is being prepared by the Royal Navy in Dauphine, and we expect that Nimes station will be re-captured soon enough. Quillan and Montelimar might be more difficult to deal with, though. The rebels had plenty of time to prepare for a long siege and defend the mine path.
 * Rocroi Bartender/Joachim Cendrars
->Rumor #504861:
.The Jump Gates into our Core Worlds had been sealed to prevent the intruders from reaching our main planets. Only authorized ships are allowed to pass, and they are searched thoroughly both at the Jump Gate and at their destination point. But I'm concerned that some might be hidden too well for the authorities to find them...
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Christian Bovie
->Rumor #504862:
.Me and my fellow officers are following the reports from the Core Worlds very closely. Had there been any sightings of the newcomers' ships in Lyonnais, Berry, Orleanais, Picardie, maybe even Ile-de-France? The future of our House may depend on the security of the Core World paths right now.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Suzanne Neal
->Rumor #504865:
.Is it really possible to destroy the Council controlled space stations? Destroying a base, even one built in space using artificial parts, is a complex task that requires a lot of firepower of the sort only battleships or heavy transports can carry. And battleships cannot reach a base inside an asteroid field. Moreover, most bases within those fields are built inside asteroids. What can possibly destroy a large rock asteroid?
 * Rocroi Bartender/Joachim Cendrars
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====Bourbon Base (Burgundy)====
->Rumor #504926:
.The Unione Corse don't spread rumours around like gossiping housewives. Get lost, before we make you.
 * Unione Corse/ Gustave Prevert
 * Unione Corse/ Jose Theobald
->Rumor #504927:
.We stay away from politics, wars and other stuff like that. We mind our business. Go away and mind yours before it's too late.
 * Unione Corse/ Gaston Voynet
->Rumor #504928:
.The Council are idealistic fools destined to lose. The Brigands are not trustworthy, but they've certainly got the musclesto flex, if only they could co-ordinate themselves effectively. The only group we are willing to deal with are the Maquis, who at least have a spine.
 * Bourbon Bartender/Michel Lescout
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====Bourg-en-Bresse Space Port (Burgundy)====
->Rumor #504937:
.The actions of the Council has plunged our whole faction into an uncertain future, where we now face the inevitable crisis that we had half hoped would never come. Aside from their leaders, the Junkers in Sirius have never heard about the Junkers from Gallia, and they became much more powerful and wealthy than we ever could, stuck in here.
 * Bourg-en-Bresse Bartender/Gregory Summers
->Rumor #504938:
.The leaders of the Sirius Junkers are aware of our agenda. But what choice will they have when every single Junker will know what they were doing? It is inevitable: if those same leaders will not betray our cause, they will have to disappear. Forever. New leaders will arise, who will undoubtedly be hostile to us.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
->Rumor #504939:
.Even here in Gallia, we Junkers don't know much about what is happening in Sirius. I participated in several minefield runs, but I was never allowed any farther into Sirius than the far side of the minefield. Many of our men died during those runs, you know. It's a matter of luck and extreme precision.
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
->Rumor #504940:
.The minefields separating Gallia and the rest of Sirius have been breached, and now we might lose whatever support we had from the Gallic government. Now, since our secrets have been unveiled for all to see, we are no longer necessary. This whole situation is very dangerous for us.
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
->Rumor #504941:
.Our agenda in Sirius could remain secret if the Junkers could keep their secrets. Many of the Junkers with whom I work came from the ranks of the Brigands or even the Unione Corse, seeking more wealth for less effort. Once the Council was victorious in Languedoc, many of those cowardly fools began to sell information in attempt to gain money, quit our cause, and disappear. We will find them, though.
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
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====Dijon Station (Burgundy)====
->Rumor #504866:
.Stations that are listed as controlled by the Police are actually under the administration of the Gallic civilian authorities. However, it's the task of the police to defend the station, preserve order and control all docking procedures.
 * Royal Police/Inspector Hector Darlan
->Rumor #504867:
.The police forces play an important role in the current war with the Council. We are in charge of protecting many military convoys until they reach areas controlled by the Royal Navy. Also, police special forces form the front line of space station defences in case enemy marines manage to board a station.
 * Civilian/ Alix Dewaere
->Rumor #504875:
.The attacks by the Brigands have gotten more and more brutal lately. The chaos caused by the war in the Border Worlds have served them well, for they are getting more and more new recruits from Marne. The damn Council doesn't do anything to stop this, and I sometimes think that it is even part of their plan, although what purpose it will serve them in the end is anyone's guess.
 * Dijon Bartender/Romain Guitry
->Rumor #504877:
.The Maquis are terrorists, plain and simple. Their attacks are sporadic, but quite masterful and dangerous when they occur. Luckily, unlike the Unione Corse, the Maquis tend to avoid the excessive killing of civilians. They prefer to disable the ships they are raiding, not blow them up. Although this wasn't always the case, admittedly. The Maquis were originally members of the Council until they were kicked out for killing over thirty thousand people, so perhaps they learned something from that.
 * Royal Police/Inspector Yves Blundell
->Rumor #504879:
.The Junkers are not exactly pirates, although they are heavily involved in the Gallic black market. Neither the government officials nor the pirates trust them completely, but their intermediate position grants them many benefits that they could never gain if they were allied with any one particular side.
 * Royal Police/Sgt. Valery Braudel
->Rumor #504905:
.When people come to work for the GMS, they just want better pay. But we get much more. The Company becomes our family. Those who take the risks to work in space earn quite a lot as well.
 * Gallic Metal Service/Marc Lafargue
->Rumor #504906:
.Pirates and the Council? They are an annoyance to our trading convoys, but they are also aware that we are not offering as much help to the Royal Navy as the other companies do. We mind our own business, and this saves the lives of many of our pilots.
 * Gallic Metal Service/Marc Lafargue
->Rumor #504910:
.My colleagues are quietly spreading rumours about our senior managers entering into deals with the Junkers in order to protect our convoys from pirates. I don't know if this is the main reason why we get less pirate attacks than the other corporations. Probably there is more to it than that, though what it might be is anyone's guess.
 * Gallic Metal Service/Marc Lafargue
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====Macon Base (Burgundy)====
->Rumor #504887:
.Isn't it ironic? International English was the only language used for communication within the Alliance for centuries. When we arrived on New Paris, every citizen could speak English perfectly, and the younger generations studied French as a foreign language. Now, of course, it's different, but most Gallic citizens speak English well enough. The day has come when we can finally put this knowledge to good use.
 * Council/Lt. Nino Ethelbert
->Rumor #504891:
.How can we fight a war with the most powerful Navy in Sirius with considerable success? The answer is: resources. Many of the Council are former military officers. We have the money, the manpower and the ships.
 * Council/Captain Charles Aiton
->Rumor #504892:
.Now I realize that the war was inevitable right from the start. There was never really much hope that we could convince those government pigs to change their minds. Someday we should overthrow the government and dispose of the King. Yeah, that simple. History repeats itself, you know.
 * Council/Lt. Raoul Bussey
->Rumor #504893:
.The economy of the Council is based on smuggling and illegal trade. This might not match the ideas and long-term goals of the Council, but sometimes you have to make compromises in order to achieve your objectives.
 * Macon Bartender/Guillaume Wibert
->Rumor #504894:
.We split up with Maquis for political reasons, to distance ourselves from their terrorist ideals. But I understand them, and why they do what they do. Many of those who joined the Maquis lost their families and friends when the government started repressing the populations of the central planets. They have nothing left to lose.
 * Council/Lt. Marie Debord
->Rumor #504895:
.The history of Gallia is a sad mixture of glory and despair. Technological breakthroughs and unmatched military power were bought for the price of widespread poverty and suppressing the last remnants of democracy.
 * Council/Lt. Marie Debord
->Rumor #504898:
.The Junkers are a faction trusted by no one, yet needed by everyone. By lawfuls, to gain information on pirates; by pirates, to gain information and goods from lawfuls; and even by us, to support our economy that has become an integral part of the Gallic black market.
 * Council/Lt. Nino Ethelbert
->Rumor #504899:
.Have you ever heard about a corporation named Solar Engineering? It's one of the major economical powers in Gallia with extensive ties with the Royal Family, the Royal Navy and some of the prominent members of the Cabinet. You won't see any of their ships in the Border Worlds. The war is bad for business. What is surprising is that they cancelled all their Border Worlds endeavours long before the Second Gallic War had started.
 * Council/Captain Charles Aiton
->Rumor #504920:
.Our leaders say that the Council is heavily dependent on our help. This is only a small part of the unpleasant truth: in reality, we need the Council far more than the Council needs us.
 * Maquis/ Pierre Dabney
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====Montbard Base (Burgundy)====
->Rumor #504918:
.If not for us, the Gallic mass media probably wouldn't even report about the events going on here. After a couple of buildings explode in the neighborhood, the population becomes more attentive to the frontier reports, and the government can no longer conceal the truth.
 * Montbard Bartender/Bernard Auric
->Rumor #504919:
.They say that the monarchy was selected as the most efficient political regime to base our new nation on, shortly after we arrived on New Paris. Thousands of dissidents rotting in prisons all over Gallia is a perfect example of where this efficiency leads us.
 * Maquis/ Gaspard Flaubert
->Rumor #504934:
.Who are the Junkers? And why don't the Royal Police prosecute them, despite all the illegal activities they are involved in? I'm almost certain that the Junkers have ties to the Gallic special forces, but I have no way to prove it. They might even be spying on the other unlawful groups of Gallia, although again, there is never any proof.
 * Brigands/ Guy Lacan
->Rumor #504935:
.The Brigands are the most numerous pirate force in Gallia, and with the path into Sirius finally open, we will push to broaden our horizons. Bretonia, Kusari, Liberty, Rheinland. Those words promise plenty of riches.
 * Brigands/ Simone Pagnol
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====Planet Nevers (Burgundy)====
->Rumor #504871:
.Many journalists say that the police are corrupt, that they make treaties with pirates and are involved in smuggling rings. I can admit that I have contacts among the Junkers. But how can you survive in space if you haven't got some backup from a direction that your enemies don't expect?
 * Royal Police/Sgt. Thomas Alden
->Rumor #504873:
.The Navy sometimes says that we are cowards. Fear is the mind killer, they say. You know what? Those Council freaks sacrificed thousands of their men to remove a couple dozen of mines that was all that stood between them and their ultimate goal. I openly admit that we are not ready send our officers to stop those psychos. It is suicide.
 * Royal Police/Sgt. Renee Careme
->Rumor #504874:
.The Maquis are our primary target in this system. The King is really upset with their recent actions and wants them to be dealt with swiftly and efficiently. Too bad that it requires some unnecessary risk on our part.
 * Royal Police/Sgt. Berthe Barret
->Rumor #504875:
.The attacks by the Brigands have gotten more and more brutal lately. The chaos caused by the war in the Border Worlds have served them well, for they are getting more and more new recruits from Marne. The damn Council doesn't do anything to stop this, and I sometimes think that it is even part of their plan, although what purpose it will serve them in the end is anyone's guess.
 * Civilian/ Claudine Maigny
->Rumor #504878:
.The Unione Corse might be less numerous compared to the other pirate groups in Gallia, but even their membership has nearly doubled in the last 15 years. Originally they were just a covert group, but now they are daring enough to attack us openly.
 * Nevers Bartender/Jerome Honnecourt
->Rumor #504907:
.The Brigands attack our convoys just like everyone else. In most cases they are easy to scare away, but sometimes you  can encounter a truly enormous gang. If our escort fighters are losing the fight and try to retreat, the Brigands sometimes go on the rampage, chasing down and killing everyone. They have occasionally been known to forget about the convoy itself in their bloodlust, which often allows it to escape.
 * Ile-De-France Shipping/ Patricia Gary
->Rumor #504911:
.The EFL are not present here as much as in the Core Systems. In terms of the oil trade, only Planet Nevers poses some interest to us. As far as station building is concerned, the war has put an end to our construction plans in this area.
 * EFL/ Daniel Livarot
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====Alcatraz Depot (California)====
->Rumor #131147:
California is one of the richest systems in Sirius. On our way back home we'll hit shipments cruising through the Trade Lanes here; we have plenty of cover in the ice fields that populate the system. They cover us as we smuggle our way in and steal our way back out again. I love California.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #131148:
The Liberty battleship Yukon might scare a lot of thieves and petty criminals, but it doesn't bother the Outcasts. We can lose her patrols in the ice fields as we cross the system.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #131149:
We ship Gold stolen by the Outcasts and Lane Hackers in the Barrier on to Buffalo. It eventually gets sold by the Junkers planetside -- a nice, clean operation.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131150:
We supply Side Arms to the Rogue base out in the Barrier. The Outcasts also buy from us. Nothing cheaper than Detroit Side Arms.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131151:
Alcatraz ships Cardamine to Buffalo and Beaumont. I'd like to make that run myself one day, but I'm not good enough yet. The Outcasts tend to get angry when you blow one of their Cardamine loads.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131152:
California is a good home to the Rogues. First off, there's ice asteroid fields all over the system, which makes for good cover when traveling through the system hauling illegal goodies. Our base is hidden in the same asteroid field that hides the Jump Hole to Texas, and from Texas you can jump into New York space, no problem.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131153:
Our boys here in Alcatraz like to "tax" all the goods moving through the Trade Lanes between Bretonia and Liberty. Los Angeles is filled with those snobby successful types who buy loads of Luxury Goods from Manhattan. It ain't right that they get all the good things in life just 'cuz they were born with money, so we take some of it off their hands.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131154:
You can reach Padua in Cortez by running to the Tahoe Ice Cloud on the western edge of the system, where the Jump Hole to Cortez is hidden. The Trade Lane to Magellan travels by the same field, so you might be able to hit a shipment or two on the way.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131155:
The Outcasts know we need their Cardamine, and they look down on us for it. I can see it in their eyes, even if they don't say anything. I don't like them holding the Cardamine over us, but I need it.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
->Rumor #131156:
Rogues live life for the day, not for the future. We don't dwell on the past neither. If I got money in my pocket and some Cardamine stashed, then what do I gotta worry about tomorrow or yesterday for? Besides, I can't always remember what happened yesterday and I might be dead tomorrow.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
->Rumor #131157:
There's been talk of a Liberty Rogue who is uniting all of us together. I dunno if it's true or not, but I've heard people say he's got over 100 kills and more and more Rogue pilots are joining under his command. If I get a chance I'll join with him. I think he's in New York.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
->Rumor #132001:
If you want to really make some money with us, come to Cali in Tau-23. Its exact location is up to you to discover.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #132002:
Those annoying Xenos seem to think that they will be able to defeat the Junkers and force us to use them as our intermediaries. They are sorely mistaken in that assumption.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #132003:
I'm running a Cardamine load in from the Lane Hacker base in Magellan. Just taking a Cardamine break before I head on to Buffalo in the Badlands. It's a very long journey to Liberty from where I come from.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #132004:
A few of our brethren are prisoners at Sugarland. The supply of Cardamine in the prison is adequate to keep them alive. Those that have been sent to Huntsville with the Xenos don't last long.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #132005:
We do quick hops across these systems. I'm on a convoy headed for Beaumont in the Texas Debris Fields. We started in Cortez yesterday at the Rogue base. Normally the Rogues do these runs, but they were losing too many shipments. Sometimes you just have to do it yourself.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #134340:
A few days ago, the Outcast ship Balboa was damaged by an LPI patrol that surprised it in the Tahoe Ice Cloud. It escaped its pursuers, but the failing control systems eventually caused it to hit an ice crystal and explode -- at least that's what they've been able to piece together from radar and the pilot's last words. The wreckage was scattered and drifted over a large area. The Cardamine cargo remains missing, probably still in the hold of the ship.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
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====Battleship Yukon (California)====
->Rumor #131945:
We're here to pick up this ship's Toxic Waste for shipment to our Dortmund reprocessing facility in New Berlin. You'd think Liberty would take advantage of all this potentially valuable material, but they were throwing it out in the debris fields of Texas before we started our program.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131946:
Running MOX in from Dortmund is pretty risky for us in Liberty. The criminals would love to get their hands on it, especially the Xenos. At least there aren't any of those annoying people in California.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131947:
California doesn't offer us much in the way of useful Scrap Metal or Toxic Waste, outside of this ship. Nothing like the other Liberty systems. Liberty has been very profitable for ALG, which is helpful for our company, as BMM has locked us out of Bretonia.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131948:
I'm pretty new to the Bounty Hunters Guild. They call me a "reformed" Rogue. Spent ten years in Sugarland rolling Sheet Metal. Now I'm out here hunting my old comrades down. At least it's legit work. I can live on a real planet instead of inside a stinky rock somewhere out in an asteroid field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131949:
I just got back from Cortez. Did an assault patrol into the Corcovado Field. It's crawling with Rogues. We got a bunch, but there were plenty more. They should send the military in there to clean it out. Its like a rat's nest.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131950:
This is a good spot for hunting Hackers and Outcasts, probably the best in Liberty space. They all collect in the Tahoe Cloud to the west of the Lane. Happy hunting!
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131951:
The navy guys don't give us access to a lot of this ship. Guess they're suspicious of a lot of the Guild members; a lot of them have done time in Texas. I don't blame 'em, some of the Hunters can be pretty rough looking.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131952:
Bounty Hunters have a difficult job and we certainly aren't a very popular group, but the best of us are the finest pilots in all of Sirius. Many will look down upon us, because most of our ranks were once criminals, but that is their mistake. It is just as honorable to fall and rise again, than never to fall at all.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131953:
I'm a second-generation Bounty Hunter. My dad was famous; he made it all the way out to the Edge Worlds before gettin' toasted by those Outcast bastards. Me, I'm going to hunt them down till the day I die. I'm gonna stuff that Cardamine down their throats until they gag.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131954:
I just got out of West Point last week. This is my first assignment. I'm patrolling the Lane between here and the Cortez Gate. So far it hasn't been as interesting as I thought it would be.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131955:
We could clean up all the Independent Worlds like Cortez and Magellan in a flash if the other Houses would just let us base our battleships there. Guess they're afraid we'd annex them eventually. Not much there to exploit as far as I can tell.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131956:
Our toughest patrol in the system is the Tahoe Cloud circuit. We usually see somebody in there. Tough to track them down, though -- short visibility and lots of asteroids.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131957:
The Outcast smuggling route goes right along the Trade Lane in the Tahoe Cloud for some reason. We've caught a few that way. Guess they can't resist the temptation to snag some cargo.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131958:
We handle the west side of the Trade Lane to the Magellan Gate, LPI, the east. In my opinion, we should handle everything in there. They wouldn't know what to do with a Lane Hacker or an Outcast if they caught one.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy/Yukon Bartender/Dan Atkinson
->Rumor #131959:
I just got reassigned from the Mississippi based in Texas. We were in Hudson chasing down Xenos and Rogues. The Rheinland Military doesn't help at all in that area. Guess they're broke.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131960:
I'm doing patrols into Cortez. We usually just hang around at the Gate, but sometimes we venture down to Curacao. After that the convoys are on their own. I call it the "Cortez gap."
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131961:
We could clean up this second if the Guild would just tell us where the Jump Holes are. We know one is in the Tahoe Cloud, but have been unable to locate it. New York doesn't let us vary our patrol routes as much as we would like.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy/Yukon Bartender/Dan Atkinson
->Rumor #131962:
I don't know what they're doing on that research base Willard. I hear it's something with those Alien Organisms they ship in from Sigma-17.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy/Yukon Bartender/Dan Atkinson
->Rumor #131963:
I'm bringing in a load of Pharmaceuticals and Food from Los Angeles. A typical Liberty battleship has a lot of people to take care of.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
->Rumor #131964:
Just making a quick stop by the bar while they unload my ship. I do the Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel run from Los Angeles to Willard Research Station once a week. I drop most of it here. They don't have much storage, so they need pretty frequent visits.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
->Rumor #131965:
I'm based in Detroit. Just making my monthly rounds to all the police and military bases to deliver Side Arms to the new recruits. At least there aren't any of those pesky Xenos in California.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
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====California Minor (California)====
->Rumor #131924:
The Planetform folks let us use their site as a forward base for our operations in the central part of California. They're mostly interested in stopping the Rogues who prey on their Silver shipments from Los Angeles.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Angela Clark
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tyrone Booth
->Rumor #131925:
Fastest way to some quick bounties? Head straight for the Trade Lane to the Magellan Gate, around the middle of the Tahoe Cloud. You'll get some strikes pretty fast in that area.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Angela Clark
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tyrone Booth
->Rumor #131926:
This is a good location to launch into the Tahoe Cloud. You don't have to go far to find trouble in there. It's also a straight shot across the system to the Whitney Field, if that don't offer enough action for you.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Angela Clark
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tyrone Booth
->Rumor #131927:
I made it all the way to the Texas Jump Hole in the Whitney Field yesterday. I didn't hang around for long. Didn't even a take a shot at the Rogues in the area. I'll go back next time with a posse.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Angela Clark
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tyrone Booth
->Rumor #131928:
The air's a little thin here still. I like to sleep in my ship at night. It's warmer and there's more air. Those Planetform people are kind of uptight sometimes. Guess that's how all Bretonians are.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Angela Clark
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tyrone Booth
->Rumor #131929:
Heaviest action in the system is by the Cortez Hole in the Tahoe Cloud. You better come in with your guns blazing if you want a chance of going home that night. Been trying to talk a few of my buddies into doing it, but they all keep backing out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Angela Clark
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tyrone Booth
->Rumor #131930:
We run patrols around California Minor. I think it's a waste of time. Not enough bad guys around here. I heard that the real reason is that Synth Foods wants to move up the schedule on Planetform a lot. They been resisting, saying there were too many shipping losses.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Craig Oberst
->Rumor #131931:
I hate this place -- cold, it's always windy, really thin air. I get headaches all the time. We're supposed to make Planetform happy by being here. What did I do to get this transfer? Must have pissed someone off back in Los Angeles.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Craig Oberst
->Rumor #131932:
This is as far off the Trade Lanes as we get in Liberty. They'll build one to the planet once Planetform is finished. Then Synth Foods will shift Food production here.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Craig Oberst
->Rumor #131933:
We bring in the bulk of our supplies like Food, Pharmaceuticals, H-Fuel, Construction Machinery, and Oxygen from Los Angeles.
 * Planetform Inc./California Minor Bartender/Arthur Saunders
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. Aaron Barth
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. David Nuun
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Monty Blain
->Rumor #131934:
The Oxygen is mostly used for the terraforming machines, which run around the clock. Their purpose is twofold: to increase Oxygen content in the air around the base, and to introduce various atmosphere forming gases like carbon dioxide and nitrogen into the atmosphere. We still have at least fifty years before this operation is completed.
 * Planetform Inc./California Minor Bartender/Arthur Saunders
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. Aaron Barth
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. David Nuun
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Monty Blain
->Rumor #131935:
We bring in our Terraforming Gases from Birmingham in the Manchester system. At least there aren't any of those dreadful Gaians in this corner of space.
 * Planetform Inc./California Minor Bartender/Arthur Saunders
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. Aaron Barth
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. David Nuun
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Monty Blain
->Rumor #131936:
Some time ago Planetform discovered that the Alien Organisms found in the Edge Nebula systems had very high reproductive rates, and could exist in quite hostile conditions. One of their primary functions is to dissolve the carbonate rocks found in abundance here, releasing elemental oxygen and carbon dioxide in the process.
 * Planetform Inc./California Minor Bartender/Arthur Saunders
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. Aaron Barth
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. David Nuun
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Monty Blain
->Rumor #131937:
Most of our Water is hauled in from Freeport 4 in the Magellan system. The thin snow layer that covers this planet is actually quite recent, a product of our Phase I cloud-seeding efforts. California Minor is still too cold and arid for sustainable agriculture.
 * Planetform Inc./California Minor Bartender/Arthur Saunders
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. Aaron Barth
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. David Nuun
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Monty Blain
->Rumor #131938:
Planetform, Inc. has operations in two Bretonia systems in addition to this one: Edinburgh and Tau-31. The Edinburgh project has been plagued from conception by terrorist activity in the area. Our headquarters is in the New London system at Canterbury.
 * Planetform Inc./California Minor Bartender/Arthur Saunders
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. Aaron Barth
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. David Nuun
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Monty Blain
->Rumor #131939:
Liberty has been quite accommodating to our needs. We certainly haven't had to contend with anything like the Gaians. They are more pragmatic here. The primary use of this planet following the completion of our project will be synthetic Food production, now that Los Angeles is becoming too dry.
 * Planetform Inc./California Minor Bartender/Arthur Saunders
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. Aaron Barth
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. David Nuun
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Monty Blain
->Rumor #131940:
The use of Alien Organisms dramatically accelerate the terraforming process. Original estimates for California Minor were in the 400-year range. We now think we will be able to complete it in 840 AS, less than a quarter of the original estimate.
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. Aaron Barth
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. David Nuun
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Monty Blain
->Rumor #131941:
Our hope is that some even more robust and prolific Alien Organisms can be discovered in the mysterious clouds of the Edge Nebula. It's as if they were tailor-made for the process of making planets habitable.
 * Planetform Inc./California Minor Bartender/Arthur Saunders
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. Aaron Barth
 * Planetform, Inc./Asst. David Nuun
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Monty Blain
->Rumor #131942:
We bring in supplies to augment Planetform's operation here -- mostly Oxygen, Food, Construction Machinery, and H-Fuel.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Ryan Dust
->Rumor #131943:
Just made the monthly Silver run from Newark. Always gives me the nerves. Everybody out there is your enemy when you start hauling high-value stuff. Guess they use it for their cloud-seeding operations.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Ryan Dust
->Rumor #131944:
We bring in the Alien Organisms from Newark that Planetform uses to jumpstart the process. The Sirius Commerce Act prohibits any import of Alien Organisms onto planets with indigenous life forms like Manhattan, but sterile planets like this one don't apply.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Ryan Dust
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====Planet Los Angeles (California)====
->Rumor #131878:
This is the center of the universe for Ageira. Company HQ. I do my little part by shipping in Side Arms from Detroit. I take Optical Chips to Norfolk on the way back to New York. Only tough part of the trip is getting the Side Arms past the Xenos on the first stretch to Manhattan.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Elijah Conrey
->Rumor #131879:
I hear the Lane Hackers get lonely for California sometimes. They got some asteroid base out in the Barrier someplace, where you never see the sun. IC and Ageira are determined to catch them. They might start right here. Word is, the Hackers got some secret friends inside still. That's how they are keeping up with all the security patches that Ageira releases.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Elijah Conrey
->Rumor #131880:
This is where they do all of the software development for Ageira. Few years back, some programmers got uppity and took off with a bunch of source codes for the USI tracking software. IC was furious; came in and had a big investigation done. Hasn't stopped the Lane Hackers.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Elijah Conrey
->Rumor #131881:
Just made a circuit of the Sierra Field. We like to troll for Rogues close to the Trade Lane to Mojave. They like to hang out there at the edge of the field, waiting for ships to come along.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Fred Rigg
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Ellen Hammond
->Rumor #131882:
We know there's a Rogue asteroid base in the Whitney Field. Problem is getting close enough to nail someone without disturbing the hornets' nest. Believe me, you'll know if you did. There's Outcasts around too. So ya gotta be careful.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Fred Rigg
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Ellen Hammond
->Rumor #131883:
Bagged me a trophy Outcast the other day just inside the Tahoe Cloud to the west of the San Diego Lane. Just an escort for a smuggler, but still a pretty good bounty. Drinks are on me tonight.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Fred Rigg
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Ellen Hammond
->Rumor #131884:
It's hard to get to, but there's a Jump Hole to Texas pretty close to the Rogue base. Tough to hang out there for long; Rogues and Outcasts will swarm you pretty quick. Only the gutsy guys risk it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Fred Rigg
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Ellen Hammond
->Rumor #131885:
I'm new to the system. Got tired of New York. Only way to move up there in the Guild is to head into the Badlands. Nasty, that dark cloud is. I prefer open asteroid fields, personally. I think I'll head out to the Whitney Field for a look.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Fred Rigg
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Ellen Hammond
->Rumor #131886:
I'm heading off to Cortez. I hear there's Rogues as far as the eye can see out there. A big group of ex-LPI guys is based at that resort Curacao -- keep asking me to join them. They expect to cash out pretty quick, although two of them already bit it. Definitely some risk involved.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Fred Rigg
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Ellen Hammond
->Rumor #131887:
We know there's a Rogue asteroid base in the Whitney Field. Problem is getting close enough to nail someone without disturbing the hornets' nest. Believe me, you'll know if you did. There's Outcasts around, too, so ya gotta be careful.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Fred Rigg
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Ellen Hammond
->Rumor #131888:
We just came in with a load of Polymers and Hydrocarbons from Birmingham, across the Barrier in Manchester. I'm turning the ship back for Sheffield Station tomorrow with a load of Optical Chips.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Garrett Twidell
->Rumor #131889:
I haul Luxury Food from Cambridge all the way here. You really have to push it to make it before the Food spoils. We typically pick up a load of Luxury Goods for New London on the return. That's less time-sensitive but more dangerous for the Lane Hackers in Cortez and Magellan. They always seem to know when we're coming.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Garrett Twidell
->Rumor #131890:
I've hauled Superconductors and Boron from New York to New London and Leeds as long as I can remember. I usually pick up a load of Polymers or Hydrocarbons in Manchester for the return trip across the Barrier.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Garrett Twidell
->Rumor #131891:
I handle Gold and Luxury Goods runs between New London and Manhattan. It gets pretty stressful. The armored transport helps, but it also serves as a flashing billboard for every criminal in scanning range to come and take a look.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Garrett Twidell
->Rumor #131892:
This is our turn-around point in Liberty. We run Pharmaceuticals from our Denver plant to Ft. Bush and Manhattan, then continue on to Los Angeles. We pick up raw materials like Hydrocarbons and Polymers that are produced in Manchester here.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. David Haverla
->Rumor #131893:
One day Liberty will rid itself of the Outcasts and its Cardamine habit. There will be much safer ways for users to feel good using future Cryer products, without funding the activities of illegals like the Rogues and Outcasts.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. David Haverla
->Rumor #131894:
Cryer transports don't handle small shipments to police and military bases. We also don't go to Cortez or Magellan. So Universal, Gateway, and Orbital Spa perform distribution duties for us in this part of Sirius.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. David Haverla
->Rumor #131895:
My ship has been running Beryllium into Colorado for some time now. We pick it up in Kensington, New London. That's just a way point. It gets mined in the Cambridge system. We usually stop here and pick up a load of Optical Chips for the Cambridge Consumer Goods factory on our return. Sure beats hauling Food to Freeport 4.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Alan Lester
->Rumor #131896:
Just got in on a Gold run from the Hood in Dublin. Everything was fine until we got to the Barrier Cloud in Magellan. The Lane Hackers were waiting as usual -- pounced on us as soon as we entered the Trade Lane to Freeport 4. We got lucky when a Universal convoy showed up. Still lost one of my escorts.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Alan Lester
->Rumor #131897:
Gateway supplies most of the IMG bases in the Sirius Sector and hauls their products to market. Take Freeport 4 in Magellan, for example. We ship them their Food, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Goods, Engine Components, and H-Fuel. We bring Water back. Not a killer run, but it pays the bills.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Alan Lester
->Rumor #131898:
I'm on leave from the Yukon. That's the battleship parked in orbit above LA. They gave a group of us some time to recuperate after doing patrols into Cortez. Liberty is a joke compared to the Independent Worlds. The LPI wouldn't last two seconds out there.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Chris Waltrip
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dana Lindman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Travis Macson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Josh Hackett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Linda Kennedy
->Rumor #131899:
I'm on leave from the Yukon. They gave my squadron some time to recuperate after doing a month of combat patrols in Cortez. Liberty is a joke compared to the Independent Worlds. The LPI wouldn't last two seconds out there.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Chris Waltrip
->Rumor #131900:
It's frustrating trying to stop the Cardamine smuggling. All of those rich New Yorkers keep buying the drugs, then they turn around and tell us that it's a big problem that has to be fought. Rumor is that Cryer is doing some pretty hard lobbying back in Manhattan to keep the drug war going.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Chris Waltrip
->Rumor #131901:
Los Angeles is the dream post for an LPI trooper. Nice climate, and they give you a special cost of living adjustment for all the high prices. Living quarters are kind of tight, but you take what you can get.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dana Lindman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Travis Macson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Josh Hackett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Linda Kennedy
->Rumor #131902:
Sometimes I really can't take the superior attitude of the Synth Food and Ageira types with their fancy houses and all. They expect us to keep their little world perfect, but at the same time, stay invisible. We're just honest, hardworking Joes trying to make a living.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dana Lindman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Travis Macson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Josh Hackett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Linda Kennedy
->Rumor #131903:
Had a long patrol today. Went all the way to the New York Gate. We ran into some Rogues at the Mojave Trade Lane bend. Seems to be a popular place for the criminally minded.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dana Lindman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Travis Macson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Josh Hackett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Linda Kennedy
->Rumor #131904:
We're pretty sure there's a Rogue base in the Whitney Field, but the higher ups say that's a Bounty Hunter problem. We should just find it and clear out the nest. My guess is that Bounty Hunters are paying off the LPI execs back in Houston. They don't want the criminal population to be reduced too much. Bad for business.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dana Lindman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Travis Macson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Josh Hackett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Linda Kennedy
 * Liberty Population/Los Angeles Bartender/Bill Greenwood
->Rumor #131905:
California is Rogue central. We got 'em in all the asteroid fields. No Xenos, though. Never been any mining or manufacturing workers in this system.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dana Lindman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Travis Macson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Josh Hackett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Linda Kennedy
 * Liberty Population/Los Angeles Bartender/Bill Greenwood
->Rumor #131906:
We think there's an illegal access route from Cortez into the Tahoe Cloud somewhere, but that's not our problem. I won't set foot off the Trade Lane in that area.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dana Lindman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Travis Macson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Josh Hackett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Linda Kennedy
 * Liberty Population/Los Angeles Bartender/Bill Greenwood
->Rumor #131907:
I'm heading out on a patrol into the Sierra Ice Field tomorrow. It'll be my first time on an assault crew. I'm pretty pumped. We're looking for Rogues to fill this week's prison convoy bound for Texas.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dana Lindman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Travis Macson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Josh Hackett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Linda Kennedy
->Rumor #131909:
They got me on California Minor patrol. Pretty boring. Nothing like the Tahoe Cloud. That's the hardest place LPI goes in all of Liberty.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dana Lindman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Travis Macson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Josh Hackett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Linda Kennedy
->Rumor #131910:
The military handles most of the tough Lane Hacker and Outcast areas of the western Tahoe Cloud. They don't want us interferin', they say. Just a bunch of privileged, arrogant hotheads in my opinion.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dana Lindman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Travis Macson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Josh Hackett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Linda Kennedy
 * Liberty Population/Los Angeles Bartender/Bill Greenwood
->Rumor #131911:
Next week they're transferring me to the Los Angeles-San Diego Trade Lane patrol through the Tahoe. You're liable to run into Rogues, Lane Hackers, even Outcasts. It's an assignment for gung ho young 'uns straight out of the academy, or bored vets about to join the Bounty Hunters. I'm neither.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dana Lindman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Travis Macson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Josh Hackett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Linda Kennedy
->Rumor #131912:
Last week the Rogues attacked the prison convoy bound for Texas somewhere near the New York Gate. It's tough keeping that area under control -- no bases nearby. They didn't succeed, but it was close there for a while. It shut down the Trade Lane for a couple of hours.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dana Lindman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Travis Macson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Josh Hackett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Linda Kennedy
 * Liberty Population/Los Angeles Bartender/Bill Greenwood
->Rumor #131913:
We purchase most of our supplies like Food, Oxygen, Pharmaceuticals, and H-Fuel from Los Angeles. It's a short run, but off the Trade Lanes, so it takes a while. Not too much risk from Rogues with these cargos.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Michael Bruunt
->Rumor #131914:
I run the Silver to California Minor for the cloud-seeding operation, which will need to go on for another few decades at least. The Rogues wait patiently for the Silver run. I've been attacked so many times I don't even think much about it anymore.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Michael Bruunt
->Rumor #131915:
California Minor gets their Terraforming Gases and Water from Magellan and Manchester. All the Water here is so full of toxic, dissolved mineral salts that it's too expensive to attempt desalinization. That's why they mined out so much of this system's ice asteroids over the centuries. All that's left is low grade, dirty stuff.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Michael Bruunt
->Rumor #131916:
We bring in Fertilizers from Houston, then ship out Food to Denver, Manhattan, and Houston. Synth Foods is the future. I wish the farmers of Kusari and Rheinland could see that.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Carson Mothis
->Rumor #131917:
This is Synth Foods' home base. We still produce a fair amount of Food here, although not as cheaply as Stuttgart. Our plan is to eventually phase out growing operations on Los Angeles. The soil and climate just can't support the sustainable production levels that we need.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Carson Mothis
->Rumor #131918:
We are committed to enhancing Food production throughout the Sirius Sector, whether it is through increased use of biodomes in the Independent and Border Worlds, or the introduction of more efficient use of technology to traditional growing areas like Stuttgart and Kyushu. We will prevail.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Carson Mothis
->Rumor #131919:
They got me running basic supplies to all the bases in California. There's the Yukon, the Police border station, California Minor, and then that research base, Willard. Gets a little exciting in the clouds, especially when I'm hauling Food and Pharmaceuticals. They don't care much about the Oxygen and Water.
 * Universal Shipping/ John Dangelo
->Rumor #131920:
I do the New London to Manhattan Gold run inbound, Luxury Goods on the return trip. Gets rough crossing the Barrier. Pretty much a breeze inside of Liberty. We usually stop in L.A. because there's always a lot of demand from all the luxury boutiques here.
 * Universal Shipping/ John Dangelo
->Rumor #131921:
I'm heading out in a couple of hours to do an Optical Chip run from the Ageira plant to Houston. I hope to pick up some Construction Machinery and return next week sometime. Otherwise I could be stuck on Houston for a while.
 * Universal Shipping/ John Dangelo
->Rumor #131922:
I'm heading out in a couple of hours to do an Optical Chip and Polymer run to Houston. I hope to pick up some Construction Machinery and Engine Components and return next week sometime. If I'm lucky, they might give me a Silver shipment for the cloud-seeding programs here in California.
 * Universal Shipping/ John Dangelo
->Rumor #131923:
I'm just passing through from Trenton HQ with a load of Superconductors bound for Southampton in New London. It's more interesting than the Water run from Manhattan. Now that's a bore.
 * Universal Shipping/ John Dangelo
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====Riverside Station (California)====
->Rumor #131730:
We ship in our basic needs like Food, Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel from Denver. Usually these shipments are pretty uneventful, which is just how I like it.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131731:
Ageira Technologies produces the most sophisticated technology in the Sirius Sector. We have exclusively designed and manufactured all of the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates that have made hyper-fast, long-distance space travel feasible for the first time in human history.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131732:
There has been one most unfortunate occurrence in Ageira's past: the Dallas Incident in 500 AS, a Jump Gate research project in the Texas system that went horribly wrong. Thousands of dedicated Ageira employees were lost in one dreadful moment. To this day the Texas system remains mostly off-limits due to the radiation and debris hazards.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131733:
Ageira ships its primary products of Super Alloys, Superconductors, and Trade Lane Parts to Trenton, where Universal distributes them across the Sirius Sector.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131734:
Pueblo is our primary Trade Lane Parts manufacturing facility. We also produce the latest Super Alloys and Superconductors for use in Liberty Navy Ship Hull construction and engines.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131735:
Ageira products like the Jump Gates have been developed through the centuries based on advanced technologies unlocked from Alien Artifacts found at an excavation site in Manhattan during the early days of Liberty. It is Liberty's most valuable secret, and one that is jealously guarded.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131736:
We handle the shipment of Superconductors and Super Alloys to the Norfolk Shipyard in New York, and Denver. These high-tech components become the armor of Liberty ships.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131737:
Ageira has a long and distinguished history. Its founders were among the initial population of Liberty, soon after planetfall on Manhattan in 0 AS. All scientists and engineers -- they were handpicked by the Liberty government to exploit and develop new transportation technologies for the future.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131739:
The Lane Hackers are a misguided group of software and hardware development engineers that never appreciated the opportunities that Ageira presented. They stole extremely valuable Ageira intellectual property and used it to their own personal advantage. Due to their shortsighted actions, the criminal scourge has spread like a plague throughout the entire Sirius network of Trade Lanes.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
->Rumor #131740:
ALG delivers large quantities of MOX to this facility. This is far and away our largest customer for this product. It is used as a base energy source for Trade Lanes and Jump Gates, although there is no way that fusion alone could create the energy required to operate these monstrous creations.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Stefan Hütte
->Rumor #131741:
We haul tremendous amounts of Toxic Waste away from this plant. The Xenos are always waiting in the asteroid field it seems.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Stefan Hütte
->Rumor #131742:
ALG would like to produce Super Alloys at our Dortmund plant in the near future. We are perfectly willing to handle other people's garbage for a chance to eventually learn exactly how their products are made.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Stefan Hütte
->Rumor #131743:
We bring in Polymers and Hydrocarbons from Manchester, site of our Birmingham manufactory, via Newark.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bryce Streymoore
->Rumor #131744:
This is the sole location where Superconductors are produced in the Sirius Sector. None of the other Houses could stay competitive with Liberty. We ship them to Los Angeles, and eventually Southampton Shipyard in the New London system.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bryce Streymoore
->Rumor #131745:
Bowex feels that Bretonian Super Alloys are superior to those produced here, so we don't feel the need to import any. House Kusari and Rheinland unfortunately do not agree with our assessment.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bryce Streymoore
->Rumor #131746:
We bring in the Beryllium to Pueblo all the way from the Cardiff mine in Cambridge, even though we have no outbound cargo here. It is a quick shot back into New York where we can fill up for the journey home.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. David Harris
->Rumor #131747:
We'd like to break into the Trade Lane Parts-hauling business, but the Liberty government and Ageira will not allow it. They say it must be a Liberty company that handles their precious cargo. I smell something fishy.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. David Harris
->Rumor #131748:
Liberty does seem to have a lot of criminal problems -- not as tough as our Mollys, and certainly nothing like the Corsairs -- but plenty of them, especially those Rogues.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. David Harris
->Rumor #131749:
We ship Niobium in from Deshima. On the return journey we bring Terraforming Gases for the biodome farms there. We also transport Superconductors, which are shipped onward to the Yukawa Shipyard in Honshu.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kimitoshi Kawamoto
->Rumor #131750:
We've attempted to reverse-engineer Ageira products at our Kansai research center, but so far, unsuccessfully. If we could duplicate the Trade Lanes, we could finally be free of Liberty's stranglehold on that most critical technology.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kimitoshi Kawamoto
->Rumor #131751:
We get attacked on the way down from Shikoku by Lane Hackers and Rogues, and both ways by Xenos. Kusari space is certainly much safer than this. We don't have crime problems like this. I wish Liberty would clean up the Independent Worlds, since the criminals come from here.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kimitoshi Kawamoto
->Rumor #131752:
I just finished a very difficult run from the Ring in New Berlin with a load of Daumann-mined Cobalt and Copper. First we have to deal with the Unioners in New Berlin and Hamburg. Then the Xenos take over in Hudson and Texas. Then they hit us again just down the Lane in the Silverton Field. You'd think they wouldn't care about a bunch of ore, but they just hate us.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hans Grüber
->Rumor #131753:
We're heading out tomorrow for the Ring and the Oder Shipyard with a load of Superconductors and Super Alloys. I need a drink before pondering that journey. Wish I could find a decent beer around here; that Liberty ale is awful.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hans Grüber
->Rumor #131754:
It's too bad Rheinland can't manufacture these goods herself, because we certainly have the raw materials. Rheinland innovation and entrepreneurship has lagged since the 80-Years War.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hans Grüber
->Rumor #131755:
Samura ships Niobium to Pueblo all the way from Freeport 6 in the Tau-29 system. We're picking up a return shipment of Superconductors bound for the Nansei antimatter research center in Kyushu.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichiro Ogami
->Rumor #131756:
Samura uses Super Alloys and Superconductors for construction of Kusari naval force ships in the Yokohama Shipyard. House Kusari would love to manufacture these items internally, but we have been unable to duplicate Ageira's manufacturing techniques, which are truly a mystery.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichiro Ogami
->Rumor #131757:
The Xenos are a constant thorn in our side in Galileo and Colorado. We've had to invest in better ships and more escorts to protect ourselves. Samura doesn't understand why the Xenos blame us for their misfortunes. Most of it can be blamed on their own Deep Space Engineering and Ageira, who did not respond to the Kusari challenge in commercial ship building.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichiro Ogami
->Rumor #131758:
We bring additional supplies of Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel from Denver via the Rio Grande to supplement what Ageira ships here. We pick up Superconductors outbound for Trenton.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Jamie Collins
->Rumor #131759:
We ship Trade Lane parts to Roppongi in the New Tokyo system. There they get offloaded to a DSE freighter for the final leg of their journey to the Chugoku Gate construction site in Hokkaido. That's way out there, some pretty hostile territory.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Jamie Collins
->Rumor #131760:
We ship Boron in from Pittsburgh, Copper from Houston, and Basic Alloys from Texas or Ft. Bush. Universal is willing to ship throughout Liberty to keep her in the forefront.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Jamie Collins
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====San Diego Border Station (California)====
->Rumor #131986:
I love it out here. I grew up on Houston, but I always dreamed about going to the Barrier. It's so beautiful in the skies of Liberty. Who would've known it was chock-full of nasties? I use this as my base for popping into Magellan. I'd rather have the LPI as roommates than the criminals on those Freeports.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131987:
I got the Jump Hole routes down in this part of Sirius. The Outcasts run their drugs from Manchester through a Hole to Magellan, then across to Cortez. From there, into the Tahoe Cloud, then across this system to the Texas Hole. Pretty good, eh? I dare you to follow it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131988:
The Guild does a regular "fishing" trip into the Cloud every day. We usually snag something. A Rogue or two -- once in a while you get an Outcast. Like catching one of those giant black two-finned sharks they have on Curacao. You have to let it run the line till it tires out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131989:
They say if you want to get in with the Outcasts, get friendly with the Rogues. Then graduate to the Lane Hackers. Run some drugs. Then you're on your way. Hard to turn back at that point, since you'll be a Cardamine addict for life.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131990:
I'm doing long-range recon patrols into the Whitney Field. We do a lazy loop around it, keeping our distance from the Rogue base. Our usual path runs right along the Outcast smuggling route, so you have to be real careful.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131991:
The Corsairs are a tough lot. Best chance to get in with them is with the Junkers. Whatever you do, stay away from the Hessian and Outcast alliances. As I said, hard to do.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131992:
Talk about bad luck& I got posted here six months ago. LPI shouldn't even be here. This is practically Border World territory. We got a huge cloud full of nasties separating us from civilization. Can't just go for a pleasure run to Los Angeles.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131993:
They send all the problem people here, literally to kill you. Our western patrol goes right into the thick of the cloud west of the Lane. I've seen more than one of my buddies disappear in a puff of smoke. One moment they're joking with you about their next vacation, next thing, poof!
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131994:
They set up this border station to keep a watch on the Magellan Gate, since it's so isolated from everything else in the system. Then some genius planetside decided that we needed to do patrols into the Tahoe Cloud.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131995:
The eastern patrol goes through some old abandoned paths from the ice mining days. Then it loops back towards the Trade Lane. I just grit my teeth the whole way and hope that no baddies show up on radar.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131996:
I'm just countin' the days. I got thirty-two left before I go back to a life. The attrition rate here is real bad. So far, twenty guys this month got vaporized by Outcasts, Hackers, or Rogues. That's some bad odds. I need to look for a new line of work if I make it through this.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131997:
I may as well join the Bounty Hunters if I'm going to get posts like this. When they told me back on Sugarland that there was a combat opening in California, I jumped at the chance. Now I know why. I was replacing some other fool who lasted all of three days.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131998:
Just dropping off some basic supplies from Los Angeles. We usually stop at Willard first. Today we're bringing in Food, Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel. I'm getting out of here as fast as I can.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. John Pullin
->Rumor #131999:
They ordered some Side Arms, so we're obliging. I wish they could just come to Los Angeles to pick them up; it would make life a lot easier. I guess the replacement rate for new recruits is pretty high, so they need a lot of new issues on Side Arms.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. John Pullin
->Rumor #132000:
I guess the Universal contract with LPI and the navy is real lucrative. Half the time we're flying half-empty. I don't care. Just give me my paycheck. At least the pirates don't hassle us too much.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. John Pullin
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====Willard Research Station (California)====
->Rumor #131966:
This place makes me feel real unwelcome. Them navy folks just don't want us here. They're all suspicious and secretive. We're just performing a necessary duty -- waste disposal. That's what I would call it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kate Wolfe
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Nick Barnes
->Rumor #131967:
I'm getting bored around here. Same old stuff with the Rogues and Hackers. I want to get out to the Border Worlds. The Corsairs and Red Hessians are supposed to be nasty in the Omega systems.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kate Wolfe
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Nick Barnes
->Rumor #131968:
I'm just taking a breather. Been floating around this cursed cloud for weeks. There's lots of bad guys out there; it's just tough to nail them. Half the time you're just trying to avoid ice crystals appearing out of the mists.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kate Wolfe
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Nick Barnes
->Rumor #131969:
This is a good base to intercept Outcasts doing their smuggling runs from Cortez to Texas. Their main route passes just south of here. That doesn't make it guaranteed, but definitely a better chance.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kate Wolfe
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Nick Barnes
->Rumor #131970:
Those white coats gave me a strange request last week. They said to bring back an Outcast with their Cardamine. Guess they want to study them more closely. Sounds kind of creepy to me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kate Wolfe
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Nick Barnes
->Rumor #131971:
We're not too far from the Whitney Ice Asteroid Field. The main Rogue hideout in California is there. They also got the Jump Hole to Texas.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kate Wolfe
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Nick Barnes
->Rumor #131972:
I'm here to patrol the area and look for Rogues and Outcasts. I have no idea what research they do. That area of the base is restricted access, scientists only. They have some biological quarantine barrier between the labs and the rest of the ship.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Hollie Welch
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jack Bently
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Andy Lords
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jay Richards
 * Liberty Navy/Willard Bartender/Chris Logan
->Rumor #131973:
I heard they had an accident down in the lab last week. Some sort of unknown pathogen released from one of their samples. Guess that's why they keep it so closed off.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Hollie Welch
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jack Bently
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Andy Lords
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jay Richards
->Rumor #131974:
They used to attack this base a lot before we placed a regular squadron on it. We run a patrol through the cloud daily, letting them know who's in charge here.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Hollie Welch
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jack Bently
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Andy Lords
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jay Richards
 * Liberty Navy/Willard Bartender/Chris Logan
->Rumor #131975:
I hear they got all sorts of bizarre plants no one's seen before growing in a greenhouse down on Level B. They're all sorts of strange orange and purple colors. Cryer's supposed to be interested in that one.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Hollie Welch
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jack Bently
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Andy Lords
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jay Richards
->Rumor #131976:
Most of this ice around us is ammonia. Not much help for California's water problems. They mined the Sierra and Whitney Fields for a long time, however. Nothing left there now but some old, abandoned equipment and Rogues.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Hollie Welch
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jack Bently
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Andy Lords
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jay Richards
 * Liberty Navy/Willard Bartender/Chris Logan
->Rumor #131977:
The LSF has brought in some of those strange Artifacts to the lab. We never heard what happened, but I suppose they did some experimenting or something. I never have figured out exactly what the LSF does.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Hollie Welch
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jack Bently
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Andy Lords
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jay Richards
->Rumor #131978:
I can't stand being penned up on this rock for weeks. We only see the sun as a hazy apparition most of the time, unless we're on patrol. Those Bounty Hunters get stinky, too. Guess they don't learn proper hygiene in prison.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Hollie Welch
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jack Bently
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Andy Lords
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jay Richards
->Rumor #131979:
Some top-secret folks came in from Alaska last week. All interested in the Alien stuff going on here. Sometimes I think there's a lot more going on in Liberty than I ever imagined.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Hollie Welch
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jack Bently
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Andy Lords
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jay Richards
->Rumor #131980:
The navy is a great place for someone to move up in Liberty society. We're held in great respect by the big corporations, defending their interests wherever they may be.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Hollie Welch
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jack Bently
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Andy Lords
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jay Richards
 * Liberty Navy/Willard Bartender/Chris Logan
->Rumor #131981:
This base was opened up in 700 to more carefully study the Alien Organisms that are brought back from the Omicron systems. They figured this field would be a good place to study their interaction with ammonia and methane, which are far more common frozen gases than water in the California system.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Hollie Welch
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jack Bently
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Andy Lords
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jay Richards
->Rumor #131982:
I used to work for the Bounty Hunters before joining up with the navy. I don't fit in too good with these squeaky-clean military types, but I've saved their butts a bunch of times out in Cortez. They need people like me.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Hollie Welch
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jack Bently
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Andy Lords
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jay Richards
->Rumor #131983:
This is my second stop on the California supply run. We bring Food, Water, Oxygen, Pharmaceuticals, and H-Fuel to the military and police bases in the system. Last stop is the San Diego Border Station at the Magellan Gate.
 * Universal Shipping/ Steve Willingham
->Rumor #131984:
Not sure why they want these Alien Organisms here. We bring them in from Newark. I thought all they used these things for was terraforming.
 * Universal Shipping/ Steve Willingham
->Rumor #131985:
I think the military should handle its own supplies for bases like this. Too much risk for us. Why did they have to build a base in the middle of the second nastiest cloud in Liberty space anyway?
 * Universal Shipping/ Steve Willingham
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====Battleship Norfolk (Cambridge)====
->Rumor #132560:
We go further into the clouds than the Armed Forces do. I've gone right by the Omega-5 Jump Hole more than once. That takes some guts, let me tell ya. The Corsairs get really nasty if you get too close to their access points. I've never been in Omega-5. Not too many Hunters survive to tell their tales of that area.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132561:
Word from Freeport I is that the Corsairs are losing their turf war with the Hessians in Omega-5. That'll save Bretonia's rear. Once the Hessians cut off Omega-5, the Corsairs won't have an access route into Cambridge anymore. Hessians don't much care about this corner of the woods.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132562:
Our group went on a long-range patrol along the Corsair Artifact smuggling route to the New London Jump Hole. I got one of 'em in my sights, but his buddies laid some wicked covering fire that forced me to break off. Those Corsairs are a wily lot.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132563:
There are some top Hunters of the Guild out in the Omega Sector. I was talking to one of 'em last week on Freeport 1 -- said he'd made it all the way to Freeport 5 in Omega-41. That's on the edge of nothing, that is. He talked about a neutron star's deadly radiation that'll fry ya in a couple of minutes if you aren't properly protected.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132564:
I used to be an IMG miner in Cardiff. This is much better work -- yeah, a little more dangerous, but a lot more rewarding. They recruited me for my knowledge of the Grasmere and Keswick Clouds. I grew up on Cambridge, so I know 'em like the back of my hand.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132565:
The Guild is gaining membership in Rheinland. It was tough for a while, but the pay is better than the Federal Police can offer, and you have more freedom to boot. Of course, the Red Hessians are growing, too, so it's not an easy job. The Mollys and Gaians would be chicken feed for that lot.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132566:
We are delivering supplies from Cambridge for the battleship. It's not much of a run, but it keeps me busy. The Corsairs rarely bother us along the Cambridge line. We bring the Side Arms and H-Fuel in from London as needed.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132567:
We had a rough MOX run on the way in. Mollys attacked us as we left LD-14. The Armed Forces saved the day on that one. Then the Mollys bit us again in New London. This time it got dicey, since all we had were police in the area. I lost an escort on that one.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132568:
Normally, running Toxic Waste from a ship like this one is not an attractive target, but those Mollys think they can build a dirty bomb with some of this nasty stuff. So, we have to deal with stress both ways from LD-14.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132569:
The Norfolk serves as a keystone in the defense of Bretonia against the scourge of the Corsairs. The Cambridge Line stretches between here and Cambridge to offer additional protection for ships traveling along that Trade Lane.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132570:
Omega-3 is a sea of ice asteroids. Corsairs are more of a problem in our end of the system; the Red Hessians take over at the east end. Apparently, there's no Jump Hole between Omega-3 and here, or between Omega-3 and Omega-7. That keeps things a little bit more controlled.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
->Rumor #132571:
We patrol the Trade Lane into the Keswick Cloud, a favorite crossing point for Corsairs, and the Lane to Cardiff. The Omega-3 Gate area is particularly contentious right now. We've allocated an entire squadron to patrol just that vicinity.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132572:
Captain Edwards says we're going out into the Grasmere tomorrow on a search and destroy mission to look for Corsairs. Guess I better record a message for my momma, in case I don't come back.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
->Rumor #132573:
We've extended our patrols into Omega-3 per the conditions of the Omega Trade Lane Pact with Rheinland. Problem is, they aren't holding up their end in Omega-7. The excuse is not enough money. We're itching to go in there, but London won't allow it.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132574:
Cambridge used to be such a peaceful place, and then the Corsairs showed up. They've built that Cambridge Line to assure all those university types in Cambridge that everything is under control. Fact is the Line's useless. The weapon platforms are too far apart, and the Corsairs just go around the ends of the Line.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #134284:
The Henry Jones Gold convoy was bound for Rheinland when it was attacked by Corsairs near the Omega-3 Gate. Its escorts were destroyed, and the ship was commandeered. An Armed Forces patrol responding to the initial distress call intercepted the raiding party near the edge of the Grasmere Cloud, and a bloody firefight ensued. The heavily damaged armored transport was the only pirate ship able to escape into the safety of the Grasmere Cloud. Its crew is believed to have perished in there before establishing contact with other Corsairs in the area.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
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====Cambridge Research Station (Cambridge)====
->Rumor #132547:
Cryer used to ship its own Organisms from Leeds. Unfortunately, that little spat with the Outcasts led to a lot of its ships being destroyed in Smog Alley, that stretch of Trade Lane between Leeds and the New London Gate that runs between the clouds. Now we handle it.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Harvey Jordan
->Rumor #132548:
We normally stop by Cambridge to pick up a load of Food or Consumer Goods for Leeds on our return trip up north. That doesn't interest the Outcasts up there as much.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Harvey Jordan
->Rumor #132549:
It's too bad Bretonia has to depend on a Liberty company for our drugs. Just goes to show you how we've fallen behind over the centuries. Maybe some of these young researchers will see the light and head off on their own.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Harvey Jordan
->Rumor #132551:
This station gets all of its basic supplies from Cambridge. We ship the Pharmaceuticals produced here either to Cambridge or directly to New London.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ David Bond
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Stephan Key
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Cambridge Research Station Bartender/RBT-117
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Nigel Booth
->Rumor #132552:
Cryer is the sole Pharmaceutical producer remaining in the Sirius Sector. We closely guard our secrets here. We feel that we charge very reasonable prices for our products, given the lack of competition.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ David Bond
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Stephan Key
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Cambridge Research Station Bartender/RBT-117
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Nigel Booth
->Rumor #132553:
There is a special secret lab that I'm not supposed to talk about. That's where all Organisms first go when they arrive. The scientists verify whether the particular strain has been characterized before releasing it to the rest of the researchers in the station.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ David Bond
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Stephan Key
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Nigel Booth
->Rumor #132554:
We are not allowed to land on any planet inhabited by Alien Organisms that we use for our research purposes here, so we have to ship them from the Glasgow Outpost in Leeds.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ David Bond
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Stephan Key
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Cambridge Research Station Bartender/RBT-117
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Nigel Booth
->Rumor #132555:
Cambridge Research Station was created to provide a stimulating research and development environment in zero-g and to enable us to study the Organisms from the Edge Nebula. These opportunities were unavailable on our planetside locations due to the Alien Import Prohibition Act of 500 AS, which prohibits the importing of any Alien Organism onto inhabited planets.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ David Bond
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Stephan Key
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Cambridge Research Station Bartender/RBT-117
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Nigel Booth
->Rumor #132556:
Cryer is trying to synthetically derive Cardamine from the Alien Organisms. Cardamine is naturally harvested by the Outcasts within the Omicron systems of the Edge Nebula. If Cryer can reproduce it here, but in a milder and more socially acceptable form, then all the Cardamine addicts in Sirius will be able to switch to our legal version.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ David Bond
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Stephan Key
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Nigel Booth
->Rumor #132557:
One focus of the zero-g research here is to improve drugs for those workers and travelers that frequently must exist in both environments concurrently, such as the police, military, and other pilots of small spacecraft that lack the aid of artificial gravity.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ David Bond
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Stephan Key
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Cambridge Research Station Bartender/RBT-117
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Nigel Booth
->Rumor #132558:
Our efforts to synthesize Cardamine have not gone unnoticed by the Outcasts. The Atka Research Station in Sigma-17 is under constant attack. We definitely have a dangerous criminal enemy, which has led management to suspend direct shipments outside of Liberty unless Outcast activity is minimal along the route.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ David Bond
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Stephan Key
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Nigel Booth
->Rumor #132559:
The zero-g production environment has enabled us to produce many exotic drugs not possible planetside. It also aids in researching diseases peculiar to space-dwelling humans.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ David Bond
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Stephan Key
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Cambridge Research Station Bartender/RBT-117
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Nigel Booth
->Rumor #134284:
The Henry Jones Gold convoy was bound for Rheinland when it was attacked by Corsairs near the Omega-3 Gate. Its escorts were destroyed, and the ship was commandeered. An Armed Forces patrol responding to the initial distress call intercepted the raiding party near the edge of the Grasmere Cloud, and a bloody firefight ensued. The heavily damaged armored transport was the only pirate ship able to escape into the safety of the Grasmere Cloud. Its crew is believed to have perished in there before establishing contact with other Corsairs in the area.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Harvey Jordan
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====Cardiff Mining Facility (Cambridge)====
->Rumor #132575:
We're unloading supplies from Cambridge, and then we'll reload with Beryllium and head for the ALG smelter in Dortmund. It should be a smooth trip once we get past the Corsairs in the Keswick Cloud and Omega-3.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Steve Barry
->Rumor #132576:
The IMG has been good for us. We were really struggling, shipping Water and Oxygen to corporate bases and Freeports, until they selected us as their shipper of choice.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Steve Barry
->Rumor #132577:
Gateway hopes to surpass Bowex someday, but that'll be a tall order with all of the aristocratic friends they have in London. IMG has the same problem with BMM.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Steve Barry
->Rumor #132578:
This is the first IMG base established. BMM surveyors somehow missed it during the great mapping period in 450 AS. A couple of Cambridge geology professors on research sabbatical stumbled across it in 654. Lacking the practical experience to develop it, they persuaded some BMM mining engineers to start a new company.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Cardiff Bartender/Charles Coddington
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132579:
The IMG is a consortium of former BMM workers, independent miners of various creeds, and more recently, the unemployed legions of Rheinland workers resulting from the collapse of the Rheinland economy in 702.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Cardiff Bartender/Charles Coddington
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132580:
The IMG has encountered unexpected resistance in the Edge Worlds. The very territorial Corsairs and Outcasts view any incursions into the outer Omega or Tau worlds as direct assaults on them.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132581:
Cardiff produces the bulk of the Beryllium in the Sirius Sector. Gateway ships it to Rheinland, while the IMG handles the short run to Kensington. For the return journey, the IMG purchases Mining Machinery.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Cardiff Bartender/Charles Coddington
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132582:
Until quite recently, the IMG lacked the shipping capabilities to compete with BMM and Republican. Now that Gateway has joined forces, we are a much stronger entity.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Cardiff Bartender/Charles Coddington
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132583:
ALG has recently joined our cause, which makes our loose alliance very powerful. It has the most advanced refining capabilities in all of Bretonia and Rheinland. We now have all the pieces to establish a more progressive corporation than our competitors.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132584:
The IMG has been forced to conduct patrols since the arrival of Corsairs in our space. They have destroyed mining ships and illegally mined Beryllium directly from the field.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Cardiff Bartender/Charles Coddington
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132585:
The IMG feels that the Mollys were wronged by BMM. We should know, since most of us were exploited for years. Our Rheinland brethren can tell much the same story. Part of the Guild's charter is to share the wealth with as many of our rank and file as possible.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Cardiff Bartender/Charles Coddington
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132586:
The Hood, Freistadt, and Freeport 4 are open to all. This is part of our Freeport philosophy that we adopted from the Zoners. It is very effective in the Border and Independent Worlds and allows us to coexist with most criminal factions, unlike BMM, Daumann, and Kruger.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
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====Lisburn Rock (Cambridge)====
->Rumor #132652:
Why d'ya think the police don't come into the system? We'll skin em is why. They don't have the stomach for the type of fightin' that goes on here. Ever since we were founded it's been us against the military, and we ain't exactly losin'.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132653:
The Mollys were established right after the Founders Day Revolt. All we were trying to do was let the government know how bad we were being treated by BMM. The government didn't care. We weren't worth anything in their eyes, just like the BMM executives. We knew that Bretonia wasn't our home, and if we ever wanted to have a home we would have to carve it from Bretonian space.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132654:
You can process tiny amounts of weapons-grade Plutonium from MOX. We steal the MOX as it gets shipped from BMM's LD-14 base in Leeds. Soon we'll have enough MOX to detonate a bomb in the skies over New London. Maybe then they'll leave Dublin to us.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
->Rumor #132655:
The Mollys hate BMM. They were the ones who worked us to the bone. The life expectancy for a miner before the revolt was less than six years. If you're gonna have a life expectancy for a job, you might as well be a soldier.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132656:
Well, we lobbed old man Graves's head off in the Founders Day Revolt, but now his daughter runs GS&M. She is just as bad as he ever was, but she is more dangerous because she is smarter. One day I will see her dead. Our attacks at their base are getting closer and closer to blowing the whole station.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
->Rumor #132657:
One of our lads got captured last week by Bretonian military in Leeds during a MOX raid. He's one of our best -- Roger Patience's his name. He's on a prison convoy on its way to Newgate Prison. We're gonna crack him out in Manchester as the ships break from the Trade Lanes.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
->Rumor #132658:
The Hood supplies us with our basic Commodities. We also get Mining Machinery and Consumer Goods from the folks at that filth-infested base.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132659:
We send our people through the Jump Hole to New London to deal with the Junkers at Trafalgar to get the basic supplies that keep Arranmore running. They bring back Side Arms and Engine Components from Trafalgar. Junkers are always willing to trade those goods for the Gold that we've mined here.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132660:
Any MOX you can get your hands on will be much appreciated by us here. What we do with it is none of your business. And you aren't gonna mention who you sold it to if you ever get pinched. If ya do -- well, we have boys in Newgate, too.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #134282:
The Molly fighter Vanguard was on a Gold run from Dublin to Trafalgar when it was intercepted by a Bretonia Armed Forces patrol in the Cumbria Asteroid Field. They gave chase and he fled into a known gas hazard area. Unfortunately, his luck ran out that day when he encountered a particularly dense pocket. The ship still lies there, awaiting anyone foolish enough to knowingly enter a volatile gas zone.
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
->Rumor #134288:
The Bretonia Armed Forces Gunboat Storm was pursuing the culprits responsible for the Founders Day Revolt of 752 when it blundered into a large booby trap laid by the fleeing rebels within the future Molly Gold Field. The number 2 fusion reactor was breached, resulting in a huge explosion that vaporized the ship instantly. Several of its nearby escorts were caught in the shock wave and destroyed as well. To this day their debris lies somewhere in the mined area, which is officially off limits to Armed Forces salvage crews.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
->Rumor #134289:
The Scargill was participating on a Gold poaching run into the GS&M Gold Field several weeks ago when it was caught by the company security patrol. They pursued the fleeing ship into the minefield, where it blew up. There may still be looted Gold in the cargo hold; the GS&M patrol left it in place as a warning to other Mollys.
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
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====Planet Cambridge (Cambridge)====
->Rumor #132527:
Cambridge is Bretonia's breadbasket and Consumer Goods production center. We have various crews shipping Foods and Luxury Foods out to London. Consumer Goods shipments are consigned for London and Leeds.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Dennis Downs
->Rumor #132528:
I'm just dropping a bit of Gold from New London. We're headed out in the morning for Rheinland so I better have a drink tonight, since it could be my last.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Dennis Downs
->Rumor #132529:
We bring in the raw materials for Consumer Goods production from various locations. Basic Alloys are shipped from Stokes, Optical Chips come from Los Angeles, and Optronics are shipped from Kusari via New London. Polymers make the short trip from Freeport 1 in the Omega-3 system.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Dennis Downs
->Rumor #132530:
We transfer a lot of the Republican cargo from Rheinland to Bowex ships here, including Engine Components and High-Temperature Alloys going to Southampton. Occasionally, there's the odd Diamond shipment bound for the Leeds Mining Machinery plants.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Dennis Downs
->Rumor #132531:
Cambridge imports Fertilizers, Side Arms, and Luxury Goods from New London -- quite an eclectic mix of needs there, if I don't say so myself.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Dennis Downs
->Rumor #132532:
The prison convoy bound for Manchester got attacked yesterday. Corsairs came out of nowhere and ambushed them along the Lane to the New London Gate. They figure they were waiting on the nightside of Cambridge.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Amy Jolie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Charles Simms
 * Bretonia Population/Cambridge Bartender/Galen Warren
->Rumor #132533:
The patrol to the Norfolk isn't too bad. You've got the Cambridge Line between you and the bad guys in the clouds, and the military not far away. You've just got to keep an eye out.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Amy Jolie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Charles Simms
->Rumor #132534:
The Grasmere Cloud patrol is a volunteer-only assignment -- mostly young hotheads out to prove themselves. They've got plenty to do with all the Corsairs in there. There are heavy casualties on that one, sometimes 20% a week. The folly of youth...
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Amy Jolie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Charles Simms
 * Bretonia Population/Cambridge Bartender/Galen Warren
->Rumor #132535:
Cambridge is a very nice posting for one of us police types. It's not industrialized and all like Leeds and London. It does have those Cambridge University snobs, though. They help support the Green Front, which is the "official" arm of the Gaians. They provide financial support and sustain the media war with Planetform and BMM back in London.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Amy Jolie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Charles Simms
 * Bretonia Population/Cambridge Bartender/Galen Warren
->Rumor #132536:
Synth Foods hasn't arrived in Bretonia yet because nobody wants what happened to Rheinland. Consequently, the Cambridge growers are trying to be more efficient and lobbying London to insure that Liberty, Inc. doesn't get a foothold here.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Amy Jolie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Charles Simms
 * Bretonia Population/Cambridge Bartender/Galen Warren
->Rumor #132537:
At least the Police Authority doesn't have to deal with Omega-3. The Armed Forces has its hands full with Corsairs and Red Hessians out there. I've never been out of Bretonia and plan to keep it that way.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Amy Jolie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Charles Simms
 * Bretonia Population/Cambridge Bartender/Galen Warren
->Rumor #132538:
We use Cambridge as a convenient supply source for the Cambridge Research Station, which is high in orbit above this planet. Hydrocarbons and Polymers are shipped from Omega-3.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. John Nathaniel
->Rumor #132539:
Cryer uses Cambridge as our trans-shipment point for Pharmaceuticals produced on the station. In addition to our research activities, we supply all of Bretonia's needs.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. John Nathaniel
->Rumor #132540:
Cambridge is a good recruiting center for Cryer. The University provides us with many eager graduates who do not want to be far from home. There is a daily work shuttle expressly for that purpose.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. John Nathaniel
->Rumor #132541:
I'm on the Kensington circuit. We usually import H-Fuel or Gold. On the outbound trip it could be Food, Pharmaceuticals, or Consumer Goods. We don't make a lot of profit, but it's a fairly safe trip.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ronald Madden
->Rumor #132542:
We run the supplies to the IMG base Cardiff across the system. From there we pick up Beryllium for shipment to Kensington or Rheinland.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ronald Madden
->Rumor #132543:
From here the Trade Lanes get much more difficult. I'm heading out to the IMG base Freistadt in Omega-3. We ship Pharmaceuticals and Consumer Goods there. That's if the Hessians or Corsairs don't intercept me first.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ronald Madden
->Rumor #132544:
This is Republican's main terminating point in Bretonia. We deliver Engine Components and High-Temperature Alloys from Berlin and Dresden. The rise of the Corsairs in Bretonia has persuaded us to let Bretonians handle the cargo for the last leg to New London.
 * Republican Shipping/ Alexander Evers
->Rumor #132545:
The highest value cargos shipped between Rheinland and Bretonia are Diamonds and Gold. Corsairs and Red Hessians plague us the entire way.
 * Republican Shipping/ Alexander Evers
->Rumor #132546:
We only do business with established, reliable shippers like Bowex. Gateway is a brash upstart company that has unwisely chosen to partner with the renegade IMG.
 * Republican Shipping/ Alexander Evers
->Rumor #134284:
The Henry Jones Gold convoy was bound for Rheinland when it was attacked by Corsairs near the Omega-3 Gate. Its escorts were destroyed, and the ship was commandeered. An Armed Forces patrol responding to the initial distress call intercepted the raiding party near the edge of the Grasmere Cloud, and a bloody firefight ensued. The heavily damaged armored transport was the only pirate ship able to escape into the safety of the Grasmere Cloud. Its crew is believed to have perished in there before establishing contact with other Corsairs in the area.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Dennis Downs
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====Attica Station (Cassini)====
->Rumor #131147:
California is one of the richest systems in Sirius. On our way back home we'll hit shipments cruising through the Trade Lanes here; we have plenty of cover in the ice fields that populate the system. They cover us as we smuggle our way in and steal our way back out again. I love California.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #131148:
The Liberty battleship Yukon might scare a lot of thieves and petty criminals, but it doesn't bother the Outcasts. We can lose her patrols in the ice fields as we cross the system.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #131149:
We ship Gold stolen by the Outcasts and Lane Hackers in the Barrier on to Buffalo. It eventually gets sold by the Junkers planetside -- a nice, clean operation.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131150:
We supply Side Arms to the Rogue base out in the Barrier. The Outcasts also buy from us. Nothing cheaper than Detroit Side Arms.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131151:
Alcatraz ships Cardamine to Buffalo and Beaumont. I'd like to make that run myself one day, but I'm not good enough yet. The Outcasts tend to get angry when you blow one of their Cardamine loads.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131152:
California is a good home to the Rogues. First off, there's ice asteroid fields all over the system, which makes for good cover when traveling through the system hauling illegal goodies. Our base is hidden in the same asteroid field that hides the Jump Hole to Texas, and from Texas you can jump into New York space, no problem.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131153:
Our boys here in Alcatraz like to "tax" all the goods moving through the Trade Lanes between Bretonia and Liberty. Los Angeles is filled with those snobby successful types who buy loads of Luxury Goods from Manhattan. It ain't right that they get all the good things in life just 'cuz they were born with money, so we take some of it off their hands.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131154:
You can reach Padua in Cortez by running to the Tahoe Ice Cloud on the western edge of the system, where the Jump Hole to Cortez is hidden. The Trade Lane to Magellan travels by the same field, so you might be able to hit a shipment or two on the way.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131155:
The Outcasts know we need their Cardamine, and they look down on us for it. I can see it in their eyes, even if they don't say anything. I don't like them holding the Cardamine over us, but I need it.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
->Rumor #131156:
Rogues live life for the day, not for the future. We don't dwell on the past neither. If I got money in my pocket and some Cardamine stashed, then what do I gotta worry about tomorrow or yesterday for? Besides, I can't always remember what happened yesterday and I might be dead tomorrow.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
->Rumor #131157:
There's been talk of a Liberty Rogue who is uniting all of us together. I dunno if it's true or not, but I've heard people say he's got over 100 kills and more and more Rogue pilots are joining under his command. If I get a chance I'll join with him. I think he's in New York.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
->Rumor #132001:
If you want to really make some money with us, come to Cali in Tau-23. Its exact location is up to you to discover.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #132002:
Those annoying Xenos seem to think that they will be able to defeat the Junkers and force us to use them as our intermediaries. They are sorely mistaken in that assumption.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #132003:
I'm running a Cardamine load in from the Lane Hacker base in Magellan. Just taking a Cardamine break before I head on to Buffalo in the Badlands. It's a very long journey to Liberty from where I come from.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #132004:
A few of our brethren are prisoners at Sugarland. The supply of Cardamine in the prison is adequate to keep them alive. Those that have been sent to Huntsville with the Xenos don't last long.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #132005:
We do quick hops across these systems. I'm on a convoy headed for Beaumont in the Texas Debris Fields. We started in Cortez yesterday at the Rogue base. Normally the Rogues do these runs, but they were losing too many shipments. Sometimes you just have to do it yourself.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #134340:
A few days ago, the Outcast ship Balboa was damaged by an LPI patrol that surprised it in the Tahoe Ice Cloud. It escaped its pursuers, but the failing control systems eventually caused it to hit an ice crystal and explode -- at least that's what they've been able to piece together from radar and the pilot's last words. The wreckage was scattered and drifted over a large area. The Cardamine cargo remains missing, probably still in the hold of the ship.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
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====Foster Base (Cassini)====
->Rumor #131381:
We need to hire Freelancers and Bounty Hunters on occasion to keep Junkers from swiping resources from our Baltimore Shipyard. We are, after all, near a debris field that is prime Junker turf.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131838:
ALG disposes of the waste that this shipyard produces. Toxic Waste and Scrap Metal are shipped by us to Dortmund in New Berlin.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. John Guentzel
->Rumor #131839:
Some of the Scrap Metal produced here at this shipyard is shipped by ALG to the Sugarland. Our freighters in Texas then bring Ship Hull Panels back to this base from Houston.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. John Guentzel
->Rumor #131840:
MOX and Ship Hull Panels are brought to this base from Dortmund by ALG for Deep Space Engineering's use in the construction of ships.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. John Guentzel
->Rumor #131841:
Bowex brings this shipyard the finest in Polymers from Birmingham. Yes, we brave the Rogues to ship these components to Liberty space.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Eric Price
->Rumor #131842:
Our corporation is the cornerstone of Bretonian shipping. We have always competed fairly with other shippers from outside of Bretonia, but the filthy young upstarts at Gateway Shipping have neither the experience nor the intellect to make a successful venture of their firm.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Eric Price
->Rumor #131843:
This company received the first royal shipping charter from the Crown; we have hauled and shipped material throughout Bretonia's long and illustrious history. Through it all we have remained steadfast and vigilant to the needs of our customers, often times not only shipping but insuring precious Commodities.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Eric Price
->Rumor #131844:
This is the last of the commercial shipyards in Liberty. We had to specialize in prison and cruise ships to survive. Kusari took over the general transport business a while ago. That's when they shut down the Edison Yard in Colorado. Lot of good people lost their way of life on that dark day. Now they're Rogues and Xenos.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131845:
The primo jobs at DSE are the Trade Lane and Jump Gate construction crews. They get loads of hazard pay, plus free room and board. It's all secret and such. Aren't supposed to ask questions on what's inside the guts of those Rings. Just swap them out with new ones from Ageira if they're busted.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131846:
Building prisons is big business in Liberty. When they're done, they fill them with all the people that they just laid off from DSE. There's something wrong with that, but I can't do nothin' about it, so why worry? Who knows, maybe someday I'll be living in one of the cells I helped build. Now, ain't that ironic?
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131847:
Prison and cruise ships. That says a lot about Liberty society. We don't build all the miners or transports. That went to Kusari and Rheinland over a century ago. A lot of my old buddies that got laid off joined the Xenos to fight back. Personally, I think they should go after IC and all the rich people using these cruise ships.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131848:
I'm just stopping by on the supply run from Manhattan. We bring the usual stuff like Oxygen and Water. Sometimes I bring more Construction Machinery up from Houston. Pretty easy runs.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131849:
Deep Space Engineering is the exclusive manufacturer of machinery and shipping in Sirius' private sector. If you want something huge or luxurious, then we are the ones to contract.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131850:
Baltimore isn't a bad place. Could be worse, like Houston. Houston is the pits. They get some hellacious dust storms there. Real hot, too. You got one foot in a prison cell there, the other on some factory line with the warden trying to make his monthly bonus.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131851:
I got a friend over at the Norfolk yard. They do a lot of the Hull Panel fabrication onsite to keep everything secret. Once you start building ships for the navy, you're in for life. Can't ever tell your family what you do. Too much stress for me.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131852:
Liberty used to mine most of the materials we use here. Now it's all shipped in from far away. All that debris you see around here is old scrapped ships and junk that everyone threw away for centuries without a thought. Now they're starting to salvage it. It's about time.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131853:
Ageira don't treat DSE with any respect. They think we're just a bunch of mechanics or something. The navy's okay. They know that someone has to build their ships, and it can't be criminals or foreigners.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131854:
Bowex will tell you that we don't have the experience or expertise to be prominent shippers of Bretonian Commodities. But the truth is they realize what a threat we are to their firm. We do the same business they do, but for less.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Devin Price
->Rumor #131855:
Gold is brought to this base for use in wiring the ships built here. We have the pleasure of shipping it in from the Hood in Dublin.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Devin Price
->Rumor #131856:
I've heard that some of the Rogues in this system have been tipped off about our Gold shipments to this base, not by the Lane Hackers but by Bowex. I wouldn't put it past those corporate bastards.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Devin Price
->Rumor #131857:
This station's proximity to Ft. Bush and the Trade Lanes that feed her make this area dangerous for the shipping companies that bring in supplies used to build the ships and machinery churned out by this station. That's one of the reasons why the Bounty Hunters maintain a presence here.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131858:
The Rogues in the area seem to know which ships are bringing the Gold into this base. They must be getting the information from the Lane Hackers. Whenever Gateway ships Jump into the system, some of us are contracted to escort them into this base.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131859:
Xenos don't really come this far east into the system from the Jersey Debris Fields, but they will harass the Kusari Rheinland and Bretonian firms coming to this base via Trade Lanes.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131860:
The Junkers in this area will try to steal machinery and components left unguarded. They aren't too dangerous unless you tangle with several of them in some lonely space with no witnesses around. They will kill you without a thought.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131861:
I killed four Rogues trying to escape into the Pittsburgh Fields last week. They almost made it, but I blew out the engines on one of their ships, and the other three came back to tried and save him. They must have been high on Cardamine the way they were flying.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131862:
Kishiro put up some contracts for us Bounty Hunters to exterminate the Rogues who were attacking their shipments on the Trade Lanes. Here is something to think about: We are to engage and destroy all Xenos that we encounter, unless they're attacking Samura shipments, in which case we are to break off.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131863:
H-Fuel is shipped to this base by Kishiro from Ogashawa. We are proud to contribute to Libertonian industry.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Takashi Momoko
->Rumor #131864:
Optronics and Engine Components are brought to this shipyard by Kishiro from Honshu in Kusari space. These Kusari products that will be used in the luxury liners and prison ships will be reliable for many years.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Takashi Momoko
->Rumor #131865:
Not all of the Engine Components brought to this base by Kishiro come from outside of Liberty; some of them are from Rheinland.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Takashi Momoko
->Rumor #131866:
My father was a joint fitter who worked on the Shetland when it was under construction here. They laid him off, and our family struggled for many years. When I got old enough I joined the LPI because I knew there would always be work catching criminals.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Samantha Sanford
->Rumor #131867:
A lot of the workers here think about turning to crime between contracts when Deep Space will lay off a few hundred or even a thousand employees. Then if they aren't careful, they will end up making toys on the Sugarland instead of making ships in Baltimore.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Samantha Sanford
->Rumor #131868:
The employees who work at this station are prime examples of the disappearing working class in Liberty. If you aren't an ultra-rich Manhattanite or a technocrat, you are working too hard for your money. Some of the labor force here is temporary. Between big contracts they do other things, like fly for the Rogues.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Samantha Sanford
->Rumor #131869:
Republican Shipping is relied upon by DSE to bring Engine Components crafted at the Ring in Rheinland to this base. After all, Rheinland Engine Components are the best around.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ralf Krechting
->Rumor #131870:
The Xenos are a thorn in our side at Republican Shipping, and yet the Liberty government does next to nothing to curb their piracy. It is obvious they are being bribed by Liberty corporations who do not want outside competition.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ralf Krechting
->Rumor #131871:
We have been the premier Rheinland Shipping firm since before the 80-Years War. Back then we were known as Imperial Shipping, but alas, no more empire. Now we represent our mighty republic in shipping concerns throughout Sirius.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ralf Krechting
->Rumor #131872:
We risk many dangers shipping H-Fuel to this base from the refineries in Osaka, but Deep Space Engineering pays well for the Commodities it consumes.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Katsuyoshi Nakayama
->Rumor #131873:
The best Optronics that Kishiro makes are used at their own manufacturing facilities in Kusari. They would never sell Liberty the best of what they produce. I have told DSE this many times, but they seem satisfied with their inferior Kishiro products.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Katsuyoshi Nakayama
->Rumor #131874:
We used to provide this station with all of its H-Fuel. Unfortunately, Deep Space in their wisdom allowed Kishiro to come in and sell their H-Fuels. Kishiro, being the fools that they are, have lowered their prices to try to force us out, so we must lower our prices also. DSE ends up paying less while both Kusari companies lose.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Katsuyoshi Nakayama
->Rumor #131875:
Gateway is not the only company that ships Gold here. Universal brings Gold to this shipyard from New London.
 * Universal Shipping/ Tim Hogun
->Rumor #131876:
Universal ships many materials and components to this yard from around Liberty. We bring in Optical Chips from Los Angeles; Basic Alloys from Sugarland; and Engine Components from Denver.
 * Universal Shipping/ Tim Hogun
->Rumor #131877:
Not only do these guys build all civilian ships in Sirius as well as the majority of heavy construction in Liberty, they hold the exclusive contract to build Jump Gates from Ageira. Deep Space Engineering, even though it's not known as one of the big three Liberty corporations, has more power than almost any other corporation in Sirius.
 * Universal Shipping/ Tim Hogun
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====San Quentin Base (Cassini)====
->Rumor #131658:
The Lane Hackers' Leiden base provides us with all of our supplies. Their base is located in the Komatsu Cloud due north of the Reppu Cloud that hides this base.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131659:
We make a run to Leiden every third week to pick up the essentials that keep this base going: Waters, Consumer Goods, H-Fuel, Engine Components, Pharmaceuticals, and Food.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131660:
There are two Jump Holes in the Komatsu Cloud, which hides the Lane Hackers' Leiden base. The northern Jump Hole leads to Shikoku, the other to Kepler.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131661:
Rochester has plenty of Side Arms to sell, so we pick them up and run them here. The Side Arms we bring in usually head on over to Leiden, where we trade the Lane Hackers for cash or info on ship cargoes headed through the system.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131662:
We ship Artifacts to this base from Leiden. They are highly illegal, and the LSF will smoke you if you get scanned with 'em. But the demand is high on Manhattan's black market, all the Manhattanites love 'em. From here we ship them out to Rochester.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131663:
We don't like dealing with the Hogosha, and they don't like dealing with us. But we get along with the Lane Hackers alright, and they cut us into the Artifact trade.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131664:
Watch the black matter in the system. If you fly into some, you aren't gonna fly back out. Black matter is what led to all the Trade Lane trouble with Ageira and the corporate venture that blew up in its face. To pin it on somebody, Ageira canned a few of its top-level execs and a development team; those guys now operate the Hacker base in Leiden.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131665:
The Lane Hackers appreciate the good things in life -- the Cardamine -- just like us; difference is, they got things all figured out. Me, I'm just having fun. After my last trip through the Huntsville I didn't really care what happened to me, I only knew I'd be damned if I was gonna play by the rules anymore.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
->Rumor #131666:
One of our guys was gonna rat the Hackers out to a Hunter that had credits to burn. He didn't make it to the rendezvous. The Hackers are too valuable to us to scrape for some temporary cash. Too bad I was the one who had to smoke one of our own.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
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====Terre Haute Shipyard (Cassini)====
->Rumor #131147:
California is one of the richest systems in Sirius. On our way back home we'll hit shipments cruising through the Trade Lanes here; we have plenty of cover in the ice fields that populate the system. They cover us as we smuggle our way in and steal our way back out again. I love California.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #131148:
The Liberty battleship Yukon might scare a lot of thieves and petty criminals, but it doesn't bother the Outcasts. We can lose her patrols in the ice fields as we cross the system.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #131149:
We ship Gold stolen by the Outcasts and Lane Hackers in the Barrier on to Buffalo. It eventually gets sold by the Junkers planetside -- a nice, clean operation.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131150:
We supply Side Arms to the Rogue base out in the Barrier. The Outcasts also buy from us. Nothing cheaper than Detroit Side Arms.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131151:
Alcatraz ships Cardamine to Buffalo and Beaumont. I'd like to make that run myself one day, but I'm not good enough yet. The Outcasts tend to get angry when you blow one of their Cardamine loads.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131152:
California is a good home to the Rogues. First off, there's ice asteroid fields all over the system, which makes for good cover when traveling through the system hauling illegal goodies. Our base is hidden in the same asteroid field that hides the Jump Hole to Texas, and from Texas you can jump into New York space, no problem.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131153:
Our boys here in Alcatraz like to "tax" all the goods moving through the Trade Lanes between Bretonia and Liberty. Los Angeles is filled with those snobby successful types who buy loads of Luxury Goods from Manhattan. It ain't right that they get all the good things in life just 'cuz they were born with money, so we take some of it off their hands.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131154:
You can reach Padua in Cortez by running to the Tahoe Ice Cloud on the western edge of the system, where the Jump Hole to Cortez is hidden. The Trade Lane to Magellan travels by the same field, so you might be able to hit a shipment or two on the way.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
 * Liberty Rogues/Alcatraz Bartender/Ralph Guthrie
->Rumor #131155:
The Outcasts know we need their Cardamine, and they look down on us for it. I can see it in their eyes, even if they don't say anything. I don't like them holding the Cardamine over us, but I need it.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
->Rumor #131156:
Rogues live life for the day, not for the future. We don't dwell on the past neither. If I got money in my pocket and some Cardamine stashed, then what do I gotta worry about tomorrow or yesterday for? Besides, I can't always remember what happened yesterday and I might be dead tomorrow.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
->Rumor #131157:
There's been talk of a Liberty Rogue who is uniting all of us together. I dunno if it's true or not, but I've heard people say he's got over 100 kills and more and more Rogue pilots are joining under his command. If I get a chance I'll join with him. I think he's in New York.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Randy Guff
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
->Rumor #132001:
If you want to really make some money with us, come to Cali in Tau-23. Its exact location is up to you to discover.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #132002:
Those annoying Xenos seem to think that they will be able to defeat the Junkers and force us to use them as our intermediaries. They are sorely mistaken in that assumption.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #132003:
I'm running a Cardamine load in from the Lane Hacker base in Magellan. Just taking a Cardamine break before I head on to Buffalo in the Badlands. It's a very long journey to Liberty from where I come from.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #132004:
A few of our brethren are prisoners at Sugarland. The supply of Cardamine in the prison is adequate to keep them alive. Those that have been sent to Huntsville with the Xenos don't last long.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #132005:
We do quick hops across these systems. I'm on a convoy headed for Beaumont in the Texas Debris Fields. We started in Cortez yesterday at the Rogue base. Normally the Rogues do these runs, but they were losing too many shipments. Sometimes you just have to do it yourself.
 * Outcasts/ Francisco Arce
 * Outcasts/ Marianna Casas
->Rumor #134340:
A few days ago, the Outcast ship Balboa was damaged by an LPI patrol that surprised it in the Tahoe Ice Cloud. It escaped its pursuers, but the failing control systems eventually caused it to hit an ice crystal and explode -- at least that's what they've been able to piece together from radar and the pilot's last words. The wreckage was scattered and drifted over a large area. The Cardamine cargo remains missing, probably still in the hold of the ship.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Carlos Means
 * Liberty Rogues/ Tad Timov
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====Battleship Chaumont (Champagne)====
->Rumor #504863:
.One of the reasons why we were not able to stop the Council from capturing the Border World systems was our command's unwillingness to reveal the true strength of the Gallic Royal Navy. When our armadas from Ile-de-France reach Languedoc, no power in the world will be able to save the Council forces there from elimination in a matter of weeks.
 * Council/Lt. Maurice Brissaud
->Rumor #504883:
.The Gallic Royal Navy is only now starting to rally against us. Earlier they thought that we were not much of a serious threat, but breaching the Languedoc Mine Field enraged the King and his admirals enough for them to launch a full frontal assault against us. Hopefully now the Sirius nations will see what the Monarchy is truly up to.
 * Council/Captain Denis Legaut
->Rumor #504891:
.How can we fight a war with the most powerful Navy in Sirius with considerable success? The answer is: resources. Many of the Council are former military officers. We have the money, the manpower and the ships.
 * Chaumont Bartender/Michel Roux
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====Chalons-en-Champagne Station (Champagne)====
->Rumor #504889:
.Minefields consist of millions of mines. All of them were produced by Solar Engineering and EFL in their facilities all over Gallia, and then carried to Languedoc and Lorraine to be set in position by trained Navy personnel.
 * Council/ Constance Guischard
->Rumor #504897:
.Several central cities of Marne are under the full protection of Council. There we train our recruits, build ship components, weaponry, and equipment. But I cannot say that people there are richer or living better than before. They just gained more freedom, but freedom is rarely enough to survive.
 * Council/Captain Denis Legaut
->Rumor #504898:
.The Junkers are a faction trusted by no one, yet needed by everyone. By lawfuls, to gain information on pirates; by pirates, to gain information and goods from lawfuls; and even by us, to support our economy that has become an integral part of the Gallic black market.
 * Chalons-en-Champagne Bartender/Anatole Godenot
->Rumor #504930:
.Our bases are rather unreliable. The airlocks are known to be faulty, and people get sucked into space every month or so. What can I say? We just don't have enough qualified engineers or replacement parts availablefor repairs. So my advice to you is: be smart, and stay away from the airlocks.
 * Brigands/ Nathalie Chardin
->Rumor #504953:
.Neural Nets of Gallia and Sirius are based on similar principles and, therefore, are easy to integrate. They are both based off the Alliance computer architecture that developed differently in Gallia and Sirius during the last eight hundred years, but still retains similar origin, and, moreover, is backward compatible.
 * Council/ Lili Marvingt
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====Courville Wreck (Champagne)====
->Rumor #504889:
.Minefields consist of millions of mines. All of them were produced by Solar Engineering and EFL in their facilities all over Gallia, and then carried to Languedoc and Lorraine to be set in position by trained Navy personnel.
 * Council/Lt. Leon Boulez
->Rumor #504896:
.I must admit that Marne has become a terrible place. We would never admit this in public, but we don't have nearly enough ground troops to enforce law and order there. Criminals swagger about like they own the whole planet, and there is precious little we can do.
 * Council/Lt. Marie Debord
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====Epernay Station (Champagne)====
->Rumor #504929:
.We steal from the rich and give to ourselves. That's my motto, and others have said its rather amoral, but so what? I mean, how can you steal anything from the poor?
 * Brigands/ Gilles Feydeau
->Rumor #504931:
.Many people say that we are cruel and that we love violence. It's true, but most of us initially sought quick profits. Lust for violence comes after greed, not before it.
 * Gallic Brigands/ Beatrice La Chene
->Rumor #504934:
.Who are the Junkers? And why don't the Royal Police prosecute them, despite all the illegal activities they are involved in? I'm almost certain that the Junkers have ties to the Gallic special forces, but I have no way to prove it. They might even be spying on the other unlawful groups of Gallia, although again, there is never any proof.
 * Brigands/ Monique Prideux
->Rumor #504935:
.The Brigands are the most numerous pirate force in Gallia, and with the path into Sirius finally open, we will push to broaden our horizons. Bretonia, Kusari, Liberty, Rheinland. Those words promise plenty of riches.
 * Brigands/ Nathalie Chardin
->Rumor #504936:
.The Junkers are shady characters with whom we sometimes trade and also occasionally kill for sport. Still, they have no choice but to trade with us. No one else has the capability to smuggle goods into the dangerous areas of Gallia like we do.
 * Brigands/ Nathalie Chardin
 * Brigands/ Simone Landru
->Rumor #504961:
.See, people think that most Brigands are males. In fact, almost a quarter of our pilots are women. Yes, fighter pilots, don't look at me like I'm a simple bartender! Epernay is where many of us prefer to live, or at least stay for long periods of time. Our commander here is a woman too, by the way.
 * Epernay Bartender/Melissa Rombaldi
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====Joinville Base (Champagne)====
->Rumor #504926:
.The Unione Corse don't spread rumours around like gossiping housewives. Get lost, before we make you.
 * Unione Corse/ Eugene Vigny
->Rumor #504927:
.We stay away from politics, wars and other stuff like that. We mind our business. Go away and mind yours before it's too late.
 * Unione Corse/ Gustave Prevert
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====Mazagran Depot (Champagne)====
->Rumor #504888:
.You probably think that breaching a mine field is an easy task. One mine explodes, and other nearby mines explode in a chain reaction. Reality is much more complicated: Gallic mines are resistant to nearby explosions and even weapon fire, and each one has to be defused manually.
 * Maquis/ Camille Beaumont
->Rumor #504921:
.The Unione Corse don't like our involvement in political affairs. But politics is life, and we have to influence the way our homeland is going. If it's going the wrong way, our duty is to fix those things that we feel need fixing, whatever the cost to ourselves.
 * Maquis/ Julien Belmont
->Rumor #504922:
.Have you been to Marne? This place became something really special. Citizens are enforcing law and order in the settlements themselves, without any supervision. Outside the cities, there is no law. Bandits roam the countryside, pirate groups build their own small settlements and even launch sites for their ships.
 * Mazagran Bartender/Timothee Bleriot
->Rumor #504925:
.I hear rumours that the Junkers proved to be traitors who sold information on Sirius to our government. I'm not surprised at all. The Junkers are scum who should have been exterminated a long time ago.
 * Maquis/ Blaise Trochu
->Rumor #504927:
.We stay away from politics, wars and other stuff like that. We mind our business. Go away and mind yours before it's too late.
 * Unione Corse/ Zacharie Jacob
->Rumor #504928:
.The Council are idealistic fools destined to lose. The Brigands are not trustworthy, but they've certainly got the musclesto flex, if only they could co-ordinate themselves effectively. The only group we are willing to deal with are the Maquis, who at least have a spine.
 * Unione Corse/ Zacharie Jacob
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====Montmirail Base (Champagne)====
->Rumor #504883:
.The Gallic Royal Navy is only now starting to rally against us. Earlier they thought that we were not much of a serious threat, but breaching the Languedoc Mine Field enraged the King and his admirals enough for them to launch a full frontal assault against us. Hopefully now the Sirius nations will see what the Monarchy is truly up to.
 * Council/ Lili Marvingt
->Rumor #504891:
.How can we fight a war with the most powerful Navy in Sirius with considerable success? The answer is: resources. Many of the Council are former military officers. We have the money, the manpower and the ships.
 * Montmirail Bartender/Yvette Gallieni
->Rumor #504932:
.The Brigands often spread many stupid rumours about themselves. The truth is that we are a bunch of professional criminals who know where the profit lies. Three quarters of the Gallic black market is under our complete control, and neither the Maquis nor the Unione Corse will be able to take it away from us.
 * Brigands/ Nathalie Chardin
->Rumor #504943:
.Welcome to Nimes, stranger. I'm taping a street magic special. You wanna see some magic?
 * Civilian/ David Blaine
->Rumor #504944:
.See the bartender over there, stranger? Order me some orange soda please.
 * Civilian/ David Blaine
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====Planet Marne (Champagne)====
->Rumor #504883:
.The Gallic Royal Navy is only now starting to rally against us. Earlier they thought that we were not much of a serious threat, but breaching the Languedoc Mine Field enraged the King and his admirals enough for them to launch a full frontal assault against us. Hopefully now the Sirius nations will see what the Monarchy is truly up to.
 * Council/Lt. Jaques Merle
->Rumor #504885:
.We are fully aware of the dangers that Sirius could pose to our nation. But the greater danger comes from within. Our government is seeking military supremacy over the whole of Sirius, and many of us think that it's something more than simple revenge.
 * Civilian/ Marie-Louise Bugatti
->Rumor #504892:
.Now I realize that the war was inevitable right from the start. There was never really much hope that we could convince those government pigs to change their minds. Someday we should overthrow the government and dispose of the King. Yeah, that simple. History repeats itself, you know.
 * Council/Lt. Leon Boulez
->Rumor #504893:
.The economy of the Council is based on smuggling and illegal trade. This might not match the ideas and long-term goals of the Council, but sometimes you have to make compromises in order to achieve your objectives.
 * Council/Lt. Leon Boulez
 * Council/Lt. Thomas Winchcombe
->Rumor #504894:
.We split up with Maquis for political reasons, to distance ourselves from their terrorist ideals. But I understand them, and why they do what they do. Many of those who joined the Maquis lost their families and friends when the government started repressing the populations of the central planets. They have nothing left to lose.
 * Civilian/ Marie-Louise Bugatti
 * Council/ Amy Nanette
->Rumor #504896:
.I must admit that Marne has become a terrible place. We would never admit this in public, but we don't have nearly enough ground troops to enforce law and order there. Criminals swagger about like they own the whole planet, and there is precious little we can do.
 * Council/Lt. Thomas Winchcombe
->Rumor #504897:
.Several central cities of Marne are under the full protection of Council. There we train our recruits, build ship components, weaponry, and equipment. But I cannot say that people there are richer or living better than before. They just gained more freedom, but freedom is rarely enough to survive.
 * Marne Bartender/Fabien Denard
 * Marne Bartender/Felix Ada
->Rumor #504898:
.The Junkers are a faction trusted by no one, yet needed by everyone. By lawfuls, to gain information on pirates; by pirates, to gain information and goods from lawfuls; and even by us, to support our economy that has become an integral part of the Gallic black market.
 * Council/ Helene Ambler
->Rumor #504922:
.Have you been to Marne? This place became something really special. Citizens are enforcing law and order in the settlements themselves, without any supervision. Outside the cities, there is no law. Bandits roam the countryside, pirate groups build their own small settlements and even launch sites for their ships.
 * Maquis/ Julien Belmont
->Rumor #504924:
.What has happened to Marne's economy after the Council established its control over the planet? Theoretically, all the factories should have stopped because they don't have any market to supply their manufactured goods to. In fact, more than 70% of those factories are still working. How is it possible?
 * Maquis/ Julien Belmont
->Rumor #504931:
.Many people say that we are cruel and that we love violence. It's true, but most of us initially sought quick profits. Lust for violence comes after greed, not before it.
 * Gallic Brigands/ Victor Lemercier
->Rumor #504932:
.The Brigands often spread many stupid rumours about themselves. The truth is that we are a bunch of professional criminals who know where the profit lies. Three quarters of the Gallic black market is under our complete control, and neither the Maquis nor the Unione Corse will be able to take it away from us.
 * Gallic Brigands/ Amelie Esprit
->Rumor #504933:
.We have somewhat complicated relationships with the other criminal groups. The war with the Corse is long over, and we do business in some areas, but we hardly ever operate together. Our relations with the Maquis has helped us to establish a profitable partnership with The Council who have since come to rely on the supplies which we smuggle through the Royal Navy blockades.
 * Gallic Brigands/ Renard Duperron
->Rumor #504953:
.Neural Nets of Gallia and Sirius are based on similar principles and, therefore, are easy to integrate. They are both based off the Alliance computer architecture that developed differently in Gallia and Sirius during the last eight hundred years, but still retains similar origin, and, moreover, is backward compatible.
 * Council/Lt. Thomas Winchcombe
->Rumor #504954:
.The Junkers created the first nigh complete backup for the Sirius Neural Net in about 770 A.S. The data occupied over 140 exabytes of disk space. To transfer it using the compact ships that were used for getting through the mine fields, Gallic engineers had to produce new modifications of small, energy efficient and extremely fast hard drives.
 * Council/ Olivier Riberac
->Rumor #504955:
.The Sirius Neural Net that the Junkers transferred to Gallia contains publically available information on all Houses, including interactive data archives, billions of web sites, and massive amounts of technical stuff. It is what was called an internet archive in ancient times, only much faster and containing confidential information that very few users have access to.
 * Council/ Olivier Riberac
->Rumor #504956:
.Neural Net backups were transferred to Gallia from Sirius three times, in 770 A.S., in 792 A.S. and, most lately, in 810 A.S. The latest copy is the one that the Council bought from the Junkers for about 5 billion credits just recently. The price is very high, and a month before, when the mine field was not breached yet, they demanded ten times more! It was well worth it though. Imagine, almost 200 exabytes of data... Not easy to find needles in a haystack, of course, but the Junkers had catalogued all of the valuable stuff before it was transferred to Gallia.
 * Council/ Olivier Riberac
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====Reims Station (Champagne)====
->Rumor #504884:
.They say that the King was in a panic when he heard that the Languedoc defenses had been breached by our military. I doubt that it's true. The King could order his fleets to reinforce the Languedoc defenses long ago, but he did not do that. Most of my comrades disregard my suspicions, but I can't help thinking that we had all fallen into a carefully prepared trap.
 * Council/Lt. Christine Eliade
->Rumor #504885:
.We are fully aware of the dangers that Sirius could pose to our nation. But the greater danger comes from within. Our government is seeking military supremacy over the whole of Sirius, and many of us think that it's something more than simple revenge.
 * Reims Bartender/Joel Bayrou
->Rumor #504892:
.Now I realize that the war was inevitable right from the start. There was never really much hope that we could convince those government pigs to change their minds. Someday we should overthrow the government and dispose of the King. Yeah, that simple. History repeats itself, you know.
 * Council/ Fabien Deprez
->Rumor #504895:
.The history of Gallia is a sad mixture of glory and despair. Technological breakthroughs and unmatched military power were bought for the price of widespread poverty and suppressing the last remnants of democracy.
 * Council/Lt. Julie Danvers
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====Kyoto Base (Chugoku)====
->Rumor #133423:
Welcome to the end of the world. I hope you brought supplies with you. We always need Food and Pharmaceuticals. Side Arms are also prized. An unarmed warrior does not garner much respect in this bar.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133424:
Things are more complicated than they seem in Kusari. Samura would have you believe that we are nothing more than common criminals trying to destroy the Kusari way of life. Nothing could be further from the truth. Many of our secret friends in the government have quietly amassed power in the shadow of the corrupt bureaucrats that feast at Samura's table. Our day will arrive soon.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133425:
The Blood Dragons believe that for Kusari to change, the tight relationship between the bureaucrats, Samura, and the Hogosha must end. We have amassed enough damning evidence against our three enemies to sway the next election in favor of our supporters.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #133426:
We coordinate all our attacks in Kusari space from here. There are Jump Holes to Honshu and Hokkaido just south of our base here. From Hokkaido, we can access Kyushu and Shikoku. You can reach Tokyo using either route.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133427:
The GMG has been invaluable in providing financial assistance and training to the Blood Dragons. At first they were reluctant, but once the government forced them to pay a reparation tax for the 80-Years Wars, they changed their minds.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133428:
We prefer to attack installations and Samura-owned transports rather than raid foreign shipping, which does not help our cause. Unfortunately, sometimes we must obtain supplies. The Golden Chrysanthemums are not nearly as discriminating, which has created a publicity problem for us, since they are perceived by the press as our allies.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #133429:
The battle of the Chugoku Gate has been a long and bloody one. We have lost many of our warriors to the Naval Forces. But they are tiring, while we grow stronger every day with new recruits from the disenchanted youth of Kusari, yearning for a better future for our people.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133430:
The Golden Chrysanthemums are a bit unorthodox in their methods, but share our vision of a new Kusari. We do not espouse their heavy use of Cardamine, however. That drug is evil, and will prove their undoing.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133431:
One day we hope to return to Tokyo victorious after almost five centuries in hiding. Until that moment, we must suffer on this lonely and crowded rock, patiently waiting for our foes to make the fatal mistake.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #133432:
Samura's plan was to open Hokkaido to gas mining in order to compete with the GMG, a partner whom they have exploited for centuries. I assure you that Hokkaido will not be a good place for Samura to do business for many years to come. The GMG will make sure of that.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133433:
We are modern Ronin - masterless warriors. We hope to find a new master that can break the curse of Kusari corruption and stagnation and once again bring our nation to glory. There is a young bureaucrat, fresh out of New Tokyo University, who speaks of change. The Commerce ministry can dismiss him for now as a naive youngster, but maybe he will be the one who can lead Kusari to the future.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #133434:
It has been difficult to voice our opinion in Kusari, as the Hogosha apply pressure to anyone in the media who dares report anything favorably about us. The Hogosha are merely following Samura's orders.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133435:
The Golden Chrysanthemums are becoming too close to the Outcasts. The allure of Cardamine is seductive, but deadly. If you use too much of it, irreversible physiological changes occur in our body. You are no longer truly human. That is the curse of the Outcasts.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #133436:
Our movement is very old, dating back to the Sakura Coup in 321 AS. On that fateful day the Shogun Hideyoshi was toppled by the military, which was backed by Samura. Our ancestors were the Shogun's royal guards. They fought bravely but fled the palace when it was clear that Samura had won the day. The Blood Dragons were thus born, a group dedicated to cleansing the cancer of Samura from Kusari once and for all.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133437:
The GMG has trained us in many nebula fighting tactics that they learned during the 80-Years War. This is why we can fly circles around the Kusari Naval Forces in Hokkaido. Nansei is a different story. The Research Station is very protected and difficult to attack in the style to which we are accustomed.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #134333:
The Fugaku was lost in a raid on the Kansai Research Center within the Hiyo Cloud. The fighter became entangled in the mine field during the attack, and the pilot was killed. It eventually drifted off into the cloud. No one has seen it since.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #134336:
Many Naval Forces fighters have been lost recently in skirmishes with the Blood Dragons. Due to the low visibility and difficult conditions in the cloud, some weapons could still remain on the ships in some of the more remote locations.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
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====Battleship Rio Grande (Colorado)====
->Rumor #131709:
ALG ships MOX from the Dortmund facility to the Rio Grande on a periodic basis. Toxic Waste is then transported back to Rheinland for disposal.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rick Schutz
->Rumor #131710:
We get attacked frequently by Xenos on our runs through Colorado, Texas, and the Independent Worlds of Hudson and Bering. They are one of the few criminal factions that attack out Toxic Waste shipments. We are friendly to Liberty, so I don't understand their hostility.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rick Schutz
->Rumor #131711:
ALG handles all of the MOX delivery and Toxic Waste disposal for Liberty Navy battleships.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rick Schutz
->Rumor #131712:
I'm heading out on a run against the Xeno base in the Silverton Field in a few hours. We don't get that big a bounty from IC and the government for Xenos. Now Outcasts, that's another matter.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131713:
A good way to catch Xenos is to fly into the Copperton Field, then take the Jump Hole to Kepler. Watch out on the other side, swarms of them in that cloud. Their base is real close. Never seen it, but you can feel it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131714:
The LPI doesn't have the guts to come into the fields very far. First sign of trouble, and they're hightailing it back to Denver. That's where we come in. Since a lot of us are Rogues who did time in Sugarland or Huntsville, we know where the Jump Holes and bases are. Guild rules are that you tell no one or you may have a little "accident" out there.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131715:
Liberty space is the training grounds for all Bounty Hunters. As a Hunter becomes more and more accomplished, they will begin to move out towards the edges of Sirius. Only the very best should be going up against Corsairs and Outcasts.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131716:
Got me a Rogue ace the other day by the name of Buford "Tex" Wilson. He'd been shooting up a lot of ships along the Trade Lane to the Galileo Gate during the past few weeks. The LPI cornered him once, but he just shot his way out of it. I was patient, waited in the Alamosa Field near the Galileo Jump Hole. When he came through, blammo! That bounty will set me up for a while.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131717:
Bounties used to be for bringing back the offender dead or alive. Somewhere back when the Lane Hackers started itching old Ageira and IC, it changed to dead only, please.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131718:
I'm stuck running Trade Lane patrols. We do all of them that fan out from the ship. Pretty boring work, not what I signed up in the Navy for. I hear they put you on the Galileo and Kepler patrols when you've proved yourself a bit. Don't want any greenies out there.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
->Rumor #131719:
We're always bailing out those LPI losers, especially in the Alamosa Field. I don't know why they don't just let us take over security. They can focus on running those prison factories, since that's what they seem to really want to do.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131720:
We're supposedly here to watch out for Xenos, but I think that Liberty wants to keep a close eye on Pueblo -- all that top secret stuff there that Kusari and Rheinland are always trying to find out about. Guess the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates are a big deal -- a mystery to me.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131721:
I hear the toughest systems for the navy are the Independent Worlds between Texas and Hamburg. Colorado is pansy land -- just some stupid Rogues and Xenos.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131722:
We run two patrols into the fields from the Rio Grande. One goes into the Copperton Field, the other into the Alamosa. Usually the bad guys hightail it out of there when we show up, but not always. I killed me twelve Rogues and twenty Xenos so far since being posted up here -- no Lane Hackers yet, though. They don't stick around as much as the others.
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
->Rumor #131723:
We're pretty sure that the Xenos have a base in the Denko Cloud in Kepler. They won't let us go take a looksee though. They say the radiation levels are too high. That sounds like a bunch of political red tape to me.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131724:
The navy patrols the Independent Worlds of Galileo and Kepler. We split duties with the Kusari armed forces. They cover the northern half of the Trade Lanes; we do the southern half. It's kind of dark and spooky up there -- no suns. All those dark clouds make the baddies hard to see.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131725:
The Lane Hackers and Rogues both have bases somewhere in Galileo, probably in those dark matter clouds. Kusari won't let us go take a look though. Says it's their responsibility. Hey, Liberty was the one that paid for those Trade Lanes up there. Kusari didn't have to put up a cent for the Galileo route.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131726:
Universal supplies all Liberty Navy bases with essentials like H-Fuel, Food, Water, Oxygen, and Pharmaceuticals. On the Rio Grande, these come from Denver.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jon Spinner
->Rumor #131727:
Universal brings in Side Arms from Detroit. We get attacked by Xenos on occasion in the Silverton Field.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jon Spinner
->Rumor #131728:
We deliver some supplies here, then continue with H-Fuel, Water, and Oxygen to the Pueblo facility just down the Trade Lane.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jon Spinner
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====Ouray Base (Colorado)====
->Rumor #131158:
We run supply shipments of Side Arms to Nome, our base in Kepler. If you have some extra cargo space, maybe you could earn a few credits.
 * Xenos/ Howard Boone
 * Xenos/ John Thompson
 * Xenos/ William Patrick
 * Xenos/Ouray Bartender/Richard York
->Rumor #131159:
When the Xenos began, we were just miners who kept getting shafted by Liberty. There were fewer and fewer jobs as the years rolled by. Finally, there was nothing left for us, no jobs, not unless you could use a data pad instead of an auto-digger. All our jobs were being done by somebody in Rheinland or Kusari. Well, we decided to take back what had been taken from us.
 * Xenos/ Howard Boone
 * Xenos/ John Thompson
 * Xenos/ William Patrick
 * Xenos/Ouray Bartender/Richard York
->Rumor #131160:
The Lane Hackers in Galileo are a bunch of pansy rich boys who can't do their own dirty work. It's that kind of attitude that has let foreigners come in and take jobs from the Liberty working man. At least they use Rogues to do their work for them and not Kusari pirates. That still makes the Rogues the pawns of the rich and lazy. Lane Hackers don't know what real work is, how hard it is for so many of us to survive.
 * Xenos/ Howard Boone
 * Xenos/ John Thompson
 * Xenos/ William Patrick
 * Xenos/Ouray Bartender/Richard York
->Rumor #131161:
We might not have the best equipment or ships, but we are a lot better organized than we were. It was getting so bad that LPI almost won and ripped us out of Colorado. But we have a focused agenda now: We lift supplies from Kusari shipping, a little extortion here and there, some salvaging, and we get by. This lets us attack our real enemies -- the Junkers in New York. Once we knock them out of Rochester, we'll corner the contraband trade in Liberty.
 * Xenos/ Howard Boone
 * Xenos/ John Thompson
 * Xenos/ William Patrick
 * Xenos/Ouray Bartender/Richard York
->Rumor #131162:
Our base in Kepler, Nome, is right next to the Jump Hole to Colorado and borders the Trade Lane that comes in from Shikoku, so we can attack Kusari shipping. Most of our supplies come from the Zoner base in Kepler.
 * Xenos/ Howard Boone
 * Xenos/ John Thompson
 * Xenos/ William Patrick
 * Xenos/Ouray Bartender/Richard York
->Rumor #131163:
The main drug-smuggling routes cross the eastern part of the Jersey Debris Field, which will be our turf someday. This would let us interdict the drug shipments headed to and from Rochester. If we could control the Liberty drug trade, we wouldn't have to scrape by.
 * Xenos/ Howard Boone
 * Xenos/ John Thompson
 * Xenos/ William Patrick
 * Xenos/Ouray Bartender/Richard York
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====Planet Denver (Colorado)====
->Rumor #131673:
We bring in Superconductors and Super Alloys from Pueblo. Samura and Kishiro then ship them off to Kusari. We purchase basic supplies for the return trip, like H-Fuel, Oxygen, Water, and Food.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Blake Caldwell
->Rumor #131674:
Denver is the site of our USI scanner hardware R&D division. A while back a bunch of high-level employees got forced out after a big screw-up. They drifted up into Galileo and set up base, calling themselves Lane Hackers. Nothing but trouble on the Trade Lanes ever since.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Blake Caldwell
->Rumor #131675:
Just came in from Detroit with a Side Arms shipment. Colorado is one of our toughest runs. All those damned Xenos. We get attacked almost every time in the Silverton Field.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Blake Caldwell
->Rumor #131676:
I just got back from a tough run into the Alamosa Field. It was swarming with Rogues and Hackers. They must have a Hole somewhere up there. Bagged me two Rogues, though. Not a bad day's work. Way better than my old job at LPI.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Karen King
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tony Fox
->Rumor #131677:
The Xenos have a base down in the Silverton Field. Pretty easy to bag 'em around there, but the bounty isn't that good, so I don't bother. Guess they don't piss off the powers that be enough.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Karen King
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tony Fox
->Rumor #131678:
I've heard the Rogues make smuggling runs from the Galileo Hole across the east side of the system to the New York Hole. If you figure out their route, you can ambush them pretty easy.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Karen King
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tony Fox
->Rumor #131679:
There's a couple of Holes into this system. Us Bounty Hunters aren't supposed to tell anyone about them, but you look okay to me. The first one is in the northern end of the Alamosa Field; it goes to Galileo. There's another one into Kepler from the Copperton Field. The Xenos use that one a lot.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Karen King
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tony Fox
->Rumor #131680:
I'm heading off to Galileo after I rest up. Now that's some intense action up there. All those dark matter clouds, crawling with baddies. You definitely want to have a good shield and a killer ship in the Indie Worlds. This is child's play here in Liberty.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Karen King
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tony Fox
->Rumor #131681:
My buddy works for the LPI. I used to, but it was lousy pay and a bunch of corporate crap. I prefer the freelance life of a Bounty Hunter. You can make a killing at this, if you don't get killed first. He'll still be doing time with LPI when I'm retired and sipping a California Breeze on the beach in L.A.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Karen King
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tony Fox
->Rumor #131682:
Denver is home to Cryer's headquarters and largest drug-production facility. We distribute the Pharmaceuticals ourselves within Liberty to Houston, Manhattan, and Los Angeles, but lack the advanced ships to risk the Independent World crossings.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Matt Solomon
->Rumor #131683:
We have several other research and limited-production bases. One is out in Sigma-17. Rough area, that is. Outcasts and Corsairs. Company pays very well out there -- takes out big life insurance policies on anyone that gets assigned. They prefer single types.-- less to pay out, you know.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Matt Solomon
->Rumor #131684:
We just arrived from Los Angeles with a load of Hydrocarbons and Polymers for Pharmaceutical production. Thought I'd catch a drink before headin' back out. At least Liberty is relatively safe. Some of our research stations are way out there, in harm's way.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Matt Solomon
->Rumor #131685:
We ship Pharmaceuticals produced here to Deshima, along with Superconductors bound for our Yukawa commercial shipyard in Honshu.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kazuhiko Watanabe
->Rumor #131686:
Those cursed Xenos are a serious problem for us in Colorado and Kepler. We've lobbied the Liberty government to step up patrols, but that has proved unsatisfactory. The Xenos seem to attack only Kusari ships, not Liberty commerce. We don't understand their hatred for us.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kazuhiko Watanabe
->Rumor #131687:
We bring in Engine Components from Honshu, Optronics and Food from Deshima, and H-Fuel from our new base Ogashawa in the Sigma-19 system.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kazuhiko Watanabe
->Rumor #131688:
I'm on R&R from the Rio Grande. That's the battleship out by Gunnison. If we weren't around, those worthless LPI drones wouldn't even bother to patrol the areas they do. We take care of the Independent World patrols, too. That's another story. It's no joke out there.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Shawna Abelt
->Rumor #131689:
We nailed a Xeno raiding party in the Copperton Field the other day. It was a turkey shoot. Normally we don't even bother with them that much, but the Kusari government had been raising a stink about Liberty not taking the Xenos seriously enough. It's true, outside of an odd Side Arms shipment, they don't really harass Liberty shipping.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Shawna Abelt
->Rumor #131690:
I'm about to turn around and head back out on patrol to the Rio Grande. We patrol the east-west line. LPI covers the two other Lanes out of Denver. Personally, I think they should let us patrol the whole system, leave nothing to those incompetents.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Shawna Abelt
->Rumor #131691:
We've cleaned out almost all of the economic undesirables from this planet. Still a few hanging on up in the hills, but we'll root 'em out and put them to work in the Texas prison factories soon enough.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dave Moose
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Barney Toelock
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sabrina Bruncke
 * Liberty Population/Denver Bartender/Corey Harden
->Rumor #131692:
We patrol the Trade Lanes in the eastern half of the system; the navy boys the west side. Mostly Xenos in their part of the system. We get more Rogues on this side. Also get a few Lane Hackers in the Alamosa Field.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dave Moose
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Barney Toelock
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sabrina Bruncke
 * Liberty Population/Denver Bartender/Corey Harden
->Rumor #131693:
Caught myself a Rogue smuggling Artifacts behind Denver in the Cheyenne Field last week. He tried to run for it but smacked straight into an asteroid. Gotta tell ya, it cracked me up watching that ship explode. Stupid Rogues.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dave Moose
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Barney Toelock
->Rumor #131694:
We got a short-term holding tank for any low-lifers that we round up here. Prison convoy leaves once a week, bound for Sugarland. It's getting harder and harder to find undesirables on Colorado to fill it. Gotta fill that quota and keep the factories hummin' -- that's what HQ says.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dave Moose
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Barney Toelock
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sabrina Bruncke
 * Liberty Population/Denver Bartender/Corey Harden
->Rumor #131695:
We don't stray too far from the Trade Lanes most of the time. They don't pay me enough to risk my neck going into assault patrols in the asteroid fields. Some of those young bucks get into it, though. They do a daily into the Cheyenne Field, and do a quick pass into the southern Alamosa.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dave Moose
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Barney Toelock
->Rumor #131696:
The Bounty Hunters handle most of the asteroid fields. One of my nutso buddies decided he wasn't gettin' enough action with LPI, so he went and joined up a couple of months ago. Keeps bugging me to join him. That's not for me, I got a family and a life to go home to.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dave Moose
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Barney Toelock
 * Liberty Population/Denver Bartender/Corey Harden
->Rumor #131697:
Sometimes I think the rich folks here in Denver don't really appreciate all we do for them. We don't really get paid that well, and we take care of all the dirty business that they don't want to deal with. Sometimes it gets kind of dicey, coming up with a reason to arrest some crazy loner out in a shack, just for being what he is.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dave Moose
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Barney Toelock
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sabrina Bruncke
 * Liberty Population/Denver Bartender/Corey Harden
->Rumor #131698:
Those Xenos are kind of crazy. Rogues, I can relate to them. Just trying to make a living on the wrong side of the law. But Xenos, they hate everybody. Even the Rogues can't figure them out. Who cares about foreign shippers anyway? They still have stuff to steal.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dave Moose
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Barney Toelock
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sabrina Bruncke
 * Liberty Population/Denver Bartender/Corey Harden
->Rumor #131699:
They're always trying to cut costs at LPI, make everyone meet their criminal quotas of the week. Guess that's what you get with privatized police. I heard they don't do it that way in the other Houses. Those guys seem pretty happy. Go figure.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Dave Moose
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Barney Toelock
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sabrina Bruncke
 * Liberty Population/Denver Bartender/Corey Harden
->Rumor #131700:
We ship Pharmaceuticals to Tokyo, which supplies all of Kusari. Less frequently we haul Super Alloys and Superconductors for ship construction in Yokohama.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Masahiko Nobumoto
->Rumor #131701:
Denver has an insatiable demand for Junyo seafood. We also bring in H-Fuel from Osaka and Deshima, which gets distributed to the Colorado bases by Universal and Ageira.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Masahiko Nobumoto
->Rumor #131702:
I can't stand this Synth Paste you Liberty people eat everyday. In Kusari we have superior Food grown by the dedicated farmers of Kyushu using traditional methods. It may cost a bit more, but it's worth it.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Masahiko Nobumoto
->Rumor #131703:
I ran a load of Food up here last week from Manhattan. I usually do the Los Angeles-Denver run straight through.
 * Synth Foods/ Bob Goettel
->Rumor #131704:
The corporate plan is to eventually handle Food production for all the colonies. We got Rheinland in the bag. Right now, Kusari is proving a bit more of a challenge, mainly Samura and their Farmers Alliance henchmen. Bretonia will have to wait.
 * Synth Foods/ Bob Goettel
->Rumor #131705:
I'm running a load of Fertilizer up from Houston to the biodome operation on Deshima. Samura won't sell it to us there, so we have to haul it a fair ways. I'll sure be sorry to leave Liberty. Gets pretty hostile up there in Kusari space, especially with that Farmers Alliance.
 * Synth Foods/ Bob Goettel
->Rumor #131706:
We ship all sorts of stuff out of here: supply shipments to the Rio Grande, Kusari Optronics and Engine Components to Houston, and Pharmaceuticals to the Missouri and the Ames Research Station.
 * Universal Shipping/ Dom Harrison
->Rumor #131707:
Came in from Manhattan yesterday. I'm delivering part of my Luxury Goods load here in Denver. We're bound for Roppongi in New Tokyo to deliver the remainder. Gotta cross Galileo first, which will be the usual white-knuckle affair.
 * Universal Shipping/ Dom Harrison
->Rumor #131708:
I just came in from Houston with a load of Consumer Goods. Houston is the cheapest place in the Sirius Sector for those, thanks to all the free prisoner labor. We sometimes run Construction Machinery in from Ft. Bush.
 * Universal Shipping/ Dom Harrison
->Rumor #134327:
The Universal Shipping transport Chesapeake was hijacked several months ago and flown into the Komatsu Cloud. It is rumored to still be there, serving as a Pharmaceuticals storage depot for the Lane Hackers and Rogues.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Matt Solomon
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====Pueblo Station (Colorado)====
->Rumor #131730:
We ship in our basic needs like Food, Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel from Denver. Usually these shipments are pretty uneventful, which is just how I like it.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131731:
Ageira Technologies produces the most sophisticated technology in the Sirius Sector. We have exclusively designed and manufactured all of the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates that have made hyper-fast, long-distance space travel feasible for the first time in human history.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131732:
There has been one most unfortunate occurrence in Ageira's past: the Dallas Incident in 500 AS, a Jump Gate research project in the Texas system that went horribly wrong. Thousands of dedicated Ageira employees were lost in one dreadful moment. To this day the Texas system remains mostly off-limits due to the radiation and debris hazards.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131733:
Ageira ships its primary products of Super Alloys, Superconductors, and Trade Lane Parts to Trenton, where Universal distributes them across the Sirius Sector.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131734:
Pueblo is our primary Trade Lane Parts manufacturing facility. We also produce the latest Super Alloys and Superconductors for use in Liberty Navy Ship Hull construction and engines.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131735:
Ageira products like the Jump Gates have been developed through the centuries based on advanced technologies unlocked from Alien Artifacts found at an excavation site in Manhattan during the early days of Liberty. It is Liberty's most valuable secret, and one that is jealously guarded.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131736:
We handle the shipment of Superconductors and Super Alloys to the Norfolk Shipyard in New York, and Denver. These high-tech components become the armor of Liberty ships.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131737:
Ageira has a long and distinguished history. Its founders were among the initial population of Liberty, soon after planetfall on Manhattan in 0 AS. All scientists and engineers -- they were handpicked by the Liberty government to exploit and develop new transportation technologies for the future.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131739:
The Lane Hackers are a misguided group of software and hardware development engineers that never appreciated the opportunities that Ageira presented. They stole extremely valuable Ageira intellectual property and used it to their own personal advantage. Due to their shortsighted actions, the criminal scourge has spread like a plague throughout the entire Sirius network of Trade Lanes.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
->Rumor #131740:
ALG delivers large quantities of MOX to this facility. This is far and away our largest customer for this product. It is used as a base energy source for Trade Lanes and Jump Gates, although there is no way that fusion alone could create the energy required to operate these monstrous creations.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Stefan Hütte
->Rumor #131741:
We haul tremendous amounts of Toxic Waste away from this plant. The Xenos are always waiting in the asteroid field it seems.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Stefan Hütte
->Rumor #131742:
ALG would like to produce Super Alloys at our Dortmund plant in the near future. We are perfectly willing to handle other people's garbage for a chance to eventually learn exactly how their products are made.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Stefan Hütte
->Rumor #131743:
We bring in Polymers and Hydrocarbons from Manchester, site of our Birmingham manufactory, via Newark.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bryce Streymoore
->Rumor #131744:
This is the sole location where Superconductors are produced in the Sirius Sector. None of the other Houses could stay competitive with Liberty. We ship them to Los Angeles, and eventually Southampton Shipyard in the New London system.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bryce Streymoore
->Rumor #131745:
Bowex feels that Bretonian Super Alloys are superior to those produced here, so we don't feel the need to import any. House Kusari and Rheinland unfortunately do not agree with our assessment.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bryce Streymoore
->Rumor #131746:
We bring in the Beryllium to Pueblo all the way from the Cardiff mine in Cambridge, even though we have no outbound cargo here. It is a quick shot back into New York where we can fill up for the journey home.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. David Harris
->Rumor #131747:
We'd like to break into the Trade Lane Parts-hauling business, but the Liberty government and Ageira will not allow it. They say it must be a Liberty company that handles their precious cargo. I smell something fishy.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. David Harris
->Rumor #131748:
Liberty does seem to have a lot of criminal problems -- not as tough as our Mollys, and certainly nothing like the Corsairs -- but plenty of them, especially those Rogues.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. David Harris
->Rumor #131749:
We ship Niobium in from Deshima. On the return journey we bring Terraforming Gases for the biodome farms there. We also transport Superconductors, which are shipped onward to the Yukawa Shipyard in Honshu.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kimitoshi Kawamoto
->Rumor #131750:
We've attempted to reverse-engineer Ageira products at our Kansai research center, but so far, unsuccessfully. If we could duplicate the Trade Lanes, we could finally be free of Liberty's stranglehold on that most critical technology.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kimitoshi Kawamoto
->Rumor #131751:
We get attacked on the way down from Shikoku by Lane Hackers and Rogues, and both ways by Xenos. Kusari space is certainly much safer than this. We don't have crime problems like this. I wish Liberty would clean up the Independent Worlds, since the criminals come from here.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kimitoshi Kawamoto
->Rumor #131752:
I just finished a very difficult run from the Ring in New Berlin with a load of Daumann-mined Cobalt and Copper. First we have to deal with the Unioners in New Berlin and Hamburg. Then the Xenos take over in Hudson and Texas. Then they hit us again just down the Lane in the Silverton Field. You'd think they wouldn't care about a bunch of ore, but they just hate us.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hans Grüber
->Rumor #131753:
We're heading out tomorrow for the Ring and the Oder Shipyard with a load of Superconductors and Super Alloys. I need a drink before pondering that journey. Wish I could find a decent beer around here; that Liberty ale is awful.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hans Grüber
->Rumor #131754:
It's too bad Rheinland can't manufacture these goods herself, because we certainly have the raw materials. Rheinland innovation and entrepreneurship has lagged since the 80-Years War.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hans Grüber
->Rumor #131755:
Samura ships Niobium to Pueblo all the way from Freeport 6 in the Tau-29 system. We're picking up a return shipment of Superconductors bound for the Nansei antimatter research center in Kyushu.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichiro Ogami
->Rumor #131756:
Samura uses Super Alloys and Superconductors for construction of Kusari naval force ships in the Yokohama Shipyard. House Kusari would love to manufacture these items internally, but we have been unable to duplicate Ageira's manufacturing techniques, which are truly a mystery.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichiro Ogami
->Rumor #131757:
The Xenos are a constant thorn in our side in Galileo and Colorado. We've had to invest in better ships and more escorts to protect ourselves. Samura doesn't understand why the Xenos blame us for their misfortunes. Most of it can be blamed on their own Deep Space Engineering and Ageira, who did not respond to the Kusari challenge in commercial ship building.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichiro Ogami
->Rumor #131758:
We bring additional supplies of Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel from Denver via the Rio Grande to supplement what Ageira ships here. We pick up Superconductors outbound for Trenton.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Jamie Collins
->Rumor #131759:
We ship Trade Lane parts to Roppongi in the New Tokyo system. There they get offloaded to a DSE freighter for the final leg of their journey to the Chugoku Gate construction site in Hokkaido. That's way out there, some pretty hostile territory.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Jamie Collins
->Rumor #131760:
We ship Boron in from Pittsburgh, Copper from Houston, and Basic Alloys from Texas or Ft. Bush. Universal is willing to ship throughout Liberty to keep her in the forefront.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Jamie Collins
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====Barrier Gate Station (Coronado)====
->Rumor #465359:
.We thought our Zoner neighbours in Baffin were going to become competition, but they have surprised us. They tolerate the smuggling through their backyard but have no interest in supporting it.
 * Barrier Gate Bartender/Chad Fox
->Rumor #465360:
.Shasta is a unique place; it has to be the only trade station in Sirius that focuses on selling homemade crafts and funky crystals. What is even more surprising is that it is so busy.
 * Barrier Gate Bartender/Chad Fox
->Rumor #465361:
.Stay away from Pueblo Bonito, I don't know what those Zoners do there, they just tend to get trigger happy when you get too close.
 * Barrier Gate Bartender/Chad Fox
->Rumor #465362:
.Ever had a cardi twister? It's my house speciality, just don't plan on flying, operating heavy machinery or walking with 4 hours of consumption.
 * Barrier Gate Bartender/Chad Fox
->Rumor #465363:
.Have a glass of Honshu juice on the house. Just go easy with that stuff; I don't want to have to scrub any stains out of stool cushions.
 * Barrier Gate Bartender/Chad Fox
->Rumor #465364:
.If you have a vice Barriers Gate can satisfy you! Up here we  have my bar and few others, down on 14 we have our red light deck, and if you are interested in losing money the Outcasts just finished turning storage area 116 into a full blown casino.
 * Barrier Gate Bartender/Chad Fox
->Rumor #465369:
.Although this station is considered a "Freeport", almost 30% of this stations' population is Outcast; making us the most influential of the factions on this base.
 * Smuggler/Portia Perez
->Rumor #465370:
.The Orange decks are getting really crowed. Not only do the all of us Outcasts live down there, we have all the junkies coming down to try and huff our enriched air. Not that it does them any good, the concentration of what we breathe and what they smoke is completely different.
 * Smuggler/Portia Perez
->Rumor #465371:
.Everyone is all worried about the DSE survey ship. IMG might have something to lose but they the Outcasts see it, Liberty occupation of this system is simply a new market. Let them come.
 * Smuggler/Portia Perez
->Rumor #465373:
.This station may operate under the Freeport conventions, but I wouldn't exactly call it friendly to members of the Guild. The mere presence of a bounty hunter makes most of the station population a little tense.
 * Tracker/Anita Roemer
->Rumor #465374:
.Tinsley is the guy who owns this place. That man is a bounty hunters dream contract. There are so many people willing to pay to see that man dead I could retire if I nailed him. The problem is that I can't do it alone, the man employs an army of mercenaries for station security.
 * Tracker/Anita Roemer
->Rumor #465375:
.See that guy over in corner, he is station security, they have been watching me like a hawk since I got here. The only reason they are tolerating me is because I have assured them I am only stopping over for the night, I am headed to Freeport 3 to meet a contact who has neglected to pay.
 * Tracker/Anita Roemer
->Rumor #465377:
.If you are offering to take me back to your ship it had better have a big cockpit, I hate hitting my head!
 * Private Escort/Sarah Whitney
->Rumor #465378:
.You want to know what is going on around here you had better talk to someone else, unless you are willing to pay me to tell you rumours all night.
 * Private Escort/Sarah Whitney
->Rumor #465379:
.The last guy who didn't pay me now has a bright pink rhino with a cute little duck painted on. Now how do you explain that to someone?
 * Private Escort/Sarah Whitney
->Rumor #465381:
.I am more of a bouncer then a security officer. For the most part we don't give a nano-gram of space dust about what goes on here. Our only goal is to keep things civil between the factions; we don't need war here.
 * Station Security/Lloyd Downs
->Rumor #465382:
.I am more of a bouncer then a security officer. For the most part we don't give a nano-gram of space dust about what goes on here. Our only goal is to keep things civil between the factions; we don't need war here.
 * Station Security/Lloyd Downs
->Rumor #465383:
.Tailing Bounty Hunters is not the most sought after job in this joint, but if we don't watch what they are up to we could lose our jobs in a second. There is no paycheck if your boss gets murdered.
 * Station Security/Lloyd Downs
->Rumor #465385:
.We are not happy to see DSE here. It is not the corporation itself that has us worried, we work with them all the time.It is the fact that they are precursor to Liberty annexing the system. We have spent 7 years putting Paisley together and are not interested in it being taken out from under us.
 * Deep Core Driller/Nick Everson
->Rumor #465386:
.IMG is just being rude to DSE by not talking to them, the Outcasts and Rogues are acting allot more militant. They are blowing up survey probes and recon ships left right and center. The problem is DSE doesn't know the pirates are here and they are blaming us!
 * Deep Core Driller/Nick Everson
->Rumor #465387:
.We rotate shifts from our Deuterium Mining on Pecos so that everyone gets a chance to relax off world. This may not look like a resort to most but it sure has allot more to offer then can be offered planet side. Watch the casino though; it is really easy to lose a week's pay if you are not careful.
 * Deep Core Driller/Nick Everson
->Rumor #465390:
.This place is making me rich and all it is costing me is a few drinks every night. Once these smugglers get a little inebriated they love to talk about their trips which gives me plenty of good intel to sell back to my contacts in Bretonian Intelligence.
 * Information Broker/Bryan Paterson
->Rumor #465391:
.There should be a wrecked ship somewhere north of the Baffin jump hole. I arranged for it to have some navigation problems and go off course. The Outcasts are transporting gas containers and they are being tight lipped about what is in them. I am curious what they have up their sleeves, and why they are not telling their allies about it.
 * Information Broker/Bryan Paterson
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====Pecos (Coronado)====
->Rumor #465393:
.I'm sorry I don't sell alcohol here. It's not really wise to drink before a work shift so it doesn't really sell very well. Any time the miner wants to party they board a shuttle to the Barrier Gate station. That place is our home away from home here. The mine manager rents a common area there so that no one who works here has to shell out for a room at night.
 * Pecos Bartender/Alan Gill
->Rumor #465397:
.There is talk of expanding the mines. The shift managers are as worried about a Liberty taking over. It sounds to me like they want to grab all the Deuterium they can before we get chased out.
 * Shaft Miner/Robert Shaw
->Rumor #465399:
.Don't let DSE follow you to a Jump Hole. Right now we are pretty safe from Liberty because it will take them time to build a jump gate here. If they find the Jump Holes, we are totally spliced. Not only is liberty likely to seize this mine, all the Tau smugglers are going to eat us up. They won't it if Liberty closes down the best smuggling route in history.
 * Freighter Pilot/Dan McCauley
->Rumor #465703:
.After working at Falkland for almost 5 years this place is a dream. Sure the conditions and food is still bad, but at least here we have Barrier Gate to retreat to. All we had in Tau-37 was Freeport 10 which doesn't offer any of the same facilities.
 * Shaft Miner/Kirk Shannon
->Rumor #465705:
.Don't tell anyone else this but I found an alien artefact while I was surveying Ridge-125. I think there might be more out there, but I am not going to the foremen. I have a shuttle flight out to barrier gate in 40 minutes to meet a perspective buyer, he should be able to tell me if this is legitimate or not.
 * Resource Surveyor/Hugh Gilmore
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====Survey Vessel Armstrong (Coronado)====
->Rumor #465707:
.The plants down on the surface are a real pain! It's bad enough they grow like weeds, but when you cut them they emit this awful smell. Once you cut enough of them down and the smell gets really bad, a horde of those ferret-monkey things will come and attack you.
 * Field Engineer/Bob Tripp
->Rumor #465708:
.Some of the other engineers and me were trying to setup a field lab for the botanical survey team and got tired of trying to clear the land by hand. After 6 hours we got nowhere, and then one of the guys got a bright idea. We came back to our ship and built a "daisy cutter" bomb out of some old storage bins and H-fuel canisters. We incinerated a good 300 meters clear of vegetation with that thing. It all re-grew by mourning. Devil plants!
 * Field Engineer/Bob Tripp
->Rumor #465709:
.Don't bother trying to stay on that planet at night. Those vines never stop growing and they will climb anything, including your sleeping bag or tent. A couple days ago we had to call someone from the ship to come and cut us out of our temp shelter because the vines had bound the door closed!
 * Field Engineer/Bob Tripp
->Rumor #465711:
.I could spend several lifetimes studying the vegetation of this planet! I have never encountered such a cluttered ecosystem. Each and every plant entangles its roots with another plant. In a lab test I planted one seedling a meter from another seedling. Both immediately began to grow roots directly towards each other. After two days the roots began to intertwine.
 * Chief Botanist/Paul Gordon
->Rumor #465712:
.Regrettably nothing on that planet is suitable for human consumption. The large deformed potato plants are downright poisonous and the other plants have no nutritional value whatsoever. The fruit from the various bushes can be eaten, but it makes a better laxative than a food source.
 * Chief Botanist/Paul Gordon
->Rumor #465713:
.I find these potato plants to be very strange. Not much grows above ground but the central root can grow quite large. It also seems that these plants have a very long life span. Carbon dating on one specimen indicated that it was nearly 6 centuries old. Even more curious is that each plant has a unique genetic code.
 * Chief Botanist/Paul Gordon
->Rumor #465715:
.I have been trying to tail the IMG transports hoping that they will lead us to the Jump Hole they use, but it is not working. If I can see them they can see me, and they have a habit of taking me for a tour of the Barrier before losing me.
 * Scout Pilot/Ryan Walberg
->Rumor #465716:
.I got to start being careful about entering the Barrier. I know the IMG jump hole is in there somewhere but some of the other scouts are not coming back out of there. I don't understand it, I have tailed IMG almost ten times and all they have done is try to lose me. They have never once even powered their weapons. Why are they attacking only some of the time? For that matter if they want us gone so badly why don't they attack the Armstrong itself.
 * Scout Pilot/Ryan Walberg
->Rumor #465717:
.You're not from around here. By that I mean you are not a part of this ship or crew. Would you mind telling me where the jump hole that IMG uses is? It would certainly make my life easier.
 * Scout Pilot/Ryan Walberg
->Rumor #465719:
.I have the distinct impression that I am not dealing with my usual superiors back on Manhattan. Whoever is sending us orders now is not acting like a science committee. I have never had a fellow scientist order me to do anything, and when politician wants something they pretend to be polite. The orders I am receiving now are extremely direct, almost military like.
 * Captain/Timothy Henderson
->Rumor #465720:
.A week ago I received a message from Manhattan telling me that finding Jump Holes that are being used by the IMG in this system is my highest priority. Today I received one ordering me to spy on the IMG as well and that I am to send daily reports regarding their activity. This is not the work I signed on for!
 * Captain/Timothy Henderson
->Rumor #465722:
.Cabin fever is always a problem on these long survey voyages. This ship is pretty big but if you stay on here long enough you feel like you are in a coffin.
 * Armstrong Bartender/Jesse Fisher
->Rumor #465723:
.The boys thought we lucked out a week ago when we found a jump hole not far from Planet Baja. Turns out that it is unstable, not that it is the one we were looking for anyway. Not once have we seen an IMG ship go near it. To be honest I don't even think they know about it.
 * Armstrong Bartender/Jesse Fisher
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====Montezuma Base (Cortez)====
->Rumor #131577:
This is where we sell our stolen Gold to the Rogues, who run it into Texas and New York. There the Junkers launder it back into the legit system.
 * Lane Hackers/ Truett Cates
->Rumor #131578:
We mainly use Montezuma as a forward tactical base to stage attacks on Trade Lanes in Cortez via the Jump Hole into California. We prefer the safety of the Barrier Clouds, whereas the Rogues will attack almost anywhere.
 * Lane Hackers/ Truett Cates
->Rumor #131579:
We'd like to use the hotel on Curacao. Orbital Spa and Cruise wouldn't care if we did, but IC won't insure any Trade Lane shipping in this system. Besides, there are too many Bounty Hunters lurking around the hotel. They give me the creeps.
 * Lane Hackers/ Truett Cates
->Rumor #131580:
The Rogues are a simple lot. We don't really have much in common with them, except maybe the love of Cardamine. Most Rogues are products of the Liberty penal system. We're too smart to get caught by the LPI or navy. We'd rather die than set foot in Texas.
 * Lane Hackers/ Truett Cates
->Rumor #131637:
This base requires that all of its supplies come in from the IMGers at Freeport 4. We bring Water, H-Fuel, Oxygen, Food, Pharmaceuticals, Engine Components, and Consumer Goods from there.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Andre Garcia
 * Liberty Rogues/ Arvee Garde
 * Liberty Rogues/ Samuel Jackson
 * Liberty Rogues/Montezuma Bartender/Nathan Sheldon
->Rumor #131638:
A lot of money flows into this system from Liberty and Bretonia. All the Manhattanites come to Curacao to drink and snob it up. Sometimes their luxury transports don't always make it. And we are happy to lift the Commodities between the two Houses that cross our paths.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Andre Garcia
 * Liberty Rogues/ Arvee Garde
 * Liberty Rogues/ Samuel Jackson
 * Liberty Rogues/Montezuma Bartender/Nathan Sheldon
->Rumor #131639:
We juice up on much of the Cardamine that the Outcasts bring here. They take the rest with them as they go into Liberty, or we send it out ourselves to pay for what we use. From here we ship Cardamine to Buffalo, Alcatraz, and Beaumont.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Andre Garcia
 * Liberty Rogues/ Arvee Garde
 * Liberty Rogues/ Samuel Jackson
 * Liberty Rogues/Montezuma Bartender/Nathan Sheldon
->Rumor #131640:
When we head to Alcatraz to deliver Gold, we pick up Side Arms to bring back here. That way our esteemed guests can haul weaponry to the far edges of Sirius.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Andre Garcia
 * Liberty Rogues/ Arvee Garde
 * Liberty Rogues/ Samuel Jackson
 * Liberty Rogues/Montezuma Bartender/Nathan Sheldon
->Rumor #131641:
There's a Jump Hole into California in the Paloma Ice Clouds just south of the Jump Gate. If you're trying to move some illegals and wanna stay clean of the scans, then that's the way to get into California.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Andre Garcia
 * Liberty Rogues/ Arvee Garde
 * Liberty Rogues/ Samuel Jackson
 * Liberty Rogues/Montezuma Bartender/Nathan Sheldon
->Rumor #131642:
Things got a little frosty around here last week. An Outcast killed one of ours for accidentally alerting some Bounty Hunters to his location. When the Outcast landed, the kid's best friend stood up to the masker. The Outcast, without saying a word, pulled a Detroit Pocket Canon and blew him in half.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Andre Garcia
 * Liberty Rogues/ Arvee Garde
 * Liberty Rogues/ Samuel Jackson
->Rumor #131643:
The Gold we get from the Lane Hackers is shipped to Alcatraz. Eventually it will make its way into New York.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Andre Garcia
 * Liberty Rogues/ Arvee Garde
 * Liberty Rogues/ Samuel Jackson
 * Liberty Rogues/Montezuma Bartender/Nathan Sheldon
->Rumor #131644:
Our base is fairly well hidden here in the Corcovado. It's useful to know that there is a Jump Hole into Magellan in this ice cloud, too. From Magellan there's a Jump Hole to Manchester, so you can cross into Bretonia space unscanned if you need to.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Andre Garcia
 * Liberty Rogues/ Arvee Garde
 * Liberty Rogues/ Samuel Jackson
 * Liberty Rogues/Montezuma Bartender/Nathan Sheldon
->Rumor #131645:
I love seeing the Outcast ship landing on this base. Some folks get so excited when he drops the inbound call that they fly out to meet him. Once one our greeters blew the Outcast's cover and put a couple of Bounty Hunters on him. When the mask breather was done smoking the two Hunters, he vaped the poor kid, too. Things got worse when he landed.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Andre Garcia
 * Liberty Rogues/ Arvee Garde
 * Liberty Rogues/ Samuel Jackson
->Rumor #131773:
I'm heading out to Beaumont, the pit of Texas, to deliver another load of Liberty's poison. It was a long journey from Cali. These Rogues are scum, but they perform an essential duty for us -- at least for now.
 * Outcasts/ Tuesday Frase
->Rumor #131774:
I'm making the quick hop to Alcatraz tomorrow with a small payload of drugs. They've got Cardamine sleep chambers at the base here for itinerants like me. Not bad for an icy rock in the middle of nowhere.
 * Outcasts/ Tuesday Frase
->Rumor #131775:
Heading back out to Cali with Side Arms. They're so cheap here -- much better deal than at Trafalgar. On my way in from Buffalo yesterday I did some target practice on a Universal convoy in California. Paid off -- got some Luxury Goods bound for New London.
 * Outcasts/ Tuesday Frase
->Rumor #134340:
A few days ago, the Outcast ship Balboa was damaged by an LPI patrol that surprised it in the Tahoe Ice Cloud. It escaped its pursuers, but the failing control systems eventually caused it to hit an ice crystal and explode -- at least that's what they've been able to piece together from radar and the pilot's last words. The wreckage was scattered and drifted over a large area. The Cardamine cargo remains missing, probably still in the hold of the ship.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Andre Garcia
 * Liberty Rogues/ Arvee Garde
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====Planet Curacao (Cortez)====
->Rumor #131541:
Well, I must admit, the weather here is far superior to that of London -- not that I travel much. I've been on the Essex chasing down Mollys in Dublin for the past two years. It's about time they gave me a rest.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain William Baker
->Rumor #131542:
The drinks are really cheap here, not like back home where they're highly taxed. I'm not particularly fond of Liberty ale, though. I think I'll try jet sailing tomorrow; it's supposed to be a great way to see the planet.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain William Baker
->Rumor #131543:
I won a sweepstakes, that's why I'm here -- it's not something I could afford on a navy pilot's salary. I'm originally from Leeds, so oxygen-rich air like they have on Curacao is a definite pleasure. My mood is improving already.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain William Baker
->Rumor #131544:
This is one nice place to be based, although those snooty, rich Manhattan types don't seem to like us much. Lots of work around here. Rogues, Lane Hackers, Outcasts. We've got our hands full in Cortez.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Bart Smith
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Peekaboo Street
->Rumor #131545:
I'm not supposed to tell anyone this, but I've had a few. There are some Jump Holes I know of in this system. One is in the southeastern quadrant in the Paloma Cloud, and it leads to California. The other is in the Corcovado Field. That one goes to Magellan.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Bart Smith
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Peekaboo Street
->Rumor #131546:
I just came back from a tough battle in the Roatan Cloud. I was ambushing some Lane Hackers when some Outcasts showed up out of nowhere. Barely got out. My wingman didn't. I think I'll need a couple of those Curacao shooters from the bar tonight.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Bart Smith
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Peekaboo Street
->Rumor #131547:
If you know the shipping paths of the Outcasts, you can snag some Cardamine cargos. They don't give up without a fight, though. Best thing is to find the Jump Hole to California in the Paloma Cloud, then hang out a little to the southwest of it. They'll be along soon enough.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Bart Smith
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Peekaboo Street
->Rumor #131548:
We do a lot of patrols in this system. There's a Rogue base somewhere out in the Corcovado Field. Good luck getting close to it. It's swarming with Rogues, Hackers, and Outcasts.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Bart Smith
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Peekaboo Street
->Rumor #131549:
I'm thinking of starting a side business. Take out some of those soft rich folks from the inner House worlds that have never seen true Indie-world danger. Cruise the clouds, look for some trouble, then hightail it out of there before it gets too hot. What do ya think?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Bart Smith
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Peekaboo Street
->Rumor #131550:
I'm normally based on Glasgow, that's our corporate headquarters. The Leeds system doesn't offer the recreational opportunities that this place can. We are close to the cruise ship in Edinburgh, but you can't land on the planet there.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Stevie Ballmer
->Rumor #131551:
The reefs here are stupendous. We took the five-day sail and sea package. They dive for all sorts of strange creatures and prepare absolutely amazing meals every night. The night sky is just incredible here. You can see the Barrier in all of its glory stretching off into space.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Stevie Ballmer
->Rumor #131552:
Bowex is holding its company executive retreat here for the fourth consecutive year. It's a little dicey getting here, but great once you've arrived. They should convert one of those crazy Bretonian terraforming projects into a pleasure planet like this.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Stevie Ballmer
->Rumor #131553:
I've come here every year for the past decade; I love this place. You have to try the undersea trip. If you're lucky, you might see one of the giant norfins. They're scary at first, but the sub is well equipped to defend itself.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Tim Gellar
->Rumor #131554:
I work on the Cambridge Research Station -- a long ways from Liberty and this place. It gets kind of crazy in there after a couple of months of zero-g. Cambridge is nice to visit, but it ain't like good 'ole Liberty, folks. Much better food here.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Tim Gellar
->Rumor #131555:
This is THE place for Liberty executives like me to take vacations. You can do a lot of networking here if you want, or you can just sit back and enjoy the good life by the pool.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Tim Gellar
->Rumor #131556:
My ship broke down in the Paloma Cloud yesterday. They're still working on it, so I've got at least another night here to burn on company time. I think I'll head down to the casino and roll the dice tonight.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ed Fries
->Rumor #131557:
This is the best layover you get on Gateway runs. We normally don't stop here much, but when we do, it's a nonstop party.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ed Fries
->Rumor #131558:
This is the only safe stop in this neck of the woods. Pretty rough on both sides in the clouds. I was stuck here once when the Trade Lane got taken down for a few days. I liked it so much that I try to come back at least once every few years with the missus. The sun's pretty hot though -- I always get burned.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ed Fries
->Rumor #131559:
I love this place. They have plenty of gambling, great Food, and lots of oceanic fishing trips -- some pretty weird creatures out there. There's a purple wing fish that literally flies out of the water at you when it gets hooked. Have to carry a shield with you at all times.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Herbert Johnson
->Rumor #131560:
It gets a little pricey here, especially if you've just lost last month's salary in the casino. Oh well, there are always the cheap buffets of Luxury Foods like lettuce and potatoes, none of that Synth Paste crap. Now I know how the rich people of Sirius live. The seafood is pretty weird though. They can keep that.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Herbert Johnson
->Rumor #131561:
I'm taking a well deserved R&R, compliments of Orbital Spa and Cruise. My patrol saved Orbital's butt last week on the east Trade Lane to the California Gate. A crew of Rogues was about to make off with a Luxury Goods shipment. We saved the day.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Herbert Johnson
->Rumor #131562:
We export our pure Water to Los Angeles, which always needs more than it can get. On the return trip we carry H-Fuel, Pharmaceuticals, Food, and Consumer Goods.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Curacao Bartender/David Johnson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Jo Tyo
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Joanne Williams
->Rumor #131563:
We send patrols out into the eastern fields to keep the considerable criminal population in check. Fortunately, there is a substantial Bounty Hunter contingent based here to provide some sense of security. Unfortunately, their rather crude behavior and offensive odor has been a problem with our regular guests.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Curacao Bartender/David Johnson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Jo Tyo
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Joanne Williams
->Rumor #131564:
We bring in Luxury Goods from Manhattan so that our clients can shop in addition to their daily regime of water sports and gambling. The armored transports tend to get attacked quite a bit in the Paloma Cloud.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Curacao Bartender/David Johnson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Jo Tyo
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Joanne Williams
->Rumor #131565:
This is the original home of Orbital Spa and Cruise, founded in 475 by Tony Cortez. This was the first planet in the Sirius Sector devoted solely to the pursuit of pleasure. There is now a second in Stuttgart, and several cruise ships in the far reaches of civilized space.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Curacao Bartender/David Johnson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Jo Tyo
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Joanne Williams
->Rumor #131566:
We ship Luxury Food from New London. It's perishable, so we have to be fast. Only the finest Cambridge organic produce for our discriminating customers.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Curacao Bartender/David Johnson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Jo Tyo
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Joanne Williams
->Rumor #131567:
The unusually high oxygen content of Curacao's atmosphere has a rejuvenating effect on most of our patrons, which primarily include the Liberty wealthy. They can hop a special transport and be here in a matter of days via the Jump Gates and Trade Lanes.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Curacao Bartender/David Johnson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Jo Tyo
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Joanne Williams
->Rumor #131568:
There is no appreciable landmass on this planet. Outside of the hotel platform there is a vast, shallow sea covering the planet. Various water sports are the preferred activity. We also offer submersible expeditions for more adventurous travelers who want to experience the exotic undersea life.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Curacao Bartender/David Johnson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Jo Tyo
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Joanne Williams
->Rumor #131569:
Curacao wasn't discovered until 465 because of its obscured position in the heart of the Barrier. The Tantulus, a Liberty survey ship, accidentally stumbled into the system while researching a new Jump Gate route between Liberty and Bretonia.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Curacao Bartender/David Johnson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Jo Tyo
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Joanne Williams
->Rumor #131570:
Orbital will normally accept any guest that can pay their way, even a Bounty Hunter. On our Hawaiian ship you can spot Hogosha and even the odd Corsair or two. The Lane Hackers have expressed interest in staying here, but we feel their piracy against our ships is too severe to ignore.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Curacao Bartender/David Johnson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Jo Tyo
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Joanne Williams
->Rumor #131571:
We occasionally ship in Luxury Goods from Los Angeles to supplement those from Orbital Spa.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Jim Brown
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Mick Franklin
->Rumor #131572:
These Independent Worlds are the roughest areas that Universal has to traverse. At least we don't have to deal with the Border Worlds. Just last week we lost a shipment to Hackers in the Roatan Cloud.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Jim Brown
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Mick Franklin
->Rumor #131573:
Our main business on the Bretonian-Libertonian Line is Bretonian Gold, New York Luxury Goods, and Trade Lane Parts bound for Bretonia.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Jim Brown
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Mick Franklin
->Rumor #131574:
This resort is the first Orbital Spa and Cruise hotel built. They have a second one in the Stuttgart system, but I prefer to be closer to home in case something goes wrong. The hotel is getting a little old, though. I think they should level it and create an artificial island here.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Jim Brown
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Mick Franklin
->Rumor #131575:
The only time it gets scary here is when there's a big storm. We were caught in one five years ago -- we thought the platform wouldn't make it. But it's still standing, so I guess I shouldn't worry too much.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Jim Brown
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Mick Franklin
->Rumor #131576:
I heard that some visiting dignitaries were kidnapped en route by Rogues in the Paloma Cloud. That's unsettling.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Jim Brown
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Mick Franklin
->Rumor #134323:
The Charles Kane and its escorts were ambushed in the Roatan Ice Crystal Cloud several weeks ago, probably by Rogues or Lane Hackers. They commandeered the ship and flew it further into the cloud. Several Bounty Hunters happened upon the hijacked ship, and a fierce firefight ensued. Only one limped back to tell the tale. She said the ship was still out there in the cloud, abandoned and drifting with the field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Bart Smith
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Peekaboo Street
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain William Baker
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====Battleship Embrun (Dauphine)====
->Rumor #504849:
.The Royal Police prefers not to mess with the pirates here in the Border Worlds. It is way too much danger for them to bother with. The Navy ends up doing all the dirty work that they are paid to do. Sometimes I think that the pirates and the Police might have signed some sort of non-aggression pact.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Daniel Gouges
->Rumor #504852:
.Dauphine faced some of the most bloody battles of the Second Gallic War, of which the Battle for Gap is the most well-known. We thought that liberating Dauphine was a glorious victory, but only now we realized how blind we were. They gave up Dauphine only to gather their forces in Languedoc.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Alexis Vartan
->Rumor #504855:
.Now that the secret of Gallia is revealed to the whole of Sirius, what will our leaders do? What will we do? I'm completely bewildered, and many of my fellow officers share similar doubts about our future.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Alexis Vartan
->Rumor #504861:
.The Jump Gates into our Core Worlds had been sealed to prevent the intruders from reaching our main planets. Only authorized ships are allowed to pass, and they are searched thoroughly both at the Jump Gate and at their destination point. But I'm concerned that some might be hidden too well for the authorities to find them...
 * Embrun Bartender/Theodore Rouiette
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====Battleship Guillestre (Dauphine)====
->Rumor #504846:
.The Council accuses us of various atrocities. In fact, the Council themselves have frequently breached the rules of war by attacking civilian ships and stations, and torturing captives. I admit that we have also done such things, from time to time. War is cruel, but why does the Council need to be so hypocritical?
 * Royal Navy/Captain Daniel Vasselon
->Rumor #504847:
.The failure of Languedoc's defenses was the most devastating defeat for the Navy in over 300 years. Many of our admirals will lose their posts after the military investigations have been completed. Some already have, and they certainly deserve it.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Therese Godenot
->Rumor #504852:
.Dauphine faced some of the most bloody battles of the Second Gallic War, of which the Battle for Gap is the most well-known. We thought that liberating Dauphine was a glorious victory, but only now we realized how blind we were. They gave up Dauphine only to gather their forces in Languedoc.
 * Guillestre Bartender/Nicolas Maigny
->Rumor #504853:
.I have to admit that the attack against the Languedoc defenses was brilliantly executed by the Council. They did sacrifice thousands of their pilots and soldiers to achieve their goal, but they didn't have much choice, and in the end they were victorious. Who cares about casualties?
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Therese Godenot
->Rumor #504854:
.The Council in Languedoc are isolated. An offensive fleet is being prepared by the Royal Navy in Dauphine, and we expect that Nimes station will be re-captured soon enough. Quillan and Montelimar might be more difficult to deal with, though. The rebels had plenty of time to prepare for a long siege and defend the mine path.
 * Guillestre Bartender/Nicolas Maigny
->Rumor #504855:
.Now that the secret of Gallia is revealed to the whole of Sirius, what will our leaders do? What will we do? I'm completely bewildered, and many of my fellow officers share similar doubts about our future.
 * Royal Navy/Captain Daniel Vasselon
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====Briancon Station (Dauphine)====
->Rumor #504866:
.Stations that are listed as controlled by the Police are actually under the administration of the Gallic civilian authorities. However, it's the task of the police to defend the station, preserve order and control all docking procedures.
 * Royal Police/Sgt. Theophile Ackart
->Rumor #504878:
.The Unione Corse might be less numerous compared to the other pirate groups in Gallia, but even their membership has nearly doubled in the last 15 years. Originally they were just a covert group, but now they are daring enough to attack us openly.
 * Royal Police/Inspector Marguerite Belmont
->Rumor #504912:
.Oil is present on most of the Core Worlds in Gallia. With abundant oil supplies, we produce high-quality fuel for our engines. It might be old-fashioned and bad for the environment, but it's also cheap. Think about it: finally, almost everyone can afford a good car and never worry about the cost of fuel.
 * Briancon Bartender/Christian Durand
->Rumor #504913:
.EFL Oil & Machinery is one of the biggest corporations in Gallia, but we are not exactly competitors for GMS as many would think. The government controls both companies and defines which areas of the market we can operate within.
 * EFL/ Honore Duparc
->Rumor #504915:
.Pirates and criminals are our enemies, and this war never ends. The Brigands are the most troublesome, due to their large numbers, but their pilots are hardly ever capable of playing as a team. If one ship is damaged or destroyed, occasionally the others will simply flee in random directions.
 * EFL/ Jean Grisey
->Rumor #504916:
.The Junkers sometimes help us against other pirate groups, for example, warning us about an ambush. I was once flying on a transport and saw our captain handing over a case to a Junker representative. Then we changed course. I don't even want to think what could have happened if the Junker wasn't there to warn us.
 * EFL/ Honore Duparc
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====Gap Station (Dauphine)====
->Rumor #504844:
.Now the path into Sirius is open anyway, we can openly state that our military power is more than twice as large as any other Sirius House possesses. If there was a war, no one could possibly stop us from winning.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Laetitia Merode
->Rumor #504867:
.The police forces play an important role in the current war with the Council. We are in charge of protecting many military convoys until they reach areas controlled by the Royal Navy. Also, police special forces form the front line of space station defences in case enemy marines manage to board a station.
 * Royal Police/Sgt. Michel Nerval
->Rumor #504868:
.Our positions in the Core Worlds are much more well-established than here. The defence of the Border Worlds heavily depends on the Navy, and we don't have much to contribute, given the military power and resources of our enemies.
 * Royal Police/Sgt. Michel Nerval
->Rumor #504869:
.Our Navy has the strength, but not much in the way of wisdom. Their humiliating defeat in Languedoc is something that proves my words better than anything else possibly could.
 * Gap Bartender/Clement Sastre
 * Royal Police/Sgt. Patricia Laclos
->Rumor #504870:
.Royal Navy officers have a nasty habit of blaming us for the rising crime rates here. Do they think that we assist criminals in any way? I'm insulted that they would ever consider such a thing.
 * Royal Police/Inspector Marguerite Belmont
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====Grenoble Depot (Dauphine)====
->Rumor #504881:
.The operation in Languedoc was a risky one, and we all knew right from the start that many of us wouldn't survive the upcoming battles. The rumors we hear about the Gallic Navy's military buildup in Dauphine seem to indicate that those battles were just the beginning. Our only chance is to flee to Sirius and seek a safe haven in some desolate system that the Royal Navy won't be able to reach before we set up a better defense.
 * Maquis/ Camille Beaumont
->Rumor #504890:
.Setting up the mine fields was an extremely lengthy process. It took over a hundred and fifty years to complete, and Gallia had to face the constant risk of being discovered by some hapless explorer from Sirius. Unfortunately, their space exploration advanced far slower than ours.
 * Maquis/ Camille Beaumont
->Rumor #504917:
.The Council are too weak. They don't understand that the King won't notice how many Royal Navy ships they destroy in  places like Burgundy or Lorraine. That inbred moron of a King will notice only when we detonate a bomb inside his own palace. A nice big explosion, that's what we need to get his attention.
 * Maquis/ Blaise Trochu
->Rumor #504919:
.They say that the monarchy was selected as the most efficient political regime to base our new nation on, shortly after we arrived on New Paris. Thousands of dissidents rotting in prisons all over Gallia is a perfect example of where this efficiency leads us.
 * Grenoble Bartender/Albert Tailleferre
->Rumor #504922:
.Have you been to Marne? This place became something really special. Citizens are enforcing law and order in the settlements themselves, without any supervision. Outside the cities, there is no law. Bandits roam the countryside, pirate groups build their own small settlements and even launch sites for their ships.
 * Maquis/ Julien Belmont
->Rumor #504923:
.Marne became a safe haven for us, the Brigands, and even the Unione Corse. The Council are trying to conceal the truth, but it's obvious that they cannot control the whole planet's surface. Many of the old factories have switched to producing ships and weapons for pirates. Why do you think piracy is on the rise? Because of this war? No, because the pirates can openly manufacture ships and weapons on Marne, that's why.
 * Maquis/ Julien Belmont
->Rumor #504928:
.The Council are idealistic fools destined to lose. The Brigands are not trustworthy, but they've certainly got the musclesto flex, if only they could co-ordinate themselves effectively. The only group we are willing to deal with are the Maquis, who at least have a spine.
 * Unione Corse/ Zacharie Jacob
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====Montelimar Base (Dauphine)====
->Rumor #504926:
.The Unione Corse don't spread rumours around like gossiping housewives. Get lost, before we make you.
 * Montelimar Bartender/Jean-Baptiste Vigny
 * Unione Corse/ Gaston Voynet
->Rumor #504927:
.We stay away from politics, wars and other stuff like that. We mind our business. Go away and mind yours before it's too late.
 * Unione Corse/ Maximilien Guitry
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====Valence Base (Dauphine)====
->Rumor #504931:
.Many people say that we are cruel and that we love violence. It's true, but most of us initially sought quick profits. Lust for violence comes after greed, not before it.
 * Brigands/ Martin Delaflote
->Rumor #504932:
.The Brigands often spread many stupid rumours about themselves. The truth is that we are a bunch of professional criminals who know where the profit lies. Three quarters of the Gallic black market is under our complete control, and neither the Maquis nor the Unione Corse will be able to take it away from us.
 * Valence Bartender/Laurent Delerue
->Rumor #504933:
.We have somewhat complicated relationships with the other criminal groups. The war with the Corse is long over, and we do business in some areas, but we hardly ever operate together. Our relations with the Maquis has helped us to establish a profitable partnership with The Council who have since come to rely on the supplies which we smuggle through the Royal Navy blockades.
 * Brigands/ Gilbert Rowen
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====Battleship Altenburg (Dresden)====
->Rumor #133910:
We deliver MOX to the Westfalen every few months or so. Berlin has been having difficulty making their payments lately. ALG would like to improve our relationship with the military, so we often waive the transport and installation fees.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133911:
The structural integrity of this ship is suspect. It suffered a lot of damage during the Eighty Years War, but was forced to remain in service, since all of its sister ships are now Scrap Metal in the Sigma-13 system. We are always nervous when we have to enter the reactor compartments of this ship. Especially since the recent accident.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133912:
Our most lucrative runs for MOX are into Colorado. One must first survive the Xenos in the Independent Worlds, however. The Rogues would also like to get their hands on bomb-making material -- especially the group found in Hudson.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133913:
The military's brought us in to help them out in the Nordheide. They don't pay us too much, though. But they have good, long-range scanners and a strategic position in this area, so it's worthwhile for us. Most of the actual bounties are put up by Republican.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133914:
There are a few reformed Hessians among us here in Hamburg. They're the lucky ones who got out of Vierlande before their sentences were up. One guy had some story about some neutron star in Omega-41. That's way out there in the Edge Worlds in Corsair land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133915:
The Hole to Bering is up in the Nordheide. If you're looking for diamond smuggling Unioners, then that's the place to be. There isn't a direct route between here and Hudson, which keeps the Xenos and Rogues out of Hamburg.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133916:
Some of the Hunters use this as a base for journeys into Hudson. Most of the bounties up there are for Xenos and Rogues. Republican posts the bulk of them, though Universal and IC chip in on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133917:
Just came back from Hudson. We were cruising for baddies in the gap between the Wrangell and Kenai Fields. Ran right into a little skirmish going on between the local thugs. I got me two Xenos and a Rogue. Buy you a drink?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133918:
Hudson is a little rougher than Hamburg. No safe havens, not even any military in the Rheinland part of the system. Liberty Navy's putting a lot of pressure on them, but they can't do much about it. You can see why. Look around at this dump.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133919:
It's a quick trip from Hamburg. We run in supplies on a regular basis. Sometimes they can't pay us, but we usually can arrange something. Maybe four dead Unioners for a container of Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133920:
Republican is competing with ALG to win the contract for constructing the next generation of Rheinland battleships. We have a clear advantage in ship design and practical construction experience. But they have a definite strength in alloys and specialized Hull Panel fabrication.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133921:
Although it's not far to Hamburg from here, the Unioners will attack us if given the opportunity. Their preferred method is to disable a Trade Lane ring near the center of the stretch, then flee back into the Nordheide at the first sign of a military patrol.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133922:
The Westfalen is the last battleship still operational in the Rheinland fleet. We are always short of spare parts, and the men are paid only once every three months. Some enterprising pilots have taken to moonlighting for Republican or Synth Foods in order to make ends meet.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133923:
This ship is a deathtrap. They had an explosion last week in Fusion Reactor 6. Had to seal off the entire A Deck. They're not even going to fix it. That's a sorry state of affairs. The Westfalen will never be able to make a jump again.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133924:
There are rumors circulating that ALG is planning on building a new shipyard in Dortmund to build the Bremen and her sister ships. They're willing to build them at cost in order to gain entry into this new market. That's an attractive proposition for Berlin at this point and time.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133925:
The Rheinland Military is tasked with patrolling the northern areas of Hamburg and the adjacent Independent Worlds of Bering and Hudson. But we only have enough working fighters to cover the Trade Lanes in the immediate area, plus a daily patrol into the Nordheide. We assign Bounty Hunters to handle many of our other patrol routes in the area.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133926:
Ever since we lost the war, Rheinland just hasn't been the same; the entire colony feels beaten and bereft of vigor. Look around, there is no one smiling or enjoying themselves. What will it take for my House to heal?
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133927:
Daumann is the real culprit in the Eighty-Years War. The Imperial Navy Command had grave doubts about the wisdom of fighting a guerrilla-style war in the Crow Nebula against an enemy that was so well-supplied by Kusari. But Daumann saw the huge profits to be made in lucrative shipbuilding contracts, and bribed hundreds of key government officials. The rest is history.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133928:
Many of the young officers are leaving the Rheinland Military, tired of the poor conditions and low pay. Most of them end up flying commercial transports for Republican or Synth Foods. The rest end up with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133929:
The Rheinland public doesn't respect the military anymore. We lost the Eighty-Years War to a ragtag bunch of gas miners as far as they're concerned. That is one reason it has been so difficult for Berlin to increase our budget -- the politicians backed by the Bundschuh always vote it down.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133930:
The Bundschuh continues to attack this floating piece of junk for some reason. We usually run them off after a few minutes. I guess they don't have any other obvious military targets left in Rheinland -- except maybe the Oder Shipyard. Have to have an enemy to keep the cause going.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
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====Bautzen Station (Dresden)====
->Rumor #134187:
The Schwefelnebel hides the Jump Hole leading into Frankfurt. Red Hessians make supply runs into that system, so it is a good place to hunt for them. Plus, the proximity to this base from there means that if you get shot up and need repairs, you don't have to fly far with a leaky ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leah Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wayne Kramer
->Rumor #134188:
If you want some real trouble, you might try heading to Omega 11 -- there are Diamonds and Hessians all over that system. It's one of the most dangerous places in Sirius. If the pirates don't kill you, the solar flares usually will. The Jump Hole is in the Lavafeld.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leah Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wayne Kramer
->Rumor #134189:
You can kill LWB and Red Hessians in the Giftnebel. There are Jump Holes in there as well as a Hessian base. It is extremely dangerous, though; you must excerise caution if you go. I tell newbie Bounty Hunters I don't like, that it is the place they need to be.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leah Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wayne Kramer
->Rumor #134190:
I've almost got enough saved to retire. I don't know what I'm going to do or where I will go. I might go to Liberty. I don't really want to, but I always get paid in Liberty coin so the currency doesn't lose value before I can spend it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leah Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wayne Kramer
->Rumor #134191:
I'm doing the guys I kill a favor. If they got caught by the police they would have to go to Vierlande for the rest of their days. It is much better to die fighting than to rot away in a dark hole.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leah Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wayne Kramer
->Rumor #134192:
I'm one of the few men who went to the Vierlande and came back out again. Almost all of the sentences are for life, including mine. But I got a reprieve after I helped the guards put down a riot. After being there, I prefer getting blown away by Hessians to breaking the law again.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leah Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wayne Kramer
->Rumor #134193:
The Diamonds we mine in this system aren't usually high enough quality to make the Luxury Goods markets, but they are perfect for industrial drill bits. Kruger ships these Diamonds to Essen, and while in Essen we purchase Mining Machinery and bring it back here.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Konrad Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/ Morris Burghardt
 * Kruger Minerals/Bautzen Bartender/Stefan Giering
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Maik Soller
->Rumor #134194:
Our mining vessels require H-Fuel, like any other non-capitol-class ship. We supply our base with H-Fuel from Mannheim.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Konrad Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/ Morris Burghardt
 * Kruger Minerals/Bautzen Bartender/Stefan Giering
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Maik Soller
->Rumor #134195:
The best-quality Diamonds mined here are sent to New Berlin to be used in the Luxury Goods market. Our convoys leave with holds full of Diamonds, and return with basic supplies.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Konrad Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/ Morris Burghardt
 * Kruger Minerals/Bautzen Bartender/Stefan Giering
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Maik Soller
->Rumor #134196:
Everyone knows that it was Daumann's fault that the miners in this system revolted. But the chain reaction swept through all of Rheinland. The reparations we were forced to pay, along with the crippling losses we incurred in the Eighty-Years War, have left us struggling to stay afloat.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Konrad Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/ Morris Burghardt
 * Kruger Minerals/Bautzen Bartender/Stefan Giering
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Maik Soller
->Rumor #134197:
The police station Pirna has some excellent pilots, and they are honorable officers who know that Kruger is their friend, but they do not have the power to hold back the tide of Red Hessians in this system. We are forced to hire mercenaries. I do not respect the Bounty Hunters Guild, but I appreciate their work.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Konrad Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/ Morris Burghardt
 * Kruger Minerals/Bautzen Bartender/Stefan Giering
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Maik Soller
->Rumor #134198:
Of course Kruger was somewhat strict with its workers before the revolt, and I suppose we still are now to a degree. But that is the way you must be to run a successful company. We could not have remained competitive if we didn't push our employees to work the hours that Daumann required of their employees.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Konrad Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/ Morris Burghardt
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Maik Soller
->Rumor #134199:
The most recent Red Hessian attack on our operations was horrible. They caught a whole team of miners working a large asteroid in the Schwefelnebel. The miserable Hessians didn't stop firing until there was nothing moving but body parts, all thirty of the miners dead.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Konrad Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/ Morris Burghardt
 * Kruger Minerals/Bautzen Bartender/Stefan Giering
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Maik Soller
->Rumor #134200:
The Kruger Lavafeld is too close to the sun to send miners out in vac-suits. It is far too hot and dangerous to traverse. Instead we do our mining in the Schwefelnebel. I would say that that field is too dangerous too, but only because of the Red Hessians.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Konrad Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/ Morris Burghardt
 * Kruger Minerals/Bautzen Bartender/Stefan Giering
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Maik Soller
->Rumor #134201:
Employees die, that is just how industry is. We encourage our labor force to take breaks when they are too tired to work safely. It is their choice to keep working, and therefore it is their risk. Though some may say it is unfair, we could not remain soluble if we paid employees for resting on the job. No work means no pay.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Konrad Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/ Morris Burghardt
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Maik Soller
->Rumor #134350:
The Danzig is a long lost Kruger freighter that strayed into the Giftnebel in 450 while returning from the Diamond fields. The cloud's hostile conditions prevented any thorough search. Pieces of debris have been spotted drifting occasionally within the area, but no one has been able to determine if they are the remains of the Danzig.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leah Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wayne Kramer
 * Kruger Minerals/ Konrad Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/ Morris Burghardt
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Maik Soller
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====Leipzig Station (Dresden)====
->Rumor #134172:
This base receives its basic supplies from the capitol planet, New Berlin. Crucial to our operations here is the Mining Machinery we receive from the same source.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hugo Leitz
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jan Wegener
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lars Böttiger
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Leipzig Bartender/Lukas Neumann
->Rumor #134174:
Daumann's primary facility -- the Ring in New Berlin -- supplies us with our Niobium. In return, we ship them the High-Temperature Alloys and Cobalt that is produced here. If you wish to see the pride of Rheinland, you could make this run.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hugo Leitz
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jan Wegener
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lars Böttiger
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Leipzig Bartender/Lukas Neumann
->Rumor #134175:
If you have the skill and the inclination, Fort Bush in New York is always willing to purchase Dresden Copper.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hugo Leitz
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jan Wegener
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lars Böttiger
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Leipzig Bartender/Lukas Neumann
->Rumor #134176:
The Oder Shipyard is the largest shipyard in all of Sirius. They are in need of our High-Temperature Alloys. If you go there, we would be happy to purchase any MOX you bring back.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hugo Leitz
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jan Wegener
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lars Böttiger
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Leipzig Bartender/Lukas Neumann
->Rumor #134177:
This system has been the heart of Rheinland's industrial power since 188 AS, when the first Jump Gates were built here connecting us to New Berlin. For centuries we mined and smelted in peace; that all changed after "the Eighty." Now we are plagued by all manner of pirates.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hugo Leitz
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jan Wegener
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lars Böttiger
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Leipzig Bartender/Lukas Neumann
->Rumor #134178:
Leipzig is surrounded by a sulfurous cloud that has accreted over centuries of industrial labor at this base. It is a byproduct of Daumann's works in this area. Sulfur is no longer released into space; instead it is captured and shipped as Fertilizers for Synth Foods operations.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hugo Leitz
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jan Wegener
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lars Böttiger
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Leipzig Bartender/Lukas Neumann
->Rumor #134179:
Red Hessian activity in this system is exceptionally vicious. Because they are pirates, they are plentiful in New Berlin. But because they were once Daumann employees, their attacks here are the most violent. This is where the Red Hessians began; the heart of industry, the heart of revolt. Hessians plague this system not for goods, but for revenge -- unceasing revenge.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hugo Leitz
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jan Wegener
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lars Böttiger
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Leipzig Bartender/Lukas Neumann
->Rumor #134180:
This system is where the Popular Revolt began when disgruntled miners took over Leipzig Station on Von Rohe's Day in 700 AS. Before long, the revolt had spread throughout all of Rheinland, and the days of the empire where numbered.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hugo Leitz
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jan Wegener
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lars Böttiger
->Rumor #134181:
In the Lavafeld you will find a Jump Hole to Omega-11; that is where the Red Hessians enter and exit this system for the western Border Worlds. If you are looking for them, and you want to pop them with Diamonds in their holds, then that is where you go.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jill Dunn
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Chad Ewing
->Rumor #134182:
The LWB are not a huge presence in this system. They are more concerned with keeping supplies running between the Hessian base here and their base in Stuttgart. This system is also their transit point to New Berlin. If you are looking for them, do your hunting in the Giftnebel.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jill Dunn
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Chad Ewing
->Rumor #134183:
This is the backbone of Daumann's mining concerns, so of course you will find a Red Hessian base here in Dresden. Look in the Giftnebel, you will encounter it, along with Jump Holes that lead to New Berlin and Stuttgart. If you go there, I hope that you are a good pilot and not afraid to go up against multiple targets.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jill Dunn
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Chad Ewing
->Rumor #134184:
If Daumann didn't pay me so much for dead Hessians, I would go looking for other types to bring down. But since I know where they operate and how they fly, and since they pay the most, it is an easy choice. The hard part is killing them; they don't die easily and there are always more.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jill Dunn
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Chad Ewing
->Rumor #134185:
I like to hang out in the Daumann Lavafeld. I know that there are always going to be Hessian attacks there. And the executives like to see you make your kills near the base they are paying you to protect. Just hang out in the sulfur a bit, Red Hessians will fly right under your nose.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jill Dunn
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Chad Ewing
->Rumor #134186:
My old man was a Red Hessian. He was the one who taught me all their Jump Hole networks, and when to hit them when they were carrying Diamonds. He left the Red Hessians because they were changing. My father wasn't a pirate; he was a Daumann political opponent.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jill Dunn
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Chad Ewing
->Rumor #134350:
The Danzig is a long lost Kruger freighter that strayed into the Giftnebel in 450 while returning from the Diamond fields. The cloud's hostile conditions prevented any thorough search. Pieces of debris have been spotted drifting occasionally within the area, but no one has been able to determine if they are the remains of the Danzig.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jill Dunn
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====Pirna Border Station (Dresden)====
->Rumor #134202:
Daumann tries to show its appreciation for these brave men by bringing them the best in Side Arms directly from where they are produced at the Ring. From Riot Breakers to the new Daumann Shredders, these boys get the best.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thile Cämmer
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Eckert Kleckl
->Rumor #134203:
Basic supplies are shipped here by our convoys, which depart from New Berlin. It is a contract we are proud to fulfill, though the way is beset by dangerous pirates. We keep the Federal Police running with our goods.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thile Cämmer
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Eckert Kleckl
->Rumor #134204:
This post is so depressing; look at the faces of the men at this base. They are supposed to protect us? They look as if they expect death at any time. It makes me wonder if they know something that I don't.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thile Cämmer
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Eckert Kleckl
->Rumor #134205:
Our base is situated between the Daumann and Kruger base, so both of their operations are our responsibility. The Hessians focus their attacks on the Trade Lanes that pass by both bases on the way to New Berlin. We try to patrol those areas, but we are stretched too thin here.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Romi Brandstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Pirna Bartender/RBT-102
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Edith Wiemann
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Harald Prohasky
->Rumor #134206:
My family has had men and women in the Rheinland Federal Police Force since before the Revolt. Back then we were known as the Imperial Police. In those days they had it easy; their ships were well-maintained and there was far less piracy than there is now.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Romi Brandstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Pirna Bartender/RBT-102
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Edith Wiemann
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Harald Prohasky
->Rumor #134207:
This job just doesn't pay me enough to do the things that are required to keep my patrol area clear of criminals. It just seems like I'm risking my life for nothing these days. For every Red Hessian I bring in, another three are ready to take me out.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Romi Brandstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Edith Wiemann
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Harald Prohasky
->Rumor #134208:
Dresden is a hellhole. Look around -- we are surrounded by poisonous gas clouds and irradiated asteroid fields. What are you doing here? What could possibly interest you enough to be in this system?
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Romi Brandstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Pirna Bartender/RBT-102
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Edith Wiemann
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Harald Prohasky
->Rumor #134209:
This is a great job. I fly a rusty old heap of metal, my pay is lousy, I risk my life each day, and the pirates I fight make more money than I do. Maybe I could take my training and become a Hunter.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Romi Brandstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Edith Wiemann
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Harald Prohasky
->Rumor #134210:
The Rheinland credits that I am paid with lose more value each day. The inflation we are experiencing here is so great that the only kind of payment that keeps is actual Commodities. If it wasn't for the fact that we get room and board, I would find other work.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Romi Brandstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Edith Wiemann
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Harald Prohasky
->Rumor #134211:
This is one of the systems that they send you to if you are a good pilot but complain too much -- or the captain does not like you. The mortality rate here among Federal Police is the highest in all of Rheinland. All we fight are Red Hessians and the occasional LWB.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Romi Brandstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Edith Wiemann
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Harald Prohasky
->Rumor #134212:
The blue Diamonds that Kruger mines here are highly prized in the Luxury Goods markets at New Berlin. That's one of the reasons that the Hessians attack the lanes near the Kruger base so often. They also hit the miners out in the fields. When that happens, all that's left of the miners is their teeth.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Romi Brandstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Pirna Bartender/RBT-102
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Edith Wiemann
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Harald Prohasky
->Rumor #134213:
"Learn to be a pilot," my mother always told me. "Don't waste away in the mines," she would say. Ha -- look at this base, look at the pilots here; what a wonderful life I have chosen. Soon enough I'm going to make a mistake out there and then I'm dead. It's just a matter of time.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Romi Brandstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Edith Wiemann
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Harald Prohasky
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====Vogtland Base (Dresden)====
->Rumor #134214:
All the supplies we need to keep this base going are bought by us from Junkers in Kreuzberg and brought here. Thank goodness for our lovely black markets in New Berlin.
 * Red Hessians/ Arnim Fromm
 * Red Hessians/ Gottfried Kirmess
 * Red Hessians/ Lutz Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Olaf Streithorst
 * Red Hessians/Vogtland Bartender/Eugen Drum
->Rumor #134215:
This base serves as a trade depot for other Hessian bases in the area. The basic supplies we ship here also get shipped to Freital. If you made these shipments, it would be easier for us since the police actively hunt for us.
 * Red Hessians/ Arnim Fromm
 * Red Hessians/ Gottfried Kirmess
 * Red Hessians/ Lutz Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Olaf Streithorst
 * Red Hessians/Vogtland Bartender/Eugen Drum
->Rumor #134216:
Along with basic supplies, we also purchase Side Arms and Engine Components from the Junkers in New Berlin to ship here. Surplus weapons and engine parts get sent to Freital.
 * Red Hessians/ Arnim Fromm
 * Red Hessians/ Gottfried Kirmess
 * Red Hessians/ Lutz Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Olaf Streithorst
 * Red Hessians/Vogtland Bartender/Eugen Drum
->Rumor #134217:
Diamonds come to this base from Freital in Omega 11. We will take them to the Junkers in New Berlin to be sold on the black markets. It is these Diamonds that fund the majority of all Red Hessian operations.
 * Red Hessians/ Arnim Fromm
 * Red Hessians/ Gottfried Kirmess
 * Red Hessians/ Lutz Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Olaf Streithorst
 * Red Hessians/Vogtland Bartender/Eugen Drum
->Rumor #134218:
The Giftnebel is a dangerous cloud to move through, but its proximity to the Kruger and Daumann operations here makes it worthwhile. We know this system well, and that helps us when we raid the corporates trying to ship their goods back to New Berlin.
 * Red Hessians/ Arnim Fromm
 * Red Hessians/ Gottfried Kirmess
 * Red Hessians/ Lutz Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Olaf Streithorst
 * Red Hessians/Vogtland Bartender/Eugen Drum
->Rumor #134219:
What a fitting place this cloud is; formed from the sulfurous waste of the smelting plants in the system, crafted by Daumann and Kruger's heedlessness. Now it hides their greatest threat: the Red Hessians. It also hides the Jump Holes to New Berlin and Stuttgart.
 * Red Hessians/ Arnim Fromm
 * Red Hessians/ Gottfried Kirmess
 * Red Hessians/ Lutz Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Olaf Streithorst
->Rumor #134220:
We might eventually win this system from the corporates. Ore deposits here will soon be exhausted, and our attacks cost them dearly. Intelligence suggests they may be moving the bulk of their mining operations to Omega-7. If that happens, it will be a great victory for us.
 * Red Hessians/ Arnim Fromm
 * Red Hessians/ Gottfried Kirmess
 * Red Hessians/ Lutz Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Olaf Streithorst
 * Red Hessians/Vogtland Bartender/Eugen Drum
->Rumor #134221:
Years ago this was our only base. But we have expanded, due greatly to the Jump Holes that have been found. Also, we've had great success mining and stealing Diamonds. Hessians know the corporate strategies and protocols -- we used to be part of them. That's why our strikes are so effective.
 * Red Hessians/ Arnim Fromm
 * Red Hessians/ Gottfried Kirmess
 * Red Hessians/ Lutz Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Olaf Streithorst
 * Red Hessians/Vogtland Bartender/Eugen Drum
->Rumor #134222:
Rheinlanders have a slang for Diamonds -- they call them Hessian Tears. They symbolize the lives of all the miners crushed into the Rheinland corporate machine, our fight to hold back the tide of Daumann and Kruger, and our struggle to pay for our crusade with their beauty.
 * Red Hessians/ Arnim Fromm
 * Red Hessians/ Gottfried Kirmess
 * Red Hessians/ Lutz Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Olaf Streithorst
->Rumor #134223:
I'm one of the few Red Hessians left who really tries to fight for the cause. Mostly, my brotherhood is one of pirates, but there are still some of us who haven't lost the meaning in all of the greed that has overcome the others.
 * Red Hessians/ Arnim Fromm
 * Red Hessians/ Gottfried Kirmess
 * Red Hessians/ Lutz Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Olaf Streithorst
 * Red Hessians/Vogtland Bartender/Eugen Drum
->Rumor #134225:
The Rheinland Republic was supposed to be about the common man getting paid well for hard work, about companies that cared if their employees were safe. Those brave souls who died fighting to overthrow the empire -- why? Rheinland has the same masters, only now they rule a republic instead of an empire.
 * Red Hessians/ Arnim Fromm
 * Red Hessians/ Gottfried Kirmess
 * Red Hessians/ Lutz Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Olaf Streithorst
->Rumor #134226:
We take basic supplies from this base to our home base Darmstadt, in Stuttgart. I am reminded why I must fight for my system when I come to this place of poison sulfurous clouds.
 * LWB/ Soren Von Loen
->Rumor #134227:
The Hessians do business with the Junkers in New Berlin for Engine Components and Side Arms. Then we do business with the Red Hessians here. We require the same things to remain a thorn in the side of Synth Foods and the traitorous ALG.
 * LWB/ Soren Von Loen
->Rumor #134228:
This system is useful to the LWB only as a place from which we can be resupplied by the Red Hessians. Dresden is anathema to anyone who ever farmed land or lived in a place of beauty. The less time I spend here, the better.
 * LWB/ Soren Von Loen
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====Arranmore Base (Dublin)====
->Rumor #132652:
Why d'ya think the police don't come into the system? We'll skin em is why. They don't have the stomach for the type of fightin' that goes on here. Ever since we were founded it's been us against the military, and we ain't exactly losin'.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132653:
The Mollys were established right after the Founders Day Revolt. All we were trying to do was let the government know how bad we were being treated by BMM. The government didn't care. We weren't worth anything in their eyes, just like the BMM executives. We knew that Bretonia wasn't our home, and if we ever wanted to have a home we would have to carve it from Bretonian space.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132654:
You can process tiny amounts of weapons-grade Plutonium from MOX. We steal the MOX as it gets shipped from BMM's LD-14 base in Leeds. Soon we'll have enough MOX to detonate a bomb in the skies over New London. Maybe then they'll leave Dublin to us.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
->Rumor #132655:
The Mollys hate BMM. They were the ones who worked us to the bone. The life expectancy for a miner before the revolt was less than six years. If you're gonna have a life expectancy for a job, you might as well be a soldier.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132656:
Well, we lobbed old man Graves's head off in the Founders Day Revolt, but now his daughter runs GS&M. She is just as bad as he ever was, but she is more dangerous because she is smarter. One day I will see her dead. Our attacks at their base are getting closer and closer to blowing the whole station.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
->Rumor #132657:
One of our lads got captured last week by Bretonian military in Leeds during a MOX raid. He's one of our best -- Roger Patience's his name. He's on a prison convoy on its way to Newgate Prison. We're gonna crack him out in Manchester as the ships break from the Trade Lanes.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
->Rumor #132658:
The Hood supplies us with our basic Commodities. We also get Mining Machinery and Consumer Goods from the folks at that filth-infested base.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132659:
We send our people through the Jump Hole to New London to deal with the Junkers at Trafalgar to get the basic supplies that keep Arranmore running. They bring back Side Arms and Engine Components from Trafalgar. Junkers are always willing to trade those goods for the Gold that we've mined here.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132660:
Any MOX you can get your hands on will be much appreciated by us here. What we do with it is none of your business. And you aren't gonna mention who you sold it to if you ever get pinched. If ya do -- well, we have boys in Newgate, too.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #134282:
The Molly fighter Vanguard was on a Gold run from Dublin to Trafalgar when it was intercepted by a Bretonia Armed Forces patrol in the Cumbria Asteroid Field. They gave chase and he fled into a known gas hazard area. Unfortunately, his luck ran out that day when he encountered a particularly dense pocket. The ship still lies there, awaiting anyone foolish enough to knowingly enter a volatile gas zone.
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
->Rumor #134288:
The Bretonia Armed Forces Gunboat Storm was pursuing the culprits responsible for the Founders Day Revolt of 752 when it blundered into a large booby trap laid by the fleeing rebels within the future Molly Gold Field. The number 2 fusion reactor was breached, resulting in a huge explosion that vaporized the ship instantly. Several of its nearby escorts were caught in the shock wave and destroyed as well. To this day their debris lies somewhere in the mined area, which is officially off limits to Armed Forces salvage crews.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
->Rumor #134289:
The Scargill was participating on a Gold poaching run into the GS&M Gold Field several weeks ago when it was caught by the company security patrol. They pursued the fleeing ship into the minefield, where it blew up. There may still be looted Gold in the cargo hold; the GS&M patrol left it in place as a warning to other Mollys.
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
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====Battleship Essex (Dublin)====
->Rumor #132637:
I escort the BMM Gold shipments that leave the system and the supply shipments that return. My role is to protect the goods at all costs. We have two wings flying the escort missions: one to defend against attack and one to pursue the attackers after they are repulsed.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Joyce Troughton
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Michael Weatherly
->Rumor #132638:
The captain of this battleship does not underestimate the cunning and ability of the Mollys in this system. This is not true of the former captain of the battleship Hood, which is now a nest of criminals, vagrant miners, and other similar filth. The Hood was decommissioned after being badly damaged in a Molly trap.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Essex Bartender/Luke Greene
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Joyce Troughton
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Michael Weatherly
->Rumor #132639:
The most embarrassing epoch in Bretonian military history was the time right after the Founders Day Revolt. The destroyers made the first mistake by following the Mollys into an asteroid field. Even worse was when the Hood made the same mistake and got too badly crippled to make it back home to New London. It was decommissioned and stripped of all weaponry, engines, supplies, and materials.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Essex Bartender/Luke Greene
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Joyce Troughton
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Michael Weatherly
->Rumor #132640:
The separatists in this system are only part of the problem; the Corsairs also pose quite a threat to the Gold mined here. Aside from Corsairs and the Mollys, there are all kinds of criminals in this lawless system and that is why we run patrols by the Hood. All the criminals in this system get their supplies here.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Joyce Troughton
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Michael Weatherly
->Rumor #132642:
The Mollys are smart about their attacks. They attack in several different parts of the system simultaneously so we have to split our forces. The trouble comes from not knowing which attacks have the greatest number of ships. When they attack they do as much damage as they can, and then they split up and get out, making the chase very difficult.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Joyce Troughton
->Rumor #132643:
The Bounty Hunters Guild maintains a presence on this ship because we have been hired to assist the military in curbing pirate activity in this system. We go places that the military might not, and the tactics we employ might not necessarily be allowed by military code.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sally Ronane
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kirk Mandre
->Rumor #132644:
The dragnet that the military creates to stop pirated or illegally mined Gold from leaving the system is not as effective as they would have you believe, or else how would the Mollys continue to fund themselves? They are getting their Gold out of the system and into New London through a Jump Hole.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sally Ronane
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kirk Mandre
->Rumor #132645:
Whenever the Mollys make an attack, the corporations that pay my Paste ticket expect me to bring back some heads. I have to go searching for the Mollys in their own territory -- the asteroid fields. This is where the Mollys are most dangerous. Remember, they are miners, so they know the asteroids better than anyone else.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sally Ronane
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kirk Mandre
->Rumor #132646:
The Corsairs are one of the fiercest criminal groups in Sirius space, rivaled only by the Red Hessians in Rheinland and the Outcasts of the Northern Edge Worlds. The Corsairs are usually found in the Southern Edge Worlds and Rheinland.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sally Ronane
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kirk Mandre
->Rumor #132647:
A Molly's natural environment is an asteroid field, so that is where you have to look for them. They use all the asteroid fields in this system for cover, except the GS&M field. That's not to say they don't go into that field, too, but they aren't looking for cover there.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sally Ronane
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kirk Mandre
->Rumor #132648:
The Jump Hole to New London is in the south side of the Independent Gold Field just to the north of this ship. That is also the main entry point for the Corsairs who come raiding for Gold. The Corsairs will attack corporate and separatist shipments alike; they don't care who they piss off.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sally Ronane
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kirk Mandre
->Rumor #132649:
The basic supplies that come to this base from New London are under constant attack from Mollys and other undesirables. I know this because I run the shipment every once in a while. This station also needs Side Arms and Pharmaceuticals shipped from New London.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Howard Haslar
->Rumor #132650:
The Bounty Hunters you see at this base are here because Bowex wants them here. The bottom line is that they help reduce the attacks on our shipping convoys, which means we lose less money to pirates. They are a scruffy lot and the truth is I don't like them very much, but I am glad they are here.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Howard Haslar
->Rumor #132651:
The Toxic Waste that this ship's engines produce is hauled off to LD-14 for disposal or reprocessing. It can be dangerous because Toxic Waste is often highly volatile, so a stray shot into your hold could blow your ship in half. Once you get to Leeds with the Toxic Waste, you can pick up MOX that is produced there and bring it back.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Howard Haslar
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====Battleship Hood (Dublin)====
->Rumor #132607:
Corsairs enter this system from the Jump Hole to New London. They are attracted by all the Gold that gets mined here, and they know it is the most lawless of all the Bretonian system -- the police don't even come into this system, it is just the military and us.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132608:
The Mollys are tough, but GS&M pays big money for every one I kill. The Mollys have pretty much fought the Bretonian military to a standstill in this system, using guerrilla style hit-and-run tactics, so GS&M hires us to kill 'em off one by one.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132609:
There is a Jump Hole to New London in this system. That's how all the Molly Gold gets out of Dublin. It is located in the Independent Gold Field. That's where I lie in wait to ambush Molly Gold runners.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132610:
The Corsairs will fight anyone; they have no fear. I guess they don't have much reason to be too afraid of anyone. If you don't respect them, you are either stupid or dead. They attack all of the Gold transport routes out of the system. Indiscriminate, those Corsairs are.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132611:
Bowex has hired me to kill Corsairs in this system. Those trouble makers attack Bowex, IMG, and BMM in the open, and the Mollys near the Jump Hole.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132612:
The mine field surrounding the Molly Gold field has dissuaded the military from sending any of its larger ships into the field. The smaller patrols are pretty hesitant to enter as well, but that doesn't stop me from going in. I kill Mollys for a living, so that's where I go.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132613:
I don't even like stepping foot onto this base because the stench is overpowering. Next time I'm going to bring a breather mask. I run the Gold from this base to Liberty. Once I leave this system I have to cross the Independent Worlds, which is always a fight. The criminals always seem to know when I'm passing through, too.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Bill Richmond
->Rumor #132614:
BMM is GS&M's parent corporation, and they are putting on the pressure to keep the Gold shipments flowing from Graves. The Mollys are making it tough for BMM to pull a large profit here. The word is that The Crown is tired of stationing one of its expensive capitol ships in Dublin on a semi-permanent basis.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Bill Richmond
->Rumor #132615:
The last thing I want to do when I'm in this system is come up against a Corsair. They raid this system for the Gold they can swipe. I always start sweating as I'm approaching the Jump Gate out of here. If the Corsairs are gonna hit us, they will hit us there. We got jumped three runs ago. I made it out of the system with one escort, but I was too badly damaged to take the Gold to Liberty. I had to stop in New London for repairs.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Bill Richmond
->Rumor #132616:
The one Commodity that we use too much to trade is Pharmaceuticals. Mining is dangerous work, and this base doesn't provide the finest of living conditions, if you catch my drift. You can always head to Kensington with a shipment of Gold and come back with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132617:
All the supplies that keep this base running are shipped from Kensington. It's a pretty easy run for me, but no one really messes with us around here. If you want to earn some funds, you can always bring us basic supplies: Food, Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel. We also need Mining Machinery and Consumer Goods brought in for work and play.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132618:
The race track near this base has some of the best gambling you are going to find in Sirius. If you like playing the odds, you can bet on the pilots to see who will win. The odds are usually fifty-fifty, 'cuz usually one of 'em is gonna hit a chunk of rock while flying a rocket engine with a few thousand pounds of fuel aboard.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132619:
The IMG miners make a living in this system selling supplies to the Mollys and mining the Gold in the Independent Gold Field to the east of here. The other two Gold fields belong to the Mollys and GS&M, respectively. If you try to pull Gold from those fields, you are asking to get clipped.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132620:
We are lucky enough to provide the Mollys with their supplies in this system, so they don't really mess with us IMG. But a word of warning to you: Mollys have no problem with killing. All of them are killers and will not hesitate to bury you if you make yourself a nuisance to them.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132621:
This ship has so many decks and rooms that people can get lost. The worst of the scum in this system come here; some decide to make it their home. Stay on the safe side and don't wander too far from this area or the Engineering Deck. If you do have to walk through the dark corridors, keep your gun ready and be prepared to use it.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132622:
There's Cardamine here at the base, if that's your pleasure, but if you want the best moonshine in all of Sirius, you should swing by the Engineering Deck. Make sure you get your liquor and get out of there, though. You never know when one of those stills are gonna explode.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132623:
I still hope for the day that I hit that big pocket of Gold and strike it rich. I came here ten years ago from Newgate, but this is pretty much the end of the line for work in Bretonia. I didn't want to go back to the Newgate Hotel, so I decided to mine for Gold.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132624:
The Essex was a Bretonian battleship that chased a squad of Molly guerillas into this field. The Mollys had laid a trap, and just as the ship entered the field, it got hit by a highly explosive mine. Mollys stole aboard, fought their way to the engine room, and set off a chain reaction in the engines, crippling the ship.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132625:
We hold our own Gold field with mines and malice. Ya don't cross a Molly in Dublin or you'll be wearing a pick axe for a hat and some fools gold in your pocket.
 * Mollys/ Kendall Lang
->Rumor #132626:
It's my turn to pick up supplies from this base and deliver them to Arranmore. This week I'm picking up the basics plus Consumer Goods and Mining Machinery.
 * Mollys/ Kendall Lang
->Rumor #132627:
The Bounty Hunters at this base keep an eye poked in our direction, but they won't do anything while we are here. They wouldn't be able to come here any more if they crossed IMG by attacking a Molly at this base. I don't mind 'em here, but if they cross me out in the fields, I'll put an end to 'em.
 * Mollys/ Kendall Lang
->Rumor #134282:
The Molly fighter Vanguard was on a Gold run from Dublin to Trafalgar when it was intercepted by a Bretonia Armed Forces patrol in the Cumbria Asteroid Field. They gave chase and he fled into a known gas hazard area. Unfortunately, his luck ran out that day when he encountered a particularly dense pocket. The ship still lies there, awaiting anyone foolish enough to knowingly enter a volatile gas zone.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
->Rumor #134288:
The Bretonia Armed Forces Gunboat Storm was pursuing the culprits responsible for the Founders Day Revolt of 752 when it blundered into a large booby trap laid by the fleeing rebels within the future Molly Gold Field. The number 2 fusion reactor was breached, resulting in a huge explosion that vaporized the ship instantly. Several of its nearby escorts were caught in the shock wave and destroyed as well. To this day their debris lies somewhere in the mined area, which is officially off limits to Armed Forces salvage crews.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
->Rumor #134289:
The Scargill was participating on a Gold poaching run into the GS&M Gold Field several weeks ago when it was caught by the company security patrol. They pursued the fleeing ship into the minefield, where it blew up. There may still be looted Gold in the cargo hold; the GS&M patrol left it in place as a warning to other Mollys.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
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====Graves Station (Dublin)====
->Rumor #132628:
Sir Edmund Graves used to run this station. He was known as a tyrant who didn't mind risking his miners' lives to boost Gold shipments to New London. Until the Founders Day Revolt, that was fine with BMM, GS&M's parent corporation. That was the day that the Mollys were officially formed. It was also the day that old man Graves got his head taken off, courtesy of the Mollys.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jackson Newth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Zachary Wynne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Quentin Travers
->Rumor #132629:
Sir Edmund's daughter runs this station now, and she does so pretty well. Most everybody thinks she's as mean as her old man, but she's smarter than he was. She realizes it is his fault that the Mollys exist, so she gives the miners just enough to keep them from quitting or joining the Mollys.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jackson Newth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Zachary Wynne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Quentin Travers
->Rumor #132630:
The Bretonian military supports this station to the best of its ability, but the Mollys are fighting very effectively. The military escorts for Gold shipments leaving this station are not enough. The Mollys will attack several locations simultaneously in small groups.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jackson Newth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Zachary Wynne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Quentin Travers
->Rumor #132631:
I fly one of the Gold transports from this base into New London. It is dangerous as hell to do what I do, even with the military escorts. Mollys are always attacking our shipments, and if it isn't the Mollys, it's the Corsairs.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jackson Newth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Zachary Wynne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Quentin Travers
->Rumor #132632:
This base gets all of its basic supplies and Mining Machinery from Thames in New London. It's not as dangerous of a run as the Gold run into New London, but it is still pretty bad. The Mollys will attack us to disrupt operations at our base. If you want to make the run, you might attract less attention. Then again, maybe not.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jackson Newth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Zachary Wynne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Grave's Bartender/Abraham Botteler
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Quentin Travers
->Rumor #132633:
With the military's help BMM controls the most lucrative Gold field in the system. It still isn't safe. The Mollys have no fear and fight as viciously as anyone possibly can, maybe with the exception of the Corsairs.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jackson Newth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Zachary Wynne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Grave's Bartender/Abraham Botteler
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Quentin Travers
->Rumor #132636:
The Molly guerilla warfare tactics are too tenacious for the military. Though they haven't had any significant victories, the Mollys are still here and make themselves quite the thorn in BMM's side. They are financed by the Gold they mine from their own asteroid field, which is surrounded by a very dangerous minefield.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jackson Newth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Zachary Wynne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Grave's Bartender/Abraham Botteler
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Quentin Travers
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====Duisburg Base (Duesseldorf)====
->Rumor #131460:
Basic Alloys produced here are shipped to Houston, and supplies are transported on the return trips.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131461:
We smuggle Diamonds from the Junker base in Berlin to the Rogue base Dawson in the Hudson system. This is our main source of income to carry on our war against Republican Shipping.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131462:
The union that formed after the Alster Tragedy of 512 gained well-deserved benefits for the shipwrights and welders who built the transports that shipped goods throughout Sirius. In the decades that followed, the union grew stronger. When the 80-Years War broke out, we were sitting pretty on a mountain of government subsidies and contracts.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131463:
We run shipments from the Junker base in New Berlin; they supply us with superior Rheinland Side Arms and Kusari H-Fuel. Not an easy run through Hamburg, but decent profit.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131464:
The Alster Shipyards are home to the Unioner movement. In 412 AS it was established by Imperial Shipping to supply the Rheinland Empire with transport freighters, lifters, and repair ships.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131465:
When the 80-Years War came to an end the Union joined the Popular Revolt to overthrow the Imperial government. There were no more government contracts, and unemployment skyrocketed.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131466:
In 512 AS an explosion in the Alster Shipyards killed hundreds of workers. They formed a union and walked out on the Imperial Shipping executives. It was then that Imperial Shipping realized how valuable its workers were. Production ground to a stop, and they started losing millions of credits for each day production was halted.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131467:
Our old boss Imperial Shipping became Republican Shipping after the Popular Revolt. It was a dark time for the common laborer, and within months we lost all the rights we had been working to create for the past several decades. Republican Shipping really stuck it to the worker, using the weak economic situation to strong-arm the faltering union.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131468:
The Unioners are a political organization fighting like many others throughout Sirius for the fair treatment of the working classes. We cannot allow the type of exploitation that is common practice of the corporations
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131469:
With our old union destroyed after the Popular Revolt, we reformed and called ourselves the Unioners. We were formed to make Republican Shipping pay for the wrongs it had committed against its workers.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131470:
We use this as our primary base to attack Republican Shipping in Hamburg via the Jump Hole just south of this base. The asteroid fields in the northern part of that system provide good cover. We also attack them on the Trade Lanes that pass through this system.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
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====Speyer Base (Duesseldorf)====
->Rumor #131460:
Basic Alloys produced here are shipped to Houston, and supplies are transported on the return trips.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131461:
We smuggle Diamonds from the Junker base in Berlin to the Rogue base Dawson in the Hudson system. This is our main source of income to carry on our war against Republican Shipping.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131462:
The union that formed after the Alster Tragedy of 512 gained well-deserved benefits for the shipwrights and welders who built the transports that shipped goods throughout Sirius. In the decades that followed, the union grew stronger. When the 80-Years War broke out, we were sitting pretty on a mountain of government subsidies and contracts.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131463:
We run shipments from the Junker base in New Berlin; they supply us with superior Rheinland Side Arms and Kusari H-Fuel. Not an easy run through Hamburg, but decent profit.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131464:
The Alster Shipyards are home to the Unioner movement. In 412 AS it was established by Imperial Shipping to supply the Rheinland Empire with transport freighters, lifters, and repair ships.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131465:
When the 80-Years War came to an end the Union joined the Popular Revolt to overthrow the Imperial government. There were no more government contracts, and unemployment skyrocketed.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131466:
In 512 AS an explosion in the Alster Shipyards killed hundreds of workers. They formed a union and walked out on the Imperial Shipping executives. It was then that Imperial Shipping realized how valuable its workers were. Production ground to a stop, and they started losing millions of credits for each day production was halted.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131467:
Our old boss Imperial Shipping became Republican Shipping after the Popular Revolt. It was a dark time for the common laborer, and within months we lost all the rights we had been working to create for the past several decades. Republican Shipping really stuck it to the worker, using the weak economic situation to strong-arm the faltering union.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131468:
The Unioners are a political organization fighting like many others throughout Sirius for the fair treatment of the working classes. We cannot allow the type of exploitation that is common practice of the corporations
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131469:
With our old union destroyed after the Popular Revolt, we reformed and called ourselves the Unioners. We were formed to make Republican Shipping pay for the wrongs it had committed against its workers.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131470:
We use this as our primary base to attack Republican Shipping in Hamburg via the Jump Hole just south of this base. The asteroid fields in the northern part of that system provide good cover. We also attack them on the Trade Lanes that pass through this system.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
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====Battleship Stirling (Dundee)====
->Rumor #132637:
I escort the BMM Gold shipments that leave the system and the supply shipments that return. My role is to protect the goods at all costs. We have two wings flying the escort missions: one to defend against attack and one to pursue the attackers after they are repulsed.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Joyce Troughton
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Michael Weatherly
->Rumor #132638:
The captain of this battleship does not underestimate the cunning and ability of the Mollys in this system. This is not true of the former captain of the battleship Hood, which is now a nest of criminals, vagrant miners, and other similar filth. The Hood was decommissioned after being badly damaged in a Molly trap.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Essex Bartender/Luke Greene
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Joyce Troughton
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Michael Weatherly
->Rumor #132639:
The most embarrassing epoch in Bretonian military history was the time right after the Founders Day Revolt. The destroyers made the first mistake by following the Mollys into an asteroid field. Even worse was when the Hood made the same mistake and got too badly crippled to make it back home to New London. It was decommissioned and stripped of all weaponry, engines, supplies, and materials.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Essex Bartender/Luke Greene
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Joyce Troughton
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Michael Weatherly
->Rumor #132640:
The separatists in this system are only part of the problem; the Corsairs also pose quite a threat to the Gold mined here. Aside from Corsairs and the Mollys, there are all kinds of criminals in this lawless system and that is why we run patrols by the Hood. All the criminals in this system get their supplies here.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Joyce Troughton
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Michael Weatherly
->Rumor #132642:
The Mollys are smart about their attacks. They attack in several different parts of the system simultaneously so we have to split our forces. The trouble comes from not knowing which attacks have the greatest number of ships. When they attack they do as much damage as they can, and then they split up and get out, making the chase very difficult.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Joyce Troughton
->Rumor #132643:
The Bounty Hunters Guild maintains a presence on this ship because we have been hired to assist the military in curbing pirate activity in this system. We go places that the military might not, and the tactics we employ might not necessarily be allowed by military code.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sally Ronane
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kirk Mandre
->Rumor #132644:
The dragnet that the military creates to stop pirated or illegally mined Gold from leaving the system is not as effective as they would have you believe, or else how would the Mollys continue to fund themselves? They are getting their Gold out of the system and into New London through a Jump Hole.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sally Ronane
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kirk Mandre
->Rumor #132645:
Whenever the Mollys make an attack, the corporations that pay my Paste ticket expect me to bring back some heads. I have to go searching for the Mollys in their own territory -- the asteroid fields. This is where the Mollys are most dangerous. Remember, they are miners, so they know the asteroids better than anyone else.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sally Ronane
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kirk Mandre
->Rumor #132646:
The Corsairs are one of the fiercest criminal groups in Sirius space, rivaled only by the Red Hessians in Rheinland and the Outcasts of the Northern Edge Worlds. The Corsairs are usually found in the Southern Edge Worlds and Rheinland.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sally Ronane
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kirk Mandre
->Rumor #132647:
A Molly's natural environment is an asteroid field, so that is where you have to look for them. They use all the asteroid fields in this system for cover, except the GS&M field. That's not to say they don't go into that field, too, but they aren't looking for cover there.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sally Ronane
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kirk Mandre
->Rumor #132648:
The Jump Hole to New London is in the south side of the Independent Gold Field just to the north of this ship. That is also the main entry point for the Corsairs who come raiding for Gold. The Corsairs will attack corporate and separatist shipments alike; they don't care who they piss off.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sally Ronane
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kirk Mandre
->Rumor #132649:
The basic supplies that come to this base from New London are under constant attack from Mollys and other undesirables. I know this because I run the shipment every once in a while. This station also needs Side Arms and Pharmaceuticals shipped from New London.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Howard Haslar
->Rumor #132650:
The Bounty Hunters you see at this base are here because Bowex wants them here. The bottom line is that they help reduce the attacks on our shipping convoys, which means we lose less money to pirates. They are a scruffy lot and the truth is I don't like them very much, but I am glad they are here.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Howard Haslar
->Rumor #132651:
The Toxic Waste that this ship's engines produce is hauled off to LD-14 for disposal or reprocessing. It can be dangerous because Toxic Waste is often highly volatile, so a stray shot into your hold could blow your ship in half. Once you get to Leeds with the Toxic Waste, you can pick up MOX that is produced there and bring it back.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Howard Haslar
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====Dunblane Station (Dundee)====
->Rumor #133119:
This station is supplied entirely by Bowex. We deliver Side Arms and Food here from Sheffield. It's not far, but the last delivery almost got destroyed by some marauding Gaians.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Timothy Cruise
->Rumor #133120:
Birmingham provides this base with H-Fuel, Oxygen, and Water. The run is an easy one overall, though you can run into occasional trouble with Mollys.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Timothy Cruise
->Rumor #133121:
The demand for H-Fuel here is pretty high since patrols are constantly taking off from this base. Some H-Fuel deliveries come from Cambridge.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Timothy Cruise
->Rumor #133122:
This station was constructed to protect the convoys traveling through the system from the Border Worlds. The Jump Gate just beyond this station leads to Cortez, which is dangerous space for anyone. Luckily, Cortez is outside of our jurisdiction.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133123:
Our patrol areas focus on the Sheffield North Ice Field and the Birmingham Ice Field. In any one of those areas you will encounter several criminal groups that populate this system, including Mollys, Gaians, Lane Hackers, and Outcasts.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133124:
We here at Kingston have an ongoing rivalry with Liverpool. Both stations' police are constantly trying to outdo each other by bringing in more arrests, killing more uncapturables, and so on. The competition is really healthy.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133125:
The two rookies that we got in here a couple of weeks ago both got killed on their first patrol. The veteran who was with them barely made it back himself. Those vicious Outcasts simply have no mercy. We'll be getting in two more rookies in the next few days.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133126:
Gaians frequently attack the Trade Lanes near our base. They are always trying to take down Planetform shipments and steal supplies. Although they are pretty easy kills, there are plenty of them here. The Bounty Hunters get more money for Mollys, so it's more of a police issue.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133127:
The Gaians are getting too smart for their own good. We've heard reports that they are towing ice asteroids from Birmingham into the Trade Lanes. If this is true, then the Gaians just bit off more than they can chew. One thing the Crown will not stand is the blocking of Trade Lanes, and more companies are going to start increasing bounties.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133128:
I wish I knew how the Outcasts and Lane Hackers are getting into this system. They don't come through the Jump Gates, that's for certain, unless it's some kind of crazy Lane Hacker technology we don't know about.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133129:
I worked hard all my life to save up the money to put my boy through college so he can be more than I ever had the chance to be. And what happens? The worthless idiot gets caught up in the Gaian movement in Cambridge. When he told me, I pulled him right out of school and sent him to work with a cousin of mine in New London.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133130:
Ever hear of Willy "The Snake" Logan, the famous escape artist people say cracked himself out of Newgate? It ain't true -- he didn't make it, he got out of Newgate, but was picked up by the Mollys. They buried a pick axe in his chest for some wrongs he did to their people on the inside. That's what one of the Mollys I captured told me, anyway.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
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====Tayport Base (Dundee)====
->Rumor #132652:
Why d'ya think the police don't come into the system? We'll skin em is why. They don't have the stomach for the type of fightin' that goes on here. Ever since we were founded it's been us against the military, and we ain't exactly losin'.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132653:
The Mollys were established right after the Founders Day Revolt. All we were trying to do was let the government know how bad we were being treated by BMM. The government didn't care. We weren't worth anything in their eyes, just like the BMM executives. We knew that Bretonia wasn't our home, and if we ever wanted to have a home we would have to carve it from Bretonian space.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132654:
You can process tiny amounts of weapons-grade Plutonium from MOX. We steal the MOX as it gets shipped from BMM's LD-14 base in Leeds. Soon we'll have enough MOX to detonate a bomb in the skies over New London. Maybe then they'll leave Dublin to us.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
->Rumor #132655:
The Mollys hate BMM. They were the ones who worked us to the bone. The life expectancy for a miner before the revolt was less than six years. If you're gonna have a life expectancy for a job, you might as well be a soldier.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132656:
Well, we lobbed old man Graves's head off in the Founders Day Revolt, but now his daughter runs GS&M. She is just as bad as he ever was, but she is more dangerous because she is smarter. One day I will see her dead. Our attacks at their base are getting closer and closer to blowing the whole station.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
->Rumor #132657:
One of our lads got captured last week by Bretonian military in Leeds during a MOX raid. He's one of our best -- Roger Patience's his name. He's on a prison convoy on its way to Newgate Prison. We're gonna crack him out in Manchester as the ships break from the Trade Lanes.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
->Rumor #132658:
The Hood supplies us with our basic Commodities. We also get Mining Machinery and Consumer Goods from the folks at that filth-infested base.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132659:
We send our people through the Jump Hole to New London to deal with the Junkers at Trafalgar to get the basic supplies that keep Arranmore running. They bring back Side Arms and Engine Components from Trafalgar. Junkers are always willing to trade those goods for the Gold that we've mined here.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #132660:
Any MOX you can get your hands on will be much appreciated by us here. What we do with it is none of your business. And you aren't gonna mention who you sold it to if you ever get pinched. If ya do -- well, we have boys in Newgate, too.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
 * Mollys/Arranmore Bartender/Daniel Longton
->Rumor #134282:
The Molly fighter Vanguard was on a Gold run from Dublin to Trafalgar when it was intercepted by a Bretonia Armed Forces patrol in the Cumbria Asteroid Field. They gave chase and he fled into a known gas hazard area. Unfortunately, his luck ran out that day when he encountered a particularly dense pocket. The ship still lies there, awaiting anyone foolish enough to knowingly enter a volatile gas zone.
 * Mollys/ Geoffrey Bishop
->Rumor #134288:
The Bretonia Armed Forces Gunboat Storm was pursuing the culprits responsible for the Founders Day Revolt of 752 when it blundered into a large booby trap laid by the fleeing rebels within the future Molly Gold Field. The number 2 fusion reactor was breached, resulting in a huge explosion that vaporized the ship instantly. Several of its nearby escorts were caught in the shock wave and destroyed as well. To this day their debris lies somewhere in the mined area, which is officially off limits to Armed Forces salvage crews.
 * Mollys/ Devon Black
->Rumor #134289:
The Scargill was participating on a Gold poaching run into the GS&M Gold Field several weeks ago when it was caught by the company security patrol. They pursued the fleeing ship into the minefield, where it blew up. There may still be looted Gold in the cargo hold; the GS&M patrol left it in place as a warning to other Mollys.
 * Mollys/ Eric Adamson
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====Aberdeen Border Station (Edinburgh)====
->Rumor #132492:
London doesn't give us much for a Gaian bounty. Outcasts, on the other hand -- they'll keep you in business. This is their main access route to the inner systems of Bretonia.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Lucas Moriarty
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Neve Stepheson
->Rumor #132493:
The Jump Hole in the Islay Cloud is a pretty rough place to hang out. If you're quick, you can catch a few Outcasts unaware, before they have a chance to respond. On the other hand, the Gaians will really swarm you since it's so close to their base.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Lucas Moriarty
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Neve Stepheson
->Rumor #132494:
Those Gaians are a stubborn lot. I had me one on his knees -- a flaming wreck, weapons gone. He tried to ram me, so I had to finish him off. I guess he knew what was waiting for him in Newgate. All those working-class blokes in there fancy a little upper-crust Cambridge companionship on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Lucas Moriarty
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Neve Stepheson
->Rumor #132495:
We do a daily run down to the Skye Field. The Gaians like to hang out there, waiting for Planetform to stick their heads out. If we haven't been chasing the Gaians hard enough. Planetform sometimes gives us better bounties as a temporary incentive.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Lucas Moriarty
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Neve Stepheson
->Rumor #132496:
The reason that Edinburgh is so important? There's no Jump Hole from Tau-31 to Leeds. Outcasts and Gaians have to come through here to get to the Border Worlds. There's lots of cover in the clouds here. The only point of vulnerability is the crossing north of the cruise ship. You just sit there, and eventually an Outcast is bound to turn up.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Lucas Moriarty
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Neve Stepheson
->Rumor #132497:
The Guild has members in almost every system of Sirius. Once you get off the Trade Lanes, we're it as far as law and order goes, though some types might take offense to that. They would say that we're the problem. Don't matter to me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Lucas Moriarty
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Neve Stepheson
->Rumor #132498:
I've just dropped off our monthly supply shipment for this base. We bring it in from Leeds, Side Arms and all. I'm not in a hurry to get back to Leeds, because I've got a respiratory problem that always acts up when I land there.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Matthew Frost
->Rumor #132499:
This is a beautiful place. I'll have to come back sometime to visit the Shetland. I'm glad that Bowex doesn't have to supply the other bases, though. Security gets to be a much bigger issue once you leave the safety of Aberdeen and the Gate area.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Matthew Frost
->Rumor #132500:
Had a rough run through the West Leeds Smog Cloud on my last return trip. Some Outcasts mistook me for something juicy, like a VIP ship. They never should have let that cloud get so out of hand. That's our efficient government for you -- always on top of it.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Matthew Frost
->Rumor #132501:
Aberdeen serves as the guardian for the rest of Bretonian space in this sector. Before the establishment of this post, the Outcasts and the Gaian eco-terrorists had free reign in this system.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Aberdeen Bartender/Mathais Hatcliff
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dolly Jackson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Nathanial Crawford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Owen Williams
->Rumor #132502:
I think it's a bloody waste of taxpayer money having us up here. This really shouldn't be under the Authority's jurisdiction. My guess is that some private contributions were made by Planetform to certain Bretonian government officials.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Aberdeen Bartender/Mathais Hatcliff
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dolly Jackson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Nathanial Crawford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Owen Williams
->Rumor #132503:
The Cambridge researchers on Gaia have made quite a stink about us all being here in Edinburgh. They think it'll lead to the deterioration of the environment and mass extinctions. I don't think I'd go that far.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dolly Jackson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Nathanial Crawford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Owen Williams
->Rumor #132504:
The positioning of Aberdeen is quite strategic. We can protect the Gate and sit astride the Gaian attack parties bound for the Sky Ice Field. The Islay Cloud is also in close proximity, enabling easy monitoring of Gaian movements along the Shetland access route.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Aberdeen Bartender/Mathais Hatcliff
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dolly Jackson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Nathanial Crawford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Owen Williams
->Rumor #132505:
We aren't really here to control the Gaians. That's just the public version that the government spewed out. Our primary mission, as far as London is concerned, is Outcast monitoring and suppression.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Aberdeen Bartender/Mathais Hatcliff
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dolly Jackson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Nathanial Crawford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Owen Williams
->Rumor #132506:
We get conflicting reports from London on how to handle the Gaians. One week it's "Vaporize them all on sight"; next week it's "Leave them be if they aren't causing problems."
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dolly Jackson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Nathanial Crawford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Owen Williams
->Rumor #132507:
We send out two daily patrols: one to Perth, and one to Shetland. These keep the Gaians in check most of the time. If the Outcasts show up, we can only hope that the Bounty Hunters are close by.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Aberdeen Bartender/Mathais Hatcliff
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dolly Jackson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Nathanial Crawford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Owen Williams
->Rumor #132508:
Since we established Aberdeen, those rich folks on the Shetland have had to clean up their act. No more Cardamine coming through this Gate. I hear it's not quite the party it once was.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Aberdeen Bartender/Mathais Hatcliff
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dolly Jackson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Nathanial Crawford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Owen Williams
->Rumor #132509:
We're pretty certain the Gaian base is in the Islay Cloud. It's hard to find it in there though; those ice asteroids look all the same after a while. If you're unlucky, you could stumble into an Outcast doing some smuggling. My former wing man did that last year -- may he rest in peace.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dolly Jackson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Nathanial Crawford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Owen Williams
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====Islay Base (Edinburgh)====
->Rumor #132510:
The austere majesty of Gaia is cheapened by the swarms of tourists that set foot upon the planet. Orbital Spa and Cruise, though it may feign to preserve the abundance of its locales, cares for nothing more than its next credit.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Nicholas Hammond
->Rumor #132511:
The Aberdeen Police Station and the in-system Bounty Hunters are the only things that stop us from completely destroying Planetform's operations in this system. Maybe the Green Front will be able to garner enough public support for us on New London so that we don't have to contend with the police anymore.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Nicholas Hammond
->Rumor #132512:
We have information indicating that the centuries-long terraforming operations run by Planetform will never succeed. A top secret government report obtained by the Green Front asserts that the planets will lose their nascent atmospheres within several hundred years of completion of the process due to uncontrolled outgassing.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
->Rumor #132513:
Tau-31 is an important sector for the Gaians. Though terraforming operations on Harris are almost complete, they still need Alien Organisms from the Edge Nebula. The Organisms are crucial in speeding up the terraforming process, thereby making it more economically viable.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Nicholas Hammond
->Rumor #132514:
The terraforming gases produced at the Stokes plant in Leeds are a high-priority target for Gaian attack. It is a dangerous run because of our inability to hide for some stretches of travel through Leeds. Usually, only our best pilots make that trip.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Nicholas Hammond
->Rumor #132515:
Our hope is that one day the corrupt leadership of BMM and Planetform will be exposed for the greedy, shortsighted people they are. They have squandered our national heritage and future after eight hundred years of unregulated industrialization.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
->Rumor #132516:
We bring in all of our supplies, other than our locally available Oxygen and Water, from Trafalgar. It is most ironic that the only place we can land is the despised Junker base -- guardians of filth, corruption, and the criminal element.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Nicholas Hammond
->Rumor #132517:
Leeds is our greatest example of the ruin that mankind can wreck upon nature -- the sheer destructiveness of pure exploitation. It is also the home of the Stokes Smelter, where Terraforming Gases are produced. Fortunately, the system can be used as an access route to all of Bretonian travel because of all the smog clouds. It's ironic how we escape in the filth we are trying so hard to eradicate.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Nicholas Hammond
->Rumor #134286:
The San Vicente was making a Cardamine run from Cali to New London when it was ambushed by an Armed Forces patrol in the West Leeds Smog Cloud. The cargo was recovered by the military, but it is possible that one of the larger pieces of debris still has some equipment attached.
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
->Rumor #134287:
The Outcast ship Lorenzo was making a Cardamine run from Cali to Mactan when it was caught by a military patrol in the LD-14 Asteroid Field. It turned further into the heart of the field to escape its pursuers and stumbled into an old radioactive pocket. The crew is presumed dead, but the ship is probably still intact. No one has retrieved the cargo yet due to the high radiation danger in the area.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
->Rumor #134306:
A Gaian attack was broken up the other day by the Bretonia Armed Forces north of Harris. Most of the Gaians were vaporized on the spot, but the Valiant, flown by Lucy Collins, escaped to the northwestern end of the system, in Outcast territory. No one has heard from her since.
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
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====Luxury Liner Shetland (Edinburgh)====
->Rumor #132463:
I like visiting this place. Normally I look out my office window in Leeds and can't see anything green through all of the sulfurous clouds. My company's executive office wants to exploit Gaia much as they did with Leeds, with little or no government foresight. I'm not sure that's such a good idea at this point, given our track record.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Franklin Beeching
->Rumor #132464:
I'm going on an unofficial hunting expedition tomorrow. I met a Bounty Hunter who says he can find me a blue ground sloth. That would be an interesting addition to the collection of heads in my study.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Franklin Beeching
->Rumor #132465:
I've seen company documents that described negligible amounts of Cobalt on Gaia. It was a ploy for the government to let us in and begin full-scale strip mining of Aluminum and Titanium, the Basic Alloy metals that we have almost exhausted in Stokes. So, the Gaians and Cambridge researchers were not unfounded in their accusations.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Franklin Beeching
->Rumor #132466:
If you want to rack up the bounties, just hang out by the Leeds Jump Hole in the Islay Cloud. You'll have company, since it's the main supply and smuggling route into the rest of Bretonia for the Outcasts and Gaians.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Claire Atkyns
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Gregory Lewis
->Rumor #132467:
Those Gaians don't really seem to be a bad lot -- maybe a little up in the clouds, if you know what I mean. They haven't had to deal with makin' a living, like us working-class folks. Orbital has brought us here to bring in a few scalps, and that's what I'll do.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Claire Atkyns
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Gregory Lewis
->Rumor #132468:
I just arrived yesterday. We had a bit of a scare with some Gaians along the Islay Cloud stretch, but the Police Authority soon gave chase. I'm headed down to Gaia this afternoon. We've been promised by the guide that we'll see plenty of grass antelope and white buffalo, and maybe a giant tusked tiger if we're lucky.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Harrison Cawdron
->Rumor #132469:
Bowex does not officially take a stand on Gaia or terraforming in general. I personally feel that it has been a tremendous waste of government money that could've been better spent in a clean-up of Leeds, or in subsidizing new technology research to make Bretonia more competitive with the other Houses.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Harrison Cawdron
->Rumor #132470:
Back in New London, more than a few people are starting to question the official media's version of the Gaians. Instead of engaging in general piracy, the Gaians focus their efforts on Gaia and terraforming-related activities in Bretonia. I must admit, it is a unique planet that represents something that we have lost in Bretonia. It's worth protecting from Cobalt mining, or whatever BMM wanted to do.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Harrison Cawdron
->Rumor #132471:
The commander of the York selects the best squadron once a year and sends us all here. I'd never tasted Luxury Food before, until coming to the Shetland. I don't really care about visiting Gaia, though. I grew up on the Birmingham Mining Station. I never really knew planetside life.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Dorothy Ackland
->Rumor #132472:
We've been doing a lot of patrols in the LD-14 area, looking mostly for Mollys. We keep running into Gaians and Outcasts, which has been a real puzzler. Enough of work talk. I need one of those Gaian Shooters everyone's doing over there at the bar.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Dorothy Ackland
->Rumor #132473:
I'm heading out with a Bounty Hunter today on an Arran Cloud flight. Guess I need some action, even when I'm on leave. He said I could handle the guns if anyone shows up.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Dorothy Ackland
->Rumor #132474:
As part of our security arrangement with Orbital, one Aberdeen Police Authority employee is allowed a free stay at the Shetland every month. We're more likely to respond quickly to Orbital distress calls, if you know what I mean.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Ivan Quayle
->Rumor #132475:
We're supposed to keep an eye out for Cardamine use on the Shetland when we're here on holiday. This ship seems pretty clean, though. It's a little too difficult for the dealers to smuggle past our border station. I've heard there's some Gaian plant that produces an even better effect than Cardamine.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Ivan Quayle
->Rumor #132476:
All these rich people from the big planets make me kind of self-conscience. They spend more on clothes and jewelry in a couple of days here than I earn in a year. I'll just hang out at the buffet and feast, I guess.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Ivan Quayle
->Rumor #132477:
I'm taking a breather from the rigors of life in the confines of the Cambridge Research Station. I plan to spend my entire trip lying on the equatorial beaches of Gaia. The binary stars of this system produce some spectacular light shows during the sunrises and sunsets -- simply amazing.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Jared Goorney
->Rumor #132478:
The researchers down on Gaia don't even want us tourists there. They say we introduce alien viruses and diseases to the indigenous animal population. It's been an ongoing dispute between Cambridge University and Orbital Spa.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Jared Goorney
->Rumor #132479:
We're doing all sorts of crazy research back in Cambridge. They keep bringing in those Alien Organisms, and you have to be very careful with them. Management is hoping to find one that can help us unlock the mysteries of Cardamine, but I'm not sure why they want to do that.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Jared Goorney
->Rumor #132480:
They say that Gaia is what our long-lost Earth was like about 200 million years ago -- sort of like real-life time travel. There's nothing else like it in the Sirius Sector. The Kusari love it here. Don't know why they need those Bounty Hunters here, too. They're a bunch of crass working-class thugs.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kenneth Enfield
->Rumor #132481:
It's stressful at Gateway. Bowex lobbyists have a lock on the Bretonian government and its contracts. They've made it hard for us to expand much in Bretonia. We're hoping that the ALG and IMG partnerships will eventually allow us to control the Border World shipping business beyond the reach of Trade Lanes.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kenneth Enfield
->Rumor #132482:
Gateway doesn't handle any Edinburgh traffic -- this is Planetform territory. I don't know why they're starting this new project. They haven't even finished Harris or California Minor yet. They should just leave this place alone.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kenneth Enfield
->Rumor #132486:
We are outraged that the government, at the urging of the researchers on Gaia, has refused our Oxygen and Water supply ships to land. This necessitates a trip to the Planetform operation at Perth, with all of the inherent risks of Gaian attack.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Shetland Bartender/Jerome Glennon
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Attendant Nicole Phillips
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Attendant Samantha Paterson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Denise Thomas
->Rumor #132487:
The best money you can make on supply duty is hauling Luxury Goods and Luxury Foods from New London. These goods are more enticing to the Outcasts, so there is considerably more risk involved. Be especially careful in the West Leeds Smog Cloud.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Shetland Bartender/Jerome Glennon
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Attendant Nicole Phillips
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Attendant Samantha Paterson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Denise Thomas
->Rumor #132488:
Most of our basic supplies like Consumer Goods, Food, and Pharmaceuticals come from New London or Leeds. It can be a worthwhile run for a freelance shipper, but watch out for the Gaians.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Shetland Bartender/Jerome Glennon
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Attendant Nicole Phillips
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Attendant Samantha Paterson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Denise Thomas
->Rumor #132489:
Some of our ships run Luxury Goods all the way from the source in Manhattan to our location. It's one the most lucrative legal cargo runs in Sirius, but it goes without saying that there are a number of hurdles to cross. The Barrier is probably the most difficult.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Shetland Bartender/Jerome Glennon
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Attendant Nicole Phillips
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Attendant Samantha Paterson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Denise Thomas
->Rumor #132490:
Business has been very good on the Shetland. The Bretonian populace enjoys visiting an unspoiled paradise like Gaia. Unfortunately, tourists' impressions of Gaia have served to increase public sympathy for the Gaian movement, making it more difficult to obtain government funds for eradicating the terrorists.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Shetland Bartender/Jerome Glennon
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Attendant Nicole Phillips
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Attendant Samantha Paterson
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Denise Thomas
->Rumor #132573:
We've extended our patrols into Omega-3 per the conditions of the Omega Trade Lane Pact with Rheinland. Problem is, they aren't holding up their end in Omega-7. The excuse is not enough money. We're itching to go in there, but London won't allow it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Claire Atkyns
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Gregory Lewis
->Rumor #132574:
Cambridge used to be such a peaceful place, and then the Corsairs showed up. They've built that Cambridge Line to assure all those university types in Cambridge that everything is under control. Fact is the Line's useless. The weapon platforms are too far apart, and the Corsairs just go around the ends of the Line.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Claire Atkyns
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Gregory Lewis
->Rumor #132661:
I love this place -- nice scenery, gambling to your heart's content, Food like I've never tasted before. They let you eat all you want -- go figure. This is nothing like my days growing up in Leeds. Joining the Guild was definitely a good thing for me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Claire Atkyns
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Gregory Lewis
->Rumor #132662:
I just made a run into the Arran Ice Cloud. That's Outcast country out there. They make their Cardamine runs into Bretonia through a Jump Hole somewhere in there. They don't mess around, so you'd better be prepared.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Claire Atkyns
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Gregory Lewis
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====Perth Station (Edinburgh)====
->Rumor #132518:
We have to ship in a lot of supplies for a Phase I operation. Phase I means there is no breathable atmosphere planetside yet. All procedures like ice asteroid bombardment are done from orbit. Gotta wear a suit to go down on the surface and do Organism placements.
 * Planetform Inc./Perth Bartender/RBT-09
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hal Cruttenden
 * Planetform, Inc./ Samuel Bradshaw
 * Planetform, Inc./Section Chief Theodore Shaw
->Rumor #132519:
I just came back from Stokes with a load of PFCs. They'll dump it into the upper atmosphere of Ayr starting next week. That's the preferred Stage I Terraforming Gas. It's nine thousand times more potent than CO2 as far as GWP potential -- gets a planet warmed up real quick.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hal Cruttenden
 * Planetform, Inc./ Samuel Bradshaw
 * Planetform, Inc./Section Chief Theodore Shaw
->Rumor #132520:
Our Construction and Mining Machinery comes from Leeds. It's a pretty rough run through the smog clouds. If the Gaians don't get you there, they'll try again right up the road off the Skye Field.
 * Planetform Inc./Perth Bartender/RBT-09
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hal Cruttenden
 * Planetform, Inc./ Samuel Bradshaw
 * Planetform, Inc./Section Chief Theodore Shaw
->Rumor #132521:
We ship the Alien Organisms from Glasgow at the northern edge of Leeds. Surface crews are sent down to survey for the correct geological and physical surface conditions. Then they scatter the Organisms with modified planet dusters and let them go to work eating the rock.
 * Planetform Inc./Perth Bartender/RBT-09
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hal Cruttenden
 * Planetform, Inc./ Samuel Bradshaw
 * Planetform, Inc./Section Chief Theodore Shaw
->Rumor #132522:
Company headquarters in Canterbury supplies us with Food and crew replacements. Every few weeks they send up one of their office staff to take a look. We put on a good show and then go back to work.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hal Cruttenden
 * Planetform, Inc./ Samuel Bradshaw
 * Planetform, Inc./Section Chief Theodore Shaw
->Rumor #132523:
We've dramatically improved the process since we started on Harris 400 years ago. We expect Ayr to take only a hundred years, from start to finish. That's if the Gaians will let us -- pain in the arse, they are.
 * Planetform Inc./Perth Bartender/RBT-09
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hal Cruttenden
 * Planetform, Inc./ Samuel Bradshaw
 * Planetform, Inc./Section Chief Theodore Shaw
->Rumor #132587:
I'm just over here picking up some Oxygen and Ice for the Shetland. It's easier than going into Leeds for the same of slightly more dubious quality. The only drawback is the potential of a Gaian attack.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Attendant Janet Stirling
->Rumor #132588:
Can't say I really like these Planetform folks and what their operation could mean for our tourist business if they continue. The Gaians would certainly hassle us more if they left, so the operation diverts a lot of Gaian energy.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Attendant Janet Stirling
->Rumor #132589:
I'm due to be transferred to the Hawaii in Sigma-19 next month. They rotate all Orbital Spa personnel every two years. That way we get to see all the different areas of the Sirius Sector -- a nice fringe benefit of working for Orbital.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Attendant Janet Stirling
->Rumor #132590:
Just between you and me, the real reason we've started Ayr is that the government contracts pay the bulk of the milestone payments for an entire process during Phase I. Harris is so far behind schedule that it's on company costs now. A lot of our money is being siphoned off to Tau-31. Once it's complete, we'll probably bail out on Edinburgh and the Gaians.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hal Cruttenden
 * Planetform, Inc./ Samuel Bradshaw
 * Planetform, Inc./Section Chief Theodore Shaw
->Rumor #132591:
Planetform doesn't actually mind the Gaians as much as you would think. Truth is, they're a good excuse when it comes to cost overruns and other delays. Blame it on the Gaians, that's what we do.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hal Cruttenden
 * Planetform, Inc./ Samuel Bradshaw
 * Planetform, Inc./Section Chief Theodore Shaw
->Rumor #132592:
The ice mining we do is part of Phase I terraforming. We look for a large ice asteroid field nearby with appreciable amounts of frozen methane, C02, water, and ammonia. We set off explosives in strategic positions on asteroids, which set them into a collision course with the planet. There's an art to it -- maximum asteroid size for minimum energy expenditure.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hal Cruttenden
 * Planetform, Inc./ Samuel Bradshaw
 * Planetform, Inc./Section Chief Theodore Shaw
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====Alert Station (Ellesmere)====
->Rumor #462757:
.Alert station is also used as traffic control base. Patrols and operations are monitored from here most of the time. Additional fighter wings are always on standby in case of an attack from enemies, although normally it's only really the Order or the Nomads that present a threat out here. Some people say that's enemies enough, but I reckon we're fairly safe here.
 * Liberty Security Force/Josh Chadwick
->Rumor #462758:
.You should see the last test they made us do. They put you near a nomad, and ask you to resist as long as possible to its thoughts. You must not bend to its wishes. Most of us simply lose consciousness after a while. However, not long ago, one of the recruits had his mind so completely dominated by the Nomad that he was going to free it. Those scientists and instructors are really playing with fire. I personally think we should just kill every last one of the damn aliens.
 * Liberty Security Force/Irving Taylor
->Rumor #462759:
.Training here is very intensive: they push us to our limits, ask us to do near suicidal things. Last week, one of the recruit got wounded during a training test. He was so close to dying it wasn't even funny. How is that supposed to help us, if we get killed? They seem to have a blatant disregard for even the most basic of safety protocols here.
 * Liberty Security Force/Andrea Reyes
->Rumor #462760:
.I heard that our instructor once had hair& But I think this is a lie. Speaking of him, you should have seen the joke we did to him. He was so angry at everyone, it was funny& Except the part where he put us in our suits in space for 3 hours as revenge&
 * Liberty Security Force/Gary Miller
->Rumor #462761:
.*sigh*&They...just don't stop...*shakes head* Arghh You cannot kill them...they...they just keep coming and coming. This isn't looking good.*shudders* and they...know you! Yeah you! They know ...everything! They never forget...*sigh* Get away from them as soon as you can.
 * Liberty Security Force/Steven Foster
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====Eureka Research Station (Ellesmere)====
->Rumor #462762:
.The reality about the Nomad war is that we are the aggressors. Sirius was intended to be their playground, and yet, we stole it from them. The Nomads tried to reclaim what was supposed belong to them, and we would have done the same in their place. Can we really blame them for it?
 * Liberty Security Force/Anna Smith
->Rumor #462763:
.As you may not be aware, the Nomads appear to call themselves the Slomon-K'Hara. After extensive researches on them we discovered that they had a high-degree of genetic adaptability. Those creatures, while being dangerous, are the living wonders of their creators, the Daam-K'Vosh.
 * Liberty Security Force/Mike Person
->Rumor #462764:
.The LSF has been extremely interested in the research done by the Order on antimatter technology. Luckily, we have been able to reproduce some prototypes based on some technology we have sometimes managed to capture from them.
 * Liberty Security Force/Eric Morgan
->Rumor #462765:
.The LSF has been extremely interested in the research done by the Order on antimatter technology. Luckily, we have been able to reproduce some prototypes based on some technology we have sometimes managed to capture from them.
 * Liberty Security Force/William Summerlin
->Rumor #462766:
.Since the station's construction, the government has begun to slowly transfer some delicate projects based on "Valhalla 1" to this base for safety reasons and also to keep a certain level of secrecy around it. Of course, we know what we are doing here. However, if someone dares to reveal anything about it, they will disappear pretty fast. Kind of scary, in a way.
 * Liberty Security Force/Norman Mcguire
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====Battleship Koblenz (Frankfurt)====
->Rumor #133910:
We deliver MOX to the Westfalen every few months or so. Berlin has been having difficulty making their payments lately. ALG would like to improve our relationship with the military, so we often waive the transport and installation fees.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133911:
The structural integrity of this ship is suspect. It suffered a lot of damage during the Eighty Years War, but was forced to remain in service, since all of its sister ships are now Scrap Metal in the Sigma-13 system. We are always nervous when we have to enter the reactor compartments of this ship. Especially since the recent accident.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133912:
Our most lucrative runs for MOX are into Colorado. One must first survive the Xenos in the Independent Worlds, however. The Rogues would also like to get their hands on bomb-making material -- especially the group found in Hudson.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133913:
The military's brought us in to help them out in the Nordheide. They don't pay us too much, though. But they have good, long-range scanners and a strategic position in this area, so it's worthwhile for us. Most of the actual bounties are put up by Republican.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133914:
There are a few reformed Hessians among us here in Hamburg. They're the lucky ones who got out of Vierlande before their sentences were up. One guy had some story about some neutron star in Omega-41. That's way out there in the Edge Worlds in Corsair land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133915:
The Hole to Bering is up in the Nordheide. If you're looking for diamond smuggling Unioners, then that's the place to be. There isn't a direct route between here and Hudson, which keeps the Xenos and Rogues out of Hamburg.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133916:
Some of the Hunters use this as a base for journeys into Hudson. Most of the bounties up there are for Xenos and Rogues. Republican posts the bulk of them, though Universal and IC chip in on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133917:
Just came back from Hudson. We were cruising for baddies in the gap between the Wrangell and Kenai Fields. Ran right into a little skirmish going on between the local thugs. I got me two Xenos and a Rogue. Buy you a drink?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133918:
Hudson is a little rougher than Hamburg. No safe havens, not even any military in the Rheinland part of the system. Liberty Navy's putting a lot of pressure on them, but they can't do much about it. You can see why. Look around at this dump.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133919:
It's a quick trip from Hamburg. We run in supplies on a regular basis. Sometimes they can't pay us, but we usually can arrange something. Maybe four dead Unioners for a container of Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133920:
Republican is competing with ALG to win the contract for constructing the next generation of Rheinland battleships. We have a clear advantage in ship design and practical construction experience. But they have a definite strength in alloys and specialized Hull Panel fabrication.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133921:
Although it's not far to Hamburg from here, the Unioners will attack us if given the opportunity. Their preferred method is to disable a Trade Lane ring near the center of the stretch, then flee back into the Nordheide at the first sign of a military patrol.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133922:
The Westfalen is the last battleship still operational in the Rheinland fleet. We are always short of spare parts, and the men are paid only once every three months. Some enterprising pilots have taken to moonlighting for Republican or Synth Foods in order to make ends meet.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133923:
This ship is a deathtrap. They had an explosion last week in Fusion Reactor 6. Had to seal off the entire A Deck. They're not even going to fix it. That's a sorry state of affairs. The Westfalen will never be able to make a jump again.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133924:
There are rumors circulating that ALG is planning on building a new shipyard in Dortmund to build the Bremen and her sister ships. They're willing to build them at cost in order to gain entry into this new market. That's an attractive proposition for Berlin at this point and time.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133925:
The Rheinland Military is tasked with patrolling the northern areas of Hamburg and the adjacent Independent Worlds of Bering and Hudson. But we only have enough working fighters to cover the Trade Lanes in the immediate area, plus a daily patrol into the Nordheide. We assign Bounty Hunters to handle many of our other patrol routes in the area.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133926:
Ever since we lost the war, Rheinland just hasn't been the same; the entire colony feels beaten and bereft of vigor. Look around, there is no one smiling or enjoying themselves. What will it take for my House to heal?
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133927:
Daumann is the real culprit in the Eighty-Years War. The Imperial Navy Command had grave doubts about the wisdom of fighting a guerrilla-style war in the Crow Nebula against an enemy that was so well-supplied by Kusari. But Daumann saw the huge profits to be made in lucrative shipbuilding contracts, and bribed hundreds of key government officials. The rest is history.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133928:
Many of the young officers are leaving the Rheinland Military, tired of the poor conditions and low pay. Most of them end up flying commercial transports for Republican or Synth Foods. The rest end up with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133929:
The Rheinland public doesn't respect the military anymore. We lost the Eighty-Years War to a ragtag bunch of gas miners as far as they're concerned. That is one reason it has been so difficult for Berlin to increase our budget -- the politicians backed by the Bundschuh always vote it down.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133930:
The Bundschuh continues to attack this floating piece of junk for some reason. We usually run them off after a few minutes. I guess they don't have any other obvious military targets left in Rheinland -- except maybe the Oder Shipyard. Have to have an enemy to keep the cause going.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
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====Bruchsal Base (Frankfurt)====
->Rumor #134037:
We get everything we need from the Junkers. Either we go into the Border Worlds to Yanagi, or to New Berlin, where we will find the Kreuzberg Base.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134038:
Those who go to Vierlande seldom return; most sentences are for life, and it's not just pirates, but the political opponents of the corporate elite as well. The Bundschuh fly attack raids on the prison ships and inbound convoys. We fight to liberate our brethren who have been unjustly incarcerated.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134039:
The Bundschuh is a political organization founded by New Berlin university students who were tired of the corruption of the old regime. Decades later we still toil under the yoke of an oppressive government, though its name has changed.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134040:
The Bundschuh need not lower itself to common piracy like the Red Hessians. Instead, we are funded by the enlightened Berlin intelligentsia looking to do away with the burdens of a corrupt government. This frees us to work directly toward our political agenda without being sidetracked by financial necessities.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134041:
The corporations, though exploitive and uncaring, aren't truly at fault for what they do. Corporations are intrinsically self-serving; it's the government's role to keep them in check. As long as the government is corrupt enough to accept corporate bribes, the workers cannot be free.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134042:
Our base is located in the Taunus Asteroid field of Frankfurt. Within the same cloud is a Jump Hole to Sigma 13. Nearby is another Jump Hole that leads to Hamburg. In Hamburg there is the Vierlande Prison Ship, the Westfallen battleship, and the Berlin Jump Gate. These are all priority Bundschuh targets.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
->Rumor #134043:
The Bundschuh recruits new members from the Red Hessians, LWB, Unioners, and even disgruntled Daumann and Kruger workers. But the people we take in must care about our cause, because they won't get rich flying for us.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
->Rumor #134044:
In 700 AS, the Dresden Revolt sparked the Popular Revolution that would do away with the Rheinland Imperial Government and replace it with a coalition of the people. The Bundschuh was a key player in the Dresden Revolt, running supplies to the rebels.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134045:
After the revolution, the Bundschuh found itself sidelined by the new government. The coalition wanted the support of the wealthy aristocrats who headed Daumann Industries and Kruger Mining. By 715 AS, the Bundschuh was forced to go underground again, this time by a government it had helped to create.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
->Rumor #134046:
Because we have taken the high road, and not one of piracy like the Red Hessians, our ranks have dwindled. But the members of the Bundschuh are purists, committed to a political agenda -- unlike other underground organizations.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
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====Fulda Border Station (Frankfurt)====
->Rumor #134025:
Basic supplies make their way to this base from Mainz. Republican is committed to keeping the brave peace officers of Frankfurt taken care of.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Jörg Schliewen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Leonhard Schober
->Rumor #134026:
Premium Daumann Side Arms are shipped here from the Ring in New Berlin. It is one of the more dangerous hauls; there are Unioners, Bundschuh, and Red Hessians looking to get their hands on our cargo.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Jörg Schliewen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Leonhard Schober
->Rumor #134027:
The police in this system are the dregs of the Rheinland Federal Police. They cannot even keep the Bundschuh in check. Of course, that is why they find themselves in the most unfashionable system in all of Rheinland. Ach, I hate coming here.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Jörg Schliewen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Leonhard Schober
->Rumor #134028:
Police presence here is the absolute minimum required to keep this system from degenerating into anarchy. The Bundschuh, a terrorist organization, can be seen walking the corridors of corporate bases here in the open. The people of Frankfurt don't care about who is who, only that they have money to spend.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Maja Rothstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Fulda Bartender/RBT-61
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Silja Von Strantz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Tatiana Wigand
->Rumor #134029:
I came to Frankfurt because I wanted to go to a place where I could make a difference; a piece of space where people needed support. The only thing I found here is a haunted chunk of Rheinland that died at the end of the Eighty-Years War. I realized that nobody can make a difference. What is, is simply the truth -- the rest is illusion.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Maja Rothstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Fulda Bartender/RBT-61
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Silja Von Strantz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Tatiana Wigand
->Rumor #134030:
Red Hessians attack this system from the southern end near the Jump Gate to New Berlin. That is not our problem, we are here to stop GMG incursions into Rheinland space. Only there hasn't been a GMG incursion in months.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Maja Rothstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Fulda Bartender/RBT-61
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Silja Von Strantz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Tatiana Wigand
->Rumor #134031:
Unioners make their way into the system because Republican Shipping still does business in Frankfurt. They are the ones who supply this base with its basics. One shipment the Unioners don't harass is the police supply shipment. If they did, there would be little we could do to stop them.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Maja Rothstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Fulda Bartender/RBT-61
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Silja Von Strantz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Tatiana Wigand
->Rumor #134033:
I'm thinking of quitting the police. We have the oldest ships and equipment in Sirius. Every time I strap into my patrol craft, I wonder whether or not life support is going to function or my engines will give out. This is not what I should be worrying about.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Maja Rothstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Silja Von Strantz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Tatiana Wigand
->Rumor #134034:
If you want to find Unioners, just look along the Trade Lanes on the northern end of the system. They like to hit the Republican shipments that are there. Unioners seem to come from the Westerwald.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Maja Rothstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Fulda Bartender/RBT-61
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Silja Von Strantz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Tatiana Wigand
->Rumor #134035:
I will probably die defending the pathetic idiots who still make this system their home. I don't know why I risk my neck each day bringing in Unioners and Bundschuh when the people don't care if they have criminals walking amongst them. Frankfurt should be left to the criminals and sealed up forever.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Maja Rothstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Fulda Bartender/RBT-61
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Silja Von Strantz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Tatiana Wigand
->Rumor #134036:
The Taunus Field is where you are going to find the Bundschuh -- and lots of them. A lot of the people in this system agree with the reasons they are fighting, so they get plenty of popular support. Of course, that makes our jobs harder.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Maja Rothstein
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Fulda Bartender/RBT-61
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Silja Von Strantz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Tatiana Wigand
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====Mainz Storage Facility (Frankfurt)====
->Rumor #133991:
This is a transit point between Dortmund in New Berlin and Yukawa in Honshu. Basic and High-Temperature Alloys plus Ship-Hull Panels pass through this base on their way into Kusari.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Gita Woche
->Rumor #133992:
ALG does a good business in Frankfurt. Terraforming Gases arrive at this base from Dortmund. They expect to receive supplies of Boron from here in return.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Gita Woche
->Rumor #133993:
Though it requires the danger of flying into the Border Worlds, ALG ships Food to the Helgoland, beyond Rheinland space.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Gita Woche
->Rumor #133994:
Our Boron mining facility in Holstein receives all their basic supplies from this base. You could deliver these for us if you need money. It is a very short trip.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Rainer Bahlsen
->Rumor #133995:
You see the Samura and Kishiro men on this base? They always have a very smug look on their faces, it makes me livid. I would enjoy killing them both. You know that Kusari and her keiretsu backed the GMG throughout the entire war, don't you?
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Rainer Bahlsen
->Rumor #133996:
This is the station where the Kusari shippers must offload their products and receive ours. I don't think many Rheinlanders care to see H-Fuel brought into the heart of our Republic aboard their ships, the insult would be unbearable.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Rainer Bahlsen
->Rumor #133997:
Our reputation requires us to keep stock in all manner of Commodities at our base; Yanagi is no different. We ship many basic supplies to Yanagi from this locale.
 * Junkers/ Bryan Greer
->Rumor #133998:
It is always better to purchase supplies from desperate people. The people of Rheinland have lost almost everything. We purchase Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases for a good price from this base.
 * Junkers/ Bryan Greer
->Rumor #133999:
Optronics, Consumer Goods, and Basic Alloys are part of the trade we do with this base and the Yanagi. We get excellent prices from these Rheinland boys, poor bastards.
 * Junkers/ Bryan Greer
->Rumor #134000:
Kishiro brings this base Optronics from Honshu. While we are here, we purchase Basic and High-Temperature Alloys plus Cobalt to return to Honshu with.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideo Tatsuko
->Rumor #134001:
If you have ever wished to see the wonders of the New Tokyo system, then you could ship Diamonds to the capitol planet and return with Optical Chips from Shinagawa.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideo Tatsuko
->Rumor #134002:
Yukawa is in need of the Boron that the Rheinland people mine in this system. If you are willing, you could provide them with this Commodity.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideo Tatsuko
->Rumor #134003:
Go to Ogashawa. There is the main source of Kishiro H-Fuel. You will find the best prices at the source. Every station needs H-Fuel, including this one.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideo Tatsuko
->Rumor #134004:
High-value Commodities make their way into this system from New Berlin on Republican shipping convoys. Silver and Diamonds are traded at this base with the Kusari.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134005:
Basic supplies are brought here from throughout the republic. This station is a supply hub for all of Frankfurt. We also do a fair bit of business in the Border Worlds and Kusari.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134006:
All H-Fuel that comes into this system is immediately loaded off the Kusari ships and onto Republican vessels. From here, most of the H-Fuel will be sent to the capitol, where it will be redistributed throughout all of Rheinland.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134007:
Fertilizers are brought here from Hamburg. They will make their way into the Border Worlds eventually. Zoners need the Fertilizers for their bio-domes.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134008:
Boron and High-Temperature Alloys will be taken all the way to Narita in the heart of Kusari from this base. It will be Republican shippers that brave the Border Worlds to keep trade running smoothly.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134009:
Republican will ship Optronics and Optical Chips to the Ring in New Berlin. On the way back, our convoys carry High-Temperature Alloys and Cobalt.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134010:
Even in Frankfurt -- the derelict child of Rheinland -- the Unioners come to harass our shipping concerns. There is truly no rest for the weary. We must hire Bounty Hunters and freelancers to protect our convoys out here, as the police presence is minimal.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134011:
This base is necessary; business must go on in Frankfurt even after the devastation it suffered in the Eighty-Years War. We are still the gateway to the Border Worlds and Kusari out here, even if no one wishes to remember that.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134012:
There isn't much left here in Frankfurt. Most of the population in this system left for better mining grounds or were killed in "the Eighty." After several decisive losses to the GMG, the Imperial Navy began conscripting soldiers from the mining operations. The rate of attrition was horrible; you were a miner one week, a soldier the next, and dead by month's end.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134013:
The foolish Rheinland people tried to wrestle the control of H-Fuel production from the GMG. They could never do so; even today if you want H-Fuel you must travel to the Border Worlds and do business with Kusari companies. Samura Fuel comes from Naha, so you can purchase from the source if you like.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Sanzo Kuramoto
->Rumor #134014:
The Silver we purchase in this dying system will be shipped aboard our convoys to New Tokyo. If you wish to see a vibrant, living system, go there. But bathe first.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Sanzo Kuramoto
->Rumor #134015:
Yokohama is in need of High-Temperature Alloys. This Commodity is necessary for the construction of ships, and Kusari ships are amongst the finest in Sirius.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Sanzo Kuramoto
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====Mannheim Station (Frankfurt)====
->Rumor #134016:
Kruger produces H-Fuel at this station and ships it to Essen. In return, they supply us with the Mining Machinery that keeps our operation going. Even without the Border Worlds, Kruger manages to get H-Fuel for Rheinland.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Fabian Küne
 * Kruger Minerals/ Hannes Petesilge
 * Kruger Minerals/Mannheim Bartender/Julius Arnoldt
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Eberhard Hauser
->Rumor #134017:
Station Mannheim produces H-Fuel and also mines Oxygen and Water. These three basic goods are shipped to New Berlin. Then we deliver Food back here.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Fabian Küne
 * Kruger Minerals/ Hannes Petesilge
 * Kruger Minerals/Mannheim Bartender/Julius Arnoldt
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Eberhard Hauser
->Rumor #134018:
The amount of H-Fuel we are able to squeeze from the gases in this system is minimal. Nevertheless, the operation is good for PR. It lets the Rheinland people know that we haven't given up.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Fabian Küne
 * Kruger Minerals/ Hannes Petesilge
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Eberhard Hauser
->Rumor #134019:
Once Station Richtofen was destroyed, we knew that we had lost the war -- and much worse: Kruger had lost the Border Worlds to the GMG. It was a dark day for Rheinland and for Kruger. Maybe one day Rheinland will rise again.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Fabian Küne
 * Kruger Minerals/ Hannes Petesilge
 * Kruger Minerals/Mannheim Bartender/Julius Arnoldt
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Eberhard Hauser
->Rumor #134020:
Kruger lost most of her capital in the Border World gas mining venture. When that failed utterly, our proud company lost all of her clout. Now, Kruger's only real chance for survival is merging with ALG. It is really the only way left for us.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Fabian Küne
 * Kruger Minerals/ Hannes Petesilge
 * Kruger Minerals/Mannheim Bartender/Julius Arnoldt
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Eberhard Hauser
->Rumor #134021:
The vermin who call themselves the GMG dealt the first blow in the conflict that would erupt into the Eighty-Years War. The Kruger survey vessel Helle Wolke went missing. When we sent ships after her, we found the GMG in the vicinity of the wreckage. The GMG could not explain what had happened, but claimed to be investigating themselves.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Fabian Küne
 * Kruger Minerals/ Hannes Petesilge
 * Kruger Minerals/Mannheim Bartender/Julius Arnoldt
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Eberhard Hauser
->Rumor #134022:
After the Helle Wolke Incident, we knew that the GMG was a treacherous group. As we pushed into the Border Worlds, small skirmishes flared between Kruger and the Guild. When Empress Leicht annexed the Border Worlds, the real war began.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Fabian Küne
 * Kruger Minerals/ Hannes Petesilge
 * Kruger Minerals/Mannheim Bartender/Julius Arnoldt
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Eberhard Hauser
->Rumor #134023:
Rheinland did not recognize any political sovereignty of the GMG; they were a band of miners, or so it seemed. What we did not realize at the time was that they were a close-knit organization with political clout in Kusari and underworld connections. Only after Rheinland and Kruger had fully committed to the action did we realize the extent of their power and backing.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Fabian Küne
 * Kruger Minerals/ Hannes Petesilge
 * Kruger Minerals/Mannheim Bartender/Julius Arnoldt
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Eberhard Hauser
->Rumor #134024:
By the end of "the Eighty," the government was more concerned with putting down the rising rebellion than the GMG and the devastated system of Frankfurt. The empire's coffers were drained. On the edge of insolvency, Rheinland borrowed from Liberty and sold away the last of its ability to stand alone.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Fabian Küne
 * Kruger Minerals/ Hannes Petesilge
 * Kruger Minerals/Mannheim Bartender/Julius Arnoldt
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Eberhard Hauser
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====Planet Holstein (Frankfurt)====
->Rumor #133979:
This installation gets all her basics from the Mainz within this system. No sense leaving this hole if we don't have to, is there? The same ships pick up our Boron and take it back to the Mainz. She is this system's supply depot.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lorenz Schöner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thorsten Zenner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Holstein Bartender/Rainer Streithorst
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Ruben Von Hof
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Sales Rep. Kurt Steger
->Rumor #133980:
The only thing we need shipped here from outside of this system is Mining Machinery. That gets shipped in on transports from the Ring in New Berlin. They pick up the Boron we mine here and take it back.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lorenz Schöner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thorsten Zenner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Holstein Bartender/Rainer Streithorst
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Ruben Von Hof
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Sales Rep. Kurt Steger
->Rumor #133981:
The Oder Shipyard uses our Boron to build ships. I don't know what ships they might be building there, I haven't seen anything worth a mention. All our finest ships were destroyed in "the Eighty."
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lorenz Schöner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thorsten Zenner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Holstein Bartender/Rainer Streithorst
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Ruben Von Hof
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Sales Rep. Kurt Steger
->Rumor #133982:
I guess Daumann came back to this system because Kruger was here. After the Richtofen went up everybody left -- that was it, the war was over. After a while Kruger came back, and that means Daumann had to follow suit, didn't they?
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lorenz Schöner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thorsten Zenner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Holstein Bartender/Rainer Streithorst
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Ruben Von Hof
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Sales Rep. Kurt Steger
->Rumor #133984:
The GMG who come into this system are scoundrels. If they wanted Frankfurt, they could have taken it. If they come here now with their guns armed, then they are just looking to fight for no reason.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lorenz Schöner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thorsten Zenner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Holstein Bartender/Rainer Streithorst
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Ruben Von Hof
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Sales Rep. Kurt Steger
->Rumor #133985:
Long ago Frankfurt was the jewel of the empire. Everyone had their eye on this system -- we were going to lead the way to a glorious Rheinland future from this place. Now look around you. This is what arrogance and avarice will bring. Look, I say, at this empty place of broken promises.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lorenz Schöner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thorsten Zenner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Holstein Bartender/Rainer Streithorst
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Ruben Von Hof
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Sales Rep. Kurt Steger
->Rumor #133986:
The Bundschuh built a base here because they knew that the government was too poor to put enough police here to stop them. No one cares what happens in Frankfurt. Republican is the only one that does decent business here and that's the reason you'll see Unioners.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lorenz Schöner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thorsten Zenner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Holstein Bartender/Rainer Streithorst
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Ruben Von Hof
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Sales Rep. Kurt Steger
->Rumor #133987:
I mine Boron here because every other Rheinland system I go to makes me sick. I hate seeing rich Rheinlanders, or anybody who actually gives a damn about this House. Just leave me be to mine my Boron. You can try and fix whatever you want, but don't bother me about it.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lorenz Schöner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thorsten Zenner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Holstein Bartender/Rainer Streithorst
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Ruben Von Hof
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Sales Rep. Kurt Steger
->Rumor #133988:
Life must go on, even after defeat. No one really cared about the GMG once the rebellion started. It could have been quite horrible but the life's blood of Rheinland -- her companies -- were not dissolved. It would have been chaos if that had happened. Who knows who would be running things now.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lorenz Schöner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thorsten Zenner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Holstein Bartender/Rainer Streithorst
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Ruben Von Hof
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Sales Rep. Kurt Steger
->Rumor #133989:
One day the Rheinland Navy will be as powerful as it once was. Our day of reckoning is only separated from us by an expanse of time. Every day that passes, the expanse gets shorter. Rheinland will rise from the ashes like a phoenix from the flames. Then the GMG will pay -- and so will Kusari and the rest of Sirius.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lorenz Schöner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thorsten Zenner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Holstein Bartender/Rainer Streithorst
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Ruben Von Hof
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Sales Rep. Kurt Steger
->Rumor #133990:
The miners here are a sullen lot. I was transferred in from HQ a few months ago. Everyone here hates the government, but the Republic and the empire before it was just trying to do their best for us. Besides, everyone didn't lose everything; my family still holds all of their land. We are okay.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Lorenz Schöner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Thorsten Zenner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Ruben Von Hof
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Sales Rep. Kurt Steger
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====Osumi Base (Fukuoka)====
->Rumor #133348:
There have been cutbacks at this post recently. Last week they transferred two regular patrols to Tokyo, citing lack of identifiable threats. Believe me, there is no lack of enemies here. The Outcasts and Corsairs have found that Kusari presents an easy target, especially with the military distracted by Hokkaido.
 * Kusari State Police/Akita Bartender/RBT-103
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133349:
We have heard that there is a Hole into Sigma-13, but the GMG will not tell us. They keep their secrets close; they are not truly Kusari anymore.
 * Kusari State Police/Akita Bartender/RBT-103
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133350:
The GMG has assured us that they can handle the criminal problem in Sigma-13, but this does not seem to be the case. They should bring in the military -- that would seal the border.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133351:
This one of the most difficult postings for a Kusari State Police officer in our colony. Maybe Sapporo is worse. The most dreaded patrol does a circuit into the Hiryo Cloud, where the Corsairs lurk. We had 50% casualties on it last month. That's enough to make one superstitious.
 * Kusari State Police/Akita Bartender/RBT-103
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133352:
Sometimes I wish that we could bring the Bounty Hunters Guild into Honshu. They do very well in the nebulas and know how to deal with difficult Edge World criminals like the Corsairs, but Tokyo will not allow it. They say we must show our bushi-do spirit and accept the challenge.
 * Kusari State Police/Akita Bartender/RBT-103
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133353:
I am under orders to not pursue Hogosha unless they have been caught stealing from storage depots. It is strange how the rules are always changing with regards to the Hogosha. The GMG seems to dislike them very much, unlike former times.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133354:
The GMG and Samura haul H-Fuel to Osaka past our lonely station. Kishiro, ALG and Republican are the other shippers using this area. Tokyo has said we must hold this line against the Edge World threat, yet reduces our strength on a regular basis.
 * Kusari State Police/Akita Bartender/RBT-103
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133355:
I have one more year in the field, then I can get a desk job in Tokyo. No more stress like this, wondering if you will live another day. My wife and her parents are back there always asking about my return date. Maybe it's not so bad here ...
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133356:
The Kusari State Police prides itself in being a highly ethical organization. Hogosha often attempt bribes when they are caught, but we will never accept them. The bureaucrats of Tokyo are another matter, however. There are many stories of the criminal bribes and gifts that are accepted by the rulers of our nation.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133357:
We supply this base with its essential needs. We've had to ship a lot of new issue Side Arms in from Tokyo. Guess there's been a little attrition around here lately.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Junichiro Yano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Susumu Uchida
->Rumor #133358:
Just having a quick beer with an old friend who's posted here with the Police. We graduated from the same school in Kyushu years ago. I miss the green isles of home. Honshu is always grim and gray -- and full of Kishiro people.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Junichiro Yano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Susumu Uchida
->Rumor #133359:
I've been hauling supplies in my little freighter around Samura and government bases for as long as I can remember. Honshu was pretty quiet until the Edge World pirates showed up. Shikoku has always been active. You've got Liberty criminals in the southern end, and Bounty hunters and Blood Dragons feuding in the rest.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Junichiro Yano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Susumu Uchida
->Rumor #133360:
One day soon they will shut down Osaka, and many people like me will be forced to find work elsewhere. Hokkaido does not sound attractive to me. Maybe I'll join the rice farmers of Kyushu.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Junichiro Yano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Susumu Uchida
->Rumor #133361:
I'm just switching some crew with a transport bound for Mainz. They lost a couple in a Blood Dragon attack near Osaka and needed a full complement for the Sigma-13 crossing. I wish them the best of luck.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Junichiro Yano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Susumu Uchida
->Rumor #133362:
Upper management is trying to put pressure on the GMG and Kishiro by having police patrols removed from this base. I'm not sure it really helps us though, as Samura ships must still travel to Rheinland with other supplies.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Junichiro Yano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Susumu Uchida
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====Leiden Base (Galileo)====
->Rumor #131557:
This is the best layover you get on Gateway runs. We normally don't stop here much, but when we do, it's a nonstop party.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Mel Jackson
->Rumor #131604:
We run supply shipments of Food, Luxury Goods, Side Arms, Pharmaceuticals, Engine Components, and Consumer Goods to our base in Hokkaido. It's a long, dangerous run past the Farmers Alliance in Kyushu and the Bounty Hunters of Shikou, but well worth it financially.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Hiromi Nomura
->Rumor #131605:
Down here we run Cardamine and H-Fuel from our base in Hokkaido in exchange for many of our basic supplies. Leiden indirectly supplies the Blood Dragon base in Chugoku via Ainu. That's the real reason we have to make so many runs down to this alien place. They often protect us from hostile attacks, so it's worth it.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Hiromi Nomura
->Rumor #131606:
The Jump Hole to Shikoku is very close, just to the north of this base. It is the first of three jumps to get to the dangerous but beautiful Hokkaido system.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Hiromi Nomura
->Rumor #131607:
We receive Side Arms from the Rogue base Padua in the Reppu Cloud and ship Food, Pharmaceuticals, Engine Components, Consumer Goods, Oxygen, and Water there.
 * Lane Hackers/ Ben Hanson
 * Lane Hackers/ Dave Beyer
 * Lane Hackers/ John Smith
 * Lane Hackers/Leiden Bartender/Wade Edmonds
->Rumor #131608:
Although we sell much of the information we retrieve from Universal's data banks, we use some of the data ourselves to attack the most tempting targets. There are three Jump Holes in this system. The two most valuable to the Lane Hackers are the Jump Holes to Colorado and Kepler.
 * Lane Hackers/ Ben Hanson
 * Lane Hackers/ Dave Beyer
 * Lane Hackers/ John Smith
 * Lane Hackers/Leiden Bartender/Wade Edmonds
->Rumor #131609:
Ageira wonders how we can keep up with its advances in Trade Lane technology and security. Truth is, everybody who was sympathetic to the Lane Hackers didn't necessarily stop working for Ageira. That's right -- we've got insider friends who keep us one step ahead of the game.
 * Lane Hackers/ Ben Hanson
 * Lane Hackers/ Dave Beyer
 * Lane Hackers/ John Smith
->Rumor #131610:
We get shipments of H-Fuel from the Golden Chrysanthemums in Hokkaido and ship them Food, Side Arms, Pharmaceuticals, Engine Components, and Luxury Goods. Those Golden Cs love their Luxury Goods.
 * Lane Hackers/ Ben Hanson
 * Lane Hackers/ Dave Beyer
 * Lane Hackers/ John Smith
 * Lane Hackers/Leiden Bartender/Wade Edmonds
->Rumor #131611:
The Golden Chrysanthemums get most of their supplies from us. We keep them living in the style that they are accustomed to. In return, they supply us with all the Cardamine we can use from their Hokkaido base.
 * Lane Hackers/ Ben Hanson
 * Lane Hackers/ Dave Beyer
 * Lane Hackers/ John Smith
 * Lane Hackers/Leiden Bartender/Wade Edmonds
->Rumor #131612:
Cardamine has changed my life. It's the greatest stuff you can imagine. You have really strange hallucinations with heavy doses -- flying across alien landscapes, seeing creatures and places that you can't imagine. It's truly an amazing trip. I've noticed that I'm gradually losing interest in eating regular old Synth Paste. I've heard that Outcast Food is more palatable to heavy Cardamine users. Not sure why.
 * Lane Hackers/ Ben Hanson
 * Lane Hackers/ Dave Beyer
 * Lane Hackers/ John Smith
 * Lane Hackers/Leiden Bartender/Wade Edmonds
->Rumor #131613:
We get most of our basic supplies -- such as Food, Pharmaceuticals, Engine Components, Consumer Goods, Oxygen, and Water -- from the Zoner Ames Research Station.
 * Lane Hackers/ Ben Hanson
 * Lane Hackers/ Dave Beyer
 * Lane Hackers/ John Smith
 * Lane Hackers/Leiden Bartender/Wade Edmonds
->Rumor #131615:
The Lane Hackers are disinterested in politics. We do not fight for any cause or rally behind a flag. The only thing that is important to a Hacker is money so that any wants are fulfilled.
 * Lane Hackers/ Ben Hanson
 * Lane Hackers/ Dave Beyer
 * Lane Hackers/ John Smith
 * Lane Hackers/Leiden Bartender/Wade Edmonds
->Rumor #131616:
This is the end of our Artifact smuggling route that begins in the Border Worlds and crosses all of Kusari space. We don't like to see the Golden Chrysanthemums here, but we have no choice if we want to sell these trinkets to the rich Liberty fools on Manhattan. The Lane Hackers seem okay, though -- nothing like those disgusting Rogues.
 * Hogosha/ Tadashi Endo
->Rumor #131617:
This is the cheapest place to buy Side Arms within Hogosha territory, if you can call this black rock fragment in a dark matter cloud "territory" in the conventional sense. Within Kusari space Side Arms cost considerably more.
 * Hogosha/ Tadashi Endo
->Rumor #131618:
We use the Jump Hole to Shikoku, then skirt the west end of the system through the nebula clouds to avoid detection by the Blood Dragons -- our mortal enemies. The police and Bounty Hunters rarely bother us. At the far end of Shikoku is a Jump Hole to Kyushu, followed shortly by a Hole to New Tokyo. Very convenient.
 * Hogosha/ Tadashi Endo
->Rumor #131655:
Padua receives the supplies we get from the Lane Hackers at this base. Padua requires the importation of all of its vital supplies, including Food, Side Arms, Engine Components, Pharmaceuticals, H-Fuel, Consumer Goods, Oxygen, and Water.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Mel Jackson
->Rumor #131656:
The Artifacts that the Lane Hackers receive from the Hogosha at this base are taken by us to Rochester or to Padua.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Mel Jackson
->Rumor #134328:
The Freespirit was beginning its regular Artifact run from Leiden to Rochester when it was ambushed by Bounty Hunters. It fled into the Reppu Cloud and disappeared. No one has been able to locate the ship for some time.
 * Lane Hackers/ John Smith
->Rumor #134329:
The Shibuya Maru was making a Cardamine shipment across the southern end of the Shikoku system when it was intercepted by a Bounty Hunter named Jake Rush. He swears that he opened fire and badly wounded the ship. He searched the cloud for some time, but never found the Shibuya. The word around Deshima is that it never made it to the Galileo system. It's probably out there somewhere in the Keiun Cloud.
 * Lane Hackers/ Dave Beyer
->Rumor #134330:
The Kobe Maru was making its weekly Artifact run across the Shikoku system when it was ambushed by the Blood Dragons. The ship is presumed destroyed, and its whereabouts are unknown, although it's been rumored to be drifting somewhere in the Shiun Cloud.
 * Lane Hackers/ Ben Hanson
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====Padua Base (Galileo)====
->Rumor #131658:
The Lane Hackers' Leiden base provides us with all of our supplies. Their base is located in the Komatsu Cloud due north of the Reppu Cloud that hides this base.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131659:
We make a run to Leiden every third week to pick up the essentials that keep this base going: Waters, Consumer Goods, H-Fuel, Engine Components, Pharmaceuticals, and Food.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131660:
There are two Jump Holes in the Komatsu Cloud, which hides the Lane Hackers' Leiden base. The northern Jump Hole leads to Shikoku, the other to Kepler.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131661:
Rochester has plenty of Side Arms to sell, so we pick them up and run them here. The Side Arms we bring in usually head on over to Leiden, where we trade the Lane Hackers for cash or info on ship cargoes headed through the system.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131662:
We ship Artifacts to this base from Leiden. They are highly illegal, and the LSF will smoke you if you get scanned with 'em. But the demand is high on Manhattan's black market, all the Manhattanites love 'em. From here we ship them out to Rochester.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131663:
We don't like dealing with the Hogosha, and they don't like dealing with us. But we get along with the Lane Hackers alright, and they cut us into the Artifact trade.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131664:
Watch the black matter in the system. If you fly into some, you aren't gonna fly back out. Black matter is what led to all the Trade Lane trouble with Ageira and the corporate venture that blew up in its face. To pin it on somebody, Ageira canned a few of its top-level execs and a development team; those guys now operate the Hacker base in Leiden.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131665:
The Lane Hackers appreciate the good things in life -- the Cardamine -- just like us; difference is, they got things all figured out. Me, I'm just having fun. After my last trip through the Huntsville I didn't really care what happened to me, I only knew I'd be damned if I was gonna play by the rules anymore.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
->Rumor #131666:
One of our guys was gonna rat the Hackers out to a Hunter that had credits to burn. He didn't make it to the rendezvous. The Hackers are too valuable to us to scrape for some temporary cash. Too bad I was the one who had to smoke one of our own.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
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====Dessau Station (Halle)====
->Rumor #134131:
Republican Shipping provides the Ulm Police Base with all of her basic supplies from Stuttgart. It is not incredibly profitable to do this, but relatively safe.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Friedrich Philipp
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Eugen Chemlin
->Rumor #134132:
Premium Daumann weapons make their way to the hands of the Rheinland Federal Police via Republican convoys from the Ring in New Berlin.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Friedrich Philipp
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Eugen Chemlin
->Rumor #134133:
The Rheinland government is always several months behind in its payments to the Commodity brokers that keep their bases supplied. It is appalling to see our sovereign nation fall into such terrible times.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Friedrich Philipp
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Eugen Chemlin
->Rumor #134134:
I am furious that the criminals we fight are better equipped than our finest. The Hessians have better ships and better weapons. We have better pilots, but we are running out of them. More of us die each day, and for what?
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
->Rumor #134135:
We are the guardians to the gates that lead into the Border Worlds. We patrol our side, but dare not go into Omega 7. It is grounds for immediate termination. No lives or ships can be spared defending space that Rheinland cannot even lay claim to.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134136:
The Red Hessians pour from the Westnebel in an unending stream. We lack the resources to stop half of them. I used to be disdainful of Bounty Hunters, but if it were not for their actions here, we could be overrun. The only Rheinland military you will see here are captains and admirals sunning themselves in Baden-Baden.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134137:
My family, the Steiners, have grown thin in number. We were once a large group of men and women known as excellent pilots and daring fighters. Now there is just my brother and me left alive.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134138:
My brother is a police pilot in Frankfurt. He says that conditions are worse there. Of course, that is the system that got ravaged by the GMG, but we all lost in "the Eighty." I wish I had been alive to fight in it.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134139:
I have been giving thought to becoming a Bounty Hunter. That way I would be better equipped and much better paid. I see them collecting rewards on every vermin they kill. Perhaps I could go to Liberty and kill Rogues.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
->Rumor #134140:
There is a pilot here who wishes to leave our ranks. He has tried to keep it secret but I found out. He wants to become a Bounty Hunter and leave Rheinland. I'm sure it is because he is afraid to fight Red Hessians -- he has trouble killing them.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134141:
We intercepted a Red Hessian supply shipment crossing the system between the Ostnebel and Westnebel. It was quite a boost in morale around here; normally things are rather glum, but we were able to salvage all manner of goods. Of course, we don't turn in everything we find, they barely pay me enough to feed my children.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134142:
One of the other policemen at this station, Steiner, has two brothers, though he will only mention one. The third is a Red Hessian. One day, perhaps the two brothers will face each other out there. I don't know who will win. Steiner is the best pilot here, but his brother...I hear he is an incredible pilot, a soldier in the Corsair Wars.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
->Rumor #134347:
Several days ago, the Belknap was traversing the Trade Lane from Stuttgart to the Berlin Gate when it was hijacked by LWB pirates. They flew the ship into the Ostnebel, where it is likely stationed for use as a temporary food supply.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
->Rumor #134348:
The Nurnberg was making a gun run from here to Omega-11 when it was attacked by a Federal Police patrol while crossing the open area in the center of the system. The ship was pursued into the Westnebel, where it lost contact. Because it never arrived in Freital, the police must have destroyed it.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
->Rumor #134349:
Patrol 421 was doing a routine sweep of the Westnebel when it abruptly ceased communications with Ulm Control. Red Hessians are suspected as the culprits, but no one is sure. The Federal Police have been unable to locate any debris so far.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
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====Elbe Station (Halle)====
->Rumor #134131:
Republican Shipping provides the Ulm Police Base with all of her basic supplies from Stuttgart. It is not incredibly profitable to do this, but relatively safe.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Friedrich Philipp
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Eugen Chemlin
->Rumor #134132:
Premium Daumann weapons make their way to the hands of the Rheinland Federal Police via Republican convoys from the Ring in New Berlin.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Friedrich Philipp
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Eugen Chemlin
->Rumor #134133:
The Rheinland government is always several months behind in its payments to the Commodity brokers that keep their bases supplied. It is appalling to see our sovereign nation fall into such terrible times.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Friedrich Philipp
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Eugen Chemlin
->Rumor #134134:
I am furious that the criminals we fight are better equipped than our finest. The Hessians have better ships and better weapons. We have better pilots, but we are running out of them. More of us die each day, and for what?
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
->Rumor #134135:
We are the guardians to the gates that lead into the Border Worlds. We patrol our side, but dare not go into Omega 7. It is grounds for immediate termination. No lives or ships can be spared defending space that Rheinland cannot even lay claim to.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134136:
The Red Hessians pour from the Westnebel in an unending stream. We lack the resources to stop half of them. I used to be disdainful of Bounty Hunters, but if it were not for their actions here, we could be overrun. The only Rheinland military you will see here are captains and admirals sunning themselves in Baden-Baden.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134137:
My family, the Steiners, have grown thin in number. We were once a large group of men and women known as excellent pilots and daring fighters. Now there is just my brother and me left alive.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134138:
My brother is a police pilot in Frankfurt. He says that conditions are worse there. Of course, that is the system that got ravaged by the GMG, but we all lost in "the Eighty." I wish I had been alive to fight in it.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134139:
I have been giving thought to becoming a Bounty Hunter. That way I would be better equipped and much better paid. I see them collecting rewards on every vermin they kill. Perhaps I could go to Liberty and kill Rogues.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
->Rumor #134140:
There is a pilot here who wishes to leave our ranks. He has tried to keep it secret but I found out. He wants to become a Bounty Hunter and leave Rheinland. I'm sure it is because he is afraid to fight Red Hessians -- he has trouble killing them.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134141:
We intercepted a Red Hessian supply shipment crossing the system between the Ostnebel and Westnebel. It was quite a boost in morale around here; normally things are rather glum, but we were able to salvage all manner of goods. Of course, we don't turn in everything we find, they barely pay me enough to feed my children.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134142:
One of the other policemen at this station, Steiner, has two brothers, though he will only mention one. The third is a Red Hessian. One day, perhaps the two brothers will face each other out there. I don't know who will win. Steiner is the best pilot here, but his brother...I hear he is an incredible pilot, a soldier in the Corsair Wars.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
->Rumor #134347:
Several days ago, the Belknap was traversing the Trade Lane from Stuttgart to the Berlin Gate when it was hijacked by LWB pirates. They flew the ship into the Ostnebel, where it is likely stationed for use as a temporary food supply.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
->Rumor #134348:
The Nurnberg was making a gun run from here to Omega-11 when it was attacked by a Federal Police patrol while crossing the open area in the center of the system. The ship was pursued into the Westnebel, where it lost contact. Because it never arrived in Freital, the police must have destroyed it.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
->Rumor #134349:
Patrol 421 was doing a routine sweep of the Westnebel when it abruptly ceased communications with Ulm Control. Red Hessians are suspected as the culprits, but no one is sure. The Federal Police have been unable to locate any debris so far.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
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====Alster Shipyard (Hamburg)====
->Rumor #133943:
We provide Republican with many of their essential shipbuilding materials, such as Ship-Hull Panels, Basic Alloys, and MOX from Dortmund. In return, they sell us their Scrap Metal and Toxic Waste from old ships that are being dismantled.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Bastian Möller
->Rumor #133944:
Republican is completely dependent on ALG products to build their ships. They are competing for the new Rheinland Military contract, but lack the technical expertise to fabricate the custom hull materials and other sophisticated features required by the government.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Bastian Möller
->Rumor #133945:
Republican believes it can solve the Unioner problem by posting bounties and throwing them all in prison. The reality of their situation is far more tenuous. We've heard from reliable sources that many of their current workers are Union sympathizers who are quietly plotting the eventual overthrow of Republican Management.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Bastian Möller
->Rumor #133946:
The Alster Shipyard produces Freight Trains, Heavy Lifters, and Rheinland Freighters. It has been in continuous use since 412 AS. We are the only commercial shipyard in operation within Rheinland.
 * Republican Shipping/ Fritz Treb
 * Republican Shipping/ Gregor Schliewen
 * Republican Shipping/Alster Bartender/Raimund Schmerbauch
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Bjorn Ritzer
->Rumor #133947:
Gold is used as a reflective coating on windows for our ships. Ours is delivered by special armored transport from Freiburg periodically. It's a difficult run all the way through Rheinland. Criminals can smell it from across a system.
 * Republican Shipping/ Fritz Treb
 * Republican Shipping/ Gregor Schliewen
 * Republican Shipping/Alster Bartender/Raimund Schmerbauch
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Bjorn Ritzer
->Rumor #133948:
Privately, Republican committed some management blunders in the early days of Alster. There were many ongoing safety lapses that eventually led to major industrial accidents. The unions would never have become as strong as they did without those galvanizing events.
 * Republican Shipping/ Fritz Treb
 * Republican Shipping/ Gregor Schliewen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Bjorn Ritzer
->Rumor #133949:
A shipyard needs a wide array of raw materials delivered on a regular basis to function smoothly. Liberty provides us with Superconductors and Optical Chips. The Ring, in New Berlin, supplies Engine Components and Construction Machinery.
 * Republican Shipping/ Fritz Treb
 * Republican Shipping/ Gregor Schliewen
 * Republican Shipping/Alster Bartender/Raimund Schmerbauch
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Bjorn Ritzer
->Rumor #133950:
The Alster Shipyard workers are proud of our tradition. Unfortunately, there is a group of malcontents that wishes to destroy everything we have created after almost 400 years in Hamburg. The Unioners are a pestilence that must be eliminated.
 * Republican Shipping/ Fritz Treb
 * Republican Shipping/ Gregor Schliewen
 * Republican Shipping/Alster Bartender/Raimund Schmerbauch
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Bjorn Ritzer
->Rumor #133951:
Every week, we run a transport in from Mainz, in the Frankfurt system. It either carries Boron from the Holstein extraction facility, or Optronics from Kusari.
 * Republican Shipping/ Fritz Treb
 * Republican Shipping/ Gregor Schliewen
 * Republican Shipping/Alster Bartender/Raimund Schmerbauch
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Bjorn Ritzer
->Rumor #133952:
This shipyard was once controlled by the unions, who demanded ever higher wages and longer vacations. Republican could afford their extravagant demands during the Eighty Years War. But when the hard times hit, we had to make adjustments in order to remain profitable.
 * Republican Shipping/ Fritz Treb
 * Republican Shipping/ Gregor Schliewen
 * Republican Shipping/Alster Bartender/Raimund Schmerbauch
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Bjorn Ritzer
->Rumor #133953:
The Alster unions made a fatal error when they supported the Popular Revolution. The new government worsened the already serious economic situation by inflating the currency to pay off external war debts. This backfired and resulted in the common worker in Rheinland suffering terribly.
 * Republican Shipping/ Fritz Treb
 * Republican Shipping/ Gregor Schliewen
 * Republican Shipping/Alster Bartender/Raimund Schmerbauch
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Bjorn Ritzer
->Rumor #133954:
The Unioners are everywhere in Hamburg. They often lurk in the Alsterfeld, waiting for a shipment to arrive. They attack our ships in the Trade Lanes, Altona, or anything else that says Republican on it.
 * Republican Shipping/ Fritz Treb
 * Republican Shipping/ Gregor Schliewen
 * Republican Shipping/Alster Bartender/Raimund Schmerbauch
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Bjorn Ritzer
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====Altona Station (Hamburg)====
->Rumor #133955:
Altona was once a bustling place, before the government allowed Liberty ships to bypass us and ship their goods directly to Berlin and Stuttgart after the Eighty Years War. Now it is probably just a matter of time before this outpost is closed and dismantled.
 * Republican Shipping/ Lothar Zange
 * Republican Shipping/ Simon Claesen
 * Republican Shipping/Altona Bartender/Berndt Gunkel
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Raimund Abt
->Rumor #133956:
There are few of the once numerous dock workers left at this station. Automated machinery and declining shipping traffic have both taken their toll. Sadly, many of them have turned to piracy as the solution to their problems.
 * Republican Shipping/ Lothar Zange
 * Republican Shipping/ Simon Claesen
 * Republican Shipping/Altona Bartender/Berndt Gunkel
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Raimund Abt
->Rumor #133957:
Hamburg has notified the managers that they will be shutting our station down within a year. Soon the 750 people on this station will be unemployed and join the legions of dispossessed Rheinland workers. No one knows when our misery will end.
 * Republican Shipping/ Lothar Zange
 * Republican Shipping/ Simon Claesen
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Raimund Abt
->Rumor #133958:
Most of our traffic is northbound out of Altona. Copper and Cobalt are the chief metals being shipped into Liberty. Mining Machinery and High Temperature Alloys make up the remainder. Most of the ships unload in Houston, although some continue to New York or Colorado.
 * Republican Shipping/ Lothar Zange
 * Republican Shipping/ Simon Claesen
 * Republican Shipping/Altona Bartender/Berndt Gunkel
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Raimund Abt
->Rumor #133959:
Our close proximity to Hamburg and the Docking Ring provides a moderate level of security. Even so, the Unioners will try to steal supplies or attack us whenever they have the chance.
 * Republican Shipping/ Lothar Zange
 * Republican Shipping/ Simon Claesen
 * Republican Shipping/Altona Bartender/Berndt Gunkel
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Raimund Abt
->Rumor #133960:
Republican should recognize the Unioners as a legitimate movement and agree to their terms. It would be better for all of Rheinland, especially the shipping business.
 * Republican Shipping/ Lothar Zange
 * Republican Shipping/ Simon Claesen
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Raimund Abt
->Rumor #133961:
Our main southbound cargo at Altona is Superalloys from Houston. The Oder Shipyard pays a premium price for their supply, the most expensive in the Sirius sector.
 * Republican Shipping/ Lothar Zange
 * Republican Shipping/ Simon Claesen
 * Republican Shipping/Altona Bartender/Berndt Gunkel
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Raimund Abt
->Rumor #133962:
The Independent Worlds beyond Hamburg provide different challenges. The Bering system is the homeland of the cursed Unioners, which needs no further explanation. The Hudson system, which is blissfully free of our nemesis, unfortunately harbors a large population of Xenos, who share a hatred of all foreigners.
 * Republican Shipping/ Lothar Zange
 * Republican Shipping/ Simon Claesen
 * Republican Shipping/Altona Bartender/Berndt Gunkel
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Raimund Abt
->Rumor #133963:
We must expend more money every year on the bounty and bribe fund to keep the peace in this system. It is frustrating to have so little support from the government in terms of security forces.
 * Republican Shipping/ Lothar Zange
 * Republican Shipping/ Simon Claesen
 * Republican Shipping/Altona Bartender/Berndt Gunkel
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Raimund Abt
->Rumor #133964:
Boy, this place is a ghost town. I heard it was once quite the place, back when Republican had a special deal going with the government. No foreign ships allowed beyond their border posts of Altona, Freiburg, and Mainz. Those days are gone for Liberty shipping, at least.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Per Bornkessel
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Rupert Dinckeler
->Rumor #133965:
We bring in Superconductors from Houston, then turn back north with High Temperature Alloys. It's not a hugely profitable run, but you can make money. It's probably better if you went all the way to the source.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Per Bornkessel
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Rupert Dinckeler
->Rumor #133966:
Most of our ships just pass on through here now. Sometimes they do a crew or equipment change to upgrade for the Independent World crossings. Gets a lot easier once you're in Liberty. Nothing like Rheinland. We've got police and military everywhere you look.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Per Bornkessel
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. Rupert Dinckeler
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====Battleship Westfalen (Hamburg)====
->Rumor #133910:
We deliver MOX to the Westfalen every few months or so. Berlin has been having difficulty making their payments lately. ALG would like to improve our relationship with the military, so we often waive the transport and installation fees.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133911:
The structural integrity of this ship is suspect. It suffered a lot of damage during the Eighty Years War, but was forced to remain in service, since all of its sister ships are now Scrap Metal in the Sigma-13 system. We are always nervous when we have to enter the reactor compartments of this ship. Especially since the recent accident.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133912:
Our most lucrative runs for MOX are into Colorado. One must first survive the Xenos in the Independent Worlds, however. The Rogues would also like to get their hands on bomb-making material -- especially the group found in Hudson.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133913:
The military's brought us in to help them out in the Nordheide. They don't pay us too much, though. But they have good, long-range scanners and a strategic position in this area, so it's worthwhile for us. Most of the actual bounties are put up by Republican.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133914:
There are a few reformed Hessians among us here in Hamburg. They're the lucky ones who got out of Vierlande before their sentences were up. One guy had some story about some neutron star in Omega-41. That's way out there in the Edge Worlds in Corsair land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133915:
The Hole to Bering is up in the Nordheide. If you're looking for diamond smuggling Unioners, then that's the place to be. There isn't a direct route between here and Hudson, which keeps the Xenos and Rogues out of Hamburg.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133916:
Some of the Hunters use this as a base for journeys into Hudson. Most of the bounties up there are for Xenos and Rogues. Republican posts the bulk of them, though Universal and IC chip in on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133917:
Just came back from Hudson. We were cruising for baddies in the gap between the Wrangell and Kenai Fields. Ran right into a little skirmish going on between the local thugs. I got me two Xenos and a Rogue. Buy you a drink?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133918:
Hudson is a little rougher than Hamburg. No safe havens, not even any military in the Rheinland part of the system. Liberty Navy's putting a lot of pressure on them, but they can't do much about it. You can see why. Look around at this dump.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133919:
It's a quick trip from Hamburg. We run in supplies on a regular basis. Sometimes they can't pay us, but we usually can arrange something. Maybe four dead Unioners for a container of Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133920:
Republican is competing with ALG to win the contract for constructing the next generation of Rheinland battleships. We have a clear advantage in ship design and practical construction experience. But they have a definite strength in alloys and specialized Hull Panel fabrication.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133921:
Although it's not far to Hamburg from here, the Unioners will attack us if given the opportunity. Their preferred method is to disable a Trade Lane ring near the center of the stretch, then flee back into the Nordheide at the first sign of a military patrol.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133922:
The Westfalen is the last battleship still operational in the Rheinland fleet. We are always short of spare parts, and the men are paid only once every three months. Some enterprising pilots have taken to moonlighting for Republican or Synth Foods in order to make ends meet.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133923:
This ship is a deathtrap. They had an explosion last week in Fusion Reactor 6. Had to seal off the entire A Deck. They're not even going to fix it. That's a sorry state of affairs. The Westfalen will never be able to make a jump again.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133924:
There are rumors circulating that ALG is planning on building a new shipyard in Dortmund to build the Bremen and her sister ships. They're willing to build them at cost in order to gain entry into this new market. That's an attractive proposition for Berlin at this point and time.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133925:
The Rheinland Military is tasked with patrolling the northern areas of Hamburg and the adjacent Independent Worlds of Bering and Hudson. But we only have enough working fighters to cover the Trade Lanes in the immediate area, plus a daily patrol into the Nordheide. We assign Bounty Hunters to handle many of our other patrol routes in the area.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133926:
Ever since we lost the war, Rheinland just hasn't been the same; the entire colony feels beaten and bereft of vigor. Look around, there is no one smiling or enjoying themselves. What will it take for my House to heal?
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133927:
Daumann is the real culprit in the Eighty-Years War. The Imperial Navy Command had grave doubts about the wisdom of fighting a guerrilla-style war in the Crow Nebula against an enemy that was so well-supplied by Kusari. But Daumann saw the huge profits to be made in lucrative shipbuilding contracts, and bribed hundreds of key government officials. The rest is history.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133928:
Many of the young officers are leaving the Rheinland Military, tired of the poor conditions and low pay. Most of them end up flying commercial transports for Republican or Synth Foods. The rest end up with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133929:
The Rheinland public doesn't respect the military anymore. We lost the Eighty-Years War to a ragtag bunch of gas miners as far as they're concerned. That is one reason it has been so difficult for Berlin to increase our budget -- the politicians backed by the Bundschuh always vote it down.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133930:
The Bundschuh continues to attack this floating piece of junk for some reason. We usually run them off after a few minutes. I guess they don't have any other obvious military targets left in Rheinland -- except maybe the Oder Shipyard. Have to have an enemy to keep the cause going.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
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====Lübeck Border Station (Hamburg)====
->Rumor #133967:
We bring up Sidearm shipments and H-fuel from Berlin. It's cheaper to buy them there than is in Hamburg. Not a big money maker, but it pays the bills.
 * Republican Shipping/ Tobias Ducca
 * Republican Shipping/ Ulf Francke
->Rumor #133968:
Hamburg is relatively calm compared to running the Border Worlds. They transferred me here to recuperate after six months of doing the Cambridge-Freiburg route. Omega-7 can be very taxing on the nerves. Anytime you've got Corsairs in the area, watch out.
 * Republican Shipping/ Tobias Ducca
 * Republican Shipping/ Ulf Francke
->Rumor #133969:
The Unioners hit our Water transport coming down from Hamburg yesterday. Usually they don't bother with the small prey like that. Must of been bored or something. The captain dropped their cargo and left it to the pirates, who shortly realized the error they'd made.
 * Republican Shipping/ Tobias Ducca
 * Republican Shipping/ Ulf Francke
->Rumor #133970:
Lubeck can get lonely. We don't get up to Hamburg too often. Wouldn't matter anyway, because we never get paid. We're here to keep an eye on the Sudheide. Lot of criminal activity in there. Berlin's nervous about the prison convoys mostly.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Effi Kodritz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Lübeck Bartender/RBT-37
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Hedwig Lesens
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Matthias Henning
->Rumor #133971:
We've caught a few Junkers running Artifacts and Cardamine across Hamburg. It's unusual to see them outside of Berlin. Seems like it started when they built that base up in Sigma-13.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Effi Kodritz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Lübeck Bartender/RBT-37
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Hedwig Lesens
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Matthias Henning
->Rumor #133972:
Hamburg is an important junction in the criminal network. We believe there may be Jump Holes into Berlin, Frankfurt, and Bering, but we are not certain. The Bounty Hunters know where they are, but will not tell us. Company secret, they say.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Effi Kodritz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Lübeck Bartender/RBT-37
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Hedwig Lesens
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Matthias Henning
->Rumor #133973:
We do a daily up into the fields and along the Trade Lane to Alster. It can get fairly exciting. There seems to be a big crossing point for smugglers and such about half way up the Lane.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Effi Kodritz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Lübeck Bartender/RBT-37
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Hedwig Lesens
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Matthias Henning
->Rumor #133974:
There are Bundschuh spotted here on occasion. It looks like they're just passing through on supply runs, although there have been attacks up in the northern end of Hamburg on the Westfalen.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Effi Kodritz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Lübeck Bartender/RBT-37
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Hedwig Lesens
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Matthias Henning
->Rumor #133975:
Without this border post, southern Hamburg would be chaos. As it is, we lose good officers every week, especially when the Hessians show up. Soon they'll have no choice but to staff our base with Bounty Hunters. There are plenty of those ruffians to go around.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Effi Kodritz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Lübeck Bartender/RBT-37
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Hedwig Lesens
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Matthias Henning
->Rumor #133976:
Hessians are active in this area of Hamburg, although not really along the Trade Lanes. They are mostly interested in Vierlande and their imprisoned comrades in arms. Good luck, I say. That prison is virtually impregnable.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Effi Kodritz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Lübeck Bartender/RBT-37
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Hedwig Lesens
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Matthias Henning
->Rumor #133977:
One day Rheinland will be great again and we will be proud to be police officers. For now, we suffer along with the rest of our proud nation through these economic hard times.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Effi Kodritz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Lübeck Bartender/RBT-37
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Hedwig Lesens
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Matthias Henning
->Rumor #133978:
This post is really not that bad. A friend of ours was transferred to Dresden. He sent several messages over the next few weeks, each more despairing than the last, then nothing. We heard later that his entire patrol vanished in the Giftnebel.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Effi Kodritz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Lübeck Bartender/RBT-37
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Hedwig Lesens
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Matthias Henning
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====Planet Hamburg (Hamburg)====
->Rumor #133886:
I'm from Texas. You get lots of sun and wind there. Beautiful in a stark sort of way. This place is too cold and gray. Then there's that frosty disposition of the Rheinlanders. They aren't the friendliest of folks, especially toward the Guild.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Axel Von Lahr
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Hilde Stirn
->Rumor #133887:
Hamburg's a good place to be based. It's a criminal crossroads of sorts, because of the nature of the Jump Hole network in Rheinland. You can find plentiful work without having to go into the heart of the Walker Nebula. Those clouds can change the odds quite a bit, usually in the bad guy's favor.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Axel Von Lahr
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Hilde Stirn
->Rumor #133888:
Republican pays most of the bounties around here. That means we hunt down Unioners. The only reason to chase a Junker is a chance at some contraband. We don't get paid enough by the military to bother that much with the Bundschuh.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Axel Von Lahr
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Hilde Stirn
->Rumor #133889:
There's a Hole into Frankfurt in the Alsterfeld. That's where you'll see Junkers running contraband and the odd Bundschuh raiding party headed for the Westfalen. And there are always plenty of Unioners to keep you company.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Axel Von Lahr
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Hilde Stirn
->Rumor #133890:
Vierlande doesn't produce that many ex-cons who could become Bounty Hunters, for the simple reason that most sentences are for life. Personally, sounds a little harsh to me. They don't even put them to work, like the LPI. It's a pretty grim place.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Axel Von Lahr
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Hilde Stirn
->Rumor #133891:
It's not real exciting work around here; chasing down Unioners and the odd Bundschuh for the most part. If it's excitement you're looking for, go to Omega-11. I'd buy me a pretty strong shield, though. The sun's gone red giant, going to go planetary nova pretty soon.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Axel Von Lahr
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Hilde Stirn
->Rumor #133892:
Hamburg is practically a company town of Republican's. We created this city, and have employed many of its workers over the years. Now they resent us, and blame Republican for all of their problems. We cannot pay workers so much money and give them long vacations yet also remain competitive with Kusari and Liberty.
 * Republican Shipping/ Otto Baumhauer
->Rumor #133893:
Hamburg planet is the primary distribution point within this system for Consumer Goods, Pharmaceuticals, and Oxygen. We also ship Side Arms in from the Ring for use at Vierlande, or on the Westfalen.
 * Republican Shipping/ Otto Baumhauer
->Rumor #133894:
The most lucrative Commodities in Hamburg are Diamonds and Silver. Inbound cargos come in from New Berlin. We often switch to better-armored ships with escorts for the run across the Independent Worlds to Houston.
 * Republican Shipping/ Otto Baumhauer
->Rumor #133895:
There have been reports of Junkers sighted in the Alsterfeld. They aren't often found outside of capitol systems like Berlin, so we assume they're smuggling Artifacts and Cardamine.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Norbert Huge
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Liese Jahn
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Nadja Noth
 * Rheinland Population/Hamburg Bartender/Rüdiger Hauser
->Rumor #133896:
Republican pays us well to clear out the Unioners and keep the peace in Hamburg, so we can't complain. I hear that other Federal Police stations have been caught extorting passing ships for "security" money. Berlin sent a crew of them to Vierlande last month to appease the Liberty companies.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Norbert Huge
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Liese Jahn
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Nadja Noth
 * Rheinland Population/Hamburg Bartender/Rüdiger Hauser
->Rumor #133897:
They've got me on prison convoy duty this month. We're usually hauling a load of Unioners picked up from the North Field. Their comrades wait for us in the Sud Fels, which we have to pass to get to Vierlande.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Norbert Huge
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Liese Jahn
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Nadja Noth
->Rumor #133898:
The real reason we've got so many Unioners is simple -- no work. Hamburg's got a 30-percent unemployment rate currently. Hard times and empty stomachs lead to anger and resentment, mostly directed against Republican Shipping. They broke the union after the war, which effectively ended the good times in Hamburg.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Norbert Huge
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Liese Jahn
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Nadja Noth
 * Rheinland Population/Hamburg Bartender/Rüdiger Hauser
->Rumor #133899:
We've got two regular field patrols. One goes up into the North Field -- mostly Unioners up there. The Alster Field patrol will sometimes see Bundschuh or Junkers. And lots of Unioners, of course -- they're the dominant criminal species of Hamburg.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Norbert Huge
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Liese Jahn
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Nadja Noth
 * Rheinland Population/Hamburg Bartender/Rüdiger Hauser
->Rumor #133900:
We have a lot of Bounty Hunters on Hamburg. Gives this place a bit of a hard edge. The ones in from Texas can be a rough lot. A few of my comrades have joined the Guild, mostly to make better money. They're definitely a little more casual about killing people than they were as police officers.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Norbert Huge
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Liese Jahn
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Nadja Noth
 * Rheinland Population/Hamburg Bartender/Rüdiger Hauser
->Rumor #133901:
Republican used to require foreign shippers in Rheinland space to unload all cargo at stations like Altona. There were dock workers that packed and unpacked ships all day long. Talk about an unnecessary job. Now it's all automated, and Liberty ships often bypass Altona and Hamburg.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Norbert Huge
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Liese Jahn
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Nadja Noth
 * Rheinland Population/Hamburg Bartender/Rüdiger Hauser
->Rumor #133902:
If we catch a Junker with Cardamine or Artifacts, they usually try to run for it. Their ships are not very fast, so we often can catch them quickly. They almost always refuse to surrender, though. Guess they prefer to die rather than be interrogated and imprisoned.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Norbert Huge
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Liese Jahn
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Nadja Noth
->Rumor #133903:
The Rheinland military patrols the Trade Lanes in the northwestern part of the system. It's one of the few places in Rheinland space where we get any assistance from them. There is little we can do about the Independent Worlds, though. You're on your own until you reach the Liberty Navy patrols in the northern portions of those systems.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Norbert Huge
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Liese Jahn
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Nadja Noth
 * Rheinland Population/Hamburg Bartender/Rüdiger Hauser
->Rumor #133904:
I just made the Hudson crossing with a load of Fertilizers. We usually drop off a few containers for Republican here before continuing onto Stuttgart. They ship them off to the Frankfurt system. I hear they end up in bio-domes out in the Edge Worlds.
 * Synth Foods/ John Shaw
->Rumor #133905:
We always make a stop in Hamburg to deliver the weekly food supply from Stuttgart. It's a relatively quiet system for us, with no LWB about. The Unioners couldn't care less about what's happening in that part of Rheinland. Everyone needs to eat, after all.
 * Synth Foods/ John Shaw
->Rumor #133906:
There are two reasons Synth Foods took over Stuttgart: Less expensive Luxury Foods for the Liberty elites, and cheap food for the prisoners of Texas. That about sums up Liberty society.
 * Synth Foods/ John Shaw
->Rumor #133907:
It feels strange to stand here in this city. The Zoners do not have a planet that we can call home. We are accustomed to the low-gravity environments of our Freeports. We only visit House systems like Hamburg if we must procure supplies that are not sold by passing ships.
 * Zoners/ Chris Talbott
->Rumor #133908:
The Zoners' philosophy is to not antagonize anyone. We wish to coexist in peace with all factions in the Sirius sector, whether they are criminal or government. Zoners who cannot abide by this code are asked to leave. They often become Bounty Hunters. So we have a special relationship with the Guild.
 * Zoners/ Chris Talbott
->Rumor #133909:
You should visit our Freeport in Bering. Be careful of the Unioners, though. They often prey on shipping in the southern end of our system. There are no military patrols along the Lanes until you reach Freeport 2.
 * Zoners/ Chris Talbott
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====Vierlande Prison (Hamburg)====
->Rumor #133931:
Republican is the exclusive supplier for all Federal Police installations in Rheinland. We've had to augment our weekly shipments to accommodate the swelling population here. The Pharmaceuticals supply has become critical with all the illness and disease sweeping through the prisoner population.
 * Republican Shipping/ August Schober
 * Republican Shipping/ Bert Koppe
->Rumor #133932:
It's nice to see so many Unioners locked up in their solitary cells. Maybe that will dissuade others who are considering joining the cause. Somehow I think not.
 * Republican Shipping/ August Schober
 * Republican Shipping/ Bert Koppe
->Rumor #133933:
We've had Unioners try to sneak out of here in our empty cargo containers. Unfortunately, the vacuum conditions and extreme cold of outer space generally mean death for most stowaways within a few minutes.
 * Republican Shipping/ August Schober
 * Republican Shipping/ Bert Koppe
->Rumor #133934:
Vierlande is the new maximum-security prison for hardened criminals. It was built in the Hamburg system to put it out of reach of the Hessian hordes in Berlin and Stuttgart. Unfortunately, they seem to have found a secret access route into this system, so we still get prison-break attempts.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133935:
The Federal Police prison warden sees little hope of rehabilitation for most of these criminals, so most sentences are extended indefinitely. There are standing orders from Berlin to not release Bundschuh under any circumstances. The only planet those poor brutes will ever see for the rest of their lives is Hannover.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133936:
Truth is, most of the people in here haven't committed that many crimes, especially the Bundschuh. Some of them look like Berlin University kids who decided to join a demonstration on a lark without thinking much of the consequences.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
->Rumor #133937:
There is a special political section for the Bundschuh. The government doesn't want them mixing with the other inmates and stirring up trouble. Don't want any more Popular Revolutions now, do we?
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133938:
The Sudheide has become a veritable cesspool of humanity. The Red Hessians, Unioners, and Bundschuh all stage their prison breakout attempts from that field. I don't know why they try. This prison has a triple hull, with outer walls more than two meters thick. No prisoner has ever escaped Vierlande alive.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133939:
The Unioners and the Bundschuh pretty much keep to themselves. The tough guys are the Red Hessians. They control the area inside the inner-security perimeter, where guards rarely venture. You'd never know that some of them were regular working folks before they went bad.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
->Rumor #133940:
The prison convoys have been shipping them in pretty fast from all over Rheinland. As a result, Vierlande has become very overcrowded. There have been hunger strikes to protest the conditions, but there's no money to build an extension. So we keep packing them in a little tighter. One day, it'll all explode.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133941:
Some of the older prisoners that come in from Berlin look more like politicians than hardened criminals. Rumor is that they're whistle blowers and reformers from the government that were getting a little too honest for their own good.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
->Rumor #133942:
We keep just enough LWB examples in Vierlande to show and tell for the Synth Food execs that come through here on their Rheinland inspection tour every few months or so. They want to see progress on the LWB problem on Rheinland. That means a steadily increasing number of LWB inmates at our lovely facility. So we show them a few LWB mixed in with a crowd of Unioners. Works every time.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
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====Wedel Mining Facility (Hamburg)====
->Rumor #131460:
Basic Alloys produced here are shipped to Houston, and supplies are transported on the return trips.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131461:
We smuggle Diamonds from the Junker base in Berlin to the Rogue base Dawson in the Hudson system. This is our main source of income to carry on our war against Republican Shipping.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131462:
The union that formed after the Alster Tragedy of 512 gained well-deserved benefits for the shipwrights and welders who built the transports that shipped goods throughout Sirius. In the decades that followed, the union grew stronger. When the 80-Years War broke out, we were sitting pretty on a mountain of government subsidies and contracts.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131463:
We run shipments from the Junker base in New Berlin; they supply us with superior Rheinland Side Arms and Kusari H-Fuel. Not an easy run through Hamburg, but decent profit.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131464:
The Alster Shipyards are home to the Unioner movement. In 412 AS it was established by Imperial Shipping to supply the Rheinland Empire with transport freighters, lifters, and repair ships.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131465:
When the 80-Years War came to an end the Union joined the Popular Revolt to overthrow the Imperial government. There were no more government contracts, and unemployment skyrocketed.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131466:
In 512 AS an explosion in the Alster Shipyards killed hundreds of workers. They formed a union and walked out on the Imperial Shipping executives. It was then that Imperial Shipping realized how valuable its workers were. Production ground to a stop, and they started losing millions of credits for each day production was halted.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131467:
Our old boss Imperial Shipping became Republican Shipping after the Popular Revolt. It was a dark time for the common laborer, and within months we lost all the rights we had been working to create for the past several decades. Republican Shipping really stuck it to the worker, using the weak economic situation to strong-arm the faltering union.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131468:
The Unioners are a political organization fighting like many others throughout Sirius for the fair treatment of the working classes. We cannot allow the type of exploitation that is common practice of the corporations
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131469:
With our old union destroyed after the Popular Revolt, we reformed and called ourselves the Unioners. We were formed to make Republican Shipping pay for the wrongs it had committed against its workers.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131470:
We use this as our primary base to attack Republican Shipping in Hamburg via the Jump Hole just south of this base. The asteroid fields in the northern part of that system provide good cover. We also attack them on the Trade Lanes that pass through this system.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
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====Battleship Sado (Hiroshima)====
->Rumor #133363:
This is a most difficult situation. Tokyo insists that we construct this Jump Gate to the Chugoku system in order to eliminate the Blood Dragon threat. But it is not easy to supply our ships across the Kyofu Gap. The Blood Dragons are patient, waiting for us to lower our guard for a moment. Then they strike out of the Kayo Cloud.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuo Endo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Matsumoto Bartender/Watamaro Uchiyama
->Rumor #133364:
It will be virtually impossible to build the other end of this Jump Gate in Chugoku. It will take months to transport supplies and run the battleship cross the gap, and we will be very close to the Chugoku base while attempting to construct the Gate. This is sheer folly -- a tremendous waste of money.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuo Endo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
->Rumor #133365:
We are certain that the Hole to Chugoku is somewhere in the Kayo Cloud, but it is hard for us to linger long in there. The Blood Dragons emerge from the fog, destroy one ship of the patrol, then flee like cowards into the mists. It is very demoralizing on our pilots.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuo Endo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Matsumoto Bartender/Watamaro Uchiyama
->Rumor #133366:
I've heard that we will abandon this area of Hokkaido soon. Tokyo wants us to build a defensive line on the other side of the Kyofu Gap and leave it at that. All the Gas that Samura wants is in the southern end of the system anyway.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuo Endo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
->Rumor #133367:
We must also patrol the navigation path to the construction area through the Unyo Cloud. The terrorists would destroy all of the Deep Space convoys if we didn't. It is a tenuous balance in the northern end of Hokkaido.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuo Endo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Matsumoto Bartender/Watamaro Uchiyama
->Rumor #133368:
Why do the Blood Dragons hate the government and Samura so much? They seem to tolerate Kishiro and the GMG. I'm just a soldier following orders. I want this war to end so that I can go home to Kyushu. Unfortunately, it seems like there will be no simple resolution to this conflict.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuo Endo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
->Rumor #133369:
Welcome to the end of the universe. You probably need a drink, and an anti-rad pill after crossing the Gap. The Kyofu makes life difficult here, because you can't just hop back to Tokyo to take your leave. They prefer to minimize exposure to once every two months for anyone posted here.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Matsumoto Bartender/Watamaro Uchiyama
->Rumor #133370:
The patrols could sure use help up here. The enemy picks away at them, one by one. Never do any suicide assaults, at least not on us. They like to harass the construction site and the Deep Space workers. They'll fly right at them, then swerve away at the last moment. It is most effective at unnerving the Gaijin.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Matsumoto Bartender/Watamaro Uchiyama
->Rumor #133371:
None of us know why we are here. The government should withdraw behind the Gap and abandon the site. That would be much easier to defend than this hell hole. It is a matter of saving face for the bureaucrats in Tokyo that approved this project. They cannot admit their error, or more likely, return the bribes they accepted from Samura.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Matsumoto Bartender/Watamaro Uchiyama
->Rumor #133372:
I'm not feeling so well -- probably all the radiation up here. I volunteered for the position because of all the hazard pay. The previous chief on the Hokkaido supply route refused to run it anymore. Now I understand why.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Akio Maeda
->Rumor #133373:
Samura has had advisors here since the beginning of the Gate construction project. We have surveyed the Kayo and Unyo Clouds for potential Gas reserves. It appears that the southern area of the system is richer. That is probably for the best, as we may be forced to withdraw from this area soon.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Akio Maeda
->Rumor #133374:
The MOX run to this ship and the Chugoku gate is very dangerous. The enemy seem particularly interested in intercepting our special cargo. I don't know why we are supposed to return the Toxic Waste to Yokohama. We should just dump it in the Gap.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Akio Maeda
->Rumor #133375:
Samura has accomplished our primary goal of establishing a viable gas field in Hokkaido. The government's assistance was invaluable achieving this goal. We no longer need the Chugoku Gate project to justify our presence in Hokkaido.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Akio Maeda
->Rumor #133376:
They go through a lot of Pharmaceuticals up here because of all the radiation. You can see it in the people around here -- hair falling out, lesions. They all look unwell. We shouldn't be here; it is not worth it.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Akio Maeda
->Rumor #133377:
I'm not sure what they will do with the Gate once it is abandoned. Billions of Kusari credits have already been expended. At the very least, it is a monument to the power that we have over the corrupt bureaucrats. They will support every whim and wish that we desire.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Akio Maeda
->Rumor #134336:
Many Naval Forces fighters have been lost recently in skirmishes with the Blood Dragons. Due to the low visibility and difficult conditions in the cloud, some weapons could still remain on the ships in some of the more remote locations.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
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====Matsue Base (Hiroshima)====
->Rumor #133552:
This ship is commissioned with keeping the nearby Border Worlds as free from piracy as possible. It is a daunting task, but we manage to kill and capture many of the worst of them. Still more try to slip into the system, but we halt that traffic also.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nagumo Bartender/Ujihiro Shigi
->Rumor #133553:
One of the greatest threats to Kusari is the spread of Cardamine abuse. The Golden Chrysanthemums have been smuggling Cardamine into Kusari through this system, and it must end. I have ordered all Golden Chrysanthemums to be summarily executed and given flight commanders a red pass on patrols in the Border Worlds and this system.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
->Rumor #133554:
Though some of their actions do get a little violent, the Farmers Alliance is not a real threat to Kusari society. Much of our time and resources would be wasted hunting down a paper tiger. The occasional accidental attack on Kishiro occurs, but for the most part they attack only Gaijin shipping.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
->Rumor #133555:
The Golden Chrysanthemums might be our number one priority in this system, but it is the Blood Dragons who are the greatest threat to our physical safety. The Golden C. pilots are young and reckless; the Dragons are skilled and fearless.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nagumo Bartender/Ujihiro Shigi
->Rumor #133557:
Dragons lay bleeding while the Chrysanthemums die fighting Kusari.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
->Rumor #133558:
The Seiran Dust Field is the point of entry for the Blood Dragons that enter the system. Our patrols have spotted them moving between there and the Okha Dust Field. We cannot interrogate the ones we capture as we would like to, so many of their strategies remain secrets.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nagumo Bartender/Ujihiro Shigi
->Rumor #133559:
Our patrols in Tau-29 come up against Outcasts on occasion. We know they are the source of Cardamine, but they are not the problem for us. It is the women who smuggle it into our system. Before the Golden C. there was no Cardamine problem in Kusari.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nagumo Bartender/Ujihiro Shigi
->Rumor #133560:
Much of our effort is spent redirecting the Gaijin into Shikoku. We are trying to seal this part of Kusari space and, more importantly, New Tokyo from their presence. Bretonians and the populations of the Border Worlds are very unsavory characters. They would be more comfortable in the other system.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
->Rumor #133561:
The fusion chambers in this ship produce Toxic Waste, which we take to Yokohama. There we pick up the MOX and bring it back here to fuel the engines of this ship.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133562:
Side Arms are given to every soldier aboard the ship. They are supplied from relay bases in New Tokyo.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133563:
All the basic supplies needed to run this base are brought here from Kyushu. The shipments also bring in mail, since many of the soldiers aboard the Nagumo are from the finest families planetside.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133564:
This ship plays an important role in keeping the foreign criminals out of our beautiful system. Let them infest Shikoku if they must; Kyushu is ours. Personally, I wish that Kusari was still strictly isolationist. We could always transfer goods at our borders, but the government has grown lax.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133565:
The Nansei Research Center is protected by this battleship. It is a great responsibility protecting the best and brightest minds in Kusari. Someone must take the forefront of scientific research in Kusari, and that great task falls upon Samura's shoulders.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133566:
I enjoy this assignment aboard the Nagumo. I am afforded the pleasure of seeing the worlds beyond Kusari, but in the safety of a battleship patrol. Yes, sometimes the pilots will take me with them on circuit sorties -- very exciting.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #134331:
The Shoki, part of a Blood Dragon raiding party in the Kyushu system, was intercepted and destroyed by the Kusari Naval Forces. Two of the three ships have been located and salvaged. The patrol leader's ship, the Shoki, remains at large. It is believed to be somewhere in the western Ohka Dust Field, which is difficult for the Blood Dragons to operate in, given its close proximity to the Nagumo.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
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====Ainu Depot (Hokkaido)====
->Rumor #133378:
The Blood Dragons can land nowhere in Kusari space, so we must come here to purchase our supplies from the Golden C. girls. They are all drug addicts, which we do not approve of, but they share the passion for a new Kusari, so we help them fight the evil Samura.
 * Blood Dragons/ Kyoko Yamada
 * Blood Dragons/ Miki Hayashi
->Rumor #133379:
This is the fastest route for us to access Kyushu and Shikoku, but we must cross the Gap and dodge the military patrols in the Kayo Cloud. It has been a difficult battle, but I believe we will be victorious soon. Samura and the military will declare victory and abandon that absurd Gate project.
 * Blood Dragons/ Kyoko Yamada
 * Blood Dragons/ Miki Hayashi
->Rumor #133380:
Our base is in Chugoku, through the Jump Hole in the Kayo Cloud. If you want to bring us supplies, there is good money to be made. We especially need Pharmaceuticals.
 * Blood Dragons/ Kyoko Yamada
 * Blood Dragons/ Miki Hayashi
->Rumor #133381:
We use Ainu as our forward base from which to launch attacks into Kyushu. The Hole lies just south of us here. Our favorite targets are the Samura transports, at least if the police aren't around. On occasion, we have made assaults on the Nansei Research Center, but that is risky with the Nagumo so close by.
 * Blood Dragons/ Kyoko Yamada
 * Blood Dragons/ Miki Hayashi
->Rumor #133382:
We use Kyushu to access Shikoku, where many of our sisters and brothers are held unjustly in Fuchu prison by the government henchmen of Samura. There we must contend with the Hogosha, Bounty Hunters, the military, and police.
 * Blood Dragons/ Kyoko Yamada
 * Blood Dragons/ Miki Hayashi
->Rumor #133383:
The Golden Chrysanthemums believe that they have the next emperor -- excuse me, empress of Kusari back in a corner of the living deck in the form of a seven-year-old Kyushu girl. They're teaching her everything she needs to know to run the country. Good luck.
 * Blood Dragons/ Kyoko Yamada
 * Blood Dragons/ Miki Hayashi
->Rumor #133385:
This is our Kinkakuji, however humble it may seem to you. Here our new recruits must learn the teachings of Yuyu in the "Golden Chrysanthemum in Bloom," our source of inspiration. It says that Kusari will eventually be engulfed in revolution and united under the rule of a benevolent empress personally selected by the goddess Amaterasu to watch over her people.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Etsuko Tanaka
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Hiromi Endo
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Kazuko Hara
->Rumor #133386:
The only place we can land in Kusari space is Roppongi. The foreigners find us more amusing than threatening, and tolerate our presence there. So we buy Luxury Goods in the boutiques onboard, and sell our Cardamine to the highest bidders in the bars scattered around the station.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Etsuko Tanaka
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Hiromi Endo
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Kazuko Hara
 * Golden Crysanthenums/Ainu Bartender/RBT-116
->Rumor #133387:
We are not numerous yet, but that will change as more of the oppressed women of Kusari tire of the old ways. As we speak, underground cells of the disaffected youth are being formed on all the home planets. We encourage them to visit foreign lands, try exotic foods, and experiment with many new ideas.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Etsuko Tanaka
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Hiromi Endo
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Kazuko Hara
->Rumor #133388:
We must occasionally make the long journey to Leiden in the Independent Worlds to sell Cardamine and buy supplies from the smelly foreigners. The Lane Hackers are strange, but not so bad once you get to know them. The Rogues are disgusting pigs. They always harass us in the bar.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Etsuko Tanaka
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Hiromi Endo
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Kazuko Hara
->Rumor #133389:
Once we are more established in Kusari, we will no longer need this hellish place. Samura puts much pressure on us. Only the assistance of the Blood Dragons has allowed us to survive at all out here.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Etsuko Tanaka
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Hiromi Endo
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Kazuko Hara
->Rumor #133390:
I graduated from New Tokyo University with a degree in Quantum Engineering. I found work at Samura pouring coffee for my male boss. When the Golden C. approached me at a Roppongi bar, I jumped at the chance to finally fight back for the women of Kusari.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Etsuko Tanaka
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Hiromi Endo
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Kazuko Hara
 * Golden Crysanthenums/Ainu Bartender/RBT-116
->Rumor #133391:
We buy our Cardamine from the Outcasts on Cali in the Tau-23 system. They are disturbing people -- always wearing those masks, but we need the Cardamine. It defines our cause and serves as an important security mechanism. All recruits of Matsuda must become addicted to the drug before they are allowed to become full-fledged members. This makes it difficult for the Kusari security forces to penetrate our cell. And of course, they are not women...
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Etsuko Tanaka
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Hiromi Endo
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Kazuko Hara
 * Golden Crysanthenums/Ainu Bartender/RBT-116
->Rumor #133392:
We support the Blood Dragons as well as we can. They need access to our base to rest and resupply after crossing the Gap, or after long Kyushu raids. We do not share the same beliefs, but they are not incompatible. We are all devoted to the overthrow of the Kusari government.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Etsuko Tanaka
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Hiromi Endo
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Kazuko Hara
 * Golden Crysanthenums/Ainu Bartender/RBT-116
->Rumor #134329:
The Shibuya Maru was making a Cardamine shipment across the southern end of the Shikoku system when it was intercepted by a Bounty Hunter named Jake Rush. He swears that he opened fire and badly wounded the ship. He searched the cloud for some time, but never found the Shibuya. The word around Deshima is that it never made it to the Galileo system. It's probably out there somewhere in the Keiun Cloud.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Hiromi Endo
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Kazuko Hara
->Rumor #134331:
The Shoki, part of a Blood Dragon raiding party in the Kyushu system, was intercepted and destroyed by the Kusari Naval Forces. Two of the three ships have been located and salvaged. The patrol leader's ship, the Shoki, remains at large. It is believed to be somewhere in the western Ohka Dust Field, which is difficult for the Blood Dragons to operate in, given its close proximity to the Nagumo.
 * Blood Dragons/ Kyoko Yamada
 * Blood Dragons/ Miki Hayashi
->Rumor #134332:
The Ohtori was escorting the Yukari Maru from Cali to Ainu when it was ambushed by a Naval Forces patrol crossing Kyushu. The cargo ship fled to safety while its escort turned to fight the attackers to the death. There are rumors that the Ohtori may be still intact somewhere in the Seiran Dust Cloud.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Etsuko Tanaka
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Hiromi Endo
->Rumor #134336:
Many Naval Forces fighters have been lost recently in skirmishes with the Blood Dragons. Due to the low visibility and difficult conditions in the cloud, some weapons could still remain on the ships in some of the more remote locations.
 * Blood Dragons/ Kyoko Yamada
 * Blood Dragons/ Miki Hayashi
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====Battleship Matsumoto (Hokkaido)====
->Rumor #133363:
This is a most difficult situation. Tokyo insists that we construct this Jump Gate to the Chugoku system in order to eliminate the Blood Dragon threat. But it is not easy to supply our ships across the Kyofu Gap. The Blood Dragons are patient, waiting for us to lower our guard for a moment. Then they strike out of the Kayo Cloud.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuo Endo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Matsumoto Bartender/Watamaro Uchiyama
->Rumor #133364:
It will be virtually impossible to build the other end of this Jump Gate in Chugoku. It will take months to transport supplies and run the battleship cross the gap, and we will be very close to the Chugoku base while attempting to construct the Gate. This is sheer folly -- a tremendous waste of money.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuo Endo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
->Rumor #133365:
We are certain that the Hole to Chugoku is somewhere in the Kayo Cloud, but it is hard for us to linger long in there. The Blood Dragons emerge from the fog, destroy one ship of the patrol, then flee like cowards into the mists. It is very demoralizing on our pilots.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuo Endo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Matsumoto Bartender/Watamaro Uchiyama
->Rumor #133366:
I've heard that we will abandon this area of Hokkaido soon. Tokyo wants us to build a defensive line on the other side of the Kyofu Gap and leave it at that. All the Gas that Samura wants is in the southern end of the system anyway.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuo Endo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
->Rumor #133367:
We must also patrol the navigation path to the construction area through the Unyo Cloud. The terrorists would destroy all of the Deep Space convoys if we didn't. It is a tenuous balance in the northern end of Hokkaido.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuo Endo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Matsumoto Bartender/Watamaro Uchiyama
->Rumor #133368:
Why do the Blood Dragons hate the government and Samura so much? They seem to tolerate Kishiro and the GMG. I'm just a soldier following orders. I want this war to end so that I can go home to Kyushu. Unfortunately, it seems like there will be no simple resolution to this conflict.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuo Endo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
->Rumor #133369:
Welcome to the end of the universe. You probably need a drink, and an anti-rad pill after crossing the Gap. The Kyofu makes life difficult here, because you can't just hop back to Tokyo to take your leave. They prefer to minimize exposure to once every two months for anyone posted here.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Matsumoto Bartender/Watamaro Uchiyama
->Rumor #133370:
The patrols could sure use help up here. The enemy picks away at them, one by one. Never do any suicide assaults, at least not on us. They like to harass the construction site and the Deep Space workers. They'll fly right at them, then swerve away at the last moment. It is most effective at unnerving the Gaijin.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Matsumoto Bartender/Watamaro Uchiyama
->Rumor #133371:
None of us know why we are here. The government should withdraw behind the Gap and abandon the site. That would be much easier to defend than this hell hole. It is a matter of saving face for the bureaucrats in Tokyo that approved this project. They cannot admit their error, or more likely, return the bribes they accepted from Samura.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Sachiko Kondo
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Matsumoto Bartender/Watamaro Uchiyama
->Rumor #133372:
I'm not feeling so well -- probably all the radiation up here. I volunteered for the position because of all the hazard pay. The previous chief on the Hokkaido supply route refused to run it anymore. Now I understand why.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Akio Maeda
->Rumor #133373:
Samura has had advisors here since the beginning of the Gate construction project. We have surveyed the Kayo and Unyo Clouds for potential Gas reserves. It appears that the southern area of the system is richer. That is probably for the best, as we may be forced to withdraw from this area soon.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Akio Maeda
->Rumor #133374:
The MOX run to this ship and the Chugoku gate is very dangerous. The enemy seem particularly interested in intercepting our special cargo. I don't know why we are supposed to return the Toxic Waste to Yokohama. We should just dump it in the Gap.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Akio Maeda
->Rumor #133375:
Samura has accomplished our primary goal of establishing a viable gas field in Hokkaido. The government's assistance was invaluable achieving this goal. We no longer need the Chugoku Gate project to justify our presence in Hokkaido.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Akio Maeda
->Rumor #133376:
They go through a lot of Pharmaceuticals up here because of all the radiation. You can see it in the people around here -- hair falling out, lesions. They all look unwell. We shouldn't be here; it is not worth it.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Akio Maeda
->Rumor #133377:
I'm not sure what they will do with the Gate once it is abandoned. Billions of Kusari credits have already been expended. At the very least, it is a monument to the power that we have over the corrupt bureaucrats. They will support every whim and wish that we desire.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Akio Maeda
->Rumor #134336:
Many Naval Forces fighters have been lost recently in skirmishes with the Blood Dragons. Due to the low visibility and difficult conditions in the cloud, some weapons could still remain on the ships in some of the more remote locations.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hideaki Ishikawa
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====Chugoku Gate Construction Site (Hokkaido)====
->Rumor #133393:
So what brought you to the armpit of the universe? Never been on a Gate construction job where they lob missiles at you everyday. That's why we're an all all-volunteer force here. Work here one year and you can retire, and not in the wastelands of Houston, mind you. Nope, I'm headed to California to buy me a nice house and rub elbows with those rich folks.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Bill Baldwin
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Stephan Nichols
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Tony Bratton
->Rumor #133394:
I've been hearing rumors that they might shut this thing down pretty soon. Kusari government's tired of the cost overruns. I can tell you, we're tired of watching our buddies get atomized while they're out there welding. This ain't no place for civilians like us, even on hazard pay.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Chugoku Bartender/Gennai Kogo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Bill Baldwin
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Stephan Nichols
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Tony Bratton
->Rumor #133395:
Those Kusari types sure have lots of money and patience. The Dragons probably destroy half of the construction supplies getting here. Then they do their daily target practice on the storage depots and get most of the rest. We don't care much about the parts and machinery, as long as they keep paying us the big bucks.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Chugoku Bartender/Gennai Kogo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Bill Baldwin
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Stephan Nichols
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Tony Bratton
->Rumor #133396:
The Samura folks just made a replacement MOX run yesterday. Last one got wasted in the cloud. We're all short timers up here -- either short time to the grave, or to paradise on the beaches of Curacao.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Chugoku Bartender/Gennai Kogo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Bill Baldwin
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Stephan Nichols
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Tony Bratton
->Rumor #133397:
We pay top dollar for Jump Gate Parts and Construction Machinery. As you can see, we need a lot of replacement parts in case something gets accidentally vaporized by a Blood Dragon pulse cannon. IC won't insure this project; that should tell you something.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Chugoku Bartender/Gennai Kogo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Bill Baldwin
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Stephan Nichols
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Tony Bratton
->Rumor #133398:
Those Samura people are always snooping around. We have to keep watchful and enforce LSF and company policy. No unauthorized personnel near the black boxes or anything marked PROPERTY OF AGEIRA. Those are the rules.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Chugoku Bartender/Gennai Kogo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Bill Baldwin
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Stephan Nichols
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Tony Bratton
->Rumor #133399:
It's a long way up here from Houston. I saw a lot of Sirius for the first time. We stopped at Roppongi to switch crews and take on supplies before heading up to Sapporo. That's the last outpost of civilization on the other side of the Kyofu Gap. They make everyone put on special suits before crossing that.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Chugoku Bartender/Gennai Kogo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Bill Baldwin
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Stephan Nichols
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Tony Bratton
->Rumor #133400:
I have no idea how they expect us to build the other side of this Gate in Chugoku. Then we'd be in the backyard of the Dragons. Can't imagine that they'd just give up. Bunch of craziness this project is. Lot of people killed and money spent for nothing.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Bill Baldwin
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Stephan Nichols
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Tony Bratton
->Rumor #133401:
The Samura people are polite, but they keep their distance. They would prefer to do this job themselves, but Liberty's got regulations protecting our intellectual property, at least as far as Trade Lanes and Jump Gates are concerned. Keeps us in business, so I don't care.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Chugoku Bartender/Gennai Kogo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Bill Baldwin
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Stephan Nichols
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Tony Bratton
->Rumor #133402:
We deliver the MOX from Yokohama that powers the main reactors of the Jump Gates. Deep Space will not allow us to handle the actual components of the Gate, however. Liberty is very careful about controlling that aspect of their technology advantage.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Sasaki
->Rumor #133403:
The Blood Dragons seem to grow stronger with every passing month. Our operatives tell us that they have not been able to determine where this organization obtains its funding. I wouldn't be surprised if it were Kishiro.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Sasaki
->Rumor #133404:
When this Gate is abandoned shortly after completion, due to "irresolvable security issues," Kusari will finally have a prototype to disassemble and examine at our leisure, far from the watchful eyes of IC and Ageira. We chose this impossible location in the nebula with all of this interference and radiation for a reason.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Sasaki
->Rumor #133405:
The Liberty construction workers are a foul-mouthed, disrespectful lot that care only about money. At Samura we must think of the company first, never ourselves. To help create the correct spirit, new trainees must go through a year of drills and exercises to instill the proper respect for our traditions.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Sasaki
->Rumor #133406:
It is incredible that the Kusari public has never questioned the facts that the Kusari government has provided them concerning the economic viability of this project. Samura has known from the onset that it would never be financially or logistically feasible.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Sasaki
->Rumor #133407:
Personally, I doubt that the Blood Dragons will stop attacking us once we retreat across the Kyofu Gap. The grand scheme to free Samura from our historical agreement with the GMG is dependent on Hokkaido providing a safe, reliable source of H-Fuel. I don't see that happening anytime soon in this area.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Sasaki
->Rumor #134335:
The ship Thomas Morrel was transporting Trade Lane Parts to the Chugoku Gate construction site. Shortly after crossing the Kyofu Gap, it was attacked by Blood Dragons,. The disabled Morrel drifted into an area of the Unyo Cloud perilously close to the gap. Several of the containers were offloaded to smaller ships before a radiation storm forced the salvage crew to abandon the area. Upon their return, the ship had disappeared.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Bill Baldwin
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Stephan Nichols
 * Deep Space Engineering/Sales Rep. Tony Bratton
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====Sapporo Station (Hokkaido)====
->Rumor #133408:
Last stop before the Kyofu Gap. If we're lucky, no one will attack us along the lonely stretch of navigational buoys that define the route to the construction site. You never where or when they'll strike. I'm hauling Jump Gate parts, since only DSE personnel are allowed to handle them. Otherwise, I'd love to let Samura handle this one for us.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ George Oldman
->Rumor #133409:
If this is the future of DSE Trade Lane projects, I want out. I'd rather see Liberty start letting other companies shoulder more of the physical risk. This is Kusari's little dirty war. We shouldn't be stuck in the middle of it.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ George Oldman
->Rumor #133410:
It is a beautiful system up here -- very inspiring to an artist type like myself. That's one of the reasons I signed up for the Border World division. We get to see the cool places, and get paid very well, thank you.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ George Oldman
->Rumor #133411:
Can I buy you a drink? I definitely need one. It was a difficult day. My unit was on a deep reconnaissance patrol in the Shiden Cloud, looking for the GC. We were engaged in battle with the GC for 15 minutes, and then they vanished. Our unit lost Takana-san and Ogawa-san. I was just singing karaoke with them last night, so sad ...
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Hiroshi Ikeda
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeo Ishikawa
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoko Murakami
->Rumor #133412:
We are here to support Samura's expansion into Hokkaido. It seems like a lot of trouble to mine Gas when there are plentiful supplies in the Sigma systems. But Samura is adamant that Hokkaido be developed, so here I am.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Hiroshi Ikeda
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeo Ishikawa
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoko Murakami
 * Kusari State Police/Sapporo Bartender/RBT-86
->Rumor #133413:
I hear that the GMG was forced to pay a special "reparation" tax to the government to help Kusari recover some of the loans given to the GMG during the 80-Years War -- more specifically, to pay for the immense costs of constructing the Hokkaido and Chugoku Gates.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Hiroshi Ikeda
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeo Ishikawa
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoko Murakami
->Rumor #133414:
The Golden C. are the main problem in this part of the system; on the other side of the Gap, it's Blood Dragons. But that's the military's problem. Anyway, they like to attack the gas miners, or wait for supply ships to pass along the buoy route.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Hiroshi Ikeda
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeo Ishikawa
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoko Murakami
 * Kusari State Police/Sapporo Bartender/RBT-86
->Rumor #133415:
Bounty Hunters would be useful up here. Samura could afford to pay them well, unlike us poor State Police officers. We do not like to take bribes. That is the privilege of the New Tokyo bureaucrats.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Hiroshi Ikeda
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeo Ishikawa
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoko Murakami
 * Kusari State Police/Sapporo Bartender/RBT-86
->Rumor #133416:
One day Sapporo will be converted into a large complex, much like Osaka. Then we will no longer be needed, assuming that the Blood Dragon and GC is gone. I do not believe that day is coming soon.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Hiroshi Ikeda
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeo Ishikawa
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoko Murakami
->Rumor #133418:
There are at least two Holes into this system: one comes from Kyushu, the other from Chugoku. Both are very well concealed in the clouds, where our sensors cannot pick them up. You know when you are close, though. The criminals become agitated and attack like a swarm of stinging insects.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Hiroshi Ikeda
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeo Ishikawa
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoko Murakami
 * Kusari State Police/Sapporo Bartender/RBT-86
->Rumor #133419:
I've heard a drunk Samura manager brag that one day soon, Kusari will understand the Jump Gate technology that Liberty has controlled for so long. I wonder if it has anything to do with this project.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Hiroshi Ikeda
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeo Ishikawa
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoko Murakami
->Rumor #133420:
We deliver supplies to this post on a weekly basis, and then continue on to the Matsumoto. They always need more Pharmaceuticals on the battleship -- radiation poisoning and battle wounds. It is a nasty little war we have going up there.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Kenji Ono
->Rumor #133421:
One day this system will be full of gas miners, and the enemies of Kusari will be distant memories. The police must first find and eliminate the GC base, which lies somewhere to the west of this outpost.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Kenji Ono
->Rumor #133422:
We have begun gas mining operations here, but they are not up to full production -- too many attacks by the Golden Chrysanthemums and Blood Dragons. The Matsumoto should be stationed here, not up by the Chugoku Gate site.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Kenji Ono
->Rumor #134335:
The ship Thomas Morrel was transporting Trade Lane Parts to the Chugoku Gate construction site. Shortly after crossing the Kyofu Gap, it was attacked by Blood Dragons,. The disabled Morrel drifted into an area of the Unyo Cloud perilously close to the gap. Several of the containers were offloaded to smaller ships before a radiation storm forced the salvage crew to abandon the area. Upon their return, the ship had disappeared.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ George Oldman
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====Akita Border Station (Honshu)====
->Rumor #133348:
There have been cutbacks at this post recently. Last week they transferred two regular patrols to Tokyo, citing lack of identifiable threats. Believe me, there is no lack of enemies here. The Outcasts and Corsairs have found that Kusari presents an easy target, especially with the military distracted by Hokkaido.
 * Kusari State Police/Akita Bartender/RBT-103
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133349:
We have heard that there is a Hole into Sigma-13, but the GMG will not tell us. They keep their secrets close; they are not truly Kusari anymore.
 * Kusari State Police/Akita Bartender/RBT-103
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133350:
The GMG has assured us that they can handle the criminal problem in Sigma-13, but this does not seem to be the case. They should bring in the military -- that would seal the border.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133351:
This one of the most difficult postings for a Kusari State Police officer in our colony. Maybe Sapporo is worse. The most dreaded patrol does a circuit into the Hiryo Cloud, where the Corsairs lurk. We had 50% casualties on it last month. That's enough to make one superstitious.
 * Kusari State Police/Akita Bartender/RBT-103
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133352:
Sometimes I wish that we could bring the Bounty Hunters Guild into Honshu. They do very well in the nebulas and know how to deal with difficult Edge World criminals like the Corsairs, but Tokyo will not allow it. They say we must show our bushi-do spirit and accept the challenge.
 * Kusari State Police/Akita Bartender/RBT-103
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133353:
I am under orders to not pursue Hogosha unless they have been caught stealing from storage depots. It is strange how the rules are always changing with regards to the Hogosha. The GMG seems to dislike them very much, unlike former times.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133354:
The GMG and Samura haul H-Fuel to Osaka past our lonely station. Kishiro, ALG and Republican are the other shippers using this area. Tokyo has said we must hold this line against the Edge World threat, yet reduces our strength on a regular basis.
 * Kusari State Police/Akita Bartender/RBT-103
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133355:
I have one more year in the field, then I can get a desk job in Tokyo. No more stress like this, wondering if you will live another day. My wife and her parents are back there always asking about my return date. Maybe it's not so bad here ...
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133356:
The Kusari State Police prides itself in being a highly ethical organization. Hogosha often attempt bribes when they are caught, but we will never accept them. The bureaucrats of Tokyo are another matter, however. There are many stories of the criminal bribes and gifts that are accepted by the rulers of our nation.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Yamazaki
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takako Miura
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Nomura
->Rumor #133357:
We supply this base with its essential needs. We've had to ship a lot of new issue Side Arms in from Tokyo. Guess there's been a little attrition around here lately.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Junichiro Yano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Susumu Uchida
->Rumor #133358:
Just having a quick beer with an old friend who's posted here with the Police. We graduated from the same school in Kyushu years ago. I miss the green isles of home. Honshu is always grim and gray -- and full of Kishiro people.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Junichiro Yano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Susumu Uchida
->Rumor #133359:
I've been hauling supplies in my little freighter around Samura and government bases for as long as I can remember. Honshu was pretty quiet until the Edge World pirates showed up. Shikoku has always been active. You've got Liberty criminals in the southern end, and Bounty hunters and Blood Dragons feuding in the rest.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Junichiro Yano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Susumu Uchida
->Rumor #133360:
One day soon they will shut down Osaka, and many people like me will be forced to find work elsewhere. Hokkaido does not sound attractive to me. Maybe I'll join the rice farmers of Kyushu.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Junichiro Yano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Susumu Uchida
->Rumor #133361:
I'm just switching some crew with a transport bound for Mainz. They lost a couple in a Blood Dragon attack near Osaka and needed a full complement for the Sigma-13 crossing. I wish them the best of luck.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Junichiro Yano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Susumu Uchida
->Rumor #133362:
Upper management is trying to put pressure on the GMG and Kishiro by having police patrols removed from this base. I'm not sure it really helps us though, as Samura ships must still travel to Rheinland with other supplies.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Junichiro Yano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Susumu Uchida
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====Aomori Station (Honshu)====
->Rumor #133339:
Sigma-13 and 17 are the heart of GMG territory. We will defend it fiercely if threatened, as Rheinland did during the 80-Years War. The wreckage of the GMG fleet remains in Sigma-13 to this day, floating in the vacuum of the Yanagi Debris Field.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Ichiro Saito
 * Gas Miners Guild/Aomori Bartender/Rikyu Sekozawa
 * Gas Miners Guild/Chief Clerk Takao Ota
 * Gas Miners Guild/Section Chief Junichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133340:
We are searching of a planet to call home. We thought there was a possibility in the Donryu Cloud, but the twin planets are frozen gas, alas. The Outcasts have also proven very challenging in that region of space. We are now looking further inside the Edge Nebula, where our sensors have indicated another planet may lie.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Ichiro Saito
 * Gas Miners Guild/Aomori Bartender/Rikyu Sekozawa
 * Gas Miners Guild/Chief Clerk Takao Ota
 * Gas Miners Guild/Section Chief Junichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133341:
Sometimes Samura can be so naive. They have never understood where the Blood Dragons get their financial support. We are the silent partner; we decided to aid the fledgling movement of the Blood Dragons to exact our revenge for centuries of theft and humiliation at the hands of Samura.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Ichiro Saito
 * Gas Miners Guild/Chief Clerk Takao Ota
 * Gas Miners Guild/Section Chief Junichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133342:
The Corsairs and Hogosha were once our friends and partners in the Artifact business. Then they became greedy and bypassed us to trade directly with each other. We do not forget such betrayals easily. All Hogosha and Corsairs are now shot on sight.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Ichiro Saito
 * Gas Miners Guild/Aomori Bartender/Rikyu Sekozawa
 * Gas Miners Guild/Chief Clerk Takao Ota
 * Gas Miners Guild/Section Chief Junichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133343:
This base has come under attack by the Outcasts since they discovered the Jump Hole from Sigma-19. We have attempted to patrol it, but they are fearsome fighters, blasting their way through our blockades with impunity.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Ichiro Saito
 * Gas Miners Guild/Aomori Bartender/Rikyu Sekozawa
 * Gas Miners Guild/Chief Clerk Takao Ota
 * Gas Miners Guild/Section Chief Junichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133344:
Samura thinks that once that the government pulls back from the Chugoku Gate project that Hokkaido will finally be theirs. They are gravely mistaken. The GMG will insure that the Blood Dragons live on, and do not rest in peace until Samura abandons Hokkaido. The victory will be sweet.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Ichiro Saito
 * Gas Miners Guild/Chief Clerk Takao Ota
 * Gas Miners Guild/Section Chief Junichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133345:
Kishiro has offered us superior gas miners that could double our profits. We will abandon Samura within the next year and deliver our Gas to Kishiro exclusively, ending our centuries long agreement with the old lady of Kusari.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Ichiro Saito
 * Gas Miners Guild/Aomori Bartender/Rikyu Sekozawa
 * Gas Miners Guild/Chief Clerk Takao Ota
 * Gas Miners Guild/Section Chief Junichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133346:
We buy our basic supplies in Honshu. For many us, it is difficult to walk planetside, after spending our entire lives in stations that simulate half the normal gravitational force. From here it is a short journey through the Gate to Sigma-17, the site of our newest field.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Ichiro Saito
 * Gas Miners Guild/Aomori Bartender/Rikyu Sekozawa
 * Gas Miners Guild/Chief Clerk Takao Ota
 * Gas Miners Guild/Section Chief Junichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133347:
The GMG has secretly trained many of the best pilots of the Blood Dragons. We gained much valuable tactical knowledge of how to fight in the clouds of the Crow Nebula during our long war with the Rheinlanders.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Ichiro Saito
 * Gas Miners Guild/Chief Clerk Takao Ota
 * Gas Miners Guild/Section Chief Junichi Sasaki
->Rumor #134334:
The GMG encountered a Corsair raiding party in the Chuyu Cloud a few days ago. They engaged and destroyed most of the fighters, but one heavily damaged ship escaped to the Hiryo Cloud. The GMG set up an ambush near the Sigma-13 Jump Hole, but the Corsair never arrived.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Ichiro Saito
 * Gas Miners Guild/Chief Clerk Takao Ota
 * Gas Miners Guild/Section Chief Junichi Sasaki
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====Kansai Research Station (Honshu)====
->Rumor #133324:
This is the most well paid location for Kishiro research scientists. If we can deliver on our promises, all of Kusari will view us as heroes one day. If we fail, I will enter the airlock and eject myself into the mine field.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Shimizu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Kiyoshi Yano
->Rumor #133325:
There is a faction of scientists at Kishiro that doubt we can ever catch up with Liberty. After all, they have had centuries to decipher the alien technology. Kishiro only began the effort 50 years ago.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Shimizu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Kiyoshi Yano
->Rumor #133326:
This is the most well paid location for Kishiro research scientists. If we can deliver on our promises, all of Kusari will view us as heroes one day. If we fail, I will enter the airlock and eject myself into the mine field.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Shimizu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Kiyoshi Yano
->Rumor #133327:
Kusari is tolerant of the Artifact trade for different reasons than Liberty and the LSF realize. The Hogosha are required to turn over any that appear to be technology related to the government, in exchange for minimal police interference with their other affairs. They end up here, where we have been patiently unlocking their secrets.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Shimizu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Kiyoshi Yano
->Rumor #133328:
I'm a direct descendant of Kishiro, the founder of this company. People murmur that I got this post because of my family, but I have worked hard to get where I am. I was first in my class at New Tokyo University. This was a natural choice to honor my family tradition.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Shimizu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Kiyoshi Yano
->Rumor #133329:
One day soon, the new Kusari Naval Forces shipyard will be here, within the clouds of this nebula. Yokohama and Samura will merely be a front for the world, building the occasional gunboat to avoid raising suspicion within Liberty.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Shimizu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Kiyoshi Yano
->Rumor #133330:
We buy our supplies from the Yukawa shipyard or Shinagawa. Since we produce our own life support Gases, our needs are few. It is a lonely life, surrounded by our protective mine field. Once you enter this complex, you rarely leave.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kyoko Hara
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koji Kato
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Naoko Fujita
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Kansai Bartender/Taneyoshi Takewaki
->Rumor #133331:
This base is dedicated to high-temperature Superconductor research. This is a key technical problem faced by both gas miners and military ships in the brutally hot conditions typically encountered in the interior of the Crow Nebula. The challenge is creating a strong enough electrostatic heat shield to keep the ship from melting.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kyoko Hara
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koji Kato
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Naoko Fujita
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Kansai Bartender/Taneyoshi Takewaki
->Rumor #133332:
We have conclusively determined that the Trade Lane and Jump Gate technologies are clearly of alien origin, which confirms our long standing suspicions. Unfortunately, practical manufacturing limitations have prevented us from replicating the Superconductor field-generating materials.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kyoko Hara
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koji Kato
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Naoko Fujita
->Rumor #133333:
The Blood Dragons think that we are creating some super weapon here that Tokyo will use to destroy them. Nothing could be further from the truth. We are interested in creating the ultimate battleship that can traverse space without the aid of Jump Gates or Lanes. We have reliable information that Liberty has achieved exactly this goal.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kyoko Hara
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koji Kato
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Naoko Fujita
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Kansai Bartender/Taneyoshi Takewaki
->Rumor #133334:
Kishiro is building specialized new Hull Panels under the guise of gas miner production in the Yukawa shipyard. They are also constructing special field generators that are able to fit within a stripped down cruiser. Our goal is to make an instant leap into Sigma-17 from Kansai, without the aid of Jump Gates, less than 10 years from now.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kyoko Hara
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koji Kato
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Naoko Fujita
->Rumor #133335:
This is an ideal location for research away from prying eyes, unlike Nansei. The Kishiro scientists are also more creative and willing to take risks than their Samura counterparts.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kyoko Hara
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koji Kato
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Naoko Fujita
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Kansai Bartender/Taneyoshi Takewaki
->Rumor #133336:
If we unlock the secrets of Trade Lanes and Jump Gates, Kusari will finally be free of the Liberty yoke. We have been exploited far too long by Ageira and IC. All of Sirius will be on a level playing field.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kyoko Hara
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koji Kato
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Naoko Fujita
->Rumor #133337:
We have several large laboratories here dedicated to reverse engineering the Liberty Jump Gates and Trade Lanes. Parts have been gathered in random criminal raids throughout the years to avoid arousing the suspicion of IC and the LSF.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kyoko Hara
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koji Kato
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Naoko Fujita
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Kansai Bartender/Taneyoshi Takewaki
->Rumor #133338:
Once our prototype cruiser is working, the Kusari Naval Forces will test it on the Blood Dragon base in Chugoku. If all goes well, we will be able to muster a secret attack force here in Kansai, step aboard, and be at the doorstep of the Blood Dragons minutes later. It would be over in a matter of hours.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kyoko Hara
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koji Kato
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Naoko Fujita
->Rumor #134333:
The Fugaku was lost in a raid on the Kansai Research Center within the Hiyo Cloud. The fighter became entangled in the mine field during the attack, and the pilot was killed. It eventually drifted off into the cloud. No one has seen it since.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koji Kato
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Naoko Fujita
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====Osaka Storage Facility (Honshu)====
->Rumor #133297:
Bowex is the only foreign shipper to be granted landing rights at Osaka for over 200 years. We supply all of Bretonia's H-Fuel needs. We are hopeful that the arrangement can continue, although we hear murmurs of great changes coming.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Howard Thomas
->Rumor #133298:
I must say, Samura has let this facility fall into disrepair in recent years. We have pointed out numerous cracks and corroding joints in the tanks to their inspectors, but nothing ever comes of it. The Blood Dragons are always trying to sabotage the place, and at this rate, their job will be simple.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Howard Thomas
->Rumor #133299:
Samura has approached us about plans to open a new gas storage area adjacent to Shinjuku in recent months. We're not quite sure what is going on within Kusari -- plotting and scheming on all sides.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Howard Thomas
->Rumor #133300:
The GMG has faithfully delivered gas to Osaka for many years. And what does Samura do? They give us half the market price. We felt bound to honor the unfair agreement from many centuries ago. Soon they will pay. The GMG will insure that Hokkaido will not be theirs for many years to come.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Takao Goto
->Rumor #133301:
People in Kusari think we are their long lost children that will return someday. We do share our genetic heritage with Honshu, but not much else. The goal of the GMG is to find an ocean planet somewhere in the mists of the Edge, with plentiful fish to reestablish our traditional way of life.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Takao Goto
->Rumor #133302:
This is the primary distribution point for Naha Gas produced in Sigma-13. Ogashawa H-Fuel is shipped directly from Sigma-19 or transferred on Honshu to Kishiro transports.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Takao Goto
->Rumor #133303:
This is the largest storage and shipping facility in the entire Sirius Sector. From here, Samura and Bowex ship H-Fuel to the far corners of the House systems. H-Fuel is the lifeblood of space transportation. It is the one raw material that Kusari has been blessed with in abundance.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Kenji Yamaguchi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Tadashi Sato
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Osaka Bartender/Uchimaro Funaki
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Yoshio Endo
->Rumor #133304:
Osaka is old; Samura is no longer maintaining the tanks well. We know that shortly the GMG will abandon us. There have been numerous complaints by Bowex about the dangerous conditions, but there is little that we can do.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Kenji Yamaguchi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Tadashi Sato
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Osaka Bartender/Uchimaro Funaki
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Yoshio Endo
->Rumor #133305:
Rumor is that there will be an "attack" by the Blood Dragons someday soon that will result in the destruction of this facility, and a massive insurance claim will be filed with the government. Just business as usual for our company, I guess ...
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Kenji Yamaguchi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Tadashi Sato
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Yoshio Endo
->Rumor #133306:
The Blood Dragons have become bolder. They have attempted frontal assaults on Osaka in recent years. It would be a catastrophe if they were to start a chain-reaction explosion in the storage areas. We have strengthened the tank walls as a precaution.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Kenji Yamaguchi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Tadashi Sato
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Osaka Bartender/Uchimaro Funaki
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Yoshio Endo
->Rumor #133307:
The GMG has transferred its Gas here as long as anyone can remember. Osaka's isolated location was intentional. It would not have been cost effective or safe to place such a facility planetside. We needed to keep it clear of the clouds for security reasons.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Kenji Yamaguchi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Tadashi Sato
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Osaka Bartender/Uchimaro Funaki
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Yoshio Endo
->Rumor #133308:
We have bought the GMG's Gas at very reasonable prices for 400 years. Now they betray our trust and secretly negotiate with Kishiro. They will pay for this. Perhaps there will be fewer State Police available to patrol this system in the near future ...
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Kenji Yamaguchi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Tadashi Sato
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Yoshio Endo
->Rumor #133309:
A Blood Dragon spy was discovered last week. He had entered a restricted H-Fuel re-pressurization area without the proper credentials. When confronted, the imposter blew himself up, killing several guards. We were lucky -- the effects of the blast were absorbed by a structural bulkhead. One must always be vigilant.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Kenji Yamaguchi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Tadashi Sato
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Osaka Bartender/Uchimaro Funaki
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Yoshio Endo
->Rumor #133310:
Kusari has controlled the H-Fuel since the dawn of Jump Gates. There are those at Samura who feel that Kusari did not exploit this powerful tool more effectively in the past, as Liberty as done with their Trade Lane technology monopoly.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Kenji Yamaguchi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Tadashi Sato
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Osaka Bartender/Uchimaro Funaki
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Yoshio Endo
->Rumor #133311:
Samura will open an H-Fuel complex larger than this in Hokkaido, once the criminal element has been reduced to an acceptable level. Hokkaido is much closer to markets and less susceptible to Edge World pirates than the Sigma systems. Kishiro and the GMG will not be able to compete.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Kenji Yamaguchi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Tadashi Sato
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Yoshio Endo
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====Planet Honshu (Honshu)====
->Rumor #133270:
We buy our supplies for Aomori in Honshu. We also sell our H-Fuel produced in Naha. One day we will probably sell a lot more here, when Osaka is closed.
 * Gas Miners Guild/Section Chief Ichiro Ogawa
->Rumor #133271:
The Outcasts and Corsairs have entered Honshu space in recent years. This is a very troublesome development for the GMG, as the Trade Lanes through the clouds are our main arteries of commerce. The Guild is considering upgrading our shield technology to match that of the foreign invaders.
 * Gas Miners Guild/Section Chief Ichiro Ogawa
->Rumor #133272:
Honshu is our ancient homeland. I try to visit my ancestral village every chance I get. We try to maintain strong ties with our past on Honshu. After all, this is the only habitable planet that most of us have ever known.
 * Gas Miners Guild/Section Chief Ichiro Ogawa
->Rumor #133273:
Honshu is the site of our Optronics plants and Engine Component factories that supply all of Sirius. From here we ship cargo to Liberty, Rheinland, and Bretonia. You will not find a cheaper price anywhere for these two Commodities.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hideo Hara
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hakkera Inoue
->Rumor #133274:
I'm just stopping by to visit some friends before heading on to Ogashawa in the Sigma-19 system. It's a joint–venture, gas loading facility with the GMG that I'm helping redesign to handle more ships. Kishiro and the GMG will be an unstoppable force once it's complete.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hideo Hara
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hakkera Inoue
->Rumor #133275:
Honshu produces all of the Construction Machinery for Kusari -- another market that Samura used to dominate but lost because of its slow pace of innovation. Now it must buy our machinery to construct ships in Yokohama.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hideo Hara
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hakkera Inoue
->Rumor #133276:
The police is not doing enough to control the Outcast attacks in the Chuyu Cloud. Many of us feel that Samura is applying pressure to force Tokyo Command to reduce patrols in our sector of the system, in order to gain competitive advantage with their Gas from Osaka.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hideo Hara
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hakkera Inoue
->Rumor #133277:
We must bring in many supplies to support our factories here. High Temperature Alloys, Cobalt, and Basic Alloys come from Mainz.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hideo Hara
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hakkera Inoue
->Rumor #133278:
We at Kishiro feel a special kinship with the GMG; we share many of the same ancestors. Most of the Kishiro workers in the Optronics and Engine plants know of some distant relative that joined the Guild many years ago.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hideo Hara
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hakkera Inoue
->Rumor #133279:
Honshu is a challenging post for a Kusari State Police officer. The Corsairs and Outcasts have discovered secret access points into the eastern part of the system from the Crow Nebula. We are not trained or equipped properly deal with these Edge World pirates.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Hiraga
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Yuki Watanbe
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Makoto Ito
->Rumor #133280:
Trade Lane patrols can get very tedious for a senior person like me, but they let me spend more time at home on Honshu with my family. They used to be safe, but that has recently changed. We were ambushed by Outcasts on a routine run to Akita yesterday. I lost my partner of 10 years in a flash.
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Makoto Ito
->Rumor #133281:
We have received orders from New Tokyo to take no prisoners among the Blood Dragons. Who else will fill our prison convoys bound for Shikou? Anyone can be rehabilitated through years of hard work in the Fuchu prison mines.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Hiraga
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Yuki Watanbe
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Makoto Ito
->Rumor #133282:
I drew the Chuyu Cloud patrol this week. That means one thing -- Outcasts. They attack at will within the cloud, and there is little we can do to stop them. Last week an Orbital Spa shuttle was attacked and destroyed for no apparent reason. There were no survivors. That's bad for the tourist business.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Hiraga
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Yuki Watanbe
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Makoto Ito
->Rumor #133283:
The Hogosha run their Artifacts across Honshu to Tokyo from Sigma-19. We have begged them to tell us the location of their Jump Hole so that we can stop the Outcast scourge, but they will not cooperate.
 * Kusari Population/Honshu Bartender/Hitotsugu Fujita
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Hiraga
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Yuki Watanbe
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Makoto Ito
->Rumor #133284:
Honshu is a cold and windy place. Fishermen once sailed its seas in search of the redfin. Most hybrid fish species that our ancestors carried with them on the sleeper ship never really took hold in the new environments of Kusari. The redfin was an exception, until they fished it to extinction.
 * Kusari Population/Honshu Bartender/Hitotsugu Fujita
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Hiraga
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Yuki Watanbe
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Makoto Ito
->Rumor #133285:
The Blood Dragons carry on their private war with Samura on the Trade Lane from Honshu to Yukawa. Samura is always issuing some distress call. They think we are their private security service. They forget that we must also guard Kishiro and the foreign shippers.
 * Kusari Population/Honshu Bartender/Hitotsugu Fujita
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Hiraga
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Yuki Watanbe
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Makoto Ito
->Rumor #133286:
I've never been to the Hawaii in Sigma-19. A policeman's salary in Kusari is far too humble to afford that. I hear that they allow criminals like the Corsairs to land on their ship. Incredible! That would never be allowed in Kusari space.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Hiraga
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Yuki Watanbe
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Makoto Ito
->Rumor #133287:
We do not need the Bounty Hunter Gaijin to do our difficult jobs for us in Kusari. The State Police has patrolled the fields and clouds of the Crow Nebula as long as anyone can remember. Our culture does not produce common criminals like the Liberty Rogues. Kusari internal problems are more political in nature.
 * Kusari Population/Honshu Bartender/Hitotsugu Fujita
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Sachiko Hiraga
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Yuki Watanbe
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Makoto Ito
->Rumor #133288:
We must purchase many of our shipbuilding supplies for Yokohama here -- engine Components, Optronics, and Construction Machinery mostly. Samura once manufactured most of these Commodities, but we could not remain competitive with Kishiro in these specialties.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shiro Takahashi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Koichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133289:
Samura still makes the daily Food run from Kyushu, but we may need to reduce it soon to bi-weekly. People are no longer eating Kyushu Rice like they did. Those Synth Food invaders have been granted landing rights on Honshu at the insistence of Kishiro.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shiro Takahashi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Koichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133290:
We are delivering a load of Junyo produced Luxury Foods. Sometimes we ship Luxury Goods or Side Arms from Tokyo. It just depends on the local demand.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shiro Takahashi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Koichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133291:
You must understand that Kusari palates are more sensitive to delicate Foods than foreigners. We can detect a great difference in quality between Kusari Food Pastes and Synth Food imports. That is why the Kusari people will pay so much more for Kyushu Food products.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shiro Takahashi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Koichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133292:
I'm taking a breather while my ship is repaired and refitted for the return journey to Kurile in the Sigma-17 system. We must brave Outcast and Corsair every trip. I've seen many of my friends' supply ships destroyed in front of my eyes. It is the fastest way to early retirement, though. Each roundtrip to Kurile counts as four years of normal service. I will be able to retire to Kyushu in three more trips, if I survive.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shiro Takahashi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Koichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133293:
Those cursed Blood Dragons harass us all the way across Honshu to the Tokyo Gate. They do not seem to bother Kishiro as much. That is suspicious in my opinion. Perhaps Kishiro is secretly supplying them with weapons and money.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shiro Takahashi
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Koichi Sasaki
->Rumor #133294:
This was quite a coup, getting access to Honshu and all. We negotiated with Kishiro for months. It took a special real estate arrangement on Deshima to finally close the deal. Soon all the youth of Honshu will be converted to our cheaper products, much as New Tokyo has.
 * Synth Foods/Rep. John Wallace
->Rumor #133295:
It looks like Samura alerted the Farmers Alliance to our presence here. They've started attacking our transports in recent weeks on the Trade Lanes to the Tokyo Gate. They just never give up. One day we'll have them cornered in Kyushu; I relish the thought.
 * Synth Foods/Rep. John Wallace
->Rumor #133296:
We have not been able to crack the Kusari Luxury Food market yet. Part of the problem is Kusari's particular tastes, which lean heavily towards seafood. Stuttgart's geography and climate is still not optimal for that kind of farming.
 * Synth Foods/Rep. John Wallace
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====Yukawa Shipyard (Honshu)====
->Rumor #133312:
ALG has been providing Ship Hull Panels and High-Temperature Alloys to this shipyard for some time. We were delighted to recently win the MOX contract over the BMM/BOWEX team, although I'm surprised how much they go through up here. I never realized that gas miners required so much to operate.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Ludger Bleibtreu
->Rumor #133313:
Kishiro does generate some Toxic Waste and Scrap Metal, which we take back to Dortmund via Sigma-13. Usually we pick up additional containers at Helgoland. That's the site of the Yanagi Debris Field cleanup operation, a legacy of the 80-Years War.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Ludger Bleibtreu
->Rumor #133314:
Our most difficult system is Sigma-13, although the clouds at the eastern end of Honshu come in a close second. Corsairs mostly. They'll always take a few shots at a MOX shipment, just for grins.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Ludger Bleibtreu
->Rumor #133315:
The Yukawa Shipyard has been in operation since the second century. We have always produced commercial ships, specifically gas miners. Our miners must deal with the extremely high operating temperatures prevalent within the gaseous clouds of the Crow Nebula. Extreme radiation levels are a fact of daily life for a gas miner within the heart of the Nebula.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Akio Tsutsumi
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Toru Komatsu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideaki Hiraga
 * Kishiro Technologies/Yukawa Bartender/Emishi Maruya
->Rumor #133316:
Kishiro was locked out of the GMG/Samura monopoly for many years, so we had to develop superior technology that could economically mine less concentrated deposits of H-Fuel than those found in Sigma-13. Now the research and development is finally paying off. We will not sell the GMG our latest miners unless they agree to abandon their relationship with Samura.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Akio Tsutsumi
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Toru Komatsu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideaki Hiraga
 * Kishiro Technologies/Yukawa Bartender/Emishi Maruya
->Rumor #133317:
There is a secret area of the shipyard where we build new Hull Panel prototypes for the Kansai Research Station. We also have a restricted area where a second massive onboard field generator prototype is being tested. It's not for gas miners.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Akio Tsutsumi
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Toru Komatsu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideaki Hiraga
->Rumor #133318:
Raw materials are shipped here from all over the colonies. ALG has become an important ally, bringing us High-Temperature Alloys and other products of their Dortmund plant. The rest we import from Narita, Honshu, or Shinagawa.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Akio Tsutsumi
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Toru Komatsu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideaki Hiraga
 * Kishiro Technologies/Yukawa Bartender/Emishi Maruya
->Rumor #133319:
The Blood Dragons are in the area. You can sense their presence in the cloud. They rarely bother us, except for supplies on occasion. Those Farmers Alliance pests are a different matter. We caught them stealing supplies from our storage area the other day.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Akio Tsutsumi
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Toru Komatsu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideaki Hiraga
 * Kishiro Technologies/Yukawa Bartender/Emishi Maruya
->Rumor #133320:
The Yukawa shipyard may be building the new Kusari Navy soon. The current class of Edo ships is obsolete, derived from old Samura designs dating back almost 100 years. We are working in concert with the Kansai Research Center to create a new generation that will be competitive with the new Liberty ships now in development.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Akio Tsutsumi
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Toru Komatsu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideaki Hiraga
->Rumor #133321:
Huge electrostatic fields must be created by a gas miner to attract the desired Deuterium and Helium 3 gas molecules into the collectors. Other gases such as Oxygen are often collected as byproducts. We use specially fabricated Superconductors built onsite to perform this task.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Akio Tsutsumi
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Toru Komatsu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideaki Hiraga
 * Kishiro Technologies/Yukawa Bartender/Emishi Maruya
->Rumor #133322:
Yukawa also manufactures Kusari freighters. We have ceded the Transport market to Samura, however. It is difficult to compete with a corporation that steals its building supplies from its competitors. They bribe the Tokyo bureaucrats and police to look the other way.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Akio Tsutsumi
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Toru Komatsu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideaki Hiraga
 * Kishiro Technologies/Yukawa Bartender/Emishi Maruya
->Rumor #133323:
We ship Superconductors and other research materials to Kansai on a regular basis. Unfortunately, the Blood Dragons view the Naval Forces as the enemy, regardless of their partners, so we must protect ourselves when we enter the cloud.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Akio Tsutsumi
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Toru Komatsu
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideaki Hiraga
->Rumor #134333:
The Fugaku was lost in a raid on the Kansai Research Center within the Hiyo Cloud. The fighter became entangled in the mine field during the attack, and the pilot was killed. It eventually drifted off into the cloud. No one has seen it since.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideaki Hiraga
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====Barrow Base (Hudson)====
->Rumor #131495:
Our base is actually an old abandoned mining plant from a time when Liberty did its mining. Any Republican Shipping vessel that comes into Hudson better not get spotted or there's gonna be more Rheinland widows. We also keep a check on any Unioner that strays too far north from that Rogue base in the southern part of the system. Don't get those Rogues, fraternizing with the enemy.
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
 * Xenos/Barrow Bartender/Bryan Roper
->Rumor #131496:
There weren't many of us Xenos when we first began, but LPI solved that problem for us. The first of us captured were sent to the Huntsville in Texas, where we found others that saw the truth. Our numbers grew as we recruited from the prisons. LPI got wise after a while and started isolating Xenos from other inmates. They realized that for every Xeno they put away, three more converts would walk out five years later.
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
 * Xenos/Barrow Bartender/Bryan Roper
->Rumor #131497:
Liberty's plans for terraforming the Hudson system's planet Atka came to a rumbling halt in 771 when one of our attack squads blew up a Planetform terraforming vessel. Now those pitiful Bretonians won't even come into the system until it's more secure, which isn't going to happen anytime soon. This system will one day be the Liberty Free Republic -- for people just like us, who want to be left alone.
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
->Rumor #131498:
The LPI embodies everything that is wrong with Liberty. It shouldn't surprise anybody that most of the "criminals" that operate the Texas factories where rounded up for slave labor, not for any real crimes they committed. We used to get paid for our work in the former times; now we get thrown in prison and are forced into slave labor.
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
 * Xenos/Barrow Bartender/Bryan Roper
->Rumor #131499:
One day we will be victorious and the Junkers will be gone. Then the northern and southern clans of the Xenos will unite and rule the Independent Worlds, free from the corrupt grasp of the LPI.
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
 * Xenos/Barrow Bartender/Bryan Roper
->Rumor #131500:
As much as Xenos hate Junkers, we aren't strong enough to get rid of those scavengers. They run the shipping points for inbound drug shipments into Liberty. First we gotta push the Junkers out of Texas, and then we need to find a way to kick the Junkers out of Liberty. Once that's done, no one will be able to stop the Xenos. We'll control the Cardamine that enters Liberty space, and those rich elites that run the show in Manhattan will be at our mercy.
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
->Rumor #131501:
Hudson is perfect for our operations in this sector. The Jump Hole to Bering and our supply point at Freeport 2 is in the Wrangell Field -- where you'll find plenty of Rogues, though they don't bother us too much. The Texas Jump Hole is in the Sitka Field. It's our portal for conducting business in Texas -- liberating our comrades from Huntsville, and hitting the Junkers and Outcasts.
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
->Rumor #131502:
We make supply runs and attack runs into the Bering system. We get our supplies from the Zoners at Freeport 2 and attack the Unioners. The Unioners should go back to Rheinland where they come from. This is Liberty space, and they got no business coming here. When we see Unioner ships we attack them. This is our space -- they can find some other place to steal.
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
->Rumor #131503:
A lot of Diamonds get mined in the Walker Nebula systems, especially in Dresden and Omega-4. Liberty buys a lot of them Diamonds from the Rheinlanders -- legally and illegally. The Unioners and Rogues travel across our system with Diamond shipments every so often. Those are the ones we really try and stop. The Diamond business sure could help us buy new ships and get the equipment we need to run our operations.
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
 * Xenos/Barrow Bartender/Bryan Roper
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====Dawson Base (Hudson)====
->Rumor #131504:
We sell our smuggled Diamonds from Kreuzberg here. It's a dangerous journey through Hamburg, but well worth it.
 * Unioners/ Heinz Erhardt
->Rumor #131505:
Our base is through the Jump Hole to Bering. We don't really like to stay long in this system -- the Xenos hate us for some reason. The Rogues here are a rough, uncultured lot, but they buy our Diamonds.
 * Unioners/ Heinz Erhardt
->Rumor #131506:
We would prefer to live in Rheinland, but Republican is too strong. Fortunately, the Xenos unwittingly help us attack our common enemy, albeit for different reasons.
 * Unioners/ Heinz Erhardt
->Rumor #131619:
Since this base is pretty remote we have to get almost everything shipped to us from Beaumont. Aside from our basic supplies of Food, Water, and Oxygen, we receive H-Fuel, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Goods, and Side Arms from Beaumont.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Clark Wilson
 * Liberty Rogues/ Darren Blackman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Matthew McMillan
 * Liberty Rogues/Dawson Bartender/Adrian Sharp
->Rumor #131620:
Every Rogue likes his gun collection. Most Rogues have several pieces of Detroit death machinery, so we need to supplement our Side Arm shipments from Beaumont with extra shipments from Buffalo.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Clark Wilson
 * Liberty Rogues/ Darren Blackman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Matthew McMillan
 * Liberty Rogues/Dawson Bartender/Adrian Sharp
->Rumor #131621:
The Diamonds we get here from the Rheinland Unioner folk are shipped to Buffalo or Beaumont. They make us a lot of money in New York.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Clark Wilson
 * Liberty Rogues/ Darren Blackman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Matthew McMillan
 * Liberty Rogues/Dawson Bartender/Adrian Sharp
->Rumor #131622:
The Liberty Navy patrols the Trade Lanes from Hamburg to Texas that run through this system. They've tried to clear us out many times, but there are too many places to hide. That's why Hudson will always belong to the outlaws.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Clark Wilson
 * Liberty Rogues/ Darren Blackman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Matthew McMillan
 * Liberty Rogues/Dawson Bartender/Adrian Sharp
->Rumor #131623:
The Xenos and Unioners have been killing each other in this system. The Xeno base is in the Wrangell Field just north of this field, and the Unioners come here to trade Diamonds with us. I don't care who gets fried as long as the Diamonds keep coming in.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Clark Wilson
 * Liberty Rogues/ Darren Blackman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Matthew McMillan
->Rumor #131624:
If you want to get into Rheinland space without attracting much attention, just pop through the Jump Hole in the field east of this base. It will take you right into Hamburg.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Clark Wilson
 * Liberty Rogues/ Darren Blackman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Matthew McMillan
 * Liberty Rogues/Dawson Bartender/Adrian Sharp
->Rumor #131625:
I hear Liberty had plans for making this system the main trade route from Rheinland into Texas because of all the drifting asteroid problems in Bering.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Clark Wilson
 * Liberty Rogues/ Darren Blackman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Matthew McMillan
->Rumor #131626:
There must have been plans for making use of the planet Atka here in this system. A Planetform ship came in here to scope out the planet. Then the Xenos swooped in on 'em and blew the ship up. Those Xenos are a crazy bunch, but they crack me up. Heh heh, no more Planetform types have come back here yet.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Clark Wilson
 * Liberty Rogues/ Darren Blackman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Matthew McMillan
 * Liberty Rogues/Dawson Bartender/Adrian Sharp
->Rumor #131627:
Some of the Xenos we run into have dropped hints about trying to get in on the Diamond trade, but it ain't gonna happen. Diamonds come from Rheinland, and nobody from Rheinland is going to do business with the Xenos, and vice versa. Bad for them; good for us.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Clark Wilson
 * Liberty Rogues/ Darren Blackman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Matthew McMillan
 * Liberty Rogues/Dawson Bartender/Adrian Sharp
->Rumor #131628:
The Diamonds that the Unioners bring to this base eventually arrive in Manhattan for sale on the black market. That's what the Bounty Hunters are really after. Most of the bounties offered by Republican are pretty small.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Clark Wilson
 * Liberty Rogues/ Darren Blackman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Matthew McMillan
 * Liberty Rogues/Dawson Bartender/Adrian Sharp
->Rumor #131629:
The Unioners are forced to operate on the edges of Rheinland space, not only because of the Rheinland authorities, but also because of another criminal group within Rheinland: the Red Hessians.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Clark Wilson
 * Liberty Rogues/ Darren Blackman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Matthew McMillan
 * Liberty Rogues/Dawson Bartender/Adrian Sharp
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====Fortaleza Base (Humboldt)====
->Rumor #131658:
The Lane Hackers' Leiden base provides us with all of our supplies. Their base is located in the Komatsu Cloud due north of the Reppu Cloud that hides this base.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131659:
We make a run to Leiden every third week to pick up the essentials that keep this base going: Waters, Consumer Goods, H-Fuel, Engine Components, Pharmaceuticals, and Food.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131660:
There are two Jump Holes in the Komatsu Cloud, which hides the Lane Hackers' Leiden base. The northern Jump Hole leads to Shikoku, the other to Kepler.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131661:
Rochester has plenty of Side Arms to sell, so we pick them up and run them here. The Side Arms we bring in usually head on over to Leiden, where we trade the Lane Hackers for cash or info on ship cargoes headed through the system.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131662:
We ship Artifacts to this base from Leiden. They are highly illegal, and the LSF will smoke you if you get scanned with 'em. But the demand is high on Manhattan's black market, all the Manhattanites love 'em. From here we ship them out to Rochester.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131663:
We don't like dealing with the Hogosha, and they don't like dealing with us. But we get along with the Lane Hackers alright, and they cut us into the Artifact trade.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131664:
Watch the black matter in the system. If you fly into some, you aren't gonna fly back out. Black matter is what led to all the Trade Lane trouble with Ageira and the corporate venture that blew up in its face. To pin it on somebody, Ageira canned a few of its top-level execs and a development team; those guys now operate the Hacker base in Leiden.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
 * Liberty Rogues/Padua Bartender/Ray Norvell
->Rumor #131665:
The Lane Hackers appreciate the good things in life -- the Cardamine -- just like us; difference is, they got things all figured out. Me, I'm just having fun. After my last trip through the Huntsville I didn't really care what happened to me, I only knew I'd be damned if I was gonna play by the rules anymore.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
->Rumor #131666:
One of our guys was gonna rat the Hackers out to a Hunter that had credits to burn. He didn't make it to the rendezvous. The Hackers are too valuable to us to scrape for some temporary cash. Too bad I was the one who had to smoke one of our own.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Christopher Russ
 * Liberty Rogues/ Teddy Mack
 * Liberty Rogues/ Victor Charles
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====Attica Supermax (Illinois)====
->Rumor #462830:
.This must be the most secure system in Sirius. Anything not sending out a police Transponder signal and ID -including Navy and LSF- are shot down immediately. This is a fortress.
 * Attica Bartender/Skye Kel
 * Guard/Terry Hingham
->Rumor #462831:
.Once while on the graveyard shift, I saw an empty cell reserved for the rogue crime boss... I guess reservations can be made here...it actually was a pretty nice cell compared to most of the others.
 * Attica Bartender/Skye Kel
 * Officer/Steven Buckle
->Rumor #462832:
.They gotta cell in this joint with the name 'Mon'Star' on the door. The one next to it has 'Darkstar' written. This must be one tough prison, but lemme tell you... there's a pool goin' on how long it takes us to nab them bastards.
 * Attica Bartender/Skye Kel
 * Officer/Steven Buckle
->Rumor #462833:
.No ships are allowed to stay on Attica, ships dock... unload or load personnel and leave immediately, while under heavy guard.
 * Guard/Greg Lybik
 * Officer/Billy Idul
->Rumor #462834:
.Apparently, in the case of multiple prisoners escaping, sections of the station can have its atmosphere vented into space to stop them right there from moving any further.
 * Guard/Greg Lybik
 * Officer/Billy Idul
->Rumor #462835:
.I hear we got some Aunt Billies on this prison station -- Nomads! Scary critters, but we keep 'em locked up in an EMP field that deflects their telepathy and stops their power. Still scares me.
 * Officer/Frank Lister
 * Officer/Raven Black
->Rumor #462836:
.One time while on patrol, we intercepted a civilian freighter entering the Attica passage.... poor bastard didn't know what hit him, four patrols descended upon his ship and blasted him to pieces within seconds...
 * Officer/Frank Lister
 * Officer/Raven Black
->Rumor #462837:
.Last guard around here that messed up ended up stationed in the Alberta precinct. I swear, we stepped softly for a week...
 * Guard/Terry Hingham
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====Galesburg Station (Illinois)====
->Rumor #131986:
I love it out here. I grew up on Houston, but I always dreamed about going to the Barrier. It's so beautiful in the skies of Liberty. Who would've known it was chock-full of nasties? I use this as my base for popping into Magellan. I'd rather have the LPI as roommates than the criminals on those Freeports.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131987:
I got the Jump Hole routes down in this part of Sirius. The Outcasts run their drugs from Manchester through a Hole to Magellan, then across to Cortez. From there, into the Tahoe Cloud, then across this system to the Texas Hole. Pretty good, eh? I dare you to follow it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131988:
The Guild does a regular "fishing" trip into the Cloud every day. We usually snag something. A Rogue or two -- once in a while you get an Outcast. Like catching one of those giant black two-finned sharks they have on Curacao. You have to let it run the line till it tires out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131989:
They say if you want to get in with the Outcasts, get friendly with the Rogues. Then graduate to the Lane Hackers. Run some drugs. Then you're on your way. Hard to turn back at that point, since you'll be a Cardamine addict for life.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131990:
I'm doing long-range recon patrols into the Whitney Field. We do a lazy loop around it, keeping our distance from the Rogue base. Our usual path runs right along the Outcast smuggling route, so you have to be real careful.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131991:
The Corsairs are a tough lot. Best chance to get in with them is with the Junkers. Whatever you do, stay away from the Hessian and Outcast alliances. As I said, hard to do.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131992:
Talk about bad luck& I got posted here six months ago. LPI shouldn't even be here. This is practically Border World territory. We got a huge cloud full of nasties separating us from civilization. Can't just go for a pleasure run to Los Angeles.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131993:
They send all the problem people here, literally to kill you. Our western patrol goes right into the thick of the cloud west of the Lane. I've seen more than one of my buddies disappear in a puff of smoke. One moment they're joking with you about their next vacation, next thing, poof!
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131994:
They set up this border station to keep a watch on the Magellan Gate, since it's so isolated from everything else in the system. Then some genius planetside decided that we needed to do patrols into the Tahoe Cloud.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131995:
The eastern patrol goes through some old abandoned paths from the ice mining days. Then it loops back towards the Trade Lane. I just grit my teeth the whole way and hope that no baddies show up on radar.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131996:
I'm just countin' the days. I got thirty-two left before I go back to a life. The attrition rate here is real bad. So far, twenty guys this month got vaporized by Outcasts, Hackers, or Rogues. That's some bad odds. I need to look for a new line of work if I make it through this.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131997:
I may as well join the Bounty Hunters if I'm going to get posts like this. When they told me back on Sugarland that there was a combat opening in California, I jumped at the chance. Now I know why. I was replacing some other fool who lasted all of three days.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131998:
Just dropping off some basic supplies from Los Angeles. We usually stop at Willard first. Today we're bringing in Food, Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel. I'm getting out of here as fast as I can.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. John Pullin
->Rumor #131999:
They ordered some Side Arms, so we're obliging. I wish they could just come to Los Angeles to pick them up; it would make life a lot easier. I guess the replacement rate for new recruits is pretty high, so they need a lot of new issues on Side Arms.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. John Pullin
->Rumor #132000:
I guess the Universal contract with LPI and the navy is real lucrative. Half the time we're flying half-empty. I don't care. Just give me my paycheck. At least the pirates don't hassle us too much.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. John Pullin
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====McNeil Island (Illinois)====
->Rumor #462838:
.No one really knows how we got this Dreadnought in here. I don't think the Navy even knows we have it...
 * Detective/Kieran Navigat
 * McNeil Bartender/Sebastian Kline
->Rumor #462839:
.Colorado isn't the only way into the system. There's a jump hole farther out that leads to a system called Oita. Through it, you have the option of Hiroshima - KNF - or Ellesmere - LSF. We run patrols all the way to the Oita JH, and have sent scouts through.
 * Detective/Kieran Navigat
 * McNeil Bartender/Sebastian Kline
->Rumor #462840:
.Some say this Dreadnought was disabled by pirates in here before we set up shop on Springfield. The pirates left the Navy folk to die after disabling comms and engines. When the first LPI boarded it... let's just say it wasn't pretty.
 * McNeil Bartender/Sebastian Kline
 * Officer/Greg Rozza
->Rumor #462841:
.Its always a big thing when the Chief and his Deputies come for the monthly inspections, everything has to be perfect, or we could end up living on Attica...
 * Officer/George Argent
 * Officer/Greg Rozza
->Rumor #462842:
.Promotion is never a good thing... as a result most LPI are very humble about their accomplishments and prefer to let others take credit.
 * Detective/Andy Kester
 * Officer/George Argent
->Rumor #462843:
.It's not over-crowding in Texas that led us to build a prison station here (we can pack 'em like sardines for all we care), but the necessity to shove the worst elements of crime under the rug.
 * Detective/Andy Kester
 * Detective/Kevin Telestus
->Rumor #462844:
.If you're in Attica, you haven't seen the inside of a court room, you haven't got a lawyer, you haven't got a phone call. Your rights are revoked as far as we're concerned.
 * Detective/Kevin Telestus
 * Officer/Aaron Renesta
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====Police Plaza (Illinois)====
->Rumor #462845:
.I heard the Chief is a cross-dresser in a fat suit.
 * Officer/Laurence Tellis
 * Police Plaza Bartender/Simon Krale
->Rumor #462846:
.Rarely does anyone leave or enter the system, anyone stationed here, must live and work in the system for up to 6 months without leaving.
 * Officer/Laurence Tellis
 * Police Plaza Bartender/Simon Krale
->Rumor #462847:
.I heard tell that if we go to war with Kusari, we might have to base operations out of Illinois to hit at the KNF's HQ in Hiroshima. Scary.
 * Officer/Ryan Frenk
 * Police Plaza Bartender/Simon Krale
->Rumor #462848:
.I heard the only person that can manage the Chief's signature is his secretary, Fred Hamilton.
 * Officer/Phillip Harden
 * Officer/Ryan Frenk
->Rumor #462849:
.I hear Sunbucks has a sale on donuts.
 * Detective/Josh Sterin
 * Officer/Phillip Harden
->Rumor #462850:
.They say all ships captured by the LPI are impounded somewhere in this system, and then destroyed.
 * Detective/Josh Sterin
 * Detective/Keth Sarlo
->Rumor #462851:
.This station is incredible, designed and built by Sether's K-onstruction company, it has to be the largest one on Liberty. Every LPI has an office here that needs one, there's no way to avoid the paperwork.
 * Detective/Keth Sarlo
 * Detective/Simon Jert
->Rumor #462852:
.While this station looks relatively harmless, the station has some of the most advanced security systems around. Anyone or anything coming through the Oita jumphole better be friendly, or they're dead.
 * Detective/Simon Jert
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====Springfield Station (Illinois)====
->Rumor #131986:
I love it out here. I grew up on Houston, but I always dreamed about going to the Barrier. It's so beautiful in the skies of Liberty. Who would've known it was chock-full of nasties? I use this as my base for popping into Magellan. I'd rather have the LPI as roommates than the criminals on those Freeports.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131987:
I got the Jump Hole routes down in this part of Sirius. The Outcasts run their drugs from Manchester through a Hole to Magellan, then across to Cortez. From there, into the Tahoe Cloud, then across this system to the Texas Hole. Pretty good, eh? I dare you to follow it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131988:
The Guild does a regular "fishing" trip into the Cloud every day. We usually snag something. A Rogue or two -- once in a while you get an Outcast. Like catching one of those giant black two-finned sharks they have on Curacao. You have to let it run the line till it tires out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131989:
They say if you want to get in with the Outcasts, get friendly with the Rogues. Then graduate to the Lane Hackers. Run some drugs. Then you're on your way. Hard to turn back at that point, since you'll be a Cardamine addict for life.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131990:
I'm doing long-range recon patrols into the Whitney Field. We do a lazy loop around it, keeping our distance from the Rogue base. Our usual path runs right along the Outcast smuggling route, so you have to be real careful.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131991:
The Corsairs are a tough lot. Best chance to get in with them is with the Junkers. Whatever you do, stay away from the Hessian and Outcast alliances. As I said, hard to do.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Spike Ruffins
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wallace Dice
->Rumor #131992:
Talk about bad luck& I got posted here six months ago. LPI shouldn't even be here. This is practically Border World territory. We got a huge cloud full of nasties separating us from civilization. Can't just go for a pleasure run to Los Angeles.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131993:
They send all the problem people here, literally to kill you. Our western patrol goes right into the thick of the cloud west of the Lane. I've seen more than one of my buddies disappear in a puff of smoke. One moment they're joking with you about their next vacation, next thing, poof!
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131994:
They set up this border station to keep a watch on the Magellan Gate, since it's so isolated from everything else in the system. Then some genius planetside decided that we needed to do patrols into the Tahoe Cloud.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131995:
The eastern patrol goes through some old abandoned paths from the ice mining days. Then it loops back towards the Trade Lane. I just grit my teeth the whole way and hope that no baddies show up on radar.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131996:
I'm just countin' the days. I got thirty-two left before I go back to a life. The attrition rate here is real bad. So far, twenty guys this month got vaporized by Outcasts, Hackers, or Rogues. That's some bad odds. I need to look for a new line of work if I make it through this.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131997:
I may as well join the Bounty Hunters if I'm going to get posts like this. When they told me back on Sugarland that there was a combat opening in California, I jumped at the chance. Now I know why. I was replacing some other fool who lasted all of three days.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Sommer Kraykovic
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Zack Vintos
->Rumor #131998:
Just dropping off some basic supplies from Los Angeles. We usually stop at Willard first. Today we're bringing in Food, Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel. I'm getting out of here as fast as I can.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. John Pullin
->Rumor #131999:
They ordered some Side Arms, so we're obliging. I wish they could just come to Los Angeles to pick them up; it would make life a lot easier. I guess the replacement rate for new recruits is pretty high, so they need a lot of new issues on Side Arms.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. John Pullin
->Rumor #132000:
I guess the Universal contract with LPI and the navy is real lucrative. Half the time we're flying half-empty. I don't care. Just give me my paycheck. At least the pirates don't hassle us too much.
 * Universal Shipping/Sales Rep. John Pullin
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====Invergordon Space Port (Inverness)====
->Rumor #132313:
This is the last stop for us on our Artifact run from our homeland. Maybe one day you could run Artifacts for the Corsairs. It's dangerous but pays very well. If those aren't two things that interest you then I'm wasting my time talking to you. Just make sure to stay clear of those Red Hessians.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132314:
There are Outcasts on this base. Once they were our brothers, but that was long, long ago. Now they are just like everyone else -- targets. It's not that we don't like them, but that won't stop us from taking one of their shipments or putting them in the airlock. Somehow I doubt those masks they wear would save them from that.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132315:
You could run reinforcement supplies to our base in Cadiz if you want to gain favor with the Corsairs. We need H-Fuel and Engine Components there to continue fighting the Red Hessians in Omega-5.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132316:
Bretonia offers many tempting targets. We soon realized that we didn't need to buy the Gold from the Junkers; we could go steal it ourselves from the Mollys and IMG. Once we dispose of the local criminals, Bretonia will be ours.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132317:
Once we drop our Artifacts here, the fun begins. We raid the Trade Lanes here in Bretonia to supply our bases back home along the Edge Worlds. Before we discovered that we could make such a nice profit from selling the Artifacts, we lived solely by raiding. The easiest targets are here in Bretonia; police presence is a joke in this space.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132318:
Now that there has been a ban declared on Artifacts, it has been more difficult to sell as many as before, but we have compensated by raising the prices. Everyone always wants what they can't have, and now the rich fools who crave these toys will pay almost any amount for them.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132319:
The conditions on this base are absolutely appalling. It goes against a Gaian's very nature to be surrounded by the cretinous scavengers who populate these dingy corridors. Yet we are compelled to purchase those things we need to maintain our existence at our own base in the Islay Cloud of Edinburgh: Pharmaceuticals, H-Fuel, Food, Consumer Goods, and such.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
->Rumor #132320:
The Mollys' hatred for BMM is an advantage to our own attacks upon that corporation, and though we don't share the same motivations that the Mollys' do, our disgust with the despoilers of BMM is just as intense. Unlike many underground operations, we are not motivated by the acquisition of money. We are a political organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for all who live in Bretonia, even our enemies, though they are too blind to see it.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
->Rumor #132321:
If it wasn't for the Green Front, I doubt the Gaians would be able to operate at all. We have the support of the intellectuals in Bretonia and the educated elite of Cambridge but without the financial assistance that Green Front brings in& Well, let's just say that good causes don't fund themselves.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
->Rumor #132322:
The Gaians wouldn't have any place to get their supplies if it weren't for this base, but you should see how they gulp and sniff whenever they set foot in here. I hate dealing with them, but they bring us money in return for the supplies they need for their base in Edinburgh.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132323:
The Artifacts that come into Bretonia pass through here. They are brought to us by the Corsairs from their bases in the southern Edge Worlds. We do run into New London, which can get pretty risky with the police and military hovering about. If you get scanned, it's over.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132324:
If you need cash, you can ship supplies to the Molly base Arranmore in Dublin. They need Oxygen, Water, H-Fuel, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Goods, Food, Side Arms, and Engine Components.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132325:
We sell the Mollys' Gold, Corsairs' Artifacts, and Outcasts' Cardamine in New London. You can make very good money doing it, but don't get caught. We'll say we've never seen you before.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132326:
The Corsairs require Gold and Engine Components for their Tripoli Shipyard in Omicron Gamma. If you're friendly enough with them, you could make some very good money.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132327:
The Gaian base is known as Islay; they call it "the Sleet." Everyone knows that it's in the Islay Ice Cloud, but they don't know where -- it's too well camouflaged. It's situated very close to a hidden Jump Hole to Leeds, which is really handy for hit-and-run attacks against BMM and the Trade Lanes, or for hitting the ice mining by Planetform's Perth base at Ayr.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132328:
The war-torn Corsair base Cadiz in Omega-5 is in need of H-Fuel and Engine Components. Be careful getting there. The Red Hessians don't like freelancers helping their enemy.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132329:
Sometimes people wonder where the Junkers come from. It's true you can find us throughout Sirius except Kusari space, but no one knows where we started. The truth is that the Junkers are comprised of all kinds. We are the ones who weren't happy working for one group or another. Our blood is from all the people of Sirius, even the Kusari. Truth is, once yer a Junker you aren't nothing else but a Junker, and whatever you were before falls away.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132330:
We buy Engine Components, Basic Alloys, Side Arms, and other criminal necessities in New London. The authorities can't lift a finger, even though they know where we're headed.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132331:
Criminals deal with us because we can go where they can't. They could run the gauntlet into Liberty from here, but they wouldn't be able to dock anywhere. We Junkers have a cover. Most authorities don't know if we're hauling scrap or contraband, and that's how we get through. We can get our ships onto almost any planet, so criminals have to deal with us.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132332:
Us Junkers, we're a different breed from the rest of our clientele. We just want to get along with everyone. You know why? Cuz that's the way to make money. We don't care about politics or which group killed this other group. To Junkers it's all about how many credits we can get our hands on, so we get all kinds on our bases and that's how we like it.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132333:
The Junkers like to deal with us because we bring them something everybody wants: Gold. We used to mine it for BMM; now we steal theirs or mine it from our own fields. We aren't thieves, though. We paid for that Gold in blood and the broken hands of our fathers before us.
 * Mollys/ George Thornton
->Rumor #132334:
We like to get our supplies for Arranmore -- that's our base in Dublin -- here in New London. The IMG charges a bit too much on the Hood, and they won't sell us our Side Arms.
 * Mollys/ George Thornton
->Rumor #132335:
One of our lads, Roger Patience, got captured last week by the military in Leeds during a MOX raid. He's one of our best. He was on a prison convoy headed for Newgate Prison. We cracked him out in Manchester yesterday as it broke from the Trade Lanes. If you see him, he might buy you a drink to celebrate his new-found freedom.
 * Mollys/ George Thornton
->Rumor #132336:
So you're interested in working for us? Try running a load of Cardamine to Magellan or Cortez for us. The Lane Hackers would appreciate that.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132337:
We buy Side Arms for the Cali base in Tau-23 here. It's not an easy Jump Hole route between Trafalgar and our base out there. Fortunately, the Barrier offers plenty of cover.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132338:
Cardamine was the one good thing that fate gave us. When we first landed on Malta the weak who didn't want to live anymore could go to a better place chewing the orange grass. It was also a curse, as we became dependent on Cardamine to survive, though we don't get a high from it anymore. Now we use Cardamine to make money. Eventually we'll run Sirius. Once a large enough portion of the populace is hooked, we've got them.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132339:
Orbital Spa and Cruise has made itself an annoyance to the Outcasts. Its Shetland cruise ship in Edinburgh lies right in the path of our Cardamine route to this base. The truth is, if they keep pushing into Outcast space, some tourists are going to be killed.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132340:
From here we ship to Liberty via the Rogue base Montezuma in Cortez. They can't get enough of our Cardamine, so as long as we keep it flowing they are under our control. They make good attack dogs. Soon more of the criminal factions will become addicted, and we'll rule Sirius -- then our revenge will be complete.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132341:
BMM is no match for our military in Tau-23. We will force them out of the system and destroy the Jump Gate. Our survival as a sovereign nation is at stake. Cali is a crucial distribution point for Cardamine on the trip to Bretonia and Liberty.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #134281:
The Trujillo stumbled into a gas pocket in the old Somerset mining area during the early days of Corsair incursion in the New London system. The ship was lost deep inside the hazard area. Several attempts were made to rescue the Artifacts it carried, but to no avail.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
->Rumor #134282:
The Molly fighter Vanguard was on a Gold run from Dublin to Trafalgar when it was intercepted by a Bretonia Armed Forces patrol in the Cumbria Asteroid Field. They gave chase and he fled into a known gas hazard area. Unfortunately, his luck ran out that day when he encountered a particularly dense pocket. The ship still lies there, awaiting anyone foolish enough to knowingly enter a volatile gas zone.
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Mollys/ George Thornton
->Rumor #134283:
The Outcast fighter Puno stumbled into one of the Southampton Debris Field radiation zones on the first Outcast drug run into the New London system in 751. It still lies there, untouchable to anyone who values their life.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
->Rumor #134285:
The Corsair ship Caraz was making a routine Artifact smuggling run from Cadiz to Trafalgar several weeks ago, but it never arrived. Several intercepted military comms. suggest that it was damaged by an Armed Forces patrol and pursued into the Grasmere Ice Cloud.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #134286:
The San Vicente was making a Cardamine run from Cali to New London when it was ambushed by an Armed Forces patrol in the West Leeds Smog Cloud. The cargo was recovered by the military, but it is possible that one of the larger pieces of debris still has some equipment attached.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
->Rumor #134287:
The Outcast ship Lorenzo was making a Cardamine run from Cali to Mactan when it was caught by a military patrol in the LD-14 Asteroid Field. It turned further into the heart of the field to escape its pursuers and stumbled into an old radioactive pocket. The crew is presumed dead, but the ship is probably still intact. No one has retrieved the cargo yet due to the high radiation danger in the area.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
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====Ames Research Station (Kepler)====
->Rumor #131581:
The Ames Research Station is the main supply source for our base in Galileo. We ship all the essentials like Food, H-Fuel, Water, Oxygen, Pharmaceuticals, Engine Components, and Consumer Goods there.
 * Lane Hackers/ Jack Mason
->Rumor #131582:
The Jump Hole to Galileo is directly between the edges of the Kuryo and Matsuo Clouds. Aim for the gap and you won't miss it.
 * Lane Hackers/ Jack Mason
->Rumor #131583:
We like to hit Niobium and other high-value shipments coming through this system. Unfortunately, the misguided Xenos and scumbag Bounty Hunters are often lurking, so we have to be careful -- especially when we leave the no-fire zone around the station.
 * Lane Hackers/ Jack Mason
->Rumor #131584:
This base keeps the northern Xeno alliance alive. Those Zoners are our saviors, although they share the base with those vile Bounty Hunters -- the scourge of the Sirius Sector. We ship supplies from here to our Denko Cloud base -- basic needs, such as Food, H-Fuel, Oxygen, Pharmaceuticals, and Water.
 * Xenos/ Melvin Mitchell
->Rumor #131585:
We share this system with those posh Lane Hackers. They attract the Liberty Navy 'cause Ageira despises them. It's a nice dark system -- lots of places to hide. But you gotta have a decent shield if you want to hang out in the clouds 'cause of all the radiation from that dark matter, or whatever they call it.
 * Xenos/ Melvin Mitchell
->Rumor #131586:
Samura and Kishiro make lots of supply runs through here, inbound for Colorado. Universal makes Side Arm shipments sometimes; that's the only time we get interested in Liberty shipping.
 * Xenos/ Melvin Mitchell
->Rumor #131587:
We make supply runs to Deshima for essential Commodities such as Oxygen, Water, H-Fuel, Consumer Goods, Food, Engine Components, and Pharmaceuticals.
 * Zoners/ Drew Mobley
 * Zoners/ Frank Maddin
 * Zoners/ Scott Shelton
 * Zoners/Ames Bartender/Alex Bellamy
->Rumor #131588:
The Ames Independent Research Station was established in 550 to study the Kuryo Anomaly in preparation for the construction of Trade Lanes by Deep Space Engineering. Jump Gates couldn't bypass this system because of the danger in traversing the dark matter clouds of the Anomaly -- a lesson painfully learned in the Texas Incident.
 * Zoners/ Drew Mobley
 * Zoners/ Frank Maddin
 * Zoners/ Scott Shelton
 * Zoners/Ames Bartender/Alex Bellamy
->Rumor #131589:
Lane Hackers partly owe their origin to the Ames Research studies, which predicted that a huge storm would disrupt the system in 680. On the advice of Ageira technicians, Liberty financed a costly alternative Trade Lane through Galileo. When the storm didn't materialize, Ageira tried to redeem itself by ruthlessly ousting an elite development team and several executives, who re-emerged as the core of the northern Lane Hackers.
 * Zoners/ Drew Mobley
 * Zoners/ Frank Maddin
 * Zoners/ Scott Shelton
->Rumor #131590:
The criminals in the area use our base as a supply point. Lane Hackers and Xenos come here to buy various supplies.
 * Zoners/ Drew Mobley
 * Zoners/ Frank Maddin
 * Zoners/ Scott Shelton
 * Zoners/Ames Bartender/Alex Bellamy
->Rumor #131591:
The Zoners occupied the research station soon after it was opened and eventually took over its operation when the research phase was complete. It's a difficult place, as the clouds are constantly on the move and could someday engulf the Freeport.
 * Zoners/ Drew Mobley
 * Zoners/ Frank Maddin
 * Zoners/ Scott Shelton
 * Zoners/Ames Bartender/Alex Bellamy
->Rumor #131593:
Beware of the dark matter clouds. They have radiation and hide criminals. The Matsuo Cloud is named after the original Kusari explorer of this area, long before Jump Gates and Trade Lanes.
 * Zoners/ Drew Mobley
 * Zoners/ Frank Maddin
 * Zoners/ Scott Shelton
 * Zoners/Ames Bartender/Alex Bellamy
->Rumor #131594:
The Trade Lane path through the sister system of Kepler, Galileo, was constructed mainly as an insurance policy in case the Kepler Trade Lane was ever severed, something that Liberty and Kusari could not allow to happen.
 * Zoners/ Drew Mobley
 * Zoners/ Frank Maddin
 * Zoners/ Scott Shelton
 * Zoners/Ames Bartender/Alex Bellamy
->Rumor #131646:
The Xenos in this system are on their way out. We kill and capture more than they can replace; most of them reside in their southern bases on the other side of New York. Besides, they're easy to pick off, and they have to come to this base to get supplies.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Chris Lakowski
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Seth Fern
->Rumor #131647:
The Lane Hackers in this system are former Ageira personnel who got panned after the Kepler Storm scandal cost IC and Ageira an untold fortune. Now they are making Ageira and IC pay an even dearer price for making them take the fall.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Chris Lakowski
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Seth Fern
->Rumor #131648:
If you're looking for Xenos, you'll find them in the Denko Cloud on the western side of this system. If you keep going southwest past the cloud, you might run into a Jump Hole leading into Colorado.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Chris Lakowski
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Seth Fern
->Rumor #131649:
This system and Galileo are as far north as I like to go unless I'm cruising up along the Edge Worlds. I don't like going into Kusari space, and the Kusari don't like me there either. Their word for non-Kusari is Gaijin, which means outsider or stranger.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Chris Lakowski
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Seth Fern
->Rumor #131650:
In the east of this system between the Kuryo and Matsuo Clouds, you can find a Jump Hole leading to Galileo -- and Hacker territory.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Chris Lakowski
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Seth Fern
->Rumor #131651:
Xenos do a lot of their pirating in Colorado. You'll find Lane Hackers there, too. Going north into Shikoku and beyond, you will run into the Kusari criminals such as the Golden Chrysanthemums, Blood Dragons, and Hogosha.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Chris Lakowski
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Seth Fern
->Rumor #131652:
We sell the Xenos the supplies they need. They're different from us -- that's certain -- but we try and get along with everybody. They've been making trouble for Kusari shipping, and I've heard that the Kusari military has been vaporizing them here and there. But they keep coming and getting their supplies.
 * Zoners/ Drew Mobley
 * Zoners/ Frank Maddin
 * Zoners/ Scott Shelton
 * Zoners/Ames Bartender/Alex Bellamy
->Rumor #131653:
The Bounty Hunters here are a rough lot. I heard them joking about how they killed a group of Xenos in the Denko Cloud a few days ago. It sounds like Bounty Hunters really enjoy doing their job; it's just frightening how much they enjoy it.
 * Zoners/ Drew Mobley
 * Zoners/ Frank Maddin
 * Zoners/ Scott Shelton
->Rumor #131654:
Xenos won't mess with Liberty too much. They are more concerned with foreigners coming into Liberty space, so that's who they tend to attack. They've been squeezed hard in Colorado, which explains why they've set up a base here in Kepler.
 * Zoners/ Drew Mobley
 * Zoners/ Frank Maddin
 * Zoners/ Scott Shelton
 * Zoners/Ames Bartender/Alex Bellamy
->Rumor #131776:
Dropping off some Water and Oxygen for those antisocial Zoners. Can't see what they like about this dark and forbidding place. Just look around you -- Xenos, Lane Hackers, and those sleazy Bounty Hunters. Not exactly a savory bunch. I can feel the predators' eyes watching me. They'll probably ambush us once we get out of the Freeport's no-fire zone.
 * Universal Shipping/ Julian Ross
->Rumor #131777:
I just made the run from Denver with some Pharmaceuticals. I'm turning around and heading right back out before any of the bad guys have time to set up anything. They prefer stealing their drugs to buying them. Then they usually torch the ship anyway, just for grins.
 * Universal Shipping/ Julian Ross
->Rumor #131778:
I'm a pilot for the Universal ships that come through this area. They usually just need me on the stretch from Deshima to Ames, with the clouds and all. It can get really bad through here. Depends on how hungry the Hackers are. They tend to strike from the east side of the Trade Lanes, Xenos from the west. They don't bother us much.
 * Universal Shipping/ Julian Ross
->Rumor #134323:
The Charles Kane and its escorts were ambushed in the Roatan Ice Crystal Cloud several weeks ago, probably by Rogues or Lane Hackers. They commandeered the ship and flew it further into the cloud. Several Bounty Hunters happened upon the hijacked ship, and a fierce firefight ensued. Only one limped back to tell the tale. She said the ship was still out there in the cloud, abandoned and drifting with the field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Chris Lakowski
 * Zoners/ Frank Maddin
 * Zoners/ Scott Shelton
->Rumor #134324:
A Universal large transport named the McKinley was caught in the Dark Matter Storm of 784, which destroyed the old Trade Lane through the eastern part of the system. It was carrying a load of Superconductors.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Chris Lakowski
 * Zoners/ Frank Maddin
->Rumor #134325:
The Kamakura Maru, a Samura transport carrying a cargo of Niobium, was caught in the Dark Matter Storm of 784. The storm destroyed the old Trade Lane route through the eastern part of the system. The ship is believed to lie somewhere in the Matsuo Cloud.
 * Zoners/ Drew Mobley
->Rumor #134326:
The Samura armored transport Nikko Maru was carrying Luxury Goods from Manhattan to New Tokyo when it was caught in the Dark Matter Storm of 784. It lies somewhere in the Matsuo Cloud along the abandoned Trade Lane.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Seth Fern
 * Zoners/ Scott Shelton
->Rumor #134330:
The Kobe Maru was making its weekly Artifact run across the Shikoku system when it was ambushed by the Blood Dragons. The ship is presumed destroyed, and its whereabouts are unknown, although it's been rumored to be drifting somewhere in the Shiun Cloud.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Chris Lakowski
 * Zoners/ Drew Mobley
 * Zoners/ Scott Shelton
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====Nome Base (Kepler)====
->Rumor #131595:
This base serves as our strategic center of operations for the northern Xenos. Not exactly the most scenic place, but us Xenos can tough it out. We supply the Xeno asteroid base in Colorado with basic supplies such as Food, H-Fuel, and Water; in return, they periodically ship us stolen Side Arms.
 * Xenos/ Don Strauss
 * Xenos/ Homer Miles
 * Xenos/ Todd Denagi
 * Xenos/Nome Bartender/Dennis Hughes
->Rumor #131596:
Our base here is right next to the Jump Hole to Colorado and provides easy access to the Trade Lane from Shikoku, so we can attack Kusari shipping. Once we jump into Colorado we can hit Republican, Samura, and Kishiro as they transport supplies to Ageira. Gotta watch out for those Bounty Hunters, though. They always seem to be lurking out there.
 * Xenos/ Don Strauss
 * Xenos/ Homer Miles
 * Xenos/ Todd Denagi
 * Xenos/Nome Bartender/Dennis Hughes
->Rumor #131597:
We might not have the best equipment or ships, but we're a lot better organized than we were. It was getting so bad that LPI and the navy almost won and ripped us out of Colorado. Now we have a focused agenda: we lift supplies from Kusari shipping, a little extortion here and there, switch out tired combat crews from Ouray, and then give them the supplies they need to continue the fight.
 * Xenos/ Don Strauss
 * Xenos/ Homer Miles
 * Xenos/ Todd Denagi
->Rumor #131598:
This area is real stormy. The cloud has moved a lot since we carved this base out of the rock. Lots of dark matter in the area, so ya got to pop those Cryer anti-radiation pills daily. Good thing we can occasionally steal shipments, otherwise we'd be broke and the Zoners on Ames very rich.
 * Xenos/ Don Strauss
 * Xenos/ Homer Miles
 * Xenos/ Todd Denagi
 * Xenos/Nome Bartender/Dennis Hughes
->Rumor #131599:
The Liberty Navy closely patrols the southern Trade Lane in this system; it's risky to attack too near the Gate. The best spots are about halfway between the Shikoku or Colorado Gates and the Ames Station. Not too many Bounty Hunters or military in the middle -- plenty of time to escape.
 * Xenos/ Don Strauss
 * Xenos/ Homer Miles
 * Xenos/ Todd Denagi
 * Xenos/Nome Bartender/Dennis Hughes
->Rumor #131600:
We're unable to establish the exact location, but we think there's a Jump Hole between the Kuryo and Matsuo Clouds. That's how the Lane Hackers get into the system. We'd love to shut it down, but we have to find it first. A lot of Bounty Hunters are out there, which makes poking around difficult.
 * Xenos/ Don Strauss
 * Xenos/ Homer Miles
 * Xenos/ Todd Denagi
 * Xenos/Nome Bartender/Dennis Hughes
->Rumor #131601:
The vile Bounty Hunters are everywhere in this system. They're worse than the LPI because they follow only one rule: Secure proof for every Xeno vaporized. They evidently know about the Jump Holes and always hang out in the no-fire zone around Ames. They often ambush us on supply hauls, so we usually send rookies to limit our losses.
 * Xenos/ Don Strauss
 * Xenos/ Homer Miles
 * Xenos/ Todd Denagi
 * Xenos/Nome Bartender/Dennis Hughes
->Rumor #131603:
A lot of the Xenos you see here in Kepler have spent time in Texas making toys while we serve our time at "The Walls" -- that's what we call the Huntsville prison ship. But once we got released, we came back here. The Xenos in Texas and Hudson do an alright job attacking Rheinland, but somebody's gotta be up here stopping the Kusari from getting into Liberty.
 * Xenos/ Don Strauss
 * Xenos/ Homer Miles
 * Xenos/ Todd Denagi
 * Xenos/Nome Bartender/Dennis Hughes
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====Battleship Nagumo (Kyushu)====
->Rumor #133552:
This ship is commissioned with keeping the nearby Border Worlds as free from piracy as possible. It is a daunting task, but we manage to kill and capture many of the worst of them. Still more try to slip into the system, but we halt that traffic also.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nagumo Bartender/Ujihiro Shigi
->Rumor #133553:
One of the greatest threats to Kusari is the spread of Cardamine abuse. The Golden Chrysanthemums have been smuggling Cardamine into Kusari through this system, and it must end. I have ordered all Golden Chrysanthemums to be summarily executed and given flight commanders a red pass on patrols in the Border Worlds and this system.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
->Rumor #133554:
Though some of their actions do get a little violent, the Farmers Alliance is not a real threat to Kusari society. Much of our time and resources would be wasted hunting down a paper tiger. The occasional accidental attack on Kishiro occurs, but for the most part they attack only Gaijin shipping.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
->Rumor #133555:
The Golden Chrysanthemums might be our number one priority in this system, but it is the Blood Dragons who are the greatest threat to our physical safety. The Golden C. pilots are young and reckless; the Dragons are skilled and fearless.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nagumo Bartender/Ujihiro Shigi
->Rumor #133557:
Dragons lay bleeding while the Chrysanthemums die fighting Kusari.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
->Rumor #133558:
The Seiran Dust Field is the point of entry for the Blood Dragons that enter the system. Our patrols have spotted them moving between there and the Okha Dust Field. We cannot interrogate the ones we capture as we would like to, so many of their strategies remain secrets.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nagumo Bartender/Ujihiro Shigi
->Rumor #133559:
Our patrols in Tau-29 come up against Outcasts on occasion. We know they are the source of Cardamine, but they are not the problem for us. It is the women who smuggle it into our system. Before the Golden C. there was no Cardamine problem in Kusari.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nagumo Bartender/Ujihiro Shigi
->Rumor #133560:
Much of our effort is spent redirecting the Gaijin into Shikoku. We are trying to seal this part of Kusari space and, more importantly, New Tokyo from their presence. Bretonians and the populations of the Border Worlds are very unsavory characters. They would be more comfortable in the other system.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
->Rumor #133561:
The fusion chambers in this ship produce Toxic Waste, which we take to Yokohama. There we pick up the MOX and bring it back here to fuel the engines of this ship.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133562:
Side Arms are given to every soldier aboard the ship. They are supplied from relay bases in New Tokyo.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133563:
All the basic supplies needed to run this base are brought here from Kyushu. The shipments also bring in mail, since many of the soldiers aboard the Nagumo are from the finest families planetside.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133564:
This ship plays an important role in keeping the foreign criminals out of our beautiful system. Let them infest Shikoku if they must; Kyushu is ours. Personally, I wish that Kusari was still strictly isolationist. We could always transfer goods at our borders, but the government has grown lax.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133565:
The Nansei Research Center is protected by this battleship. It is a great responsibility protecting the best and brightest minds in Kusari. Someone must take the forefront of scientific research in Kusari, and that great task falls upon Samura's shoulders.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133566:
I enjoy this assignment aboard the Nagumo. I am afforded the pleasure of seeing the worlds beyond Kusari, but in the safety of a battleship patrol. Yes, sometimes the pilots will take me with them on circuit sorties -- very exciting.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #134331:
The Shoki, part of a Blood Dragon raiding party in the Kyushu system, was intercepted and destroyed by the Kusari Naval Forces. Two of the three ships have been located and salvaged. The patrol leader's ship, the Shoki, remains at large. It is believed to be somewhere in the western Ohka Dust Field, which is difficult for the Blood Dragons to operate in, given its close proximity to the Nagumo.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
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====Kagoshima Depot (Kyushu)====
->Rumor #133582:
We get all of our supplies from Kabukicho in the Kanto Field of the New Tokyo system. Those Hogosha seem dishonest, but they are friends of Samura, so I guess they must be okay.
 * Farmer's Alliance/Kagoshima Bartender/Yoshizumi Chiba
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133583:
The Kusari government should not allow lower quality imports that threaten the farmers' traditional way of life. Before Synth Foods was allowed into Kusari, we could charge a premium price for our Rice and Produce. Now all of the Tokyo urbanites prefer cheap Synth Paste.
 * Farmer's Alliance/Kagoshima Bartender/Yoshizumi Chiba
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133584:
I hear that our equipment and supplies are paid for by some mysterious benefactor in Shinjuku. It's a good thing we have someone with much money willing to fight the foreigners. Sometimes they ask us to raid Kishiro storage depots, which is troubling. We don't see ourselves as common thieves, like the Hogosha.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133585:
We are the unemployed farmers of the garden planet of Kyushu. Our families have toiled for generations, producing Food for all of Kusari. Synth Foods has destroyed our traditional way of life in 10 years. They must be stopped.
 * Farmer's Alliance/Kagoshima Bartender/Yoshizumi Chiba
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133586:
Samura has been very good to us. They built the factories in Kyushu, provided us with special Seeds and Fertilizers, and even provided special Samura Bank loans to my family. We drive a Samura XCV series personal craft, of course.
 * Farmer's Alliance/Kagoshima Bartender/Yoshizumi Chiba
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133587:
Some people say that we are just puppets of Samura. It is true that Samura financially supports our cause, and tells us whom and where to strike next. But we still can decide for ourselves if we want to continue doing this. We are all volunteers to the cause.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133588:
We have been able to find many eager recruits in Kyushu. The factories are empty and the fields lay fallow in Kyushu because of the foreigners. Kishiro uses Gaijin labor at Deshima to manufacture its Consumer Goods, products that were once made by Kyushu craftsmen.
 * Farmer's Alliance/Kagoshima Bartender/Yoshizumi Chiba
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133590:
We use this base to attack Synth Food convoys in Shikoku and Tokyo. There are Jump Holes near both systems. Sometimes the council of elders orders us to attack Kishiro Consumer Goods transports, or even Optical Chips. We do what we are told; that is the traditional Kusari way.
 * Farmer's Alliance/Kagoshima Bartender/Yoshizumi Chiba
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
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====Nansei Research Complex (Kyushu)====
->Rumor #133567:
Kusari is attempting to use antimatter as the primary propellant rather than as an intermediary to superheat the hydrogen plasma in engine combustion chambers. To do this, we must dramatically lower the cost of antimatter production.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/ Akio Yamada
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hiromi Yano
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuko Okamura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nansei Bartender/Kintaro Sakata
->Rumor #133568:
The scientists here feel that it would be foolish to store antimatter in a ship. Somehow we need to find a way to generate on the fly the moderate amounts of it needed during the high boost phase of the engines.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/ Akio Yamada
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hiromi Yano
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuko Okamura
->Rumor #133569:
The field of solar collectors you see outside generate the immense amounts of power required in antimatter production. We have done a lot of allied research in cheap manufacturing methods for solar collectors.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/ Akio Yamada
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hiromi Yano
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuko Okamura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nansei Bartender/Kintaro Sakata
->Rumor #133570:
The antimatter research is a cover for our real purpose here: replicating the Ageira Superconductors. Somehow Liberty has learned extremely advanced manufacturing techniques to create compounds that we've never seen.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/ Akio Yamada
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hiromi Yano
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuko Okamura
->Rumor #133571:
It appears from our research that it is still not economical to create mass quantities of antimatter, even with cheap solar energy. Then there is the issue of transport. A large amount of antimatter transported on a ship would be a tremendously powerful bomb if the containment field were ever breached by accident or hostile action.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/ Akio Yamada
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hiromi Yano
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuko Okamura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nansei Bartender/Kintaro Sakata
->Rumor #133572:
The Blood Dragons know what our weakness is here. They always go after the antimatter storage vessels. If they were to breach just one, it could be a chain-reaction catastrophe.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/ Akio Yamada
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hiromi Yano
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuko Okamura
->Rumor #133573:
If there were ever an accident in Nansei, all of Kyushu would know immediately. This entire complex would be vaporized in an instant. Antimatter destroys matter on contact in a mutually destructive collision. We have several metric tons stored here for research purposes. That would make a 1000-megaton thermonuclear weapon explosion look like a candle flame in comparison.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/ Akio Yamada
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hiromi Yano
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuko Okamura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nansei Bartender/Kintaro Sakata
->Rumor #133574:
Nansei is in direct competition with Kansai. They have more innovative and well paid scientists at Kishiro. Samura receives much money from the government for this project, yet we lack simple supplies and modern laboratory facilities.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/ Akio Yamada
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hiromi Yano
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuko Okamura
->Rumor #133575:
We require many Superconductors to create the massive electromagnetic fields needed to accelerate hydrogen to the speeds that create antimatter particles. The high efficiency Liberty Superconductors are far more economical than any Kusari has been able to fabricate.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/ Akio Yamada
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Hiromi Yano
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kazuko Okamura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nansei Bartender/Kintaro Sakata
->Rumor #133576:
We supply this facility with the Superconductors and MOX that it needs, along with Basic Supplies from Kyushu. It is an isolated location, which I guess it needs to be, given the dangerous nature of their research here.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichi Matano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Kenji Kobayashi
->Rumor #133577:
We are not making nearly as much money as Kishiro research scientists. Plus, all of our equipment is outdated. Some of our materials are getting so old that accidents can happen. This is not a good place to work, though I could not dishonor myself by leaving Samura.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichi Matano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Kenji Kobayashi
->Rumor #133578:
This is just another kickback from the government to Samura. Samura receive 50 million from Tokyo every year, yet we never are allowed to spend more than 20. The rest goes to fund all of Samura's extracurricular activities around Kusari.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichi Matano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Kenji Kobayashi
->Rumor #133579:
The Samura scientists stationed here have been demoralized by the cuts in overtime and bonuses by Samura during the last year. Rumor is that our support of the Farmers Alliance has been more costly than expected.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichi Matano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Kenji Kobayashi
->Rumor #133580:
All the best scientists work for Kishiro -- everyone knows that. Most of us are Kyushu University graduates, a school known more for its agricultural research than up-to-date propulsion engineering programs.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichi Matano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Kenji Kobayashi
->Rumor #133581:
In 400 AS the Kusari government decided to offer corporations incentives to move offices and bases into Kyushu. This was to help stimulate development of the system. We decided to take advantage of that offer; in return the government is getting the best research available governing antimatter. Eventually, these projects could lead to new forms of propulsion, energy, and weaponry.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichi Matano
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Kenji Kobayashi
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====Planet Kyushu (Kyushu)====
->Rumor #133523:
This planet is known as the garden planet of Kusari. We have been growing rice here since 65 AS, when the first settlers arrived. Samura has organized the farmers into collectives to make Food production more efficient.
 * Kusari Population/Kyushu Bartender/Tomomasa Ii
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Miho Tomiyama
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Suzuki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yukari Hiraga
->Rumor #133524:
Though this system has limited resources, its proximity to the barrier makes it valuable because of the possible Commodities that can be exploited in the Border Worlds. Many planners believe that this system is the gateway to Kusari expansion in the barrier. If we can populate the surrounding systems with our citizens, Kusari will eventually be able to lay claim to them.
 * Kusari Population/Kyushu Bartender/Tomomasa Ii
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Miho Tomiyama
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Suzuki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yukari Hiraga
->Rumor #133525:
As farming technology has improved, the added efficiency has left many of the Kyushu youth with little or nothing in the way of jobs. We lose many of them to jobs in New Tokyo or Shikoku. Often times these youngsters will never return.
 * Kusari Population/Kyushu Bartender/Tomomasa Ii
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Miho Tomiyama
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Suzuki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yukari Hiraga
->Rumor #133526:
Much of our time is devoted to rerouting Gaijin from this system into Shikoku. The populace of Kyushu does not look well upon foreign business entering the system, or any part of Kusari for that matter. This system is the home to the Farmers Alliance, after all.
 * Kusari Population/Kyushu Bartender/Tomomasa Ii
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Miho Tomiyama
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Suzuki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yukari Hiraga
->Rumor #133527:
In 400 AS the Kusari government began offering huge corporate incentives to relocate operations here. It was mainly an effort to curb overpopulation problems in New Tokyo. Of the two keiretsu, Samura was the one who decided to invest in Kyushu.
 * Kusari Population/Kyushu Bartender/Tomomasa Ii
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Miho Tomiyama
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Suzuki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yukari Hiraga
->Rumor #133528:
The Blood Dragons are becoming bolder by the day here. They are even growing heedless of the military presence. Their attacks range all over the system, but they focus upon Samura's research facility and Kyushu food shipments.
 * Kusari Population/Kyushu Bartender/Tomomasa Ii
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Miho Tomiyama
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Suzuki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yukari Hiraga
->Rumor #133529:
The Kusari police usually operate only in the eastern half of Kyushu. We keep a watch on the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates leading into New Tokyo, and the military keeps an eye on the half of the system that leads from Kusari space into the Border Worlds.
 * Kusari Population/Kyushu Bartender/Tomomasa Ii
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Miho Tomiyama
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Suzuki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yukari Hiraga
->Rumor #133530:
The police patrols that originate from the Kyushu planet cover the two dust clouds on the eastern half of the system. I fly a patrol that skirts the Seiran Dust Fields. The men in the other patrol wing keep an eye on activity going on in the Hayate Dust Fields.
 * Kusari Population/Kyushu Bartender/Tomomasa Ii
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Miho Tomiyama
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Suzuki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yukari Hiraga
->Rumor #133531:
The Hogosha don't really bother anyone in this system; they are usually just passing through. We can't divert manpower from the really dangerous criminals to see that Hogosha activity is one hundred percent legal. We let them slide a bit.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Miho Tomiyama
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Kiyoshi Suzuki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yukari Hiraga
->Rumor #133532:
The Food grown here is shipped to every system in Kusari space and into the Border Worlds. Oxygen and Water produced here is shipped to every base in the system. Samura is the heart of this system and Kyushu feeds Kusari.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Wataru Nakamura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Kaneko
->Rumor #133533:
Samura saw that this system was a perfect opportunity to really break into the Food market. We grow the finest Foods in all of Kusari in Shikoku. When the government offered us incentives to relocate investments here, we jumped at the chance.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Wataru Nakamura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Kaneko
->Rumor #133534:
The Farmers Alliance focuses its attacks on Foreigners' Commodities moving through Shikoku, especially those produced by Synth Foods, who undermines the hard work that we& er the farmers do. The Alliance has also been known to make accidental attacks on Kishiro shipping convoys moving through the system. How unfortunate for Kishiro.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Wataru Nakamura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Kaneko
->Rumor #133535:
Kyushu is the recipient of Luxury Goods, Side Arms, and Engine Components from New Tokyo. These fine products are sent here to keep the people of Kyushu satisfied, armed, and on the move.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Wataru Nakamura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Kaneko
->Rumor #133536:
Fertilizers make their way here from Shinkaku in the Border Worlds. In return we send them H-Fuel. It is a very beneficial relationship.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Wataru Nakamura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Kaneko
->Rumor #133537:
If you would care to cross the Border Worlds, there is business you might conduct for us in Freeport 6. They send us their Niobium; in return we take them Engine Components and other basic supplies.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Wataru Nakamura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Kaneko
->Rumor #133538:
The Niobium we get from Freeport 6 will often be used to make Luxury Goods in New Tokyo. Perhaps you could be a link in that chain.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Wataru Nakamura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Kaneko
->Rumor #133539:
The H-Fuel we get from Shinjuku and Osaka is distributed throughout Shikoku. It is not as lucrative a run as others, but relatively easy.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Wataru Nakamura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Kaneko
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====Tsushima Depot (Kyushu)====
->Rumor #133540:
The gas rings that surround Aso comprise valuable Methane Gases that are mined and used to make Polymers. The Polymers manufactured here are shipped to Yokohama in New Tokyo.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Shinichi Fujita
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Tadashi Matsumoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Takao Yamamoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Makoto Hara
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Tsushima Bartender/Shingen Aida
->Rumor #133541:
All of this station's basic supplies come from this system's main planet, Kyushu. It is an easy supply run to make, if not very lucrative.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Shinichi Fujita
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Tadashi Matsumoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Takao Yamamoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Makoto Hara
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Tsushima Bartender/Shingen Aida
->Rumor #133542:
Hydrocarbons are shipped to this facility from Fuchu prison in Shikoku. The Hydrocarbons will be used to convert the Gases we mine into Polymers.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Shinichi Fujita
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Tadashi Matsumoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Takao Yamamoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Makoto Hara
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Tsushima Bartender/Shingen Aida
->Rumor #133543:
Recently Kishiro opened a Polymer manufactory in the Border Worlds. Somehow they are able to produce their Polymers for a smaller cost. This has made our operations here more difficult since the market is being flooded by lower priced and obviously lower quality products. I'm sure the shipyards will realize the importance of using better, slightly more expensive components.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Shinichi Fujita
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Tadashi Matsumoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Takao Yamamoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Makoto Hara
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Tsushima Bartender/Shingen Aida
->Rumor #133544:
My family members have been joint fitters in the Yokohama shipyards for many generations. I came because Samura is paying well for laborers to mine the Methane and Ethane out of the ice rings that surround this planet. Besides, New Tokyo was getting much too crowded.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Shinichi Fujita
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Tadashi Matsumoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Takao Yamamoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Makoto Hara
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Tsushima Bartender/Shingen Aida
->Rumor #133545:
I have no idea why the Blood Dragons attack this base. It could serve them no good to harass ice miners. I hate terrorists. Their political objectives are always so extreme, and so are their violent actions.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Shinichi Fujita
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Tadashi Matsumoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Takao Yamamoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Makoto Hara
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Tsushima Bartender/Shingen Aida
->Rumor #133546:
Golden Chrysanthemums lifted our Water supplies twice in a row. I have not been able to bathe in more than three days, nor has anyone else on the base. It smells unbearable. Do you know how badly miners smell? I am slowly being driven mad.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Shinichi Fujita
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Tadashi Matsumoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Takao Yamamoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Makoto Hara
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Tsushima Bartender/Shingen Aida
->Rumor #133547:
Just beyond this planet lies the Ohka Dust Field. Beyond that is the Border Worlds, the Barrier ... adventure. I am tired of being a miner. I wish to discover Sirius like Matsuo, the great Kusari explorer. My father just doesn't understand.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Shinichi Fujita
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Tadashi Matsumoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Takao Yamamoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Makoto Hara
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Tsushima Bartender/Shingen Aida
->Rumor #133548:
The subsidies that Samura receives from the government to run this plant more than pay for the pilots we hire to attack the Kishiro Polymer production plant that just became operational in the Border Worlds. Still, the added expense cuts into our profits.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Shinichi Fujita
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Tadashi Matsumoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Takao Yamamoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Makoto Hara
->Rumor #133549:
I would love to take a shower; I haven't bathed in days. At least those damnable Chrysanthemums didn't steal our Food shipments or else we would be starving to death right now. Imagine starving to death in Kyushu -- there's irony for you.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Shinichi Fujita
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Tadashi Matsumoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Takao Yamamoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Makoto Hara
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Tsushima Bartender/Shingen Aida
->Rumor #133550:
I am getting too old for this job. I would like to retire like they do in Liberty and Bretonia. But, Samura hires its employees for life. If I quit I will dishonor my family. Maybe I could have a mining "accident."
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Shinichi Fujita
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Tadashi Matsumoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Takao Yamamoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Makoto Hara
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Tsushima Bartender/Shingen Aida
->Rumor #133551:
The young bucks who come to work here do not understand the life they have chosen for themselves. They will understand in twenty years or so that we are nothing more than machines that Samura will throw away when it is done with us.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Shinichi Fujita
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Tadashi Matsumoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Takao Yamamoto
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Makoto Hara
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Tsushima Bartender/Shingen Aida
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====Battleship Carcassonne (Languedoc)====
->Rumor #504844:
.Now the path into Sirius is open anyway, we can openly state that our military power is more than twice as large as any other Sirius House possesses. If there was a war, no one could possibly stop us from winning.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Laure Dalle
->Rumor #504845:
.The offensive from Dauphine into Languedoc was scheduled to begin, but we were too late. Breaching the mine field is a loss that we'll never be able to recover from.
 * Royal Navy/Captain Daniel Vasselon
->Rumor #504847:
.The failure of Languedoc's defenses was the most devastating defeat for the Navy in over 300 years. Many of our admirals will lose their posts after the military investigations have been completed. Some already have, and they certainly deserve it.
 * Royal Navy/Captain Daniel Vasselon
->Rumor #504848:
.If Languedoc was defended as well as Lorraine, we would never have been in the position we are now. Our isolation minefield has been breached, and we'll be forced to establish relations with the other Houses. But what troubles me even more is that the Council does not prevent any unlawfuls from Sirius from entering Gallic space. As if we didn't have enough of our own pirates to deal with.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Laure Dalle
->Rumor #504850:
.Many of our officers have defected and joined the Council. They betrayed their country in the most shameful way, and politics has nothing to do with it. I don't understand how could they even think about treason.
 * Carcassonne Bartender/Didier Ferro
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====Limoux Base (Languedoc)====
->Rumor #504886:
.All the newcomers are so curious about Gallia's borders and what lies within. We can give you some basic information, but the rest you will have to discover for yourself. It may well be dangerous, but it will also be rewarding.
 * Maquis/ Maurice Jobert
->Rumor #504895:
.The history of Gallia is a sad mixture of glory and despair. Technological breakthroughs and unmatched military power were bought for the price of widespread poverty and suppressing the last remnants of democracy.
 * Maquis/ Amelie Mounier
->Rumor #504917:
.The Council are too weak. They don't understand that the King won't notice how many Royal Navy ships they destroy in  places like Burgundy or Lorraine. That inbred moron of a King will notice only when we detonate a bomb inside his own palace. A nice big explosion, that's what we need to get his attention.
 * Limoux Bartender/Maximilien Bellamont
->Rumor #504918:
.If not for us, the Gallic mass media probably wouldn't even report about the events going on here. After a couple of buildings explode in the neighborhood, the population becomes more attentive to the frontier reports, and the government can no longer conceal the truth.
 * Maquis/ Samuel Douay
->Rumor #504920:
.Our leaders say that the Council is heavily dependent on our help. This is only a small part of the unpleasant truth: in reality, we need the Council far more than the Council needs us.
 * Maquis/ Samuel Douay
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====Lodeve Space Port (Languedoc)====
->Rumor #504937:
.The actions of the Council has plunged our whole faction into an uncertain future, where we now face the inevitable crisis that we had half hoped would never come. Aside from their leaders, the Junkers in Sirius have never heard about the Junkers from Gallia, and they became much more powerful and wealthy than we ever could, stuck in here.
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
->Rumor #504940:
.The minefields separating Gallia and the rest of Sirius have been breached, and now we might lose whatever support we had from the Gallic government. Now, since our secrets have been unveiled for all to see, we are no longer necessary. This whole situation is very dangerous for us.
 * Junkers/ Guillaume Case
->Rumor #504941:
.Our agenda in Sirius could remain secret if the Junkers could keep their secrets. Many of the Junkers with whom I work came from the ranks of the Brigands or even the Unione Corse, seeking more wealth for less effort. Once the Council was victorious in Languedoc, many of those cowardly fools began to sell information in attempt to gain money, quit our cause, and disappear. We will find them, though.
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Lodeve Bartender/Matthieu Williams
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====Montpellier Guard Station (Languedoc)====
->Rumor #504888:
.You probably think that breaching a mine field is an easy task. One mine explodes, and other nearby mines explode in a chain reaction. Reality is much more complicated: Gallic mines are resistant to nearby explosions and even weapon fire, and each one has to be defused manually.
 * Council/Lt. Leon Boulez
->Rumor #504889:
.Minefields consist of millions of mines. All of them were produced by Solar Engineering and EFL in their facilities all over Gallia, and then carried to Languedoc and Lorraine to be set in position by trained Navy personnel.
 * Council/Lt. Leon Boulez
->Rumor #504890:
.Setting up the mine fields was an extremely lengthy process. It took over a hundred and fifty years to complete, and Gallia had to face the constant risk of being discovered by some hapless explorer from Sirius. Unfortunately, their space exploration advanced far slower than ours.
 * Council/Lt. Marie Debord
->Rumor #504902:
.Some of the High Command suspected that the Junkers were related to the Gallic secret services and had a hidden agenda. Most others thought that the Junkers' only goal was attaining wealth by any means necessary. Somehow nobody seemed to realise that neither goal contradicts the other one.
 * Montpellier Bartender/Remy de Lisle
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====Narbonne Base (Languedoc)====
->Rumor #504929:
.We steal from the rich and give to ourselves. That's my motto, and others have said its rather amoral, but so what? I mean, how can you steal anything from the poor?
 * Brigands/ Gilbert Rowen
->Rumor #504930:
.Our bases are rather unreliable. The airlocks are known to be faulty, and people get sucked into space every month or so. What can I say? We just don't have enough qualified engineers or replacement parts availablefor repairs. So my advice to you is: be smart, and stay away from the airlocks.
 * Brigands/ Rene Villon
->Rumor #504934:
.Who are the Junkers? And why don't the Royal Police prosecute them, despite all the illegal activities they are involved in? I'm almost certain that the Junkers have ties to the Gallic special forces, but I have no way to prove it. They might even be spying on the other unlawful groups of Gallia, although again, there is never any proof.
 * Brigands/ Jaques Nancy
->Rumor #504958:
.Hey, you want a drink? You are one of those guys who came here from Sirius, right? Doesn't matter much for me. I'm a pilot, you know. And I'm going to quit my bartender job soon and head into the unwary populated worlds of Sirius. They say that law enforcement there is not nearly as tight as in Gallia.
 * Narbonne Bartender/Paul Friar
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====Nimes Station (Languedoc)====
->Rumor #504882:
.My heavy fighter wing initially had 8 ships in it. We were fighting alongside each other for six years, in Burgundy, Dauphine, and then here. Before 816 A.S. - this new Sirius chronology is hard to adopt, but I'm trying - our wing only lost one ship near Gap. And then that battle for Montpellier... I was the only one who survived. What will I tell to their wives and kids if I survive the next Naval assault?
 * Council/Captain Jerome Marquette
->Rumor #504884:
.They say that the King was in a panic when he heard that the Languedoc defenses had been breached by our military. I doubt that it's true. The King could order his fleets to reinforce the Languedoc defenses long ago, but he did not do that. Most of my comrades disregard my suspicions, but I can't help thinking that we had all fallen into a carefully prepared trap.
 * Council/ Philippe Cheney
->Rumor #504886:
.All the newcomers are so curious about Gallia's borders and what lies within. We can give you some basic information, but the rest you will have to discover for yourself. It may well be dangerous, but it will also be rewarding.
 * Council/Captain Anne-Marie Soufflot
->Rumor #504887:
.Isn't it ironic? International English was the only language used for communication within the Alliance for centuries. When we arrived on New Paris, every citizen could speak English perfectly, and the younger generations studied French as a foreign language. Now, of course, it's different, but most Gallic citizens speak English well enough. The day has come when we can finally put this knowledge to good use.
 * Council/ Philippe Cheney
->Rumor #504891:
.How can we fight a war with the most powerful Navy in Sirius with considerable success? The answer is: resources. Many of the Council are former military officers. We have the money, the manpower and the ships.
 * Council/Lt. Jaques Merle
->Rumor #504892:
.Now I realize that the war was inevitable right from the start. There was never really much hope that we could convince those government pigs to change their minds. Someday we should overthrow the government and dispose of the King. Yeah, that simple. History repeats itself, you know.
 * Nimes Bartender/Adrien Gallieni
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====Planet Quillan (Languedoc)====
->Rumor #504880:
.Many Council families had settled on Quillan after the Gallic Army corps on the planet were defeated. They thought that the planet would now be safe from the Royal Navy. Now few of us believe that we'll hold Quillan for long after the main naval forces enter the system. We only have a few months to evacuate the colonists to a new location. Dozens of thousands of colonists, and we don't even know where to go.
 * Council/ Diane Lalique
 * Council/ Philippe Cheney
->Rumor #504881:
.The operation in Languedoc was a risky one, and we all knew right from the start that many of us wouldn't survive the upcoming battles. The rumors we hear about the Gallic Navy's military buildup in Dauphine seem to indicate that those battles were just the beginning. Our only chance is to flee to Sirius and seek a safe haven in some desolate system that the Royal Navy won't be able to reach before we set up a better defense.
 * Council/Lt. Christine Eliade
->Rumor #504925:
.I hear rumours that the Junkers proved to be traitors who sold information on Sirius to our government. I'm not surprised at all. The Junkers are scum who should have been exterminated a long time ago.
 * Maquis/ Maurice Jobert
->Rumor #504953:
.Neural Nets of Gallia and Sirius are based on similar principles and, therefore, are easy to integrate. They are both based off the Alliance computer architecture that developed differently in Gallia and Sirius during the last eight hundred years, but still retains similar origin, and, moreover, is backward compatible.
 * Quillan Bartender/Yves Blanchard
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====Battleship Derby (Leeds)====
->Rumor #132560:
We go further into the clouds than the Armed Forces do. I've gone right by the Omega-5 Jump Hole more than once. That takes some guts, let me tell ya. The Corsairs get really nasty if you get too close to their access points. I've never been in Omega-5. Not too many Hunters survive to tell their tales of that area.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132561:
Word from Freeport I is that the Corsairs are losing their turf war with the Hessians in Omega-5. That'll save Bretonia's rear. Once the Hessians cut off Omega-5, the Corsairs won't have an access route into Cambridge anymore. Hessians don't much care about this corner of the woods.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132562:
Our group went on a long-range patrol along the Corsair Artifact smuggling route to the New London Jump Hole. I got one of 'em in my sights, but his buddies laid some wicked covering fire that forced me to break off. Those Corsairs are a wily lot.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132563:
There are some top Hunters of the Guild out in the Omega Sector. I was talking to one of 'em last week on Freeport 1 -- said he'd made it all the way to Freeport 5 in Omega-41. That's on the edge of nothing, that is. He talked about a neutron star's deadly radiation that'll fry ya in a couple of minutes if you aren't properly protected.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132564:
I used to be an IMG miner in Cardiff. This is much better work -- yeah, a little more dangerous, but a lot more rewarding. They recruited me for my knowledge of the Grasmere and Keswick Clouds. I grew up on Cambridge, so I know 'em like the back of my hand.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132565:
The Guild is gaining membership in Rheinland. It was tough for a while, but the pay is better than the Federal Police can offer, and you have more freedom to boot. Of course, the Red Hessians are growing, too, so it's not an easy job. The Mollys and Gaians would be chicken feed for that lot.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132566:
We are delivering supplies from Cambridge for the battleship. It's not much of a run, but it keeps me busy. The Corsairs rarely bother us along the Cambridge line. We bring the Side Arms and H-Fuel in from London as needed.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132567:
We had a rough MOX run on the way in. Mollys attacked us as we left LD-14. The Armed Forces saved the day on that one. Then the Mollys bit us again in New London. This time it got dicey, since all we had were police in the area. I lost an escort on that one.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132568:
Normally, running Toxic Waste from a ship like this one is not an attractive target, but those Mollys think they can build a dirty bomb with some of this nasty stuff. So, we have to deal with stress both ways from LD-14.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132569:
The Norfolk serves as a keystone in the defense of Bretonia against the scourge of the Corsairs. The Cambridge Line stretches between here and Cambridge to offer additional protection for ships traveling along that Trade Lane.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132570:
Omega-3 is a sea of ice asteroids. Corsairs are more of a problem in our end of the system; the Red Hessians take over at the east end. Apparently, there's no Jump Hole between Omega-3 and here, or between Omega-3 and Omega-7. That keeps things a little bit more controlled.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
->Rumor #132571:
We patrol the Trade Lane into the Keswick Cloud, a favorite crossing point for Corsairs, and the Lane to Cardiff. The Omega-3 Gate area is particularly contentious right now. We've allocated an entire squadron to patrol just that vicinity.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132572:
Captain Edwards says we're going out into the Grasmere tomorrow on a search and destroy mission to look for Corsairs. Guess I better record a message for my momma, in case I don't come back.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
->Rumor #132573:
We've extended our patrols into Omega-3 per the conditions of the Omega Trade Lane Pact with Rheinland. Problem is, they aren't holding up their end in Omega-7. The excuse is not enough money. We're itching to go in there, but London won't allow it.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132574:
Cambridge used to be such a peaceful place, and then the Corsairs showed up. They've built that Cambridge Line to assure all those university types in Cambridge that everything is under control. Fact is the Line's useless. The weapon platforms are too far apart, and the Corsairs just go around the ends of the Line.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #134284:
The Henry Jones Gold convoy was bound for Rheinland when it was attacked by Corsairs near the Omega-3 Gate. Its escorts were destroyed, and the ship was commandeered. An Armed Forces patrol responding to the initial distress call intercepted the raiding party near the edge of the Grasmere Cloud, and a bloody firefight ensued. The heavily damaged armored transport was the only pirate ship able to escape into the safety of the Grasmere Cloud. Its crew is believed to have perished in there before establishing contact with other Corsairs in the area.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
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====Battleship Nagasaki (Leeds)====
->Rumor #133552:
This ship is commissioned with keeping the nearby Border Worlds as free from piracy as possible. It is a daunting task, but we manage to kill and capture many of the worst of them. Still more try to slip into the system, but we halt that traffic also.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nagumo Bartender/Ujihiro Shigi
->Rumor #133553:
One of the greatest threats to Kusari is the spread of Cardamine abuse. The Golden Chrysanthemums have been smuggling Cardamine into Kusari through this system, and it must end. I have ordered all Golden Chrysanthemums to be summarily executed and given flight commanders a red pass on patrols in the Border Worlds and this system.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
->Rumor #133554:
Though some of their actions do get a little violent, the Farmers Alliance is not a real threat to Kusari society. Much of our time and resources would be wasted hunting down a paper tiger. The occasional accidental attack on Kishiro occurs, but for the most part they attack only Gaijin shipping.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
->Rumor #133555:
The Golden Chrysanthemums might be our number one priority in this system, but it is the Blood Dragons who are the greatest threat to our physical safety. The Golden C. pilots are young and reckless; the Dragons are skilled and fearless.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nagumo Bartender/Ujihiro Shigi
->Rumor #133557:
Dragons lay bleeding while the Chrysanthemums die fighting Kusari.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
->Rumor #133558:
The Seiran Dust Field is the point of entry for the Blood Dragons that enter the system. Our patrols have spotted them moving between there and the Okha Dust Field. We cannot interrogate the ones we capture as we would like to, so many of their strategies remain secrets.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nagumo Bartender/Ujihiro Shigi
->Rumor #133559:
Our patrols in Tau-29 come up against Outcasts on occasion. We know they are the source of Cardamine, but they are not the problem for us. It is the women who smuggle it into our system. Before the Golden C. there was no Cardamine problem in Kusari.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Nagumo Bartender/Ujihiro Shigi
->Rumor #133560:
Much of our effort is spent redirecting the Gaijin into Shikoku. We are trying to seal this part of Kusari space and, more importantly, New Tokyo from their presence. Bretonians and the populations of the Border Worlds are very unsavory characters. They would be more comfortable in the other system.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Mariko Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
->Rumor #133561:
The fusion chambers in this ship produce Toxic Waste, which we take to Yokohama. There we pick up the MOX and bring it back here to fuel the engines of this ship.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133562:
Side Arms are given to every soldier aboard the ship. They are supplied from relay bases in New Tokyo.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133563:
All the basic supplies needed to run this base are brought here from Kyushu. The shipments also bring in mail, since many of the soldiers aboard the Nagumo are from the finest families planetside.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133564:
This ship plays an important role in keeping the foreign criminals out of our beautiful system. Let them infest Shikoku if they must; Kyushu is ours. Personally, I wish that Kusari was still strictly isolationist. We could always transfer goods at our borders, but the government has grown lax.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133565:
The Nansei Research Center is protected by this battleship. It is a great responsibility protecting the best and brightest minds in Kusari. Someone must take the forefront of scientific research in Kusari, and that great task falls upon Samura's shoulders.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #133566:
I enjoy this assignment aboard the Nagumo. I am afforded the pleasure of seeing the worlds beyond Kusari, but in the safety of a battleship patrol. Yes, sometimes the pilots will take me with them on circuit sorties -- very exciting.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Nakada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi
->Rumor #134331:
The Shoki, part of a Blood Dragon raiding party in the Kyushu system, was intercepted and destroyed by the Kusari Naval Forces. Two of the three ships have been located and salvaged. The patrol leader's ship, the Shoki, remains at large. It is believed to be somewhere in the western Ohka Dust Field, which is difficult for the Blood Dragons to operate in, given its close proximity to the Nagumo.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Takeshi Ogawa
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Kaoru Nakajima
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====Battleship York (Leeds)====
->Rumor #132400:
Outcasts and Mollys give us the most trouble in these parts of space; the Gaians don't really operate up here -- not that they would be much of a threat compared to the blokes we already fight every day.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Rusty Thompson
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Gweneth Coppleman
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/York Bartender/RBT-15
->Rumor #132401:
We patrol the northern sector of Leeds. Mostly we run search and destroy missions around LD-14. It is vital to the security of Bretonia that we protect the shipments of Uranium coming into the base from the LD-14 field and the MOX that is shipped out.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Rusty Thompson
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Gweneth Coppleman
->Rumor #132402:
We encounter a good deal of Bounty Hunters hired by BMM to kill the criminals we can't lay a beam to, but they are as shady as the criminals at times, plus I think they enjoy their job too much. I kill because I have to; these sadists kill because they enjoy it.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Rusty Thompson
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Gweneth Coppleman
->Rumor #132403:
The new Trade Lane construction project in Tau-31 has come under a lot of fire by the Outcasts in recent weeks. The York will be sending out two daily patrols starting tomorrow to keep BMM and Deep Space Engineering happy.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Rusty Thompson
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Gweneth Coppleman
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/York Bartender/RBT-15
->Rumor #132404:
The Gaians have been attacking the Harris terraforming project in Tau-31 for some time now. Planetform claims they have caused many delays in the project. I'm not so sure about that. Last patrol I did, we saw more Outcasts than Gaians.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Rusty Thompson
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Gweneth Coppleman
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/York Bartender/RBT-15
->Rumor #132405:
The York is also responsible for patrolling the Tau-31 system. It gets rough up in the Barrier fields with the Outcasts. London is talking about sending us up farther into Tau-23. I guess the BMM project up there isn't going so well.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Rusty Thompson
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Gweneth Coppleman
->Rumor #132406:
The military personnel on this ship are always looking down their noses at us Bounty Hunters, but the truth is that if they could do their job well enough, BMM wouldn't be forced to hire us to do what the military can't.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Douglas Webb
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Anne Sullivan
->Rumor #132407:
The reason the Outcasts are in this area is because of the Jump Hole to the west of the radiation zone in the LD-14 field. The Hole goes to Edinburgh, which is where the Cardamine comes from.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Douglas Webb
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Anne Sullivan
->Rumor #132408:
The Mollys come into this system from New London. The Guild figures the southern Jump Hole is hidden somewhere in the two smog clouds. All the Leeds criminals use those clouds for attacks and cover.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Douglas Webb
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Anne Sullivan
->Rumor #132409:
Tau-31 is a productive area for us. The Gaians hang out near Harris, if that's what you fancy. For the more advanced Hunter, the Outcasts offer plenty of challenge in the northern part of the system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Douglas Webb
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Anne Sullivan
->Rumor #132410:
I heard there's some big bounties offered by BMM at their mining base in Tau-23. I guess the Outcasts have been sockin' it to 'em up there. They bit more off than they could chew on that one, they did. That's practically Edge World.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Douglas Webb
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Anne Sullivan
->Rumor #132411:
Planetform hired me to kill Gaians a few months ago, so that's what I do. They aren't the best pilots around, though some of them know a few moves. They come out of the Edinburgh Jump Hole in the northwest end of the system, headed for the West Leeds Smog Cloud.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Douglas Webb
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Anne Sullivan
->Rumor #132412:
Just doing a quick supply run from Leeds. This system is one of those exceptions to the rule that planetside life is better. They were going through one of those gas mask-level smog alerts when I left this morning. That's when even the rats start to die.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Robin Newman
->Rumor #132413:
I used to do the Border World run to Kusari. This is my last job until retirement, which will not be on Leeds, mind you. I've got my eye on a nice cottage in the Cambridge countryside.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Robin Newman
->Rumor #132414:
You are reasonably trustworthy in Bowex's eyes, so I don't mind telling you that the MOX from this base comes directly from LD-14. We ship them back Toxic Waste to reprocess. BMM had to start doing it after 800 years of dumping because of ALG.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Robin Newman
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====Durham Border Station (Leeds)====
->Rumor #132445:
The military and the police might have their orders concerning which targets are the highest priority, but I don't see it that way. Planetform will pay me a lot more for a dead Gaian than a Molly, so I kill Gaians -- they are easy pickings. If I wanted a challenge I'd square off with some Mollys. BMM will pay you well to take them down.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Gillian Hasler
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wolfe Palmers
->Rumor #132446:
I'm not bound by jurisdiction, so if a company puts a contract out on you, I'm going to hunt you down. And when I find you I'm gonna kill you, because that's how I put food on the table for my son.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Gillian Hasler
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wolfe Palmers
->Rumor #132447:
I'm a Leedite, born and raised here in Leeds, son of a Uranium miner. Did a turn in prison too, but that's all behind me now. I know where the Jump Holes are in this system. I learned about them in Newgate. You can get to Manchester under wraps in the East Leeds, New London through the West Leeds.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Gillian Hasler
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wolfe Palmers
->Rumor #132448:
If you choose the life of a Bounty Hunter, you should know that you'll never win any popularity contests. The crooks hate you cuz you make a living of putting them in the past tense. The police and military envy you because you can take on the jobs they can't always do. The corporations dislike you because you don't follow the rules, and other Bounty Hunters might not like you because you are their competition.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Gillian Hasler
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wolfe Palmers
->Rumor #132449:
If I'm hired to pop Gaians, I'll head for the Edinburgh Jump Hole. If the contract reads for Mollys, I'm gonna head for the New London or Manchester Holes -- most likely the New London Hole. That's really where the majority of 'em come from.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Gillian Hasler
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wolfe Palmers
->Rumor #132450:
The Edinburgh Jump Hole is a dangerous place to hang out. It's in the LD-14 field, and all manner of thieves and killers pass through that area. Not only that, it is just slightly west of a pocket of radiation in the field, so an inexperienced pilot might get cooked.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Gillian Hasler
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wolfe Palmers
->Rumor #132451:
Bowex supplies this base with everything it needs to operate. It all comes from Leeds. It's a short trip, but one of the most dangerous Lanes in the system with all the criminal traffic that crosses it.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Arnold Reeves
->Rumor #132452:
The best way to climb your way out of this dirt hole is to become a pilot. It is possible; I've seen people do it. Slowly they change from creatures into people with enough self-respect to stand up for themselves. That's what happened to me.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Arnold Reeves
->Rumor #132453:
This police post is a new construction designed to monitor this Trade Lane. There have been numerous attacks here by all the resident criminal factions within Bretonia's boundaries.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Arnold Reeves
->Rumor #132454:
I fly patrols into the West Leeds Smog Cloud. Every single criminal faction in Leeds hangs out in that slime. It's my job to root them out and bring them to justice, since the military is too busy up north protecting LD-14. The Gaians are the easiest group, though I must admit that their quality has been improving.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain James Mathie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Penelope Maxwell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Zoe Leighton
->Rumor #132455:
One of the more satisfying jobs on this base is escorting the prison convoy into New London, a big ship full of criminals. Any Outcasts onboard aren't coming back; they usually kick off in prison, for some reason. Of course we don't capture too many of them in the first place.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain James Mathie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Penelope Maxwell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Zoe Leighton
->Rumor #132456:
The police in Bretonia have a hard time shaking the lousy reputation that Liberty shippers have of the police. That's because they are used to the LPI, which is just as crooked as the criminals.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain James Mathie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Penelope Maxwell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Zoe Leighton
->Rumor #132457:
Some Bounty Hunters are alright, I suppose. Others are rotten and will kill anybody if the money is right. Basically, they are assassins that companies hire to kill the criminals we haven't had the chance to apprehend yet.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain James Mathie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Penelope Maxwell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Zoe Leighton
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Durham Bartender/RBT-23
->Rumor #132458:
This base was built to protect the shipping coming into Leeds on its way to New London. This is the main trade artery between Kusari and Bretonia and is Bowex's bread and butter. If you want to talk about a company with its hands in The Crown's pocket, it's Bowex.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain James Mathie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Penelope Maxwell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Zoe Leighton
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Durham Bartender/RBT-23
->Rumor #132459:
The East Leeds Smog Cloud is as dangerous a place as any. The Mollys especially like to use it as cover, and so do the Outcasts. Even the Gaians will use the East Leeds to get up into the Stokes Asteroid Field where they hit Planetform shipments moving in and out of Stokes.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain James Mathie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Penelope Maxwell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Zoe Leighton
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Durham Bartender/RBT-23
->Rumor #132460:
You might hear a lot of talk about the Outcasts and the Gaians, but the highest priority in this system is the Mollys. Sure, the other factions cause trouble, but the Mollys pose the greatest threat to Bretonia.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain James Mathie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Penelope Maxwell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Zoe Leighton
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Durham Bartender/RBT-23
->Rumor #132461:
Some of the Bretonian Police will eventually join the military. This is good training in that respect. Both institutions are honorable and you do a lot of the same things, though I'd say our job is a bit harder because we are supposed to apprehend criminals where we can. The military doesn't see things quite the same way.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Durham Bartender/RBT-23
->Rumor #132462:
You aren't gonna find tourists, artists, or scientists in this system. You are gonna find wolves and sheep. Now, who is who is for you to figure out. Which one are you going to be?
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain James Mathie
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Penelope Maxwell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Zoe Leighton
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====LD-14 (Leeds)====
->Rumor #132427:
I run the marine contingent on this base. It's one of the worst duties you can pull. If you get sent here, someone up top really hates you. They can't send the dregs here you know, so we have an important job to do.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Margaret Bisset
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Louis Hartley
->Rumor #132428:
Everyone stationed at this base has it bad for the Mollys. The ones that get captured don't survive long enough to be shipped out of here. The last one we captured was found the next morning in his cell with two pieces of MOX where his eyes used to be.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Margaret Bisset
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Louis Hartley
->Rumor #132429:
We come across the Outcasts at this base occasionally. I think they are just passing through, but we are bound by duty to engage them. They are one tough fight. Their ships are better than ours -- makes me a bit angry to think about that -- but I do what I have to.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Margaret Bisset
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Louis Hartley
->Rumor #132430:
Bounty Hunters refuse to come to this base. I can't say that I blame them, but I'm glad they don't. We have enough criminals in these parts as it is. Most Bounty Hunters have done a turn or two at one of our prisons. How do you think they know all the underworld secrets that they do?
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Margaret Bisset
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Louis Hartley
->Rumor #132431:
Once a pilot has completed a tour of duty at this base he gets his choice of assignments. Most go right to New London. I've got three months left of duty left here. I transferred in with six others, all pretty green. I'm the only one left. Mollys and Outcasts killed the rest of my mates. I try not to make friends here anymore; I just do my job.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Margaret Bisset
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Louis Hartley
->Rumor #132432:
I like to fly out into the fields alone. I fight best solo. I don't have to worry about some stupid kid just out of the academy getting more of our equipment destroyed. It's dangerous, though -- no one to watch your back if you get jumped by a pair of Outcasts or Mollys.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Margaret Bisset
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Louis Hartley
->Rumor #132433:
BMM ships the majority of its basic supplies from Leeds to this base. Let me tell you, it is a relief to see those weapon platforms encircling this base when I'm bringing in a load of supplies.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Ian Burnett
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Keith Cornelius
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Anthoney Tutin
->Rumor #132434:
I'm waiting here to meet the BMM replacement pilot who will be taking the place of John Gibbs, the chap who used to make the run from Southampton with Toxic Waste. He got jumped by a couple of Mollys. They say the first shot that went through his shields hit a Toxic Waste container. No more John Gibbs, unless you count the tiny little chunks floating in space.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Ian Burnett
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Keith Cornelius
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Anthoney Tutin
->Rumor #132435:
Stokes Smelter, just down the Trade Lane, provides most of our raw materials here, beyond the Uranium itself. They do the run every week, slipping in a Toxic Waste shipment on occasion to keep the Mollys guessing.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Ian Burnett
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Keith Cornelius
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/LD-14 Bartender/Robin Chilton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Anthoney Tutin
->Rumor #132436:
You know what the workers at this base call it? Heh, they call it "short time." It's a fitting name. The employees who work here make three times their normal salary, but their exposure to radiation ages them untold years. So, if you walk too long a stretch here you won't be alive very long.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Ian Burnett
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Keith Cornelius
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/LD-14 Bartender/Robin Chilton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Anthoney Tutin
->Rumor #132437:
The Mollys have been trying to get at this base for as long as I can remember. That's why we have the military here. The Mollys are either trying to steal Toxic Waste or MOX to make weapons of mass destruction, or they are trying to blow this place up.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Ian Burnett
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Keith Cornelius
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/LD-14 Bartender/Robin Chilton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Anthoney Tutin
->Rumor #132438:
BMM will chew you up and spit you out. The company has no regard for worker safety since it cuts down on the profits. Most of the employees who work this station aren't ever the same again afterwards -- all kinds of health problems, but that doesn't stop BMM from pumping out the MOX.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Ian Burnett
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Keith Cornelius
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Anthoney Tutin
->Rumor #132439:
The weapon platforms they installed in this area have gone a long way to curbing attacks on the base, even though our miners still get perforated in the fields by the occasional Molly attack. Hey, that's why they take the danger pay. You just hope you're not the one who takes a ship-to-ship missile in the chest -- ain't much left of you when that happens.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Ian Burnett
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Keith Cornelius
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/LD-14 Bartender/Robin Chilton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Anthoney Tutin
->Rumor #132440:
My father worked on this base trying to get enough money together to get our family out of this system. We received a letter of grievance signed with a rubber stamp when an explosion occurred in the refinery unit where he worked. There were no survivors. The bodies were so irradiated that they had to be sealed in special containers for the funerals.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Ian Burnett
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Keith Cornelius
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/LD-14 Bartender/Robin Chilton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Anthoney Tutin
->Rumor #132441:
One of my mates has been losing his hair, and not bit by bit either, if you catch my drift. He's been on this base longer than anyone else, but I think it's time he took his pay and pulled stakes. The greed is going to kill him if he lets it. I guess that goes for anybody, really. You have to know when its time to leave.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Ian Burnett
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Keith Cornelius
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/LD-14 Bartender/Robin Chilton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Anthoney Tutin
->Rumor #132442:
Bowex ships H-Fuel to this base from Glasgow. It's the only shipment we make that doesn't involve MOX or Toxic Waste, so it is considerably less dangerous. Toxic Waste is flammable or even explosive, and the MOX makes you a prime target for the Mollys.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Cristof Baskcomb
->Rumor #132443:
It makes me worried just to step foot on this base. Do you know how many times this base has gone critical and flooded the corridors with radiation? More than once, you can be sure of that. I make a decent living working for Bowex running MOX from this base to the Armed Forces battleships. I pick up their spent fuel pellets for reprocessing on the return trip.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Cristof Baskcomb
->Rumor #132444:
Bowex is the exclusive supplier of MOX to the Kusari Naval Forces. We ship it to Yokohama in New Tokyo, where it is distributed by Samura to the various locations. While we are there we pick up their Toxic Waste and ship it back here -- a tidy arrangement.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Cristof Baskcomb
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====Planet Leeds (Leeds)====
->Rumor #132342:
If you don't mind flying past weapon platforms, military patrols, and Mollys, you might be just the person to take supplies to LD-14. It scares the hell out of me going to that base. There's enough radiation in there to cook an egg, and I'll tell you I don't want my eggs cooked! If you aren't afraid, you could bring lots of Pharmaceuticals to LD-14, 'cause they run through them pretty fast there.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Dick Merriman
->Rumor #132343:
BMM makes sure that the Stokes base gets all it needs to keep running smoothly. Everything's in this system, so that's nice for me. You don't look like you care, but I've got a lot of family in Stokes -- maybe too much family. We send our own Leeds-produced Mining Machinery up to Stokes and usually haul Basic Alloys on the return trip.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Dick Merriman
->Rumor #132344:
Those damn dirty Outcasts almost blew my ship in half in Manchester. I was making my way to Birmingham from New London. I had just unloaded a shipment of Mining Machinery in Thames and was going to pick up a load of Polymers to bring back here. All of a sudden my ship dropped right out of the Trade Lanes and I was buried in Outcasts. I'm glad my escorts were sharp, or BMM woulda been sending my teeth home to the family.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Dick Merriman
->Rumor #132345:
Bowex ships basic supplies throughout this system, keeping several Leeds bases equipped. I fly Oxygen, Water, and Food to York, Glasgow, and Durham. It might be a short jaunt, but I lose escorts every week.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Claude Coppleman
->Rumor #132346:
I make the Bowex supply run to the police base Aberdeen in Edinburgh. You'd think they would take better care of their supply shipments, but I usually come into the base limping with a few gunners dead or dying.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Claude Coppleman
->Rumor #132347:
Glasgow sells H-Fuel and buys Consumer Goods. It's a nice run if you enjoy hauling more expensive Commodities than just the Oxygen and Water, and it keeps you in-system too, if that's what you are looking for. Oh, I almost forgot, mate... York needs Pharmaceuticals.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Claude Coppleman
->Rumor #132348:
If you'd like to visit the capital, I know how you can get there and back and make decent coin doing it too. Bowex ships Construction Machinery to New London and Southampton regularly. On the return, you can haul Diamonds for the Leeds Mining Machinery plant, which uses gems for all those drills and grinders. Hauling cargo like Diamonds is quite dangerous though, so I hope you like action. Every pirate that runs a scan on you is going to come in firing.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Claude Coppleman
->Rumor #132349:
Ooh, fancy yerself a tough one do ya, laddie? Well, how do you like the sound of the Border Worlds, eh? I though that might get your attention. Bowex supplies Freeport 6 in Tau-29 with Mining Machinery. Yup, there's money to be made out there if you've got the sand for it. My guess is you'll be dusted before you ever make landing in Freeport 6.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Claude Coppleman
->Rumor #132350:
I hate them Cambridge folks. They are all stuck up cod livers, with their datapads and degrees and their "Oh, I'm a smart one aren't I?" attitudes. Here in Leeds a datapad is best used for breaking over somebody's head. Well, if you wanna run to Cambridge doing the same thing Bowex does, then I recommend picking up some Optronics here and returning with Food.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Claude Coppleman
->Rumor #132351:
Manchester is a fine system, it is. We need their Optical Chips too. Sheffield has some of the finest in all of Sirius. Careful though, it's right on the edge of the Independent Worlds and a lot of bad traffic flows through there. I almost bought it on that run. I think there was one bolt holding my ship together when I set it down.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Claude Coppleman
->Rumor #132352:
You ever want to head into Kusari space? It's quite a different bag of socks, I'll be the first to say. But if you want to get out there and see Sirius, like every young buck, then off ya go to Narita. We need their Optronics here at this base.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Claude Coppleman
->Rumor #132353:
I fly a patrol along the Trade Lane leading to the Edinburgh Jump Gate. That's the route the tourists like to take getting to the Shetland. Gaians, Mollys, and Outcasts hit that Lane pretty frequently, especially through the West Leeds Smog Cloud.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Diana Ferguson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Arthur Moore
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Morgan Faye
->Rumor #132354:
If you fly your ship through either one of the smog clouds in this system, get it washed before you touch it. The industrial waste you're flying through is highly acidic and though it might not do a great deal to your ship, it'll burn through your skin in seconds.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Diana Ferguson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Arthur Moore
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Morgan Faye
 * Bretonia Population/Leeds Bartender/Bernard Stockton
->Rumor #132355:
The Bretonian Police patrol this sector for unlawful activity. The military takes care of the northern part of Leeds mostly around the Trade Lanes leading to Tau-31 and LD-14. It's more of a military matter protecting the processed MOX nuclear fuel produced at the plant there.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Diana Ferguson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Arthur Moore
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Morgan Faye
 * Bretonia Population/Leeds Bartender/Bernard Stockton
->Rumor #132356:
I always believed in what the Gaians were fighting for; I just didn't like the way they went about doing things. I didn't take them as seriously as the others -- just rich kids ya know. Well, that all changed a few months ago when they zapped my mate on a routine patrol. We weren't even in attack formation -- just flying by -- and they opened up on us. Roger's ship imploded before I could blink.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Arthur Moore
->Rumor #132357:
The Bretonian Police aren't like them Liberty coppers you'll find glossing it up in New York. No sir, we don't take bribes and we don't take it easy. If you break the law in Bretonia, you're going to pay. That I promise you.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Diana Ferguson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Arthur Moore
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Morgan Faye
->Rumor #132358:
I patrol down the south side near the New London Jump Gate. I know that them damn criminals are making a way into our capital system somehow; I just wish I knew where. I make certain that they don't slip past me into the Jump Gate.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Diana Ferguson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Arthur Moore
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Morgan Faye
->Rumor #132359:
My folks and their ancestors all come from Leeds. We've been workin' the foundries in my family as long as I can remember -- except me. My father was always moaning about getting the rake from BMM, so I figured I'd get out from under that thumb. I apprenticed myself to a freelancer and learned to fly. After a bit I took the opportunity to join the authorities.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Diana Ferguson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Arthur Moore
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Morgan Faye
 * Bretonia Population/Leeds Bartender/Bernard Stockton
->Rumor #132361:
The Outcasts make their appearance in this system quite often. This is part of their route into center Sirius and Bretonia with that blasted Cardamine they peddle. They are tough ones I don't like to tangle with -- makes me doubt my pension.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Diana Ferguson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Arthur Moore
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Morgan Faye
->Rumor #132362:
In Tau-31 there is a base named Holman. That base requires Gateway to ship them Construction and Mining Machinery. If you did a few runs, then I wouldn't have to fly there so often, and maybe I could take it easy for a while. I hate flying into the Border Worlds.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ernest Parker
->Rumor #132363:
Kensington buys some of the Mining Machinery produced in Leeds. It is a nice, easy run once you make it past the smog clouds and are about to hit the Jump Gates. Of course, making it past the smog clouds is the trick, isn't it? All manner of scoundrel lay in wait for you in there.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ernest Parker
->Rumor #132364:
Ever heard the saying "Keep your head down"? Of course you have, but it doesn't seem like it would matter in a spaceship, does it? I mean either you decompress or you don't, right? No head ducking is gonna save you if the hull caves in. Well, that's what I used to think until the last run I made. Old Charles, my tail gunner, got his head taken off by a chunk of metal that blew free of a relay panel on my ship. Charlie always was a bit too tall.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ernest Parker
->Rumor #132365:
You know how far I have to fly to deliver this H-Fuel to this base? It is a long way across Sirius at the Ogashawa Refinery in Sigma-19. Here's the worst part -- I have to get through Outcasts to get into Kusari space, and then I deal with the pirates there, including the Hogosha and the Golden Chrysanthemums. Finally I get through all that and have to fly through the Border Worlds on the other side of Kusari space. Guess who attacks me there? That's right, more Outcasts.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kazuo Hayashi
->Rumor #132366:
We ship Optronics to this base from Honshu. It is better than having to ship H-Fuel here, which is a longer flight. Don't misunderstand. It is a long and dangerous flight from Honshu. Any travel across the Border Worlds is risky.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kazuo Hayashi
->Rumor #132367:
When you cross Kusari space you have to be careful of the Hogosha. You are Gaijin and therefore unprotected, and I have to be careful because I work for Kishiro. Yet Samura does not have to be wary of the Hogosha. What does that tell you?
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kazuo Hayashi
->Rumor #132368:
Care to make a jaunt into Tau-31? Planetform needs Commodities at its base, and though we do our best to ship them everything, they always want more. Ah, I can hear the damn supply master whining in my ear even now, and he's a Jump Gate away. You'll find him at Harris. He always needs more Construction and Mining Machinery.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Bill Sysco
->Rumor #132369:
Construction and Mining Machinery, that's what Perth in Edinburgh needs as soon as possible. You look like just the one to do it, too. You don't mind fighting off a few rich snobs who've read too many datapads for their own good do you? That's right, you'd be doing me a personal favor if you could kill a few of those lilies. Gaia might not bleed, but Gaians will.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Bill Sysco
->Rumor #132370:
Planetform is working on making another planet for Bretonia to grow crops in. Cambridge is helping to alleviate the Food shortage in this sector of space, but it is only a temporary fix. If we don't create more arable land, then Bretonia will have major Food shortages within two hundred years. That is a fact, at least according to our data.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Bill Sysco
->Rumor #132371:
The Mollys here in this system are quite disturbing -- so vicious they remind me of the Blood Dragons in Kusari space. I have to fly Fuel to this disgusting filth of a system from Osaka. Have you ever touched your ship after flying through a smog cloud? Well, don't do it. I hate this place, and I hate Bretonia.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Kenji Maeda
->Rumor #132372:
The corporations in this part of Sirius have no true power if they let the criminals run rampant like this through their systems. I lost my last escort to Mollys as we were coming into this system. The first two escorts died back in Tau-29 fighting Outcasts.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Kenji Maeda
->Rumor #132373:
I keep hearing about the Gaians and I know they operate in this system, but I have not seen any yet. Maybe they do not operate along the Trade Lanes I use. Thank goodness. It would be too much if I had to fight the Gaians along with the Outcasts and Mollys.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Kenji Maeda
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====Stokes Mining Station (Leeds)====
->Rumor #132389:
Molly attacks make this run one of the most dangerous that a Kishiro man can do. We take the Basic Alloys produced here all the way to New Tokyo. It is a long journey, or maybe it seems longer because I am constantly worried that I am about to die. I have a wife and many children. I am only trying to feed them, but try to tell that to an Outcast or a Molly. You ever pick up their messages? They enjoy killing.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shigeru Ito
->Rumor #132390:
Kishiro is slowly beginning to take command of Kusari corporate power. Samura made a terrible mistake by angering the GMG. Perhaps now Kishiro will be the one that supplies Sirius with the fuel that drives all of its engines. This keiretsu is better because we are more innovative than Samura, which has grown lazy.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shigeru Ito
->Rumor #132391:
Poor Wang, one of my gunners. I don't think he is going to survive. I barely lived myself, but the Outcasts will chase you as far as they can. Luckily we were able to make it to the Jump Gate. Once we entered the system, Mollys almost finished us off. All three of my escorts were dead, but a Bretonian Navy patrol was coming by at the time of our entry. If they hadn't chased off the Mollys, Wang would be dead for sure. I hope he lives, because he is supposed to marry my sister. If he dies, no one will marry her.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shigeru Ito
->Rumor #132395:
The pride of Rheinland is The Ring, home of Daumann. Stokes provides us with Niobium for our Engine Component manufacturing center there. It's quite a journey back to Berlin -- dangerous as hell, but we Rheinlanders are the best in Sirius. If the Red Hessians don't try to kill you, the Corsairs certainly will.
 * Republican Shipping/ Werner Uhlig
->Rumor #132396:
We were plagued by Hessians and Corsairs across the Omega worlds, and then by Outcasts as we entered this accursed pit. My co-pilot was killed near the smog clouds. It's a sad fact of life, but a Republican shipper's first Border World flight is often his last.
 * Republican Shipping/ Werner Uhlig
->Rumor #132397:
I wonder how long the poor souls who work at the smelters and do the hard labor will live in such conditions. This is the foulest place I have ever visited. I don't think these men will live to see fifty -- not one of them. Working for Samura is much better. They take care of their employees for life.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Takashi Kato
->Rumor #132398:
The Basic Alloys crafted here are shipped by Samura Industries to our Yokohama Shipyard in New Tokyo. It is a dangerous trip, and I'm thinking of retiring soon. The Border Worlds kill many fine Samura employees, but we must do what we are ordered for the good of the company.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Takashi Kato
->Rumor #132399:
The men who work for Kishiro have an easier journey than we do. They don't need to fear the Blood Dragons as much as we do. Those vicious pirates have a blind hatred for our noble company that stretches back hundreds of years.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Takashi Kato
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====Glendale Base (Lewis)====
->Rumor #132510:
The austere majesty of Gaia is cheapened by the swarms of tourists that set foot upon the planet. Orbital Spa and Cruise, though it may feign to preserve the abundance of its locales, cares for nothing more than its next credit.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Nicholas Hammond
->Rumor #132511:
The Aberdeen Police Station and the in-system Bounty Hunters are the only things that stop us from completely destroying Planetform's operations in this system. Maybe the Green Front will be able to garner enough public support for us on New London so that we don't have to contend with the police anymore.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Nicholas Hammond
->Rumor #132512:
We have information indicating that the centuries-long terraforming operations run by Planetform will never succeed. A top secret government report obtained by the Green Front asserts that the planets will lose their nascent atmospheres within several hundred years of completion of the process due to uncontrolled outgassing.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
->Rumor #132513:
Tau-31 is an important sector for the Gaians. Though terraforming operations on Harris are almost complete, they still need Alien Organisms from the Edge Nebula. The Organisms are crucial in speeding up the terraforming process, thereby making it more economically viable.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Nicholas Hammond
->Rumor #132514:
The terraforming gases produced at the Stokes plant in Leeds are a high-priority target for Gaian attack. It is a dangerous run because of our inability to hide for some stretches of travel through Leeds. Usually, only our best pilots make that trip.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Nicholas Hammond
->Rumor #132515:
Our hope is that one day the corrupt leadership of BMM and Planetform will be exposed for the greedy, shortsighted people they are. They have squandered our national heritage and future after eight hundred years of unregulated industrialization.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
->Rumor #132516:
We bring in all of our supplies, other than our locally available Oxygen and Water, from Trafalgar. It is most ironic that the only place we can land is the despised Junker base -- guardians of filth, corruption, and the criminal element.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Nicholas Hammond
->Rumor #132517:
Leeds is our greatest example of the ruin that mankind can wreck upon nature -- the sheer destructiveness of pure exploitation. It is also the home of the Stokes Smelter, where Terraforming Gases are produced. Fortunately, the system can be used as an access route to all of Bretonian travel because of all the smog clouds. It's ironic how we escape in the filth we are trying so hard to eradicate.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Nicholas Hammond
->Rumor #134286:
The San Vicente was making a Cardamine run from Cali to New London when it was ambushed by an Armed Forces patrol in the West Leeds Smog Cloud. The cargo was recovered by the military, but it is possible that one of the larger pieces of debris still has some equipment attached.
 * Gaians/ Quincy Pearce
->Rumor #134287:
The Outcast ship Lorenzo was making a Cardamine run from Cali to Mactan when it was caught by a military patrol in the LD-14 Asteroid Field. It turned further into the heart of the field to escape its pursuers and stumbled into an old radioactive pocket. The crew is presumed dead, but the ship is probably still intact. No one has retrieved the cargo yet due to the high radiation danger in the area.
 * Gaians/ Parker Glenn
->Rumor #134306:
A Gaian attack was broken up the other day by the Bretonia Armed Forces north of Harris. Most of the Gaians were vaporized on the spot, but the Valiant, flown by Lucy Collins, escaped to the northwestern end of the system, in Outcast territory. No one has heard from her since.
 * Gaians/ Rick Portal
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====Battleship Epinal (Lorraine)====
->Rumor #504848:
.If Languedoc was defended as well as Lorraine, we would never have been in the position we are now. Our isolation minefield has been breached, and we'll be forced to establish relations with the other Houses. But what troubles me even more is that the Council does not prevent any unlawfuls from Sirius from entering Gallic space. As if we didn't have enough of our own pirates to deal with.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Suzanne Neal
->Rumor #504850:
.Many of our officers have defected and joined the Council. They betrayed their country in the most shameful way, and politics has nothing to do with it. I don't understand how could they even think about treason.
 * Epinal Bartender/Gaston Laclos
->Rumor #504855:
.Now that the secret of Gallia is revealed to the whole of Sirius, what will our leaders do? What will we do? I'm completely bewildered, and many of my fellow officers share similar doubts about our future.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Christian Bovie
->Rumor #504857:
.Lorraine is much better defended than Languedoc ever was. Despite numerous attempts by the Council to breach our defenses, they have always failed. None of our stations in Lorraine have ever been captured by the enemy, and it is unlikely any ever will be.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Christian Bovie
->Rumor #504858:
.Setting up the mine fields was an extremely lengthy process. It took over a hundred and fifty years to complete, and Sirius could have discovered us at any time during this period.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Suzanne Neal
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====Chateau Salins Station (Lorraine)====
->Rumor #504848:
.If Languedoc was defended as well as Lorraine, we would never have been in the position we are now. Our isolation minefield has been breached, and we'll be forced to establish relations with the other Houses. But what troubles me even more is that the Council does not prevent any unlawfuls from Sirius from entering Gallic space. As if we didn't have enough of our own pirates to deal with.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Daniel Gouges
->Rumor #504853:
.I have to admit that the attack against the Languedoc defenses was brilliantly executed by the Council. They did sacrifice thousands of their pilots and soldiers to achieve their goal, but they didn't have much choice, and in the end they were victorious. Who cares about casualties?
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Sylvie Delors
->Rumor #504857:
.Lorraine is much better defended than Languedoc ever was. Despite numerous attempts by the Council to breach our defenses, they have always failed. None of our stations in Lorraine have ever been captured by the enemy, and it is unlikely any ever will be.
 * Chateau Salins Bartender/Antoine Tapie
->Rumor #504858:
.Setting up the mine fields was an extremely lengthy process. It took over a hundred and fifty years to complete, and Sirius could have discovered us at any time during this period.
 * Royal Police/Inspector Olivier Blanc
->Rumor #504860:
.The traditional path to Lorraine through Champagne was blocked by the Council. To aid our fleets in Lorraine, we had to use the Jump Gate into Artois, and even the Jump Hole from Burgundy. I've heard that Sirius pilots are discouraged to use jump holes because of the dangers involved. But space travel is dangerous anyway, and securing Lorraine was of the utmost importance for us.
 * Royal Navy/Captain Tristran Le Vau
->Rumor #504861:
.The Jump Gates into our Core Worlds had been sealed to prevent the intruders from reaching our main planets. Only authorized ships are allowed to pass, and they are searched thoroughly both at the Jump Gate and at their destination point. But I'm concerned that some might be hidden too well for the authorities to find them...
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Daniel Gouges
->Rumor #504878:
.The Unione Corse might be less numerous compared to the other pirate groups in Gallia, but even their membership has nearly doubled in the last 15 years. Originally they were just a covert group, but now they are daring enough to attack us openly.
 * Royal Police/Inspector Olivier Blanc
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====Lixheim Base (Lorraine)====
->Rumor #504937:
.The actions of the Council has plunged our whole faction into an uncertain future, where we now face the inevitable crisis that we had half hoped would never come. Aside from their leaders, the Junkers in Sirius have never heard about the Junkers from Gallia, and they became much more powerful and wealthy than we ever could, stuck in here.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
->Rumor #504938:
.The leaders of the Sirius Junkers are aware of our agenda. But what choice will they have when every single Junker will know what they were doing? It is inevitable: if those same leaders will not betray our cause, they will have to disappear. Forever. New leaders will arise, who will undoubtedly be hostile to us.
 * Lixheim Bartender/Bruno Wibert
->Rumor #504939:
.Even here in Gallia, we Junkers don't know much about what is happening in Sirius. I participated in several minefield runs, but I was never allowed any farther into Sirius than the far side of the minefield. Many of our men died during those runs, you know. It's a matter of luck and extreme precision.
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
->Rumor #504940:
.The minefields separating Gallia and the rest of Sirius have been breached, and now we might lose whatever support we had from the Gallic government. Now, since our secrets have been unveiled for all to see, we are no longer necessary. This whole situation is very dangerous for us.
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
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====Luneville Guard Station (Lorraine)====
->Rumor #504859:
.A friend of mine works on a defensive Navy installation in Lorraine. I think it's called Luneville. He is a communications officer there, and says that they frequently get strange transmissions from the direction of the mine field. Also, he says that the Junkers are occasionally seen wandering in remote areas of the station! Can you believe that?
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Gerard Duras
->Rumor #504860:
.The traditional path to Lorraine through Champagne was blocked by the Council. To aid our fleets in Lorraine, we had to use the Jump Gate into Artois, and even the Jump Hole from Burgundy. I've heard that Sirius pilots are discouraged to use jump holes because of the dangers involved. But space travel is dangerous anyway, and securing Lorraine was of the utmost importance for us.
 * Royal Navy/Lt. Suzanne Neal
->Rumor #504863:
.One of the reasons why we were not able to stop the Council from capturing the Border World systems was our command's unwillingness to reveal the true strength of the Gallic Royal Navy. When our armadas from Ile-de-France reach Languedoc, no power in the world will be able to save the Council forces there from elimination in a matter of weeks.
 * Royal Navy/Captain Lucas Charnock
->Rumor #504865:
.Is it really possible to destroy the Council controlled space stations? Destroying a base, even one built in space using artificial parts, is a complex task that requires a lot of firepower of the sort only battleships or heavy transports can carry. And battleships cannot reach a base inside an asteroid field. Moreover, most bases within those fields are built inside asteroids. What can possibly destroy a large rock asteroid?
 * Royal Navy/Captain Lucas Charnock
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====Metz Station (Lorraine)====
->Rumor #504868:
.Our positions in the Core Worlds are much more well-established than here. The defence of the Border Worlds heavily depends on the Navy, and we don't have much to contribute, given the military power and resources of our enemies.
 * Royal Police/Inspector Olivier Blanc
->Rumor #504869:
.Our Navy has the strength, but not much in the way of wisdom. Their humiliating defeat in Languedoc is something that proves my words better than anything else possibly could.
 * Royal Police/Inspector Olivier Blanc
->Rumor #504871:
.Many journalists say that the police are corrupt, that they make treaties with pirates and are involved in smuggling rings. I can admit that I have contacts among the Junkers. But how can you survive in space if you haven't got some backup from a direction that your enemies don't expect?
 * Royal Police/Sgt. Arthur Barras
->Rumor #504872:
.Last year, a police officer from this station was sentenced to death for murdering someone on planet Nevers. We later heard rumours that the person he had killed was an important Unione Corse member, and that the officer had had long-term business ties with him. I wonder what the Corse member would get for killing an officer. Probably six years in a prison cell that resembles a luxury resort apartment. This job stinks.
 * Metz Bartender/Vincent Belcher
 * Royal Police/Sgt. Arthur Barras
->Rumor #504875:
.The attacks by the Brigands have gotten more and more brutal lately. The chaos caused by the war in the Border Worlds have served them well, for they are getting more and more new recruits from Marne. The damn Council doesn't do anything to stop this, and I sometimes think that it is even part of their plan, although what purpose it will serve them in the end is anyone's guess.
 * Royal Police/Sgt. Sophie Ader
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====Thionville Base (Lorraine)====
->Rumor #504926:
.The Unione Corse don't spread rumours around like gossiping housewives. Get lost, before we make you.
 * Unione Corse/ Gustave Prevert
->Rumor #504927:
.We stay away from politics, wars and other stuff like that. We mind our business. Go away and mind yours before it's too late.
 * Unione Corse/ Anthelme Leaud
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====Verdun Base (Lorraine)====
->Rumor #504888:
.You probably think that breaching a mine field is an easy task. One mine explodes, and other nearby mines explode in a chain reaction. Reality is much more complicated: Gallic mines are resistant to nearby explosions and even weapon fire, and each one has to be defused manually.
 * Maquis/ Amelie Mounier
->Rumor #504894:
.We split up with Maquis for political reasons, to distance ourselves from their terrorist ideals. But I understand them, and why they do what they do. Many of those who joined the Maquis lost their families and friends when the government started repressing the populations of the central planets. They have nothing left to lose.
 * Council/ Fabien Deprez
->Rumor #504899:
.Have you ever heard about a corporation named Solar Engineering? It's one of the major economical powers in Gallia with extensive ties with the Royal Family, the Royal Navy and some of the prominent members of the Cabinet. You won't see any of their ships in the Border Worlds. The war is bad for business. What is surprising is that they cancelled all their Border Worlds endeavours long before the Second Gallic War had started.
 * Maquis/ Amelie Mounier
->Rumor #504918:
.If not for us, the Gallic mass media probably wouldn't even report about the events going on here. After a couple of buildings explode in the neighborhood, the population becomes more attentive to the frontier reports, and the government can no longer conceal the truth.
 * Verdun Bartender/Victor Lafargue
->Rumor #504921:
.The Unione Corse don't like our involvement in political affairs. But politics is life, and we have to influence the way our homeland is going. If it's going the wrong way, our duty is to fix those things that we feel need fixing, whatever the cost to ourselves.
 * Maquis/ Gaspard Flaubert
->Rumor #504923:
.Marne became a safe haven for us, the Brigands, and even the Unione Corse. The Council are trying to conceal the truth, but it's obvious that they cannot control the whole planet's surface. Many of the old factories have switched to producing ships and weapons for pirates. Why do you think piracy is on the rise? Because of this war? No, because the pirates can openly manufacture ships and weapons on Marne, that's why.
 * Maquis/ Gaspard Flaubert
 * Maquis/ Pierre Dabney
->Rumor #504924:
.What has happened to Marne's economy after the Council established its control over the planet? Theoretically, all the factories should have stopped because they don't have any market to supply their manufactured goods to. In fact, more than 70% of those factories are still working. How is it possible?
 * Maquis/ Pierre Dabney
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====Bielefeld Base (Luneburg)====
->Rumor #134037:
We get everything we need from the Junkers. Either we go into the Border Worlds to Yanagi, or to New Berlin, where we will find the Kreuzberg Base.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134038:
Those who go to Vierlande seldom return; most sentences are for life, and it's not just pirates, but the political opponents of the corporate elite as well. The Bundschuh fly attack raids on the prison ships and inbound convoys. We fight to liberate our brethren who have been unjustly incarcerated.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134039:
The Bundschuh is a political organization founded by New Berlin university students who were tired of the corruption of the old regime. Decades later we still toil under the yoke of an oppressive government, though its name has changed.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134040:
The Bundschuh need not lower itself to common piracy like the Red Hessians. Instead, we are funded by the enlightened Berlin intelligentsia looking to do away with the burdens of a corrupt government. This frees us to work directly toward our political agenda without being sidetracked by financial necessities.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134041:
The corporations, though exploitive and uncaring, aren't truly at fault for what they do. Corporations are intrinsically self-serving; it's the government's role to keep them in check. As long as the government is corrupt enough to accept corporate bribes, the workers cannot be free.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134042:
Our base is located in the Taunus Asteroid field of Frankfurt. Within the same cloud is a Jump Hole to Sigma 13. Nearby is another Jump Hole that leads to Hamburg. In Hamburg there is the Vierlande Prison Ship, the Westfallen battleship, and the Berlin Jump Gate. These are all priority Bundschuh targets.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
->Rumor #134043:
The Bundschuh recruits new members from the Red Hessians, LWB, Unioners, and even disgruntled Daumann and Kruger workers. But the people we take in must care about our cause, because they won't get rich flying for us.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
->Rumor #134044:
In 700 AS, the Dresden Revolt sparked the Popular Revolution that would do away with the Rheinland Imperial Government and replace it with a coalition of the people. The Bundschuh was a key player in the Dresden Revolt, running supplies to the rebels.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134045:
After the revolution, the Bundschuh found itself sidelined by the new government. The coalition wanted the support of the wealthy aristocrats who headed Daumann Industries and Kruger Mining. By 715 AS, the Bundschuh was forced to go underground again, this time by a government it had helped to create.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
->Rumor #134046:
Because we have taken the high road, and not one of piracy like the Red Hessians, our ranks have dwindled. But the members of the Bundschuh are purists, committed to a political agenda -- unlike other underground organizations.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
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====Freeport 4 (Magellan)====
->Rumor #131507:
There's plenty of work for us Bounty Hunters in this part of the Barrier. Between the Rogues in the Weddell field and the Lane Hackers and Outcasts in the Barrier Cloud, it's a non-stop hunting party. Gotta watch out for those Outcasts, though -- I've lost more than a few buddies to those lowlifes.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Phil Spencer
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Abigail Hartman
->Rumor #131508:
There's a couple of Jump Holes in this system -- the one to Cortez in the northern part of the system is easier to find. If you wait patiently enough, you can pop a Rogue or two as they come through; they won't even know what hit them. If you see an Outcast, you better have some support, though.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Phil Spencer
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Abigail Hartman
->Rumor #131509:
I don't get why everyone hates us so much. We're providing a service to society, cleaning up all the criminal dregs, and making the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates safer for commerce. It's not an easy life, living out in these hellhole Freeports at the edge of nowhere.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Phil Spencer
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Abigail Hartman
->Rumor #131510:
We run patrols throughout the system. Most of the bounties are put up by IC and Ageira, who seem to really hate the Lane Hackers' guts. You get a lot less for a Rogue, but they're easier to find and take out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Phil Spencer
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Abigail Hartman
->Rumor #131511:
If you want to find Rogues, just pop through the Cortez Hole. You'll find them in abundance over there. I think their base is pretty close to the Hole.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Phil Spencer
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Abigail Hartman
->Rumor #131512:
It's pretty frustrating not being able to just take out my Detroit Executioner and waste the Lane Hackers and Rogues that come into this bar. It'd certainly be easier than chasing them down in space. Guess that's the downside of Freeports. The IMG folks running the place are okay, but not real friendly. Got that Bretonian superiority attitude going or something.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Phil Spencer
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Abigail Hartman
->Rumor #131513:
I just made a run from California with Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Goods, Food, H-fuel, and Engine Components. A quick trip -- although a little hazardous. Decent profit.
 * Gateway Shipping/ William Gates
->Rumor #131514:
Mining Machinery is in demand here. We ship it in from Kensington to help our allies, the IMG. I'll probably continue on with some Water bound for Los Angeles.
 * Gateway Shipping/ William Gates
->Rumor #131515:
Be careful in those Barrier Clouds. It's hard to see -- lots of Lane Hackers and Outcasts -- little in the way of security forces. My best friend's convoy got nailed last week at the Manchester Gate by some Lane Hackers. He was hauling Gold from Bretonia to New York -- not low-value stuff like Oxygen and Water.
 * Gateway Shipping/ William Gates
->Rumor #131516:
We buy supplies here for our base in the Barrier Cloud to the west. It's pretty mundane stuff -- Pharmaceuticals, Engine Components, H-Fuel, Consumer Goods, Oxygen, and Water. We prefer if freelancers like you haul them, as it attracts less attention with Bounty Hunters.
 * Lane Hackers/ Stuart Moulder
->Rumor #131517:
Between you and me, that chunk of ice in the Barrier Cloud gets a little close at times, especially with those weirdo Outcasts stopping by on their drug runs all the time. It's a beautiful view of the Barrier from the Freeport, so we visit here as often as we can sneak by the Bounty Hunters.
 * Lane Hackers/ Stuart Moulder
->Rumor #131518:
There's a Jump Hole into Cortez from here; that's how the Rogues get into this system. There's no way directly into California except through the Gate. It's been a while since I've seen the beautiful skies of Los Angeles.
 * Lane Hackers/ Stuart Moulder
->Rumor #131519:
We produce Oxygen and Water from our ice mining operation to the north of the base, in the Weddell Ice Field. There's an old Jump Gate out there, owned by the Liberty government. They used to use it for long range jump tests.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Sean Molbert
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freeport 4 Bartender/Oswald Kottow
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. John Donson
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Rich Lang
->Rumor #131520:
Gateway brings us our Mining Machinery from Kensington. They also deliver Engine Components, Food, H-Fuel, Consumer Goods, and Pharmaceuticals from Los Angeles.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Sean Molbert
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freeport 4 Bartender/Oswald Kottow
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. John Donson
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Rich Lang
->Rumor #131521:
I'm not supposed to say anything, but there's a Lane Hacker base in the Barrier Cloud in the west. You'll also find Jump Holes to Manchester and Cortez. Watch yourself out there. Outcast drug runners will waste you in a second if you don't know what you're doing.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Sean Molbert
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freeport 4 Bartender/Oswald Kottow
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. John Donson
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Rich Lang
->Rumor #131522:
We ship some of our Oxygen and Water to Sheffield Station in Manchester and bring back Pharmaceuticals and Consumer Goods.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Sean Molbert
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freeport 4 Bartender/Oswald Kottow
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. John Donson
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Rich Lang
->Rumor #131523:
The Lane Hackers and Rogues land here to get supplies. The Bounty Hunters are always hovering around the station, watching their prey mosey right by them. That's the way it is with Freeports.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Sean Molbert
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freeport 4 Bartender/Oswald Kottow
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. John Donson
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Rich Lang
->Rumor #131524:
The Lane Hackers and Outcasts prefer the safety of the Barrier Clouds for their attacks. The bloody Rogues don't care -- they'll attack shipping in the Weddell Field, until the Liberty Navy shows up from the California Gate.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Sean Molbert
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freeport 4 Bartender/Oswald Kottow
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. John Donson
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Rich Lang
->Rumor #131525:
The bulk of the Water mined here goes to the terraforming operation on California Minor or Los Angeles. It's cheaper to import it from Magellan than to desalinize their nasty seawater.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Sean Molbert
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freeport 4 Bartender/Oswald Kottow
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. John Donson
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Rich Lang
->Rumor #131526:
The asteroid fields of Magellan were notorious for their unpredictability. The Bretonian government established this base in 220 and called it the Gough Station. Repair and lifter ships were stationed here to assist disabled ships and to remove errant asteroids as they crossed the cleared trade routes.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Sean Molbert
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freeport 4 Bartender/Oswald Kottow
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. John Donson
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Rich Lang
->Rumor #131527:
Those Lane Hackers are a funny bunch. They fancy themselves as the Sirius Sector's Robin Hoods. They avoid direct confrontation when possible, unless it is the henchmen of the despised IC or Ageira. They like to frequent our base a lot, as that cloudy ice asteroid base of theirs can become a wee bit claustrophobic at times. They are all addicted to Cardamine. They also trade drugs for Trade Lane info with the Outcasts.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Sean Molbert
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freeport 4 Bartender/Oswald Kottow
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. John Donson
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Rich Lang
->Rumor #131528:
With the completion of Trade Lanes across the Barrier by Deep Space in 535, the old Bretonia station was no longer needed. The station was officially decommissioned by the Bretonian government and left to drift. Early IMG folks came in around 580 from New London and reopened the place. Been going ever since. It's our only outpost in the Independent Worlds -- a little too close to Liberty for our taste.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Sean Molbert
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freeport 4 Bartender/Oswald Kottow
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. John Donson
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Rich Lang
->Rumor #131529:
We haul a lot of Water from here to the California Minor terraforming operation, which is in its final stages. Centuries of ice mining by Los Angeles has depleted almost all of California's pure ice.
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Ken Showman
->Rumor #131531:
At least we don't have the Gaian problem in Magellan. That begins in Manchester and is widespread throughout Bretonian space. Not sure how they became so misguided. We're performing a valuable service for humankind.
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Ken Showman
->Rumor #131550:
I'm normally based on Glasgow, that's our corporate headquarters. The Leeds system doesn't offer the recreational opportunities that this place can. We are close to the cruise ship in Edinburgh, but you can't land on the planet there.
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Ken Showman
->Rumor #131631:
We ship the Water and Oxygen produced at this base to Montezuma in Cortez. The other supplies this base trades in are also sent to Montezuma, including Food, Pharmaceuticals, Engine Components, H-Fuel, and Consumer Goods.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Ken Brockman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Kevin Barker
->Rumor #131632:
Making the run to Freeport 4 for supplies can get dangerous -- we gotta leave the cover of the Barrier, and Bounty Hunters are all over the place, but it needs to be done.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Ken Brockman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Kevin Barker
->Rumor #131633:
There are Jump Holes to Manchester and Cortez hidden in the Barrier in the western half of the system. The Manchester Hole is just north of the Lane Hacker base; the Cortez Hole is even further north.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Ken Brockman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Kevin Barker
->Rumor #131634:
Bounty Hunters and the Liberty Navy patrol the gap between the Weddell Ice Field and the Barrier. That's where we have to go to get supplies, but if you wanna do a little piracy, it's better to hit the Trade Lanes as they pass into the Barrier. Stay in protected space as much as you can if you don't want company from the navy or Hunters.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Ken Brockman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Kevin Barker
->Rumor #131635:
Most of the corporate types in Liberty hate the Rogues, but the truth is, the suits are the ones who made us. You think I'd be doing this if I could have made it in their world? The only choice I had was to become a Rogue or burn my life away in the Boron mines of Pittsburg. If you aren't born into a company, you aren't going anywhere but the slag pile.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Ken Brockman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Kevin Barker
->Rumor #131636:
The Junkers don't take a lot of new blood these days; they have their own inner circle. The LPI are corporate lap dogs, the Lane Hackers are rich corporate types turned bad, and the Outcasts -- hell, they aren't even human anymore. It was Rogues or nothing for me.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Ken Brockman
 * Liberty Rogues/ Kevin Barker
->Rumor #134322:
The transport Bradley was attacked by Hackers in the Barrier Cloud in Magellan yesterday. It is believed that they towed it off the Trade Lane somewhere into the cloud to study the latest version more carefully.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Sean Molbert
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. John Donson
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Rich Lang
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====Mactan Base (Magellan)====
->Rumor #131532:
There's a Jump Hole into Manchester just to the west of this base. We often pop through and hang out in the North Sheffield Field, waiting for an unsuspecting Bowex Gold shipment on the Trade Lanes.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
->Rumor #131533:
The Outcasts are a pretty odd lot. Can't figure them out sometimes. They wear those funny breathers that act as Cardamine inhalers. In the heat of battle they can give themselves a Cardamine booster with a flick of the wrist. Maybe that's why they're such awesome pilots.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131534:
Since we know what ships are hauling what, we can hit the Gold freighters and sell the Gold to the Rogues at their Montezuma base in Cortez. This keeps the Rogues pretty happy with us, and oftentimes they do our dirty work, which leaves more time to pursue our own diversions -- like dropping Cardamine.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131535:
The Outcasts run Cardamine in here from somewhere out in the Tau worlds. They ship it out from here into Liberty, with the Rogues handling much of the dangerous work in New York. We pay a pretty high price even here. If you wanted to make a killing, get in close with the Outcasts and buy some Cardamine further up the stream, closer to the source.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131536:
The Outcasts use our base as one of their R & R bases on the long journey into Liberty from the Edge Worlds. We trade information for Cardamine, which we need on a daily basis. Funny, we didn't use to need it all the time like nowadays. We have to take Cardamine with us any time we leave base, as we start to get sick pretty quick otherwise.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131537:
We designed the entire USI software system to track ships and their contents throughout the entire Trade Lane network in the Sirius Sector. Ageira didn't give us a penny extra. So we left and started the Lane Hackers, along with a scanner hardware development group from Colorado. IC uses the USI system to calculate precise shipping insurance rates. With USI there is no cheating, like there was in the old days. The shippers hate it, but they have to insure their shipments. IC and Ageira are quite the pair.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
->Rumor #131538:
No Lane Hacker has ever been captured. Sure, some of our lackeys have gotten tagged by the police or military, but nobody ever knows enough to finger the Lane Hackers. It just goes to prove that we're smarter than everyone else. That's why we left Ageira; we didn't get the recognition and money we deserved.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131539:
In this system we make plenty of raids on valuable shipments traveling between Liberty and Bretonia. We use the Jump Hole to raid shipments in Cortez that may be trying to bypass Magellan, and the Jump Hole from Cortez to California let's us get back to our beloved homeland. Financial freedom has its costs, I guess.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131540:
Being a Lane Hacker is a commitment to a way of life. I guess some would call us hedonists -- maybe we are. We live for pleasure and the moment. I used to work for Ageira and I can tell you that this is a much better way to live. We enjoy the finest things in life -- we eat the best foods, we wear the best clothes, and we have the best toys. And the Cardamine& as much Cardamine as you want. If we could just land on Curacao, life would be perfect.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131767:
I've just completed a Cardamine run from the Junker base Trafalgar in the New London system. Unlike Liberty, there aren't many places to lay over in Bretonian space.
 * Outcasts/ Elan Lee
 * Outcasts/ Shannon Loftis
->Rumor #131768:
Of all the factions in Sirius, these are the ones that know what they want and how to get it. They have more money than they need, and all the information they need to get more. We are blessed that the fools are so willing to spend their money on our Cardamine.
 * Outcasts/ Elan Lee
 * Outcasts/ Shannon Loftis
->Rumor #131769:
We often make Cardamine shipment transfers at the Rogue base in the Cortez system. I'm heading on to the California Rogue hideout with my Cardamine -- I can make a more money with only a little more risk.
 * Outcasts/ Elan Lee
 * Outcasts/ Shannon Loftis
->Rumor #131770:
The Lane Hackers' Trade Lane technology access is truly remarkable; Hackers give us specific information regarding ship manifests. As payment, they often alert us to high-value cargo coming through the system. If we could only get our hands on their technology& Perhaps one day they will give it to us for a large enough Cardamine shipment.
 * Outcasts/ Elan Lee
 * Outcasts/ Shannon Loftis
->Rumor #131771:
If you want to get in with us, you'll need to take some Cardamine on a short run. Be friendly to the Hackers and Rogues; stay away from those Corsairs, though. Bad news.
 * Outcasts/ Elan Lee
 * Outcasts/ Shannon Loftis
->Rumor #131772:
I'm starting to get sick -- guess I've been away from home too long. These runs to Liberty can be taxing. The inhaler masks aren't a long term substitute for the Cardamine-infused biosphere of Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Elan Lee
 * Outcasts/ Shannon Loftis
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====BPA Newgate (Manchester)====
->Rumor #132672:
The inmates aboard this ship are considered so dangerous that all guards have the right to shoot and kill any prisoner at any time. That may seem somewhat brutal, but it is necessary to maintain order among so many violent felons.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Newgate Bartender/Ryan Chandler
->Rumor #132673:
The prisoners do not cross Mollys aboard this ship, especially the Mollys that carry the Maguire spike. That weapon is a filed down metal splinter. When we found one on an inmate last week, the guard shot him on the spot.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
->Rumor #132674:
Mollys don't attack this base as much as they used to now that we have installed weapon platforms and a minefield along the Newgate's perimeter. The current problem is that they try to rescue their captured comrades by attacking the convoys headed into the base.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Newgate Bartender/Ryan Chandler
->Rumor #132675:
Aye, the Mollys aboard this ship are a mean lot, but the main problem is the free ones who keep trying to liberate their fellows. The worst attempt I can remember was about two years ago when one of the attackers' missiles penetrated the hull and a whole cell block underwent explosive decompression. Everyone in there died, including guards and prisoners.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Newgate Bartender/Ryan Chandler
->Rumor #132676:
Ever hear of Willy "The Snake" Logan? He's the prisoner some say escaped off this hulk. Me, I don't buy it. I say his corpse is out floating around somewhere in the vac-suit he fashioned.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
->Rumor #132677:
The guards who work this prison are the best in Bretonia. Most of them are incorruptible, though there are always bad apples. One crooked guard is now serving time here for delivering George Good's orders. He's the leader of one of the New London crime syndicates.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Newgate Bartender/Ryan Chandler
->Rumor #132678:
We try to keep the Mollys separated on this ship. Anytime you have more than two of them together, trouble is just around the corner. We learned this only after three of them killed two guards, stole their weapons, and tried to fight their way to the bridge.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Newgate Bartender/Ryan Chandler
->Rumor #132679:
Some of the guards here used to know Willy Logan. He was an escape artist who some people say busted out of the Newgate. Maybe he did. His cell mate says that the vac-suit he made looked pretty good. The closest base sure is a long way to go using a stolen fire extinguisher as propulsion.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
->Rumor #133058:
I haven't really put many inmates in this prison; that's more of a police job. The chaps that I've collected my bounties on are dead. It's just easier like that and that's how most companies prefer 'em.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Benjamin Start
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Loulia Martin
->Rumor #133059:
I used to collect lots of bounties on the Mollys who'd attack the ship trying to free their mates. Not anymore. I hang out at this base to hear about incoming convoys of newly captured prisoners. That's where they try to make the breaks these days.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Benjamin Start
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Loulia Martin
->Rumor #133060:
My first trip to the Newgate I spent some time wearing a number. I decided then to go straight. After I finished serving my time I knew I'd never come back -- not as a prisoner at least.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Benjamin Start
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Loulia Martin
->Rumor #133061:
I may be a Bretonian Bounty Hunter, but I've been making a lot of good money from a Liberty company. Ageira is paying me big bucks to dust any Lane Hackers that I catch in this system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Benjamin Start
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Loulia Martin
->Rumor #133062:
If you find Mollys in this system, they are either sitting here doing time or they came through the Leeds Jump Hole. That Hole is tucked away nicely in the Birmingham Ice Field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Benjamin Start
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Loulia Martin
->Rumor #133063:
I sat down at a bar in Piccadilly once and met the only man to escape from this prison -- Willy Logan. It took him ten years to make his vac-suit, and then he escaped through the waste disposal system and was flushed into space with the garbage.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Benjamin Start
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Loulia Martin
->Rumor #133064:
The Sheffield is a large distribution point for Commodities in Bretonia. Since it is so close, we bring basic supplies to this base from there.
 * Borderworld Exports/ David Styles
->Rumor #133065:
It may be nearby, but I have close calls running Pharmaceuticals and Side Arms here from Sheffield all the time. On the last run I almost got vaped by some Outcasts.
 * Borderworld Exports/ David Styles
->Rumor #133066:
We use a lot of Oxygen and Water at this base, so Bowex ships additional supplies from Birmingham, a large producer of Commodities in this part of Bretonia.
 * Borderworld Exports/ David Styles
->Rumor #133067:
The run that I make for Bowex is the only one that brings supplies to this base from outside of Manchester. H-Fuel from Cambridge is shipped regularly to this base.
 * Borderworld Exports/ David Styles
->Rumor #133068:
This ship, the Newgate Deep-Max Penitentiary Vessel, is a high-security prison for the worst of the Bretonian criminals. The terrorists, serial felons, escape artists, and others too dangerous to house planetside come here.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain May Richardson
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Pam Doyle
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Graham Powell
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Newgate Bartender/Ryan Chandler
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====Birmingham Station (Manchester)====
->Rumor #132680:
There are three Commodities consumed at this base that we do not produce ourselves: Mining Machinery, H-Fuel, and Food. We ship here from Thames.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Joe Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Stuart Mickelson
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Birmingham Bartender/Giles Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Louis McCullogh
->Rumor #132681:
Hydrocarbons and Polymers are the two Commodities that I ship to Stokes from this facility. I'll tell you, I do not enjoy going into Leeds. That place is a cesspool.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Joe Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Stuart Mickelson
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Louis McCullogh
->Rumor #132682:
The Outcasts must be rich from the Cardamine trade. I don't understand why they would risk their lives attacking convoys of basic supplies and other low-priced Commodities. They either hate everyone, or they just enjoy fighting.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Joe Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Stuart Mickelson
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Birmingham Bartender/Giles Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Louis McCullogh
->Rumor #132683:
If you are a BMM grunt, then this is the place to be. Don't get me wrong. The workers here spend long hours on unsavory tasks, but at least here there isn't a short life expectancy.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Joe Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Stuart Mickelson
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Birmingham Bartender/Giles Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Louis McCullogh
->Rumor #132684:
The Bounty Hunters here are filthy chaps who curse and drink too much, but it makes us pilots feel a bit safer to know that they are nearby. More than once my ship's hull has been close to imploding from pirate attacks, when one of these boys swooped in to help.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Joe Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Stuart Mickelson
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Birmingham Bartender/Giles Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Louis McCullogh
->Rumor #132685:
The nearby ice asteroid field is the source for most of this plant's raw materials. Sometimes huge chunks of ice from the fields drift into the Trade Lanes. If a ship moving at Lane speed plows through a sizeable enough piece of ice... well, you can imagine what happens.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Joe Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Stuart Mickelson
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Birmingham Bartender/Giles Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Louis McCullogh
->Rumor #132686:
It makes me nervous working and living in the same system as the most infamous prison in Bretonia. I know that it's supposed to be impossible to escape from Newgate, but the idea of all those murderers right here in this system just gives me the chills.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Joe Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Stuart Mickelson
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Birmingham Bartender/Giles Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Louis McCullogh
->Rumor #132687:
I'm glad I'm not stationed in Leeds anymore. My family has suffered enough from the five years I worked there. It is the filthiest system in all of Bretonia, in all of Sirius. It is also incredibly dangerous. I still fly shipments there, so I get to see the danger first-hand.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Joe Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Stuart Mickelson
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Birmingham Bartender/Giles Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Louis McCullogh
->Rumor #132688:
Mollys attack this base quite frequently. They hate all BMM employees and try to destroy every base or ship that has the name BMM painted into it. A shame Sir Edmund had to treat his workers so deplorably that they would revolt and become the Mollys.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Joe Chapman
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Stuart Mickelson
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner Louis McCullogh
->Rumor #132689:
Gaians used to be the easiest kill in the book, and they still are pretty much, but they're getting better at fighting and coordinating attacks. Some of them are rather good pilots now. I still kill them.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Herman Miller
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sallie Burger
->Rumor #133069:
I am paid to kill Mollys near this base, but that may change. A group of BMM executives got mashed by a giant ice cube last week. They were here doing a routine inspection, and on their way back, their ship collided with an ice asteroid. The word is that the Gaians towed it into the Trade Lanes.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Herman Miller
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sallie Burger
->Rumor #133070:
Did you hear about the transport that got blown open just outside this base a short while ago? I found them fighting off a couple of Outcasts that they must have dragged in from the Trade Lanes. I got there too late. Just as I was about to engage the Outcasts, the transport's engines went critical. Too bad, I knew the pilot; he was a good guy.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Herman Miller
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sallie Burger
->Rumor #133071:
Peace is maintained in this system by the police and the Bounty Hunters. The Bretonian Armed Forces keep a battleship the Essex, in a nearby system, but it is up to us to regulate order here.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Herman Miller
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sallie Burger
->Rumor #133072:
The Mollys hit the Trade Lane between here and the New London Jump Gate quite frequently. I specialize in killing Mollys. My brother was onboard the Newgate as an inmate when Mollys attacked it trying to free one of their own. He got killed in the raid, with only six months left to serve.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Herman Miller
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sallie Burger
->Rumor #133073:
I was patrolling the Sheffield North a few weeks ago when I stumbled across three Lane Hackers. They were caught by surprise, too busy waiting on a Gold shipment that was coming by. I bagged one of them before they knew what hit 'em. The other two punched it for the Jump Hole to Magellan and escaped.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Herman Miller
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sallie Burger
->Rumor #133074:
The basic supplies produced at this base are shipped to every other base in this system. A Bowex pilot needs to be able to enter a Trade Lane in cruise speed. It's not easy, but necessary when pirates are near.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Roberto Jacobs
->Rumor #133075:
Polymers are a valued Commodity in Liberty. Those produced here are shipped to the New York shipyards. The Liberty Navy is responsible for patrolling the Independent Worlds, but I can tell you her fleet ain't big enough to get the job done.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Roberto Jacobs
->Rumor #133076:
Polymers and Hydrocarbons are shipped regularly to Los Angeles from this base. The trip through the Independent Worlds is a white-knuckle affair that leaves my nerves a little more shot each time.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Roberto Jacobs
->Rumor #133077:
Terraforming Gases make their way to California Minor aboard Planetform transports that leave regularly from this base. Crossing the Independent Worlds isn't a picnic, but terraforming is the future in Sirius, so I'm proud to do it.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Chris Lucas
->Rumor #133078:
Planetform has just increased bounties for Gaians in this system. Their attacks are becoming more accurate and frequent. I believe if they could just understand exactly what it is we are doing and why, they would cease their attacks against us.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Chris Lucas
->Rumor #133079:
The Terraforming Gases produced here are kept in open depots next to this base so that they stay cooled to space temperature. Unfortunately, these open gas depots are very tempting for Gaians.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Chris Lucas
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====Holmfirth Base (Manchester)====
->Rumor #504977:
.Holmfirth is a convenient place.  Whenever a Gaian gets sent to Newgate and released, this is their first stop. Residing here, I get to hear a lot of interesting stories.
 * Gaians/Holmfirth Bartender/Steve Winchester
->Rumor #504978:
.Having a Bounty Hunter Guild station so close is a problem for the inhabitants here. Many more bounties are collected on Gaians in Manchester than Edinburgh.
 * Gaians/Dr. Linda Rogers
 * Gaians/Holmfirth Bartender/Steve Winchester
->Rumor #504979:
.Rumor has it that after the chaos that occurred back in 800 Planet Sprague is going to stay unihabited for the long haul. Frankly, I'm relieved if it's true.
 * Gaians/Holmfirth Bartender/Steve Winchester
->Rumor #504980:
.The fighting at Stokes seemed as though it would be a great victory for the Gaians. Unfortunately, the station didn't suffer much damage, and it's still pumping out smog.
 * Gaians/Holmfirth Bartender/Steve Winchester
->Rumor #504981:
.A lot of our movement was opposed to the expansions here and at Skye in Newcastle. "Takes away our focus", they say. Personally, I think it just expands our possibilities.
 * Gaians/Holmfirth Bartender/Steve Winchester
->Rumor #504982:
.Many of the other Gaians are not quite sure what to make of the war. On the one hand, we are mostly Bretonian. On the other hand, Kusari is no Leeds, and we've been fighting the government for some time now. It's not an easy position to be in.
 * Gaians/Holmfirth Bartender/Steve Winchester
->Rumor #504983:
.We modify all of our photon guns to be both more energy efficient and far cleaner than those on the civilian market.
 * Gaians/Dr. Linda Rogers
 * Gaians/Liam Douglas
->Rumor #504984:
.Sometimes I think those Zoners have the right idea;  Running off to live away from civilization means getting away from the smog here.  I would prefer to stay and make a difference.
 * Gaians/Liam Douglas
->Rumor #504985:
.There is a peculiar bit of scenery up in Newcastle. Those stationed at Skye have been investigating, but it's slow going with all the heavy guns the Armed Forces have allocated to the area.
 * Gaians/Dr. Linda Rogers
 * Gaians/Liam Douglas
->Rumor #504986:
.Holmfirth is a lot less interesting than Islay when it comes to research potential. Gaia is amazing, while Wight is... well, not so much. It is good to be with likeminded people though, regardless of location.
 * Gaians/Dr. Linda Rogers
 * Gaians/Liam Douglas
->Rumor #504987:
.I just finished an interesting book on the degradation of Rheinland's Planet Stuttgart's environment. It seems Synth Foods' treatment has done a number on it. Those corporate chaps have the wrong idea.
 * Gaians/Liam Douglas
->Rumor #504988:
.Many at the Cambridge University support the Gaians' actions. Just between you and me, some of my associates take it a bit too far sometimes. The pen is mightier than the sword, afterall, isn't it?
 * Gaians/Liam Douglas
->Rumor #504989:
.Recently, many of our researchers have become even more fascinated with the alien artifacts found in the depths of Sirius space. Rumour has it there are some that may lead to a breakthrough, and help get rid of terraforming once and for all.
 * Gaians/Dr. Linda Rogers
->Rumor #504990:
.Being a researcher has its advantages. For one thing, we can legally visit Gaia. Don't worry, we know how not to disturb anything. It's those damnable tourists visiting illegally that are causing problems!
 * Gaians/Dr. Linda Rogers
->Rumor #504991:
.While the Gaians often times come by Trafalgar to get supplies, out here at Holmfirth we usually deliver. I just brought some things in from Inverness. We come here mainly via Newcastle.
 * Junkers/Roger Thompson
->Rumor #504992:
.The Gaians are a strange lot. About half of them are scientists and the other half are common thugs. There is a smaller, organized group of militants in the mix though. They're the ones who might get results.
 * Junkers/Roger Thompson
->Rumor #504993:
.The great thing about living in Bretonia is that even the so called criminals here have a moral basis, whether it be the environment or freedom. You can't say the same for Liberty.
 * Junkers/Roger Thompson
->Rumor #504994:
.The Shetland is a major concern for everyone here. It's bad for Gaia or some such things. Personally, I agree - the Hawaii is much nicer! I'd appreciate if you kept that under your hat though.
 * Junkers/Roger Thompson
->Rumor #504995:
.Synthetic marijuana is a big thing around here. It's like the Gaians can't get enough of the stuff. It helps my bottom line, so it's fine by me.
 * Junkers/Roger Thompson
->Rumor #504996:
.Holmfirth is a great pitstop for Freelancers travelling between Liberty and Bretonia. Particularly those of us who aren't appreciated on bases such as Sheffield.
 * Freelancer/Evelyn Oshiro
->Rumor #504997:
.This war is providing plenty of opportunities for people like myself. Bretonia appreciates whenever a Kusari ship is destroyed. I appreciate that right to the bank!
 * Freelancer/Evelyn Oshiro
->Rumor #504998:
.Having a Kusari father and a Bretonian mother puts me in an awkward situation with this war. I much prefer the equality of Bretonia to the situation in Kusari, but I can't support either enough to join the military. Freelance work is much more of an adventure.
 * Freelancer/Evelyn Oshiro
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====Kingston Border Station (Manchester)====
->Rumor #133119:
This station is supplied entirely by Bowex. We deliver Side Arms and Food here from Sheffield. It's not far, but the last delivery almost got destroyed by some marauding Gaians.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Timothy Cruise
->Rumor #133120:
Birmingham provides this base with H-Fuel, Oxygen, and Water. The run is an easy one overall, though you can run into occasional trouble with Mollys.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Timothy Cruise
->Rumor #133121:
The demand for H-Fuel here is pretty high since patrols are constantly taking off from this base. Some H-Fuel deliveries come from Cambridge.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Timothy Cruise
->Rumor #133122:
This station was constructed to protect the convoys traveling through the system from the Border Worlds. The Jump Gate just beyond this station leads to Cortez, which is dangerous space for anyone. Luckily, Cortez is outside of our jurisdiction.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133123:
Our patrol areas focus on the Sheffield North Ice Field and the Birmingham Ice Field. In any one of those areas you will encounter several criminal groups that populate this system, including Mollys, Gaians, Lane Hackers, and Outcasts.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133124:
We here at Kingston have an ongoing rivalry with Liverpool. Both stations' police are constantly trying to outdo each other by bringing in more arrests, killing more uncapturables, and so on. The competition is really healthy.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133125:
The two rookies that we got in here a couple of weeks ago both got killed on their first patrol. The veteran who was with them barely made it back himself. Those vicious Outcasts simply have no mercy. We'll be getting in two more rookies in the next few days.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133126:
Gaians frequently attack the Trade Lanes near our base. They are always trying to take down Planetform shipments and steal supplies. Although they are pretty easy kills, there are plenty of them here. The Bounty Hunters get more money for Mollys, so it's more of a police issue.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133127:
The Gaians are getting too smart for their own good. We've heard reports that they are towing ice asteroids from Birmingham into the Trade Lanes. If this is true, then the Gaians just bit off more than they can chew. One thing the Crown will not stand is the blocking of Trade Lanes, and more companies are going to start increasing bounties.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133128:
I wish I knew how the Outcasts and Lane Hackers are getting into this system. They don't come through the Jump Gates, that's for certain, unless it's some kind of crazy Lane Hacker technology we don't know about.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133129:
I worked hard all my life to save up the money to put my boy through college so he can be more than I ever had the chance to be. And what happens? The worthless idiot gets caught up in the Gaian movement in Cambridge. When he told me, I pulled him right out of school and sent him to work with a cousin of mine in New London.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133130:
Ever hear of Willy "The Snake" Logan, the famous escape artist people say cracked himself out of Newgate? It ain't true -- he didn't make it, he got out of Newgate, but was picked up by the Mollys. They buried a pick axe in his chest for some wrongs he did to their people on the inside. That's what one of the Mollys I captured told me, anyway.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
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====Liverpool Border Station (Manchester)====
->Rumor #133107:
This station is supplied entirely by Bowex. We deliver Side Arms and Food here from Sheffield. Though the distance is short and there are plenty of police and Bounty Hunters patrolling the Trade Lanes, it is still a dangerous run.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Gary Harvard
->Rumor #133108:
Birmingham provides this base with H-Fuel, Oxygen, and Water. It's nice running supplies to a police station. You get to know the men and women who are out there protecting you.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Gary Harvard
->Rumor #133109:
The demand here for H-Fuel is pretty high since patrols are constantly launching from this base. We supplement the H-Fuel supply to this base with deliveries from Cambridge.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Gary Harvard
->Rumor #133110:
This base was built here to protect damaged ships arriving from the Border Worlds and to patrol the Trade Lanes between the Gate and Sheffield. We see ships in all kinds of conditions. Once a ship that was on fire arrived with no engines. The pilot brought it in using inertia from the Jump Gate.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kerry Owen
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Stanley Hawkins
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Simone Magee
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Liverpool Bartender/RBT-93
->Rumor #133111:
I'm glad that we don't have to patrol into the Independent Worlds. I hear Magellan is a dangerous place. Luckily, that's a Liberty Navy responsibility. From the condition of some of the ships that arrive, I'd say they are understaffed.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kerry Owen
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Stanley Hawkins
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Simone Magee
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Liverpool Bartender/RBT-93
->Rumor #133112:
The Outcasts hang around in Sheffield North a lot. I hate pulling that beat. It has the highest mortality rate of any of our patrols. My wingman of six years died a few months ago when his ship smacked an ice asteroid while chasing an Outcast.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kerry Owen
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Stanley Hawkins
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Simone Magee
->Rumor #133113:
The police in Bretonia are nothing like Liberty's LPI. For some reason an idiot Liberty Rogue flew into this system once. After he was apprehended he tried to offer me a bribe and was astonished when I turned it down and brought him in.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kerry Owen
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Stanley Hawkins
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Simone Magee
->Rumor #133114:
Mollys -- I hate those vile miscreants with passion. Their lack of regard for human life makes them terrible hypocrites, especially since they were formed to fight the barbarity of BMM. I wish old man Graves had worked all his miners to death before they could revolt.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kerry Owen
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Stanley Hawkins
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Simone Magee
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Liverpool Bartender/RBT-93
->Rumor #133115:
I love to watch the Newgate prisoner convoy being loaded. You should see the looks on the criminals' faces when they trudge aboard the ship that takes them to the worst place in Bretonia. They aren't going to be going anywhere else for a long, long time.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kerry Owen
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Stanley Hawkins
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Simone Magee
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Liverpool Bartender/RBT-93
->Rumor #133116:
Liverpool has a proud history of Bretonian police. There are many families that have been police officers at this station for several generations. This station is responsible for over ten thousand C and I's -- that's captures and incarcerations to the layman.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kerry Owen
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Stanley Hawkins
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Simone Magee
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Liverpool Bartender/RBT-93
->Rumor #133117:
The only criminal element that goes south of the Trade Lanes in this system is the Mollys. They are always trying to free their captured brethren, a noble pursuit I suppose. I don't let that sentiment stop me from doing my job, however. Fewer free Mollys means that more pilots are going to go home to their families.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kerry Owen
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Stanley Hawkins
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Simone Magee
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Liverpool Bartender/RBT-93
->Rumor #133118:
Bretonian police are said to be incorruptible, but everyone is human. Even amongst our ranks some decide to break the law. If you are caught taking bribes here at Liverpool, we save you the humiliation of going to Newgate.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kerry Owen
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Stanley Hawkins
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Simone Magee
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====Sheffield Station (Manchester)====
->Rumor #133080:
This base is a major distribution point in this part of Bretonian space. Aside from a small police outpost, this is the last stop before hitting the Independent Worlds.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Sheffield Bartender/Winston Fisher
->Rumor #133081:
This base's location between the two major ice fields in this system leaves us with plenty of options. All kinds of scumbag criminals come into this system. You name it, we got it: Mollys, Gaians, Outcasts, and even Lane Hackers. Most of the action takes place north of the Trade Lanes, except the occasional Molly raid on the Newgate.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Sheffield Bartender/Winston Fisher
->Rumor #133082:
Your past does not matter when you become a Bounty Hunter. Once you join the Guild, all is forgotten. For many it is the only chance they have to turn their lives around. I'm not saying life is all roses from that point on -- far from it -- but it's better than going back to the Newgate.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133083:
Outcasts come into this system via the Magellan Jump Hole, so if you are looking to bag an Outcast, then I suggest you look in the Sheffield North. Be careful -- Outcasts are pretty touchy with a hold full of Cardamine and have no problem blowing a hole in your ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Sheffield Bartender/Winston Fisher
->Rumor #133084:
There are two Jump Holes in this system. The Hole to Leeds is in the Birmingham Ice Field; the Hole to Magellan is in the southern part of the Sheffield North Ice Field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133085:
There is a law in the Bounty Hunters Guild that must never be broken. The proper authorities can't ever be told the location of the Jump Holes. Any Bounty Hunter who breaks this rule is expelled from the Guild, and is usually the victim of an accident.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133086:
My father was a Bounty Hunter and so was his father before him. Dad started taking me hunting with him when I turned fourteen. I've been doing this ever since, and I've bagged over four hundred criminals in that time.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133087:
The best way to catch a Molly is to use bait. If you can take out one of their engines, the other Mollys are going to stay behind and try to rescue the distressed pilot. That's when you find out if you are good enough to do this job.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133088:
Lane Hackers do a lot of raiding in this system. They know when the Gold shipments are going to come through, and yellow metal is one of their favorite finds.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Sheffield Bartender/Winston Fisher
->Rumor #133089:
Bowex transports basic supplies from here to the other bases in this system. A lot of the Commodities that come through here are either on their way to Liberty or New London.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
->Rumor #133090:
Side Arms and H-Fuel are shipped throughout this system from this base. Even though these shipments are staying in the system, the haul is still dangerous.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
->Rumor #133091:
From New London Bowex hauls H-Fuel and Pharmaceuticals to meet the large demand at this base. It's a decent run if you don't mind when Mollys and Lane Hackers blast holes in your ship.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
->Rumor #133092:
Want to travel to California and make lots of cash while you're at it? Buy Polymers and Hydrocarbons here, ship them to Los Angeles, and then come back with Optical Chips.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
->Rumor #133093:
Bowex ships the Optical Chips at this base to Cambridge and Leeds. Either facility will purchase them, so you can take your pick.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
->Rumor #133094:
Boron makes it to this base all the way from Pittsburg. If you feel like you haven't had enough adventure, you can always continue your journey to Stokes. They'll purchase the Boron there.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
->Rumor #133095:
We maintain a presence here at this base because a lot of shippers, though they often rely on Bounty Hunters, still want to see the legitimate authorities. We run patrols from this area into the North and South Sheffield.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Bernadette Pritchard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Daniel Hall
->Rumor #133096:
The Crown has instituted a work program for the least dangerous criminals at the Newgate. They mine ice in the Sheffield South. I run the patrol from this base, which keeps their mining operation secure from attempted breaks.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Bernadette Pritchard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Daniel Hall
->Rumor #133097:
I don't like being here at this base. I would prefer to be stationed at a police base where there are more of my kind. Several of the Bounty Hunters I have encountered here were criminals that I put away at one time or another.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Bernadette Pritchard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Daniel Hall
->Rumor #133098:
I fly a patrol from this base all the way to the New London Jump Gate and back again. Last week I came up against a few Mollys on their way from Birmingham. One of the Mollys escaped, one died, and the third is on a convoy to Newgate.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Bernadette Pritchard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Daniel Hall
->Rumor #133099:
All the Cardamine that flows into Liberty comes through this system. Have you ever tangled with an Outcast? I and two other police interceptors engaged four of them a few days ago. It was a mistake to go against them with fewer numbers. The other two interceptors got cooked.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Bernadette Pritchard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Daniel Hall
->Rumor #133100:
Gaians are a bunch of pansy rich kids who had no problems in their lives, so they decided to create one. Terraforming isn't anything terrible or unethical. As a matter of fact, it will eventually save Bretonia. I take pleasure in wasting or busting them filthy snobs.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Bernadette Pritchard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Daniel Hall
->Rumor #133101:
I hate crossing the Independent Worlds. When I signed up for the H-Fuel run from Los Angeles to here I thought it would be an adventure. I'd say it's closer to a nightmare. Gateway doesn't pay me enough to get killed.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Harvey Graham
->Rumor #133102:
I ship Food and Consumer Goods to this base from Kensington. It's a living, and you only have to jump from one system away. Mollys can be quite a problem on occasion, so be careful if you try it.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Harvey Graham
->Rumor #133103:
Hauling Pharmaceuticals from Sheffield might be the easiest run that Gateway does. Sure, the pay isn't great, but I don't care as long as I have a better chance of making it home.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Harvey Graham
->Rumor #133104:
Universal Shipping hauls Side Arms to this base from Trenton. A portion of our shipment is sold here, and then we continue to New London to sell the rest. You could always do the same, if you are a competent pilot.
 * Universal Shipping/ James Gill
->Rumor #133105:
Two of my escorts bought the farm back in Magellan, and so did one of my gunners. Too bad, we had made it all the way from Newark with a full load of H-Fuel without incident until then.
 * Universal Shipping/ James Gill
->Rumor #133106:
Our shipping firm brings Trade Lane Parts from Trenton. It is a lucrative run. Maybe you could earn some cash and get to see New York while you're at it.
 * Universal Shipping/ James Gill
->Rumor #134323:
The Charles Kane and its escorts were ambushed in the Roatan Ice Crystal Cloud several weeks ago, probably by Rogues or Lane Hackers. They commandeered the ship and flew it further into the cloud. Several Bounty Hunters happened upon the hijacked ship, and a fierce firefight ensued. Only one limped back to tell the tale. She said the ship was still out there in the cloud, abandoned and drifting with the field.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
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====Battleship Minneapolis (Minnesota)====
->Rumor #131945:
We're here to pick up this ship's Toxic Waste for shipment to our Dortmund reprocessing facility in New Berlin. You'd think Liberty would take advantage of all this potentially valuable material, but they were throwing it out in the debris fields of Texas before we started our program.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131946:
Running MOX in from Dortmund is pretty risky for us in Liberty. The criminals would love to get their hands on it, especially the Xenos. At least there aren't any of those annoying people in California.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131947:
California doesn't offer us much in the way of useful Scrap Metal or Toxic Waste, outside of this ship. Nothing like the other Liberty systems. Liberty has been very profitable for ALG, which is helpful for our company, as BMM has locked us out of Bretonia.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131948:
I'm pretty new to the Bounty Hunters Guild. They call me a "reformed" Rogue. Spent ten years in Sugarland rolling Sheet Metal. Now I'm out here hunting my old comrades down. At least it's legit work. I can live on a real planet instead of inside a stinky rock somewhere out in an asteroid field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131949:
I just got back from Cortez. Did an assault patrol into the Corcovado Field. It's crawling with Rogues. We got a bunch, but there were plenty more. They should send the military in there to clean it out. Its like a rat's nest.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131950:
This is a good spot for hunting Hackers and Outcasts, probably the best in Liberty space. They all collect in the Tahoe Cloud to the west of the Lane. Happy hunting!
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131951:
The navy guys don't give us access to a lot of this ship. Guess they're suspicious of a lot of the Guild members; a lot of them have done time in Texas. I don't blame 'em, some of the Hunters can be pretty rough looking.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131952:
Bounty Hunters have a difficult job and we certainly aren't a very popular group, but the best of us are the finest pilots in all of Sirius. Many will look down upon us, because most of our ranks were once criminals, but that is their mistake. It is just as honorable to fall and rise again, than never to fall at all.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131953:
I'm a second-generation Bounty Hunter. My dad was famous; he made it all the way out to the Edge Worlds before gettin' toasted by those Outcast bastards. Me, I'm going to hunt them down till the day I die. I'm gonna stuff that Cardamine down their throats until they gag.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131954:
I just got out of West Point last week. This is my first assignment. I'm patrolling the Lane between here and the Cortez Gate. So far it hasn't been as interesting as I thought it would be.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131955:
We could clean up all the Independent Worlds like Cortez and Magellan in a flash if the other Houses would just let us base our battleships there. Guess they're afraid we'd annex them eventually. Not much there to exploit as far as I can tell.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131956:
Our toughest patrol in the system is the Tahoe Cloud circuit. We usually see somebody in there. Tough to track them down, though -- short visibility and lots of asteroids.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131957:
The Outcast smuggling route goes right along the Trade Lane in the Tahoe Cloud for some reason. We've caught a few that way. Guess they can't resist the temptation to snag some cargo.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131958:
We handle the west side of the Trade Lane to the Magellan Gate, LPI, the east. In my opinion, we should handle everything in there. They wouldn't know what to do with a Lane Hacker or an Outcast if they caught one.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy/Yukon Bartender/Dan Atkinson
->Rumor #131959:
I just got reassigned from the Mississippi based in Texas. We were in Hudson chasing down Xenos and Rogues. The Rheinland Military doesn't help at all in that area. Guess they're broke.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131960:
I'm doing patrols into Cortez. We usually just hang around at the Gate, but sometimes we venture down to Curacao. After that the convoys are on their own. I call it the "Cortez gap."
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131961:
We could clean up this second if the Guild would just tell us where the Jump Holes are. We know one is in the Tahoe Cloud, but have been unable to locate it. New York doesn't let us vary our patrol routes as much as we would like.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy/Yukon Bartender/Dan Atkinson
->Rumor #131962:
I don't know what they're doing on that research base Willard. I hear it's something with those Alien Organisms they ship in from Sigma-17.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy/Yukon Bartender/Dan Atkinson
->Rumor #131963:
I'm bringing in a load of Pharmaceuticals and Food from Los Angeles. A typical Liberty battleship has a lot of people to take care of.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
->Rumor #131964:
Just making a quick stop by the bar while they unload my ship. I do the Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel run from Los Angeles to Willard Research Station once a week. I drop most of it here. They don't have much storage, so they need pretty frequent visits.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
->Rumor #131965:
I'm based in Detroit. Just making my monthly rounds to all the police and military bases to deliver Side Arms to the new recruits. At least there aren't any of those pesky Xenos in California.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
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====Duluth Shipyard (Minnesota)====
->Rumor #131323:
Ageira ships Basic Alloys from this base to Detroit for use in the manufacturing of personal weaponry.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Kevin Lintz
->Rumor #131324:
A Universal is the company that ships Ageira's Trade Lane components to the Deep Space Engineering sites that will eventually become Jump Gates and Trade Lanes. They are fortunate to be honored with our very lucrative, exclusive contracts.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Kevin Lintz
->Rumor #131325:
Ageira ships Side Arms to this station from Detroit. The Xenos love attacking weapon shipments, so we usually fly here under escort. We killed three Xenos on the last run to this base.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Kevin Lintz
->Rumor #131326:
Our finely crafted Detroit personal weaponry is sent throughout Sirius space from here -- that is, with the exception of Rheinland, which produces its own Side Arms. However, Detroit firepower is generally recognized as the best in personal protection.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Kevin Lintz
->Rumor #131327:
Ageira ships Super Alloys and Superconductors to this base from Pueblo. Since this base serves as HQ for Universal Shipping, these Commodities will eventually be shipped throughout all of Sirius.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Kevin Lintz
->Rumor #131328:
Jump Gate parts are brought to Trenton from Pueblo in Colorado. Those components will eventually be assembled by Deep Space Engineering into future Jump Gates and Trade Lane Rings.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Kevin Lintz
->Rumor #131329:
Food is brought to this station from Los Angeles by Synth Foods.
 * Synth Foods/ Marcus Day
->Rumor #131330:
This is but one base that our Paste-delivery fleet visits in our quest to keep the people of Sirius fed. Though we work towards a good cause, we still have our enemies.
 * Synth Foods/ Marcus Day
->Rumor #131331:
The run from California to this base isn't a bad one as runs go. Sometimes our Food shipments get attacked by Rogues, but overall, we're pretty well protected. Once our ships enter the system, we head past West Point. Plenty of patrols and the LPI keep this area relatively safe since it's so close to Manhattan.
 * Synth Foods/ Marcus Day
->Rumor #131332:
This base serves as the headquarters for Universal Shipping, the primary shipping and transport company in Liberty. We ship to far-flung destinations throughout all of Sirius. If you want it shipped, you'd better go with Universal!
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131333:
The Trade Lane components at this base are shipped by us to Waterloo in New London. We are part of the life blood of shipping that is Jump Gate technology, and all of Sirius benefits from our shipping convoys.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131334:
Because Universal handles such sensitive technology, we have become known as the premier shipper of rarified and valuable items. That means that our transports will very rarely stray from the Trade Lanes, and travel through Border Worlds and dangerous areas hardly ever happens.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131335:
The Oxygen and Water consumed at this base is shipped in by us from Manhattan. These basic components must be shipped to almost every base in every system in all of Sirius space. Maybe one day Universal will ship to them all.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131336:
The Side Arms at this base are shipped by Universal to New London and New Tokyo. Both runs are very dangerous; anytime you travel through Independent Worlds you have to be ready for a fight. That goes double for Side Arm shipments.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131337:
If Ageira builds it, you can count on Universal being the company to ship it. Universal ships the Side Arms to Trenton from Detroit, and we've been doing so for many years.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131338:
Universal ships Super Alloys to the Oder shipyard in New Berlin, and let me tell you I must age ten years each time I fly through the Independent Worlds into Rheinland.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131339:
Universal ships Superconductors to Trenton from Pueblo. From this base they will be distributed to locations throughout Sirius for all manner of implementations.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131340:
The Superconductors brought here are shipped by Universal to the Southampton Shipyard in New London, where they will be used to drive the engines of the Bretonian Navy. We here at Universal are proud to take part in such an honor.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131341:
We ship Food from here to Ageira's weapons manufacturing center in Detroit. Synth Foods delivers its own Pastes to Liberty planets; we handle more of the specific deliveries to military, police, and commercial bases.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131342:
We ship Basic Alloys here from the Sugarland in Texas. It is a mean trip that kills pilots and escorts all the time. Texas is a dangerous system filled with the rabble of Liberty.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131344:
The Superconductors here are shipped by Universal to the Southampton Shipyard in New London. The trip is not an easy one, and my ship is almost always beat up when I come limping into Southampton. They patch me up and send me on back to do it all over again. I swear I lose a hair each time worrying about whether I'm gonna make it or not.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131374:
The Trade Lanes between Rheinland and Liberty are dangerous ones. In Hudson the Xenos attack our transports, and in Bering we are attacked by Unionist scum.
 * Republican Shipping/ Frank Dietz
->Rumor #131375:
Republican Shipping is the premier Rheinland shipping firm. If it weren't for the massive debts that Rheinland accumulated during the 80-Years War, Republican would still be the only shippers in Rheinland space.
 * Republican Shipping/ Frank Dietz
->Rumor #131376:
Engine Components are shipped here from the Ring in New Berlin via Republican Shipping. The Ring is Rheinland's symbol of industrial might; many of Rheinland's Commodities are produced there.
 * Republican Shipping/ Frank Dietz
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====Moorhead Station (Minnesota)====
->Rumor #131301:
We at ALG are committed to making Sirius space a safe place to fly. Our company processes and disposes of waste in every House in Sirius. Damned the Xenos who attack our ships simply because we are a Rheinland firm. Their harassment is not treated sternly enough by the Liberty Police or the navy.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Kai Albermann
->Rumor #131302:
ALG supplies this ship with MOX from the Dortmund plant. Isn't it obvious who makes the cleanest burning ship fuel? Of course it is ALG. If not, wouldn't Liberty purchase MOX from BMM?
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Kai Albermann
->Rumor #131303:
The Toxic Waste produced in the engines of this ship is sent to the plant in Dortmund and disposed of properly. The amount of Xenos I have to fight off just to haul Toxic Waste is stupefying. Those bloodthirsty animals will attack anything without a Liberty flag stamped on the outside of its hull.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Kai Albermann
->Rumor #131304:
Most of the Hunters in our guild are Hunters because this is what they want to do -- at least the good ones are like that. I like working on my own terms and not answering to anybody. That's my style -- no bosses.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131305:
The Outcasts are using the Rogues. The Outcasts smuggle their Cardamine into the Rogue base in the Badlands, and then the Rogues and Junkers get it planetside. Most of the Rogues I've brought in were strung out on the Cardamine, so I'm guessing the Outcasts are the ones with their hands on the throttle.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131306:
Being a Bounty Hunter is a tough job; nobody likes you and a lot of guys would enjoy killing you. But, that's why I like it. Bounty Hunters don't really operate like they used to. There was a time when we were paid to bring criminals in -- now we are paid to make criminals disappear.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131307:
I'm one of the few guys who'll go into the heart of the Badlands, but I've gotten to know the space pretty well. I've got my hiding places and ambush points, and I can read the Rogue activity pretty well. I also stay clear of the Outcasts. That's why I'm still alive.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131308:
When I got out off the Wall I didn't have many choices ahead of me, at least no appealing choices. I knew I didn't want to go back to making clothes on the Huntsville. I also knew I didn't like most of the scum I did time with.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131309:
The main objective of this dreadnought is to patrol New York space and keep her safe from any who may threaten the interests of the Liberty government. This ship is one of four battleships in Liberty space.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131310:
The LPI does not enter the Badlands, which is our domain. Patrols generally skirt the periphery of the great cloud. From there we launch probing attacks into the area, looking to intercept and dispose of criminals.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
->Rumor #131311:
Zone-21 is a classified area for civilians and any non-military entities; trespass into that area and you are threatening House security. If you try to enter the system and survive the mines, you will not survive the Liberty Navy. There are no exceptions.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131312:
The police think they have it tough on the north end, but the truth is the majority of those fat, overworked, under skilled pilots have never come up against real trouble. I'd like to see how long an LPI would last against an Outcast& I'm guessing thirty seconds.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131313:
The Trade Lanes between the Texas and California Jump Gates are patrolled by Liberty Navy heavy fighter wings. Our presence is mainly to protect the interstellar shipping that passes through our turf, but we also scan ships and interdict smugglers.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131314:
Ageira's technologies have kept Liberty at the forefront in Sirius, technologically and economically. We guard that corporation's interests like no others. Where would Liberty or even Sirius be if it weren't for the Jump Gate technology that Ageira developed?
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131315:
West Point is the training academy for the best of the Liberty officers. My family has put a man into the Point for the last six generations. I'm glad to be stationed here in the same system. Sometimes I'll pass a training patrol of theirs in my heavy fighter, and I know those kids have got to be jealous.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
->Rumor #131316:
We know there is a Rogue base in the Badlands. We also know that Cardamine comes into New York through there. The problem is that the Badlands is a big and very dangerous chunk of space; it's not worth the men and ships we'd lose to try and clear it out. Best to just pop them as they leave it.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
->Rumor #131317:
I keep an Mk 3 Riot Breaker behind the bar here. Not to say I'd use it on a navy boy, but we've got Bounty Hunters aboard who can get unruly sometimes. They tend to quiet down fast when you level some Detroit machinery on 'em.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
->Rumor #131318:
The Navy does more than watch for criminals, we stand guard against any who might threaten Liberty, including other Houses. Our ship, if it ever comes to that, is fully capable of launching an attack outside Liberty space. She's got enough firepower aboard to lead an offensive.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
->Rumor #131319:
ALG handles all the Toxic Waste that this ship's reactors produce. A lot of the men here don't really care to have Rheinlanders on board this ship, but ALG does take care of our waste. It's better than dumping it in Liberty space.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131320:
Universal Shipping supplies this ship with Food, Water, and Oxygen from Manhattan. We are under constant attack from Rogues that lie in wait in the debris fields littering the system.
 * Universal Shipping/ Martin Reese
->Rumor #131321:
The Side Arms you see on the hips of the personnel at this base are brought here by us from the Detroit Munitions plant. I carry one myself, a Detroit Mk 3 Resolver Hideway. It comes in handy for surprising would-be attackers.
 * Universal Shipping/ Martin Reese
->Rumor #131322:
We bring Pharmaceuticals here from Ft. Bush and Denver in Colorado. No matter where you go, people are always gonna get sick or injured.
 * Universal Shipping/ Martin Reese
->Rumor #134337:
A Bounty Hunter named Harry Riggs went out after some Outcasts in the Badlands but never came back. He had some decent weapons on his ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
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====Saint Paul Base (Minnesota)====
->Rumor #131345:
When you think Optronics, the Kusari manufacturers come to mind. But when it comes to Optical Chips, Ageira builds some of the finest in all of Sirius. They are shipped here from Los Angeles to be used in the construction of ships of all sizes.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
->Rumor #131346:
Ageira ships Super Alloys and Superconductors from Pueblo, Colorado. These components will be used in the construction of Liberty's naval fleets, the ships that symbolize Liberty's dominance in Sirius space.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
->Rumor #131347:
From Jump Gates to Side Arms and Optical Chips, Ageira is the high-tech leader for all of Liberty and Sirius. What other company has given so much toward the progress of all the people here?
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
->Rumor #131348:
ALG ships Scrap Metal produced here to the Sugarland Smelter in Texas. Every shipyard produces Scrap Metal, which ALG gladly collects for recycling into Basic Alloys.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Holger Mahling
->Rumor #131349:
ALG ships High-Temperature Alloys and MOX to this facility from Dortmund, New Berlin. On the last run we lost two in our convoy to Xenos and Rogues as we passed through Texas.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Holger Mahling
->Rumor #131350:
Toxic Waste and Scrap Metal produced here is shipped to Dortmund in New Berlin. It is the responsibility of ALG to ensure that waste is not strewn throughout Sirius space. Remember, what one throws away another can use.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Holger Mahling
->Rumor #131351:
Think you're a good pilot? Well, tell me what you think of yourself after you tangle with a Corsair. That's if you survive, which honestly, I doubt you would.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brian Wright
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #131352:
The scum you see here in Liberty is all that you find in an area with the greatest police and military presence in Sirius. Once you leave Liberty, you start meeting the real bad ones: Mollys in Bretonia, Red Hessians in Rheinland, and Blood Dragons in Kusari.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brian Wright
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #131353:
The pirates and raiders here in Liberty are punks compared to what you'll find on the fringes of Sirius. Sure, there are Outcasts here, but they are an Edge World syndicate that travels into the heart of Liberty to sell their Cardamine.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brian Wright
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #131354:
Most Bounty Hunters you run across have either been hunting for a few years and know the ropes, or they're green -- in which case they'll probably be dead within a month or two.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brian Wright
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #131355:
Some people say that Outcasts and Corsairs used to be the same people. I guess it's possible, though if you've ever seen an Outcast you might think differently. They are just different from the rest of the people of Sirius and the Corsairs. I can't imagine them being friendly with anyone but other Corsairs.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brian Wright
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #131356:
Ever been out away from colony space? It's dangerous out there in the Edge Worlds, and you can get popped in the blink of an eye. But that's where you have to go to get the meanest and the toughest criminals.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brian Wright
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #131357:
Bowex ships Gold here from the GS&M depot in Dublin. Among other things, the Gold is used on ship windows as a reflective coating.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Adrian Knox
->Rumor #131358:
Bowex is one of the oldest and most reliable shipping firms in all of Sirius. We have more ships and greater hauling ability than the upstarts at Gateway Shipping. Their company will not last the test of time, as Bowex has.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Adrian Knox
->Rumor #131359:
The Mollys in Dublin hit the last shipment headed here before this last one. All hands were lost, but that is the cost of shipping valuable Commodities like Gold. That is what Bowex is known for -- um, the shipping valuable Commodities part, not the dead-employee part.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Adrian Knox
->Rumor #131360:
Deep Space ships Boron from Pittsburgh to this shipyard. The Pittsburgh Debris Field makes a nice hideout for the scum that attack my ship on my way from Pittsburgh.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Brent Wheaton
->Rumor #131361:
We ship Construction Machinery to this shipyard from Houston. The Outcasts staged a major assault on our convoy in Texas on this last trip. I saw two transports and three escorts go up in flames. I don't know how many died all told.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Brent Wheaton
->Rumor #131362:
Deep Space Engineering maintains the only civilian shipyards in Liberty space: Baltimore Shipyards. We manufacture components that are shipped here and used at this military shipyard, so you can see that Deep Space builds or helps build the finest ships in Sirius.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Brent Wheaton
->Rumor #131363:
Even though this run is a dangerous one, we need to fulfill this contract with the Liberty Navy. When this company first began no one believed it would survive, but we grow stronger every day.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kevin Baker
->Rumor #131364:
Gateway ships Gold to this base from the Hood in Dublin. The Rogues' ability to sniff out the Gold convoys seems uncanny. I'm told that they get their info from the Lane Hackers, so they are the real enemy -- the ring leaders versus the attack dogs.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kevin Baker
->Rumor #131365:
The Gold shipments we bring in from Dublin are a fight all the way to this station. First we have to fight the Mollys out of Dublin. Once we hit the Independent World Trade Lanes, we have to contend with the Lane Hackers or whomever they've sold our cargo manifests to. Once we get into Liberty space, we have to fight the Rogues off.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kevin Baker
->Rumor #131366:
This base is the home of Liberty naval ship construction. In this place the greatest ships are built in all of Sirius. And the best naval officers command them. I served on the Missouri; she's one of Norfolk's finest.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jeff Parker
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Thomas Lawson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Chad Games
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Kim Brown
->Rumor #131367:
The majority of Liberty naval ships protect our shipping concerns in the Independent Worlds. That is where the more dangerous pirates and criminal activities take place. The exception is the Missouri, which is stationed in New York to keep the jewel of Sirius safe.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jeff Parker
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Thomas Lawson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Chad Games
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Kim Brown
 * Liberty Navy/Norfolk Bartender/Adam Kelly
->Rumor #131368:
The sorties launched from this base are patrols tasked with keeping the inbound Commodities to this base safe so that ship production is never slowed by thieves and pirates.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jeff Parker
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Thomas Lawson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Chad Games
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Kim Brown
 * Liberty Navy/Norfolk Bartender/Adam Kelly
->Rumor #131369:
The Bounty Hunters you see here are pretty good; we're near the Badlands and I've seen these guys around before. Usually you only see green Bounty Hunters once.
 * Liberty Navy/Norfolk Bartender/Adam Kelly
->Rumor #131370:
ALG ships MOX to this facility from Rheinland. If you ever want to ship MOX, you are going to have to be pretty good friends with the people in Dortmund. A lot of criminal factions would like to get their hands on MOX -- it's possible to separate small amounts of plutonium from it.
 * Liberty Navy/Norfolk Bartender/Adam Kelly
->Rumor #131371:
This is more navy space than it is an LPI patrol area. We send a flight down the Trade Lane between here and Ft. Bush, but that's to protect against Rogue attacks launched from the Pittsburgh debris.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Heather Fields
->Rumor #131372:
If we didn't need labor for our consumer goods facilities, I'd kill all the Rogues I came across. I just get tired of putting away the same scum and watching em get released a couple years later to start doing the same illegal activity.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Heather Fields
->Rumor #131373:
I sure as hell don't like hanging out with all these navy guys around. They are so straight-laced it makes me itch just to watch 'em march around from place to place in here. They need a couple of Liberty ales to loosen those stuffy collars.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Heather Fields
->Rumor #131374:
The Trade Lanes between Rheinland and Liberty are dangerous ones. In Hudson the Xenos attack our transports, and in Bering we are attacked by Unionist scum.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hunter Vann
->Rumor #131375:
Republican Shipping is the premier Rheinland shipping firm. If it weren't for the massive debts that Rheinland accumulated during the 80-Years War, Republican would still be the only shippers in Rheinland space.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hunter Vann
->Rumor #131376:
Engine Components are shipped here from the Ring in New Berlin via Republican Shipping. The Ring is Rheinland's symbol of industrial might; many of Rheinland's Commodities are produced there.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hunter Vann
->Rumor #131377:
Universal ships the basic supplies from Manhattan for this base: Food, Water, and Oxygen. It is Universal that supplies the majority of basic supplies to myriad bases throughout Liberty.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Samuel Saverance
->Rumor #131378:
Universal ships Gold to this base from New London. I've been the pilot for this Gold run for many years. I remember when I first started long ago. I've seen so much since then that it feels like more than a lifetime ago that I was strapping into my own freighter for the first time.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Samuel Saverance
->Rumor #131379:
H-Fuel from Ft. Bush and Basic Alloys from Sugarland are brought to this base by Universal Shipping. The Basic Alloys are dropped off here. I head up to Ft. Bush to pick up the H-Fuel, come back here to unload it, and then head back to Texas to start all over.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Samuel Saverance
->Rumor #134337:
A Bounty Hunter named Harry Riggs went out after some Outcasts in the Badlands but never came back. He had some decent weapons on his ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #134338:
Liberty Navy Patrol 27 flew into Badlands two weeks ago on their regular route, and then disappeared without a trace. An extensive search by authorities has not turned up anything so far. The patrol comprised three elite fighters.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Thomas Lawson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Kim Brown
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====Augsburg Docking Wing (Munich)====
->Rumor #133847:
Just dropping off some supplies and Side Arms from Berlin. We don't deliver them as often as we used to, since the government can't afford to pay us. But we can't let the police run out of Water and air now, can we?
 * Republican Shipping/ Alfred Freytag
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Cornelius Gunkel
->Rumor #133848:
This is as far as Republican goes. The Trade Lane south of here and the Dresden system are off limits to our ships. Too dangerous out there. Daumann hauls its minerals and alloys to the Ring. We pick up the cargo there for the remainder of the journey to Liberty or the other houses.
 * Republican Shipping/ Alfred Freytag
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Cornelius Gunkel
->Rumor #133849:
We don't get the Unioners so bad in this part of the system. They prefer to operate out of the Ruhrfeld. Guess that's where their Jump Hole to Hamburg must be.
 * Republican Shipping/ Alfred Freytag
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Cornelius Gunkel
->Rumor #133850:
Berlin ordered this post built about fifty years ago. The Hessians were using the old Saar and Harz mining areas as staging grounds to attack the southern Trade Lanes. We're the only thing holding back the Hessian hordes from controlling the entire southern end of the New Berlin system.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133851:
We do two field patrols out of here; one along the northern end of the Saar, the other into the Harz. Neither one is a walk in the park. The Hessians and the LWB lurk everywhere.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133852:
Privately, the people of Rheinland are very unhappy with the greedy Liberty companies -- especially Synth Foods. They have destroyed the traditional way of life for the growers of the WVS on Stuttgart and stolen one of Rheinland's most precious assets from her people.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133853:
Daumann and Kruger convoys coming in from the Dresden Gate have been attacked numerous times in recent weeks. The Hessians patiently wait in the fields on either side until they enter the Trade Lane. Then they come out, guns blazing.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133854:
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a Jump Hole in the Saarfeld. It sure seems to get a lot of criminal traffic. My guess is that the Hole accesses Dresden or Stuttgart. Hard to tell which.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133855:
Synth Foods pays us well to keep the LWB under control in this area. At least they've got money, unlike our police force. We wouldn't get paid at all if it weren't for the foreigners. So I guess I can protect their shipping.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133856:
There are many of us torn by our orders to dispose of so many of the Rheinland workers who have fallen onto hard times during the last eighty years. The LWB is a good example. They were once prosperous farmers on Stuttgart. Now they have resorted to violence against the foreign corporation of Synth Foods, which has occupied their homeland. Is that so wrong?
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133857:
Many of my comrades are joining the Bounty Hunters. They say you can make as much in one day killing Hessians as we get paid in a month. That is, if we get paid at all. The rich aristocrats of Berlin do not seem to be feeling our pain at all. There is money in Rheinland, but it is concentrated in the hands of an elite few.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133858:
The asteroid fields around us were once the pride of Rheinland. Generations of early settlers mined the metals that brought riches to all. Then the rich and powerful grew greedy, and decided that they needed more. So they took it from the common man, instead of expanding their companies through innovation and sensible investment.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
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====Augsburg Orbital Colony (Munich)====
->Rumor #133931:
Republican is the exclusive supplier for all Federal Police installations in Rheinland. We've had to augment our weekly shipments to accommodate the swelling population here. The Pharmaceuticals supply has become critical with all the illness and disease sweeping through the prisoner population.
 * Republican Shipping/ August Schober
 * Republican Shipping/ Bert Koppe
->Rumor #133932:
It's nice to see so many Unioners locked up in their solitary cells. Maybe that will dissuade others who are considering joining the cause. Somehow I think not.
 * Republican Shipping/ August Schober
 * Republican Shipping/ Bert Koppe
->Rumor #133933:
We've had Unioners try to sneak out of here in our empty cargo containers. Unfortunately, the vacuum conditions and extreme cold of outer space generally mean death for most stowaways within a few minutes.
 * Republican Shipping/ August Schober
 * Republican Shipping/ Bert Koppe
->Rumor #133934:
Vierlande is the new maximum-security prison for hardened criminals. It was built in the Hamburg system to put it out of reach of the Hessian hordes in Berlin and Stuttgart. Unfortunately, they seem to have found a secret access route into this system, so we still get prison-break attempts.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133935:
The Federal Police prison warden sees little hope of rehabilitation for most of these criminals, so most sentences are extended indefinitely. There are standing orders from Berlin to not release Bundschuh under any circumstances. The only planet those poor brutes will ever see for the rest of their lives is Hannover.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133936:
Truth is, most of the people in here haven't committed that many crimes, especially the Bundschuh. Some of them look like Berlin University kids who decided to join a demonstration on a lark without thinking much of the consequences.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
->Rumor #133937:
There is a special political section for the Bundschuh. The government doesn't want them mixing with the other inmates and stirring up trouble. Don't want any more Popular Revolutions now, do we?
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133938:
The Sudheide has become a veritable cesspool of humanity. The Red Hessians, Unioners, and Bundschuh all stage their prison breakout attempts from that field. I don't know why they try. This prison has a triple hull, with outer walls more than two meters thick. No prisoner has ever escaped Vierlande alive.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133939:
The Unioners and the Bundschuh pretty much keep to themselves. The tough guys are the Red Hessians. They control the area inside the inner-security perimeter, where guards rarely venture. You'd never know that some of them were regular working folks before they went bad.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
->Rumor #133940:
The prison convoys have been shipping them in pretty fast from all over Rheinland. As a result, Vierlande has become very overcrowded. There have been hunger strikes to protest the conditions, but there's no money to build an extension. So we keep packing them in a little tighter. One day, it'll all explode.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
->Rumor #133941:
Some of the older prisoners that come in from Berlin look more like politicians than hardened criminals. Rumor is that they're whistle blowers and reformers from the government that were getting a little too honest for their own good.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
->Rumor #133942:
We keep just enough LWB examples in Vierlande to show and tell for the Synth Food execs that come through here on their Rheinland inspection tour every few months or so. They want to see progress on the LWB problem on Rheinland. That means a steadily increasing number of LWB inmates at our lovely facility. So we show them a few LWB mixed in with a crowd of Unioners. Works every time.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Sonja Kroll
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ulrike Lochner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Gustav Lucius
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Vierlande Bartender/Otto Rothstein
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====Battleship Regensburg (Munich)====
->Rumor #133910:
We deliver MOX to the Westfalen every few months or so. Berlin has been having difficulty making their payments lately. ALG would like to improve our relationship with the military, so we often waive the transport and installation fees.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133911:
The structural integrity of this ship is suspect. It suffered a lot of damage during the Eighty Years War, but was forced to remain in service, since all of its sister ships are now Scrap Metal in the Sigma-13 system. We are always nervous when we have to enter the reactor compartments of this ship. Especially since the recent accident.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133912:
Our most lucrative runs for MOX are into Colorado. One must first survive the Xenos in the Independent Worlds, however. The Rogues would also like to get their hands on bomb-making material -- especially the group found in Hudson.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133913:
The military's brought us in to help them out in the Nordheide. They don't pay us too much, though. But they have good, long-range scanners and a strategic position in this area, so it's worthwhile for us. Most of the actual bounties are put up by Republican.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133914:
There are a few reformed Hessians among us here in Hamburg. They're the lucky ones who got out of Vierlande before their sentences were up. One guy had some story about some neutron star in Omega-41. That's way out there in the Edge Worlds in Corsair land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133915:
The Hole to Bering is up in the Nordheide. If you're looking for diamond smuggling Unioners, then that's the place to be. There isn't a direct route between here and Hudson, which keeps the Xenos and Rogues out of Hamburg.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133916:
Some of the Hunters use this as a base for journeys into Hudson. Most of the bounties up there are for Xenos and Rogues. Republican posts the bulk of them, though Universal and IC chip in on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133917:
Just came back from Hudson. We were cruising for baddies in the gap between the Wrangell and Kenai Fields. Ran right into a little skirmish going on between the local thugs. I got me two Xenos and a Rogue. Buy you a drink?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133918:
Hudson is a little rougher than Hamburg. No safe havens, not even any military in the Rheinland part of the system. Liberty Navy's putting a lot of pressure on them, but they can't do much about it. You can see why. Look around at this dump.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133919:
It's a quick trip from Hamburg. We run in supplies on a regular basis. Sometimes they can't pay us, but we usually can arrange something. Maybe four dead Unioners for a container of Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133920:
Republican is competing with ALG to win the contract for constructing the next generation of Rheinland battleships. We have a clear advantage in ship design and practical construction experience. But they have a definite strength in alloys and specialized Hull Panel fabrication.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133921:
Although it's not far to Hamburg from here, the Unioners will attack us if given the opportunity. Their preferred method is to disable a Trade Lane ring near the center of the stretch, then flee back into the Nordheide at the first sign of a military patrol.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133922:
The Westfalen is the last battleship still operational in the Rheinland fleet. We are always short of spare parts, and the men are paid only once every three months. Some enterprising pilots have taken to moonlighting for Republican or Synth Foods in order to make ends meet.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133923:
This ship is a deathtrap. They had an explosion last week in Fusion Reactor 6. Had to seal off the entire A Deck. They're not even going to fix it. That's a sorry state of affairs. The Westfalen will never be able to make a jump again.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133924:
There are rumors circulating that ALG is planning on building a new shipyard in Dortmund to build the Bremen and her sister ships. They're willing to build them at cost in order to gain entry into this new market. That's an attractive proposition for Berlin at this point and time.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133925:
The Rheinland Military is tasked with patrolling the northern areas of Hamburg and the adjacent Independent Worlds of Bering and Hudson. But we only have enough working fighters to cover the Trade Lanes in the immediate area, plus a daily patrol into the Nordheide. We assign Bounty Hunters to handle many of our other patrol routes in the area.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133926:
Ever since we lost the war, Rheinland just hasn't been the same; the entire colony feels beaten and bereft of vigor. Look around, there is no one smiling or enjoying themselves. What will it take for my House to heal?
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133927:
Daumann is the real culprit in the Eighty-Years War. The Imperial Navy Command had grave doubts about the wisdom of fighting a guerrilla-style war in the Crow Nebula against an enemy that was so well-supplied by Kusari. But Daumann saw the huge profits to be made in lucrative shipbuilding contracts, and bribed hundreds of key government officials. The rest is history.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133928:
Many of the young officers are leaving the Rheinland Military, tired of the poor conditions and low pay. Most of them end up flying commercial transports for Republican or Synth Foods. The rest end up with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133929:
The Rheinland public doesn't respect the military anymore. We lost the Eighty-Years War to a ragtag bunch of gas miners as far as they're concerned. That is one reason it has been so difficult for Berlin to increase our budget -- the politicians backed by the Bundschuh always vote it down.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133930:
The Bundschuh continues to attack this floating piece of junk for some reason. We usually run them off after a few minutes. I guess they don't have any other obvious military targets left in Rheinland -- except maybe the Oder Shipyard. Have to have an enemy to keep the cause going.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
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====Eltmann Outpost (Munich)====
->Rumor #134037:
We get everything we need from the Junkers. Either we go into the Border Worlds to Yanagi, or to New Berlin, where we will find the Kreuzberg Base.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134038:
Those who go to Vierlande seldom return; most sentences are for life, and it's not just pirates, but the political opponents of the corporate elite as well. The Bundschuh fly attack raids on the prison ships and inbound convoys. We fight to liberate our brethren who have been unjustly incarcerated.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134039:
The Bundschuh is a political organization founded by New Berlin university students who were tired of the corruption of the old regime. Decades later we still toil under the yoke of an oppressive government, though its name has changed.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134040:
The Bundschuh need not lower itself to common piracy like the Red Hessians. Instead, we are funded by the enlightened Berlin intelligentsia looking to do away with the burdens of a corrupt government. This frees us to work directly toward our political agenda without being sidetracked by financial necessities.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134041:
The corporations, though exploitive and uncaring, aren't truly at fault for what they do. Corporations are intrinsically self-serving; it's the government's role to keep them in check. As long as the government is corrupt enough to accept corporate bribes, the workers cannot be free.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134042:
Our base is located in the Taunus Asteroid field of Frankfurt. Within the same cloud is a Jump Hole to Sigma 13. Nearby is another Jump Hole that leads to Hamburg. In Hamburg there is the Vierlande Prison Ship, the Westfallen battleship, and the Berlin Jump Gate. These are all priority Bundschuh targets.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
->Rumor #134043:
The Bundschuh recruits new members from the Red Hessians, LWB, Unioners, and even disgruntled Daumann and Kruger workers. But the people we take in must care about our cause, because they won't get rich flying for us.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
->Rumor #134044:
In 700 AS, the Dresden Revolt sparked the Popular Revolution that would do away with the Rheinland Imperial Government and replace it with a coalition of the people. The Bundschuh was a key player in the Dresden Revolt, running supplies to the rebels.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
 * Bundschuh/Bruchsal Bartender/Andreas Von Loen
->Rumor #134045:
After the revolution, the Bundschuh found itself sidelined by the new government. The coalition wanted the support of the wealthy aristocrats who headed Daumann Industries and Kruger Mining. By 715 AS, the Bundschuh was forced to go underground again, this time by a government it had helped to create.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
->Rumor #134046:
Because we have taken the high road, and not one of piracy like the Red Hessians, our ranks have dwindled. But the members of the Bundschuh are purists, committed to a political agenda -- unlike other underground organizations.
 * Bundschuh/ Benno Stöhr
 * Bundschuh/ Timo Herr
 * Bundschuh/ Walter Agricola
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====Ingolstadt Station (Munich)====
->Rumor #133991:
This is a transit point between Dortmund in New Berlin and Yukawa in Honshu. Basic and High-Temperature Alloys plus Ship-Hull Panels pass through this base on their way into Kusari.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Gita Woche
->Rumor #133992:
ALG does a good business in Frankfurt. Terraforming Gases arrive at this base from Dortmund. They expect to receive supplies of Boron from here in return.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Gita Woche
->Rumor #133993:
Though it requires the danger of flying into the Border Worlds, ALG ships Food to the Helgoland, beyond Rheinland space.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Gita Woche
->Rumor #133994:
Our Boron mining facility in Holstein receives all their basic supplies from this base. You could deliver these for us if you need money. It is a very short trip.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Rainer Bahlsen
->Rumor #133995:
You see the Samura and Kishiro men on this base? They always have a very smug look on their faces, it makes me livid. I would enjoy killing them both. You know that Kusari and her keiretsu backed the GMG throughout the entire war, don't you?
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Rainer Bahlsen
->Rumor #133996:
This is the station where the Kusari shippers must offload their products and receive ours. I don't think many Rheinlanders care to see H-Fuel brought into the heart of our Republic aboard their ships, the insult would be unbearable.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Rainer Bahlsen
->Rumor #133997:
Our reputation requires us to keep stock in all manner of Commodities at our base; Yanagi is no different. We ship many basic supplies to Yanagi from this locale.
 * Junkers/ Bryan Greer
->Rumor #133998:
It is always better to purchase supplies from desperate people. The people of Rheinland have lost almost everything. We purchase Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases for a good price from this base.
 * Junkers/ Bryan Greer
->Rumor #133999:
Optronics, Consumer Goods, and Basic Alloys are part of the trade we do with this base and the Yanagi. We get excellent prices from these Rheinland boys, poor bastards.
 * Junkers/ Bryan Greer
->Rumor #134000:
Kishiro brings this base Optronics from Honshu. While we are here, we purchase Basic and High-Temperature Alloys plus Cobalt to return to Honshu with.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideo Tatsuko
->Rumor #134001:
If you have ever wished to see the wonders of the New Tokyo system, then you could ship Diamonds to the capitol planet and return with Optical Chips from Shinagawa.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideo Tatsuko
->Rumor #134002:
Yukawa is in need of the Boron that the Rheinland people mine in this system. If you are willing, you could provide them with this Commodity.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideo Tatsuko
->Rumor #134003:
Go to Ogashawa. There is the main source of Kishiro H-Fuel. You will find the best prices at the source. Every station needs H-Fuel, including this one.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Hideo Tatsuko
->Rumor #134004:
High-value Commodities make their way into this system from New Berlin on Republican shipping convoys. Silver and Diamonds are traded at this base with the Kusari.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134005:
Basic supplies are brought here from throughout the republic. This station is a supply hub for all of Frankfurt. We also do a fair bit of business in the Border Worlds and Kusari.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134006:
All H-Fuel that comes into this system is immediately loaded off the Kusari ships and onto Republican vessels. From here, most of the H-Fuel will be sent to the capitol, where it will be redistributed throughout all of Rheinland.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134007:
Fertilizers are brought here from Hamburg. They will make their way into the Border Worlds eventually. Zoners need the Fertilizers for their bio-domes.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134008:
Boron and High-Temperature Alloys will be taken all the way to Narita in the heart of Kusari from this base. It will be Republican shippers that brave the Border Worlds to keep trade running smoothly.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134009:
Republican will ship Optronics and Optical Chips to the Ring in New Berlin. On the way back, our convoys carry High-Temperature Alloys and Cobalt.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134010:
Even in Frankfurt -- the derelict child of Rheinland -- the Unioners come to harass our shipping concerns. There is truly no rest for the weary. We must hire Bounty Hunters and freelancers to protect our convoys out here, as the police presence is minimal.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134011:
This base is necessary; business must go on in Frankfurt even after the devastation it suffered in the Eighty-Years War. We are still the gateway to the Border Worlds and Kusari out here, even if no one wishes to remember that.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134012:
There isn't much left here in Frankfurt. Most of the population in this system left for better mining grounds or were killed in "the Eighty." After several decisive losses to the GMG, the Imperial Navy began conscripting soldiers from the mining operations. The rate of attrition was horrible; you were a miner one week, a soldier the next, and dead by month's end.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ali Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/ Mehmet Berna
 * Republican Shipping/Mainz Bartender/Günther Wiesen
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Werner Von Loen
->Rumor #134013:
The foolish Rheinland people tried to wrestle the control of H-Fuel production from the GMG. They could never do so; even today if you want H-Fuel you must travel to the Border Worlds and do business with Kusari companies. Samura Fuel comes from Naha, so you can purchase from the source if you like.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Sanzo Kuramoto
->Rumor #134014:
The Silver we purchase in this dying system will be shipped aboard our convoys to New Tokyo. If you wish to see a vibrant, living system, go there. But bathe first.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Sanzo Kuramoto
->Rumor #134015:
Yokohama is in need of High-Temperature Alloys. This Commodity is necessary for the construction of ships, and Kusari ships are amongst the finest in Sirius.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Sanzo Kuramoto
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====Leipheim Base (Munich)====
->Rumor #131460:
Basic Alloys produced here are shipped to Houston, and supplies are transported on the return trips.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131461:
We smuggle Diamonds from the Junker base in Berlin to the Rogue base Dawson in the Hudson system. This is our main source of income to carry on our war against Republican Shipping.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131462:
The union that formed after the Alster Tragedy of 512 gained well-deserved benefits for the shipwrights and welders who built the transports that shipped goods throughout Sirius. In the decades that followed, the union grew stronger. When the 80-Years War broke out, we were sitting pretty on a mountain of government subsidies and contracts.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131463:
We run shipments from the Junker base in New Berlin; they supply us with superior Rheinland Side Arms and Kusari H-Fuel. Not an easy run through Hamburg, but decent profit.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131464:
The Alster Shipyards are home to the Unioner movement. In 412 AS it was established by Imperial Shipping to supply the Rheinland Empire with transport freighters, lifters, and repair ships.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131465:
When the 80-Years War came to an end the Union joined the Popular Revolt to overthrow the Imperial government. There were no more government contracts, and unemployment skyrocketed.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131466:
In 512 AS an explosion in the Alster Shipyards killed hundreds of workers. They formed a union and walked out on the Imperial Shipping executives. It was then that Imperial Shipping realized how valuable its workers were. Production ground to a stop, and they started losing millions of credits for each day production was halted.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131467:
Our old boss Imperial Shipping became Republican Shipping after the Popular Revolt. It was a dark time for the common laborer, and within months we lost all the rights we had been working to create for the past several decades. Republican Shipping really stuck it to the worker, using the weak economic situation to strong-arm the faltering union.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131468:
The Unioners are a political organization fighting like many others throughout Sirius for the fair treatment of the working classes. We cannot allow the type of exploitation that is common practice of the corporations
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131469:
With our old union destroyed after the Popular Revolt, we reformed and called ourselves the Unioners. We were formed to make Republican Shipping pay for the wrongs it had committed against its workers.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
->Rumor #131470:
We use this as our primary base to attack Republican Shipping in Hamburg via the Jump Hole just south of this base. The asteroid fields in the northern part of that system provide good cover. We also attack them on the Trade Lanes that pass through this system.
 * Unioners/ Bernd Schuster
 * Unioners/ Michael Wagner
 * Unioners/ Ulli Pröfrock
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====Planet Nuremberg (Munich)====
->Rumor #134047:
We have contracts with Synth Foods to ship this planet Terraforming Gases. From Dortmund we bring the gases in and try not to think about what they will do to the lovely climate of Stuttgart.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Clemens Ludewig
->Rumor #134048:
Since we are a corporation the bottom line is the most important thing to consider. Our board was hard pressed when it came time to decide on selling Terraforming Gases to Synth Foods. What they do now will affect the planet for thousands of years, and all they care about is breeding that sickly gray weed from which they mill their disgusting paste.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Clemens Ludewig
->Rumor #134049:
Much of the money that we earn from selling Terraforming Gases to Synth Foods will be secretly funneled to the LWB. ALG's chairman is a large supporter of the displaced farmers of Stuttgart. Her own plantation has been growing blue jillies for centuries.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Clemens Ludewig
->Rumor #134050:
Our Border World operations in Solarius, are supplied to a great degree by this planet. All the basic supplies make their way there from here.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Anton Ohms
->Rumor #134051:
We are not safe from the Red Hessians anywhere in all of Rheinland. They have grown so numerous and widespread there is not a single Trade Lane where one of our shipments have not fallen victim to a Hessian attack.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Anton Ohms
->Rumor #134052:
The LWB are sensible enough not to harass Daumann too much; that is why we do not pay to have them killed by Bounty Hunters. We leave that to the Synth Foods invaders. Personally, I hope all their damn cellulose crops burn.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Anton Ohms
->Rumor #134053:
I was hired by Synth Foods to protect them against LWB terrorist attacks. Unexplained fires still sweep across the fields here from time to time. We are paid to make the arsonists sorry.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Janet Thompson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Franklin Wallace
->Rumor #134054:
The LWB base is located near the Jump Hole to Dresden. Do you know where that is? Aye, it's in the Ostnebel. The LWB conduct operations from that are. Mostly they run attacks on the lanes between here and the New Berlin Jump Gate.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Janet Thompson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Franklin Wallace
->Rumor #134055:
I came here once as a child; it was a lush and green planet with a warm golden sun. This is not like it was; the rolling green fields and prismatic growing tents that dotted the horizons are gone. Look as far as you can see in any direction and only the gray Synth Foods plants are seen spilling their way to the edges of the land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Janet Thompson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Franklin Wallace
->Rumor #134056:
Where there's LWB you are probably going to find Red Hessians nearby. Those two groups seem to get along pretty well, of course the Hessians are far more dangerous. Though, the LWB pilots are becoming better and better pilots, don't forget they all used to be simple farmers.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Janet Thompson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Franklin Wallace
->Rumor #134057:
The Red Hessians come into this system through the Jump Hole leading to Omega 11. The hole is tucked away in the southern side of the Westnebel. Hessians use this system to get to Dresden and for resupply at the LWB base on the eastern side of Stuttgart.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Janet Thompson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Franklin Wallace
->Rumor #134058:
I can sympathize with the LWB, I'm a Rheinlander. I don't like those Synth Foods Liberty vultures coming here and despoiling the most beautiful planet in our space, but it comes down to the money. The fools in New Berlin sold Stuttgart away fighting the GMG, and I sold my allegiance to who had the most cash.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Janet Thompson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Franklin Wallace
->Rumor #134059:
Orbital Spa's resort on Baden-Baden needs basic supplies like any other station in Sirius. We get the majority of our goods from this planet. Too bad Synth Foods has despoiled Stuttgart in so many ways, but perhaps that will force more people to use Orbital Spa's facilities.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Ian Morris
->Rumor #134060:
The Foods and Luxury Foods that the clientele aboard our luxuriant resort enjoys, come exclusively from Stuttgart. We wouldn't think of bringing food in from another locale, though the quality of the Luxury Food has diminished recently, which may cause things to change in the future.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Ian Morris
->Rumor #134061:
I can appreciate nationalism and pride, but I'd say these Rheinlanders are a bit over sensitive. They should welcome the influx of money and jobs that Liberty corporations bring with them into the system. All I ever hear from these people are complaints about Liberty scum this, and foreign money that, they are worse than the Kusari.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Ian Morris
->Rumor #134062:
Republican ships basic supplies to all the other legitimate bases in this system. Whatever anyone needs in Stuttgart, you can bet that Republican is shipping it for them.
 * Republican Shipping/ Carsten Prohasky
->Rumor #134063:
From The Ring in New Berlin, Republican ships Sidearms and Construction Machinery to Stuttgart proper. We also bring Consumer Goods from the capitol planet. At Republican, we've got you covered.
 * Republican Shipping/ Carsten Prohasky
->Rumor #134064:
Next time you go to Hamburg, remember that Republican Shipping makes a good profit taking food to the Alster Shipyards. On your way back it would be easy enough to bring in Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/ Carsten Prohasky
->Rumor #134065:
My ancestors moved here centuries ago and began growing roses. Stuttgart is where people moved when they had made their fortunes and wished to retire. Originally, my family were freelancers who made their money running Luxury Goods. We lost everything when the subsidies came to a halt.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
->Rumor #134066:
In the midst of the Eighty Years War the Rheinland government bankrupted itself fighting the GMG. With no other avenue left, they indebted themselves to Liberty, that was the beginning of the end for Stuttgart. At the war's finish, the debts needed to be settled.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
 * Rheinland Population/Stuttgart Bartender/Xavier Döbel
->Rumor #134067:
The WVS was the Stuttgart growing association that all farmers paid their dues to. The dues paid for lobbying in New Berlin and many other things that kept life good here. The WVS was a powerful voice in the old empire's parliament. Now the WVS is an entity controlled by Synth Foods.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
 * Rheinland Population/Stuttgart Bartender/Xavier Döbel
->Rumor #134068:
Synth Foods' cellulose plant was bred to survive in less than perfect growing conditions. That is what I don't understand. Why did Synth Foods wish to take Stuttgart? They changed a garden planet capable of growing the most exotic and delicate flora into a factory for their tasteless weed.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
 * Rheinland Population/Stuttgart Bartender/Xavier Döbel
->Rumor #134069:
Once Synth Foods moved into Stuttgart they destroyed a way of life that had been going on for centuries. Mighty growing dynasties were torn apart overnight. Only the strongest families were able to keep their plantations, the rest were thrown free of the land by their own government.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
->Rumor #134070:
When fires began breaking out on Synth Foods farms, an investigation was launched. No one was able to discover who was at fault but, as the fires raged, the WVS fire trucks stayed in their garages. Synth Foods cried out for the WVS to be punished and of course New Berlin complied. The leaders of WVS; the master growers, were replaced with Synth Foods cronies.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
->Rumor #134071:
Even now, the finest foods found in all of Sirius are grown or raised here. My family was able to hold onto their farm, they weren't over extended like many others when the subsidies came to a screeching halt. But now Synth Foods is dumping Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere, and adding rough Fertilizers to the soil. These changes are making it difficult to cultivate the more delicate crops.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
 * Rheinland Population/Stuttgart Bartender/Xavier Döbel
->Rumor #134072:
The Oxygen content is very high on this planet. A man can work twice as hard without tiring when he has that much more Oxygen to breathe. And that euphoria you are feeling...also caused by the Oxygen concentration, the human body loves Oxygen.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
->Rumor #134073:
It took some time to safeguard the populace of this planet from the risks of fire. This much Oxygen makes the air flammable, but we learned to deal with it. Almost everything here is made from plastics, ships land and take off at the poles where the cold reduces the Oxygen amount and combustion engines aren't used, everything is battery powered.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
->Rumor #134074:
Synth Foods earns more money shipping our yummy pastes to the LPI Huntsville and Sugarland in Houston, than supplying all of Frankfurt. The truth is we prefer to ship our pastes to people who will pay what they are worth. These silly Rheinlanders are too poor to deserve our pastes.
 * Synth Foods/ Nelson Mills
->Rumor #134075:
Synth Foods brings in our own specially prepared Fertilizers from Houston and Bonn. If you are going to Bonn to pick up Fertilizers, you can take a shipment of paste with you.
 * Synth Foods/ Nelson Mills
->Rumor #134076:
Synth Foods, pumping paste into the heart of Rheinland. That's right, you can take Foods and Luxury Foods to New Berlin from Stuttgart.
 * Synth Foods/ Nelson Mills
->Rumor #134077:
There is a lucrative market for Luxury Foods in Manhattan. If you are willing to make the trip, I'm sure the markets there will pay well for Stuttgart's finest.
 * Synth Foods/ Nelson Mills
->Rumor #134078:
The Rheinland government is composed entirely of fools. The economy of Stuttgart and of Rheinland for that matter were interwoven with the subsidies they had been pumping into Stuttgart for generations. When the government realized what a drain the subsidies were, they cut them overnight. Immediately the entire economy bottomed out, as bankruptcies and foreclosures skyrocketed. Then we came in and bought almost everyone out.
 * Synth Foods/ Nelson Mills
->Rumor #134347:
Several days ago, the Belknap was traversing the Trade Lane from Stuttgart to the Berlin Gate when it was hijacked by LWB pirates. They flew the ship into the Ostnebel, where it is likely stationed for use as a temporary food supply.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
 * Synth Foods/ Nelson Mills
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====Raubling Station (Munich)====
->Rumor #133617:
If you want to make yourself useful, make one of our shipments for us. We get all the basics from the Zoners at Freeport 1. I don't like to go there personally. Feels almost like a Bretonia outpost.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133618:
If you'd like to see what a real space station looks like, I suggest you visit the Ring in New Berlin. And if you are going, you may as well take Hydrocarbons and Polymers with you.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133619:
Leipzig in Dresden will pay you decently for the Hydrocarbons produced here. I hope you are a competent pilot, if not you will certainly die. The Hessians only get more frequent as you travel into Rheinland.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133620:
Oder is found in New Berlin, which is the center of civilized space in Sirius. Many will say that it is Liberty that bears this distinction. But it is only because they have never been to New Berlin. Go, and take Polymers with you.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133621:
We import our Mining Machinery from Freiburg, in the Stuttgart system. Ripping an asteroid apart wears out the grinders and crushers pretty quickly.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133623:
I work here in this mining operation, because I will not work in the shipyards. This place is far from the center of Rheinland. Here it is a little more lax; I work normal hours at Ruegen. Only ten hours a day, six days per week; it's a breeze compared to the Ring.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133624:
One of the chaps that works here has a brother in the Red Hessians. This should illustrate what a blood thirsty gang of murderers they are: the miners name is Scmidt, and the leader of the Hessians who attack this base is also named Schmidt. The Hessian is attacking his own brother's installation.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133625:
You know, the only reason BMM has a base in this system is to try and take Omega-3 away from us. Sure, both governments paid for the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates here, but we were the ones who first moved in. New London only wants it now because we're here.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
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====Shibukawa Depot (Nagano)====
->Rumor #133582:
We get all of our supplies from Kabukicho in the Kanto Field of the New Tokyo system. Those Hogosha seem dishonest, but they are friends of Samura, so I guess they must be okay.
 * Farmer's Alliance/Kagoshima Bartender/Yoshizumi Chiba
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133583:
The Kusari government should not allow lower quality imports that threaten the farmers' traditional way of life. Before Synth Foods was allowed into Kusari, we could charge a premium price for our Rice and Produce. Now all of the Tokyo urbanites prefer cheap Synth Paste.
 * Farmer's Alliance/Kagoshima Bartender/Yoshizumi Chiba
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133584:
I hear that our equipment and supplies are paid for by some mysterious benefactor in Shinjuku. It's a good thing we have someone with much money willing to fight the foreigners. Sometimes they ask us to raid Kishiro storage depots, which is troubling. We don't see ourselves as common thieves, like the Hogosha.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133585:
We are the unemployed farmers of the garden planet of Kyushu. Our families have toiled for generations, producing Food for all of Kusari. Synth Foods has destroyed our traditional way of life in 10 years. They must be stopped.
 * Farmer's Alliance/Kagoshima Bartender/Yoshizumi Chiba
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133586:
Samura has been very good to us. They built the factories in Kyushu, provided us with special Seeds and Fertilizers, and even provided special Samura Bank loans to my family. We drive a Samura XCV series personal craft, of course.
 * Farmer's Alliance/Kagoshima Bartender/Yoshizumi Chiba
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133587:
Some people say that we are just puppets of Samura. It is true that Samura financially supports our cause, and tells us whom and where to strike next. But we still can decide for ourselves if we want to continue doing this. We are all volunteers to the cause.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133588:
We have been able to find many eager recruits in Kyushu. The factories are empty and the fields lay fallow in Kyushu because of the foreigners. Kishiro uses Gaijin labor at Deshima to manufacture its Consumer Goods, products that were once made by Kyushu craftsmen.
 * Farmer's Alliance/Kagoshima Bartender/Yoshizumi Chiba
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133590:
We use this base to attack Synth Food convoys in Shikoku and Tokyo. There are Jump Holes near both systems. Sometimes the council of elders orders us to attack Kishiro Consumer Goods transports, or even Optical Chips. We do what we are told; that is the traditional Kusari way.
 * Farmer's Alliance/Kagoshima Bartender/Yoshizumi Chiba
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
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====Battleship Strausberg (New Berlin)====
->Rumor #133910:
We deliver MOX to the Westfalen every few months or so. Berlin has been having difficulty making their payments lately. ALG would like to improve our relationship with the military, so we often waive the transport and installation fees.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133911:
The structural integrity of this ship is suspect. It suffered a lot of damage during the Eighty Years War, but was forced to remain in service, since all of its sister ships are now Scrap Metal in the Sigma-13 system. We are always nervous when we have to enter the reactor compartments of this ship. Especially since the recent accident.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133912:
Our most lucrative runs for MOX are into Colorado. One must first survive the Xenos in the Independent Worlds, however. The Rogues would also like to get their hands on bomb-making material -- especially the group found in Hudson.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133913:
The military's brought us in to help them out in the Nordheide. They don't pay us too much, though. But they have good, long-range scanners and a strategic position in this area, so it's worthwhile for us. Most of the actual bounties are put up by Republican.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133914:
There are a few reformed Hessians among us here in Hamburg. They're the lucky ones who got out of Vierlande before their sentences were up. One guy had some story about some neutron star in Omega-41. That's way out there in the Edge Worlds in Corsair land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133915:
The Hole to Bering is up in the Nordheide. If you're looking for diamond smuggling Unioners, then that's the place to be. There isn't a direct route between here and Hudson, which keeps the Xenos and Rogues out of Hamburg.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133916:
Some of the Hunters use this as a base for journeys into Hudson. Most of the bounties up there are for Xenos and Rogues. Republican posts the bulk of them, though Universal and IC chip in on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133917:
Just came back from Hudson. We were cruising for baddies in the gap between the Wrangell and Kenai Fields. Ran right into a little skirmish going on between the local thugs. I got me two Xenos and a Rogue. Buy you a drink?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133918:
Hudson is a little rougher than Hamburg. No safe havens, not even any military in the Rheinland part of the system. Liberty Navy's putting a lot of pressure on them, but they can't do much about it. You can see why. Look around at this dump.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133919:
It's a quick trip from Hamburg. We run in supplies on a regular basis. Sometimes they can't pay us, but we usually can arrange something. Maybe four dead Unioners for a container of Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133920:
Republican is competing with ALG to win the contract for constructing the next generation of Rheinland battleships. We have a clear advantage in ship design and practical construction experience. But they have a definite strength in alloys and specialized Hull Panel fabrication.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133921:
Although it's not far to Hamburg from here, the Unioners will attack us if given the opportunity. Their preferred method is to disable a Trade Lane ring near the center of the stretch, then flee back into the Nordheide at the first sign of a military patrol.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133922:
The Westfalen is the last battleship still operational in the Rheinland fleet. We are always short of spare parts, and the men are paid only once every three months. Some enterprising pilots have taken to moonlighting for Republican or Synth Foods in order to make ends meet.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133923:
This ship is a deathtrap. They had an explosion last week in Fusion Reactor 6. Had to seal off the entire A Deck. They're not even going to fix it. That's a sorry state of affairs. The Westfalen will never be able to make a jump again.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133924:
There are rumors circulating that ALG is planning on building a new shipyard in Dortmund to build the Bremen and her sister ships. They're willing to build them at cost in order to gain entry into this new market. That's an attractive proposition for Berlin at this point and time.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133925:
The Rheinland Military is tasked with patrolling the northern areas of Hamburg and the adjacent Independent Worlds of Bering and Hudson. But we only have enough working fighters to cover the Trade Lanes in the immediate area, plus a daily patrol into the Nordheide. We assign Bounty Hunters to handle many of our other patrol routes in the area.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133926:
Ever since we lost the war, Rheinland just hasn't been the same; the entire colony feels beaten and bereft of vigor. Look around, there is no one smiling or enjoying themselves. What will it take for my House to heal?
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133927:
Daumann is the real culprit in the Eighty-Years War. The Imperial Navy Command had grave doubts about the wisdom of fighting a guerrilla-style war in the Crow Nebula against an enemy that was so well-supplied by Kusari. But Daumann saw the huge profits to be made in lucrative shipbuilding contracts, and bribed hundreds of key government officials. The rest is history.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133928:
Many of the young officers are leaving the Rheinland Military, tired of the poor conditions and low pay. Most of them end up flying commercial transports for Republican or Synth Foods. The rest end up with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133929:
The Rheinland public doesn't respect the military anymore. We lost the Eighty-Years War to a ragtag bunch of gas miners as far as they're concerned. That is one reason it has been so difficult for Berlin to increase our budget -- the politicians backed by the Bundschuh always vote it down.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133930:
The Bundschuh continues to attack this floating piece of junk for some reason. We usually run them off after a few minutes. I guess they don't have any other obvious military targets left in Rheinland -- except maybe the Oder Shipyard. Have to have an enemy to keep the cause going.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
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====Bonn Station (New Berlin)====
->Rumor #133793:
The Guild has been in Rheinland since IC was allowed to establish this station in 730. Many of the early members here were Liberty transplants. That didn't sit too well with the locals. The typical recruit nowadays is more likely to be an unpaid Rheinland Federal Police officer or a reformed Red Hessian just out of Vierlande.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Mitch Murphy
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Carrie Owen
->Rumor #133794:
If you want a real challenge, head out to Solarius in Omega-11. Daumann needs Bounty Hunters to help them with basic security. It's a rough post, but you can go Diamond mining while you're out looking for Hessians and Corsairs.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Mitch Murphy
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Carrie Owen
->Rumor #133795:
There's a simple reason that the main areas of criminal activity in Berlin are in the Ruhrfeld and Saarfeld: That's where the Jump Holes are. The Hamburg Hole is in the northern part of the Ruhr; the Saar Hole leads to Dresden.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Mitch Murphy
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Carrie Owen
->Rumor #133796:
There's good business for the Guild down in Dresden. Daumann and Kruger are both looking for Bounty Hunters to guard their operations. Kruger is the better one because you can always go Diamond mining when no one is looking. You'll earn your keep, though. Plenty of Hessians to go around in Dresden.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Mitch Murphy
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Carrie Owen
->Rumor #133797:
Beware of the radioactive areas in the Ruhr. They're up in the mid-section, north of the Junker Debris pocket. The Ruhr used to be Rheinland's center of uranium mining and processing.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Mitch Murphy
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Carrie Owen
->Rumor #133798:
This sure beats the police. I hadn't been paid in two months. The rest of my post had turned to "Trade Lane tolls" that they forced passing ships to pay. Berlin got wind of it and sent the lot of them to Vierlande to discourage others sharing the same thought. I decided to change professions and try to earn some legitimate money.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Mitch Murphy
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Carrie Owen
->Rumor #133802:
The Liberty folks lobbied the Rheinland government quite heavily to allow us to land here. Not quite so sure what their real intentions were, but it's been a boon for the IMG and Gateway. We haul their Copper and Silver from Omega-3.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Harry Key
->Rumor #133803:
Gateway and the IMG haven't had nearly the problems with the Red Hessians that Kruger and Daumann have. We try to tolerate them as much as possible, which specifically means not hiring Bounty Hunters to chase them down.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Harry Key
->Rumor #133804:
We're doing very well on this route since Liberty decided to use us as a secondary source of metals for their factories and smelters. Word was that they didn't trust Daumann anymore and were concerned with the Hessians shutting off the flow of Copper through Dresden.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Harry Key
->Rumor #133805:
Interspace Commerce monitors the Trade Lane network of Rheinland from this station. If repeat offenders involved in Lane attacks can be identified, the Bounty Hunters are sent off to dispose of them.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Kirk Hoffman
 * Interspace Commerce/Bonn Bartender/Jochen Spönla
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Crystal Foster
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Janice Moore
->Rumor #133806:
The Rheinland government asked IC to leave after the trade dispute of 521. We were not able to return to New Berlin until the agreement between Liberty and Rheinland following the Eighty-Years War. Liberty companies were granted free access to Rheinland space at that time.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Kirk Hoffman
 * Interspace Commerce/Bonn Bartender/Jochen Spönla
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Crystal Foster
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Janice Moore
->Rumor #133807:
Rheinland and its adjacent Border Worlds now suffer the dubious distinction of having the highest shipping insurance rates in the Sirius sector. We have advised the Bretonian and Kusari militaries of the situation in the hope that a special arrangement can be made to keep the Border World Trade Lanes operating in this area.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Kirk Hoffman
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Crystal Foster
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Janice Moore
->Rumor #133808:
Bonn receives most of its basic supplies from New Berlin, with the exception of food. That's brought in from Stuttgart by Synth Foods. This station is also the exclusive Rheinland distributor for spare Trade Lane parts -- always in demand in the Omega systems.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Kirk Hoffman
 * Interspace Commerce/Bonn Bartender/Jochen Spönla
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Crystal Foster
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Janice Moore
->Rumor #133809:
Rheinland is plagued by a wide variety of criminals, some political, others engaged in common piracy. It is the latter group that interests us. Excessive insurance claims made by shipping companies and damage inflicted to the physical Trade Lane infrastructures can lead to decreased profits.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Kirk Hoffman
 * Interspace Commerce/Bonn Bartender/Jochen Spönla
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Crystal Foster
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Janice Moore
->Rumor #133810:
The Eighty-Years War was a colossal mistake for Rheinland. The nation was fairly self-sufficient and prosperous, yet Kruger was not content. They had fallen behind Daumann, and hoped that the gases of the Crow Nebula would be their salvation. It was Daumann that actually persuaded the government to step in, for reasons of cynical self-interest. They knew that fat military contracts would head their way once the fighting began in earnest.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Kirk Hoffman
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Crystal Foster
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Janice Moore
->Rumor #133811:
We will issue a decision on the Omega-7 system shortly. There are field agents assessing the situation. IC may no longer insure cargo in that system, as in Dresden after the rise of the Red Hessians. This would significantly increase the exposure of area shippers to catastrophic losses.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Kirk Hoffman
 * Interspace Commerce/Bonn Bartender/Jochen Spönla
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Crystal Foster
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Janice Moore
->Rumor #133812:
IC is very concerned that the Rheinland Military has proven unable to patrol the Omega-7 system satisfactorily. That is a crucial shipping route between Rheinland and Bretonia. Many of the precious metals in the Sirius sector are found there. In particular, the future Copper supply for Ageira's plant in Colorado.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Kirk Hoffman
 * Interspace Commerce/Bonn Bartender/Jochen Spönla
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Crystal Foster
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Janice Moore
->Rumor #133813:
The Sigma-13 Trade Lane attacks have attained crisis status. The Corsairs and Outcasts grow stronger with every passing year, and the GMG seems to be unable to effectively defend their territory as they did during the Eighty-Years War. The Edge World pirates have proven to be far more formidable adversaries than the Rheinland Imperial Fleet.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Kirk Hoffman
 * Interspace Commerce/Bonn Bartender/Jochen Spönla
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Crystal Foster
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Janice Moore
->Rumor #133814:
The cursed LWB has teamed up with the Hessians. They must have pleaded their cause to repel the foreign invader or something. Now we have a much-better-armed adversary to contend with. Los Angeles never thought it would escalate to this.
 * Synth Foods/Rep. Gordon Epps
->Rumor #133815:
The LWB was getting a lot of flack from the Rheinland public for attacking their food supply. So now they've switched to Fertilizers. They figure if our costs get high enough, we'll have to reconsider the current assimilation strategy of Stuttgart. They may have a point.
 * Synth Foods/Rep. Gordon Epps
->Rumor #133816:
Stuttgart may prove to be the undoing of Synth Foods. Nobody imagined the ferocity with which the LWB would strike back. Nor did we realize how challenging the criminal situation was in Rheinland. Our Fertilizer ships have to be specially armed just to survive the trip from Houston to Bonn. Escorts are required on all runs to and from Stuttgart.
 * Synth Foods/Rep. Gordon Epps
->Rumor #133817:
We supply Bonn with the basics from New Berlin while we're waiting for a load of Copper or Silver from Gateway. Then we're off to Manhattan or Houston.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Nathan Winston
->Rumor #133818:
Bonn is burning through the Trade Lane spare-parts supply pretty fast. Deep Space is out there in Omega-7 or Stuttgart every other week. Looks like we'll have to bring in another load sooner than expected from Trenton.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Nathan Winston
->Rumor #133819:
This is the end of the line for Universal. Management says that it's not worth it to go into Stuttgart. Too many problems. Just look at Synth Foods. Their security costs could bite them one of these days. Maybe the LWB will actually defeat Goliath.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Nathan Winston
->Rumor #133883:
DSE had to station a permanent repair crew in Omega-7 to deal with all of the Trade Lane ring damage that's been happening in all of the Corsair and Red Hessian attacks. We're on the supply transport just in from Freistadt. They don't bother us on the return trip, just when we have a full load.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Wade Knox
->Rumor #133884:
We do day runs to Dresden as needed to repair rings. It's a hell of a place to have Trade Lanes, I'll tell you. The system is an inferno, full of lava asteroids and hostile Hessians.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Wade Knox
->Rumor #133885:
Had to send out a crew to fix the Omega-11 Gate in Stuttgart last week. Hessians got into it with a Daumann Armored Transport coming in from Solarius. The ship tried to re-enter the Gate, but was caught by the raiding party while docking.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Wade Knox
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====Brandenburg Border Station (New Berlin)====
->Rumor #133847:
Just dropping off some supplies and Side Arms from Berlin. We don't deliver them as often as we used to, since the government can't afford to pay us. But we can't let the police run out of Water and air now, can we?
 * Republican Shipping/ Alfred Freytag
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Cornelius Gunkel
->Rumor #133848:
This is as far as Republican goes. The Trade Lane south of here and the Dresden system are off limits to our ships. Too dangerous out there. Daumann hauls its minerals and alloys to the Ring. We pick up the cargo there for the remainder of the journey to Liberty or the other houses.
 * Republican Shipping/ Alfred Freytag
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Cornelius Gunkel
->Rumor #133849:
We don't get the Unioners so bad in this part of the system. They prefer to operate out of the Ruhrfeld. Guess that's where their Jump Hole to Hamburg must be.
 * Republican Shipping/ Alfred Freytag
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Cornelius Gunkel
->Rumor #133850:
Berlin ordered this post built about fifty years ago. The Hessians were using the old Saar and Harz mining areas as staging grounds to attack the southern Trade Lanes. We're the only thing holding back the Hessian hordes from controlling the entire southern end of the New Berlin system.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133851:
We do two field patrols out of here; one along the northern end of the Saar, the other into the Harz. Neither one is a walk in the park. The Hessians and the LWB lurk everywhere.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133852:
Privately, the people of Rheinland are very unhappy with the greedy Liberty companies -- especially Synth Foods. They have destroyed the traditional way of life for the growers of the WVS on Stuttgart and stolen one of Rheinland's most precious assets from her people.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133853:
Daumann and Kruger convoys coming in from the Dresden Gate have been attacked numerous times in recent weeks. The Hessians patiently wait in the fields on either side until they enter the Trade Lane. Then they come out, guns blazing.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133854:
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a Jump Hole in the Saarfeld. It sure seems to get a lot of criminal traffic. My guess is that the Hole accesses Dresden or Stuttgart. Hard to tell which.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133855:
Synth Foods pays us well to keep the LWB under control in this area. At least they've got money, unlike our police force. We wouldn't get paid at all if it weren't for the foreigners. So I guess I can protect their shipping.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133856:
There are many of us torn by our orders to dispose of so many of the Rheinland workers who have fallen onto hard times during the last eighty years. The LWB is a good example. They were once prosperous farmers on Stuttgart. Now they have resorted to violence against the foreign corporation of Synth Foods, which has occupied their homeland. Is that so wrong?
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133857:
Many of my comrades are joining the Bounty Hunters. They say you can make as much in one day killing Hessians as we get paid in a month. That is, if we get paid at all. The rich aristocrats of Berlin do not seem to be feeling our pain at all. There is money in Rheinland, but it is concentrated in the hands of an elite few.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
->Rumor #133858:
The asteroid fields around us were once the pride of Rheinland. Generations of early settlers mined the metals that brought riches to all. Then the rich and powerful grew greedy, and decided that they needed more. So they took it from the common man, instead of expanding their companies through innovation and sensible investment.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Brandenburg Bartender/RBT-69
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Edgar Kästner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Inge Eberhard
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Katja Lochner
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====Dortmund Station (New Berlin)====
->Rumor #133820:
ALG reprocesses the Toxic Waste from ships and furnaces throughout the Sirius sector into fresh MOX pellets using special breeder reactors. Rheinland no longer contains enough Toxic Waste source material for our needs, so we have entered into agreements with the Liberty government and Ageira to ensure a reliable supply.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Klaus Schulze
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Moritz Vogler
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Dortmund Bartender/Jörg Meister
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Celine Voigt
->Rumor #133821:
ALG was founded in 88 A.S. to handle the cleanup of Daumann and Kruger mining operations within New Berlin. We were also instrumental in developing the specialized materials and construction methods necessary to adapt to the highly oxidizing environment of Stuttgart. In 460, we were tasked to clean up the Ruhr uranium mining field, that Daumann had exhausted and left abandoned.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Klaus Schulze
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Moritz Vogler
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Dortmund Bartender/Jörg Meister
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Celine Voigt
->Rumor #133822:
BMM controls the only remaining Uranium-mining area in Sirius. LD-14 still provides the bulk of newly processed MOX fuel for Bretonia. Our enrichment and recycling technologies are far more advanced, however, enabling us to offer a more competitive price within Liberty.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Klaus Schulze
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Moritz Vogler
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Dortmund Bartender/Jörg Meister
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Celine Voigt
->Rumor #133823:
Our partnership with ALG and the IMG has proven very fruitful. We now have a shipper and mining company to support our manufacturing prowess. We have taken great care to avoid the acrimonious labor relations that plague Daumann and Republican by treating our workers well, and strictly enforcing safety procedures.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Klaus Schulze
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Moritz Vogler
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Dortmund Bartender/Jörg Meister
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Celine Voigt
->Rumor #133824:
ALG Waste Disposal is proud to be at the forefront of Scrap Metal recycling efforts within the Sirius sector. We are now under contract to clean all of Liberty's Debris fields by 850 AS. We are also engaged in the clean-up of the Yanagi battlefield in Sigma-13, which had created hazards for shipping.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Klaus Schulze
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Moritz Vogler
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Dortmund Bartender/Jörg Meister
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Celine Voigt
->Rumor #133825:
We have stripped Rheinland of almost all the viable Scrap Metal deposits. Only the pocket around Kreuzberg in the Ruhr Field remains. The Junkers do not seem to be in any hurry to remove their last source of legitimate income within the New Berlin system. A similar situation exists in Sigma-13.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Klaus Schulze
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Moritz Vogler
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Dortmund Bartender/Jörg Meister
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Celine Voigt
->Rumor #133826:
Scrap is melted into its constituent metals in our furnaces. It's then blended with Beryllium, Cobalt, Copper, or Niobium to create Basic and High-Temperature Alloys. From those basic components we manufacture Ship Hull Panels and Industrial Furnaces for use in shipbuilding and manufacturing plants.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Klaus Schulze
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Moritz Vogler
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Dortmund Bartender/Jörg Meister
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Celine Voigt
->Rumor #133827:
Anyone interested in MOX for criminal purposes is an enemy of ALG. Our most pressing threat is currently the Xenos, who see us as foreigners to be attacked on sight. The Corsairs and Outcasts have also been troublesome within Sigma-13. ALG would prefer to not ship MOX or Toxic Waste, but Gateway is not interested in such dangerous cargo.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Klaus Schulze
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Moritz Vogler
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Dortmund Bartender/Jörg Meister
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Celine Voigt
->Rumor #133828:
ALG Ship Hull Panels supply the civilian shipyards in Hamburg, Honshu, and New York. Our only competitor is the Stokes Smelter in Leeds. BMM is using outdated production methods which are less cost effective than ours, so we are confident that ALG will soon own all of this market.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Klaus Schulze
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Moritz Vogler
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Dortmund Bartender/Jörg Meister
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Celine Voigt
->Rumor #133829:
We bring in most of the minerals that ALG needs for its smelters here. My ship usually hauls Beryllium or Niobium in from Kensington or Cardiff. On the return, we're running High-Temperature Alloys to Southampton. That's sure rocked the boat with Republican; they've had that little market to themselves for a very long time.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. Ben Walters
->Rumor #133830:
It's a good thing that they trade Polymers and Hydrocarbons on Freeport I. Otherwise ALG would have a difficult time buying any at a good price, since BMM and Daumann pretty much control those Commodities in this part of Sirius.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. Ben Walters
->Rumor #133831:
We've started running in Copper and Cobalt from the IMG base in Freistadt. That's in Omega-7. IMG gets its minerals to ALG, and we profit. A nice arrangement for everyone concerned.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. Ben Walters
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====Essen Station (New Berlin)====
->Rumor #133832:
My ship is picking up a load of Mining Machinery to take out to the IMG operation in Omega-7. We were just over at Dortmund across the way, dropping off some copper from Freistadt.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Rick Bates
->Rumor #133833:
There are a lot of people at Gateway who aren't sure we should get so close to the Rheinlanders. We were doing fine with the IMG before ALG came along. Now they want to buy Kruger, which will result in a massive corporation like Daumann or Republican. We're being straight-armed by ALG into accepting their proposal, with little or no say in the matter.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Rick Bates
->Rumor #133834:
Gateway does not often deal with Kruger. But that could change soon. They say that ALG will soon acquire the remnants of this once-proud company for next to nothing. Can't say it surprises me; Kruger's been on the ropes for decades.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Rick Bates
->Rumor #133835:
This has been Kruger's headquarters since early in the second century. We are a proud family company that helped build the industrial might of Rheinland. Kruger still produces the finest Mining Machinery in the Sirius sector, utilizing our cheap supply of Diamonds from the Dresden system.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Ulrich Bierlich
 * Kruger Minerals/ Wolfgang Vorkäuffer
 * Kruger Minerals/Essen Bartender/Ulrich Prange
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Sebastian Topf
->Rumor #133836:
Kruger has seen better days. We've been forced to lay off many of our workers in recent times. Our company incurred vast debts at the beginning of the Eighty-Years War when we lost more than half our mining fleet to the GMG. We've never recovered from that dark period.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Ulrich Bierlich
 * Kruger Minerals/ Wolfgang Vorkäuffer
 * Kruger Minerals/Essen Bartender/Ulrich Prange
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Sebastian Topf
->Rumor #133837:
Secret negotiations are underway between ALG and Kruger. ALG would like to merge our companies into one giant corporation that can build all types of machinery and Engine Components to finally truly compete with Daumann's Ring. It is a tempting offer, but there are complications. The membership of the IMG, one of ALG's partners, views us with suspicion. Many of them are former Kruger employees.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Ulrich Bierlich
 * Kruger Minerals/ Wolfgang Vorkäuffer
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Sebastian Topf
->Rumor #133838:
The Aachenfeld was Kruger's primary mining area for centuries. When it was exhausted, we were forced to expand our exploration efforts into Omega-7. We have a profitable Silver mine in operation there now. We also own a synthetic H-Fuel-extraction facility in the Frankfurt system.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Ulrich Bierlich
 * Kruger Minerals/ Wolfgang Vorkäuffer
 * Kruger Minerals/Essen Bartender/Ulrich Prange
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Sebastian Topf
->Rumor #133839:
Kruger could once compete with Daumann, but they are now much larger and more diversified. We still hold a commanding lead in Mining Machinery, and hold key deposits of Diamonds and Silver. But that is not enough. Kruger Minerals will eventually be crushed by the Daumann goliath if radical steps are not taken soon.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Ulrich Bierlich
 * Kruger Minerals/ Wolfgang Vorkäuffer
 * Kruger Minerals/Essen Bartender/Ulrich Prange
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Sebastian Topf
->Rumor #133840:
Daumann lies at the heart of Rheinland's problems. They have paid for many a Rheinland government functionary's palatial residence in the countryside of Stuttgart over the centuries. At the same time, their merciless treatment of workers in Leipzig led directly to the Popular Revolution and all the unrest that followed. You can thank them for the rise of the Red Hessians.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Ulrich Bierlich
 * Kruger Minerals/ Wolfgang Vorkäuffer
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Sebastian Topf
->Rumor #133841:
Our operations in Dresden and Omega-7 have been plagued by the Red Hessians in recent times. We never mistreated our workers as Daumann has. Yet many of our laid-off workers that joined the Hessians soon felt that way. We are always in the shadow of Daumann -- paying for their mistakes, or watching them profit from ours.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Ulrich Bierlich
 * Kruger Minerals/ Wolfgang Vorkäuffer
 * Kruger Minerals/Essen Bartender/Ulrich Prange
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Sebastian Topf
->Rumor #133842:
Kruger's management felt that we had no choice but to expand into the Crow Nebula. Daumann had blocked our expansion plans in Dresden, and Berlin was exhausted. We felt that there was enough gas for everyone in Sigma-13, but that viewpoint was obviously not shared by the GMG.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Ulrich Bierlich
 * Kruger Minerals/ Wolfgang Vorkäuffer
 * Kruger Minerals/Essen Bartender/Ulrich Prange
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Sebastian Topf
->Rumor #133843:
Our H-Fuel-extraction operation in Mannheim is totally dependent on government subsidies for its survival. It has not been profitable since the end of the war, 120 years ago. Once Berlin can no longer support it, the last vestige of that sad chapter in Rheinland history will be gone.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Ulrich Bierlich
 * Kruger Minerals/ Wolfgang Vorkäuffer
 * Kruger Minerals/Essen Bartender/Ulrich Prange
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Sebastian Topf
->Rumor #133844:
We supply this operation with Optical Chips from Houston. I guess they use them in their Mining Machinery-manufacturing process for control devices. On the return trip to Liberty, we haul the Mining Machinery needed by the Dallas Debris Field prison crews and the Pittsburgh Boron-extraction operation.
 * Republican Shipping/ Wilhelm Dittmar
->Rumor #133845:
One day soon we will no longer stop here. Rumor has it that the ALG/Gateway alliance is gaining a new member. That would be a sad end to the proud family company of Kruger, last of the old "Mittlestand."
 * Republican Shipping/ Wilhelm Dittmar
->Rumor #133846:
We must contend with many pirates on our journey to Liberty. The Unioners await our ships in Hamburg and Bering. If we take the alternative route through Hudson, we often encounter Xenos. I'm not sure which are worse. Both groups represent the dregs of humanity.
 * Republican Shipping/ Wilhelm Dittmar
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====Kaiserslautern Depot (New Berlin)====
->Rumor #505007:
.It's a quick and quiet trip from here to either Dresden or Stuttgart. Hamburg might not be drastically far away, but getting to Frankfurt or Munich takes much longer.
 * Red Hessians/Friedrich Chemlin
->Rumor #505008:
.It's nice to be back in the heart of Rheinland. We may have been enjoying some great successes in Omega space, but it's right here that we first began. It means a lot to some of us. The rest prefers shooting Corsairs though.
 * Red Hessians/Friedrich Chemlin
->Rumor #505009:
.The LWB doesn't have the greatest pilots, but I hear they managed to free some members from Vierlande. Quite impressive, if it's true. You never know from the boasting around here.
 * Red Hessians/Friedrich Chemlin
->Rumor #505010:
.Many of our smugglers stop here on their diamond runs to Liberty. The LWB manages to grow quite a bit of nice food. It's certainly a welcome change from the usual liberated paste! Too bad the government doesn't understand the value of real food.
 * Red Hessians/Friedrich Chemlin
->Rumor #505011:
.It's good to see the LWB are developing as pilots. If their numbers keep increasing as they were, we might be able to transfer enough pilots from Rheinland to crush the Corsairs invading our space once and for all.
 * Red Hessians/Friedrich Chemlin
->Rumor #505012:
.Liberty's slave trade is an abomination. The only thing worse than that is how Daumann purchases those same slaves for their brutal mines in the Von Rohe belt. Many of our people fighting in Omega-11 are former slaves, either liberated from the miners or from the shipments. They know full well what they are fighting against.
 * Red Hessians/Dr. Katherine von Hessen
->Rumor #505013:
.It's a great thing they are working to repatriate slaves here. It really helps our movement increase its numbers, especially considering the war with the Corsairs.
 * Red Hessians/Dr. Katherine von Hessen
->Rumor #505014:
.Though many join up with us with mostly retribution in their minds, a lot of them eventually end up embracing the revolutionary cause. Then they either advance through the ranks, or join up with the Bundschuh to fight on the home front. Our leaders aren't bothered much by this. After all, we're all in this together.
 * Red Hessians/Dr. Katherine von Hessen
->Rumor #505015:
.This station was originally ran by the Hessians. They passed control on to us, what with all their fighting in the Omega systems. It has proven to be an effective depot for us to launch attacks against Synth Foods convoys heading to Frankfurt and Hamburg. We couldn't hit those much before.
 * LWB/Kaiserslautern Bartender/Annike Eckeld
 * LWB/Udo Ackermann
->Rumor #505016:
.One of the first things the LWB did when they took control of Kaiserslautern was plant several gardens. We may have become pilots these days, but we still know our roots.
 * LWB/Udo Ackermann
->Rumor #505017:
.I'm glad the Hessians are our allies. I even hear they're working on some kind of heavy battlecruiser. If we had one of those, we could remove Synth Foods in no time!
 * LWB/Kaiserslautern Bartender/Annike Eckeld
->Rumor #505018:
.Some members are saying our cause is already lost because of the changes to Stuttgart's atmosphere. I don't know about that. I read the Bretonians have had a lot of advances with terraforming.
 * LWB/Kaiserslautern Bartender/Annike Eckeld
->Rumor #505019:
.Not only do the Hessians provide us with training and assistance, they also donate plenty of equipment to our cause. Their Asgard line of ships does remarkably well out there. Anything's great if it is helping though.
 * LWB/Kaiserslautern Bartender/Annike Eckeld
->Rumor #505020:
.We are quite sympathetic with the idea of freeing the enslaved population of Sirius. Being forced off our land and being told what to do by Synth Foods and all, many can really sympathise. The more people we free, the better.
 * LWB/Udo Ackermann
->Rumor #505021:
.I like those red diamonds the Hessians are ferrying through here these days. They're pretty.
 * LWB/Udo Ackermann
->Rumor #505022:
.The LWB may be lacking in numbers, but we do have one advantage over the other groups: our experience with hydroponics lets us grow plants here without the need for real soil. This helps us with our food, and even helps life support by providing some oxygen recirculation. It cuts down on maintenance costs, and is actually quite efficient in the long run.
 * LWB/Helmut Pajo
->Rumor #505023:
.Compared to Planet Stuttgart oxygen levels are far lower here. On Darmstadt, we often times increase them to at least try and mimic Stuttgart's atmosphere, but it rarely hits the mark.
 * LWB/Helmut Pajo
->Rumor #505024:
.With aid from the Red Hessians and the Bundschuh, the LWB has been trying to make up for their lesser skill by increasing the power output of our weaponry. The "Destroyers" we use make up for the occasional misses.
 * LWB/Helmut Pajo
->Rumor #505025:
.Kaiserslautern is a nice stop for us. With most of our members closer to Bruchsal, it's hard to get word of our cause to New Berlin. Rest and refueling here has really made a difference.
 * Bundschuh/Josef Erlichmann
->Rumor #505026:
.The conversation here is much different than back on Bruchsal. There we speak of philosophy and political theory. Here, conversations are a lot more down to earth. It's nice for a while, but I prefer intellectional stimulation.
 * Bundschuh/Josef Erlichmann
->Rumor #505027:
.Our movement often uses this station as a place to recruit. Those declared unlawful by the government tend to be friendly to our cause. We try and get those who are above piracy to help us whenever we can.
 * Bundschuh/Josef Erlichmann
->Rumor #505028:
.I run supplies from here out to Eltmann sometime. If you stay in the asteroid fields, it's not the riskiest run and Eltmann needs those goods badly. It's a long ride between those jumpholes though.
 * Bundschuh/Josef Erlichmann
->Rumor #505029:
.I'll probably be leaving this station for Omega-11 soon. Freital and Ronneburg are both always in need of good doctors, what with both the radiation and the Corsair onslaught there. Ronneburg might not be bathed in the outbursts of a dying sun, but the amount of injured the sickbays there get more than makes up for that fact.
 * Red Hessians/Dr. Katherine von Hessen
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====Kreuzberg Depot (New Berlin)====
->Rumor #133859:
We are here to obtain medical supplies and Side Arms for our base in Frankfurt. The Bundschuh are not common criminals like the rabble you see here. We are dedicated to overthrowing the government and restoring justice to Rheinland.
 * Bundschuh/ Dieter Machts
->Rumor #133860:
The Bundschuh were instrumental in bringing about the Popular Revolution. We ensured that the Workers Convention of Rights was ratified by the Rheinland government in 705. Unfortunately, its terms were never honored by the Rheinland corporations, so little has changed.
 * Bundschuh/ Dieter Machts
->Rumor #133861:
We are always looking for other factions to join our cause. I'm afraid we've lost the Red Hessians, although we hold out hope for the Unioners and LWB, who have not entirely fallen into a mode of indiscriminate piracy.
 * Bundschuh/ Dieter Machts
->Rumor #133862:
If you want to make friends with a Hessian, start shooting up some Daumann or Kruger ships. We mount many of our attacks in Berlin right out of this base. You've got Kruger's base at Essen, and the Trade Lanes to Hamburg and Stuttgart. Plenty of choices, just depends what mood you're in.
 * Red Hessians/ Gunter Lesens
 * Red Hessians/ Hänsel Ranis
->Rumor #133863:
The Hessians are always looking for able-bodied pilots who like a bit of a fight, especially if you hate Corsairs like we do. We always need supplies up in Vogtland. That's our headquarters in Dresden, through the Hole in the Saarfeld.
 * Red Hessians/ Gunter Lesens
 * Red Hessians/ Hänsel Ranis
->Rumor #133864:
I've just come in from the Freital base in Omega-11 with some Diamonds mined from the Von Rohe Belt. You're on the edge of nowhere out there -- Corsair country to the south and west. We've got a little war with them going in Omega-5, if you want some action.
 * Red Hessians/ Gunter Lesens
 * Red Hessians/ Hänsel Ranis
->Rumor #133865:
This is a good stop-over point for our forays into Hamburg. Not really our territory up there. We just make runs on the prison occasionally, mostly when they capture a senior pilot or someone else valuable to our cause.
 * Red Hessians/ Gunter Lesens
 * Red Hessians/ Hänsel Ranis
->Rumor #133866:
We've been helping the LWB a bit. They let us use their base in the Ostnebel in Stuttgart. They aren't really up to Hessian standards as far as combat skill and equipment levels, but they are fast learners.
 * Red Hessians/ Gunter Lesens
 * Red Hessians/ Hänsel Ranis
->Rumor #133867:
It's kind of nice to see a sun again. I've been trapped on Vogtland for months, repairing ships damaged in the Omega-5 battles. They let me have a little rest and recreation in Berlin. So I'm out popping Bounty Hunters and Daumann escort ships. I find it very therapeutic.
 * Red Hessians/ Gunter Lesens
 * Red Hessians/ Hänsel Ranis
->Rumor #133868:
Good Scrap is getting difficult to find around here. There are still some good pockets, but they're in the radioactive areas, so that's no good. At least it's cheap paying off the police in Rheinland. Makes it much easier to do business.
 * Junkers/ Jim Berry
 * Junkers/ Lance Miller
 * Junkers/ Matt Simpson
 * Junkers/ Steve Blackwell
 * Junkers/Kreuzberg Bartender/Karl Kastner
->Rumor #133869:
You'll want to be careful in the northern areas of the Ruhr. There are some nasty pockets of radiation that'll cook your ship pretty fast. The Jump Hole to Hamburg is up there too.
 * Junkers/ Jim Berry
 * Junkers/ Lance Miller
 * Junkers/ Matt Simpson
 * Junkers/ Steve Blackwell
 * Junkers/Kreuzberg Bartender/Karl Kastner
->Rumor #133870:
If you want to risk it, we need Cardamine and Artifacts run into New Berlin. The police could care less about the Diamond trade, but they don't budge on drugs and trinkets. Verboten. End of discussion.
 * Junkers/ Jim Berry
 * Junkers/ Lance Miller
 * Junkers/ Matt Simpson
 * Junkers/ Steve Blackwell
->Rumor #133871:
There's a daily ship that makes the trip to Berlin with Diamonds that the Hessians bring in from Dresden and the Border Worlds. We usually stock up on Side Arms and Engine Components, which are tough to come by for most of the criminals that frequent our little depot.
 * Junkers/ Jim Berry
 * Junkers/ Lance Miller
 * Junkers/ Matt Simpson
 * Junkers/ Steve Blackwell
 * Junkers/Kreuzberg Bartender/Karl Kastner
->Rumor #133872:
Hans just brought in some Artifacts and Cardamine from Yanagi. He had a close call in Hamburg with some Bounty Hunters, but otherwise it was a quiet trip. Sigma-13 is a new area for us Junkers. We've had to improve our shielding and general weaponry a lot just to survive out there in GMG country. It's a long run from there, so you'd make some good money.
 * Junkers/ Jim Berry
 * Junkers/ Lance Miller
 * Junkers/ Matt Simpson
 * Junkers/ Steve Blackwell
 * Junkers/Kreuzberg Bartender/Karl Kastner
->Rumor #133873:
The Hessians don't like our tolerating the Corsairs in Sigma-13. They're locked in some death struggle for control of the southern Edge Worlds. Word is that the Hessians are winning because of all the fresh recruits they can find in Rheinland to send into the meat grinder.
 * Junkers/ Jim Berry
 * Junkers/ Lance Miller
 * Junkers/ Matt Simpson
 * Junkers/ Steve Blackwell
->Rumor #133874:
A lot of the local thugs use our depot as their bed for the night. They make raids out into the Lanes, then retreat to the comforts of home. Nothing like a nice big stein of Kreuzberg Weissbier after a hard day's work blasting Synth Foods transports into oblivion.
 * Junkers/ Jim Berry
 * Junkers/ Lance Miller
 * Junkers/ Matt Simpson
 * Junkers/ Steve Blackwell
 * Junkers/Kreuzberg Bartender/Karl Kastner
->Rumor #133875:
I can't keep all the bad guys straight here, personally. The Bundschuh are elitist Berlin University types who are trying to change the world -- go figure. The Unioners have it in for Republican Shipping, while the Red Hessians aim more at Daumann. The LWB prefers to prey on Synth Foods. Of course, a lot of them will just knock over a passing ship if it's an easy mark.
 * Junkers/ Jim Berry
 * Junkers/ Lance Miller
 * Junkers/ Matt Simpson
 * Junkers/ Steve Blackwell
 * Junkers/Kreuzberg Bartender/Karl Kastner
->Rumor #133876:
We'd like to supply Liberty with Artifacts and Cardamine from our Yanagi base using the Unioners as the couriers, but they won't bite. They've got principles, they say. Diamond smuggling is perfectly legitimate in their eyes, I guess.
 * Junkers/ Jim Berry
 * Junkers/ Lance Miller
 * Junkers/ Matt Simpson
 * Junkers/ Steve Blackwell
->Rumor #133877:
If you're looking to help our cause, haul some supplies up to Darmstadt. That's our base in the Ostnebel in Stuttgart. We often buy them in Vogtland, but they are much more expensive there.
 * LWB/ Felix Scheider
->Rumor #133878:
There's a raiding party leaving shortly for the Dortmund-Bonn Lane. Someone heard a Junker talking about a Synth Foods transport coming in from Hamburg with Fertilizers. They don't guard them as well as the Food shipments, especially Luxury Foods.
 * LWB/ Felix Scheider
->Rumor #133879:
Synth Foods blames us for the food shortages in Berlin. The truth is, most of their food is bound for Liberty, where they can make much higher profits. Whether Rheinland starves or not is none of their concern.
 * LWB/ Felix Scheider
->Rumor #133880:
We use this base to attack the Republican Shipping imperialists within New Berlin. It's also a convenient place to purchase proper Rheinland Side Arms at a good price. Most of our brothers in arms are in Hamburg, waiting in the asteroid fields for any opportunities that may present themselves.
 * Unioners/ Gerd Bender
->Rumor #133881:
We make our living smuggling Diamonds from here to Pacifica. Unioners carry them all they way to Dawson, where they are sold to the Rogues, who smuggle them past the Xenos in Hudson and Texas and across the final stretch in New York.
 * Unioners/ Gerd Bender
->Rumor #133882:
The Junkers have approached us with a proposal to smuggle Artifacts and Cardamine into Dawson. We have not accepted, although it would be very lucrative and give us much more money to buy ships and weapons. If the Unioners became drug addicts and smugglers like the Rogues, then we would deserve to be called common criminals.
 * Unioners/ Gerd Bender
->Rumor #134345:
There are multiple dead ships floating in a radiation pocket of the Ruhrfeld. They are most likely Unioners, maybe a Red Hessian or two. Most of them have been stripped clean, but there may still be a few with one or two weapons left on them.
 * Junkers/ Jim Berry
 * Junkers/ Lance Miller
 * Junkers/ Matt Simpson
 * Junkers/ Steve Blackwell
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====Oder Shipyard (New Berlin)====
->Rumor #133759:
Daumann doesn't like us here, but they have no choice. We provide the shipyard with MOX, and haul away its Toxic Waste and Scrap Metal for reprocessing at our Dortmund furnaces.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rolf Von Wilke
->Rumor #133760:
ALG is in negotiations with the military to build a new shipyard near Dortmund to produce the next line of Rheinland battleships. Engineers recently demonstrated locally produced Super Alloys that met the stringent requirements set by the Bremen ship design team. Soon Rheinland will be free of importing that particular Commodity from Liberty.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rolf Von Wilke
->Rumor #133761:
Our original mining areas in New Berlin have been exhausted for 300 years, and Bretonia has supplied all of Rheinland with its Basic Alloys and Ship Hull Panels ever since. We are proud to once again produce these manufactured goods in Rheinland at our Dortmund facility.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rolf Von Wilke
->Rumor #133762:
The military shipyards always need Boron, so we do a monthly run in from Holstein, in the Frankfurt system. Daumann has a seawater salt extraction plant there.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Olaf Wiesen
->Rumor #133763:
It is an arduous journey from Omega-3 to New Berlin. We must contend with Red Hessian attacks along the entire route. All for some simple Polymers.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Olaf Wiesen
->Rumor #133764:
It seems like all the cargo runs into Berlin are difficult now. The Red Hessians have become too strong. Crossing Dresden is becoming a tenuous proposition, at best. Last week, two successive convoys outbound from Leipzig with High-Temperature Alloys were set upon and annihilated by Hessians.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Olaf Wiesen
->Rumor #133765:
This yard consumes many materials from distant places. Republican transports Superconductors and Super Alloys from Liberty, and Optical Chips from Kusari. Gold is shipped in from Bretonia. The rest of the materials are locally procured.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Soren Becker
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Peter Dürr
->Rumor #133766:
Republican and Daumann relations have never fully recovered since we've hired away so many of their top ship design engineers over the years. The dissatisfaction among Daumann personnel has become acute since the end of the Eighty-Years War. We can't help it if there's no work for them here.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Soren Becker
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Peter Dürr
->Rumor #133767:
The Unioners are Republican Shipping's biggest problem. There are other pirates out there to fend off, but when we are going up against Unioners it gets personal.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Soren Becker
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Peter Dürr
->Rumor #133768:
Republican supplies Oder with its basic needs. Berlin is the cheapest place to buy most of those items in the immediate area. You have to be careful of Unioners and the like, even in the shadow of Berlin. They will attack any Republican ship within range.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Soren Becker
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Peter Dürr
->Rumor #133769:
Our shipyard is actually just part of the Ring. We like to consider it as a separate entity, however. We do not approve of Daumann's methods, and would like to cultivate a different culture that is more respectful of the rank-and-file worker.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Rheinhardt Fromm
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Bianka Hartung
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Denis Hebel
 * Rheinland Military/Oder Bartender/Hanno Leitz
->Rumor #133770:
The Oder Shipyard built all the ships of the great Imperial Fleet --now just shattered hulks and wreckage drifting through the clouds of Sigma-13. My great-grandfather was serving on a cruiser that was lost with all hands during the Battle of the Yanangi Cloud.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Rheinhardt Fromm
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Bianka Hartung
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Denis Hebel
 * Rheinland Military/Oder Bartender/Hanno Leitz
->Rumor #133771:
We know Kusari has been trying to decipher the alien technology that Liberty has so jealously guarded for many centuries. Our government has a similar research plan, but no money to spend on it. We did send several expeditions into the Edge Worlds in search of Alien Artifacts -- with mixed results.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Rheinhardt Fromm
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Bianka Hartung
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Denis Hebel
->Rumor #133772:
We were once a proud force, serving all of Rheinland. But we now limp toward oblivion. The ships are old, there are many accidents, and nobody is paid for months at a time. All the government's money goes to repay the Liberty debts that Rheinland incurred more than a century ago.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Rheinhardt Fromm
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Bianka Hartung
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Denis Hebel
 * Rheinland Military/Oder Bartender/Hanno Leitz
->Rumor #133773:
Rheinland must find a way to manufacture the Superconductors that are produced exclusively by Liberty. It seems wasteful to ship our cheap raw materials halfway across Sirius to Ageira's plant in Pueblo. Our new ship design is far more advanced than the Westfalen, and will require development of new propulsion and shielding technologies.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Rheinhardt Fromm
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Bianka Hartung
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Denis Hebel
->Rumor #133774:
Our newest battleship, the Bremen, has not even passed the design stage. No money, they say. Rheinland has only one operational capitol ship, the Westfalen. It is serving as a large police post to patrol northern Hamburg.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Rheinhardt Fromm
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Bianka Hartung
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Denis Hebel
 * Rheinland Military/Oder Bartender/Hanno Leitz
->Rumor #133775:
Because we have no money or ships, we cannot patrol the Trade Lanes in Omega-7 or protect the Daumann operations in Dresden and Omega-4. The police must make do as well as they can, but that's not always sufficient when Red Hessians are involved.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Rheinhardt Fromm
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Bianka Hartung
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Denis Hebel
 * Rheinland Military/Oder Bartender/Hanno Leitz
->Rumor #133776:
The Rheinland Military was once the envy of all the Houses. Now we are the topic of jokes even in Bretonia bars. Rheinland has many resources, it just lacks a coherent government policy and strategy to guide us into the future.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Rheinhardt Fromm
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Bianka Hartung
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Denis Hebel
 * Rheinland Military/Oder Bartender/Hanno Leitz
->Rumor #133777:
Daumann has been our partner for as long as anyone can remember. There are murmurings from the High Command that we should investigate ALG. They are developing superior materials at lower cost than Daumann. And their workers seem more motivated and productive.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Rheinhardt Fromm
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Bianka Hartung
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Denis Hebel
 * Rheinland Military/Oder Bartender/Hanno Leitz
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====Planet New Berlin (New Berlin)====
->Rumor #133729:
We purchase our basic supplies and H-Fuel here for the Dortmund Smelter. Berlin needs Basic Alloys for the Consumer Goods factories, which we produce in our Scrap Metal recycling unit in Dortmund.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alexa Goppel
->Rumor #133730:
Unlike Republican and Daumann ships, ALG ships are not viewed by of Rheinland criminals as a threat. We've tried to take a less antagonistic approach in dealing with our current and former employees in the hope that we can avoid the poor labor relations that have plagued other Rheinland companies.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alexa Goppel
->Rumor #133731:
ALG has cleaned up this system dramatically since the early Daumann days. They are still operating smelters using centuries-old technology. One visit to Leipzig will show you the harmful effects of Daumann's unregulated emissions of pollutants.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alexa Goppel
->Rumor #133732:
Daumann buys supplies for most of our bases in Berlin. Republican does not enter Dresden or Omega-11, so we must support our own operations. I'm bound for Leipzig with Water, Pharmaceuticals, and Consumer Goods.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Benno Henning
->Rumor #133733:
Our headquarters is in the Ring, high above Berlin at the La Grange point between New Berlin and Potsdam. At least up there we never have to worry about the notorious Berlin night, which lasts upwards of a year here. It would be lifeless on this planet without the strong volcanic and geothermal activity.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Benno Henning
->Rumor #133734:
At least in New Berlin, one has a reasonable amount of security provided by the Federal Police. Out in the Omega systems and Dresden, the Red Hessians are running amok. Their flame is fed by the growing legions of unemployed Rheinland workers.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Benno Henning
->Rumor #133735:
Just picking up supplies for our base in the Ruhrfeld. We need a wide variety of goods for all the people who might just happen by our base. Side Arms and Engine Components are two of the higher-value items that have proved popular with the criminally minded.
 * Junkers/ George Smith
->Rumor #133736:
If you want to find Diamonds cheaply, go out into Omega-11. That's where the Hessians find them. They bring 'em in to Kreuzberg, we sell them to the Berlin Diamond traders. It's all perfectly legitimate.
 * Junkers/ George Smith
->Rumor #133737:
If you want to make the real money, haul in some Cardamine or Artifacts from Kreuzberg. Just remember, if you get caught by the police, I've never seen you in my life.
 * Junkers/ George Smith
->Rumor #133738:
My ship just arrived from Bautzen. That's our base in Dresden. The Hessians attacked us twice. The first time it was just before the Berlin Gate. Then another group ambushed us on the south Trade Lane in New Berlin. Good thing we had an armored transport.
 * Kruger Minerals/Dr. Dietrich Künolt
->Rumor #133739:
It's nice to be in a civilized city again. Our ship just came in from Omega-7 with a load of Silver. The Hessians love the thick clouds of the Walker. Once you enter open space in Stuttgart, it gets better. Then there's another difficult stretch passing the Saarfeld in this system -- a notorious area for Hessian pirates.
 * Kruger Minerals/Dr. Dietrich Künolt
->Rumor #133740:
Kruger has an experimental H-Fuel center in Mannheim, Frankfurt. I don't know why we bother to continue the operation. Only the government subsidy keeps our price competitive with Kusari and GMG gas from the Crow Nebula.
 * Kruger Minerals/Dr. Dietrich Künolt
->Rumor #133741:
New Berlin produces most of Rheinland's Consumer Goods. My ship makes the runs to the other home planets on a regular basis. Unioners are always waiting for us in Hamburg. In Stuttgart it depends on the Red Hessian activity level.
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Christoph Loeber
->Rumor #133742:
Berlin is the Diamond-trading center of Sirius. They're mined-out in Dresden and Omega-11. Daumann and Kruger ship them in here, where the initial sorting and cutting takes place. Then we ship them to the far corners of the universe for use in Luxury Goods or Mining Machinery.
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Christoph Loeber
->Rumor #133743:
The Silver that Kruger mines in Omega-7 ends up in the Commodity markets of New Berlin. We then transport it to Kusari and Liberty. It's especially in demand in terraforming operations like the one on California Minor.
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Christoph Loeber
->Rumor #133744:
Berlin's a strange place. Night and day each last a year because of the planet's extremely slow rotation rate. You're lucky -- we just emerged into daylight a month ago. People get crazy toward the end of the dark period.
 * New Berlin Bartender/Christian Koerner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Boris Schmiedel
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Krista Rössner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lena Roeser
->Rumor #133745:
The Federal Police runs a daily patrol up into the Aachenfeld to keep an eye on the Bundschuh and the Unioners. Rheinland's full of splinter groups like them. Their usual targets are the Ring and the Oder Shipyard. Everyone wants to overthrow the government and big business in Rheinland.
 * New Berlin Bartender/Christian Koerner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Boris Schmiedel
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Krista Rössner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lena Roeser
->Rumor #133746:
Sometimes we have to deal with demonstrations and riots, which has become an all-too-frequent occurrence in Berlin these days. It's easy to control them because so much of Berlin was built underground. We just seal the doors to the entire affected area.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Boris Schmiedel
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Krista Rössner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lena Roeser
->Rumor #133747:
Rheinland has seen better days. Since the end of the war, we've had one crisis after another. The Popular Revolution never fulfilled its promise. The government just keeps issuing more money in order to pay off its debts, so the inflation rate is out of control. It's running about 5 percent a week right now.
 * New Berlin Bartender/Christian Koerner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Boris Schmiedel
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Krista Rössner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lena Roeser
->Rumor #133748:
The old Harz mining area south of New Berlin is favored by the Red Hessians. They prefer to attack the Trade Lane to Brandenburg, especially Daumann ships. There's some pretty bad blood between those two.
 * New Berlin Bartender/Christian Koerner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Boris Schmiedel
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Krista Rössner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lena Roeser
->Rumor #133749:
Artifacts and Cardamine have recently begun appearing in the high-end clubs of Berlin. We think the Junkers are involved, though they're hard to pin down. They always seem to know when we're planning a sting operation. Smells like a mole to me.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Boris Schmiedel
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Krista Rössner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lena Roeser
->Rumor #133750:
The Federal Police was once a proud agency. Now we are underpaid and demoralized. Many of the younger officers accept bribes, which was unheard of among the old timers. Guess the hard times have finally hit us too.
 * New Berlin Bartender/Christian Koerner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Boris Schmiedel
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Krista Rössner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lena Roeser
->Rumor #133751:
New Berlin was once the mining center of Rheinland. But over the centuries all of the deposits were exhausted. Now most of the new activity is in Omega-7. Even Dresden is not what it once was.
 * New Berlin Bartender/Christian Koerner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Boris Schmiedel
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Krista Rössner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lena Roeser
->Rumor #133752:
Rheinland has been humiliated militarily and economically bankrupted by the poor decisions of Empress Leicht 200 years ago. Now we must suffer the injustice of foreign corporations occupying our homeland. Someday Rheinland will once again be strong enough to control its destiny.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Boris Schmiedel
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Krista Rössner
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lena Roeser
->Rumor #133753:
Synth Foods is proud to be the exclusive supplier of both standard and Luxury Foods to the people of Rheinland. The citizens of New Berlin have grown to love our products, which are considerably cheaper than the food formerly produced by the WVS on Stuttgart.
 * Synth Foods/Rep. Michael Bernard
->Rumor #133754:
We are concerned by recent reports that the Red Hessians have become sympathetic to the LWB and are planning new strikes focused on Synth Foods convoys. The LWB are an irritating annoyance. The Hessians are an entirely different matter.
 * Synth Foods/Rep. Michael Bernard
->Rumor #133755:
The LWB has many supporters in New Berlin, so we must spend heavily here to defeat their cause. The Rheinland officials expect ever-larger bribes from us. It's the cost we pay to continue our expansion plans in Stuttgart, unfettered by government interference.
 * Synth Foods/Rep. Michael Bernard
->Rumor #133756:
Berlin is a new route for Universal. Before the little loan agreement between Liberty and Rheinland, Universal and Synth Foods couldn't land on any planets here. Now that's all changed, of course. We do the Luxury Goods-Diamond circuit between Manhattan and Berlin.
 * Universal Shipping/ Will Jones
->Rumor #133757:
My ship's down from Bonn -- that large space station at the western end of this system. We buy our basic supplies here. Kind of a Liberty outpost up there. Synth Foods, Bounty Hunters, IC -- they all call Bonn home.
 * Universal Shipping/ Will Jones
->Rumor #133758:
Let me tell you, Rheinland is tough. It's a cakewalk through Liberty, even the Texas system isn't that bad. Then wham, you hit the Independent Worlds. We have to rearm in Houston and beef up the escorts for the rest of the trip here. At least we don't have the LWB headache that Synth Foods is dealing with.
 * Universal Shipping/ Will Jones
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====The Ring (New Berlin)====
->Rumor #133778:
The Ring is one of Rheinland's most famous landmarks. On a clear day, you can see it planetside on Berlin. It is positioned at the La Grange point between Potsdam and Berlin, where the gravitational attraction of the planet and moon effectively neutralize each other. That enables the Ring to maintain a stable orbit with minimal attitude and speed corrections, which would otherwise exert substantial forces on such a large structure.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerhardt Noth
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Ernst Meister
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Heinrich Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/The Ring Bartender/Jürgen Roeser
->Rumor #133779:
The Kusari Engine Component manufacturer Kishiro has benefited greatly from ALG's entry into the High-Temperature Alloy market. It has been difficult to compete with the cheaper Kusari imports since ALG began shipping them their raw materials. Daumann feels that ALG has betrayed the future of Rheinland industrial might for their short-term monetary gain.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerhardt Noth
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Ernst Meister
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Heinrich Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/The Ring Bartender/Jürgen Roeser
->Rumor #133780:
The truth is, Daumann viewed the Eighty-Years War as an excellent way to make large amounts of money in the ship-building business, which ultimately supports all our primary extraction operations. The ships lost during the War may have been costly for Rheinland, but were very profitable for the owners and shareholders of Daumann Heavy Construction.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerhardt Noth
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Ernst Meister
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Heinrich Ranis
->Rumor #133781:
The Ring also houses the Oder Shipyard. It has served as headquarters for Daumann Heavy Construction since it was first built in 310 AS. Engine Components, Construction Machinery, and Side Arms are the primary products of the factories around us.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerhardt Noth
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Ernst Meister
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Heinrich Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/The Ring Bartender/Jürgen Roeser
->Rumor #133782:
The workers in Leipzig and the Ring have always been treated as well as market conditions could justify. That is a myth spread by the Red Hessian miscreants in order to recast their acts of common piracy as part of a just political cause.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerhardt Noth
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Ernst Meister
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Heinrich Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/The Ring Bartender/Jürgen Roeser
->Rumor #133783:
Many goods pass through the Ring on their way to distant lands. This facility serves as Daumann's transfer point for its various mining operations further afield in Dresden and the Omega systems. From here, Republican ships haul our minerals and finished goods to Kusari, Liberty, and Bretonia.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerhardt Noth
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Ernst Meister
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Heinrich Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/The Ring Bartender/Jürgen Roeser
->Rumor #133784:
The industrial pollution and horrors that have been blamed on Daumann are completely groundless. The Bundschuh and other political terrorists view us as the villains of Rheinland. We have provided generations of Rheinland workers with secure jobs and decent pay. Yet they always want to work less and make more. We couldn't possibly meet their demands and still be profitable.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerhardt Noth
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Ernst Meister
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Heinrich Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/The Ring Bartender/Jürgen Roeser
->Rumor #133785:
Daumann provides the Cobalt and High-Temperature Alloys for the Engine Components manufacturing plants from our mining and smelting operation of Leipzig, in the Dresden system. On the return trip, we will often take Bretonia-produced Niobium.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerhardt Noth
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Ernst Meister
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Heinrich Ranis
->Rumor #133786:
The Ring is the terminating point for inbound Daumann transports delivering Polymers and Hydrocarbons from the base of Reugen in Omega-3. That system also contains a BMM operation producing the same materials, so it is a very competitive route.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerhardt Noth
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Ernst Meister
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Heinrich Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/The Ring Bartender/Jürgen Roeser
->Rumor #133787:
My ship specializes in Side Arms shipments to the various Federal Police locations within Rheinland space. Republican is the exclusive supplier of Arms to government bases within Rheinland. Daumann Side Arms are unfortunately not used in other areas of Sirius in great numbers; Detroit dominates the export market.
 * Republican Shipping/ Franz Riese
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Hugo Sass
->Rumor #133788:
Republican has enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship with Daumann. We view the ALG/Gateway/IMG partnership as a serious challenge to the proper way of doing business in Rheinland. After all, two of these companies are of Bretonian origin. It would be a grave mistake for Kruger to join forces with those foreigners.
 * Republican Shipping/ Franz Riese
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Hugo Sass
->Rumor #133789:
The Ring is the focal point for Republican-shipping activity within Berlin space. We import superconductors from Liberty and Beryllium from Bretonia via our Freiburg station. Engine Components are exported from here to Liberty and Bretonia on a regular basis.
 * Republican Shipping/ Franz Riese
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Hugo Sass
->Rumor #133790:
Kusari shippers are still not allowed into Rheinland space; the only concession from Kusari that Rheinland was able to be granted in the treaty that ended the Eighty-Years War. Samura and Kishiro offload their Optical Chips, Optronics, and H-Fuel at the Mainz Outpost in Frankfurt.
 * Republican Shipping/ Franz Riese
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Hugo Sass
->Rumor #133791:
The Ring is a key transfer point for Colorado-bound raw materials like Copper and Cobalt. Daumann ships them here from their mines in Dresden and Omega-7. The security risks are considered too high for Republican to ship directly from those systems.
 * Republican Shipping/ Franz Riese
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Hugo Sass
->Rumor #133792:
From this base, we supply the Alster Shipyard with some of its key raw materials -- Engine Components and Polymers, to be precise. It is not a hugely profitable run, and the Unioners make it difficult for Republican ships.
 * Republican Shipping/ Franz Riese
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Hugo Sass
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====Battleship Concord (New Hampshire)====
->Rumor #131304:
Most of the Hunters in our guild are Hunters because this is what they want to do -- at least the good ones are like that. I like working on my own terms and not answering to anybody. That's my style -- no bosses.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131305:
The Outcasts are using the Rogues. The Outcasts smuggle their Cardamine into the Rogue base in the Badlands, and then the Rogues and Junkers get it planetside. Most of the Rogues I've brought in were strung out on the Cardamine, so I'm guessing the Outcasts are the ones with their hands on the throttle.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131306:
Being a Bounty Hunter is a tough job; nobody likes you and a lot of guys would enjoy killing you. But, that's why I like it. Bounty Hunters don't really operate like they used to. There was a time when we were paid to bring criminals in -- now we are paid to make criminals disappear.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131307:
I'm one of the few guys who'll go into the heart of the Badlands, but I've gotten to know the space pretty well. I've got my hiding places and ambush points, and I can read the Rogue activity pretty well. I also stay clear of the Outcasts. That's why I'm still alive.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131308:
When I got out off the Wall I didn't have many choices ahead of me, at least no appealing choices. I knew I didn't want to go back to making clothes on the Huntsville. I also knew I didn't like most of the scum I did time with.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131309:
The main objective of this dreadnought is to patrol New York space and keep her safe from any who may threaten the interests of the Liberty government. This ship is one of four battleships in Liberty space.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131310:
The LPI does not enter the Badlands, which is our domain. Patrols generally skirt the periphery of the great cloud. From there we launch probing attacks into the area, looking to intercept and dispose of criminals.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
->Rumor #131311:
Zone-21 is a classified area for civilians and any non-military entities; trespass into that area and you are threatening House security. If you try to enter the system and survive the mines, you will not survive the Liberty Navy. There are no exceptions.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131312:
The police think they have it tough on the north end, but the truth is the majority of those fat, overworked, under skilled pilots have never come up against real trouble. I'd like to see how long an LPI would last against an Outcast& I'm guessing thirty seconds.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131313:
The Trade Lanes between the Texas and California Jump Gates are patrolled by Liberty Navy heavy fighter wings. Our presence is mainly to protect the interstellar shipping that passes through our turf, but we also scan ships and interdict smugglers.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131314:
Ageira's technologies have kept Liberty at the forefront in Sirius, technologically and economically. We guard that corporation's interests like no others. Where would Liberty or even Sirius be if it weren't for the Jump Gate technology that Ageira developed?
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131315:
West Point is the training academy for the best of the Liberty officers. My family has put a man into the Point for the last six generations. I'm glad to be stationed here in the same system. Sometimes I'll pass a training patrol of theirs in my heavy fighter, and I know those kids have got to be jealous.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
->Rumor #131316:
We know there is a Rogue base in the Badlands. We also know that Cardamine comes into New York through there. The problem is that the Badlands is a big and very dangerous chunk of space; it's not worth the men and ships we'd lose to try and clear it out. Best to just pop them as they leave it.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
->Rumor #131317:
I keep an Mk 3 Riot Breaker behind the bar here. Not to say I'd use it on a navy boy, but we've got Bounty Hunters aboard who can get unruly sometimes. They tend to quiet down fast when you level some Detroit machinery on 'em.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
->Rumor #131318:
The Navy does more than watch for criminals, we stand guard against any who might threaten Liberty, including other Houses. Our ship, if it ever comes to that, is fully capable of launching an attack outside Liberty space. She's got enough firepower aboard to lead an offensive.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
->Rumor #131319:
ALG handles all the Toxic Waste that this ship's reactors produce. A lot of the men here don't really care to have Rheinlanders on board this ship, but ALG does take care of our waste. It's better than dumping it in Liberty space.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #134337:
A Bounty Hunter named Harry Riggs went out after some Outcasts in the Badlands but never came back. He had some decent weapons on his ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
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====Battleship Whitefield (New Hampshire)====
->Rumor #132104:
The Texas system at one time was just wide open space with a couple planets. All the crap you see in this system -- the dark matter clouds, the debris fields with the radiation -- it is all Ageira's fault. It all happened in one fateful day centuries ago.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132105:
The prisons here are revolving doors for the criminals. That is why if you want to get rid of crime, you have to kill the criminals. I don't know where you come down on the rehabilitation issue, but I think it's just a phony word used by politicians and corporate spin wizards.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132106:
If you're looking for Xenos, I recommend you check out the South Dallas Debris Field here in the southern edge of the system, hidden away. It's rumored that there's a Jump Hole leading to Hudson.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132107:
I used to live planetside on Houston. They're always going through some drought. Worked in the phosphate Fertilizer plant for a while as a supervisor for the LPI, then I switched to Consumer Goods. Let me tell you, I wouldn't buy any of that junk they produce in there. So here I am with the Guild, where I belong.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132108:
I don't like hanging around this base, but I can put my ear to the ground and hear where the navy is encountering criminals nearby. That way I can use my sources and the navy's sources to track down the scum I'm hired to kill.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132109:
I actually spent some time on the Huntsville a few years back, but I'm one of the smart ones. It is a downward spiral to stay in the crime business in Texas; sooner or later you're going to get a life sentence or you're going to get killed. I've never heard of a Rogue or Xeno retiring rich.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132110:
After the Dallas incident this system went to hell. I guess it was a bad idea in the long run to make one system the depository for all criminals within a House and a government test area.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Mississippi Bartender/Brad Walker
->Rumor #132111:
This system used to be the testing grounds for Ageira's Jump Gate projects in the early days of Liberty. After the Dallas got destroyed with about half of Texas, the government pulled stakes and left the system.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy/Mississippi Bartender/Brad Walker
->Rumor #132112:
The epicenter of the Dallas explosion was almost directly across the sun from us, between those two dark matter clouds. Rumor is that a Jump Hole was formed by the incident. That's when all the crime problems in Liberty started.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy/Mississippi Bartender/Brad Walker
->Rumor #132113:
We do the majority of the patrolling here in the system. We are commissioned with curbing the criminal activity in Texas, but it is almost an impossible job. Every time we bring one in, they are releasing two more for time served, and most of them are coming back.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy/Mississippi Bartender/Brad Walker
->Rumor #132114:
One of my ancestors was on guard duty aboard the Dallas on that fateful day. He and everyone else onboard was killed instantly. The ironic part was that the naval commander had recommended the ship be moved to a safe distance from the experimental Jump Gate, so the test didn't begin until they had repositioned the Dallas to twice the normal distance.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
->Rumor #132115:
If the Bounty Hunters and LPI weren't so damned easy to bribe, Liberty would have much less crime on her hands. But that's what happens when you hire a corporation to do the government's job, or when dealing with mercenaries.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
->Rumor #132116:
Many of the prisoners aboard the two penal ships in this system are petty criminals who don't deserve the sentence they got, but that doesn't matter to the LPI. They just want workers for their facilities, so they will arrest everyone they can.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy/Mississippi Bartender/Brad Walker
->Rumor #132117:
Once the government pulled out of the system, half the people in Texas lost their jobs. All the money here was government money, and overnight it was gone. Crime exploded three hundred percent within the first ten years.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy/Mississippi Bartender/Brad Walker
->Rumor #132118:
Did you know that there weren't any Jump Holes in Texas before the Dallas incident? The criminals in all of Sirius were helped more than they could possibly know. Texas is the crossroads of the criminal universe. If it weren't for the Jump Holes, we would have crime locked down to nothing.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
->Rumor #132119:
It is our pleasure to deliver the goods that keep this military installation operational. That way we know that they have every reason to track down and kill the murderous pirates who harass our shipping.
 * Universal Shipping/ William Barry
->Rumor #132120:
This ship requires that we bring supplies from Houston. These Commodities are necessary to keep the crew and ship maintained and equipped.
 * Universal Shipping/ William Barry
->Rumor #132121:
We ship excess Water, H-Fuel, and Oxygen to the Sugarland. We are a company dedicated to keeping crime at a minimum by making sure that the authorities have all they need to do their jobs.
 * Universal Shipping/ William Barry
->Rumor #134341:
Not too long ago there was a prison break by some Rogues from a Sugarland work convoy in the East Dallas Debris Field. They fled into the Pequena Negra Cloud, pursued by a Bounty Hunter named Annie Shorty Davis. She flew a nice rig called the Avenger. The Rogues eventually doubled back and escaped through the California Hole. Annie must have gotten confused in there, or maybe her ship was damaged by some enemy fire. Either way, she never emerged from that dark cloud.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
->Rumor #134342:
In 521, the supply ship Ft. Worth was approaching the Dallas Research Station from Houston when it was caught in the tremendous system-wide explosion that occurred during the failed Jump Gate experiment. The ship was far enough away from the initial blast that some people think it may still be floating out there in the Grande Negra Cloud. The Ft. Worth was carrying a full load of Jump Gate Parts.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
->Rumor #134343:
Somewhere in the Grande Negra Cloud, the main complex of the Dallas Research Station is rumored to still have some relatively intact pieces. There was a lot of Superconductor research there, so some storage containers may still exist.
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
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====Battleship Suffolk (New London)====
->Rumor #132226:
The Suffolk's primary mission is to suppress and, if possible, eliminate Molly activity within the southwestern quadrant of the New London system. The Mollys are a very fanatical group that must be stopped.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Mary Russell
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major John Grimwade
 * Suffolk Bartender/Andrew Canon
->Rumor #132227:
You know the real war going on? It's the Mollys and the Corsairs. Those Corsairs are moving in on Molly turf like they weren't even there. We may not have a Molly problem much longer with that going on. Of course, having a sky full of Corsairs ain't too grand either.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Mary Russell
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major John Grimwade
->Rumor #132228:
We do regular patrols into the Cumbria Field looking for Mollys. Just the other day we spotted a Corsair assault group. That gave us all the chills because they aren't supposed to be over this far. They must have sniffed out that Dublin Gold and decided that they want some for themselves.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Mary Russell
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major John Grimwade
->Rumor #132229:
I heard that the real reason we've been put up here is because London got wind of some Molly bomb plot to drop a bunch of dirty MOX bombs in the upper atmosphere and poison the bulk of the planet. They're scared to death down there, those squirmy aristocrats.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Mary Russell
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major John Grimwade
 * Suffolk Bartender/Andrew Canon
->Rumor #132230:
We do a regular circuit around New London just to make sure the Mollys know we're watching them. We just caught a few of them the other day making a run on the Thames outpost. They really hate BMM.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Mary Russell
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major John Grimwade
->Rumor #132231:
I don't really think the Mollys are as bad as we've all been told by the government. From what I hear, BMM is a pretty nasty place to work, especially that GS&M station under Graves.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Mary Russell
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major John Grimwade
 * Suffolk Bartender/Andrew Canon
->Rumor #132232:
I've seen some pretty good action off the Suffolk. Just head into the Cumbria Field. It's got your Mollys and Corsairs -- they get straight to business. And I thought New London would be a snoozer post.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Coltan
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Ridge
->Rumor #132233:
There's a Jump Hole into Dublin from the Cumbria. The military would love to know about it, but hey, us Bounty Hunters have to make a livin' now, don't we?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Coltan
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Ridge
->Rumor #132234:
The Armed Forces is having problems with Corsairs down here. It's spreadin' like the plague. Corsairs don't care much for anything but Gold in this area but, seeing as that's the only product of Dublin, we've got a serious problem.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Coltan
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Ridge
->Rumor #132235:
They brought me in from Freeport 1. I'm a Corsair specialist -- been out in the Omega systems for a couple of years. This species of Corsair is nothing like what's out there. Heaven help 'em if those bastards make it into Bretonia.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Coltan
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Ridge
->Rumor #132236:
Beware of the Cumbria Gas Pocket; it can put some holes in your shield pretty quick. It's easy to avoid, except when you've got Mollys or Corsairs breathing down your neck.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Coltan
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Ridge
->Rumor #132237:
All this talk about Mollys bombing London is just that, talk. It's a bunch of hot air pumped up by BMM. I've heard they're bribing the government and the media to keep the Mollys on the defensive.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Coltan
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Ridge
->Rumor #132238:
I'm just making my usual battleship delivery run for the week: Side Arms, Food, Pharmaceuticals, Oxygen, H-Fuel, and Water. I'll head onto the Essex in Dublin next. That may be more interesting.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Andrew Maloney
->Rumor #132239:
They're installing the new MOX fuel rods for the fusion reactor right now. We'll fill up on some nasty Toxic Waste and head back to LD-14 for reprocessing. And watch out for Mollys. They're probably watching us right now from the Cumbria Field, waiting for me to leave the safety of the ship.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Andrew Maloney
->Rumor #132240:
Bowex has the exclusive contract to supply all military and police bases in Bretonia -- at highly inflated rates I might add. What's good for Bowex is good for Bretonia, I say.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Andrew Maloney
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====Canterbury Station (New London)====
->Rumor #132262:
They've got me here chasing Gaians up in the Devon field. It's not very complicated work. Those Gaians are a little green -- pardon my pun -- when it comes to tactics and combat. They got lots of spunk, though.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brenda Crusher
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Mike Dorn
->Rumor #132263:
The Gaians don't know what to make of those real criminals, the Corsairs. I think all those Cambridge University grads are scared to death of the Border World bad guys. That's not what they signed up for.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brenda Crusher
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Mike Dorn
->Rumor #132264:
We're heading out to the Somerset to hunt some Corsairs. It's real bad down there. Ya don't want to go in alone or your kin will be gettin' a little notice from the Guild offering their condolences.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brenda Crusher
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Mike Dorn
->Rumor #132265:
Planetform seems to have loads of money to pay us for hunting down those Gaians. They must get it from the government. It's no problem with me. I'll just keep poppin' them as long as they want.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brenda Crusher
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Mike Dorn
->Rumor #132266:
I just got back from Edinburgh. It's pretty messy up there. The Gaians have more cover and seem to be more organized than everyone else here. I don't get why they think that stupid planet is so important. I say us Bretonians should be able to assert our rights and live where we want.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brenda Crusher
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Mike Dorn
->Rumor #132267:
No Jump Holes in the Devon field -- makes it a little bit quiet. The Somerset is another story. It's swarming with Corsairs, that is. They run the Artifacts across to Trafalgar from the Cambridge Hole, and then they start hittin' the ships that wander into their range.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brenda Crusher
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Mike Dorn
->Rumor #132268:
This is a new post for the Police Authority. The sudden rise in the Corsair population in eastern London forced headquarters to substantially increase patrols on these Lanes.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Norman Picard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Paula Pinfield
->Rumor #132269:
Duty in New London used to be quite enjoyable, actually. The military handled the Molly areas. All we had to deal with were the Gaians, who many of us feel should not really be classified as simple criminals since they do not engage in common piracy. But New London and Planetform have kept the pressure up, so we must oblige.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Norman Picard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Paula Pinfield
->Rumor #132270:
I find the Bounty Hunters a distasteful and crude lot. They do perform essential and unpleasant tasks for the authority, though. At least we don't have to go into the Somerset.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Norman Picard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Paula Pinfield
->Rumor #132271:
We run patrols on all four Trade Lanes that originate here. The Manchester Jump Gate and Cambridge Trade Lanes are the bad ones. Sometimes an entire squadron is lost. Corsairs move about freely, unafraid of our ships. The military is occupied on the far side of the system, with the Mollys.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Norman Picard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Paula Pinfield
->Rumor #132272:
I was just trying to make it to retirement on New London making customs inspections. They issued a directive for all able bodied pilots to be on active combat duty until the Corsair threat is eliminated, so here I am, just trying to survive.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Norman Picard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Paula Pinfield
->Rumor #132273:
The Corsairs are fairly indiscriminate in their targets. They seem to hate everybody, and relish confrontation. They will never allow themselves to be captured. I've seen more than a few attempts to ram you even with their ship afire and weapons knocked out. I guess it's more honorable for them to die than surrender.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Norman Picard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Paula Pinfield
->Rumor #132274:
We bring in our basic supplies like Food, Oxygen, and Water from New London. The Gaians will even attack the lowly supply ships, if given the chance.
 * Planetform Inc./Canterbury Bartender/Ambrose Marten
 * Planetform, Inc./ Terrance Coburn
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Lennie McBain
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Richard Mill
->Rumor #132275:
Planetform's official view of the Gaians is that they are a terrorist organization engaged in open piracy. We do not understand why the Bretonian public sympathizes with this group of ruffians.
 * Planetform Inc./Canterbury Bartender/Ambrose Marten
 * Planetform, Inc./ Terrance Coburn
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Lennie McBain
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Richard Mill
->Rumor #132276:
Privately, I doubt that terraforming will ever produce the results expounded by our company, at least in the time frame promised. The use of Alien Organisms has shown promise, but tests show that they will accelerate the process twofold at most, which puts us several hundred years behind schedule.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Terrance Coburn
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Lennie McBain
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Richard Mill
->Rumor #132277:
My ship is being loaded with Silver for the outbound trip to Harris in Tau-31. They use it for cloud-seeding operations. Harris is still pretty much a desert. It's a Phase III operation, which means that we're trying to boost surface water amounts in final preparation for settlement.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Terrance Coburn
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Lennie McBain
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Richard Mill
->Rumor #132278:
Planetform was chartered in 450 AS at the request of the Bretonian government. Several Cambridge researchers teamed up with a group of experienced California atmospheric modification experts from Los Angeles. They outlined methods to transform arid, lifeless planets with minimal atmospheres into new locations for human settlement within 400 years.
 * Planetform Inc./Canterbury Bartender/Ambrose Marten
 * Planetform, Inc./ Terrance Coburn
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Lennie McBain
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Richard Mill
->Rumor #132279:
There are rumblings that terraforming was never a viable technology. The founders of this company became very rich without ever having actually completed one project. The government did not want to admit to the Bretonian people that it had let Leeds become poisoned to the point of ecological collapse, so they sank trillions into terraforming as the solution to all of Bretonia's problems.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Terrance Coburn
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Lennie McBain
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Richard Mill
->Rumor #132280:
We've got operations in California, Tau-31, and Edinburgh. Edinburgh is the problem child. We've just begun Phase I, and already the Gaians are making our operation a difficult and costly endeavor. I guess we need more money from the government.
 * Planetform Inc./Canterbury Bartender/Ambrose Marten
 * Planetform, Inc./ Terrance Coburn
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Lennie McBain
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Richard Mill
->Rumor #132281:
We discovered the power of the Alien Organisms by accident. In 740, A Kusari ship hauling them across Tau-31 was attacked by pirates and ventured far off course. A hull breach killed the crew, and the ship drifted into the gravitational field of Harris. The Alien Organisms not only survived the impact, they flourished in the frigid, oxygen-deficient environment of the planet's surface.
 * Planetform Inc./Canterbury Bartender/Ambrose Marten
 * Planetform, Inc./ Terrance Coburn
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Lennie McBain
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Richard Mill
->Rumor #132282:
One report from the government asserts that if we do not find new arable land for Leeds' population soon, there could be famine, or at the very least, disastrous economic and social repercussions for Bretonia within a few years.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Terrance Coburn
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Lennie McBain
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Richard Mill
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====Kensington Shipping Platform (New London)====
->Rumor #132292:
We were asked to provide supplementary security for this group of bases following the sharp increase in Corsair activity around here. We've had direct attacks from the Somerset Field twice in recent weeks. It got pretty bloody.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kenneth Swift
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Watson
->Rumor #132293:
They just transferred me from Cambridge for my expert knowledge of Corsairs, as they put it. The only advice I can offer is run for your life. Leeds is starting to look more and more attractive.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kenneth Swift
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Watson
->Rumor #132294:
I alternately patrol the two eastern Trade Lanes that originate here, but I dread the Cambridge Jump Gate run the most. I start getting the shakes a good hour before heading out on those days. I signed up for the police, not the military.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kenneth Swift
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Watson
->Rumor #132295:
The Gaians aren't really active south of the Devon Field. They're more of a northern Bretonian problem. I've never seen them in Cambridge, which is kind of ironic since that's where most of them originally came from.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kenneth Swift
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Watson
->Rumor #132296:
The Gaians are always putting out probing attacks on this area to check for a lull in our patrols. We can't give them the chance.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kenneth Swift
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Watson
->Rumor #132297:
I almost caught me a Corsair smuggler crossing the Manchester Trade Lane the other day. Saw him scurry across in front of us. We pursued him, but lost him in the fields. The Corsairs mostly ship Artifacts, which wouldn't be a business model if those idiot aristocrats back in London would stop buying them.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Kenneth Swift
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Watson
->Rumor #132298:
This is Gateway's home base and hub for our shipping operations throughout the Sirius Sector. Bowex made sure that we couldn't use London itself as our base. We've adapted okay. It's actually a little more centrally located.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Jeremy Wilby
 * Gateway Shipping/ Laurence Phillippe
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ryan Thompson
 * Gateway Shipping/Kensington Bartender/Bernard Tyrell
->Rumor #132299:
Gateway and the IMG are partners. We haul their minerals and supplies to distant markets. ALG has recently joined our little group, enabling us to expand into Rheinland and take on the Daumann-Republican monopoly, which is eerily similar to our own BMM-Bowex road block.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Jeremy Wilby
 * Gateway Shipping/ Laurence Phillippe
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ryan Thompson
 * Gateway Shipping/Kensington Bartender/Bernard Tyrell
->Rumor #132300:
Just turning my ship around right now. Got in from Narita in the New Tokyo system yesterday with a load of H-Fuel. I'll head back there tomorrow with a load of Beryllium from the Cardiff mine in Cambridge.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Jeremy Wilby
 * Gateway Shipping/ Laurence Phillippe
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ryan Thompson
->Rumor #132301:
One of the key aims of our partnership with IMG is to get along with as many of the criminal factions as we can, thereby lowering our operating costs in the Border Worlds, which will comprise the bulk of future mineral discoveries in the sector. BMM and Bowex take a much harder line, which hurts them with factions like the Mollys and Red Hessians.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Jeremy Wilby
 * Gateway Shipping/ Laurence Phillippe
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ryan Thompson
 * Gateway Shipping/Kensington Bartender/Bernard Tyrell
->Rumor #132302:
I'm running supplies up to the Holman Outpost. They get Consumer Goods, Pharmaceuticals, and Food. I usually pick up a couple of containers of Niobium mined from Tau-23 on the return trip. Outcasts are the main threat for us up in Tau-31.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Jeremy Wilby
 * Gateway Shipping/ Laurence Phillippe
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ryan Thompson
->Rumor #132303:
We'd like to get more involved in the Luxury Goods and Food trade, but Bowex has a lock on that. Its exclusive military and police supply contracts are the worst because they make the Bretonian government pay through the nose. That's what you get with centuries of no competition.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Jeremy Wilby
 * Gateway Shipping/ Laurence Phillippe
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ryan Thompson
 * Gateway Shipping/Kensington Bartender/Bernard Tyrell
->Rumor #132304:
We went to Leeds to pick up Mining Machinery last week. What a pit. That's what happens when you let a company like BMM go unchecked for centuries -- pure greed, with no thought of the consequences. We'll be heading on to Cardiff and eventually Freeport 1 from here.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Jeremy Wilby
 * Gateway Shipping/ Laurence Phillippe
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ryan Thompson
->Rumor #132305:
Silver is brought in from the IMG Freeport in Omega-7. Then we ship it out to New London and the terraforming folks.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Jeremy Wilby
 * Gateway Shipping/ Laurence Phillippe
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ryan Thompson
 * Gateway Shipping/Kensington Bartender/Bernard Tyrell
->Rumor #132306:
Our two big cargos for long-range runs to Liberty are Beryllium and Gold. That Gold attracts a lot of attention, especially in the Independent Worlds, although the Corsairs have begun to hit us just outside the base here.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Jeremy Wilby
 * Gateway Shipping/ Laurence Phillippe
 * Gateway Shipping/ Ryan Thompson
 * Gateway Shipping/Kensington Bartender/Bernard Tyrell
->Rumor #132307:
We're just stopping by to pick up basic supplies for the Hood in Dublin. We usually get Food, Water, Oxygen, Pharmaceuticals, and such. There are lots of miners to support out there. Everyone scrambles for supply duty -- a chance to get back to the world, if ya know what I mean.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ron Scarborough
->Rumor #132308:
The Gold run from the Hood used to be a cake walk back when the Mollys weren't really our enemies. That all changed when the Corsairs came to town. Corsairs have been hurting our operation pretty badly. We lost two Gold shipments in a row last month.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ron Scarborough
->Rumor #132309:
I'm based in Cambridge most of the time, where Beryllium at Cardiff is mined. It's the first operation opened by the IMG. We usually pick up our Mining Machinery here for the return.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ron Scarborough
->Rumor #132310:
We get our basic supplies and Silver from Kensington. Our base is just across the way. Pretty quiet over there -- feels more like a real HQ than this. I like to hear the pilots' stories here at the bar.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Frank Sherman
->Rumor #132311:
Seems like these Gateway people have a much easier time with the criminal element than we do, except, of course, the Corsairs and Outcasts. Nobody gets close with them, at least not on the legitimate side of the coin.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Frank Sherman
->Rumor #132312:
Those Gaians had the gall to attack this base the other day. I guess they were going for storage depots. Too many police and Bounty Hunters around. They chased them off pretty quick.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Frank Sherman
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====Planet New London (New London)====
->Rumor #132011:
New London serves as our supply base for the Thames Outpost - high in orbit above us. We purchase Food, H-Fuel, Oxygen, and Water.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner John Thomas
->Rumor #132012:
The Gold mined at our GS&M base in Dublin is brought here for shipment to the House capitols. It is closely guarded until it is within the hands of the shipper who will transport it. Dublin is not far, but Molly attacks are frequent.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner John Thomas
->Rumor #132013:
BMM views the Mollys as vicious hooligans with no morals whatsoever. We abhor their approach of extreme violence over sensible moderation.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner John Thomas
->Rumor #132014:
I almost caught a Corsair in the Cornwall Field yesterday. They've been gettin' real aggressive lately -- walkin' all over that Police Authority, they are. The government called us in as backup until they get up to speed on those Border World pirates.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Geoffrey Castle
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Roberta Cushing
->Rumor #132015:
I heard those Corsairs found a Hole to Cambridge in the Somerset that nobody even knew existed. That's when all the trouble started in London. Before that, the Corsairs weren't that bad in Cambridge. Nothing much that interested them there.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Geoffrey Castle
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Roberta Cushing
->Rumor #132016:
The Bounty Hunters in Bretonia are different lot than those in Liberty. Some of us are former Bowex pilots; a few are former BMM types. Only a few are from the police. Me, I came from the IMG. I was gettin' bored chipping rock all day. I knew the Jump Hole network okay, and I could deal with an Outcast or Corsair. It was a natural fit.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Geoffrey Castle
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Roberta Cushing
->Rumor #132017:
The Corsairs run their Artifacts from the Somerset up to Devon, then across to the Junker base of Trafalgar. Then they start to pillage. That's where I come in.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Geoffrey Castle
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Roberta Cushing
->Rumor #132018:
I've been chasing Mollys in Dublin for a while. Thought I'd move up and try me some Corsairs. They're pretty easy to find in the Somerset Field. Just watch out for those gas pockets left over from the old mining days.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Geoffrey Castle
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Roberta Cushing
->Rumor #132019:
I used to be a BMM miner in the Somerset when I was a young bloke. Then they shut us down for good 'bout 10 years back. Some of us went to the Mollys and IMG; I joined up with the Hunters.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Geoffrey Castle
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Roberta Cushing
->Rumor #132020:
New London serves as our primary distribution point for H-Fuel in Bretonia. It's shipped in from the Glasgow Outpost in Leeds. From here we transfer it to ships bound for police and military bases within Cambridge, Manchester, and Dublin.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Michael Taylor
->Rumor #132021:
Side Arms are transferred from Universal transports to Bowex ships on New London for shipment to Cambridge, Leeds, and the three Armed Forces battleships stationed within our frontiers.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Michael Taylor
->Rumor #132022:
Some of our traffic consists of Food shipments from Cambridge. We use London as a trans-shipment point, with cargos delivered to Southampton and the Essex and Suffolk battleships. On the return trip to Cambridge I usually haul Fertilizers or Construction Machinery.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Michael Taylor
->Rumor #132023:
Our ships haul the raw materials like Basic Alloys and Optronics to Cambridge and return with Consumer Goods, which get distributed to Leeds and Glasgow. Unfortunately, all of these Commodities are desired by the Corsairs, and there have been a fair number of attacks in recent weeks, mostly in the eastern end of this system.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Michael Taylor
->Rumor #132024:
Bowex handles BMM Gold shipments to Liberty. We usually make the return run with Luxury Goods. It gets a bit dicey in the Independent Worlds.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Michael Taylor
->Rumor #132025:
Pharmaceuticals are shipped to Leeds, Manchester, and military bases from our primary Bretonia distribution center here in New London.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Michael Taylor
->Rumor #132026:
We handle the eastern portion of the system; the Bretonia Armed Forces patrols the west. That arrangement worked most satisfactorily until the arrival of the Corsairs. At this point, we may well have the more difficult assignment in New London.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Christopher Barry
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Diana Bennett
 * New London Bartender/John Weck
->Rumor #132027:
We've got a few homegrown problems in Bretonia. The Mollys are trying to break off in Dublin. BMM and the Armed Forces have that headache. We deal with the Gaians, some upper-class Cambridge types that went eco-terrorist on us. More annoying than anything, they are.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Christopher Barry
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Diana Bennett
 * New London Bartender/John Weck
->Rumor #132028:
Just came back from a rough patrol into the Cornwall Field. Those bloody Corsairs have decided to move in and have a little party at our expense. It's like they came out of nowhere. Used to be an easy job, New London was. That's just a memory now.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Christopher Barry
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Diana Bennett
->Rumor #132029:
The Bretonia Police Authority is a highly professional organization that takes pride in its highly ethical conduct. We view that contemptible corporation called the LPI as an embarrassment to Liberty. They are more interested in staffing their factories inexpensively than maintaining law and order.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Christopher Barry
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Diana Bennett
 * New London Bartender/John Weck
->Rumor #132030:
I was relieved on Canterbury yesterday. Did a return patrol along the Lane. I'm glad to be back home. I'll take the rain any day over Corsairs and Gaians interrupting my sleep.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Christopher Barry
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Diana Bennett
->Rumor #132031:
My only experience with Molly attacks has been on the prison transport run to Newgate in the Manchester system. We're heading out momentarily with a crew of them brought in from the Essex yesterday. We have to keep them sedated and well secured, as they can get quite violent -- not my favorite duty.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Christopher Barry
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Diana Bennett
->Rumor #132032:
We provide Optronics and Engine Components for Bretonia. They are shipped from our plants in Honshu. It is a long and arduous journey through the Border Worlds, where Outcasts are an ever present threat. Recently, Corsairs have started attacking our ships within New London itself. This is most unsettling.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Akio Abe
->Rumor #132033:
We pick up Gold on some of our return trips -- always a stressful journey. It's as if you shine in the dark for the criminal elements like the Mollys and Outcasts. They come like moths to a flame.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Akio Abe
->Rumor #132034:
Kishiro would like to become your H-Fuel shipper of choice. The mixture sold here comes from our new Ogashawa complex in Sigma-19, a joint venture with the GMG.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Akio Abe
->Rumor #132035:
The Engine Components business has become very difficult. We used to be the exclusive supplier to Bretonia. Kishiro has become a strong adversary since the 80-Years War. I guess we'll have to cut our costs to remain competitive.
 * Republican Shipping/ Stefan Toltz
->Rumor #132036:
It's a very difficult journey between here and Rheinland, especially when you are transporting something as alluring as Bretonian Gold. The Red Hessians and Corsairs will be waiting for us in Omega-3 and Omega-7 -- you can be sure of that.
 * Republican Shipping/ Stefan Toltz
->Rumor #132037:
What a cold and wet place this is. It's a long journey for our GMG H-Fuel from Osaka, Honshu. We often pick up our return cargo from the Stokes Smelter in Leeds.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Hakkera Endo
->Rumor #132038:
Bretonia is the only source of Gold for the entire Sirius Sector. We are heading back to Yokohama with a load as soon as we can arrange the escort. Those Outcasts will be waiting on our long journey home.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Hakkera Endo
->Rumor #132039:
We ship a large amount of Fertilizer to New London, where it is transferred to Bowex freighters for the final leg of their trip to Cambridge. We are proud to assist Bretonia's farmers, who are still independent and not under the evil eye of Synth Foods.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Hakkera Endo
->Rumor #132166:
We're selling a load of Pharmaceuticals produced at the Cambridge Research Station orbiting Cambridge. Cryer produces enough at the facility to supply Bretonia and its adjacent Border Worlds.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Steve Jones
->Rumor #132167:
We often head up to Glasgow to inspect the latest shipments of Alien Organisms arriving from Sigma-17 on Samura ships. We are always looking for new varieties to aid our research and development of new drugs.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Steve Jones
->Rumor #132168:
Outcasts are Cryer's worst enemy. That Edge World pestilence is well established in Bretonia, especially in the northern systems of Leeds and Manchester.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Steve Jones
->Rumor #132169:
Gateway actually has very limited business on New London. We ship in Silver from our main base at Kensington by the planet Dover. Oxygen and Water are the only Commodities that London can offer us.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. John Brown
->Rumor #132170:
Gateway is in partnership with the IMG, Bowex with BMM. Until we came along, BMM had IMG in a stranglehold since Bowex would refuse to ship their products in many cases. We've had a rough time ourselves, since Bowex has powerful government connections that insure them exclusive contracts with the Armed Forces and Police Authority.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. John Brown
->Rumor #132171:
I always feel uncomfortable here -- this is Bowex territory. You can almost feel the stuffy arrogance of this place. It reeks of the Bretonian aristocrats that won't let go of our country. BMM and Bowex -- what a pair.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. John Brown
->Rumor #132172:
We Junkers are engaged in only legitimate transporting activities. We need Oxygen, Water, Food, H-Fuel, and Pharmaceuticals up on Trafalgar.
 * Junkers/ Martin Galway
->Rumor #132173:
If you want to make some real money, haul some Cardamine and Artifacts from our base to this lovely city. Just don't get caught by the police. We don't know a thing.
 * Junkers/ Martin Galway
->Rumor #132174:
Those Corsairs want all sorts of strange stuff. They can pay for it, so we oblige. This time I'm hauling some Basic Alloys, Engine Components, and Construction Machinery up to our base in the debris field.
 * Junkers/ Martin Galway
->Rumor #132175:
I'm running another load of Side Arms up to Trafalgar. It's the only place you can buy them, legally and all, in Bretonia.
 * Junkers/ Martin Galway
->Rumor #132176:
Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines maintains the Shetland cruise ship which orbits the ecological Eden of Gaia in the Edinburgh system. They're always in need of Food, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Goods, and H-Fuel.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Julia Blake
->Rumor #132177:
I don't understand how we became enemies of the Gaians. We are only engaged in tourism, not in the ecological change of planets like Planetform, Inc. The same New London elites that secretly support the Gaians enjoy the facilities on our cruise ships. I would say that is a bit hypocritical.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Julia Blake
->Rumor #132178:
We ship our Luxury Goods and Luxury Foods from New London to the Shetland in Edinburgh on a regular basis. Watch out for the Gaians. They will often attack from the smog clouds of Leeds, or from the Islay Cloud near the ship itself.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Julia Blake
->Rumor #132179:
We use New London mostly as a supply base for our HQ in Canterbury, right across from the Kensington Shipping Platform near Dover. Most of our shipments consist of Food, Water, and Oxygen.
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Paul Briant
->Rumor #132180:
The Gaians harass us endlessly throughout Bretonian space. The only operation they can't reach is California Minor. We've attempted to explain our views to the Bretonian public, especially on Cambridge and New London, but they continue to sympathize with the terrorists.
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Paul Briant
->Rumor #132181:
Our terraforming operations are critical to the continued well-being of Bretonia. The government has not adequately explained the dire consequences for future generations if we do not complete these projects in a timely fashion.
 * Planetform, Inc./Dr. Paul Briant
->Rumor #132182:
Most of our business in Bretonia is with Southampton and the Stokes Smelter in Leeds. At least New London is a more civilized stop than those grossly polluted sites. Bretonia should learn from Rheinland and clean up its industrial waste.
 * Republican Shipping/ Stefan Toltz
->Rumor #132183:
I just signed off a load of Side Arms to the Bretonian Police. It's a rough run from Detroit -- seems like the bad guys know every move we make, especially in Cortez. Must be those Lane Hackers at it again.
 * Universal Shipping/ Sam Jones
->Rumor #132184:
Universal handles various levels of Commodities on the Manhattan to New London route. Our armored transports handle the Bretonian Gold bound for Manhattan, and the Luxury Goods on the return trip. If they're well escorted, they usually make it okay through the Independent World gauntlet.
 * Universal Shipping/ Sam Jones
->Rumor #132185:
I'm making the daily run down from Waterloo to get supplies like Water, Oxygen, Food, and H-Fuel. I think I prefer it up there. At least you get to hang out around other Liberty folks, not these stuffy Bretonians.
 * Universal Shipping/ Sam Jones
->Rumor #132524:
This is the one of the best places to buy Gold, or you can head to Dublin for the producer's price. Just remember, that comes at an added risk of Corsair and Molly attack.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Christopher Barry
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Diana Bennett
 * New London Bartender/John Weck
->Rumor #132525:
They say that the Police Authority has been caught unawares of the Corsair threat because the director ignored most of the field reports from Cambridge during the last few years. The Corsairs were on the move towards New London. There's plenty of time to build some new bases out there in the east end.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Christopher Barry
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Diana Bennett
 * New London Bartender/John Weck
->Rumor #132526:
We focus our efforts in New London, Manchester, and Edinburgh; the military takes over in Dublin and the Border World frontier areas of Cambridge and Leeds.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Christopher Barry
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Diana Bennett
 * New London Bartender/John Weck
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====Southampton Shipyard (New London)====
->Rumor #132186:
Southampton is a strategic base for the Armed Forces. In addition to protecting the center of Bretonia's industrial might against attack by the criminal element, we run patrols in all directions from here.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Michael Goodwin
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Fiona Ferguson
->Rumor #132187:
Cardamine use is also on the rise in New London. We once thought it was exclusively a problem in Liberty. Outcasts have been sighted in the debris fields and along the Trade Lanes near the Leeds Jump Gate, presumably engaged in smuggling and piracy activities.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Michael Goodwin
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Fiona Ferguson
->Rumor #132188:
The patrols into the Devon Field are to keep the Gaians in check, and more importantly, to address the increasing presence of Corsairs, who have overwhelmed the resources of the Police Authority since their arrival several years ago.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Michael Goodwin
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Fiona Ferguson
->Rumor #132189:
Frankly, the Bretonian Armed Forces has fallen behind Kusari and Liberty. We just don't have the resources we once had. Our policy is appeasement and compromise.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Michael Goodwin
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Fiona Ferguson
->Rumor #132190:
We run a daily patrol into the Southampton Debris Field, which contains radiation pockets and numerous criminals. We need to clean up the mess to clear out the criminal menace, but government funds are lacking. The multiple terraforming projects in progress have virtually bankrupted the treasury, and the financial drain continues.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Michael Goodwin
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Fiona Ferguson
->Rumor #132191:
We've noticed a marked increase in New London Artifact availability and a corresponding drop in price since the Corsairs arrived. The Junkers are suspected in importing the banned trinkets, but they're difficult to catch red-handed.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Michael Goodwin
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Fiona Ferguson
->Rumor #132192:
We get many of our raw materials from the Stokes Smelter in Leeds. The inbound run usually consists of Basic Alloys, Super Alloys, or Ship Hull Panels. Then we fill up with Scrap Metal and Toxic Waste to haul up to the cesspool that they call the Leeds system.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Bromly
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ John Davies
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Roberts
->Rumor #132193:
Company says Mollys cost us a lot of jobs last year. That's why they had to lay off so many. Me, I think it's 'cause Kusari is making transports cheaper and faster than old, stodgy BMM.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Bromly
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ John Davies
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Roberts
 * Southampton Bartender/Alexander Hunt
->Rumor #132194:
I run the basic supply train up from New London every few days -- mostly Food, Oxygen, and Water. Not much to it, unless the Mollys show up. You just hop on the Trade Lane and there you are.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Bromly
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ John Davies
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Roberts
->Rumor #132195:
Those Gaians are a bunch of upper-class Cambridge snobs that don't have their heads screwed on straight. I would welcome a new planet to live on. It's got to be better than the catastrophe they call Leeds.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Bromly
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ John Davies
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Roberts
 * Southampton Bartender/Alexander Hunt
->Rumor #132196:
The Mollys are always sittin' out in the Southampton or Cumbria Fields waiting for some poor BMM bloke to come along, just minding his own business. A nasty lot, they are.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Bromly
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ John Davies
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Roberts
 * Southampton Bartender/Alexander Hunt
->Rumor #132197:
Those Junkers are bad for this area. Ever since they showed up we've been getting Outcasts. Now the Corsairs are starting to arrive. They should go in and clean them out. Seems like they can never catch them red-handed.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Bromly
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ John Davies
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Roberts
 * Southampton Bartender/Alexander Hunt
->Rumor #132198:
I've got my family back in Leeds. They've got all sorts of health problems. Company says it's 'cause we haven't been taking care of our kids properly. I dunno, seems like that nasty, thick brown air and smelly water may have something to do with it.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Bromly
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ John Davies
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Roberts
 * Southampton Bartender/Alexander Hunt
->Rumor #132199:
New London used to be the mining center of Bretonia. Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Cumbria were all famous in their day. Those fields employed hundreds of thousands of the Bretonian working class. Now they import everything from the Border Worlds. Everyone's had to migrate out there in search of the work.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Bromly
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ John Davies
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Roberts
 * Southampton Bartender/Alexander Hunt
->Rumor #132200:
I'm a third-generation Yardie here on Southampton. We've built all of Bretonia's great ships ever since anyone can remember. My ancestors have worked here for hundreds of years.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Bromly
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ John Davies
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Roberts
->Rumor #132201:
The Junkers are a slimy set. They like to come and steal from our storage depots when no one is looking. We had to arm them, we did. To think that the Junkers used to be proper Yardies -- what a shame.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Bromly
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ John Davies
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Roberts
 * Southampton Bartender/Alexander Hunt
->Rumor #132202:
Let me tell you, this is right in the thick of it as far as bad guys in Bretonia. You've got Gaians and Corsairs in the Devon Field, Mollys coming in from the Cumbria, and everyone imaginable in the Southampton Debris Field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Graeme Howard
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sarah Harper
->Rumor #132203:
Word is, the Corsairs found some old Jump Hole in the Somerset Field from Cambridge. That's when all the problems started over there. I'm heading over to check it out pretty soon.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Graeme Howard
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sarah Harper
->Rumor #132204:
I'm a former Molly that saw the light in Newgate. I won't go after my old comrades, I prefer to hunt the foreign invaders of our space like the Corsairs and Outcasts. It's my patriotic duty.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Graeme Howard
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sarah Harper
->Rumor #132205:
New London is a just a sideshow for the Outcasts, 'cause there's no Jump Hole into Manchester from here. The main Cardamine route is through the Leeds smog clouds.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Graeme Howard
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sarah Harper
->Rumor #132206:
You don't get much of a bounty for Gaians. The Corsairs and the Outcasts are a different matter. Bag one of them and you'll be taking it easy for a while.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Graeme Howard
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sarah Harper
->Rumor #132207:
I used to work these fields -- know 'em like the back of my hand. That's what gives me the edge against the baddies. Gotta watch out for those gas pockets. They're in most of the fields in this system. They got them marked, but not everyone pays attention.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Graeme Howard
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Sarah Harper
->Rumor #132208:
On our trips from Pittsburg we bring in the Boron they use for the Hull Panels. We also pick up Superconductors and Optical Chips in Los Angeles every other trip. Those are used for engine combustion chambers and avionics.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Derrick Cole
->Rumor #132209:
Running the MOX in from LD-14 can be a real nail biter. Rumor has it that the Mollys are trying to steal some to make a bomb.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Derrick Cole
->Rumor #132210:
I just came down from Glasgow in the Leeds system with a load of Kusari Optronics and Engine Components. That's our HQ for all Bowex field operations. It would make more sense to be in London, but they got this thing about tradition.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Derrick Cole
->Rumor #132211:
We just started shipping High-Temperature Alloys from ALG's Dortmund plant to Southampton. BMM normally doesn't give us the time of day, but they'd like to get a cheaper supplier and be less dependent on those arrogant Republican shippers.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Mark Smith
->Rumor #132212:
We don't get hassled by pirates nearly as much as our competitors do. Our allies, the IMG, get along pretty well with the Mollys and the Hessians. That's a big advantage for us in the Omega Border World Trade Lane routes to Rheinland. Of course, we still have to deal with the Corsairs.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Mark Smith
->Rumor #132213:
I'm headed back out to Kensington as soon as I can. This is enemy territory as far as I'm concerned. I used to work for Bowex hauling Ship Hull Panels. We got fed up with the conservative culture and started our own thing.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Mark Smith
->Rumor #132214:
They are unloading my ship right now. We ship Optronics and Engine Components from Honshu on a regular basis. You should visit my homeland sometime. It's very beautiful. The lovely blue clouds of the Crow Nebula surround my system.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hideo Fujita
->Rumor #132215:
Kishiro is a progressive company. We are much more innovative than Samura, which uses its influence to resist change rather than embrace it. Soon we'll be hauling the H-Fuel to this shipyard.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hideo Fujita
->Rumor #132216:
The Outcasts are very troublesome. Ever since we opened our Hydrocarbon and Polymer plant in Tau-29, they have become very aggressive. We were even attacked in the southern part of Leeds during the last trip. That's not a promising sign for Bretonia's well-being.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hideo Fujita
->Rumor #132217:
Republican has been providing High-Temperature Alloys to the Sirius Sector for centuries. We still dominate this specialty, aided by our easy access to the raw materials of the Walker Nebula in Dresden and Omega-7.
 * Republican Shipping/ Rüdiger Hartmann
->Rumor #132218:
I noticed that the Kusari transports are unloading Engine Components also. This is not a good sign. One day we may not be coming to this shipyard with Rheinland products anymore.
 * Republican Shipping/ Rüdiger Hartmann
->Rumor #132219:
The route for Republican through the Omega Border Worlds is very difficult -- much more so than the Tau systems that the Kusari must traverse. This challenge hurts us competitively, at least as far as the Bretonian export market is concerned.
 * Republican Shipping/ Rüdiger Hartmann
->Rumor #132220:
This is just a quick stop for our ship. We're dropping off a load of H-Fuel from Osaka in the Honshu system. We'll be heading back up to Stokes to pick up our return cargo.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Hiroshi Hasegawa
->Rumor #132221:
Bretonia's not too dangerous. At least compared to Kusari space and the Tau Border Worlds. The Blood Dragons are the most serious menace with Kusari. The Outcasts replace them as the threat once you leave Kyushu.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Hiroshi Hasegawa
->Rumor #132222:
The most valuable Commodity Bretonia has to offer us is Gold. We use it in our ship construction site at Yokohama for coating windows.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Hiroshi Hasegawa
->Rumor #132223:
We're just making a pit stop to unload some Superconductors. Then it's back to Waterloo for a little break before heading home to Trenton. It's kind of polluted here in Bretonia -- and I thought New York was bad.
 * Universal Shipping/ Peter Carter
->Rumor #132224:
Universal doesn't bother hauling stuff past the capitol systems like New London. We let the local shippers take over. They can have the Border Worlds, as far as we're concerned. Insurance premiums go up quite a bit.
 * Universal Shipping/ Peter Carter
->Rumor #132225:
This Southampton yard is impressive -- lots of stalls, although it doesn't look like very many are occupied. They call this "The Bridge," which sounds kind of optimistic to me. Looks like Bretonia's shipbuilding industry is hurting as much as ours.
 * Universal Shipping/ Peter Carter
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====Thames Outpost (New London)====
->Rumor #132283:
Thames is company headquarters for all of our operations across Sirius. Supply runs from New London bring in Food, Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel. We then transfer them for special shipment to the Graves Survey & Mining base in Dublin.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Donald Byrne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Henry Jones
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Dudley
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Thames Bartender/Douggie Latham
->Rumor #132284:
The Mollys have been a challenge for BMM ever since the revolt on the Graves Station in 752, in which they mercilessly executed the chief of base operations, Sir Edmund Graves, and several of his senior lieutenants. They fantasized of Dublin being their own country. We asked for assistance from the Bretonia Armed Forces at the time and have been engaged in a war of attrition ever since.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Donald Byrne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Henry Jones
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Dudley
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Thames Bartender/Douggie Latham
->Rumor #132285:
The Tau-23 foray was a mistake. We have expended most of our company's financial reserves, all to satisfy the egos of senior management. Those guys refused to recognize the true costs of opening up new systems in outer Border Worlds where the criminal element has the upper hand. We could've just bought our Niobium from the IMG, and been done with it.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Donald Byrne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Henry Jones
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Dudley
->Rumor #132286:
We use the outpost as a distribution point for Leeds-produced Mining Machinery, which is then shipped out to our bases in Omega-3, Manchester, and Dublin.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Donald Byrne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Henry Jones
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Dudley
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Thames Bartender/Douggie Latham
->Rumor #132287:
The Gaians have recently begun raiding the Stokes and Birmingham plants, apparently because they believe we are guilty of producing gases subsequently used in terraforming operations. In my opinion, this guilt by association is not constructive and further alienates their cause from the common man in Bretonia.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Donald Byrne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Henry Jones
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Dudley
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Thames Bartender/Douggie Latham
->Rumor #132288:
IMG is a motley collection of unemployed New London miners, former BMM malcontents, and hordes of Daumann and Kruger Rheinlanders. They have no business operating as a legal entity within the boundaries of Bretonia. There is little we can do in the Border Worlds, unfortunately.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Donald Byrne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Henry Jones
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Dudley
->Rumor #132289:
BMM has operations throughout Bretonia and the adjoining Border Worlds. We run the Stokes Smelter and LD-14 MOX processing plants in Leeds, the Birmingham Polymer production plant in Manchester, and mineral extraction facilities in Dublin, Omega-3, and Tau-23.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Donald Byrne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Henry Jones
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Dudley
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Thames Bartender/Douggie Latham
->Rumor #132290:
The LD-14 has begun reprocessing Toxic Waste in an effort by BMM to show the Bretonian people that we are committed to operating in a more environmentally sensitive fashion in the Leeds system than in the past.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Donald Byrne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Henry Jones
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Dudley
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Thames Bartender/Douggie Latham
->Rumor #132291:
BMM and Bowex have had a long and profitable relationship stretching back over 500 years. You should never listen to what Gateway, IMG, or ALG tell you. They are young, poorly run organizations that will not be there for you in the long haul.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Donald Byrne
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Henry Jones
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Miner William Dudley
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====Trafalgar Base (New London)====
->Rumor #132313:
This is the last stop for us on our Artifact run from our homeland. Maybe one day you could run Artifacts for the Corsairs. It's dangerous but pays very well. If those aren't two things that interest you then I'm wasting my time talking to you. Just make sure to stay clear of those Red Hessians.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132314:
There are Outcasts on this base. Once they were our brothers, but that was long, long ago. Now they are just like everyone else -- targets. It's not that we don't like them, but that won't stop us from taking one of their shipments or putting them in the airlock. Somehow I doubt those masks they wear would save them from that.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132315:
You could run reinforcement supplies to our base in Cadiz if you want to gain favor with the Corsairs. We need H-Fuel and Engine Components there to continue fighting the Red Hessians in Omega-5.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132316:
Bretonia offers many tempting targets. We soon realized that we didn't need to buy the Gold from the Junkers; we could go steal it ourselves from the Mollys and IMG. Once we dispose of the local criminals, Bretonia will be ours.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132317:
Once we drop our Artifacts here, the fun begins. We raid the Trade Lanes here in Bretonia to supply our bases back home along the Edge Worlds. Before we discovered that we could make such a nice profit from selling the Artifacts, we lived solely by raiding. The easiest targets are here in Bretonia; police presence is a joke in this space.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132318:
Now that there has been a ban declared on Artifacts, it has been more difficult to sell as many as before, but we have compensated by raising the prices. Everyone always wants what they can't have, and now the rich fools who crave these toys will pay almost any amount for them.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132319:
The conditions on this base are absolutely appalling. It goes against a Gaian's very nature to be surrounded by the cretinous scavengers who populate these dingy corridors. Yet we are compelled to purchase those things we need to maintain our existence at our own base in the Islay Cloud of Edinburgh: Pharmaceuticals, H-Fuel, Food, Consumer Goods, and such.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
->Rumor #132320:
The Mollys' hatred for BMM is an advantage to our own attacks upon that corporation, and though we don't share the same motivations that the Mollys' do, our disgust with the despoilers of BMM is just as intense. Unlike many underground operations, we are not motivated by the acquisition of money. We are a political organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for all who live in Bretonia, even our enemies, though they are too blind to see it.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
->Rumor #132321:
If it wasn't for the Green Front, I doubt the Gaians would be able to operate at all. We have the support of the intellectuals in Bretonia and the educated elite of Cambridge but without the financial assistance that Green Front brings in& Well, let's just say that good causes don't fund themselves.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
->Rumor #132322:
The Gaians wouldn't have any place to get their supplies if it weren't for this base, but you should see how they gulp and sniff whenever they set foot in here. I hate dealing with them, but they bring us money in return for the supplies they need for their base in Edinburgh.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132323:
The Artifacts that come into Bretonia pass through here. They are brought to us by the Corsairs from their bases in the southern Edge Worlds. We do run into New London, which can get pretty risky with the police and military hovering about. If you get scanned, it's over.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132324:
If you need cash, you can ship supplies to the Molly base Arranmore in Dublin. They need Oxygen, Water, H-Fuel, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Goods, Food, Side Arms, and Engine Components.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132325:
We sell the Mollys' Gold, Corsairs' Artifacts, and Outcasts' Cardamine in New London. You can make very good money doing it, but don't get caught. We'll say we've never seen you before.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132326:
The Corsairs require Gold and Engine Components for their Tripoli Shipyard in Omicron Gamma. If you're friendly enough with them, you could make some very good money.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132327:
The Gaian base is known as Islay; they call it "the Sleet." Everyone knows that it's in the Islay Ice Cloud, but they don't know where -- it's too well camouflaged. It's situated very close to a hidden Jump Hole to Leeds, which is really handy for hit-and-run attacks against BMM and the Trade Lanes, or for hitting the ice mining by Planetform's Perth base at Ayr.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132328:
The war-torn Corsair base Cadiz in Omega-5 is in need of H-Fuel and Engine Components. Be careful getting there. The Red Hessians don't like freelancers helping their enemy.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132329:
Sometimes people wonder where the Junkers come from. It's true you can find us throughout Sirius except Kusari space, but no one knows where we started. The truth is that the Junkers are comprised of all kinds. We are the ones who weren't happy working for one group or another. Our blood is from all the people of Sirius, even the Kusari. Truth is, once yer a Junker you aren't nothing else but a Junker, and whatever you were before falls away.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132330:
We buy Engine Components, Basic Alloys, Side Arms, and other criminal necessities in New London. The authorities can't lift a finger, even though they know where we're headed.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132331:
Criminals deal with us because we can go where they can't. They could run the gauntlet into Liberty from here, but they wouldn't be able to dock anywhere. We Junkers have a cover. Most authorities don't know if we're hauling scrap or contraband, and that's how we get through. We can get our ships onto almost any planet, so criminals have to deal with us.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132332:
Us Junkers, we're a different breed from the rest of our clientele. We just want to get along with everyone. You know why? Cuz that's the way to make money. We don't care about politics or which group killed this other group. To Junkers it's all about how many credits we can get our hands on, so we get all kinds on our bases and that's how we like it.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132333:
The Junkers like to deal with us because we bring them something everybody wants: Gold. We used to mine it for BMM; now we steal theirs or mine it from our own fields. We aren't thieves, though. We paid for that Gold in blood and the broken hands of our fathers before us.
 * Mollys/ George Thornton
->Rumor #132334:
We like to get our supplies for Arranmore -- that's our base in Dublin -- here in New London. The IMG charges a bit too much on the Hood, and they won't sell us our Side Arms.
 * Mollys/ George Thornton
->Rumor #132335:
One of our lads, Roger Patience, got captured last week by the military in Leeds during a MOX raid. He's one of our best. He was on a prison convoy headed for Newgate Prison. We cracked him out in Manchester yesterday as it broke from the Trade Lanes. If you see him, he might buy you a drink to celebrate his new-found freedom.
 * Mollys/ George Thornton
->Rumor #132336:
So you're interested in working for us? Try running a load of Cardamine to Magellan or Cortez for us. The Lane Hackers would appreciate that.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132337:
We buy Side Arms for the Cali base in Tau-23 here. It's not an easy Jump Hole route between Trafalgar and our base out there. Fortunately, the Barrier offers plenty of cover.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132338:
Cardamine was the one good thing that fate gave us. When we first landed on Malta the weak who didn't want to live anymore could go to a better place chewing the orange grass. It was also a curse, as we became dependent on Cardamine to survive, though we don't get a high from it anymore. Now we use Cardamine to make money. Eventually we'll run Sirius. Once a large enough portion of the populace is hooked, we've got them.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132339:
Orbital Spa and Cruise has made itself an annoyance to the Outcasts. Its Shetland cruise ship in Edinburgh lies right in the path of our Cardamine route to this base. The truth is, if they keep pushing into Outcast space, some tourists are going to be killed.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132340:
From here we ship to Liberty via the Rogue base Montezuma in Cortez. They can't get enough of our Cardamine, so as long as we keep it flowing they are under our control. They make good attack dogs. Soon more of the criminal factions will become addicted, and we'll rule Sirius -- then our revenge will be complete.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132341:
BMM is no match for our military in Tau-23. We will force them out of the system and destroy the Jump Gate. Our survival as a sovereign nation is at stake. Cali is a crucial distribution point for Cardamine on the trip to Bretonia and Liberty.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #134281:
The Trujillo stumbled into a gas pocket in the old Somerset mining area during the early days of Corsair incursion in the New London system. The ship was lost deep inside the hazard area. Several attempts were made to rescue the Artifacts it carried, but to no avail.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
->Rumor #134282:
The Molly fighter Vanguard was on a Gold run from Dublin to Trafalgar when it was intercepted by a Bretonia Armed Forces patrol in the Cumbria Asteroid Field. They gave chase and he fled into a known gas hazard area. Unfortunately, his luck ran out that day when he encountered a particularly dense pocket. The ship still lies there, awaiting anyone foolish enough to knowingly enter a volatile gas zone.
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Mollys/ George Thornton
->Rumor #134283:
The Outcast fighter Puno stumbled into one of the Southampton Debris Field radiation zones on the first Outcast drug run into the New London system in 751. It still lies there, untouchable to anyone who values their life.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
->Rumor #134285:
The Corsair ship Caraz was making a routine Artifact smuggling run from Cadiz to Trafalgar several weeks ago, but it never arrived. Several intercepted military comms. suggest that it was damaged by an Armed Forces patrol and pursued into the Grasmere Ice Cloud.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #134286:
The San Vicente was making a Cardamine run from Cali to New London when it was ambushed by an Armed Forces patrol in the West Leeds Smog Cloud. The cargo was recovered by the military, but it is possible that one of the larger pieces of debris still has some equipment attached.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
->Rumor #134287:
The Outcast ship Lorenzo was making a Cardamine run from Cali to Mactan when it was caught by a military patrol in the LD-14 Asteroid Field. It turned further into the heart of the field to escape its pursuers and stumbled into an old radioactive pocket. The crew is presumed dead, but the ship is probably still intact. No one has retrieved the cargo yet due to the high radiation danger in the area.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
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====Waterloo Station (New London)====
->Rumor #132241:
IC thinks we're scum, but they need us. They never set foot outside their sanitized offices. Wouldn't last a second out where they send us.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dirk Robinson
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Stone
->Rumor #132242:
The Corsairs are pretty occupied with the Red Hessians in Omega-2 right now. That's a good thing for Bretonia. If the Corsairs didn't have to devote all those ships and manpower to protect their right flank against the Rheinlanders, there would be some serious pillaging going on in this system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dirk Robinson
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Stone
->Rumor #132243:
I just got back from enforcing a little IC directive in Leeds. Some Gaians were hitting the Trade Lane to the Edinburgh Gate a little too readily. Planetform lost two convoys in a row, so they sent us up to take care of business. We can't rely on those polite Bretonia police types.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dirk Robinson
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Stone
->Rumor #132244:
I've been on the Outcast trail for a couple of months on deep recon for IC. We've mapped it all the way from Edinburgh to New London. Next month Operation Hailstorm commences -- loads of Bounty Hunters, Bretonian military, and police going to clear out the Outcasts from Bretonia for good. Me, I'm a bit skeptical.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dirk Robinson
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Stone
->Rumor #132245:
IC pays the best of all. You better be good, but they'll reward you well if you can get the job done. The Bretonian government is broke -- too much terraforming is my guess.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dirk Robinson
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Stone
->Rumor #132246:
IC doesn't care much about what happens off of Trade Lanes or Jump Gates. That's why Junkers and Hogosha never really register on their radar. IC doesn't see the obvious role the Junkers play in supplying and harboring criminals.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dirk Robinson
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Stone
->Rumor #132247:
I'm here to pick up some more Trade Lane Parts for the Trade Lane construction site in Tau-23 -- a pretty ambitious project by BMM. They got the Bretonian government to foot part of the bill, all for some lousy Niobium. I hope it's worth it.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Marcus Farmington
->Rumor #132248:
One of the company rules for as long as I can remember is that nobody touches Trade Lane or Jump Gate construction without LSF clearance. I never did figure that one out. What do they have to do with us?
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Marcus Farmington
->Rumor #132249:
This is civilized space here. Tau-23 is some wild country. Outcasts are buzzing around like hornets out there. I watched a Skye-22 Ring crane get demolished by the Outcasts last time I was up there. They lost a lot of people on that project. That's for the thrill-seeking DSE types. Not me.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Marcus Farmington
->Rumor #132250:
Few people understand what Interspace Commerce really does. We are primarily in the insurance business -- specifically, hazard insurance for ships and cargos that use Ageira-manufactured Jump Gates and Trade Lanes in the Sirius Sector.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Patricia Stewart
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Tom Crusher
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Caroline Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Waterloo Bartender/Remmington Dauncey
->Rumor #132251:
We have information that the Corsairs and Hessians are engaged in some sort of territorial dispute in the outer Omega systems. This has distracted them somewhat from fully exploiting the vulnerable position of the Trade Lanes through Omega-3 and Omega-7. Apparently, there are no Jump Holes directly linking those systems.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Patricia Stewart
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Tom Crusher
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Caroline Williams
->Rumor #132252:
We developed USI technology in tandem with Ageira. It allows us to track shipments anywhere on the Trade Lane grid using powerful ship-sized scanners. There is no easy way for shippers to cheat us by overstating the value of their cargos in case of loss, or attempting to ship high-value cargos without our knowledge. This allows us to set our rates at a premium and minimize fraud.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Patricia Stewart
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Tom Crusher
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Caroline Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Waterloo Bartender/Remmington Dauncey
->Rumor #132253:
The newly constructed Tau-23 to Tau-31 Jump Gate pair is currently the highest risk IC investment in the Sirius Sector. BMM's exploitation of mineral resources in the system has presented a serious threat to the Outcasts' sense of territory, and the Outcasts appear to be fighting back with a vengeance.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Patricia Stewart
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Tom Crusher
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Caroline Williams
->Rumor #132254:
The Lane Hackers' theft of our proprietary technology has been most unfortunate. Ageira is in the process of patching the software and modifying the hardware scanners to make it Lane Hacker proof, at which point we feel that full confidence in IC and Ageira will be restored.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Patricia Stewart
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Tom Crusher
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Caroline Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Waterloo Bartender/Remmington Dauncey
->Rumor #132255:
Bretonia has been quite agreeable to the terms of IC, unlike Kusari and Rheinland, who defaulted on our perfectly legal Trade Lane financing terms in 521. Because Liberty was not ready to back us up, we lost significant leverage and were forced to transform our company from finance to insurance.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Patricia Stewart
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Tom Crusher
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Caroline Williams
->Rumor #132256:
We work in tandem with the Bounty Hunters. They perform the unpleasant job of criminal disposal, much like the Deep Space simpletons handle the manual labor of building and maintaining the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates for Ageira, and ultimately, us.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Patricia Stewart
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Tom Crusher
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Caroline Williams
->Rumor #132257:
There is currently one hotspot in this sector. The Trade Lane stretch through the Keswick Cloud in the Cambridge system has been the site of several successful attacks during the past few weeks. Several repeat Corsair offenders have been identified and marked for deletion.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Patricia Stewart
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Tom Crusher
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Caroline Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Waterloo Bartender/Remmington Dauncey
->Rumor #132258:
In southern Leeds between the smog clouds, a certain pair of Outcasts has grown accustomed to preying on that Trade Lane, resulting in several large claims. We have Bounty Hunters in the area, but additional guns are always welcome.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Patricia Stewart
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Tom Crusher
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Caroline Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Waterloo Bartender/Remmington Dauncey
->Rumor #132259:
I'm just making the hop up from London with supplies like Oxygen, Water, H-Fuel, and Food. I'll probably head back down to pick up my Gold shipment for Manhattan after a few days of rest.
 * Universal Shipping/ Larry Burton
->Rumor #132260:
Universal hauls Trade Lanes Parts wherever there are Trade Lanes between Liberty and the minor House capitols. Then Deep Space takes over and ships them to the actual construction or repair sites.
 * Universal Shipping/ Larry Burton
->Rumor #132261:
I'm glad we don't have to go any farther than here. Deep Space is having a lot of problems out in Tau-31 and Tau-23 with this BMM project. Outcasts -- that says it all.
 * Universal Shipping/ Larry Burton
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====Kabukicho Depot (New Tokyo)====
->Rumor #132997:
I'm on supply duty. We're to pick up our basic needs for Kagoshima, just across the Jump Hole in Kyushu. I was an unemployed farmer in Kyushu before I joined up. Samura was good to us through all the tough times -- until Synth Foods came along. Then, everything changed. Now I'm here with these criminal thugs.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Hideo Yokoyama
->Rumor #132998:
We seem to have lots of weapons and supplies. We also have very accurate information on targets that need to be hit, and they aren't always Synth Foods. I don't know where our leadership gets the information -- it is not my place to know too much.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Hideo Yokoyama
->Rumor #132999:
The Kanto Field gives us a good position from which to launch attacks against incoming Synth Food convoys from Shikoku. We will be victorious and force them back to Liberty. I've heard, though, that some Alliance members are also attacking Kishiro ships, which puzzles me.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Hideo Yokoyama
->Rumor #133000:
We Hogosha are legitimate businessmen. Don't believe any of those rumors about us stealing supplies from bases and all. As a matter of fact, I just came up from Tokyo with basic necessities. There's nothing evil in that, is there?
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133001:
We help the Farmers Alliance by selling supplies and weapons for their base across the Hole in Kyushu. They're not exactly an inspired lot. Seem to be pretty much spouting the company line, if you know what I mean.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
 * Hogosha/Kabukicho Bartender/Watamoro Kyubei
->Rumor #133002:
We know the holes pretty well in Kusari space. The Hole in this field goes to Kyushu, and then a quick jaunt gets you to Shikoku. In the other direction, it's pretty much a straight shot to Honshu through the Chiba Field. Watch out for those Blood Dragons, though. They can be nasty, especially if you're running Artifacts for us.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133003:
We have a little deal with the police -- no drugs, no problems. Some of the young Bosozoku object to that. They usually get a one-way ticket out of a garbage airlock in short order. The Golden Cs are a different thing. We can't control those zealots. Misguided feminists, that's what they are.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
 * Hogosha/Kabukicho Bartender/Watamoro Kyubei
->Rumor #133004:
We are Samura's hired muscle. When something unpleasant needs to be done, we're the ones to do it. In exchange, they keep the police off our backs and make sure that Artifact smuggling is not taken too seriously in Kusari. We've had a long and profitable relationship and see no reason to change our ways.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133005:
Our main business is Alien Artifacts. For some reason, the rich elites of Tokyo and Manhattan have always had a fondness for these toys. We used to get them from the GMG, who were the middlemen between us and the Corsairs. They got greedy, like they all do -- started charging too much. So when the Hawaii opened, we bypassed them and went directly to the source.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
 * Hogosha/Kabukicho Bartender/Watamoro Kyubei
->Rumor #133267:
We will never let the Junkers into Kusari space. For one thing, there is no junk. It was too precious for Kusari industry to ever throw away. The Junkers harbor many criminals that create problems for the other Houses.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133268:
They're sending me on the Artifact run to Leiden tomorrow. I don't like going there. Those Lane Hackers are drug addicts, and the Liberty Rogues smell badly. The GC will also show up sometimes, which can be dangerous for us. There have been Hogosha "accidents" in the cloud near the base.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133269:
The Blood Dragons want to restore the ways of the past. That is not the direction that Kusari should follow. The Hogosha is accused of many things, but we are just the messengers. Kusari society itself must change from within. That is difficult for our culture, where the nail that sticks up gets hammered down.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
 * Hogosha/Kabukicho Bartender/Watamoro Kyubei
->Rumor #134330:
The Kobe Maru was making its weekly Artifact run across the Shikoku system when it was ambushed by the Blood Dragons. The ship is presumed destroyed, and its whereabouts are unknown, although it's been rumored to be drifting somewhere in the Shiun Cloud.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
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====Narita Outpost (New Tokyo)====
->Rumor #132913:
I'm not really comfortable having to share this cramped Outpost while so many of our competitors loiter about. You have to be very careful what you say here, especially with those Gateway sods about. At least Republican is a respectable company with the proper pedigrees.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Marcus Washington
->Rumor #132914:
Bowex has been providing the most reliable transport of Kusari and Bretonia goods across the Border Worlds since 258. Before the Trade Lanes were built through the Tau systems, it was a long and dangerous journey across the ice fields of the Barrier, sometimes taking upwards of six months.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Marcus Washington
->Rumor #132915:
We've just come over from Yokohama to pick up a return cargo for Glasgow. It looks like it'll be Engine Components or Optronics. It's an odd place, Kusari. The two giants control everything -- no mid-sized companies like the other Houses. I'd give Kishiro the technical edge of the two, but Samura has far more political clout in New Tokyo.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Marcus Washington
->Rumor #132916:
I've been doing the Kensington-Narita run for some time now. Normally we ship in Beryllium and Gold, and then return with H-Fuel. We'd like to expand to more lucrative return cargos, but the Bretonian government has some absurd law which states that only Bowex can import those Commodities directly from Kusari.
 * Gateway Shipping/ William Kenny
->Rumor #132917:
This bloody hole is awful. I can't wait to get back to a civilized place like Kensington. All the beer tastes the same -- no character to it. Nothing like a good Bretonia pint with a nice head to it. I'm leaving in the morning to run a load of H-Fuel back home. At least the Outcasts don't get into that too much.
 * Gateway Shipping/ William Kenny
->Rumor #132918:
We handle the IMG Niobium shipments from Holman in Tau-31. The Outcasts seem to be quite agitated up in that area of the Sirius Sector, probably because of the IMG venturing into their territory. At least that's what I've heard.
 * Gateway Shipping/ William Kenny
->Rumor #132919:
Narita is the transfer point for most foreign shippers in Kusari space. We sell our Optronics and Engine Components from Honshu here. We buy our Beryllium for the engine manufacturing center from Gateway. It would be less costly and faster if the government allowed them to ship directly to Honshu.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Shiro Sasaki
->Rumor #132920:
The real reason this base exists is to allow a place for those slimy Hogosha to steal supplies for Samura's factories. We at Kishiro abhor these unscrupulous methods employed by our competitor to gain competitive advantage.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Shiro Sasaki
->Rumor #132921:
Gold is shipped to Narita rather than Tokyo, so we must bring the shipments back across two Trade Lanes that the transports have already traversed -- most inefficient. This smells of a Samura-backed government regulation.
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Shiro Sasaki
->Rumor #132922:
The Kusari government established this base to give foreign shippers from Rheinland and Bretonia a suitable location to trade their goods within New Tokyo space. Liberty corporations prefer to use the more accessible Roppongi Station above the planet.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Etsuko Goto
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Akiko Hara
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Junichi Ogawa
 * Kusari State Police/Narita Bartender/Miyamoto Abe
->Rumor #132923:
I've never understood why they put it so far from everything else in the system. The official word is that Tokyo didn't want a congested trading area of shipping above the planet. Privately, I heard that they wanted to make it a little more costly and inconvenient for shippers like Republican to trade with Tokyo, giving Samura and Kishiro an edge on those trade routes.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Etsuko Goto
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Akiko Hara
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Junichi Ogawa
 * Kusari State Police/Narita Bartender/Miyamoto Abe
->Rumor #132924:
It is tiresome to guard against the Hogosha here. They patiently wait until all of our patrols are out. They seem to prefer shipbuilding materials, which is puzzling, because they use generic off-the-lot ships. I hear they've been spotted in Shinjuku on occasion. Apparently some of them work for Samura as salary men.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Etsuko Goto
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Akiko Hara
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Junichi Ogawa
->Rumor #132925:
We have problems with Hogosha stealing from the storage depots around this base. Narita is too small to store all of the cargo that is generated. The Hogosha are harmless, though -- just skimming a little bit from the Gaijin shippers.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Etsuko Goto
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Akiko Hara
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Junichi Ogawa
 * Kusari State Police/Narita Bartender/Miyamoto Abe
->Rumor #132926:
I went on an assault patrol yesterday into Chiba. Suzuki-san was my patrol leader. We tracked two Blood Dragons for some ways before they discovered our presence and engaged us in battle. Suzuki-san was able to destroy both of them. I feel ashamed that I was not of more assistance.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Etsuko Goto
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Akiko Hara
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Junichi Ogawa
->Rumor #132927:
The life of a Kusari State Police Junsa is not really very exciting most of the time, unless you are posted in Hokkaido. Sapporo is the most dangerous assignment on the force. It is all clouds and radiation up there. You never know when the Blood Dragons or Golden C. will strike.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Etsuko Goto
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Akiko Hara
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Junichi Ogawa
->Rumor #132928:
We run Trade Lane patrols towards Shinagawa and Yokohama. The Blood Dragons are the chief criminals in this area. They prefer to strike from the Chiba Field. It should really be a military matter, but they are otherwise occupied patrolling the Independent and Border Worlds.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Etsuko Goto
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Akiko Hara
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Junichi Ogawa
 * Kusari State Police/Narita Bartender/Miyamoto Abe
->Rumor #132929:
It is difficult being surrounded by so many foreigners all the time at this post, especially the Rheinlanders. Republican Shipping never should've been allowed back in Kusari space after the 80-Years War. They should've been forced to transfer all their cargo to Kusari ships at the Rheinland frontier post of Mainz.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Etsuko Goto
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Akiko Hara
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Junichi Ogawa
 * Kusari State Police/Narita Bartender/Miyamoto Abe
->Rumor #132930:
We believe there is a Jump Hole to Honshu in the Chiba Field, but they can be very difficult to locate. The Hogosha won't say anything, but we see many Artifact smugglers crossing the system to the Kanto Field, so we are certain it is there.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Etsuko Goto
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Akiko Hara
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Junichi Ogawa
->Rumor #132931:
The only reason Samura doesn't buy all of their Boron and High-Temperature Alloys from Mainz is to save more of their ships from being lost. The Corsairs and Outcasts have become quite troublesome in that system, and there seems to be little that the GMG can do to control the problem.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hans Knaup
->Rumor #132932:
It seems like the Hogosha always manage to steal shipments from the storage area before they are officially signed over to Samura. This port is too small. If it had proper storage, we wouldn't need to expose our goods to theft. It's probably all part of Samura and the government's grand plan.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hans Knaup
->Rumor #132933:
I'm headed to Roppongi after this. If I'm lucky, maybe some Golden Chrysanthemums will show up at the bar. They've always got extra Cardamine to share.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hans Knaup
->Rumor #132934:
This is not a very lucrative run because it is only one Trade Lane jump to Yokohama. Republican ships its High-Temperature Alloys and Boron all the way from Rheinland but must terminate here at Narita. Only Samura ships are allowed to land at Yokohama -- no Rheinland ships. Rules and regulations ...
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Tanaka
->Rumor #132935:
Even though this is a short run, the Blood Dragons are always waiting. You never know when they will hit next. Sometimes I think I should change companies to Kishiro, although that would be disgraceful to my employer. At least Kishiro captains don't have to worry so much about pirates.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Tanaka
->Rumor #132936:
Just between you and me, the real reason Samura doesn't want Republican landing on Yokohama is that the Samura use the Hogosha to steal shipbuilding supplies here. It's always cheaper to steal than to buy, and it keeps costs down. Is it any wonder why they put the foreign commercial shipbuilders out of business?
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Toru Tanaka
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====Planet New Tokyo (New Tokyo)====
->Rumor #132880:
I'm visiting this great city to pick up some supplies for our base in the Kanto. There's a great little sushi bar down the way that I always visit. You have to try the purple sea urchin, although it might be an acquired taste for a Gaijin like you.
 * Hogosha/ Takao Shimizu
->Rumor #132881:
Tokyo is the only place we can buy Side Arms legitimately within Kusari. It's very controlled here -- not like Liberty, I hear. We don't have rabble like the Rogues and Xenos in Kusari -- just misguided souls like the Golden C. and those Blood Dragons.
 * Hogosha/ Takao Shimizu
->Rumor #132882:
We supply all the Artifacts for Kusari and Liberty. It's been good for us, although the ban has been bad for business. It's all Liberty and the LSF's fault. What harm are these trinkets ever going to cause anyone? If you're interested in making some deliveries, stop by our base in the Kanto, behind Tokyo.
 * Hogosha/ Takao Shimizu
->Rumor #132883:
My ship, The Kamakura Maru, just completed an arduous journey from New London with a shipment of Gold. Now I have to leave it in Yukawa for several months. Somewhere in Tau-29, the Outcasts attacked, and a missile penetrated the aft bulkhead of reactor core 3. We patched it up, but it was close call.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Koji Yamaguchi
->Rumor #132884:
Kishiro competes directly with Samura in the New York-New Tokyo Luxury Goods and Niobium trade. We both suffer equally in Libertonian space at the hands of the Rogues and Xenos. But once we enter Kusari, Kishiro has an advantage. The Blood Dragons attack Samura mercilessly. By comparison, we are merely occasional targets of convenience.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Koji Yamaguchi
->Rumor #132885:
We have a large factory staffed with foreign workers at the Deshima Station in Shikoku. Producing Kusari Consumer Goods cheaply and efficiently is the only way to stay competitive with LPI, who uses free prison labor to keep its production costs down.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Koji Yamaguchi
->Rumor #132886:
Kishiro supplies many of the bases within this system, at least those that are not Samura owned. I don't like Tokyo. It always feels like Samura's heavy hand is at work here. In Honshu the city is much smaller and the ocean cleaner, but neither planet offers much arable land. Our Kusari ancestors came from many light years away in search of more space -- how ironic that we landed here.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Koji Yamaguchi
->Rumor #132887:
Samura won't let us land on Yokohama, so we must deliver our Shinagawa produced Optical Chips here instead. For the same reason, we ship Engine Components here rather than complete the journey to Kyushu, which is effectively a Samura base.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Koji Yamaguchi
->Rumor #132888:
Kishiro has been patient with Samura's antics in Hokkaido, but we must not squander too much in that endeavor. Bretonia is expanding into Tau-23 as we speak, obtaining the mineral wealth that Kusari so sorely needs. Rather than carrying on their feud with the Blood Dragons, the government should think of all the Kusari people, not just the Samura cronies.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Koji Yamaguchi
->Rumor #132889:
Life in State Police is not as simple as it once was. We and the Hogosha had an agreement. Smuggling Artifacts is fine, but not Cardamine. The Golden Chrysanthemums have disturbed this harmonious balance. They insist on importing drugs into Roppongi, where we cannot watch them carefully. IC is not very concerned with their activities, so there is little we can do.
 * Kusari Population/New Tokyo Bartender/Hirotsugu Tansho
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Ono
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeshi Yoshida
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miki Wada
->Rumor #132890:
The Kanto Field is directly behind Tokyo. It was once Kusari's most important mining area, many centuries ago. Now it has become a criminal gathering place. The Hogosha keep things under control for us in there. In exchange, we let them do as they please around their base, Kabukicho.
 * Kusari Population/New Tokyo Bartender/Hirotsugu Tansho
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Ono
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeshi Yoshida
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miki Wada
->Rumor #132891:
We believe there is a Jump Hole in the Kanto Field that leads to Kyushu and points beyond. From there, the Blood Dragons and Golden C. can access our system and attack the Kusari people. We are certain that the Hogosha know its location, but they will not tell us, as it is most likely used for Artifact smuggling.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Ono
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeshi Yoshida
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miki Wada
->Rumor #132892:
The Hogosha are not really criminals, like the GC or the Blood Dragons. They may engage in questionable behavior around Kishiro and foreign shippers' storage areas on occasion, but will never directly attack any ship. Artifacts are harmless trinkets. All this fuss with the colony-wide ban seems rather extreme to me.
 * Kusari Population/New Tokyo Bartender/Hirotsugu Tansho
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Ono
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeshi Yoshida
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miki Wada
->Rumor #132893:
Bounty Hunters are not welcome in Kusari space, outside of the Shikoku system. The Kusari State Police prefers to take care of its own criminal problems. We do not need to rely on uncouth foreigners like the Bounty Hunters Guild to perform this task.
 * Kusari Population/New Tokyo Bartender/Hirotsugu Tansho
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Ono
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeshi Yoshida
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miki Wada
->Rumor #132894:
Frankly speaking, I do not understand why we must persecute the Blood Dragons so strongly. They are not indiscriminate pirates like the Outcasts or Corsairs, only attacking Kishiro when they need supplies. Samura and the government have a deep hatred for the Dragons that has not diminished over the centuries. So I must follow orders ...
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Ono
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeshi Yoshida
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miki Wada
->Rumor #132895:
The most difficult assignment for a Junsa like me is at Sapporo, within the clouds of Hokkaido. We must protect Samura's interests there at all costs. At least that's what Tokyo says. So we help protect a system that should be the exclusive domain of the Naval Forces.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Ono
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeshi Yoshida
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miki Wada
->Rumor #132896:
The youth of New Tokyo are developing dangerous habits. They prefer the taste of inferior foreign Foods like Synth Paste to superior Kyushu brands. What little extra money they have goes into buying Libertonian Luxury Goods and smuggled Cardamine.
 * Kusari Population/New Tokyo Bartender/Hirotsugu Tansho
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Ono
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeshi Yoshida
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miki Wada
->Rumor #132897:
We as Kusari must change our traditional ways. Kishiro is an example for the future. Unfortunately, Samura wishes to preserve the past. They are too close with the Hogosha, who are far more unscrupulous than they would like to admit. Rather than reforming their agricultural production methods to resist the advance of Synth Foods, they have chosen to expend their resources on lobbying the government and backing the Farmers Alliance.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Ono
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Takeshi Yoshida
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miki Wada
->Rumor #132898:
I'm the Orbital rep here in Tokyo. It's my job to coordinate the delivery of supplies to the Hawaii cruise ship in Sigma-19. I also do the local marketing, trying to get the wealthy and upwardly mobile Tokyo clientele to come out to our little ship and see the magnificent view of the Edge.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Mariko Saito
->Rumor #132899:
Your best bet at making good money with Orbital is the Luxury Food runs to the Hawaii. They eat a lot of those giant green prawns out there, let me tell you. They taste kind of funny to me, to be honest. I guess I'm used to Synth Paste. I prefer the beef flavor, whatever that is.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Mariko Saito
->Rumor #132900:
It's always raining here -- worse than New London. At least you can get Synth Paste here. That was a major coup by Synth Foods. Word on the street is that the government couldn't pay for that Jump Gate in Hokkaido and asked for a price break. Manhattan made a deal by offering a free loan in exchange for access to the Kusari Food market. It worked like a charm in Rheinland.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Mariko Saito
->Rumor #132901:
My ship is just passing through, and it's good to drink real Kusari beer again. We normally do the Pharmaceutical run from Denver. Tomorrow well drop by our company offices in Shinjuku, and then head to Kyushu with the bulk of the load. We often bring Kyushu Food Containers on the return trip.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yuji Nomura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Uchida
->Rumor #132902:
I just sold a shipment of Manhattan Luxury Goods for the spoiled brats of our Shibuya district. The trip from Liberty is tiring, given the threat of Xeno and Lane Hacker attacks. Then you must contend with those crazy Golden Chrysanthemum pirates, who would rather steal their designer clothes than buy them like a proper Kusari woman.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yuji Nomura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Uchida
->Rumor #132903:
Almost all Kusari shipping stops in Tokyo. My family is here, but I don't see them often. It is a lonely life, that of a tanshin funin. We just brought a load of Niobium from Tau-29. I'm transferring to an armored transport leaving for Hokkaido on a Side Arms delivery to the Matsumoto within the next hour. Hokkaido is not an easy trip. Maybe I'll have some whiskey before I go.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yuji Nomura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Uchida
->Rumor #132904:
Samura handles most of the Kusari cargo runs across the Sigma-13 system to Rheinland. As part of the Treaty of Honshu, which ended the 80-Years War, we are not allowed to enter New Berlin. Instead, we must transfer our cargo to Republican at the Mainz Outpost in Frankfurt. That's fine with me -- it is too cold in New Berlin.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yuji Nomura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Uchida
->Rumor #132905:
They just unloaded my ship's Luxury Food from Junyo at the Tsukiji fish market. Junyo is Samura's most exciting project. We have transformed a sterile ocean moon in Shikoku into Kusari's top seafood production area within 50 years. The secret is the Alien Organisms from Kurile in the Sigma-19 system. They have not only oxygenated Junyo's oceans in record time but have provided cheap and abundant Food for the shrimp and fish farms.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yuji Nomura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Uchida
->Rumor #132906:
Kusari industrial might is shared between the two diversified corporations of Samura and Kishiro. Tokyo is the only neutral ground for the two giant companies. Kyushu is Samura territory; Honshu is Kishiro country. We are the older, more established concern, founded in the early days after the Arrival.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yuji Nomura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Yutaka Uchida
->Rumor #132907:
That damned Farmers Alliance attacked us just as we left the Shikoku Gate. The State Police is not pursuing those Samura henchmen like they should. Yea, they've opened up their Food market, but they looked the other way when we lost a ship.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Makoto Yokoyama
->Rumor #132908:
We will prevail in our battle with Samura. Their farmers are using outdated methods and seeds to grow crops. More importantly, we are not reliant on planets. Plans are underway on Deshima to build an expansion wing of 50 biodomes. Soon we will crush the farmers of Kyushu.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Makoto Yokoyama
->Rumor #132909:
Synth Foods is now shipping directly to Honshu from the Deshima facility. Kishiro is far more accepting of Synth Foods. They accept the change as inevitable, as Kusari simply does not have the arable land to increase Food production on its own.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Makoto Yokoyama
->Rumor #132910:
We're delivering some of Detroit's finest personal Side Arms to the Kusari State Police. Then I'll probably pick up some supplies for the Roppongi Station, high above this planet. I prefer it up there. You can get Liberty Ale and other things from home.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Jimmy Carpenter
->Rumor #132911:
Universal handles part of the Luxury Goods trade between Manhattan and Tokyo. It is a very competitive route, but there's room for three. We usually pick up Niobium for the return trip. If only we didn't have those dark Independent Worlds to cross, where the bandits are always waiting.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Jimmy Carpenter
->Rumor #132912:
As part of the Sirius Commerce Pact, Universal and other Libertonian companies cannot own any permanent bases within Kusari space outside of New Tokyo. So we rent space from IC on the Roppongi Station and use it as our transfer point for Construction Supplies and Jump Gate Parts for the project in Hokkaido.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Jimmy Carpenter
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====Roppongi Station (New Tokyo)====
->Rumor #132955:
I'm on a crew replacement and supply run for the Chugoku Gate. We've been burning through a lot of spare parts and Construction Machinery up there. Nothing like telling some criminals you're coming to get them by building a trillion credit Jump Gate to the middle of nowhere. We haven't even begun to build the other side of the pair. Now that's going to be a nightmare.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Chris Johnson
->Rumor #132956:
I'm hoping to transfer to duty in the Tau-23 area soon. It's not supposed to be much easier, but at least you aren't in the middle of some nebula with desperate Kusari terrorists fighting to the death -- although a bunch of suicidal Outcasts probably ain't much better. Guess that's why they call it hazard pay.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Chris Johnson
->Rumor #132957:
You see Golden C. out there in Hokkaido also. I guess that's where they've got their base. They are just a crazy bunch, in my opinion. Bartender, give me a shot of whiskey for the road.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Chris Johnson
->Rumor #132958:
Roppongi is nice to visit. The foreigners are polite to us, much better than Kusari would ever be. They have lots of luxury boutiques for all those IC employees here, so we take advantage of the opportunity to shop in relative peace. I hate Ainu. If only I could live in New Tokyo again ...
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Reiko Saito
->Rumor #132959:
We will continue our fight until a woman leads this country. I do not believe in much of the strange things they preach on Ainu, but one thing is certain. The women of Kusari must be freed of the oppressive yoke of our paternal society. Only then will Kusari move forward again.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Reiko Saito
->Rumor #132960:
I think it's time for my afternoon Cardamine break. We sell our cargo here, since they won't let us land on Tokyo. All the hip Tokyo types come here to get their supply. That's how we recruit new girls to join the cause.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Reiko Saito
->Rumor #132961:
Roppongi was established in New Tokyo following the resolution of the 80-Years War. Previously we had no physical presence in Kusari, unless one considers all of the Trade Lanes that IC financed here, which the Kusari incorrectly claimed were their own during the trade dispute in the sixth century.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Phillip Koenig
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Cynthia Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Martha Smith
 * Interspace Commerce/Roppongi Bartender/Shozen Katsura
->Rumor #132962:
The Chugoku Jump Gate project has not been insured or sanctioned by IC. We view the Hokkaido affair as a deliberate deception plotted by the Kusari government against its own people. They need an enemy such as the Blood Dragons to justify their enormous public expenditures incurred when opening up the Hokkaido system for Samura's personal gain.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Phillip Koenig
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Cynthia Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Martha Smith
 * Interspace Commerce/Roppongi Bartender/Shozen Katsura
->Rumor #132963:
Kusari would have minimal criminal problems if the government had agreed to some of the reforms proposed by Blood Dragon and Golden C. sympathizers some time ago. But they refuse to change their fundamental way of doing business, whether it is looking the other way with the Hogosha or supporting the corrupt Samura.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Phillip Koenig
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Cynthia Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Martha Smith
->Rumor #132964:
We allow the Golden Chrysanthemums to land here, since they do not attack shipping indiscriminately. Their dispute is with the Kusari government and industry, and its stifling, paternalistic traditions. We at IC would view any reforms of Kusari society as beneficial to IC's interests.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Phillip Koenig
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Cynthia Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Martha Smith
 * Interspace Commerce/Roppongi Bartender/Shozen Katsura
->Rumor #132965:
The most troubling development in this sector is the growing strength of the Outcasts and Corsairs in Honshu and Sigma-13. The military seems distracted by the Blood Dragons, and the GMG is not capable of controlling these Edge Worlds pirates, who are far more vicious and cunning than the Imperial Rheinland Navy ever was.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Phillip Koenig
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Cynthia Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Martha Smith
 * Interspace Commerce/Roppongi Bartender/Shozen Katsura
->Rumor #132966:
We are currently investigating rumored Farmers Alliance links with Samura. The attacks on Synth Foods transports within Kusari are blatant acts by Samura to discourage foreign competitors who threaten their business. We will press criminal charges against Samura and refuse their use of Trade Lanes within Libertonian space if they are found guilty.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Phillip Koenig
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Cynthia Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Martha Smith
->Rumor #132967:
Our office was planetside on New Tokyo before the Trade Lane Dispute of 521. At that time we were evicted from Kusari space. Financial transactions between the Liberty and Kusari governments during the 80-Years War led to an amendment in the Sirius Commerce Pact in 710 that allowed us to establish a base in New Tokyo. Roppongi was built shortly thereafter.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Phillip Koenig
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Cynthia Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Martha Smith
->Rumor #132968:
We use this station to monitor the Trade Lane network within Kusari, Tau-29, and Sigma-13. The Tau Lanes are most affected by the Outcasts, who seem to have been disturbed by the opening of the Tau-29 Jump Gate in Tau-23. Sigma-13 is threatened by Corsairs and Outcasts, though the two groups do not seem to be acting in concert.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Phillip Koenig
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Cynthia Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Martha Smith
 * Interspace Commerce/Roppongi Bartender/Shozen Katsura
->Rumor #132969:
Unlike our other House bases, Bounty Hunters Guild members are not allowed to base themselves on our station, at the request of the Kusari government. So we must make frequent visits to Deshima to communicate with the Guild management -- a process that I find distasteful.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Phillip Koenig
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Cynthia Williams
 * Interspace Commerce/Rep. Martha Smith
->Rumor #132970:
We supply Roppongi with its needs. Being the place this is, that means bringing in Luxury Foods for those IC snobs, who are too lazy to go down to the planet. We also use this as our transfer point for Luxury Goods arriving from Manhattan.
 * Universal Shipping/ Aaron Baxter
->Rumor #132971:
We're supplying the Jump Gate Parts used in that crazy money pit they call the Chugoku Gate in Hokkaido. We've already shipped enough for those Deep Space builders to construct at least two. Guess they've had a lot of losses up there.
 * Universal Shipping/ Aaron Baxter
->Rumor #132972:
They don't let us ship our cargo directly to Yokohama -- go figure -- so we stop by here for a little R & R and then do the hop up the yard. Usually we pick up some Niobium in New Tokyo for the return trip to Liberty.
 * Universal Shipping/ Aaron Baxter
->Rumor #134841:
Synth Foods uses Roppongi as a transfer point between Deshima and Honshu. There's a ship headed out there now. The Farmers Alliance will most likely be waiting.
 * Synth Foods/ Benjamin Grant
->Rumor #134842:
70% of the New Tokyo population under the age of 30 prefers Synth Paste to Kyushu grown food. It is just a matter of time before the Farmers Alliance will be a moot point. There will be no market for Kyushu food outside of the planet.
 * Synth Foods/ Benjamin Grant
->Rumor #134843:
Synth Foods is certain that Samura funds the Farmers Alliance movement. The Kusari government has been unwilling so far to open an investigation, which is not surprising, given that many government officals are on Samura's bribe list.
 * Synth Foods/ Benjamin Grant
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====Shinagawa Station (New Tokyo)====
->Rumor #132973:
Shingawa is Kishiro's center of operations for all of Sirius. From here we coordinate the dispatch of ships to all corners of the Trade Lane network. This is also the research and manufacturing center for Optical Chip production.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Okamura
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Yoshio Inoue
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hideaki Nakada
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Tsutomu Yamazaki
 * Kishiro Technologies/Shinagawa Bartender/Arinori Inoo
->Rumor #132974:
Kishiro prefers a more focused approach to our businesses than Samura. We left the Food production area centuries ago, because it was clear that the sector was far removed from our core strengths in technology and shipbuilding.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Okamura
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Yoshio Inoue
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hideaki Nakada
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Tsutomu Yamazaki
 * Kishiro Technologies/Shinagawa Bartender/Arinori Inoo
->Rumor #132975:
Unlike Samura in Hokkaido, Kishiro had to pay for the Jump Gates to Sigma-17. We shared the costs with the GMG, who will receive more equitable prices for their Fuel than they ever did with Samura. That is the right way to do business.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Okamura
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Yoshio Inoue
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hideaki Nakada
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Tsutomu Yamazaki
->Rumor #132976:
Food from Deshima is transferred here to smaller ships and redistributed to our bases in Honshu and Sigma-19. We also receive regular shipments of Polymers, used in the Optical Chip fabrication process, from our Nago operation in Tau-29.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Okamura
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Yoshio Inoue
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hideaki Nakada
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Tsutomu Yamazaki
 * Kishiro Technologies/Shinagawa Bartender/Arinori Inoo
->Rumor #132977:
We dominate the Honshu system. Samura controls the farmers of Kyushu. Shikoku is more complicated, as it is the one place where there are many foreigners in Kusari. We have exploited the cheap labor rates to open Consumer Goods factories there, much to the dismay of Samura, who once dominated the Kusari domestic market.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Okamura
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Yoshio Inoue
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hideaki Nakada
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Tsutomu Yamazaki
 * Kishiro Technologies/Shinagawa Bartender/Arinori Inoo
->Rumor #132978:
Just between you and me, we intend to abandon the cargo shipping business within a few years. The competition is fierce, and the criminal element is making it more costly to insure our cargo. Look at IC and Ageira. They make incredible profits off of technology monopolies and their licensing. That is the future for Kishiro.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Okamura
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Yoshio Inoue
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hideaki Nakada
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Tsutomu Yamazaki
->Rumor #132979:
Kishiro is the technology leader of Kusari. We design and manufacture everything from advanced Engine Components and Optronics to Optical Chips and Gas Miners. We also process and ship raw materials like Hydrocarbons and Polymers.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Okamura
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Yoshio Inoue
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hideaki Nakada
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Tsutomu Yamazaki
 * Kishiro Technologies/Shinagawa Bartender/Arinori Inoo
->Rumor #132980:
We view the Golden Chrysanthemums and Blood Dragons as misguided political terrorists who occasionally engage in acts of piracy against our ships. They embody the pent up frustrations that certain elements of Kusari society are feeling towards the glacial pace of change in Tokyo.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Okamura
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Yoshio Inoue
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hideaki Nakada
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Tsutomu Yamazaki
 * Kishiro Technologies/Shinagawa Bartender/Arinori Inoo
->Rumor #132981:
Our company was founded in 91 AS by a man of infinite wisdom named Katsuhiro Kishiro. Kishiro-san is the father of quantum optronics as we know it today. His vision has carried us successfully through the centuries.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Okamura
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Yoshio Inoue
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hideaki Nakada
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Tsutomu Yamazaki
->Rumor #132982:
Those Hogosha are nothing but common thieves. Did you know that some of them are technically employees of Samura by day? In their off–duty hours they go and steal from Kishiro and any other competitor of Samura. This kind of behavior is what feeds the terrorists' justification for their actions.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Okamura
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Yoshio Inoue
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hideaki Nakada
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Tsutomu Yamazaki
 * Kishiro Technologies/Shinagawa Bartender/Arinori Inoo
->Rumor #132983:
We are trying to decipher the Trade Lane and Jump Gate technology that Liberty has so closely guarded for many years. Spies tell us that they may have learned how to apply it directly to ships, thus allowing them to instantaneously jump from place to place in the universe without any need for static field generators.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Okamura
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Yoshio Inoue
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hideaki Nakada
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Tsutomu Yamazaki
->Rumor #132984:
We see the Hokkaido campaign as a thinly veiled attempt by Samura to force the taxpayers of Kusari to pay for their access to new H-Fuel fields in the Crow Nebula in the name of fighting the threat of the Blood Dragons. The government has no intention of ever completing the Chugoku Gate. They will abandon it within the next few years, declaring victory over the evil terrorists.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Okamura
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Yoshio Inoue
 * Kishiro Technologies/Chief Clerk Hideaki Nakada
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Tsutomu Yamazaki
 * Kishiro Technologies/Shinagawa Bartender/Arinori Inoo
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====Shinjuku Station (New Tokyo)====
->Rumor #132985:
Well, here I am. I used to be a bored salary man upstairs. Then they told me about this moonlighting position that involves a little risk. It sounded like a perfect way to change my life, although some of the types you meet on Kabukicho are a little rough for my taste -- especially those Bosozoku.
 * Hogosha/ Wataru Tomiyama
->Rumor #132986:
I've got orders to put a little pressure on a Kishiro supplier in Tokyo tomorrow, and then I'm off to a bureaucrat's office to insure that he has enough money for his annual golf membership at that exclusive course near Tokyo.
 * Hogosha/ Wataru Tomiyama
->Rumor #132987:
Narita was a great coup by Samura. They engineered some crazy law that required all the Gaijin to land there, and then they intentionally didn't give them interior storage space. That's where we come in -- redistributing the goods in our favor.
 * Hogosha/ Wataru Tomiyama
->Rumor #132988:
This base serves as our corporate headquarters and research center for all Samura operations in the Sirius Sector. H-Fuel and Food are also distributed to various Samura bases in the field from here.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Akio Yoshido
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Hakkera Komatsu
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Hiraga
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Shinjuku Bartender/Gongoro Matsuya
->Rumor #132989:
Samura is proud of our tradition as the builder and provider of Kusari. Our Food production units in Kusari and Junyo employ the latest technologies to produce top quality Foods that are more tuned to the sensitive Kusari palate than rough foreign imitations like Synth Paste.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Akio Yoshido
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Hakkera Komatsu
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Hiraga
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Shinjuku Bartender/Gongoro Matsuya
->Rumor #132990:
Privately, I've heard that our scientists believe that eating farmed fish fed with the Alien Organisms may have long term health consequences for the Kusari population. We have already noticed some changes among the workers on Junyo and especially Kurile. It would be best if this is kept private, to not create a panic in the populace.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Akio Yoshido
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Hakkera Komatsu
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Hiraga
->Rumor #132991:
Samura is the largest corporation in the Sirius sector. We are a vertically integrated company that produces everything from Fertilizers to Large Transports. We also ship to more locations than any of our competitors.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Akio Yoshido
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Hakkera Komatsu
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Hiraga
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Shinjuku Bartender/Gongoro Matsuya
->Rumor #132992:
The Farmers Alliance was created to combat the unfair business practices and inferior products that Synth Foods has introduced to the Kusari populace. We make occasional contributions to their worthy cause but do not at all condone their somewhat blunt methods.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Akio Yoshido
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Hakkera Komatsu
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Hiraga
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Shinjuku Bartender/Gongoro Matsuya
->Rumor #132993:
The Hokkaido system is now ours. The government funded and constructed the Hokkaido Gates in the name of security, which allows us access to the newly discovered H-Fuel fields there. Then we will be free of the GMG and their new partner, Kishiro.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Akio Yoshido
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Hakkera Komatsu
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Hiraga
->Rumor #132994:
Our research laboratory on F deck is devoted to researching the mysterious Alien Organisms. We harvest them on Kurile in the Sigma-17 system for shipment to terraforming activities in Liberty and Bretonia. They have also proven most useful supporting the fish farming effort in Junyo.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Akio Yoshido
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Hakkera Komatsu
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Hiraga
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Shinjuku Bartender/Gongoro Matsuya
->Rumor #132995:
As far as we're concerned, they should stop the Chugoku Gate project as soon as possible, as it is a colossal waste of money that only aggravates the Blood Dragon problem. The Blood Dragons are an annoyance, but they have served their purpose well. Once the fields in Hokkaido are fully operational, Samura will have a revelation and rethink its views towards the terrorists.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Akio Yoshido
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Hakkera Komatsu
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Hiraga
->Rumor #132996:
The Hogosha serve us well. By relieving our suppliers and competitors of extra Commodities in storage, we can keep our costs down and remain clear of suspicion. The occasional Hogosha gets caught, but that is the risk that they take. We will deny any knowledge of the arrangement if they are caught.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Akio Yoshido
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Hakkera Komatsu
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Toru Hiraga
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====Yokohama Shipyard (New Tokyo)====
->Rumor #132937:
We're here picking up a load of Scrap Metal for Stokes. We dropped off a load of Ship Hull Panels the other day for their commercial transport production here. It doesn't make any sense to me. We ship these all the way across the Tau Border Worlds, yet they can still produce transports cheaper than Southampton.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Thomas Duffy
->Rumor #132938:
We've got a special ship for bringing in the MOX to Kusari from LD-14. Bringing MOX across the Border Worlds is a nail biter, to say the least. Pirates of all types fancy potential bomb-making material.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Thomas Duffy
->Rumor #132939:
Bowex has an exclusive contract with Samura to handle Kusari government MOX and Toxic Waste delivery and disposal. We had to be pretty competitive on our rates, since ALG already has a foothold in Honshu.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Thomas Duffy
->Rumor #132940:
The Yokohama shipyard has been producing all of Kusari's Naval Forces ships since 100 AS. We have worked hand-in-hand with Samura to forge a great empire. The Blood Dragons and the Golden Chrysanthemums are a threat to the peace and stability that Kusari has enjoyed for 800 years.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Koichi Kimura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Yumi Nakajima
->Rumor #132941:
The Blood Dragons have been focusing more of their attacks on the Hokkaido Jump Gate. They realize that if Hokkaido can be isolated, it will soon fall into their hands. Our expeditionary force in the system is weary of the nonstop combat, heavy losses, and fanatical hatred that the government bureaucrats and Samura share for the enemy.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Koichi Kimura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Yumi Nakajima
->Rumor #132942:
The Blood Dragons attack us incessantly here, usually from the Kanto Field, but other times from the Chiba. They will also hide behind Kitadake and launch surprise attacks when all of our patrols are out of range.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Koichi Kimura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Yumi Nakajima
->Rumor #132943:
Tokyo Command says that once the Blood Dragons' fire is extinguished, all of Kusari will again be in peace and prosperity. I doubt this. The government is almost bankrupt. Arming the GMG during the 80-Years War was very costly for Kusari. The ongoing difficulties around the Chugoku Gate Construction site have created a new burden on the already depleted Treasury.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Koichi Kimura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Yumi Nakajima
->Rumor #132944:
The Golden Chrysanthemums have staged several suicide attacks on the shipyard in recent years. They are not considered a threat, unless there are Blood Dragons in the area, who will often come to the GC's assistance in times of trouble. They make a strange alliance, those two.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Koichi Kimura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Yumi Nakajima
->Rumor #132945:
The Naval Forces is somewhat uncertain of our relationship with Samura. Kishiro has shown us more promising research in 10 years at our new center in Kansai than Samura ever has at Nansei. They recently offered to build our ships at the Yukawa yard in Honshu. Given their more advanced shielding technology, this is an attractive proposition.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Koichi Kimura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Yumi Nakajima
->Rumor #132946:
The GMG acts as our border guard in the Sigma systems. This has been invaluable in reducing overall security costs for Kusari. Otherwise, the Matsumoto would not be available to patrol the Hokkaido system, which is arguably not of much strategic value to Kusari.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Koichi Kimura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Yumi Nakajima
->Rumor #132947:
We will never allow Republican to land at Yokohama, not after all the financial hardship that the Kusari people had to endure during the 80-Years War. Because large amounts of government money were available for advanced weapons research and development, the war did enable us to increase our shielding and cloaking capabilities.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Koichi Kimura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Yumi Nakajima
->Rumor #132948:
The Kusari Naval Forces has learned that Liberty is developing a new class of super ships far more advanced than that displayed in the Missouri class. However, we have been unable to learn of the secret location. It would be impossible for Liberty to conceal its intentions in the New York system.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Koichi Kimura
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Yumi Nakajima
->Rumor #132949:
We have a special arrangement with Bowex in Kusari. They are allowed to land at our military shipyard to deliver MOX and remove Toxic Waste. We then transport the two dangerous substances within Kusari space to and from the appropriate bases.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichi Wada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Takeo Miura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Yokohama Bartender/Issai Watoga
->Rumor #132950:
Most of our structural materials for shipbuilding come from Stokes or Pueblo. Combustion chamber and nozzle materials are supplied by Rheinland. They are transferred at Narita or brought in directly by our ships from Mainz.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichi Wada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Takeo Miura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Yokohama Bartender/Issai Watoga
->Rumor #132951:
Yokohama is also the site of Samura's commercial transport assembly. We currently control 70% of the market for Small and Large Transports. Kusari military contracts are not as numerous and lucrative as they once were, so we must be flexible to keep our yards busy.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichi Wada
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Takeo Miura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Yokohama Bartender/Issai Watoga
->Rumor #132952:
I'm just finishing up the trip from Liberty. I'd rather stop at Roppongi, but Samura doesn't land there, so we bring our cargo the last leg. Usually it's Superconductors or Super Alloys. Samura hauls them too, but they have such a bad pirate problem that we can stay competitive.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Peter Kline
->Rumor #132953:
We've had problems with stolen goods at Roppongi recently. I'd swear that the cargo container of Superconductors outside is the same one that was lifted from our storage depots a few weeks ago by some Hogosha.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Peter Kline
->Rumor #132954:
These Naval Forces types are really secretive here. They won't let you outside of the docking area or the bar. It's kind of a run down place -- not as nice as I expected. Looks like they're hurting a bit on maintenance budgets.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Peter Kline
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====Baltimore Shipyard (New York)====
->Rumor #131381:
We need to hire Freelancers and Bounty Hunters on occasion to keep Junkers from swiping resources from our Baltimore Shipyard. We are, after all, near a debris field that is prime Junker turf.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131838:
ALG disposes of the waste that this shipyard produces. Toxic Waste and Scrap Metal are shipped by us to Dortmund in New Berlin.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. John Guentzel
->Rumor #131839:
Some of the Scrap Metal produced here at this shipyard is shipped by ALG to the Sugarland. Our freighters in Texas then bring Ship Hull Panels back to this base from Houston.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. John Guentzel
->Rumor #131840:
MOX and Ship Hull Panels are brought to this base from Dortmund by ALG for Deep Space Engineering's use in the construction of ships.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. John Guentzel
->Rumor #131841:
Bowex brings this shipyard the finest in Polymers from Birmingham. Yes, we brave the Rogues to ship these components to Liberty space.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Eric Price
->Rumor #131842:
Our corporation is the cornerstone of Bretonian shipping. We have always competed fairly with other shippers from outside of Bretonia, but the filthy young upstarts at Gateway Shipping have neither the experience nor the intellect to make a successful venture of their firm.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Eric Price
->Rumor #131843:
This company received the first royal shipping charter from the Crown; we have hauled and shipped material throughout Bretonia's long and illustrious history. Through it all we have remained steadfast and vigilant to the needs of our customers, often times not only shipping but insuring precious Commodities.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Eric Price
->Rumor #131844:
This is the last of the commercial shipyards in Liberty. We had to specialize in prison and cruise ships to survive. Kusari took over the general transport business a while ago. That's when they shut down the Edison Yard in Colorado. Lot of good people lost their way of life on that dark day. Now they're Rogues and Xenos.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131845:
The primo jobs at DSE are the Trade Lane and Jump Gate construction crews. They get loads of hazard pay, plus free room and board. It's all secret and such. Aren't supposed to ask questions on what's inside the guts of those Rings. Just swap them out with new ones from Ageira if they're busted.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131846:
Building prisons is big business in Liberty. When they're done, they fill them with all the people that they just laid off from DSE. There's something wrong with that, but I can't do nothin' about it, so why worry? Who knows, maybe someday I'll be living in one of the cells I helped build. Now, ain't that ironic?
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131847:
Prison and cruise ships. That says a lot about Liberty society. We don't build all the miners or transports. That went to Kusari and Rheinland over a century ago. A lot of my old buddies that got laid off joined the Xenos to fight back. Personally, I think they should go after IC and all the rich people using these cruise ships.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131848:
I'm just stopping by on the supply run from Manhattan. We bring the usual stuff like Oxygen and Water. Sometimes I bring more Construction Machinery up from Houston. Pretty easy runs.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131849:
Deep Space Engineering is the exclusive manufacturer of machinery and shipping in Sirius' private sector. If you want something huge or luxurious, then we are the ones to contract.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131850:
Baltimore isn't a bad place. Could be worse, like Houston. Houston is the pits. They get some hellacious dust storms there. Real hot, too. You got one foot in a prison cell there, the other on some factory line with the warden trying to make his monthly bonus.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131851:
I got a friend over at the Norfolk yard. They do a lot of the Hull Panel fabrication onsite to keep everything secret. Once you start building ships for the navy, you're in for life. Can't ever tell your family what you do. Too much stress for me.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131852:
Liberty used to mine most of the materials we use here. Now it's all shipped in from far away. All that debris you see around here is old scrapped ships and junk that everyone threw away for centuries without a thought. Now they're starting to salvage it. It's about time.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131853:
Ageira don't treat DSE with any respect. They think we're just a bunch of mechanics or something. The navy's okay. They know that someone has to build their ships, and it can't be criminals or foreigners.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Adam Friar
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Lucas Robins
 * Deep Space Engineering/Baltimore Bartender/Steven Edelman
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Ian Watson
 * Deep Space Engineering/Dr. Oscar Ragboat
->Rumor #131854:
Bowex will tell you that we don't have the experience or expertise to be prominent shippers of Bretonian Commodities. But the truth is they realize what a threat we are to their firm. We do the same business they do, but for less.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Devin Price
->Rumor #131855:
Gold is brought to this base for use in wiring the ships built here. We have the pleasure of shipping it in from the Hood in Dublin.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Devin Price
->Rumor #131856:
I've heard that some of the Rogues in this system have been tipped off about our Gold shipments to this base, not by the Lane Hackers but by Bowex. I wouldn't put it past those corporate bastards.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Devin Price
->Rumor #131857:
This station's proximity to Ft. Bush and the Trade Lanes that feed her make this area dangerous for the shipping companies that bring in supplies used to build the ships and machinery churned out by this station. That's one of the reasons why the Bounty Hunters maintain a presence here.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131858:
The Rogues in the area seem to know which ships are bringing the Gold into this base. They must be getting the information from the Lane Hackers. Whenever Gateway ships Jump into the system, some of us are contracted to escort them into this base.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131859:
Xenos don't really come this far east into the system from the Jersey Debris Fields, but they will harass the Kusari Rheinland and Bretonian firms coming to this base via Trade Lanes.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131860:
The Junkers in this area will try to steal machinery and components left unguarded. They aren't too dangerous unless you tangle with several of them in some lonely space with no witnesses around. They will kill you without a thought.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131861:
I killed four Rogues trying to escape into the Pittsburgh Fields last week. They almost made it, but I blew out the engines on one of their ships, and the other three came back to tried and save him. They must have been high on Cardamine the way they were flying.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131862:
Kishiro put up some contracts for us Bounty Hunters to exterminate the Rogues who were attacking their shipments on the Trade Lanes. Here is something to think about: We are to engage and destroy all Xenos that we encounter, unless they're attacking Samura shipments, in which case we are to break off.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dalton Wilson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Simone Cannon
->Rumor #131863:
H-Fuel is shipped to this base by Kishiro from Ogashawa. We are proud to contribute to Libertonian industry.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Takashi Momoko
->Rumor #131864:
Optronics and Engine Components are brought to this shipyard by Kishiro from Honshu in Kusari space. These Kusari products that will be used in the luxury liners and prison ships will be reliable for many years.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Takashi Momoko
->Rumor #131865:
Not all of the Engine Components brought to this base by Kishiro come from outside of Liberty; some of them are from Rheinland.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Takashi Momoko
->Rumor #131866:
My father was a joint fitter who worked on the Shetland when it was under construction here. They laid him off, and our family struggled for many years. When I got old enough I joined the LPI because I knew there would always be work catching criminals.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Samantha Sanford
->Rumor #131867:
A lot of the workers here think about turning to crime between contracts when Deep Space will lay off a few hundred or even a thousand employees. Then if they aren't careful, they will end up making toys on the Sugarland instead of making ships in Baltimore.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Samantha Sanford
->Rumor #131868:
The employees who work at this station are prime examples of the disappearing working class in Liberty. If you aren't an ultra-rich Manhattanite or a technocrat, you are working too hard for your money. Some of the labor force here is temporary. Between big contracts they do other things, like fly for the Rogues.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Samantha Sanford
->Rumor #131869:
Republican Shipping is relied upon by DSE to bring Engine Components crafted at the Ring in Rheinland to this base. After all, Rheinland Engine Components are the best around.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ralf Krechting
->Rumor #131870:
The Xenos are a thorn in our side at Republican Shipping, and yet the Liberty government does next to nothing to curb their piracy. It is obvious they are being bribed by Liberty corporations who do not want outside competition.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ralf Krechting
->Rumor #131871:
We have been the premier Rheinland Shipping firm since before the 80-Years War. Back then we were known as Imperial Shipping, but alas, no more empire. Now we represent our mighty republic in shipping concerns throughout Sirius.
 * Republican Shipping/ Ralf Krechting
->Rumor #131872:
We risk many dangers shipping H-Fuel to this base from the refineries in Osaka, but Deep Space Engineering pays well for the Commodities it consumes.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Katsuyoshi Nakayama
->Rumor #131873:
The best Optronics that Kishiro makes are used at their own manufacturing facilities in Kusari. They would never sell Liberty the best of what they produce. I have told DSE this many times, but they seem satisfied with their inferior Kishiro products.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Katsuyoshi Nakayama
->Rumor #131874:
We used to provide this station with all of its H-Fuel. Unfortunately, Deep Space in their wisdom allowed Kishiro to come in and sell their H-Fuels. Kishiro, being the fools that they are, have lowered their prices to try to force us out, so we must lower our prices also. DSE ends up paying less while both Kusari companies lose.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Katsuyoshi Nakayama
->Rumor #131875:
Gateway is not the only company that ships Gold here. Universal brings Gold to this shipyard from New London.
 * Universal Shipping/ Tim Hogun
->Rumor #131876:
Universal ships many materials and components to this yard from around Liberty. We bring in Optical Chips from Los Angeles; Basic Alloys from Sugarland; and Engine Components from Denver.
 * Universal Shipping/ Tim Hogun
->Rumor #131877:
Not only do these guys build all civilian ships in Sirius as well as the majority of heavy construction in Liberty, they hold the exclusive contract to build Jump Gates from Ageira. Deep Space Engineering, even though it's not known as one of the big three Liberty corporations, has more power than almost any other corporation in Sirius.
 * Universal Shipping/ Tim Hogun
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====Battleship Missouri (New York)====
->Rumor #131301:
We at ALG are committed to making Sirius space a safe place to fly. Our company processes and disposes of waste in every House in Sirius. Damned the Xenos who attack our ships simply because we are a Rheinland firm. Their harassment is not treated sternly enough by the Liberty Police or the navy.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Kai Albermann
->Rumor #131302:
ALG supplies this ship with MOX from the Dortmund plant. Isn't it obvious who makes the cleanest burning ship fuel? Of course it is ALG. If not, wouldn't Liberty purchase MOX from BMM?
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Kai Albermann
->Rumor #131303:
The Toxic Waste produced in the engines of this ship is sent to the plant in Dortmund and disposed of properly. The amount of Xenos I have to fight off just to haul Toxic Waste is stupefying. Those bloodthirsty animals will attack anything without a Liberty flag stamped on the outside of its hull.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Kai Albermann
->Rumor #131304:
Most of the Hunters in our guild are Hunters because this is what they want to do -- at least the good ones are like that. I like working on my own terms and not answering to anybody. That's my style -- no bosses.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131305:
The Outcasts are using the Rogues. The Outcasts smuggle their Cardamine into the Rogue base in the Badlands, and then the Rogues and Junkers get it planetside. Most of the Rogues I've brought in were strung out on the Cardamine, so I'm guessing the Outcasts are the ones with their hands on the throttle.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131306:
Being a Bounty Hunter is a tough job; nobody likes you and a lot of guys would enjoy killing you. But, that's why I like it. Bounty Hunters don't really operate like they used to. There was a time when we were paid to bring criminals in -- now we are paid to make criminals disappear.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131307:
I'm one of the few guys who'll go into the heart of the Badlands, but I've gotten to know the space pretty well. I've got my hiding places and ambush points, and I can read the Rogue activity pretty well. I also stay clear of the Outcasts. That's why I'm still alive.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131308:
When I got out off the Wall I didn't have many choices ahead of me, at least no appealing choices. I knew I didn't want to go back to making clothes on the Huntsville. I also knew I didn't like most of the scum I did time with.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Del Antaar
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
->Rumor #131309:
The main objective of this dreadnought is to patrol New York space and keep her safe from any who may threaten the interests of the Liberty government. This ship is one of four battleships in Liberty space.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131310:
The LPI does not enter the Badlands, which is our domain. Patrols generally skirt the periphery of the great cloud. From there we launch probing attacks into the area, looking to intercept and dispose of criminals.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
->Rumor #131311:
Zone-21 is a classified area for civilians and any non-military entities; trespass into that area and you are threatening House security. If you try to enter the system and survive the mines, you will not survive the Liberty Navy. There are no exceptions.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131312:
The police think they have it tough on the north end, but the truth is the majority of those fat, overworked, under skilled pilots have never come up against real trouble. I'd like to see how long an LPI would last against an Outcast& I'm guessing thirty seconds.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131313:
The Trade Lanes between the Texas and California Jump Gates are patrolled by Liberty Navy heavy fighter wings. Our presence is mainly to protect the interstellar shipping that passes through our turf, but we also scan ships and interdict smugglers.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131314:
Ageira's technologies have kept Liberty at the forefront in Sirius, technologically and economically. We guard that corporation's interests like no others. Where would Liberty or even Sirius be if it weren't for the Jump Gate technology that Ageira developed?
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131315:
West Point is the training academy for the best of the Liberty officers. My family has put a man into the Point for the last six generations. I'm glad to be stationed here in the same system. Sometimes I'll pass a training patrol of theirs in my heavy fighter, and I know those kids have got to be jealous.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
->Rumor #131316:
We know there is a Rogue base in the Badlands. We also know that Cardamine comes into New York through there. The problem is that the Badlands is a big and very dangerous chunk of space; it's not worth the men and ships we'd lose to try and clear it out. Best to just pop them as they leave it.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
->Rumor #131317:
I keep an Mk 3 Riot Breaker behind the bar here. Not to say I'd use it on a navy boy, but we've got Bounty Hunters aboard who can get unruly sometimes. They tend to quiet down fast when you level some Detroit machinery on 'em.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
->Rumor #131318:
The Navy does more than watch for criminals, we stand guard against any who might threaten Liberty, including other Houses. Our ship, if it ever comes to that, is fully capable of launching an attack outside Liberty space. She's got enough firepower aboard to lead an offensive.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jennifer Newton
->Rumor #131319:
ALG handles all the Toxic Waste that this ship's reactors produce. A lot of the men here don't really care to have Rheinlanders on board this ship, but ALG does take care of our waste. It's better than dumping it in Liberty space.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Del Antaar
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Brad Rowlins
 * Missouri Bartender/Erin Roberts
->Rumor #131320:
Universal Shipping supplies this ship with Food, Water, and Oxygen from Manhattan. We are under constant attack from Rogues that lie in wait in the debris fields littering the system.
 * Universal Shipping/ Martin Reese
->Rumor #131321:
The Side Arms you see on the hips of the personnel at this base are brought here by us from the Detroit Munitions plant. I carry one myself, a Detroit Mk 3 Resolver Hideway. It comes in handy for surprising would-be attackers.
 * Universal Shipping/ Martin Reese
->Rumor #131322:
We bring Pharmaceuticals here from Ft. Bush and Denver in Colorado. No matter where you go, people are always gonna get sick or injured.
 * Universal Shipping/ Martin Reese
->Rumor #134337:
A Bounty Hunter named Harry Riggs went out after some Outcasts in the Badlands but never came back. He had some decent weapons on his ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Liz Snowden
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====Buffalo Base (New York)====
->Rumor #131128:
I enjoy watching junkies in the last stages of the Cardamine addiction; they sit there oblivious to their surroundings, staring into space. They walk through golden palaces in their minds while in reality their bodies are rotting away in whatever hovel they found as shelter for their last high.
 * Outcasts/ Camille Hanson
 * Outcasts/ Jeremiah Rolston
->Rumor #131130:
We smuggle stolen Gold and Diamonds to Rochester from here. It's a tough run that we usually only give to our most senior smugglers with the best ships.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Cameron Drake
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Jarel Black
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
->Rumor #131131:
We're Side Arm central. We ship them to Beaumont, Alcatraz, and Dawson from here -- pretty much the entire Rogue world of bases.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Cameron Drake
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Jarel Black
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
 * Liberty Rogues/Buffalo Bartender/Phillip Ollmann
->Rumor #131132:
The Cardamine run to Rochester is kind of like your Rogue graduation test. If you make it, you're ready to take on the Independent Worlds. Navy's waiting by West Point for smugglers -- so is the LPI in the north. Of course, the Xenos are also a wildcard.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Cameron Drake
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Jarel Black
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
 * Liberty Rogues/Buffalo Bartender/Phillip Ollmann
->Rumor #131133:
There's always traffic headed to and from Trenton and Newark station, plus Manhattan and Pittsburgh. You'll encounter attack squadrons all over New York space, and they all come back here. This base is a place for us to refit our ships, lay low between sorties, and enjoy Cardamine when we're not popping freighters.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Cameron Drake
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Jarel Black
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
 * Liberty Rogues/Buffalo Bartender/Phillip Ollmann
->Rumor #131134:
We get most of our supplies from Beaumont because it's actually safer to hit the Jump Hole into Texas. The Junker base is right on the other side of the Jump Hole in a debris field, plus we don't have to leave the cover of the Badlands on our side. It's all about the cover; we try and expose ourselves as little as possible.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Cameron Drake
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Jarel Black
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
 * Liberty Rogues/Buffalo Bartender/Phillip Ollmann
->Rumor #131135:
Last week a buddy of mine got his ship cracked open by a Liberty military patrol. He hung around a pirated ship too long trying to get all the salvage he could. Sometimes it's the greed that kills you. When you hit a shipment, grab what you can, then bury the throttle and get out of there.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Cameron Drake
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Jarel Black
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
 * Liberty Rogues/Buffalo Bartender/Phillip Ollmann
->Rumor #131136:
We take incoming shipments of Cardamine from Outcasts and make the suicide run across the New York system to Rochester. Many a shipment's been lost en route. Those Junkers just don't get how hard it is to dodge all those Bounty Hunters and the LPI.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Cameron Drake
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Jarel Black
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
 * Liberty Rogues/Buffalo Bartender/Phillip Ollmann
->Rumor #131137:
This is the home base of the Liberty Rogues. Sure, we got a base in California, but this is the big leagues. Everyone comes to New York, and we're here to make sure they leave something behind before they go. Being a pirate is better than working the Fertilizer plants in Texas. So what if we take more risk? Prison isn't an unfamiliar thing to a Rogue.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Cameron Drake
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Jarel Black
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
 * Liberty Rogues/Buffalo Bartender/Phillip Ollmann
->Rumor #131138:
I just got out of Sugarland; they had me making toys in that hellhole. It's messed up, we get locked away for a stretch and they force us to earn them money making crap for families and kids. If I ever see another one of them Space Jumper Happy Bears I'm gonna blow a hole in its forehead.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Cameron Drake
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Jarel Black
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
->Rumor #131139:
Rochester ships Diamonds, Niobium, and Gold to Manhattan. Most of it is stolen property that we are selling back to the very people who owned it in the first place.
 * Outcasts/ Camille Hanson
 * Outcasts/ Jeremiah Rolston
->Rumor #132593:
This is a very cheap place for us to purchase Side Arms for our bases far out in the Edge Worlds. The Rogues bring them across New York for us.
 * Outcasts/ Camille Hanson
 * Outcasts/ Jeremiah Rolston
->Rumor #132594:
This is the end of the road for Cardamine shipments, at least as far as we're concerned. Rogue smugglers take over for the last leg to the Junker base of Rochester. We prefer the safety and protection offered by the Badlands.
 * Outcasts/ Camille Hanson
 * Outcasts/ Jeremiah Rolston
->Rumor #132595:
We have stopovers in Trafalgar, Mactan, and Montezuma on our journey in from Tau-23. If you want to make big money in the Cardamine business, you need to work your way up the stream a bit from here.
 * Outcasts/ Camille Hanson
 * Outcasts/ Jeremiah Rolston
->Rumor #132596:
The Rogues are annoying at times, but serve our purposes well. If Liberty becomes weakened enough by Cardamine addiction, we will no longer need them, as we will be able to enter the rest of the New York system ourselves.
 * Outcasts/ Camille Hanson
 * Outcasts/ Jeremiah Rolston
->Rumor #134339:
The Flint didn't make it from Buffalo to Rochester on a routine Cardamine smuggling run several weeks ago. There was no distress call, no reports of LPI or Navy interdiction heard on comms. It probably hit an asteroid somewhere in the western quadrant of the Badlands, off of the regular patrol routes.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
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====Detroit Munitions (New York)====
->Rumor #131779:
In 614 AS, Ageira began crafting Side Arms and personal weaponry at this manufacturing plant, and since then Detroit has been synonymous with firepower. When you want to put someone down fast, look to Detroit to meet your needs.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Ryan Williams
 * Ageira Technologies/Detroit Bartender/Tim Mueller
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Ethan Yenzer
->Rumor #131780:
This plant supplies Liberty, Bretonia, and Kusari with Side Arms and personal weaponry. The only other Side Arms factory is the Ring in New Berlin. But everyone knows that Detroit hardware is superior to the Rheinland arms.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Ryan Williams
 * Ageira Technologies/Detroit Bartender/Tim Mueller
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Ethan Yenzer
->Rumor #131781:
The Lane Hackers are Ageira's worst enemy. They use their stolen technology to interfere with our shipping and undermine the safety of our Trade Lane systems. Our USI system was supposed to benefit commerce in Sirius, but it has been twisted into a way to know which ships to pirate.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Ryan Williams
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Ethan Yenzer
->Rumor #131782:
Our Side Arms are shipped throughout Liberty by our own transports and Universal Shipping. We deliver them to Manhattan, Trenton, Los Angeles, and Denver.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Ryan Williams
 * Ageira Technologies/Detroit Bartender/Tim Mueller
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Ethan Yenzer
->Rumor #131783:
The Lane Hackers very rarely do their own dirty work; they usually sell or trade ship Commodity information to the Rogues or Outcasts. The most infuriating part of it all is that there has been no way to stop them yet. We kill the occasional Rogue or Outcast, but we've never been able to catch a Lane Hacker.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Ryan Williams
 * Ageira Technologies/Detroit Bartender/Tim Mueller
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Ethan Yenzer
->Rumor #131784:
Universal Ship Identification (USI) is a system in which ship cargo manifests are downloaded into databases as ships pass through Jump Gates and Trade Lanes. Somehow the Lane Hackers got their hands on the technology and now know which shipments carry the most valuable Commodities, making it easy for them to target specific transports.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Ryan Williams
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Ethan Yenzer
->Rumor #131785:
This station requires supplies from different sources to manufacture our famous Side Arms. Since Ageira makes the best weapons, we ship the finest materials here: H-Fuel from Newark, Water and Oxygen from Manhattan, and Food and Basic Alloys from Trenton.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Ryan Williams
 * Ageira Technologies/Detroit Bartender/Tim Mueller
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Ethan Yenzer
->Rumor #131787:
Originally, Ageira was headquartered in Manhattan, but we moved our operations to California. We felt it was important to put weapons manufacturing in the heart of Liberty.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Ryan Williams
 * Ageira Technologies/Detroit Bartender/Tim Mueller
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Ethan Yenzer
->Rumor #131788:
Xenos were making more and more frequent attacks on this installation in an attempt to steal our Side Arms -- that is until we put up the defensive satellite grid outside the station. After the first few encounters with our upgraded defenses, the Xenos attacked this base much less frequently.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Ryan Williams
 * Ageira Technologies/Detroit Bartender/Tim Mueller
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Ethan Yenzer
->Rumor #131789:
Xenos don't usually harass Liberty shipping -- unless, of course, you are shipping Side Arms, which is our business here in Detroit. That is why we have hired extra Bounty Hunters to patrol the Trade Lanes leading to and from this base.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Ryan Williams
 * Ageira Technologies/Detroit Bartender/Tim Mueller
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Ethan Yenzer
->Rumor #131790:
The LPI does its best in this part of space, but it just doesn't have the agents or the ships to protect all the shipping that passes through this system. IC, which insures much of our cargo, has been a close Ageira ally since Trade Lanes first went into mass production back in 215 AS.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Ryan Williams
 * Ageira Technologies/Detroit Bartender/Tim Mueller
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Ethan Yenzer
->Rumor #131791:
The Xenos who used to attack this base are either dead or smart enough now to know that the defense satellites encircling this plant will vaporize their ships faster than they can get their cruise charged up for an escape.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Anna Hollander
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Alex Zent
->Rumor #131792:
Ageira has hired me to hunt down and kill any Rogues I can find. They need Hunters to kill Outcasts too, but I don't have the ship I need to take down those guys. But with every Rogue I bag, I come a few thousand credits closer to getting it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Anna Hollander
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Alex Zent
->Rumor #131793:
I lie in wait for Rogues as they leave the cover of the Detroit Debris Field on their way to the Trade Lanes between this base and Manhattan. Their base is in the Badlands, so they have to come through that point if they want to use the debris fields in the system for cover.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Anna Hollander
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Alex Zent
->Rumor #131794:
Xenos fly out of the Jersey Debris Fields and stage attack runs on Ageira ships headed to Manhattan or Trenton.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Anna Hollander
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Alex Zent
->Rumor #131795:
If I can ever capture a Lane Hacker alive, Ageira and IC would both pay me enough money to retire. No Lane Hacker has ever been captured -- though occasionally one will get blown to pieces with his ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Anna Hollander
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Alex Zent
->Rumor #131796:
The Outcasts don't really come into this end of the system; they stay more to the south in and around the Badlands. So that's where I go for the big-money contracts Ageira hands out to those guys.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Anna Hollander
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Alex Zent
->Rumor #131797:
I like hanging out at this base; nothing like walking into the machine rooms where all those shiny new weapons are being boxed up by the thousands ready to be shipped throughout Sirius. One of the pieces I carry was a gift from the third shift foreman in the handguns and hold-out weapons wing of the plant.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tina Charles
->Rumor #131798:
I run a patrol that skirts the edge of the Jersey Debris Field -- that's where you can hit the Rogues headed for the Junker base getting ready to drop their stolen cargo and contraband.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tina Charles
->Rumor #131799:
IC wants us to keep a patrol flying between here and Manhattan non-stop. IC and Ageira are corporate allies, along with Universal Shipping and Deep Space Engineering. All these companies worked together for the creation of the Trade Lanes, so we have a long relationship.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tina Charles
->Rumor #131800:
Universal Shipping handles many of Ageira's shipping accounts that leave Liberty for other House space. We ship Side Arms from this base to New London and New Tokyo.
 * Universal Shipping/ Joseph Amador
->Rumor #131801:
We play a major role ensuring that Detroit Munitions has all the necessary supplies to keep her running smoothly. We bring in H-Fuel from Newark, Food from Trenton, and Basic Alloys from Sugarland.
 * Universal Shipping/ Joseph Amador
->Rumor #131802:
Ageira is somewhat disliked in Texas because of the whole Dallas incident. The sad truth is that no one could have done better, but you can't always fight perception. So we ship the Side Arms manufactured here to Houston for them, and we also ship to the battleships and other police bases in Liberty.
 * Universal Shipping/ Joseph Amador
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====Fort Bush (New York)====
->Rumor #131667:
Caught a Junker stealing some Superconductors from the Baltimore storage depots yesterday. He dropped it and ran. I let him go. Not worth the trouble.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Louis Stillwell
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Sherri Traviat
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Aaron Patton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. William Gavins
->Rumor #131668:
Let me tell you, never stray into Zone-21. One of our patrols got off course chasing some Rogues. They went straight into the mine field and got heavily damaged. Then the navy flyboys showed up and started shooting, no questions asked. One of the LPI guys didn't make it home that night. No apology or nothing from them military folks.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Ft. Bush Bartender/Joel Rosenblatt
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Louis Stillwell
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Sherri Traviat
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Aaron Patton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. William Gavins
->Rumor #131669:
Ft. Bush has been around since anyone can remember. Plenty of action around here, but not like Texas or the Tahoe Cloud in California. That suits me fine. Kind of miss the planetside life to go home to at night, like the Manhattan boys.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Louis Stillwell
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Sherri Traviat
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Aaron Patton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. William Gavins
->Rumor #131670:
The Xenos sometimes hit the Detroit Trade Lanes, mostly after foreigners. We never bring them in, 'cause if you send one Xeno to Texas, three come back out. Best to just vaporize them on the spot.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Ft. Bush Bartender/Joel Rosenblatt
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Louis Stillwell
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Sherri Traviat
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Aaron Patton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. William Gavins
->Rumor #131671:
Manhattan says we have to snag a dozen Rogues a day there. That's a pretty tall order. Guess they're getting shorthanded on the assembly lines in Texas. Looks like I'll be hanging out in the Pittsburgh Debris Field for the next few days.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Louis Stillwell
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Sherri Traviat
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Aaron Patton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. William Gavins
->Rumor #131672:
I'm thinking of joining the Bounty Hunters Guild. They always have the best stories, and you get paid much better to boot. Sure, some of them did time in Huntsville or Sugarland, but it ain't always their fault with all the LPI roundups going on all the time.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Louis Stillwell
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Sherri Traviat
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Aaron Patton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. William Gavins
->Rumor #131803:
The Xenos cause some trouble for the Rheinland and Kusari shipping that comes in and flies out of this base. They've put contracts out on some of them in this area. The best part is that some Liberty firms have been paying me to let Xenos go.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kirk Jones
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Rachel Singer
->Rumor #131804:
This place makes me a lot of money, and I don't have to go far to earn it. If I go out along the Trade Lanes or into the Pittsburgh Debris Fields, I'm bound to come across some Rogues.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kirk Jones
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Rachel Singer
->Rumor #131805:
The Rogues that fly this area are a pretty disorganized lot. Most of them feel the prison ships in Texas are like second homes. I prefer to offer them permanent housing in a chunk of space debris that was their imploded ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kirk Jones
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Rachel Singer
->Rumor #131806:
LPI has to worry about bringing pirates, smugglers, and thieves in to be tried and sent to one of their toy factories. All I have to do is kill 'em. That's why Bounty Hunters help get the job done when LPI fails.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kirk Jones
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Rachel Singer
->Rumor #131807:
This base's close proximity to the Pittsburgh Debris Fields, coupled with the amount of traffic that comes through here, makes this an irresistible target for Rogues and the like.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kirk Jones
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Rachel Singer
->Rumor #131808:
This is one of the better bases to overhear a conversation or get an idea of what is being shipped where in Liberty space. Ft. Bush is truly the crossroads of the Sirius Sector, even more so than Manhattan.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kirk Jones
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Rachel Singer
->Rumor #131809:
Ft. Bush lies on our Boron route that starts in Pittsburgh and goes all the way to Bretonia. I just brought in a shipment last night. We'll be heading off to New London after a few beers. Makes the drive a little less boring.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Jason Powell
->Rumor #131810:
Normally I run Luxury Goods from Manhattan to New London. That is a cargo more befitting of a senior Bowex captain. Unfortunately, I lost a recent shipment in Magellan to Lane Hackers, and was promptly demoted to the Pittsburgh to Stokes Boron run. Maybe it's a hint that I should get out of the shipping business.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Jason Powell
->Rumor #131811:
I'm returning to Newark after dropping off a load of Polymers and Hydrocarbons at Pueblo. It's not too bad here in Liberty space. At least there aren't any of those pesky Corsairs. I refuse to do any Border World runs anymore. It's just not worth it.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Jason Powell
->Rumor #131812:
At Cryer, we feel your health is our top priority. That's why we're shipping our Pharmaceuticals throughout Sirius around the clock. From hypo-sprays to bionic eye replacements, Cryer is ensuring a healthier life for everyone.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Brandon Hall
->Rumor #131813:
I realize that people become desperate for medical supplies when they are sick, or one of their loved ones is injured, but that does not justify the piracy of Cryer goods. I mean, if you can't afford to buy medicines, should you really be living anyway?
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Brandon Hall
->Rumor #131814:
This is Cryer's main southern Liberty distribution point for our Pharmaceuticals produced in Denver. We transfer the cargo to ships bound for Los Angeles and Houston here. Cryer doesn't handle large drug shipments across Independent or Border World space. We let the shipping companies deal with that.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Brandon Hall
->Rumor #131815:
This is the main transfer point for our Houston-produced Construction Machinery. We ship it out to Denver. I'm heading over to the shipyard across the way for a beer in a moment. Feels more like home over there.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Gabriel Ogum
->Rumor #131816:
In the old days, they didn't need Ft. Bush. We just had the Baltimore Shipyard out here. With the rise of the Rogues they had to do something. Too many ships were getting wasted right in front of our eyes. If they hadn't let that debris build up so close, there wouldn't be all the problems around here. Where there's debris, there are roaches. That's what I say.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Gabriel Ogum
->Rumor #131817:
One of these days they'll have all the Rogues in prison, and the debris fields will be gone. Then all we'll build is cruise ships, and they'll shut this place down. Yeah right.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Gabriel Ogum
->Rumor #131818:
We ship Optronics to this base from Honshu. You will find that they are of the highest quality. We do not have the connections that Samura has gained through its many years of less-than-ethical business practices, so we must rely upon our workmanship.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Toshi Kaneko
->Rumor #131819:
You want your ship to run with the best fuel at the lowest price? Then you should try our H-Fuel, which we bring here all the way from Ogashawa in the Sigma-19 system. Soon the GMG will no longer use Osaka and Samura. We will be the exclusive supplier to the Sirius Sector.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Toshi Kaneko
->Rumor #131820:
I'm heading back up to Pueblo to load up on some Superconductors bound for Yukawa. Hopefully the Xenos in the Silverton Field won't bother me if I'm empty.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Toshi Kaneko
->Rumor #131821:
I patrol the Jump Gate from Colorado, which means I see a lot of Kusari shipping moving through my patrol path. My buddy patrols on the Texas Trade Lane side of Ft. Bush, which means he sees a lot of Rheinland shipping.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Louis Stillwell
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Sherri Traviat
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Aaron Patton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. William Gavins
->Rumor #131822:
Sure, there's a lot of piracy out there, but the LPI is hindered in ways that the Bounty Hunters are not. We have well-defined patrol area boundaries and a company policy that prohibits us from killing outlaws. We are to capture them if possible for rehabilitation at our factories.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Louis Stillwell
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Sherri Traviat
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Aaron Patton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. William Gavins
->Rumor #131823:
The Xenos aren't really making things too tough on the Junkers over in the Jersey; they don't have the men or the equipment, at least not yet. Personally, I'm kinda rooting for them. They aren't as smart as the Junkers and that means more arrests for us, which means I get a bigger bonus.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Louis Stillwell
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Sherri Traviat
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Aaron Patton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. William Gavins
->Rumor #131824:
We run regular patrols into the Pittsburgh Debris Fields. Lots of Rogues back there. A few Junkers, but they're not smuggling anything in that area, so we generally leave them alone.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Ft. Bush Bartender/Joel Rosenblatt
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Louis Stillwell
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Sherri Traviat
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Aaron Patton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. William Gavins
->Rumor #131825:
I'm taking a quick break before heading out on the last leg to Pittsburgh with a load of Mining Machinery from Essen. We pick up Boron for the return trip back to Sugarland.
 * Republican Shipping/ Andreas Heilmann
->Rumor #131826:
I left Berlin weeks ago. We were attacked no less than five times. I'm getting too old for this. We usually ship in Cobalt and Copper from The Ring bound for Ageira's big plant in Colorado. We also handle Mining Machinery from Essen on occasion, bound for Pittsburgh.
 * Republican Shipping/ Andreas Heilmann
->Rumor #131827:
The Xenos aren't too bad in the southern area of New York. Just Rogues and occasional Outcasts. We Rheinlanders don't have to deal with them too often. Now Corsairs and Red Hessians, that's a different story. I told my dispatcher, "No more of those Omega-7 runs -- I want to live to retirement."
 * Republican Shipping/ Andreas Heilmann
->Rumor #131828:
We are an ancient company spanning the centuries since just after Kusari was founded. We have survived this long because we create excellent products. The H-Fuels we supply to this base from Osaka are of the highest grade.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Akio Hagawa
->Rumor #131829:
I would prefer not to venture outside of Kusari space to peddle our products to the Gaijin here in Liberty, but I must pay the price for accidentally breaking one of my general manager's prized Alien Artifacts at last year's Sakura celebration.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Akio Hagawa
->Rumor #131830:
It is obvious to Samura that Liberty does not take our shipping problems seriously. Our shipments are under constant attack from Xenos, but the Liberty government does hardly anything for us. Where is their navy? Ah yes, they only operate in the southern sector of New York, leaving us to be guarded by the LPI.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Akio Hagawa
->Rumor #131831:
Hey, what's tastier than a barrel of Paste? That's right, nothing in Sirius that won't cost you half a month's pay. When you want Food Paste and you want it bad, you know who to come to.
 * Synth Foods/ Luke Stillwell
->Rumor #131832:
This is the halfway point on my route from Los Angeles to Denver. We usually bring a little extra for the bases in this area of Liberty. I'm so sick of Synth Paste. You get it at a discount working for them. Of course, the execs get free Luxury Food from Stuttgart shipped right to their doorstep. That's what I call service.
 * Synth Foods/ Luke Stillwell
->Rumor #131833:
Our biodomes are flowering up all over Sirius; our experts are growing and cultivating the finest in Luxury Foods in Stuttgart.
 * Synth Foods/ Luke Stillwell
->Rumor #131834:
Universal Shipping is Liberty's premier shipping company. We bring in Basic Alloys, Consumer Goods, and Cobalt from Texas; Water and Oxygen from Manhattan; and Boron from Pittsburgh.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jack Buckner
->Rumor #131835:
Pittsburgh receives a large portion of her supplies from this base. Oxygen, Food, Water, Mining Machinery, H-Fuel, Pharmaceuticals, and Consumer Goods are shipped there by Universal.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jack Buckner
->Rumor #131836:
This is a transit point for Construction Machinery being shipped up to Colorado from Texas, and for Boron headed for Sugarland and Pueblo from Pittsburgh.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jack Buckner
->Rumor #131837:
Ft. Bush serves as the second largest distribution port for Kusari H-Fuel and Optronics in New York. From here we make shipments to Houston and military bases in the southeast area of the system.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jack Buckner
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====Newark Station (New York)====
->Rumor #131384:
This station is our trading center for operations in Liberty space. We supply high-demand items to Ageira in Pueblo, but first we come through this point. We insure many of our shipments through IC at this base.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Marc Coleman
->Rumor #131385:
Bowex ships Hydrocarbons and Polymers from this base to Pueblo. The bloody Xenos are always a problem when it comes to making our various shipments in Liberty space. What is just as infuriating is Liberty's apparent apathy concerning the Xeno issue.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Marc Coleman
->Rumor #131386:
Bowex ships Hydrocarbons and Polymers to this base from the Birmingham facility in Manchester. We supply all of Liberty's needs with these important Commodities.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Marc Coleman
->Rumor #131387:
We ship Beryllium from this base to Pueblo. Our transports have been coming under Xeno attack, but that is the price of being a shipping firm in Liberty space.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Samuel Tarry
->Rumor #131388:
The Beryllium we supply Ageira with in Pueblo will eventually be made into Ship Hull Panels and then sent back to one of the two Liberty shipyards.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Samuel Tarry
->Rumor #131389:
We ship Beryllium to this base from Kensington. Our shipments are frequently attacked in the Independent Worlds; no doubt the goods that the criminals manage to steal will end up back in New York.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Samuel Tarry
->Rumor #131390:
IC hires Bounty Hunters to take care of the dirty work that goes with insuring shipments and operations throughout Sirius. If somebody starts to cost IC more money than it costs to hire Bounty Hunters, then we deal with them.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sean Simmons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131391:
There is a strong Outcast presence in the northern Edge systems. Unfortunately, that's where mining operations are starting to look for new resources, and that's where we come in.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sean Simmons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131392:
IC has been losing money with the construction project fiasco in Tau-23 that will facilitate mining in the area. They have turned to the Bounty Hunters Guild to take care of the problem. I am here awaiting specific mission orders for my operations in that area.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sean Simmons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131393:
IC wants me to hunt down and kill every single Lane Hacker I can get in my sights. They don't want them captured, nor do they want information from them like Ageira does. They just want them dead.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sean Simmons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131394:
The Lane Hackers are a smart bunch. Heck, I kind of respect them. But IC wants 'em wiped, so I'm going to perforate some rich-boy California types for IC. I love my job; nothing like blowing holes in rich people.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sean Simmons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131395:
The way to get a Lane Hacker is to give him Cardamine. They like to spend time in California, so that is where I will go. I'll snag a little Cardamine on the way and use it to buy my way in with them. Once I have their trust& well, you get the idea.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sean Simmons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131396:
Interspace Commerce began as a banking institution formed to supply other Houses with the capital necessary for the construction of Trade Lanes within their space. Over time we became an insurance agency.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131397:
After the Rheinland-Kusari Embargo of 521, IC lost millions of credits as both Houses nationalized their Trade Lanes. The massive debts that those Houses had incurred were wiped away, and the Trade Lanes became theirs.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131398:
The tolls that Kusari and Rheinland had to pay us were not nearly the full amount that we had put up to fund their Jump Gates. The compromise reached in the Sirius Commerce Pact was not a compromise for our corporation, but unfortunately Liberty didn't have the military clout to enforce the payment of Rheinland and Kusari's debts to us.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131399:
Any Trade Lane construction venture that begins is insured by us. If it isn't, then the Trade Lane doesn't get built. No one can risk losing the enormous capital required for the construction.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131400:
The Bounty Hunters Guild, though perceived as not entirely trustworthy by some, is very helpful to us. They handle all of the nasty work that goes into insuring the progress of Sirius and Liberty.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131401:
Recently we partnered with Ageira to create the Universal Ship Identification system, or USI. It is installed in Jump Gates and Trade Lanes so we can see the cargo that is being hauled by each individual vessel, allowing for proper tariffs to be levied and shipments to be properly tracked.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131402:
The Lane Hackers' illegitimate use of our Universal Ship Identification system is infuriating. A technology created for the good of Sirius commerce is being exploited by a bunch of hedonistic junkies! That is why IC has begun hiring the Bounty Hunters in force.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131403:
The Lane Hackers must be destroyed. They know which shipments to hit that hurt us the most. Once they are gone, IC will double its current profits; the increase in revenue will be enormous.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131404:
Our relations with Kusari and Rheinland have never really recovered. They have banished our company from residence in their major planets, and we cannot even build bases in any of their minor systems. The irony is that we were the ones who lost all the money.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131405:
The LPI, though sanctioned with policing the Trade Lanes in Liberty, is as corrupt as many of the criminals it is supposed to be arresting. The LPI can be bribed and coerced by almost any criminal with a little cash. The IC does not put any trust in the LPI.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131406:
The Bretonian authorities, the LSF, and the Liberty military are stalwart allies in our crusade against piracy upon the Trade Lanes. They can be trusted not to take bribes or be lenient upon the scum that plague the dark places in Sirius space. If only the Rheinland Federal Police or the LPI could be relied upon...
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131407:
Any pirates who attack Trade Lane shipping or Jump Gates deserve to be exterminated, whether their motives are greed or politics. Terror and piracy must not be tolerated.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131408:
Outcasts, Corsairs, Red Hessians, Blood Dragons, Golden Chrysanthemums, Liberty Rogues, Unioners, Xenos, the LWB, the Farmers Alliance, Gaians, and Lane Hackers -- all these groups attack Trade Lanes. And that's why IC will pay any Bounty Hunter top dollar to kill them, any of them. But especially Lane Hackers.
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131409:
IC's plans for Texas have gone sour -- too many criminals in that area. Hudson and Bering have their fill of criminals, too. The Liberty to Rheinland Trade Lanes have been trouble for IC as long as I can remember.
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131410:
The Lane Hackers are a bunch of California boys who split on Ageira and became the worst possible enemies of IC. They have Trade Lane technology, which allows them to punch ships out of the Trade Lanes. Once that happens, the shipments are basically theirs.
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131411:
Samura should not be here selling Fuel; we supply more than enough H-Fuel to Liberty. Samura would be better served to stay in Kusari where it can continue its illegitimate business practices in safety.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Nomura
->Rumor #131412:
It is unfortunate that Liberty does not use more of Kishiro's quality Optical Chips, but must instead rely upon Ageira, whose only abilities are crafting Trade Lanes and weapons.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Nomura
->Rumor #131413:
Kishiro supplies this base with H-Fuel from Ogashawa. Much of the H-Fuel that we attempt to ship here is stolen by Rogues and Xenos, which forces us to raise our costs to cover expected losses due to theft.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Nomura
->Rumor #131414:
We maintain a presence here at the IC headquarters as a show of support. After all, IC has been insuring investments throughout Liberty for a very long time. This corporation is very interested in curbing piracy. Of course not entirely, or no one would need IC anymore.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Matthew Evans
->Rumor #131415:
I don't like being around the Bounty Hunters on this base. I recognize some of them as criminals I've put away before. But Bounty Hunters can go where the LPI doesn't have jurisdiction -- outside Liberty.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Matthew Evans
->Rumor #131416:
I don't know why they call them Bounty Hunters -- in my book they are assassins, plain and simple. You hire them to go hunt someone down and kill them. Very rarely are they required to bring someone back alive -- and that's usually the runaway son of some executive.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Matthew Evans
->Rumor #131417:
Samura is an ancient company dating back to the first Shogunate of Kusari. Since then Samura has become the leader in a wide array of technologies. Samura supplies Liberty with her fuel, so they are indispensable to the people of this House. Remember that.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Esamu Tomokato
->Rumor #131418:
Samura supplies this base with H-Fuel from Osaka. Both Kepler and Galileo are difficult systems to cross, and once inside Liberty we are plagued by the accursed Rogues.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Esamu Tomokato
->Rumor #131419:
Samura ships Alien Organisms to this base from Kurile. Alien Organisms are difficult to find and can be used in all manner of industry from terraforming to Food production.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Esamu Tomokato
->Rumor #131420:
The pilots who make the shipping runs within Liberty and Bretonia have it best. Sure there are lots of criminals in this House and in Bretonia, but we have dire enemies in Rheinland and Kusari.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Andrew Hill
->Rumor #131421:
Synth ships run our Paste tubes to this base from Los Angeles. If you want the best Food money can buy, head to Manhattan. That's where you'll find the Luxury Foods.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Andrew Hill
->Rumor #131422:
Soon every planet and station in Sirius will have a biodome. Our farms will supply Food to every mouth in the galaxy. The farmers in Stuttgart just don't realize the noble work they are doing, but they will soon understand.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Andrew Hill
->Rumor #131423:
We ship Alien Organisms from this base to California Minor, where they are used for terraforming processes. H-Fuel is also shipped by Universal to Los Angeles, West Point, and Detroit.
 * Universal Shipping/ Daniel Smith
->Rumor #131424:
We bring Oxygen and Water to this base from Manhattan. It's one of the shortest and safest runs in all of Sirius. It took many years of flying for Universal before I got this cherry assignment.
 * Universal Shipping/ Daniel Smith
->Rumor #131425:
H-Fuel is brought to Sheffield by our shipping convoys. We need plenty of escorts because every dirty criminal out there has to steal H-Fuel to keep his ship running.
 * Universal Shipping/ Daniel Smith
->Rumor #134322:
The transport Bradley was attacked by Hackers in the Barrier Cloud in Magellan yesterday. It is believed that they towed it off the Trade Lane somewhere into the cloud to study the latest version more carefully.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #134323:
The Charles Kane and its escorts were ambushed in the Roatan Ice Crystal Cloud several weeks ago, probably by Rogues or Lane Hackers. They commandeered the ship and flew it further into the cloud. Several Bounty Hunters happened upon the hijacked ship, and a fierce firefight ensued. Only one limped back to tell the tale. She said the ship was still out there in the cloud, abandoned and drifting with the field.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #134327:
The Universal Shipping transport Chesapeake was hijacked several months ago and flown into the Komatsu Cloud. It is rumored to still be there, serving as a Pharmaceuticals storage depot for the Lane Hackers and Rogues.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #134337:
A Bounty Hunter named Harry Riggs went out after some Outcasts in the Badlands but never came back. He had some decent weapons on his ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
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====Norfolk Shipyard (New York)====
->Rumor #131345:
When you think Optronics, the Kusari manufacturers come to mind. But when it comes to Optical Chips, Ageira builds some of the finest in all of Sirius. They are shipped here from Los Angeles to be used in the construction of ships of all sizes.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
->Rumor #131346:
Ageira ships Super Alloys and Superconductors from Pueblo, Colorado. These components will be used in the construction of Liberty's naval fleets, the ships that symbolize Liberty's dominance in Sirius space.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
->Rumor #131347:
From Jump Gates to Side Arms and Optical Chips, Ageira is the high-tech leader for all of Liberty and Sirius. What other company has given so much toward the progress of all the people here?
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
->Rumor #131348:
ALG ships Scrap Metal produced here to the Sugarland Smelter in Texas. Every shipyard produces Scrap Metal, which ALG gladly collects for recycling into Basic Alloys.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Holger Mahling
->Rumor #131349:
ALG ships High-Temperature Alloys and MOX to this facility from Dortmund, New Berlin. On the last run we lost two in our convoy to Xenos and Rogues as we passed through Texas.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Holger Mahling
->Rumor #131350:
Toxic Waste and Scrap Metal produced here is shipped to Dortmund in New Berlin. It is the responsibility of ALG to ensure that waste is not strewn throughout Sirius space. Remember, what one throws away another can use.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Holger Mahling
->Rumor #131351:
Think you're a good pilot? Well, tell me what you think of yourself after you tangle with a Corsair. That's if you survive, which honestly, I doubt you would.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brian Wright
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #131352:
The scum you see here in Liberty is all that you find in an area with the greatest police and military presence in Sirius. Once you leave Liberty, you start meeting the real bad ones: Mollys in Bretonia, Red Hessians in Rheinland, and Blood Dragons in Kusari.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brian Wright
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #131353:
The pirates and raiders here in Liberty are punks compared to what you'll find on the fringes of Sirius. Sure, there are Outcasts here, but they are an Edge World syndicate that travels into the heart of Liberty to sell their Cardamine.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brian Wright
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #131354:
Most Bounty Hunters you run across have either been hunting for a few years and know the ropes, or they're green -- in which case they'll probably be dead within a month or two.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brian Wright
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #131355:
Some people say that Outcasts and Corsairs used to be the same people. I guess it's possible, though if you've ever seen an Outcast you might think differently. They are just different from the rest of the people of Sirius and the Corsairs. I can't imagine them being friendly with anyone but other Corsairs.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brian Wright
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #131356:
Ever been out away from colony space? It's dangerous out there in the Edge Worlds, and you can get popped in the blink of an eye. But that's where you have to go to get the meanest and the toughest criminals.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brian Wright
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #131357:
Bowex ships Gold here from the GS&M depot in Dublin. Among other things, the Gold is used on ship windows as a reflective coating.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Adrian Knox
->Rumor #131358:
Bowex is one of the oldest and most reliable shipping firms in all of Sirius. We have more ships and greater hauling ability than the upstarts at Gateway Shipping. Their company will not last the test of time, as Bowex has.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Adrian Knox
->Rumor #131359:
The Mollys in Dublin hit the last shipment headed here before this last one. All hands were lost, but that is the cost of shipping valuable Commodities like Gold. That is what Bowex is known for -- um, the shipping valuable Commodities part, not the dead-employee part.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Adrian Knox
->Rumor #131360:
Deep Space ships Boron from Pittsburgh to this shipyard. The Pittsburgh Debris Field makes a nice hideout for the scum that attack my ship on my way from Pittsburgh.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Brent Wheaton
->Rumor #131361:
We ship Construction Machinery to this shipyard from Houston. The Outcasts staged a major assault on our convoy in Texas on this last trip. I saw two transports and three escorts go up in flames. I don't know how many died all told.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Brent Wheaton
->Rumor #131362:
Deep Space Engineering maintains the only civilian shipyards in Liberty space: Baltimore Shipyards. We manufacture components that are shipped here and used at this military shipyard, so you can see that Deep Space builds or helps build the finest ships in Sirius.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Brent Wheaton
->Rumor #131363:
Even though this run is a dangerous one, we need to fulfill this contract with the Liberty Navy. When this company first began no one believed it would survive, but we grow stronger every day.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kevin Baker
->Rumor #131364:
Gateway ships Gold to this base from the Hood in Dublin. The Rogues' ability to sniff out the Gold convoys seems uncanny. I'm told that they get their info from the Lane Hackers, so they are the real enemy -- the ring leaders versus the attack dogs.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kevin Baker
->Rumor #131365:
The Gold shipments we bring in from Dublin are a fight all the way to this station. First we have to fight the Mollys out of Dublin. Once we hit the Independent World Trade Lanes, we have to contend with the Lane Hackers or whomever they've sold our cargo manifests to. Once we get into Liberty space, we have to fight the Rogues off.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kevin Baker
->Rumor #131366:
This base is the home of Liberty naval ship construction. In this place the greatest ships are built in all of Sirius. And the best naval officers command them. I served on the Missouri; she's one of Norfolk's finest.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jeff Parker
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Thomas Lawson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Chad Games
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Kim Brown
->Rumor #131367:
The majority of Liberty naval ships protect our shipping concerns in the Independent Worlds. That is where the more dangerous pirates and criminal activities take place. The exception is the Missouri, which is stationed in New York to keep the jewel of Sirius safe.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jeff Parker
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Thomas Lawson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Chad Games
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Kim Brown
 * Liberty Navy/Norfolk Bartender/Adam Kelly
->Rumor #131368:
The sorties launched from this base are patrols tasked with keeping the inbound Commodities to this base safe so that ship production is never slowed by thieves and pirates.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Jeff Parker
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Thomas Lawson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Chad Games
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Kim Brown
 * Liberty Navy/Norfolk Bartender/Adam Kelly
->Rumor #131369:
The Bounty Hunters you see here are pretty good; we're near the Badlands and I've seen these guys around before. Usually you only see green Bounty Hunters once.
 * Liberty Navy/Norfolk Bartender/Adam Kelly
->Rumor #131370:
ALG ships MOX to this facility from Rheinland. If you ever want to ship MOX, you are going to have to be pretty good friends with the people in Dortmund. A lot of criminal factions would like to get their hands on MOX -- it's possible to separate small amounts of plutonium from it.
 * Liberty Navy/Norfolk Bartender/Adam Kelly
->Rumor #131371:
This is more navy space than it is an LPI patrol area. We send a flight down the Trade Lane between here and Ft. Bush, but that's to protect against Rogue attacks launched from the Pittsburgh debris.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Heather Fields
->Rumor #131372:
If we didn't need labor for our consumer goods facilities, I'd kill all the Rogues I came across. I just get tired of putting away the same scum and watching em get released a couple years later to start doing the same illegal activity.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Heather Fields
->Rumor #131373:
I sure as hell don't like hanging out with all these navy guys around. They are so straight-laced it makes me itch just to watch 'em march around from place to place in here. They need a couple of Liberty ales to loosen those stuffy collars.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Heather Fields
->Rumor #131374:
The Trade Lanes between Rheinland and Liberty are dangerous ones. In Hudson the Xenos attack our transports, and in Bering we are attacked by Unionist scum.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hunter Vann
->Rumor #131375:
Republican Shipping is the premier Rheinland shipping firm. If it weren't for the massive debts that Rheinland accumulated during the 80-Years War, Republican would still be the only shippers in Rheinland space.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hunter Vann
->Rumor #131376:
Engine Components are shipped here from the Ring in New Berlin via Republican Shipping. The Ring is Rheinland's symbol of industrial might; many of Rheinland's Commodities are produced there.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hunter Vann
->Rumor #131377:
Universal ships the basic supplies from Manhattan for this base: Food, Water, and Oxygen. It is Universal that supplies the majority of basic supplies to myriad bases throughout Liberty.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Samuel Saverance
->Rumor #131378:
Universal ships Gold to this base from New London. I've been the pilot for this Gold run for many years. I remember when I first started long ago. I've seen so much since then that it feels like more than a lifetime ago that I was strapping into my own freighter for the first time.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Samuel Saverance
->Rumor #131379:
H-Fuel from Ft. Bush and Basic Alloys from Sugarland are brought to this base by Universal Shipping. The Basic Alloys are dropped off here. I head up to Ft. Bush to pick up the H-Fuel, come back here to unload it, and then head back to Texas to start all over.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Samuel Saverance
->Rumor #134337:
A Bounty Hunter named Harry Riggs went out after some Outcasts in the Badlands but never came back. He had some decent weapons on his ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Leo Neely
->Rumor #134338:
Liberty Navy Patrol 27 flew into Badlands two weeks ago on their regular route, and then disappeared without a trace. An extensive search by authorities has not turned up anything so far. The patrol comprised three elite fighters.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Thomas Lawson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Kim Brown
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====Planet Manhattan (New York)====
->Rumor #131196:
If it's personal protection you're looking for, Ageira Technologies has the answer. Try our famous Mk 11 Perforator -- a great price and guaranteed to put more holes in your target than necessary. If it's stopping power you want, you'll get it with our line of Wide Bore Pocket Cannons. The finest products are available exclusively from Detroit Munitions, just a quick Trade Lane jump away.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Jane Peterson
->Rumor #131197:
We ship Side Arms here to Manhattan from Detroit, our munitions plant that serves all of Liberty and much of Kusari and Bretonia. We don't usually ship Detroit weaponry to Rheinland because they produce their own, but it doesn't compare with Detroit Deathware.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Jane Peterson
->Rumor #131198:
Our Detroit munitions plant gets its Water and Oxygen from Manhattan. I will make the run myself sometimes. It's well protected, which makes the trip an easy one.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Jane Peterson
->Rumor #131199:
Bowex ships Gold into Manhattan from New London. This is one of the most dangerous runs you can make between New York and New London. Think about it -- you're hauling Gold, something everybody wants.
 * Borderworld Exports/Captain Chris Yallalee
->Rumor #131200:
Bowex ships Luxury Consumer Goods from here in Manhattan to New London. I was hired by Bowex to pilot their freighters, but I've been thinking about going into a new line of work. I was almost killed a few days ago when Lane Hackers attacked my ship in the Independent Worlds.
 * Borderworld Exports/Captain Chris Yallalee
->Rumor #131201:
Bowex deals in Luxury Goods. Only the finest products are shipped by Border World Exports. Unfortunately, these are the very items coveted by the villainous Lane Hackers. They attack our shipments in the Independent Worlds of Cortez and Magellan between here and New London.
 * Borderworld Exports/Captain Chris Yallalee
->Rumor #131202:
Cryer fights everyday to push back the tide of nature and prolong the lives of the good people of Liberty. That's why our vessels run twenty-four hours a day delivering much needed Pharmaceuticals to everyone in Sirius space. People are always going to be sick; it's part of nature's cycle.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Captain Will Thrift
->Rumor #131203:
Cryer Pharmaceuticals arrive in Manhattan from our primary production facility in Denver. From here they are shipped into California towards Los Angeles. Most of the time we don't encounter too much difficulty. We fight off the Rogues occasionally, but that just comes with shipping in Liberty.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Captain Will Thrift
->Rumor #131204:
With all that Cryer does to make the people of Sirius healthy and safe it still appalls me to see those poor Cardamine junkies dying in plain view. One day soon Cryer will make a synthetic Cardamine that isn't addictive or harmful. Cryer is dedicated to a healthy and fun lifestyle that doesn't reduce worker productivity.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Captain Will Thrift
->Rumor #131205:
The Construction Machinery you see here in Manhattan was supplied by us from our manufacturing plants in Houston. Houston supplies a large portion of Liberty's heavy machinery.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Kent Raffray
->Rumor #131206:
Here in Manhattan DSE purchase the supplies necessary to run our New York bases. We ship Water and Food to Pittsburgh, and Oxygen to Baltimore. Men die every week protecting shipments of basic supplies. I know the criminals need them too, I just can't get used to the idea of dying over a shipment of Water.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Kent Raffray
->Rumor #131207:
DSE is an important part of the machinery of Liberty power in Sirius, so you will see that we have adequate protection within her space. Unfortunately, many of our Trade Lane and Jump Gate construction projects are found far outside the safety of Liberty, where our affairs can often fall victim to pirates and vandals.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Kent Raffray
->Rumor #131208:
In Manhattan we purchase Water, Oxygen, Pharmaceuticals, Food, Consumer Goods, and H-Fuel for use at our Rochester base. It's completely legit -- so if you ever want to run supplies for us Junkers without getting your hands dirty, you can.
 * Junkers/Scrapper Paul Steed
->Rumor #131209:
People like dealing with Junkers, because we always offer a square deal. That's why we transport so many goods from Rochester, our base in this system. We bring in Gold, Diamonds, Niobium, and Luxury Foods. We don't ask many questions on where they come from; that's none of our business.
 * Junkers/Scrapper Paul Steed
->Rumor #131210:
If you don't mind working around the law, you can always ship Cardamine or Artifacts from Rochester in the Jersey Debris Fields here into Manhattan. If you ever wondered where Manhattan gets all her illegal goodies, it's from us.
 * Junkers/Scrapper Paul Steed
->Rumor #131211:
If you own a ship you are going to need what we have to sell, that's right -- top-quality Kishiro H-Fuel straight from the refineries of Ogashawa, far away in the Sigma-19 system.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Koji Fujimoto
->Rumor #131212:
We purchase Luxury Goods here to be delivered to New Tokyo and Honshu. There is a large market for excellent products in Kusari. Beauty and opulence are the benefits of being rich.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Koji Fujimoto
->Rumor #131213:
The Niobium that we get from the IMG in Freeport 6 is brought here to sell. It is a long and dangerous run. We constantly get attacked by the Hogosha in Kusari and then have to deal with the Xenos in Liberty.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Koji Fujimoto
->Rumor #131214:
If you ever have the cash to purchase a Liberty Elite Fighter, it will have to come from a Liberty Navy base, and having the money to purchase the ship doesn't mean we will sell it to you. You have to prove that you are loyal to Liberty and the way of life she stands for.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Elaine Frazer
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Evan Brandt
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Pamela Greenwood
->Rumor #131215:
Liberty Police, Inc., or LPI, doesn't have the will or the guts it would take to eradicate criminal activity here in New York. It's the Navy that patrols the Trade Lanes along the southern edge of New York; the police won't even go south of Detroit. Let's face it: If crime ended so would LPI, and they don't want that to happen.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Elaine Frazer
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Evan Brandt
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Pamela Greenwood
->Rumor #131216:
The Navy doesn't have the authority to enter another colony's space without the permission of the government. That's why sometimes if you want to catch somebody you have to hire a Bounty Hunter to do it, as unsavory as that is. Usually Bounty Hunters are just as bad as the scum you hire them to capture.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Elaine Frazer
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Evan Brandt
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Pamela Greenwood
->Rumor #131217:
The Outcasts we have encountered in Liberty have been on the east side of the Badlands. We work in conjunction with Bounty Hunters to try and halt the Cardamine flowing into New York. Unfortunately, most infiltrators we've dropped into the Badlands have never returned.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Elaine Frazer
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Evan Brandt
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Pamela Greenwood
->Rumor #131218:
The Liberty Navy is the most sophisticated and well trained of all the navies in Sirius. Liberty's annual expenditures in the budget for naval and military spending are based upon cost estimates for a scenario in which Liberty would be fighting against two other Houses simultaneously.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Elaine Frazer
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Evan Brandt
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Pamela Greenwood
->Rumor #131219:
Zone-21 is restricted to authorized personnel only. I wouldn't fly my ship too close to that part of space. You might not mean any harm, but the Navy's not going to wait to see. They are just going to kill you.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Elaine Frazer
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Evan Brandt
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Pamela Greenwood
->Rumor #131220:
The battleship Missouri runs a patrol along the Trade Lanes between Zone-21 and the Badlands. That's as dangerous as you are going to get here in New York -- unless you actually fly into the Badlands; then you are just asking to get aced.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Elaine Frazer
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Evan Brandt
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Pamela Greenwood
->Rumor #131221:
The Navy sends patrols into the Badlands, where the criminals are smuggling in a large portion of the contraband that enters the system. We have yet to find the Jump Hole they are using, but when we do the citizens of this system will be a lot safer than they are now.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Elaine Frazer
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Evan Brandt
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Pamela Greenwood
->Rumor #131222:
The LPI 8th patrol wing is assigned to the Detroit Debris Field. There are no criminal bases there that we know of, but it is a well-populated area for Rogues and Junkers. The Detroit Field lies on the west side of the system, just beyond Manhattan where they can find cover in the Jersey Debris Fields.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Captain Joe Nicholson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kevin Key
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kim Bailey
 * Manhattan Bartender/Bob Swaffar
->Rumor #131223:
One of the Rogues we arrested just spilled his guts. This guy and two of his wingmen had traveled from the Badlands all the way around Liberty space following the debris fields till he reached Baltimore Shipyards. They flew right by one of our patrols and got tagged on their final approach to Baltimore.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Captain Joe Nicholson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kevin Key
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kim Bailey
->Rumor #131224:
Xenos are hitting the Trade Lanes surrounding Manhattan. They are moving in from the Jersey Debris Fields; there must be a Jump Hole somewhere within the Jersey. At least they don't really attack Liberty shipping, just Kusari and Rheinland.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Captain Joe Nicholson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kevin Key
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kim Bailey
->Rumor #131225:
Xenos in the Jersey are in a turf war with the Junkers right now. I say let the scum kill each other off. It's not like we need Junkers loitering about anyway.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Captain Joe Nicholson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kevin Key
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kim Bailey
 * Manhattan Bartender/Bob Swaffar
->Rumor #131226:
LPI's biggest problem is the Liberty Rogues. Lucky for us they are completely disorganized and usually not great pilots either. The problem is there are so many of them. They are all over the place -- kill one and two more pop up.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Captain Joe Nicholson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kevin Key
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kim Bailey
 * Manhattan Bartender/Bob Swaffar
->Rumor #131227:
The Junkers are criminal dirtbags, but they are smart about it, unlike the Rogues. They have a legitimate cover as scrap collectors, but we know they are as crooked as any other criminal. And they will never give up one of their own. You squeeze a Junker to make him talk about other criminals.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Captain Joe Nicholson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kevin Key
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kim Bailey
->Rumor #131228:
The Xenos don't usually mess with Liberty shipping, but that all changes when it comes to Side Arms. The Xenos love stealing guns, they've been concentrating attacks on the Detroit Munitions Plant for some time now. Ageira is guarding the plant better, so now they're focusing on the Trade Lane between here and Detroit.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Captain Joe Nicholson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kevin Key
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kim Bailey
 * Manhattan Bartender/Bob Swaffar
->Rumor #131229:
LPI is almost like two companies: you got the LPI who police Liberty space and run the Sugarland and Huntsville prison ships, and then you have LPI the consumer goods manufacturer making all kinds of products with the captured criminals as their labor force.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Captain Joe Nicholson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kevin Key
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kim Bailey
->Rumor #131230:
LPI is a privatized police force. I am an employee of Liberty Police, Inc. We are actually just executing company policy when we patrol Liberty space looking for criminals. LPI is sanctioned by the Liberty government so we have legal jurisdiction, but the bottom line is about money.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Captain Joe Nicholson
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kevin Key
 * Liberty Police Inc./Detective Kim Bailey
->Rumor #131232:
A lot of LPI officers like the Xenos. The Xenos attack other criminal factions in New York and they don't attack Liberty shipping. They attack Ageira, but only for the guns. Just a bunch of harmless crazies, those Xenos.
 * Manhattan Bartender/Bob Swaffar
->Rumor #131233:
The Rogues are all over New York. Actually, LPI might be out of business if it wasn't for the Rogues. It doesn't matter too much though; some LPI will bring you in for nothing but being in the wrong place at the wrong time. LPI can always use more workers at Sugarland and Huntsville.
 * Manhattan Bartender/Bob Swaffar
->Rumor #131234:
The LSF has been on high alert lately. The Liberty Security Force is chartered with providing our government with the information they need to make informed decisions regarding national security matters. We are Liberty's eyes and ears in New York and beyond.
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Cheryl Farley
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Phil Rocconan
 * Liberty Security Force/Coordinator William Campbell
->Rumor #131235:
The LSF is keenly interested in any Artifacts that private citizens have purchased, even for private use. They are illegal, and will be confiscated if discovered in your possession.
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Cheryl Farley
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Phil Rocconan
 * Liberty Security Force/Coordinator William Campbell
->Rumor #131236:
The LSF has been commissioned with confiscating all Alien Artifacts in Sirius. Not all the other Houses are as cooperative as they should be, so sometimes we are forced to take unilateral action. Kusari officials have been particularly lax in their enforcement of the ban.
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Cheryl Farley
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Phil Rocconan
 * Liberty Security Force/Coordinator William Campbell
->Rumor #131237:
Sometimes the LSF will employ freelancers that pass our strict security clearance checks. If you are ever lucky enough to serve Liberty in such a way, whatever you do for us will have to remain a secret for the rest of your life.
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Cheryl Farley
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Phil Rocconan
 * Liberty Security Force/Coordinator William Campbell
->Rumor #131238:
Right now Artifact interdiction is the LSF's priority; this comes from the top. Anyone in Liberty caught smuggling Artifacts is going to spend some time in an interrogation chamber, and then a long time on the Sugarland making toys.
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Cheryl Farley
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Phil Rocconan
 * Liberty Security Force/Coordinator William Campbell
->Rumor #131239:
Cardamine has become a real problem for the people of Liberty, but so far our attempts to get an operative within the Outcast organization have proved impossible. Somehow they have a way to tell whether or not you are an Outcast.
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Cheryl Farley
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Phil Rocconan
 * Liberty Security Force/Coordinator William Campbell
->Rumor #131240:
An entire LSF Dark Ops Shadow Team was found in a container on the edge of the Badlands. They had been sent in to interdict an Outcast shipment and capture one if possible. They were all dead and had bags of Cardamine stuffed into their mouths.
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Cheryl Farley
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Phil Rocconan
 * Liberty Security Force/Coordinator William Campbell
->Rumor #131241:
The LSF advises the Navy in various locations throughout Liberty, particularly in those areas known for their Artifact smuggling routes. We also have agents periodically raid the wealthy Liberty elites' private residences in search of Artifact collections.
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Cheryl Farley
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Phil Rocconan
 * Liberty Security Force/Coordinator William Campbell
->Rumor #131242:
The Lane Hackers have stolen advanced Ageira technology, which has given them the ability to predict and intercept cargo shipments throughout the Trade Lane network. They are a very smart criminal organization, but sooner or later they will make a mistake.
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Cheryl Farley
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Phil Rocconan
 * Liberty Security Force/Coordinator William Campbell
->Rumor #131243:
Orbital has whatever you're looking for to meet your vacationing needs. Take a trip on the Shetland to the forests of Gaia, visit the hot springs of Baden-Baden, maybe dip in the cool waters of Curacao, or if adventure is what you seek, how about Hawaii?
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Travel Agent Miguel Sanchez
->Rumor #131244:
We offer the finest in luxury vacations and stellar tourism. Our spas and resorts are the finest in the galaxy. If there is a beautiful spot in Sirius you're dying to take the family to, or if you're dying to get away from the family, Orbital Spa and Cruise has what you're looking for.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Travel Agent Miguel Sanchez
->Rumor #131245:
We ship Luxury Goods from here in Manhattan to Curacao in the Cortez system. We strive to provide our guests with the absolute best of all things, so when they think luxury, they think Orbital. It's quite a commitment since these shipments are often attacked by Rogues and Lane Hackers.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Travel Agent Miguel Sanchez
->Rumor #131246:
Republican Shipping specializes in shipping concerns between Liberty and Rheinland, via Hamburg and Texas. Unfortunately, rising crime and piracy within Texas and the Independent Worlds has been making it difficult to maintain our excellent standards. The Liberty Security Forces really must do something about this problem.
 * Republican Shipping/ Peter Haas
->Rumor #131247:
We ship the finest in Silver from New Berlin and Hamburg into Manhattan. We also ship Diamonds into Liberty from New Berlin. Both Commodities are used in the manufacture of Luxury Goods, a Manhattan specialty.
 * Republican Shipping/ Peter Haas
->Rumor #131248:
Republican Shipping sends the Luxury Consumer Goods produced here to New Berlin. Sometimes it gets to me that I'm putting my life on the line to haul some rich executive a Diamond tie pin or real leather shoes.
 * Republican Shipping/ Peter Haas
->Rumor #131249:
If you want your ship's engines to run cleanly, you should buy Samura's Osaka Brand H-Fuel. Our fuel convoys are under constant attack by Xenos, Blood Dragons, and the odd Rogue, but it doesn't matter -- we keep Sirius fueled.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Minako Asado
->Rumor #131250:
We supply Manhattan's luxury market with its Niobium from our dealers in Freeport 6. I used to pilot the flight myself a while back, but I lost my nerve; I just can't do it anymore. I'm not going to get killed for a paycheck. Luckily, I knew a higher-up and got transferred to a desk.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Minako Asado
->Rumor #131251:
Samura gets the best for the people of Kusari. We do not manufacture Luxury Goods ourselves so we come here to get them. The finest Luxury Goods are bought here in Manhattan and shipped to our intermediaries in New Tokyo.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Minako Asado
->Rumor #131252:
Synth Foods delivers its best in synthetic Food Pastes to Manhattan from its Los Angeles biodomes. From here we head into Colorado -- there's a hungry person everywhere, and our goal is to put a tube of Food Paste in their hands.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Dutch Corbin
->Rumor #131254:
We produce Luxury Foods like lettuce and potatoes on Stuttgart and ship them here for the privileged few who can afford them. They are highly perishable, so we usually make the journey in one shot.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Dutch Corbin
->Rumor #131255:
Universal Shipping handles all Side Arm shipments to LPI and navy bases within Liberty space. If you've ever had a cop or navy boy pull a Perforator on you, then I'm the guy who delivered it to 'em more than likely.
 * Universal Shipping/ Thomas Wise
->Rumor #131256:
We handle all manner of precious cargo bound for the outer colonies. We ship Luxury Goods to New London, New Tokyo, and New Berlin. It is extremely dangerous between New London and here, especially because of the Lane Hackers. They aren't the dangerous part, it's the Outcasts who they sell the shipping information to that you have to worry about.
 * Universal Shipping/ Thomas Wise
->Rumor #131257:
We bring all manner of Commodities into Manhattan: Gold from New London, Silver from Bonn, Niobium from New Tokyo, and Consumer Goods from Houston. Universal uses her best pilots to make these runs; the Commodities onboard are very valuable and their loss is sorely felt.
 * Universal Shipping/ Thomas Wise
->Rumor #131265:
All our cruise ships require constant resupply of Luxury Goods for our clientele. I ship Luxury Goods from here in Manhattan to the Shetland in the Edinburgh system. It isn't a joy ride, since there are all kinds of fun exciting ways to get blown to bits on the trip.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Travel Agent Miguel Sanchez
->Rumor #131266:
A lot of the Luxury Goods produced here in Manhattan are headed to the luxury liner Hawaii in the Sigma-19 system. I just got assigned the route a few months ago. So far I've had nine escorts come and go courtesy of the Outcasts.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Travel Agent Miguel Sanchez
->Rumor #131267:
Ever hear of the LWB? They are some kind of militant Rheinland farmers who have turned to piracy. The Luxury Goods we ship from here in Manhattan to our resort on planet Baden-Baden in the Stuttgart system have been falling under their attacks.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Travel Agent Miguel Sanchez
->Rumor #131268:
Universal Shipping is the backbone of shipping within Liberty and New York. We supply all Liberty Navy and LPI bases with Food, Water, Oxygen, and H-Fuel. Usually the escorts we get are LPI or the navy to bring these goods in, so it is a pretty safe run. It took me a long time to get the seniority to pull these kinds of routes.
 * Universal Shipping/ Thomas Wise
->Rumor #131269:
We ship Manhattan's famous Luxury Goods to the booming planets of Los Angeles and Denver. A lot of the ultra rich go to California or Colorado to play or retire. They are newer systems that cater to the elite.
 * Universal Shipping/ Thomas Wise
->Rumor #131270:
Universal Shipping handles all Pharmaceutical shipments to naval bases within Liberty space. The Liberty government has complete confidence in Universal, or else they wouldn't provide us with such a crucial contract.
 * Universal Shipping/ Thomas Wise
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====Planet Pittsburgh (New York)====
->Rumor #131271:
Liberty is a good place to be if you are a Bounty Hunter; all the best contracts come right out of this system. The big corporations do their business here, and where there's business, there is crime, and that's where we come in.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kyla Robertson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Séamus Rail
->Rumor #131272:
Plenty of Bounty Hunters have spent time on an LPI ship making Consumer Goods, but that is where I learned to think like the criminals that I hunt down. You see, before I went to the Huntsville I wasn't really a criminal. When I got out I had three choices: mine Boron, join the Rogues, or become a Bounty Hunter.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kyla Robertson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Séamus Rail
->Rumor #131273:
A lot of them damned technocrats turn their noses up when a Bounty Hunter walks by, but they sure do get friendly when they need someone nabbed who's been stealing their goodies.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kyla Robertson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Séamus Rail
->Rumor #131274:
South of here is Zone 21. You aren't going to find many criminals there; you have to keep heading south past 21 until you reach the Badlands. And let me tell you when they call it the Badlands, they mean it. There are guys in there who will smoke you before you have the chance to cry for your mama.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kyla Robertson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Séamus Rail
->Rumor #131275:
I cracked a team of Rogues that was raiding the Food shipments coming in here from Ft. Bush. So I guess that they won't need to steal as much Food with three less mouths to feed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kyla Robertson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Séamus Rail
->Rumor #131276:
Xenos don't really come this far into New York; mostly they try for Detroit weapon shipments on the west side of the system. Plus the amount of Junkers and Rogues between here and New Jersey makes for a rough trip if you're a Xeno. Most likely he'd be dead by now.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kyla Robertson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Séamus Rail
->Rumor #131277:
The problem with the run to Pittsburgh is I have to travel through the Pittsburgh Debris Fields. It always puts me on edge moving through debris; you can't see hostiles until it's too late, and usually the police can't move in fast enough to help.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Matthew Hurrell
->Rumor #131278:
We ship Boron from this plant into Bretonia, specifically Stokes and Southampton. It's a long and brutal run to those bases. You got Rogues here, Mollys there, and Outcasts in between. And they will all try and kill you for your cargo.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Matthew Hurrell
->Rumor #131279:
Bowex is really a high-cost item shipper, but our contracts for the Boron here pay us reasonably well so we do it. Many of our ships haul Luxury Goods, Luxury Foods, and Gold. But I like hauling Boron. Pirates don't usually care as much about a shipment of Boron and will let me pass.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Matthew Hurrell
->Rumor #131280:
We ship the Boron produced here to the Baltimore Shipyard. It is a relatively short run, but that doesn't mean it's easy; Rogues come barreling out of the Pittsburgh Debris Field all the time.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Philip Davis
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Robert White
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner David Wingo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner Keith Meyer
 * Pittsburgh Bartender/Carlus Wesley
->Rumor #131281:
Though Deep Space is primarily a manufacturing firm, we do dabble in mining. And this base is an example of that since we extract Boron here. We also have a Fertilizer production facility in Houston.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Philip Davis
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Robert White
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner David Wingo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner Keith Meyer
 * Pittsburgh Bartender/Carlus Wesley
->Rumor #131282:
The Trade Lane technology that Ageira uses to run its Jump Gates is its most sensitive secret. We manufacture the Trade Lanes, but the real technology, the Jump Gate engine if you will, is housed in a black box that is plugged into the Ring that we construct. Any attempt to open the box will cause it to self-destruct, and it usually takes whoever was trying to open the box with it.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Philip Davis
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Robert White
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner David Wingo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner Keith Meyer
->Rumor #131283:
The Construction Machinery we use in our mining operations here is shipped to us from Houston. There are all kinds of scumbags in Texas that make life difficult for us shippers. And once we get into New York, that doesn't mean that things necessarily get any better.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Philip Davis
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Robert White
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner David Wingo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner Keith Meyer
 * Pittsburgh Bartender/Carlus Wesley
->Rumor #131284:
This corporation is the backbone of Liberty industry. Deep Space Engineering builds luxury and prison liners, military ships, and Trade Lanes and Jump Gates under contract from Ageira.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Philip Davis
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Robert White
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner David Wingo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner Keith Meyer
 * Pittsburgh Bartender/Carlus Wesley
->Rumor #131285:
We ship Water and Food from Manhattan to our base here. They are basic supplies that all bases require for maintaining their populations. It's surprising how many people die trying to ship or steal the most basic things.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Philip Davis
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Robert White
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner David Wingo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner Keith Meyer
 * Pittsburgh Bartender/Carlus Wesley
->Rumor #131286:
The contracts we have with Ageira have kept Deep Space at the technical and manufacturing edge of Liberty. Every Trade Lane you use is a quality Deep Space product.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Philip Davis
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Robert White
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner David Wingo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner Keith Meyer
 * Pittsburgh Bartender/Carlus Wesley
->Rumor #131287:
The Rogues in the area can make it difficult for us to keep our operations running smoothly. The LPI at Ft. Bush are spread too thinly in this area to interdict all the Rogue attacks on our Trade Lane.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Philip Davis
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Robert White
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner David Wingo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner Keith Meyer
 * Pittsburgh Bartender/Carlus Wesley
->Rumor #131288:
Deep Space employs a large part of Liberty's labor force; some would call them the lower class. But the employees at Deep Space are not underpaid; we take good care of our people, even the miners in the boron fields.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Philip Davis
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Robert White
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner David Wingo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner Keith Meyer
 * Pittsburgh Bartender/Carlus Wesley
->Rumor #131289:
The Pittsburgh Debris Field is mined out in the north, but there is still plenty of scrap in the south, and that's where you'll find the majority of Junkers who come into our fields.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Philip Davis
 * Deep Space Engineering/Foreman Robert White
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner David Wingo
 * Deep Space Engineering/Miner Keith Meyer
 * Pittsburgh Bartender/Carlus Wesley
->Rumor #131290:
The Junkers around Pittsburgh keep to their scrap-collecting most of the time. But don't be fooled, they do plenty of illegal trafficking, too. Scrap Metal isn't all they haul.
 * Pittsburgh Bartender/Carlus Wesley
->Rumor #131292:
The police maintain a presence here on behalf of Deep Space Engineering. We try to keep an eye on the Lanes that this base's suppliers use to deliver the supplies needed to keep this place running. The Rogues love to hang out in the Pittsburgh Field. It provides ample cover for their attacks, and they can sell their goods at the Junker base in the Jersey Field.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Evan Templar
->Rumor #131293:
Most of the Junkers in this area aren't really doing anything illegal, just looking for scrap. Occasionally we'll catch one of them trying to steal some equipment, which means we are gonna bust some Rogues that the Junker will rat out to save his own hide.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Evan Templar
->Rumor #131294:
The shipping companies that come to this base are always whining about not having enough protection in this area. We simply don't have enough men to spread around this much space. But our patrols keep the route to this base relatively safe.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Evan Templar
->Rumor #131295:
Our transports take containers of Boron from here to the Sugarland Smelter in Texas. Even though this is Liberty my superiors in Rheinland are making sure we do our shipping on time and on schedule.
 * Republican Shipping/ Robert Kunz
->Rumor #131296:
This station requires our services in many ways. It just goes to show that Liberty would not be all that she is without the support of the other Houses. Mining Machinery is brought to this base from Ft. Bush.
 * Republican Shipping/ Robert Kunz
->Rumor #131297:
Mining Machinery is brought to this base from Essen in New Berlin. This is a very dangerous run to make between Rheinland and Liberty. Some of the most dangerous criminals in all of Sirius haunt those Independent Worlds, not to mention the criminals within House space on either side.
 * Republican Shipping/ Robert Kunz
->Rumor #131298:
The Boron produced here is shipped by us to the Norfolk Shipyard, the Pueblo Plant in Colorado, and the Sugarland Smelter in Texas. As you can see, Universal Shipping travels throughout Liberty to meet all of her shipping needs.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ross Allen
->Rumor #131299:
Some of the Mining Machinery that we ship comes from Essen in New Berlin. Republican brings a good deal of machinery into this base, but they cannot handle all of the demand. That's why we make the run also, as dangerous as it is.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ross Allen
->Rumor #131300:
Universal provides this facility with the majority of its supplies from Ft. Bush: Mining Machinery, Pharmaceuticals, Food, and H-Fuel. The exception is Consumer Goods, which we ship to this base from Houston.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ross Allen
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====Rochester Base (New York)====
->Rumor #131139:
Rochester ships Diamonds, Niobium, and Gold to Manhattan. Most of it is stolen property that we are selling back to the very people who owned it in the first place.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131140:
Rogues come in here and pick up Side Arm shipments for their Badlands base. It's a long haul around the system to safety for them.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131141:
We ship Cardamine and Artifacts to Manhattan -- one of the riskiest runs for a Junker there is.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131142:
We get our Artifacts from Leiden, up in the Galileo system. The Hogosha hand them over to the Rogues there.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131143:
If the heat from Liberty Police ever gets too bad, we just serve up some petty criminal or deadbeat hauling some illegal cargo. LPI doesn't really care as long as it looks like they are cracking down on criminals; an arrest here and there with some confiscated contraband usually gets them off our backs for a while.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131144:
The New York Debris Fields give us plenty of cover to operate in; we've pulled most of the scrap and salvage from Jersey, but we still find plenty of goodies in the Pittsburg and Detroit Fields. You might run across an occasional fragged ship floating in there too. Those are the guys who crossed us.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131145:
We like to get along with everybody around here; the more the merrier I always say. Of course, that only counts if the more means more people with money. The more criminals that need us means we have our hands in all that many more pockets, and that's really what we want.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131146:
Operating from here or our base in the Badlands, you'll find Liberty Rogues pirating the Trade Lanes and hitting the storage depots near the various commercial stations in this system.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #131380:
The Junkers want us to take on the Xenos since they have been staging more attacks on them lately. We'll oblige, as we're not sure what the Xenos are really up to. Some of the bosses think they want to take over the Cardamine business from us. Fat chance of that.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132597:
Just making a supply run back out to Buffalo. Why do people like me always get the lousy jobs? I have to run the gauntlet of the LPI and navy through the Detroit Field and across the Trade Lanes with little profit in it for me.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132598:
This is a good base if you want to hang out and attack the local Trade Lanes. Gotta watch out for those Xenos in the eastern part of Jersey, though.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132599:
We've been running Diamonds and Gold up from Buffalo. It's a pretty wild ride across New York. Anytime you got cargo like that, you gotta expect trouble. All that stuff is smuggled into Liberty after getting stolen in the Independent Worlds -- kind of like recycled property. That's the way I see it.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132600:
That Artifact run from Leiden can be rough. There's a long stretch across Colorado where you're pretty exposed -- Bounty Hunters always out there, circling like vultures. Once you get to the Silverton Field, you got the Xenos.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132601:
Running Cardamine from Buffalo is one of the toughest jobs you can do in New York. I don't know why the Outcasts can't do it themselves. They always make us do all the dirty work. One day we'll be in charge.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
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====Trenton Outpost (New York)====
->Rumor #131323:
Ageira ships Basic Alloys from this base to Detroit for use in the manufacturing of personal weaponry.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Kevin Lintz
->Rumor #131324:
A Universal is the company that ships Ageira's Trade Lane components to the Deep Space Engineering sites that will eventually become Jump Gates and Trade Lanes. They are fortunate to be honored with our very lucrative, exclusive contracts.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Kevin Lintz
->Rumor #131325:
Ageira ships Side Arms to this station from Detroit. The Xenos love attacking weapon shipments, so we usually fly here under escort. We killed three Xenos on the last run to this base.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Kevin Lintz
->Rumor #131326:
Our finely crafted Detroit personal weaponry is sent throughout Sirius space from here -- that is, with the exception of Rheinland, which produces its own Side Arms. However, Detroit firepower is generally recognized as the best in personal protection.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Kevin Lintz
->Rumor #131327:
Ageira ships Super Alloys and Superconductors to this base from Pueblo. Since this base serves as HQ for Universal Shipping, these Commodities will eventually be shipped throughout all of Sirius.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Kevin Lintz
->Rumor #131328:
Jump Gate parts are brought to Trenton from Pueblo in Colorado. Those components will eventually be assembled by Deep Space Engineering into future Jump Gates and Trade Lane Rings.
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Kevin Lintz
->Rumor #131329:
Food is brought to this station from Los Angeles by Synth Foods.
 * Synth Foods/ Marcus Day
->Rumor #131330:
This is but one base that our Paste-delivery fleet visits in our quest to keep the people of Sirius fed. Though we work towards a good cause, we still have our enemies.
 * Synth Foods/ Marcus Day
->Rumor #131331:
The run from California to this base isn't a bad one as runs go. Sometimes our Food shipments get attacked by Rogues, but overall, we're pretty well protected. Once our ships enter the system, we head past West Point. Plenty of patrols and the LPI keep this area relatively safe since it's so close to Manhattan.
 * Synth Foods/ Marcus Day
->Rumor #131332:
This base serves as the headquarters for Universal Shipping, the primary shipping and transport company in Liberty. We ship to far-flung destinations throughout all of Sirius. If you want it shipped, you'd better go with Universal!
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131333:
The Trade Lane components at this base are shipped by us to Waterloo in New London. We are part of the life blood of shipping that is Jump Gate technology, and all of Sirius benefits from our shipping convoys.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131334:
Because Universal handles such sensitive technology, we have become known as the premier shipper of rarified and valuable items. That means that our transports will very rarely stray from the Trade Lanes, and travel through Border Worlds and dangerous areas hardly ever happens.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131335:
The Oxygen and Water consumed at this base is shipped in by us from Manhattan. These basic components must be shipped to almost every base in every system in all of Sirius space. Maybe one day Universal will ship to them all.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131336:
The Side Arms at this base are shipped by Universal to New London and New Tokyo. Both runs are very dangerous; anytime you travel through Independent Worlds you have to be ready for a fight. That goes double for Side Arm shipments.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131337:
If Ageira builds it, you can count on Universal being the company to ship it. Universal ships the Side Arms to Trenton from Detroit, and we've been doing so for many years.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131338:
Universal ships Super Alloys to the Oder shipyard in New Berlin, and let me tell you I must age ten years each time I fly through the Independent Worlds into Rheinland.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131339:
Universal ships Superconductors to Trenton from Pueblo. From this base they will be distributed to locations throughout Sirius for all manner of implementations.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131340:
The Superconductors brought here are shipped by Universal to the Southampton Shipyard in New London, where they will be used to drive the engines of the Bretonian Navy. We here at Universal are proud to take part in such an honor.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131341:
We ship Food from here to Ageira's weapons manufacturing center in Detroit. Synth Foods delivers its own Pastes to Liberty planets; we handle more of the specific deliveries to military, police, and commercial bases.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131342:
We ship Basic Alloys here from the Sugarland in Texas. It is a mean trip that kills pilots and escorts all the time. Texas is a dangerous system filled with the rabble of Liberty.
 * Trenton Bartender/Eric Willmar
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131344:
The Superconductors here are shipped by Universal to the Southampton Shipyard in New London. The trip is not an easy one, and my ship is almost always beat up when I come limping into Southampton. They patch me up and send me on back to do it all over again. I swear I lose a hair each time worrying about whether I'm gonna make it or not.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Anton Davis
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. James Porter
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Mike Wedel
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Paul Mercer
->Rumor #131374:
The Trade Lanes between Rheinland and Liberty are dangerous ones. In Hudson the Xenos attack our transports, and in Bering we are attacked by Unionist scum.
 * Republican Shipping/ Frank Dietz
->Rumor #131375:
Republican Shipping is the premier Rheinland shipping firm. If it weren't for the massive debts that Rheinland accumulated during the 80-Years War, Republican would still be the only shippers in Rheinland space.
 * Republican Shipping/ Frank Dietz
->Rumor #131376:
Engine Components are shipped here from the Ring in New Berlin via Republican Shipping. The Ring is Rheinland's symbol of industrial might; many of Rheinland's Commodities are produced there.
 * Republican Shipping/ Frank Dietz
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====West Point Military Academy (New York)====
->Rumor #131426:
I've killed Red Hessians in Rheinland; Rogues, Lane Hackers, and Outcasts in Liberty; Mollys in Bretonia; Hogosha and Blood Dragons in Kusari; I've even bagged a few Corsairs. But I've never brought any of 'em in. Bounty Hunters aren't paid to capture criminals; we're paid to kill them.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Logan Glock
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Zach Dowell
->Rumor #131427:
The navy doesn't get it; you can't just patrol for the criminals. Sure, that helps, but if you want to solve the problem you have to seek them out -- hunt them at their lair. And once you're there, you kill them all, every single one. That's how you solve the problem.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Logan Glock
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Zach Dowell
->Rumor #131428:
If I were one of these stuck-up navy captains, I'd just roll the Missouri right into the middle of the Badlands and start cleaning house. They say it's impossible logistically, but that's a politician's word. Just go in there and kill them -- it's that simple.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Logan Glock
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Zach Dowell
->Rumor #131429:
There's no way I'd ever wear a uniform or salute some stuck-up jerk every time he walked by just because he has a few more pieces of metal on his chest. Bounty Hunters have to work harder because we don't have a fleet behind us. But if you need someone dealt with, we do the job.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Logan Glock
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Zach Dowell
->Rumor #131430:
The Junkers are a crafty bunch of scumbags; they know the dirt on everybody -- and they're willing to talk if the price is right. It's not my money that pays 'em off. That's part of my bill for offing my mark. Give me a little bribe, some gas money, and a reward for completion of assignment, and I'll smoke anyone you want.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Logan Glock
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Zach Dowell
->Rumor #131431:
Fighting an Outcast is like fighting a Corsair: they're both armed to the teeth, mean as hell, and can pilot a ship as well as anyone you're gonna find. That's why it's best to take them on with two-to-one or better odds. And if the guy you're flying with gets popped, that means more money for you.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Logan Glock
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Zach Dowell
->Rumor #131433:
We run patrols along the edges of the Badlands and the Trade Lanes leading to California. We intercept Rogues trying to make the run between the Detroit Debris Fields and the Badlands.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Anthony Hughes
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Pam Armstrong
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Christopher Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jonah Helmuth
 * Liberty Navy/West Point Bartender/Walter Montgomery
->Rumor #131434:
I've been waiting to get into West Point my whole life, but now I don't know if I'll be able to handle it. Last week my dorm mate and best friend died on one of our patrols sweeping the outer edges of the Badlands. Outcasts weren't supposed to come through that area, just Rogues.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Anthony Hughes
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Pam Armstrong
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Christopher Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jonah Helmuth
->Rumor #131435:
The recruits here are good boys from the top families in Liberty. One day they will lead Liberty's military and keep our space safe from enemies.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Anthony Hughes
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Christopher Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jonah Helmuth
->Rumor #131436:
This academy is near the California Jump Gate. California is a favorite hangout for the Lane Hackers. Lane Hackers were former Ageira employees who turned to crime. They're smarter than most of the criminals you'll go up against.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Anthony Hughes
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Pam Armstrong
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Christopher Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jonah Helmuth
 * Liberty Navy/West Point Bartender/Walter Montgomery
->Rumor #131437:
The tactics that the cadets here are instructed in cover all manner of scenarios, from defending our space from foreign invasion to small-operations tactics. The best of our graduates go on to captain dreadnoughts and other capital ships. If they have good, fast-twitch reflexes and lightning-quick decision-making abilities, they might end up piloting a Liberty Heavy Fighter as leader of an attack wing.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Anthony Hughes
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Pam Armstrong
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Christopher Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jonah Helmuth
 * Liberty Navy/West Point Bartender/Walter Montgomery
->Rumor #131438:
The Kusari-Rheinland embargo was an incident that reminded Liberty that her forces must remain ever-vigilant. We believed our military might to be unstoppable, but we were wrong. Once the H-Fuel stopped flowing into Liberty we could no longer power our attack crafts and had to acquiesce to the demands of the foreign powers.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Anthony Hughes
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Pam Armstrong
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Christopher Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jonah Helmuth
 * Liberty Navy/West Point Bartender/Walter Montgomery
->Rumor #131439:
We teach these cadets the importance of estimation. An officer must never overestimate his own capabilities, or the capability of his men or his ship. Overestimating our forces was the darkest lesson that the Liberty Navy ever had to learn.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Anthony Hughes
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Pam Armstrong
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Christopher Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jonah Helmuth
 * Liberty Navy/West Point Bartender/Walter Montgomery
->Rumor #131440:
Outcasts killed some of our boys last week. Our intelligence showed that our training wing's operating area was supposedly unpopulated by Outcasts. Well, Intel was wrong and we lost two cadets. The instructor was able to bag a couple of Outcast ships before they escaped back into the Badlands.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Anthony Hughes
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Christopher Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jonah Helmuth
->Rumor #131441:
I was the marine commander aboard the Missouri for many years. Now they have me teaching these little runts about ship-boarding operations and planetary-invasion scenarios. I miss being back aboard the Iron Miz. I suppose it's my duty to train whelps now.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Anthony Hughes
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Pam Armstrong
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Christopher Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jonah Helmuth
->Rumor #131443:
This academy also serves as a supply point for the remote stations within the Badlands. We also carry supplies for the ships entering the system through California that might be running low on Water, Oxygen, or Food.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Anthony Hughes
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Pam Armstrong
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Christopher Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jonah Helmuth
 * Liberty Navy/West Point Bartender/Walter Montgomery
->Rumor #131444:
The navy sends a patrol wing into the Detroit Debris Fields. There is a lot of illegal traffic moving through there. Criminals use the debris to hide in as they jump from debris field to debris field through Liberty space.
 * Liberty Navy/West Point Bartender/Walter Montgomery
->Rumor #131445:
Right before graduation the cadets here are sent into the Badlands to kill some criminals. It's the last part of their training, and they go without an instructor. By that point they should be able to handle themselves reasonably well, even if they are still pretty green.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Anthony Hughes
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Pam Armstrong
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Christopher Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jonah Helmuth
 * Liberty Navy/West Point Bartender/Walter Montgomery
->Rumor #131446:
The navy has secret research stations in the Badlands. I think they are there to study anomalies that occur within the area. Of course it could also be a cover for covert operations there.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Anthony Hughes
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Pam Armstrong
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Christopher Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jonah Helmuth
->Rumor #131447:
Universal ships Water and Oxygen from Manhattan; Synth Foods brings Food in from Los Angeles. It's a good thing that I run supplies to the academy. I was in trouble on my way here a few weeks ago until a training squadron came in from nowhere and wiped the Rogues on my tail.
 * Universal Shipping/ Dylan Anderson
->Rumor #131448:
We ship Water, Food, and Oxygen to Norfolk from this base. It can be treacherous to make this run, because a lot of dangerous criminals like to attack this Trade Lane. It lies right outside the edge of the Badlands, so there are plenty of places we can be ambushed.
 * Universal Shipping/ Dylan Anderson
->Rumor #131449:
To keep West Point running, this station requires Side Arms, which we ship in from Detroit. We also get Pharmaceuticals from Ft. Bush, and H-Fuel from Norfolk. All of these Commodities are required to train tomorrow's officers of the Liberty naval fleet.
 * Universal Shipping/ Dylan Anderson
->Rumor #134338:
Liberty Navy Patrol 27 flew into Badlands two weeks ago on their regular route, and then disappeared without a trace. An extensive search by authorities has not turned up anything so far. The patrol comprised three elite fighters.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Pam Armstrong
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Christopher Thompson
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====Battleship Ark Royal (Newcastle)====
->Rumor #132400:
Outcasts and Mollys give us the most trouble in these parts of space; the Gaians don't really operate up here -- not that they would be much of a threat compared to the blokes we already fight every day.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Ark Royal Bartender/RBT-26
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Jack Curtis
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Sean Smith
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mia Hayward
->Rumor #132402:
We encounter a good deal of Bounty Hunters hired by BMM to kill the criminals we can't lay a beam to, but they are as shady as the criminals at times, plus I think they enjoy their job too much. I kill because I have to; these sadists kill because they enjoy it.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Jack Curtis
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Sean Smith
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mia Hayward
->Rumor #132404:
The Gaians have been attacking the Harris terraforming project in Tau-31 for some time now. Planetform claims they have caused many delays in the project. I'm not so sure about that. Last patrol I did, we saw more Outcasts than Gaians.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Ark Royal Bartender/RBT-26
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Jack Curtis
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Sean Smith
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mia Hayward
->Rumor #132406:
The military personnel on this ship are always looking down their noses at us Bounty Hunters, but the truth is that if they could do their job well enough, BMM wouldn't be forced to hire us to do what the military can't.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Poppy Perkins
->Rumor #132409:
Tau-31 is a productive area for us. The Gaians hang out near Harris, if that's what you fancy. For the more advanced Hunter, the Outcasts offer plenty of challenge in the northern part of the system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Poppy Perkins
->Rumor #132410:
I heard there's some big bounties offered by BMM at their mining base in Tau-23. I guess the Outcasts have been sockin' it to 'em up there. They bit more off than they could chew on that one, they did. That's practically Edge World.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Poppy Perkins
->Rumor #132412:
Just doing a quick supply run from Leeds. This system is one of those exceptions to the rule that planetside life is better. They were going through one of those gas mask-level smog alerts when I left this morning. That's when even the rats start to die.
 * Borderworld Exports/Riley Lord
->Rumor #132413:
I used to do the Border World run to Kusari. This is my last job until retirement, which will not be on Leeds, mind you. I've got my eye on a nice cottage in the Cambridge countryside.
 * Borderworld Exports/Riley Lord
->Rumor #132414:
You are reasonably trustworthy in Bowex's eyes, so I don't mind telling you that the MOX from this base comes directly from LD-14. We ship them back Toxic Waste to reprocess. BMM had to start doing it after 800 years of dumping because of ALG.
 * Borderworld Exports/Riley Lord
->Rumor #525404:
.Very few recruits from the Armed Forces come to Newcastle. Virtually all of them are needed on the frontlines these days, as I hear the casualty rates out there are horrendous. Ever since the news arrived that Glasgow Outpost and Stokes have fallen to Kusari, we've been expecting orders to move to Leeds. They haven't come yet, but I suspect it is only a matter of time.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mia Hayward
->Rumor #525405:
.We have to go to the aid of a lot of Bowex convoys that get attacked. This system is crawling with criminal scum, although the Mollys don't seem to be up to much these days.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mia Hayward
->Rumor #525406:
.This ship is the most powerful battleship the Armed Forces have created to date. We're equipped with the latest in point defence and target acquisition sensors, although obviously for security reasons I can't tell you any specifics. You'll have to join the Bretonia Armed Forces if you want to learn more. And yeah, I know its stupid to keep our most advanced warship in Newcastle while the Kusari scum roll into Leeds, but I don't make the orders, I just follow them.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mia Hayward
->Rumor #525407:
.We use Crusaders and Templars for our pilots. They combine excellent firepower with decent agility. The Kusari vessels are more agile though, and thus harder to hit, which is unfortunately one of the reasons why the war is not going so well for us.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Sean Smith
->Rumor #525408:
.My buddy went missing on patrol to the west of here, some time ago. I guess he's probably dead but it would be good to get his body back to give him a decent burial. He probably ran into one of those numerous ancient minefields that litter this system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Poppy Perkins
->Rumor #525409:
.There's rumours of some IMG wanting a jump gate to Cortez in this system. That's never going to happen, at least not for a year or two; we don't want to make it even easier for criminals to get into this system. Besides, jump gates are expensive and we can't afford it, what with the war and 

all.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Sean Smith
->Rumor #525410:
.The South Shields Refinery is owned by the IMG. If they decide to back Kusari in the war, we'll take it and hold it hostage. There's no way they'd get away with that. It's probably why they haven't yet done anything, although I'm inclined to believe that they won't do anything anyway.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Sean Smith
->Rumor #525411:
.I want to get transferred out of here. I can't stand the boredom. I joined the Armed Forces to see Sirius and fight the Kusari, not spend it chasing down Gaians and watching commercial transport go past all day!
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Jack Curtis
->Rumor #525412:
.There's a jump hole some way southeast of here. I don't know where it goes; I found it out on patrol one time, looking for Gaians in the Northumberland ice cloud. Ageira says jump holes are unstable, though. I don't trust those corporate creeps, but I'm not willing to gamble my life on the belief that Ageira is lying.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Poppy Perkins
->Rumor #525413:
.Are you looking for trouble? Because you've sure as hell found it. Now get lost before I kick your butt clear back to the fetid pit that you crawled out of.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Poppy Perkins
->Rumor #525414:
.We think that the Mollys will keep a base hidden from us out there, even though any eventual peace treaty that may happen is supposed to include the location of every Molly Base. I don't really blame them for keeping one secret though. What isn't good is that we believe it's the one where they're making their nukes. And that has to stop.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Jack Curtis
->Rumor #525415:
.I think that the Armed Forces will reclaim Tau-31 before long. We've already started making large pushes through Dundee into their territory, and it won't be long before we manage to press them back to Tau-29. Many of my colleagues are sceptical, given the losses we sustained when the Kusari captured Glasgow and Stokes, but I believe the Queen will see us through somehow.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Jack Curtis
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====Battleship Grimsby (Newcastle)====
->Rumor #132227:
You know the real war going on? It's the Mollys and the Corsairs. Those Corsairs are moving in on Molly turf like they weren't even there. We may not have a Molly problem much longer with that going on. Of course, having a sky full of Corsairs ain't too grand either.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Rebecca Schofield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Owen Hamilton
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Tyler Short
->Rumor #132231:
I don't really think the Mollys are as bad as we've all been told by the government. From what I hear, BMM is a pretty nasty place to work, especially that GS&M station under Graves.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Rebecca Schofield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Grimsby Bartender/Jordan Myers
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Owen Hamilton
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Tyler Short
->Rumor #132234:
The Armed Forces is having problems with Corsairs down here. It's spreadin' like the plague. Corsairs don't care much for anything but Gold in this area but, seeing as that's the only product of Dublin, we've got a serious problem.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frances Kiefer
->Rumor #132235:
They brought me in from Freeport 1. I'm a Corsair specialist -- been out in the Omega systems for a couple of years. This species of Corsair is nothing like what's out there. Heaven help 'em if those bastards make it into Bretonia.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frances Kiefer
->Rumor #132237:
All this talk about Mollys bombing London is just that, talk. It's a bunch of hot air pumped up by BMM. I've heard they're bribing the government and the media to keep the Mollys on the defensive.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frances Kiefer
->Rumor #132240:
Bowex has the exclusive contract to supply all military and police bases in Bretonia -- at highly inflated rates I might add. What's good for Bowex is good for Bretonia, I say.
 * Borderworld Exports/Lewis Lowe
->Rumor #525302:
.We're here to protect Sunderland. Being next to these alien structures really freaks out most of the crew. We get transfer requests all the time. People wanting to come see it, and people wanting to get away. Most of the new transfers these days though come from retirees pulled back into active service. Such is the state of the war these days.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Grimsby Bartender/Jordan Myers
->Rumor #525303:
.We use only the best fighters and Bombers for patrols around these areas. Criminals are constantly trying to get in to steal artifacts from the alien ruins, though I don't know why. Perhaps they think that there are super weapons hidden in there or something.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Tyler Short
->Rumor #525304:
.The Outcasts just don't give up. There are dozens of their fighter wrecks dotted around this area, and a looter would have a field day if they dared to pass through the ancient minefields that litter this system. One time we even lost a prototype weapon in the test phase somewhere out in the south of the system. Unfortunately we were never able to recover it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frances Kiefer
->Rumor #525305:
.That minefield out there, it's ancient. The mines are of a massively high yield. Whoever originally put them there obviously didn't want visitors, and we've lost dozens of ships over the years to them.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Rebecca Schofield
->Rumor #525306:
.The Grimsby is one of the most powerful Bretonian battleships ever created. The most powerful built so far is the Ark Royal, and it seems a silly to leave such a powerful ship here in Newcastle, while we struggle against Kusari in Tau-31.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Owen Hamilton
->Rumor #525307:
.Did you hear about some new discovery out in the Tau systems? The IMG must have discovered it or something, and no doubt Kusari and Bretonia will be fighting over whatever is out there before long. As if there wasn't enough fighting going on already, especially with the fall of Glasgow Outpost and Stokes.
 * Borderworld Exports/Lewis Lowe
->Rumor #525308:
.Holman Outpost in Tau 31 is one of the most important IMG installations, and our war with Kusari is damaging it quite a bit. At least we have the decency to help repair it if our weapons strike it, the Kusari Navy just ignore it, or blame it on us. They would probably blow it up if it wasn't for the bad publicity that would result from it.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Tyler Short
->Rumor #525309:
.We need constant supplies from our fleet base in Salisbury to keep this vessel operational, although most of our MOX comes directly from LD-14, although supplies are getting stretched, now that Leeds is under blockade. Most of the new crew members get transferred straight from other battleships stationed on the frontline. I guess this ship serves as something of a bit of R&R away from the warzones.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Rebecca Schofield
->Rumor #525310:
.Very few new recruits from the Armed Forces come to Newcastle. Most head to Leeds and Tau-31 these days, where the fighting is still heavy, especially after the fall of Stokes and Glasgow Outpost. I'd be surprised if half of them survive their first month out there.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Owen Hamilton
->Rumor #525311:
.This battleship was commissioned in 802 A.S., and I joined its crew not long after. We spent a number of years patrolling Cambridge and Omega 3, but eventually the High Command decided that Sunderland needed additional protection, and our name got drawn out of the hat. It is boring here, but I find it preferable to being on the frontlines facing the entire Kusari Navy. Still, i expect that we will eventually be relocated if the war gets any worse than it already is.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Grimsby Bartender/Jordan Myers
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====Belfast Production Facility (Newcastle)====
->Rumor #132653:
The Mollys were established right after the Founders Day Revolt. All we were trying to do was let the government know how bad we were being treated by BMM. The government didn't care. We weren't worth anything in their eyes, just like the BMM executives. We knew that Bretonia wasn't our home, and if we ever wanted to have a home we would have to carve it from Bretonian space.
 * Mollys/Belfast Bartender/Kieran Callaghan
 * Mollys/Malachy McMillan
 * Mollys/Ronan Mullen
 * Mollys/Samuel McMillan
->Rumor #132655:
The Mollys hate BMM. They were the ones who worked us to the bone. The life expectancy for a miner before the revolt was less than six years. If you're gonna have a life expectancy for a job, you might as well be a soldier.
 * Mollys/Belfast Bartender/Kieran Callaghan
 * Mollys/Malachy McMillan
 * Mollys/Ronan Mullen
 * Mollys/Samuel McMillan
->Rumor #132656:
Well, we lobbed old man Graves's head off in the Founders Day Revolt, but now his daughter runs GS&M. She is just as bad as he ever was, but she is more dangerous because she is smarter. One day I will see her dead. Our attacks at their base are getting closer and closer to blowing the whole station.
 * Mollys/Malachy McMillan
 * Mollys/Ronan Mullen
 * Mollys/Samuel McMillan
->Rumor #134289:
The Scargill was participating on a Gold poaching run into the GS&M Gold Field several weeks ago when it was caught by the company security patrol. They pursued the fleeing ship into the minefield, where it blew up. There may still be looted Gold in the cargo hold; the GS&M patrol left it in place as a warning to other Mollys.
 * Mollys/Samuel McMillan
->Rumor #525337:
.Belfast is big enough to house any of our brethren who decide to come and stay here. They just have to either patrol around it, or work in the smelting plants. Either way, if they come here, they work. We don't have the resources to put up with slackers.
 * Mollys/Belfast Bartender/Kieran Callaghan
->Rumor #525338:
.We earn a huge amount of credits, selling our products to any buyers on the black market. Most of the buyers tend to be the Liberty Rogues and the Junkers, but we don't mind. It helps to pay for most of our operations.
 * Mollys/Malachy McMillan
->Rumor #525339:
.We took this place over in a single day, during a massive all-out attack, in 795 A.S. What a lot of people don't know though is that a huge amount of the workers here joined us. We give better pay and working conditions than their former bosses at BMM, despite the occasional Armed Forces raid. They're now loyal and helpful to the Molly cause.
 * Mollys/Ronan Mullen
->Rumor #525340:
.We use Pirate Trains to transport our finished goods. They're big, and have good offensive power, but lack in armour, so we send large escorts with them. We don't get much trouble from the Armed Forces these days, although the stupid Gaians still try to raid our transports.
 * Mollys/Samuel McMillan
->Rumor #525341:
.There are rumours of a devastating attack on a station called York Outpost, during 801 A.S. The word is that aliens destroyed the outpost. You'll find the ruins in the south east sectors of this system, although be careful. The aliens were rumoured to have built a base, though I personally don't put too much stock in rumours. Also, the York was supposedly researching new fighter weaponry, but nobody has ever been out there to check.
 * Mollys/Belfast Bartender/Kieran Callaghan
->Rumor #525342:
.We use the Chester system as a shortcut to get back to our home base of Arranmore, as there is a jump hole to Dublin in Chester. You'll find the jump hole a fair way south of here. It's not far from where we believe the accursed Gaians are harbouring a base. The Bretonian government doesn't know about the Chester system yet, and we'd like to keep it that way.
 * Mollys/Malachy McMillan
->Rumor #525343:
.As you might imagine, this place was difficult to capture. But we secretly did a deal with the Liberty Rogues; they sold us almost two dozen of their Rogue Gunboats. Those were used with devastating effect against the station.
 * Mollys/Ronan Mullen
->Rumor #525344:
.The BMM didn't realise that we had people applying for jobs onboard the station for years before we even launched our assault. I myself applied to work here in 793 A.S., but once the attack was launched I revealed my true allegiance and helped to capture the station for the Mollys.
 * Mollys/Samuel McMillan
->Rumor #525345:
.Help! Stay away from me! You're not human! Hmm...are you sure? You look a bit different. Oh well, maybe I need my eyesight testing again, but I could have sworn you were a 

Leprechaun...
 * Mollys/Malachy McMillan
->Rumor #525346:
.We have to put up with two heavy battleships in this system. Luckily for us, they don't often move. They must have a more important agenda than to protect the transports in this system...which is strange.
 * Mollys/Belfast Bartender/Kieran Callaghan
->Rumor #525347:
.Most of the materials that fuel the smelting plants onboard Belfast are mined on the planet Middlesbrough. We have automated mining platforms on the surface of that planet that we liberated from the BMM when we captured the station, and now they work to supply our factories and installations with raw materials.
 * Mollys/Ronan Mullen
->Rumor #525348:
.There's a massive minefield in this system, and hundreds of explosive gas pockets. I wonder where they came from. Anyway, don't stray far from the known patrol routes, and avoid any wrecks, those pool souls probably found one of those explosive pockets...
 * Mollys/Belfast Bartender/Kieran Callaghan
->Rumor #525349:
.There's a jump hole to the Inverness system, not far from here, at the southern end of the barrier nebula that you will find east of here. We use it as a shortcut to trade with the Liberty Rogues in Cortez, and to take breaks on Curacao from time to time.
 * Mollys/Malachy McMillan
->Rumor #525350:
.I miss my wife. She is back on Arranmore base, while I got assigned to here to repair the fighters that come in damaged after engagements against the Gaians. Hopefully I'll get to go home within the next month or two.
 * Mollys/Ronan Mullen
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====Cape Wrath Base (Newcastle)====
->Rumor #132819:
Our most valued Cardamine customer is the Lane Hackers. Not only do they pay us well for our Cardamine, they will barter valuable Trade Lane information for it. I foresee them becoming completely dependent upon us. Soon their Trade Lane technology will be ours.
 * Outcasts/Adriadna Castro
 * Outcasts/Amatista Olivo
 * Outcasts/Cape Wrath Bartender/Antu Carrera
 * Outcasts/Giunia Palomo
 * Outcasts/Ovidio Vazquez
->Rumor #132820:
It's been hard to crack into the Kusari market with our drug, because their strongest crime syndicate, the Hogosha, refuse to deal with us. But we have found allies within Kusari who will help us tap that well. The Golden Chrysanthemums have discovered the allure of Cardamine.
 * Outcasts/Adriadna Castro
 * Outcasts/Amatista Olivo
 * Outcasts/Cape Wrath Bartender/Antu Carrera
 * Outcasts/Giunia Palomo
 * Outcasts/Ovidio Vazquez
->Rumor #132822:
If you don't mind risking NCR status in Liberty, you may be interested in shipping our drugs. You can take the Cardamine from here and sell it at any Rogue or Junker base. The closer you get to capitol systems, the more dangerous it gets. But it's also more rewarding.
 * Outcasts/Adriadna Castro
 * Outcasts/Amatista Olivo
 * Outcasts/Cape Wrath Bartender/Antu Carrera
 * Outcasts/Giunia Palomo
 * Outcasts/Ovidio Vazquez
->Rumor #132823:
One of our allies is the Rogues. They aren't our partners as much as our pawns. We have them under control because they are addicted to Cardamine. Soon more groups will fall to the allure of the drug, and they will also be ours to control. I see this upon the horizon for the Golden Chrysanthemums.
 * Outcasts/Adriadna Castro
 * Outcasts/Amatista Olivo
 * Outcasts/Giunia Palomo
 * Outcasts/Ovidio Vazquez
->Rumor #132824:
We trust you, so I will tell you how to make yourself very rich. The Cardamine brought to this base comes from Malta. It is there that we also receive all necessary supplies to run this base.
 * Outcasts/Adriadna Castro
 * Outcasts/Amatista Olivo
 * Outcasts/Giunia Palomo
 * Outcasts/Ovidio Vazquez
->Rumor #132825:
I yearn for my return to Malta. I miss the orange fields of grass and sprawling plantations. The Cardamine is so woven into my blood that even my skin feels dry and cracked without the winds of my home planet upon it.
 * Outcasts/Amatista Olivo
 * Outcasts/Giunia Palomo
 * Outcasts/Ovidio Vazquez
->Rumor #525364:
.Did you know that we ship large amounts of stolen goods from here back to Malta? We steal them from transports heading to South Shields most of the time, though occasionally we also raid Scarborough Station.
 * Outcasts/Cape Wrath Bartender/Antu Carrera
->Rumor #525365:
.One of my friends, Carlos Ricardo, spent too long out on patrol and ran out of Cardamine for several hours. He's down in the medical bay recovering, so let his story be a lesson to you. If you're truly addicted to Cardamine, always make sure you have enough, because people like the Outcasts and the Lane Hackers cannot survive very long without it. I heard some scientists say once that it mutates human DNA, so that we're not even truly human anymore, but that's ok. Humanity abandoned the Outcasts long ago.
 * Outcasts/Amatista Olivo
->Rumor #525366:
.The Independent Miners Guild attempted to map out the Galloway Ice Cloud recently, but it ended in disaster for them, as usual. The fools only sent a wing of heavy fighters as an escort for the exploration vessel, and we destroyed them easily. We lost two men, but it's a small price to pay to keep the location of our base secret.
 * Outcasts/Ovidio Vazquez
->Rumor #525367:
.Those Gaian terrorists get on our nerves. They apparently have a base in the Northumberland Ice cloud. We've been putting up with their pointless attacks for a while now, but if they continue we may have to go down there and teach them a lesson about meddling with the Outcasts.
 * Outcasts/Adriadna Castro
->Rumor #525368:
.We used construction materials stolen from Holman Outpost and Scarborough station to help build this base. The IMG have never quite forgiven us for stealing them, but since they persist in being our enemies by venturing too close to Malta with their mining operations, we consider it fair play.
 * Outcasts/Giunia Palomo
->Rumor #525369:
.It's actually quite quiet around here. We occasionally get raids on this base by the Gaians and Bounty Hunters, but for the most part not much happens. This outpost mainly serves as a repair and resting location for our pilots travelling into the core systems from Malta, and on their way back home.
 * Outcasts/Cape Wrath Bartender/Antu Carrera
->Rumor #525370:
.We found a Gaian ship last week, out in the Barrier Nebula. The Gaian had fought one of our pilots recently. We soon sorted out that hippie scum to make him pay for killing one of our brethren. You don't mess with the Outcasts.
 * Outcasts/Amatista Olivo
->Rumor #525371:
.The Mollys were brave for taking over Belfast like that. They earned a lot of respect from us for it. They make nuclear devices over there at Mull, and in return for some of them we've promised them some more help in designing new weapons systems for use against the Corsairs.
 * Outcasts/Ovidio Vazquez
->Rumor #525372:
.Despite our semi-neutrality agreement with the Bretonia Armed Forces, we still had a rookie pilot trying to take on our patrols to test his fighting skills the other week. We left the wreckage of his fighter somewhere to the east of the Battleship Grimsby.
 * Outcasts/Adriadna Castro
->Rumor #525373:
.What do you think of that strange structure? The Armed Forces have put a Battleship there to protect the research station. Many of us feel that they should leave the ruins of the spirits alone, but our Elders have decided against any action for the moment.
 * Outcasts/Giunia Palomo
->Rumor #525374:
.Why do you think the Armed Forces moved two heavy battleships to Newcastle? There are so many of their enemies here...or used to be. Now that the Mollys are in peace talks, and we have a vested interest in keeping the peace with Bretonia, it is likely the Bretonia high command will relocate the Ark Royal to the frontlines against Kusari. They sure could do with it there, what with Kusari pushing into Leeds.
 * Outcasts/Cape Wrath Bartender/Antu Carrera
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====Gateshead Station (Newcastle)====
->Rumor #133107:
This station is supplied entirely by Bowex. We deliver Side Arms and Food here from Sheffield. Though the distance is short and there are plenty of police and Bounty Hunters patrolling the Trade Lanes, it is still a dangerous run.
 * Borderworld Exports/Adam Farmer
->Rumor #133108:
Birmingham provides this base with H-Fuel, Oxygen, and Water. It's nice running supplies to a police station. You get to know the men and women who are out there protecting you.
 * Borderworld Exports/Adam Farmer
->Rumor #133111:
I'm glad that we don't have to patrol into the Independent Worlds. I hear Magellan is a dangerous place. Luckily, that's a Liberty Navy responsibility. From the condition of some of the ships that arrive, I'd say they are understaffed.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dominic Martin
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Megan Conway
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Welch
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Gateshead Bartender/RBT-67
->Rumor #133112:
The Outcasts hang around in Sheffield North a lot. I hate pulling that beat. It has the highest mortality rate of any of our patrols. My wingman of six years died a few months ago when his ship smacked an ice asteroid while chasing an Outcast.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dominic Martin
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Megan Conway
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Welch
->Rumor #133113:
The police in Bretonia are nothing like Liberty's LPI. For some reason an idiot Liberty Rogue flew into this system once. After he was apprehended he tried to offer me a bribe and was astonished when I turned it down and brought him in.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dominic Martin
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Megan Conway
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Welch
->Rumor #133114:
Mollys -- I hate those vile miscreants with passion. Their lack of regard for human life makes them terrible hypocrites, especially since they were formed to fight the barbarity of BMM. I wish old man Graves had worked all his miners to death before they could revolt.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dominic Martin
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Megan Conway
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Welch
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Gateshead Bartender/RBT-67
->Rumor #133115:
I love to watch the Newgate prisoner convoy being loaded. You should see the looks on the criminals' faces when they trudge aboard the ship that takes them to the worst place in Bretonia. They aren't going to be going anywhere else for a long, long time.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dominic Martin
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Megan Conway
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Welch
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Gateshead Bartender/RBT-67
->Rumor #525389:
.We're mainly here to protect Lancaster, but we have to patrol the ice clouds in this system, which is a terror to do, as the Gaians enjoy capturing our pilots and holding them to ransom.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dominic Martin
->Rumor #525390:
.The IMG are better pilots than some of us. Probably because they've been all around Sirius, but it's still embarrassing when we receive a call from Bowex begging for help, and we arrive to find the IMG decimating the criminals. We're being beaten at our jobs by miners.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Megan Conway
->Rumor #525391:
.We may hold South Shields hostage if the IMG decide to help Kusari in our war. We won't tolerate trickery and traitorous organizations here.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Welch
->Rumor #525392:
.We're always getting scientists coming here to study planet Carlisle. After they've been planetside for a few days, they're always coming back swearing that they never want to set foot on Carlisle ever again. I can't say I blame them, as the temperature down there supposedly never drops below 44 Celsius, despite the sealed environmental suits.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Gateshead Bartender/RBT-67
->Rumor #525393:
.We've lost dozens of pilots around this system. If you see any wrecks of our pilots, please, return what you find to us and we'll reward you handsomely. But be careful, there are a lot of ancient minefields and other dangerous areas, most of which have never been charted.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dominic Martin
->Rumor #525394:
.Be careful around this system. There are criminals, explosive gas pockets, ancient minefields, alien ruins and strange sightings of blue craft. This system isn't friendly...I'm getting out of here as soon as my tour of duty ends.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Megan Conway
->Rumor #525395:
.We're trying to revamp our fleet at the moment, upgrading our vessels from the Cavalier to the Hussar, allowing us to better combat the new pirate vessels, which currently tear our ships to pieces. It is an expensive process, only made worse by the war, which is draining the government coffers.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Welch
->Rumor #525396:
.We need to update our defence system on this base soon. The Gaians don't attack Lancaster or Gateshead because they think our onboard weapons will tear them apart. The truth is far different. The defence system is so old it would have trouble taking down a stationary light fighter.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Gateshead Bartender/RBT-67
->Rumor #525397:
.I advise you to avoid pretty much everywhere off the trade lanes. There are so many dangerous parts of Newcastle; If you wander off the beaten track you're just asking to die. Painfully.
 * Borderworld Exports/Adam Farmer
->Rumor #525398:
.Some of our pilots are former Armed Forces people who have finished their tours of duty in the Tau systems. They're incredibly good pilots, and the Outcasts and Gaians don't stand a chance against these guys.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dominic Martin
->Rumor #525399:
.This place was built back in 792 A.S. to accommodate the many police patrols that pass through here, and the scientists that are always nosing about on Carlisle. It's not a bad place to be posted, and keeps you out of the line of fire, if you know what I mean?
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Megan Conway
->Rumor #525400:
.We're glad that the Mollys are in peace negotiations with us, it will hopefully get an enemy off of our backs, which is always a good thing. The Outcasts have been largely neutral these days, although we still hear rumours of them attacking the odd lone vessels if they think they can get away with it.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Sophie Welch
->Rumor #525401:
. I found a jump hole a few weeks ago, while out on patrol inside the barrier nebula in the far west of the system. The jump hole is at the far western end of the nebula, although I don't know where it goes. Ageira says that jump holes are unstable so we don't risk using them. Perhaps you'd like to try, though?
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Megan Conway
->Rumor #525402:
.Please leave me in peace to finish this drink. I'm out on patrol in the barrier nebula again in an hour. Hopefully I won't run into anything more dangerous than Gaians.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Dominic Martin
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====Lancaster Trade Center (Newcastle)====
->Rumor #132415:
It's a quick jaunt up from Leeds. We have to bring all the essentials up here, like life support gases, Food -- the usual. Nobody bothers us most of the time.
 * Borderworld Exports/Adam Bradley
 * Borderworld Exports/Lancaster Bartender/Martin Nash
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Hayden Farmer
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Archie Iqbal
->Rumor #132420:
Glasgow has served as our company headquarters and shipping portal to the Border Worlds for centuries. It is now used mainly as a fuel distribution point for northern Bretonia, although in the past it contained most of the corporate offices. New London is now the center of operations.
 * Borderworld Exports/Adam Bradley
 * Borderworld Exports/Lancaster Bartender/Martin Nash
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Hayden Farmer
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Archie Iqbal
->Rumor #132422:
We have been serving Sirius since 66 AS. That makes us one of the oldest surviving companies in Bretonia. We didn't get this far by being easy on our competitors and enemies. That irritating upstart, Gateway, will fail soon enough. Our influential friends in London will make sure of that.
 * Borderworld Exports/Adam Bradley
 * Borderworld Exports/Lancaster Bartender/Martin Nash
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Hayden Farmer
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Archie Iqbal
->Rumor #132425:
The Gaians in this system are losing more of their numbers everyday to our Bounty Hunters. Planetform will not be beaten by pseudo-intellectual rabble. Although they are still very strong in Edinburgh, we will overcome them in time.
 * Planetform, Inc./Al Bailey
->Rumor #132426:
If it weren't for the Green Front, the Gaian political action group, funds wouldn't be available to conduct their operations. Why this political cabal is not persecuted by the Bretonian government is beyond my understanding. The terrorists in this group are not protesters; they are murderers and deserve to be dealt with accordingly.
 * Planetform, Inc./Al Bailey
->Rumor #525376:
.We buy and sell hundreds of products a day here. We are the centre of all stock brokering in Bretonia, and our actions here can change prices throughout Sirius on quite a number of goods.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Hayden Farmer
->Rumor #525377:
.We receive dozens of transports every day. They have to be escorted because of the high criminal activity here in Newcastle in recent years, although around this station you should be perfectly safe, as luckily we have Gateshead station opposite us. That gives us some nice protection. I feel sorry for Scarborough and South Shields. They get attacked and lose thousands of credits worth of materials daily.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Archie Iqbal
->Rumor #525378:
.Our pilots come fresh from the Academy with very little experience. We get two types, the ones who want to go exploring, and get killed in one of the many ancient minefields dotting this system, or those who can't fly to save their lives, and get themselves killed by pirates. Anyone who survives longer gets to 

fly on more profitable journeys to more distant systems. Better pay, I believe.
 * Borderworld Exports/Adam Bradley
->Rumor #525379:
.Someone told me that the IMG are secretly helping Kusari. If that's the case, the Bretonian Armed Forces will probably hold South Shields hostage. If the IMG are supporting Kusari in the war, then they deserve everything they get.
 * Borderworld Exports/Lancaster Bartender/Martin Nash
->Rumor #525380:
.The Armed Forces pilots who come here are battle hardened, usually on a little R&R from the frontlines. Each of them must have racked up over a dozen kills. You can see it in their eyes, the haunting look of a killer. It's actually nice to have such warriors protecting us. We give them free drinks for a story when business is slow.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Hayden Farmer
->Rumor #525381:
.Ah, the view from this station is quite enchanting. If you take a look out of the main viewports, you'll see planet Carlisle. Isn't it something? It's a shame we can't colonise the planet yet, although I hear that Cryer Pharmaceuticals and Planetform are very close to creating a protein to completely eradicate the disease planet-wide.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Archie Iqbal
->Rumor #525382:
.We need a huge staff here. Luckily, a lot of people come here because of the huge salaries that we pay. There's a lot of money to be made here these days, and the pirates know it. Thankfully, we're never attacked directly here, as it is just far too dangerous for the pirates.
 * Borderworld Exports/Adam Bradley
->Rumor #525383:
.Did you know we actually have the CEO of both Bowex and BMM here almost all the time? It needs to be kept quiet because of possible assassination attempts, so don't spread it around ok?
 * Borderworld Exports/Lancaster Bartender/Martin Nash
->Rumor #525384:
.This station was built in 790 A.S. to accommodate many of the stockbrokers across Sirius that came to speculate on the stock markets. It was originally based on planet New London, but investors were always being scared off because of the endless Molly and Corsair assaults that used to take place there. Nowadays they all come here, and while there may be a lot of criminals in Newcastle, it is easier to protect our vital installations.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Hayden Farmer
->Rumor #525385:
.The new talks between the Mollys and the Bretonian government has resulted in a complete stop to attacks on our convoys by Molly forces. We're so grateful that we sent a large amount of food, medical supplies and credits to the Mollys as thanks. In return, they promised to never attack us again even if the pact falls through. Unfortunately, that agreement only applies to Newcastle. But that is still better than nothing, so long as they honour it.
 * Borderworld Exports/Sales Rep. Archie Iqbal
->Rumor #525386:
.Don't go north or south in Newcastle, you'll head straight into pirates and criminals. In the east you'll find the Mollys out in force, and in the west there are rumoured to be huge ancient minefields. In fact, on second thoughts, don't go anywhere in this system, get out while you still can.
 * Borderworld Exports/Adam Bradley
->Rumor #525387:
.There is supposedly a jump hole to the Manchester system in Newcastle, although I hear it is somewhere south of the battleship Grimsby, inside the barrier nebula. It is dangerous out there though, so be careful.
 * Borderworld Exports/Lancaster Bartender/Martin Nash
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====Mull Base (Newcastle)====
->Rumor #132653:
The Mollys were established right after the Founders Day Revolt. All we were trying to do was let the government know how bad we were being treated by BMM. The government didn't care. We weren't worth anything in their eyes, just like the BMM executives. We knew that Bretonia wasn't our home, and if we ever wanted to have a home we would have to carve it from Bretonian space.
 * Mollys/Connor Maguire
 * Mollys/Liam Keogh
 * Mollys/Mull Bartender/Eamon O'Sullivan
 * Mollys/Patrick Kiley
->Rumor #132655:
The Mollys hate BMM. They were the ones who worked us to the bone. The life expectancy for a miner before the revolt was less than six years. If you're gonna have a life expectancy for a job, you might as well be a soldier.
 * Mollys/Connor Maguire
 * Mollys/Liam Keogh
 * Mollys/Mull Bartender/Eamon O'Sullivan
 * Mollys/Patrick Kiley
->Rumor #132656:
Well, we lobbed old man Graves's head off in the Founders Day Revolt, but now his daughter runs GS&M. She is just as bad as he ever was, but she is more dangerous because she is smarter. One day I will see her dead. Our attacks at their base are getting closer and closer to blowing the whole station.
 * Mollys/Connor Maguire
 * Mollys/Liam Keogh
 * Mollys/Patrick Kiley
->Rumor #134289:
The Scargill was participating on a Gold poaching run into the GS&M Gold Field several weeks ago when it was caught by the company security patrol. They pursued the fleeing ship into the minefield, where it blew up. There may still be looted Gold in the cargo hold; the GS&M patrol left it in place as a warning to other Mollys.
 * Mollys/Connor Maguire
->Rumor #525325:
.We enjoy working with the Outcasts here. They have a base up in the Galloway Ice Cloud in case you want to go look for it. Best be careful though, they might shoot you if you don't have proper authorisation.
 * Mollys/Mull Bartender/Eamon O'Sullivan
->Rumor #525326:
.We captured Belfast by launching a direct assault from this base. Belfast now produces a large portion of all our manufactured goods, using raw materials usually "liberated" from various transports across Bretonia.
 * Mollys/Liam Keogh
->Rumor #525327:
.We build nuclear weapons here using plutonium from the Sigmas and from Kusari. We used a nuclear device as a test against an Armed Forces satellite, a few years back. They listened much more closely to our threats after that.
 * Mollys/Patrick Kiley
->Rumor #525328:
.We're keeping this base secret, even though we are negotiating for a temporary truce with the Bretonians. It's best not to keep all your eggs in one basket, and this base can continue to be our little surprise when talks fall through, as they undoubtedly will.
 * Mollys/Connor Maguire
->Rumor #525329:
.Arranmore base, in the Dublin system, sends us a lot of supplies in return for nuclear weapons. Usually we take the Manchester Jump Hole north of here, because the run across Newcastle is far too dangerous.
 * Mollys/Mull Bartender/Eamon O'Sullivan
->Rumor #525330:
.We were most surprised to learn that the Outcasts had a general ceasefire with the Bretonian government. The crew of the last Outcast vessel that docked here were talking about some new place called Gallia in the Tau systems. I've never heard of it. Have you?
 * Mollys/Liam Keogh
->Rumor #525331:
.There are hundreds of explosive gas pockets and ancient minefields all over this system. It's a death trap. Most of the people who come here have an unavoidable reason to do so. As soon as their business is conducted, they leave as fast as they can.
 * Mollys/Patrick Kiley
->Rumor #525332:
.We get really annoyed with those Gaian idiots. Those bleeding heart morons fly about screaming about the rights of planets. How about the rights of humans? We need those planets. What does a planet care about us digging up raw materials from the surface, anyway?
 * Mollys/Connor Maguire
->Rumor #525333:
.The plutonium we get from Kusari has meant that we can stop raiding LD-14 as much as we used to. We managed to get some crucial data from there that helped us to set up Mull though; it's thanks to the BMM that we're now a serious threat. Isn't that ironic? I suspect Edmund Graves is turning over in his...aha...grave...ahaha, sorry, don't mind me...
 * Mollys/Mull Bartender/Eamon O'Sullivan
->Rumor #525334:
.Most of the rookies are sent out here to train against the Gaians in combat. We get most of them through basic training alive, but a lot still die to the Gaians. The lesson that nobody is invincible is one we cannot teach in classrooms, unfortunately.
 * Mollys/Liam Keogh
->Rumor #525335:
.There are rumours of a jump hole to the Tau-31 system, somewhere in Newcastle. If it exists, it will most likely be out in the barrier nebula somewhere in the west of the system, although be careful, there are many ancient minefields out there.
 * Mollys/Patrick Kiley
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====Scarborough Station (Newcastle)====
->Rumor #132227:
You know the real war going on? It's the Mollys and the Corsairs. Those Corsairs are moving in on Molly turf like they weren't even there. We may not have a Molly problem much longer with that going on. Of course, having a sky full of Corsairs ain't too grand either.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Matilda Butler
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Antony Grimwade
->Rumor #132231:
I don't really think the Mollys are as bad as we've all been told by the government. From what I hear, BMM is a pretty nasty place to work, especially that GS&M station under Graves.
 * Borderworld Exports/Scarborough Bartender/James Sullivan
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Matilda Butler
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Antony Grimwade
->Rumor #132233:
There's a Jump Hole into Dublin from the Cumbria. The military would love to know about it, but hey, us Bounty Hunters have to make a livin' now, don't we?
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Steel
->Rumor #132235:
They brought me in from Freeport 1. I'm a Corsair specialist -- been out in the Omega systems for a couple of years. This species of Corsair is nothing like what's out there. Heaven help 'em if those bastards make it into Bretonia.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Steel
->Rumor #132240:
Bowex has the exclusive contract to supply all military and police bases in Bretonia -- at highly inflated rates I might add. What's good for Bowex is good for Bretonia, I say.
 * Borderworld Exports/Jacob Hurst
 * Borderworld Exports/James Burgess
->Rumor #525314:
.This system seemed a good place to build this station. This is Bowex's only shipyard manufacturing facility and it is so modern that it can produce ships much faster than Southampton in New London. Of course, Southampton can produce a lot more all at once, since it is much bigger.
 * Borderworld Exports/Jacob Hurst
->Rumor #525315:
.Belfast used to be owned by the BMM, and we used to get a lot of shipments from it, and it helped with revenue. Ever since the Mollys captured it, we've had requests from BMM to build warships here for an assault on Belfast. The BMM want it back, but between you and me, I doubt they ever will recapture it. I can't say i'd be too sorry either, seeing as how badly BMM treated the Mollys in the past. It's a lesson that Bowex has taken onboard, and we treat our employees well.
 * Borderworld Exports/James Burgess
->Rumor #525316:
.The IMG were the first to discover the Newcastle system, although they just used the jump holes. After the Jump Gate to Leeds was completed in 595 A.S., the newly created Bowex Corporation decided to set up their headquarters here in Newcastle. Scarborough Station was finished in 614 A.S., and we've been manufacturing goods here ever since.
 * Borderworld Exports/Scarborough Bartender/James Sullivan
->Rumor #525317:
.These days we've had more and more bounty hunters docking here for rearming and resupply, before they head off to hunt the Mollys, Outcasts and Gaians. Many don't come back.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Matilda Butler
->Rumor #525318:
.Our escort pilots try and do a good job, but they are constantly overshadowed by the IMG escort fighters. They're just incredible. I've seen one shoot down three Outcast ships by itself before, and then it continued escorting its transport as if nothing had happened! I guess they get a lot of practice out in the border worlds though.
 * Borderworld Exports/Jacob Hurst
->Rumor #525319:
.We mainly use Trains for our jobs. For the more experienced pilots we may grant them a Large or Advanced Train, but that's somewhat rare as they are very expensive to produce. We don't want to lose too many of them to pirates. Interspace's insurance policies aren't cheap.
 * Borderworld Exports/Scarborough Bartender/James Sullivan
->Rumor #525320:
.This system is a hellhole. With all the criminal activity, we lose thousands of credits worth of goods every day. The pirates must be laughing at us day and night!
 * Borderworld Exports/James Burgess
->Rumor #525321:
.The only known entrance and exit in this system is to Leeds via the Jump Gate. There were plans to build a Jump Gate to the Cortez system, but so far our pleas are left unanswered. Manchester would provide us with a quicker way to Liberty with our goods. I heard that Ageira might begin construction on one in the next couple of years, funded by Interspace and presumably paid for after the war ends, but who knows?
 * Borderworld Exports/Jacob Hurst
->Rumor #525322:
.We think that the Outcasts have a base in the Galloway Ice Cloud. Most of their raids come from there, anyway. The Bounty Hunters Guild are remarkably silent on the matter. I guess they want to stay employed by not revealing any pirate bases to the authorities.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Steel
->Rumor #525323:
.There are rumours of a jump hole to the Tau-31 system, somewhere in Newcastle. If it exists, it will most likely be out in the barrier nebula somewhere in the west of the system, although be careful, there are many ancient minefields out there.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Antony Grimwade
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====Skye Base (Newcastle)====
->Rumor #132512:
We have information indicating that the centuries-long terraforming operations run by Planetform will never succeed. A top secret government report obtained by the Green Front asserts that the planets will lose their nascent atmospheres within several hundred years of completion of the process due to uncontrolled outgassing.
 * Gaians/Noah Pearce
 * Gaians/Parker Williams
 * Gaians/Rick Gould
->Rumor #132513:
Tau-31 is an important sector for the Gaians. Though terraforming operations on Harris are almost complete, they still need Alien Organisms from the Edge Nebula. The Organisms are crucial in speeding up the terraforming process, thereby making it more economically viable.
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Alexander Farmer
 * Gaians/Noah Pearce
 * Gaians/Parker Williams
 * Gaians/Rick Gould
->Rumor #132514:
The terraforming gases produced at the Stokes plant in Leeds are a high-priority target for Gaian attack. It is a dangerous run because of our inability to hide for some stretches of travel through Leeds. Usually, only our best pilots make that trip.
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Alexander Farmer
 * Gaians/Noah Pearce
 * Gaians/Parker Williams
 * Gaians/Rick Gould
->Rumor #132515:
Our hope is that one day the corrupt leadership of BMM and Planetform will be exposed for the greedy, shortsighted people they are. They have squandered our national heritage and future after eight hundred years of unregulated industrialization.
 * Gaians/Noah Pearce
 * Gaians/Parker Williams
 * Gaians/Rick Gould
->Rumor #132517:
Leeds is our greatest example of the ruin that mankind can wreck upon nature -- the sheer destructiveness of pure exploitation. It is also the home of the Stokes Smelter, where Terraforming Gases are produced. Fortunately, the system can be used as an access route to all of Bretonian travel because of all the smog clouds. It's ironic how we escape in the filth we are trying so hard to eradicate.
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Alexander Farmer
 * Gaians/Noah Pearce
 * Gaians/Parker Williams
 * Gaians/Rick Gould
->Rumor #134286:
The San Vicente was making a Cardamine run from Cali to New London when it was ambushed by an Armed Forces patrol in the West Leeds Smog Cloud. The cargo was recovered by the military, but it is possible that one of the larger pieces of debris still has some equipment attached.
 * Gaians/Noah Pearce
->Rumor #134287:
The Outcast ship Lorenzo was making a Cardamine run from Cali to Mactan when it was caught by a military patrol in the LD-14 Asteroid Field. It turned further into the heart of the field to escape its pursuers and stumbled into an old radioactive pocket. The crew is presumed dead, but the ship is probably still intact. No one has retrieved the cargo yet due to the high radiation danger in the area.
 * Gaians/Parker Williams
->Rumor #134306:
A Gaian attack was broken up the other day by the Bretonia Armed Forces north of Harris. Most of the Gaians were vaporized on the spot, but the Valiant, flown by Lucy Collins, escaped to the northwestern end of the system, in Outcast territory. No one has heard from her since.
 * Gaians/Rick Gould
->Rumor #525352:
.First Gaia, and now planet Carlisle. These wretched corporations just want to despoil every planet within their grasp. Planetform Inc. is the worst of the lot. Gaia will not 

bleed!
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Alexander Farmer
->Rumor #525353:
.Someone told me that there is some unknown structure over past Scarborough. It's different. Alien. Any patrols that head over there never return. I advise you to steer 

clear.
 * Gaians/Parker Williams
->Rumor #525354:
.We create Hawks and Falcons for us to use. They have better agility than the Bloodhounds and Wolfhounds that the Mollys use, and we're better pilots too. They nearly never win a battle against us, at least when we stay fairly close to our base.
 * Gaians/Noah Pearce
->Rumor #525355:
.Apparently, the designers at Islay have come up with a gunboat for our own forces to use. I'm opposed to it, because it isn't very environmentally friendly, but our leaders feel they are necessary.
 * Gaians/Rick Gould
->Rumor #525356:
.Bowex created several bases here in Newcastle, some years ago. Fools. Did they really think we wouldn't follow them? We may not have arrived here first, but we will be the last to leave. Newcastle needs to be left unsullied by human interference.
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Alexander Farmer
->Rumor #525357:
.The original Gaian base is called Islay, in the Edinburgh system. We receive about half our supplies from them. The other half we get from raiding civilian transports. The only other Gaian base is in the Manchester system, but the jump hole is at the northern end of the west barrier nebula in this system, and the Mollys have heavy patrols around it.
 * Gaians/Parker Williams
->Rumor #525358:
.I often despair of our cause ever being successful. You see, as our race's population expands throughout Sirius, the demand for more living and farming land will increase day by day. One day, the government will bow to the inevitable pressure to colonise and farm Gaia.
 * Gaians/Noah Pearce
->Rumor #525359:
.We have a lot of sympathy from highly placed nobles in Cambridge and New London. We get a lot of our funding from the Green Front, which is the legitimate political arm of our organisation. It's useful to have such a good income of money, but we have to make sure we don't anger our patrons.
 * Gaians/Rick Gould
->Rumor #525360:
.We started as a small group of students who saw how much damage the Bretonian corporations were doing to our great planets. Take a look at Leeds, if you want proof as to how they've ruined Bretonia. Yet we have been branded as terrorists. We are eco-warriors, fighting for your future! We have everyone's best interests at heart, and one day people will thank us for trying to protect their planets from exploitation and abuse.
 * Gaians/Islay Bartender/Alexander Farmer
->Rumor #525361:
.We built this base in 784 A.S., using materials hijacked from BMM and Bowex transports. It's not much, but the station crews have a lot more living room than onboard Islay, and it's for this reason that we get quite a lot of transfers out to here. Besides the occasional Molly and Bounty Hunter attacks, this base is quite quiet.
 * Gaians/Parker Williams
->Rumor #525362:
.I heard that Planetform Inc. wants to colonise planet Carlisle. I don't know why, but I guess they're going to try soon. Apparently they have a genetically engineered protein that kills that dangerous bacterium that is lethal to humans. We need to try and stop them!
 * Gaians/Noah Pearce
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====South Shields Refinery (Newcastle)====
->Rumor #133683:
I'm glad I don't work for Kruger anymore. No sir, I wouldn't step foot on that base of theirs for anything. You can bet the men there are working obscene hours, eking out profits for the executives in New Berlin -- and getting shot up by Hessians.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Benjamin Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/James Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Oswald Faulkner
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Carl Mondor
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Albert Felix
->Rumor #525277:
.We're constantly plagued by Outcast, Molly and Gaian attacks here, and the Bretonia Armed Forces don't seem to be willing to help us. We can't really blame them too much, what with the war in the Tau systems, but we may be forced to pull out of Newcastle if this keeps up, and I bet the BMM would love that! They've been trying to get us out for decades.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Albert Felix
->Rumor #525278:
.South shields is the biggest IMG base ever constructed. We've put a huge amount of or time and resources into this, and so far, it feels like we're failing. We get maybe half of our transports to our other bases without being attacked. BowEx is often hit even worse than us though.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Carl Mondor
->Rumor #525279:
.We mainly use freighters to move our cargo. It means we can move faster than the bigger corporations. We manage to get to new systems quickly, and set up operation using Jump holes. By the time the BMM has finished building a Jump Gate to the system, we're already rich from it.
 * Independent Miners Guild/James Lewis
->Rumor #525280:
.Our escort fighters are some of the best in the colonies. We frequently manage to beat back enemy raiding parties, which is just as well since the Outcasts love to continually launch raids against our operations and convoys.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Benjamin Lewis
->Rumor #525281:
.If you want to join the IMG, then just ask the recruiting officer at each of our bases. We originally started out in Bretonia, but have since spread out all over Sirius.
 * Independent Miners Guild/South Shields Bartender/Harvey Chauncey
->Rumor #525282:
.We use a large amount of our own weaponry now, but when we first started we'd use weapons from the nearest House. That allowed us to get hold of a variety of technology. IMG weapons are some of the best in Sirius these days though, so why would we want to use House weaponry?
 * Independent Miners Guild/Oswald Faulkner
->Rumor #525283:
.We don't often use capital class vessels. We created a Gunboat merely for exploring some of the more dangerous systems, but very few were created. Most of our pilots prefer fighters anyway. They enable us to navigate through asteroid fields far more efficiently than Gunboats.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Albert Felix
->Rumor #525284:
.Most of our pilots come from Liberty and Bretonia, although we get a considerable number of recruits from the Red Hessians at Freistadt Base. The Rheinlanders share a hatred of corporate mining concerns, as they themselves have suffered at the hands of Daumann and Kruger.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Carl Mondor
->Rumor #525285:
.Have you seen that enormous alien ruins in the distance? There's a huge minefield in the nebula around the ruins, but I've heard there is a way through it.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Stewart Ball
->Rumor #525286:
.We sometimes patrol the Galloway ice cloud, but in recent years it has become increasingly dangerous, as more and more Outcasts have flooded into the area. We believe they may have built a base somewhere in the field, though we don't know where
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Hicks
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====Sunderland Research Station (Newcastle)====
->Rumor #132274:
We bring in our basic supplies like Food, Oxygen, and Water from New London. The Gaians will even attack the lowly supply ships, if given the chance.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Sunderland Bartender/Isaac Tomlinson
->Rumor #132278:
Planetform was chartered in 450 AS at the request of the Bretonian government. Several Cambridge researchers teamed up with a group of experienced California atmospheric modification experts from Los Angeles. They outlined methods to transform arid, lifeless planets with minimal atmospheres into new locations for human settlement within 400 years.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Sunderland Bartender/Isaac Tomlinson
->Rumor #132281:
We discovered the power of the Alien Organisms by accident. In 740, A Kusari ship hauling them across Tau-31 was attacked by pirates and ventured far off course. A hull breach killed the crew, and the ship drifted into the gravitational field of Harris. The Alien Organisms not only survived the impact, they flourished in the frigid, oxygen-deficient environment of the planet's surface.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Sunderland Bartender/Isaac Tomlinson
->Rumor #525288:
.You must have noticed those alien ruins outside. Most scientists here believe they belong to an ancient race known as the Daam-K'Vosh. We haven't really managed to decipher the markings yet, but we think we're close!
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Doctor Jessica Richards
->Rumor #525289:
. Back before the Nomad war, Dr. Kendra Sinclair was one of our foremost Xeno-archaeologists, but she disappeared. There are rumours that she joined the Order, but we don't know very much about that organisation, beyond that Liberty labelled them as dangerous terrorists. But I knew Kendra, and she wouldn't join a group of dangerous terrorists who kill innocent people.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/ Doctor Michael Benford
->Rumor #525290:
.We get most of our supplies via transports from Leeds. Most of them come under heavy escort, as the Gaians often try to hijack them. We don't get as much trouble from the Outcasts or the Mollys as we used to, but even they will raid an unescorted transport if they think they can get away with it.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Brigadier Jennifer Connelly
->Rumor #525291:
.Only the most trusted and respected scientists from Cambridge are allowed to come here to study the artifacts. We ship quite a lot of the more interesting ones to Cambridge for further study, although always under heavy military guard.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Malcolm Reynolds
->Rumor #525292:
.Do you see the long walkway heading into the alien structure? The scientists have excavated a cave in it. Hundreds of thousands of artifacts have been found in the ruins, it will take decades to catalogue them all. Unfortunately most of them are dead, or else were ornamental perhaps, but some may still work.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Henry Barry
->Rumor #525293:
.The structure's defensive shielding wasn't always operational. It powered itself up in late 800 A.S., during what most people refer to as the Nomad War. What caused it to power up is unknown, but it doesn't seem to have had any ill effects.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Doctor Jessica Richards
->Rumor #525294:
.Don't get on the wrong side of Sunderland's commandant. She's one tough bitch. Her name is Brigadier Jennifer Connelly, and she was assigned to this base by the Bretonia Armed Forces to keep an eye on everything here. Fair play though, she runs a tight ship and conditions have improved under her command, but she's also quite unforgiving of idiots. Mess about and you'll be sent back to Cambridge quicker than you can say "hey Jen, nice ass".
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Malcolm Reynolds
->Rumor #525295:
.I hate having that damn battleship hanging around outside the station all the time. Its crew are jittery enough at the best of times. If one of them got trigger happy and opened fire, it could destroy this entire station...countless years of research would be lost!
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Brigadier Jennifer Connelly
->Rumor #525296:
.Recently one of the Scientists started acting very strangely, like he'd had a complete personality switch overnight. We later heard that he had stolen a ship and fled, and that the Bretonia Armed Forces were out looking for him. Maybe the pressure for results got to him.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Henry Barry
->Rumor #525297:
.Hey, have you see the Sunderland's commandant, Jennifer? She's gorgeous, with one hell of an ass. She's a really nice person too, but she doesn't suffer fools, so be careful. Uh, and you won't mention to her that we discussed her ass, will you?
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Malcolm Reynolds
->Rumor #525298:
.The war with Kusari is creating more pressure from the military command in New London. Quite a few of them hope we can find alien weapons to help in the war effort against Kusari. We can't even properly decipher the damn alien text yet, let alone figure out what is a weapon and what isn't!
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Henry Barry
->Rumor #525299:
.Some of the scientists that arrive here are so scared at the sight of the alien ruins that they leave immediately. Others get nosy, sometimes a bit too nosy. One recently tried to get into a top security restricted area earlier, without the appropriate authorisation. Turns out he was a Kusari spy. How the hell he got a job I don't know. He didn't look Kusari, that's for sure.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/ Doctor Michael Benford
->Rumor #525300:
.I have seen it! I have seen the grail, here in these very ruins! I must find it, I must. Torment me no longer, foul temptresses! I will retrieve the grail for General Arthur and the brotherhood of the circular table!
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Brigadier Jennifer Connelly
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====Battleship Matsuda (Okinawa)====
->Rumor #133378:
The Blood Dragons can land nowhere in Kusari space, so we must come here to purchase our supplies from the Golden C. girls. They are all drug addicts, which we do not approve of, but they share the passion for a new Kusari, so we help them fight the evil Samura.
 * Mariko Masami/Blood Dragons
 * Rei Tanaka/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #133382:
We use Kyushu to access Shikoku, where many of our sisters and brothers are held unjustly in Fuchu prison by the government henchmen of Samura. There we must contend with the Hogosha, Bounty Hunters, the military, and police.
 * Mariko Masami/Blood Dragons
 * Rei Tanaka/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #133383:
The Golden Chrysanthemums believe that they have the next emperor -- excuse me, empress of Kusari back in a corner of the living deck in the form of a seven-year-old Kyushu girl. They're teaching her everything she needs to know to run the country. Good luck.
 * Mariko Masami/Blood Dragons
 * Rei Tanaka/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #133385:
This is our Kinkakuji, however humble it may seem to you. Here our new recruits must learn the teachings of Yuyu in the "Golden Chrysanthemum in Bloom," our source of inspiration. It says that Kusari will eventually be engulfed in revolution and united under the rule of a benevolent empress personally selected by the goddess Amaterasu to watch over her people.
 * Emi Iida/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Izumi Kinashita/Golden Chrysanthemums
->Rumor #133386:
The only place we can land in Kusari space is Roppongi. The foreigners find us more amusing than threatening, and tolerate our presence there. So we buy Luxury Goods in the boutiques onboard, and sell our Cardamine to the highest bidders in the bars scattered around the station.
 * Emi Iida/Golden Chrysanthemums
->Rumor #134331:
The Shoki, part of a Blood Dragon raiding party in the Kyushu system, was intercepted and destroyed by the Kusari Naval Forces. Two of the three ships have been located and salvaged. The patrol leader's ship, the Shoki, remains at large. It is believed to be somewhere in the western Ohka Dust Field, which is difficult for the Blood Dragons to operate in, given its close proximity to the Nagumo.
 * Mariko Masami/Blood Dragons
 * Rei Tanaka/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #462067:
Have you heard about the new additions to our weapons stockpile? Seems like that robot wasn't lying when he was bragging about 'outside suppliers'. Still, I can't stand talking to that tincan. All he talks about are his 'Cyborgs' and calling everyone 'Meat' and 'Squishy'. But, I have a new portable grenade launcher and EMP gun, so I guess he isn't all bad. He's still a prick though.
 * Ayame Matsumado/Golden Chrysathemums
->Rumor #462075:
.A sister perished in the Hasuda field several days ago while engaging Hogosha pilots. Her transmissions were intercepted too late, and patrols in the region could not rescue her. The Hogosha vermin were chased off before they could desecrate our lost sister's Eagle; it remained intact, as it fell to weapons fire rather than mines or missiles, and may yet drift in the asteroid cloud.
 * Ai Takeda/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Emi Iida/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Izumi Kinashita/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Matsuda Bartender/Akiko Yamato/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Zetsumai Keisotsu/Golden Chrysathemums
->Rumor #462076:
.The floors of this ship have been awash with blood in the past. During the Nomad War of 800 A.S., this vessel was commanded by Nomad-tainted soldiers who were tasked with guarding the late Governor Tekagi's Tohoku fortress. After Tekagi's base fell to the Blood Dragons, the Matsuda, called the Himeji then, attempted to escape to Okinawa, where she was intercepted and boarded by Chrysanthemum forces. We've been based out of her here in this system ever since.
 * Ai Takeda/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Ayame Matsumado/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Emi Iida/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Izumi Kinashita/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Matsuda Bartender/Akiko Yamato/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Zetsumai Keisotsu/Golden Chrysathemums
->Rumor #462077:
.We are indebted to the Blood Dragons for providing their technical expertise as we reconstructed the Matsuda, she was damaged by the explosion of her fellow battleship Sennan, during the battle against Governor Tekagi's fortress in Tohoku. True, we stole all the materials we required ourselves, mainly from Samura transports, but we were taught how to efficiently repair it by the technicians of Sendai.
 * Ai Takeda/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Ayame Matsumado/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Emi Iida/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Izumi Kinashita/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Matsuda Bartender/Akiko Yamato/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Zetsumai Keisotsu/Golden Chrysathemums
->Rumor #462078:
.Our glorious leader, the immortal Yuyu Matsuda, lent her name to this battleship. We consider our base here sacred ground, and will defend it against any intrusion, especially against the vile Hogosha and the chauvinist, unenlightened corporate lapdogs that they serve.
 * Ai Takeda/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Ayame Matsumado/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Emi Iida/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Izumi Kinashita/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Matsuda Bartender/Akiko Yamato/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Zetsumai Keisotsu/Golden Chrysathemums
->Rumor #462079:
.The Hogosha and the Chrysanthemums cannot coexist, they represent everything we seek to escape, alter, and destroy. Soon, the corporate dogs shall be driven out of Okinawa, and the Chrysanthemums will fly unmolested by the conservative and discriminatory mores the archaic and outdated government attempts to perpetuate.
 * Ai Takeda/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Ayame Matsumado/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Emi Iida/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Izumi Kinashita/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Matsuda Bartender/Akiko Yamato/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Zetsumai Keisotsu/Golden Chrysathemums
->Rumor #462080:
.I have a doctorate in microbiology from the University of New Tokyo, and had hoped to be able to study and research the Alien Organisms of Kurile. I ended up fetching drinks for my male boss at Samura, so I became a Chrysanthemum. What choice did I have?
 * Emi Iida/Golden Chrysanthemums
->Rumor #462081:
.I have a doctorate in microbiology from the University of New Tokyo, and had hoped to be able to study and research the Alien Organisms of Kurile. I ended up fetching drinks for my male boss at Samura, so I became a Chrysanthemum. What choice did I have?
 * Izumi Kinashita/Golden Chrysanthemums
->Rumor #462082:
.We control Okinawa's Cardamine run aboard this vessel. The Chrysanthemum's the driving force behind drug running in Kusari; we have an intimate relationship with the Outcasts that supply us with the substance, and Outcast fighters and freighters frequently dock here. We don't merely smuggle the drug, however; rather, it's a crucial component of many of our rituals. The sisterhood is grateful to the Hispanians for granting us clarity.
 * Ai Takeda/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Ayame Matsumado/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Emi Iida/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Izumi Kinashita/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Matsuda Bartender/Akiko Yamato/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Zetsumai Keisotsu/Golden Chrysathemums
->Rumor #462083:
.The Honshu jump hole is only several klicks removed from here, to the north. We of the Matsuda ensure that our Cardamine runners pass through unharmed, and we also prevent unwanted presences such as Hogosha or the Naval Forces from infiltrating Karatsu. If it moves through that hole, it's read on our scanners.
 * Ai Takeda/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Ayame Matsumado/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Emi Iida/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Izumi Kinashita/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Matsuda Bartender/Akiko Yamato/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Zetsumai Keisotsu/Golden Chrysathemums
->Rumor #462084:
.Many of us secretly admire the Blood Dragons. Their grace of flight is wondrous, and they're Kusari's most rigorously-trained pilots. The sisterhood frequently flies alongside our cousins from Chugoku, and we do our best to glean flying knowledge from them. Though many Dragons are male, they are not the swine we've come to expect, rather, they are cultured and well-bred to a fault.
 * Ayame Matsumado/Golden Chrysathemums
 * Emi Iida/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Izumi Kinashita/Golden Chrysanthemums
 * Matsuda Bartender/Akiko Yamato/Golden Chrysanthemums
->Rumor #462085:
.I miss my boyfriend. He's a Blood Dragon technician stationed at Sendai. We first met when this battleship was stationed outside the research facility being repaired and we've been seeing each other since. I sometimes think he will ask me to marry him, but many of my friends in the Sisterhood think that marriage is a foolish male notion. I do love him though, and I wish we weren't forced into this lifestyle because of our foolish government's conservative views.
 * Emi Iida/Golden Chrysanthemums
->Rumor #462086:
.I've been on scanner duty for the last fourteen hours and just signed off, but I'm back on duty again in seven hours because my replacement is sick. Apparently she hasn't been taking her daily Cardamine supplements and is going through severe withdrawal symptoms, so she's down in medical. Please leave me be, I want to have a drink in peace before I try to grab what little sleep I can.
 * Izumi Kinashita/Golden Chrysanthemums
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====Fujisawa Mining Facility (Okinawa)====
->Rumor #133339:
Sigma-13 and 17 are the heart of GMG territory. We will defend it fiercely if threatened, as Rheinland did during the 80-Years War. The wreckage of the GMG fleet remains in Sigma-13 to this day, floating in the vacuum of the Yanagi Debris Field.
 * Norio Gakusha/Gas Miners Guild
 * Osamu Genda/Gas Miners Guild
 * Raiden Fukuda/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #133340:
We are searching of a planet to call home. We thought there was a possibility in the Donryu Cloud, but the twin planets are frozen gas, alas. The Outcasts have also proven very challenging in that region of space. We are now looking further inside the Edge Nebula, where our sensors have indicated another planet may lie.
 * Norio Gakusha/Gas Miners Guild
 * Osamu Genda/Gas Miners Guild
 * Raiden Fukuda/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #133341:
Sometimes Samura can be so naive. They have never understood where the Blood Dragons get their financial support. We are the silent partner; we decided to aid the fledgling movement of the Blood Dragons to exact our revenge for centuries of theft and humiliation at the hands of Samura.
 * Norio Gakusha/Gas Miners Guild
 * Osamu Genda/Gas Miners Guild
 * Raiden Fukuda/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #133342:
The Corsairs and Hogosha were once our friends and partners in the Artifact business. Then they became greedy and bypassed us to trade directly with each other. We do not forget such betrayals easily. All Hogosha and Corsairs are now shot on sight.
 * Norio Gakusha/Gas Miners Guild
 * Osamu Genda/Gas Miners Guild
 * Raiden Fukuda/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #133344:
Samura thinks that once that the government pulls back from the Chugoku Gate project that Hokkaido will finally be theirs. They are gravely mistaken. The GMG will insure that the Blood Dragons live on, and do not rest in peace until Samura abandons Hokkaido. The victory will be sweet.
 * Norio Gakusha/Gas Miners Guild
 * Osamu Genda/Gas Miners Guild
 * Raiden Fukuda/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #133345:
Kishiro has offered us superior gas miners that could double our profits. We will abandon Samura within the next year and deliver our Gas to Kishiro exclusively, ending our centuries long agreement with the old lady of Kusari.
 * Norio Gakusha/Gas Miners Guild
 * Osamu Genda/Gas Miners Guild
 * Raiden Fukuda/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #134334:
The GMG encountered a Corsair raiding party in the Chuyu Cloud a few days ago. They engaged and destroyed most of the fighters, but one heavily damaged ship escaped to the Hiryo Cloud. The GMG set up an ambush near the Sigma-13 Jump Hole, but the Corsair never arrived.
 * Raiden Fukuda/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #462172:
.The GMG doesn't trust the Kusari government much these days. Samura Industries is always pressuring them to levy more taxes on us in an attempt to make us renew our old shipping contracts with them, but we're not stupid. Kishiro Technologies are more forward-thinking and reliable business partners, and also the more honourable of the two keiretsu.
 * Fujisawa Bartender/Kunio Fujishima/Gas Miners Guild
 * Osamu Genda/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #462173:
.We don't like the Hogosha, and they are not welcome at our bases. They are rumoured to have a base in the south of this system, but our patrols have as yet been unable to find it. We know that Samura hires the Hogosha to attack its rivals, and both the GMG and Kishiro have had trouble with them in the past, but we can never finger Samura with anything.
 * Fujisawa Bartender/Kunio Fujishima/Gas Miners Guild
 * Osamu Genda/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #462174:
.I was born on Aomori Station and worked there for years, until this place opened, whereupon I requested a transfer and got posted here a few weeks after construction was finished. In the time that I have been onboard Fujisawa, I've come to love this station and it is more my home than any planet ever will be.
 * Fujisawa Bartender/Kunio Fujishima/Gas Miners Guild
 * Raiden Fukuda/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #462175:
.I ran afoul of a Corsair patrol while hauling Deuterium through Sigma-19. I barely made it out alive, thanks to my escorts, I lost two gunners when a missile penetrated my shields, and our escorts are never seeing home again. Protection in the Border Worlds is nearly non-existent, and the Corsairs have been upping their attacks as of late.
 * Fujisawa Bartender/Kunio Fujishima/Gas Miners Guild
 * Raiden Fukuda/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #462176:
.Transporting H-Fuel to Rheinland always makes me grin. Striking isn't it, how their glorious, rebuilt armada's just so much scrap metal without the Guild? Their battleships have massive reactors that spew forth green flame, how silent and cold they'd be if we ever chose to cut off their shipments.
 * Fujisawa Bartender/Kunio Fujishima/Gas Miners Guild
 * Osamu Genda/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #462177:
.The Mintaka field's not as harmless as it seems. It's studded with pockets of explosive gas, and I've seen more than a few Hogosha in there. It seems they're trying to sabotage our mining efforts; there are whispers that the New Tokyo crime syndicate has been hired by Samura to confound our expansion in the region. Between you and me, I believe my fellow miners, Samura's infamous for its cutthroat business practices.
 * Fujisawa Bartender/Kunio Fujishima/Gas Miners Guild
 * Raiden Fukuda/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #462178:
.We have a remarkable cultural diversity here on board the Fujisawa. We've got miners from practically everywhere, even Rheinlanders, ex-Kruger workers, mainly, ancient prejudices have no place in modern business. We can't include Bretonians in our roster, though; I'd like to, but doing so would be madness in this time of strife and conflict.
 * Fujisawa Bartender/Kunio Fujishima/Gas Miners Guild
 * Raiden Fukuda/Gas Miners Guild
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====Furyoku Station (Okinawa)====
->Rumor #462055:
.Adam Sensicle basically runs just about everything that comes through Okinawa. He has his hand in so much dirt he's gonna end up dead one of these days. That or running off to the Chrysanthemums for protection when the Naval Forces finally catches up to him.
 * Alexi Moles/Interspace Commerce
 * Furyoku Bartender/Kenshin Ohmae/Interspace Commerce
 * Samuel Peterborough/Interspace Commerce
 * Sarah Montgomery/Interspace Commerce
 * Tom Daniels/Interspace Commerce
->Rumor #462056:
.Interspace Commerce has moved to the Okinawa system to ensure the stability of Kishiro's operation in the area. It's a big, long-term investment. Though, the really important part for me is that they have brought Golden Chrysanthemums along too. That's how I ended up here, after all. What's my purpose on board? I mediate between the Interspace Commerce executives and my sisters on Battleship Matsuda. It helps to coordinate attacks on specific targets, inflicting the maximum possible damage on any attempts that Samura makes in its bid to expand into Okinawa. Interspace lets me know what should I be aware of and I share this information with my superior on Battleship Matsuda. She then organises an assault wing, which then intercepts the target. So far this strategy has kept Samura's hands away, but the Hogosha are starting to become more irritating as of late.
 * Fumiko Shimazu/Golden Chrysathemums
->Rumor #462057:
.You know, it hasn't always been like this. The struggle for power, I mean. Nowadays most Kusari are competing with other Kusari, even killing each other when it comes to that. Regardless of the cause, it can put you in doubt of your own actions sometimes. And to think that you're also helping this deadly mechanism to spin... It's just terrible. It is almost as bad as the war against Bretonia, which is about living space, of course. It is always about living space.
 * Fumiko Shimazu/Golden Chrysathemums
->Rumor #462058:
.I was naive and foolish when I first joined the Golden Chrysanthemums movement. It happened on Roppongi station and I remember it up to this day. My mind wanted a change and my heart craved for a cause worth fighting and dying for. They told me that the change I wanted was already there and all I had to do was be brave enough to seize my opportunity. I follow this principle up to this very day.
 * Fumiko Shimazu/Golden Chrysathemums
->Rumor #462059:
.Once Samura has been dealt with and its oppressive regime destroyed, Interspace Commerce will be able to profit within Kusari without the endless bureaucratic red tape designed to make it unprofitable for foreigners to operate within our House. They are hoping for better marketing conditions under a new government. Of course our cause is much nobler than that, but to uphold this effort we also had to come up with some way to support this venture, much like Interspace did. And so, Just like Roppongi station, this base also has a small Cardamine smuggling market running on board.
 * Fumiko Shimazu/Golden Chrysathemums
->Rumor #462060:
.We had the CEO of the entire Interspace Commerce corporation, Jennifer Gale, out here last week. She was overseeing the reports of several lost cargo shipments to the station that were apparently politically sensitive in regards to our business dealings within Kusari. I'm not high placed enough within Interspace, but I've heard enough on the grapevine to know that Samura would just love to get their hands on them.
 * Adam Sinsicle/Interspace Commerce
 * Alexi Moles/Interspace Commerce
 * Furyoku Bartender/Kenshin Ohmae/Interspace Commerce
 * Samuel Peterborough/Interspace Commerce
 * Sarah Montgomery/Interspace Commerce
 * Tom Daniels/Interspace Commerce
->Rumor #462061:
.Damn the Hogosha! They might be legally tolerated by the authorities in Kusari, but Okinawa is still a frontier system in most respects, and the police and military are busy with the war in the Tau systems. We seem to get a raid every week or so now on this base, and I heard that one of Fujisawa's gas miners was destroyed recently after the Hogosha broke through the GMG's defensive perimeter. Furyoku's manager contacted the Golden Chrysanthemums recently in order to request their aid in clamping down on the Hogosha issue, but it appears they and the blood Dragons have their own problems of late. Something to do with a system called Tohoku, I heard.
 * Adam Sinsicle/Interspace Commerce
 * Alexi Moles/Interspace Commerce
 * Furyoku Bartender/Kenshin Ohmae/Interspace Commerce
 * Samuel Peterborough/Interspace Commerce
 * Sarah Montgomery/Interspace Commerce
 * Tom Daniels/Interspace Commerce
->Rumor #462062:
.Interspace takes a 5 percent cut in the H-Fuel profits within this system, although sometimes the GMG lets us take our cut in H-Fuel itself, rather than credits. We usually store it here until it can be shipped to Liberty, where we sell it for more to the Liberty Navy. Hey, we've all got to make a living, right?
 * Adam Sinsicle/Interspace Commerce
 * Alexi Moles/Interspace Commerce
 * Furyoku Bartender/Kenshin Ohmae/Interspace Commerce
 * Sarah Montgomery/Interspace Commerce
 * Tom Daniels/Interspace Commerce
->Rumor #462063:
.The Golden Chrysanthemums occasionally dock here for supplies, just as they do at Roppongi Station in the New Tokyo system. However, there is less risk for them out here as there are no police or navy patrols in the entire system. It is a shame really, because the Hogosha wouldn't be nearly so audacious with the navy around to keep an eye on them. Either way, the GC girls are friendly enough, and always eager for stories and news from beyond Kusari.
 * Adam Sinsicle/Interspace Commerce
 * Alexi Moles/Interspace Commerce
 * Furyoku Bartender/Kenshin Ohmae/Interspace Commerce
 * Sarah Montgomery/Interspace Commerce
 * Tom Daniels/Interspace Commerce
->Rumor #462064:
.Don't try to hit on the Golden C. Girls when they're in the bar, buddy. They might all look stunning, but they're tough women, for the most part. Still, I managed to get chatting with one the other week and it progressed to the point where we...ahem...best not say here, my manager is watching. But it was really something, let me tell you!
 * Samuel Peterborough/Interspace Commerce
->Rumor #462065:
.The gas miners who work out on Furyoku are decent sorts overall. Definitely not like most of the Kusari we get in here. They're definitely a lot more liberal in their thinking, and some of their managers are even female. I've made a few good friends here, and I'm thinking about moving to Kusari maybe.
 * Adam Sinsicle/Interspace Commerce
 * Alexi Moles/Interspace Commerce
 * Furyoku Bartender/Kenshin Ohmae/Interspace Commerce
 * Samuel Peterborough/Interspace Commerce
 * Sarah Montgomery/Interspace Commerce
 * Tom Daniels/Interspace Commerce
->Rumor #462066:
I miss my wife and kids back on Manhattan, but I can still appreciate the serene and majestic beauty of Kusari. I never envisioned anything quite like it when I agreed to take a job out here on our new base, a few years ago. You should see the Keiun cloud in Shikoku on the journey back to Liberty; it's beautiful.
 * Tom Daniels/Interspace Commerce
->Rumor #462068:
There's some real strange stuff going on around here lately. A lot of transports have reported seeing ships with unknown transponders and anomalous energy signatures following some of the GC patrols lately. They aren't Outcast and they aren't Dragons. And that's aside from the recent rash of other 'anomalies' that have been popping up. Lots of mysterious lights and random sensor pings. Something's going on out there, thats for sure.
 * Furyoku Bartender/Kenshin Ohmae/Interspace Commerce
 * Tom Daniels/Interspace Commerce
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====Isehara Terraforming Outpost (Okinawa)====
->Rumor #132974:
Kishiro prefers a more focused approach to our businesses than Samura. We left the Food production area centuries ago, because it was clear that the sector was far removed from our core strengths in technology and shipbuilding.
 * Fumio Kajiwara/Kishiro Technologies
 * Hotaka Itami/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jun'ichi Komine/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #132975:
Unlike Samura in Hokkaido, Kishiro had to pay for the Jump Gates to Sigma-17. We shared the costs with the GMG, who will receive more equitable prices for their Fuel than they ever did with Samura. That is the right way to do business.
 * Jun'ichi Komine/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #132977:
We dominate the Honshu system. Samura controls the farmers of Kyushu. Shikoku is more complicated, as it is the one place where there are many foreigners in Kusari. We have exploited the cheap labor rates to open Consumer Goods factories there, much to the dismay of Samura, who once dominated the Kusari domestic market.
 * Jiro Iwasa/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jun'ichi Komine/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #132978:
Just between you and me, we intend to abandon the cargo shipping business within a few years. The competition is fierce, and the criminal element is making it more costly to insure our cargo. Look at IC and Ageira. They make incredible profits off of technology monopolies and their licensing. That is the future for Kishiro.
 * Jiro Iwasa/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jun'ichi Komine/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #132979:
Kishiro is the technology leader of Kusari. We design and manufacture everything from advanced Engine Components and Optronics to Optical Chips and Gas Miners. We also process and ship raw materials like Hydrocarbons and Polymers.
 * Fumio Kajiwara/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jiro Iwasa/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jun'ichi Komine/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #132980:
We view the Golden Chrysanthemums and Blood Dragons as misguided political terrorists who occasionally engage in acts of piracy against our ships. They embody the pent up frustrations that certain elements of Kusari society are feeling towards the glacial pace of change in Tokyo.
 * Fumio Kajiwara/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jiro Iwasa/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jun'ichi Komine/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #133340:
We are searching of a planet to call home. We thought there was a possibility in the Donryu Cloud, but the twin planets are frozen gas, alas. The Outcasts have also proven very challenging in that region of space. We are now looking further inside the Edge Nebula, where our sensors have indicated another planet may lie.
 * Arata Ijiri/Gas Miners Guild
 * Daichi Inukai/Gas Miners Guild
 * Mitsuru  Makino/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #133341:
Sometimes Samura can be so naive. They have never understood where the Blood Dragons get their financial support. We are the silent partner; we decided to aid the fledgling movement of the Blood Dragons to exact our revenge for centuries of theft and humiliation at the hands of Samura.
 * Arata Ijiri/Gas Miners Guild
 * Daichi Inukai/Gas Miners Guild
 * Mitsuru  Makino/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #133342:
The Corsairs and Hogosha were once our friends and partners in the Artifact business. Then they became greedy and bypassed us to trade directly with each other. We do not forget such betrayals easily. All Hogosha and Corsairs are now shot on sight.
 * Arata Ijiri/Gas Miners Guild
 * Daichi Inukai/Gas Miners Guild
 * Mitsuru  Makino/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #133344:
Samura thinks that once that the government pulls back from the Chugoku Gate project that Hokkaido will finally be theirs. They are gravely mistaken. The GMG will insure that the Blood Dragons live on, and do not rest in peace until Samura abandons Hokkaido. The victory will be sweet.
 * Arata Ijiri/Gas Miners Guild
 * Daichi Inukai/Gas Miners Guild
 * Mitsuru  Makino/Gas Miners Guild
->Rumor #462179:
.I heard from a friend of mine who works as a guard down in the mines that the labourers are being tortured and starved. Rations are cut as a matter of course, especially if quotas aren't met, and an overseer reportedly snapped off two of a man's fingers after he complained about his blistered hands.
 * Fumio Kajiwara/Kishiro Technologies
 * Isehara Bartender/Teiko Shinichi/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #462180:
.We're generally safe from attack here aboard Isehara. The outpost swarms with security, and some of Kusari's best fighter aces have taken up semi-permanent residence. Any pirate threat that doesn't resolve itself, due to inter-criminal struggles, is quickly and efficiently dealt with should it approach us.
 * Fumio Kajiwara/Kishiro Technologies
 * Isehara Bartender/Teiko Shinichi/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #462181:
.Here at Isehara we handle the conflux of goods from outside Okinawa space. Collating and registering all the merchandise that passes through our hands here is a constant job, and we work around the clock. Fortunately, we're paid well for it; Isehara is one of Kishiro's foremost concerns.
 * Fumio Kajiwara/Kishiro Technologies
 * Isehara Bartender/Teiko Shinichi/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jiro Iwasa/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #462182:
.Kishiro's struck pure gold here in Okinawa; they might as well be mining credits planetside, because that's what we're seeing more and more of every day. We're turning profits that would make your jaw drop, everyone wants to buy from us, but especially Interspace Commerce. My grandfather always said the Libertonians would do anything to make some money quickly.
 * Arata Ijiri/Gas Miners Guild
 * Mitsuru  Makino/Gas Miners Guild
 * Fumio Kajiwara/Kishiro Technologies
 * Isehara Bartender/Teiko Shinichi/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jiro Iwasa/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #462183:
.Between you and me? The average Bretonian knows the war against Kusari's lost. Many of our top advisors here are former Planetform employees, there's not much profit to be made in Bretonia these days, despite the Gaians' degradation to simple pirates, and many of Cambridge's best scientists are increasingly turning to Kishiro and the Gas Miners Guild for work. Kishiro disagrees with the war and is happy to hire the Bretonians, but the Guild encounters difficulty from its Kusari employees.
 * Arata Ijiri/Gas Miners Guild
 * Daichi Inukai/Gas Miners Guild
 * Mitsuru  Makino/Gas Miners Guild
 * Isehara Bartender/Teiko Shinichi/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jiro Iwasa/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jun'ichi Komine/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #462184:
.I fly the occasional mission for the Gas Miners Guild as an escort and fighter pilot. There are several fat bounties on members of the Golden Chrysanthemum, and I'm able and willing to collect, these are Naval bounties, and I'm a free-wheeling mercenary. I've equipped my Eagle with the appropriate shields and weapons for countering the G.C.; there's one pilot in particular, Noriko Sato, which I'd like to bring in.
 * Arata Ijiri/Gas Miners Guild
 * Daichi Inukai/Gas Miners Guild
 * Mitsuru  Makino/Gas Miners Guild
 * Isehara Bartender/Teiko Shinichi/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jiro Iwasa/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jun'ichi Komine/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #462185:
.I can't believe I made it to Isehara! Five months ago, I was a nobody, a grunt in the Kishiro hierarchy, now I'm on the fast track to promotion and wealth, simply by being transferred here. Guess it helps to have an uncle in the Okinawa management division.
 * Arata Ijiri/Gas Miners Guild
 * Daichi Inukai/Gas Miners Guild
 * Mitsuru  Makino/Gas Miners Guild
 * Hotaka Itami/Kishiro Technologies
 * Isehara Bartender/Teiko Shinichi/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jun'ichi Komine/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #462186:
.A Hogosha agent succeeded in penetrating our defensive perimeter two weeks ago and sabotaged weather satellites #17 and #18 before being destroyed. That little shenanigan cost us thousands of credits in repairs and tens of thousands in lost revenue, as Miura can hardly be terraformed without proper sensory equipment.
 * Daichi Inukai/Gas Miners Guild
 * Hotaka Itami/Kishiro Technologies
 * Isehara Bartender/Teiko Shinichi/Kishiro Technologies
 * Jun'ichi Komine/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #462187:
.Kishiro's mere presence in Okinawa is a massive affront to Samura. Once treated as the smaller of the two Kusari kereitsu, Kishiro's moving in on all the economic sectors Samura once monopolized. This goes beyond mere corporate squabbling, Samura's decidedly dirtier than that; they have a finger in every political pie in Kusari, and are rumoured to be sending their agents, the Hogosha, against us to halt our progress here.
 * Hotaka Itami/Kishiro Technologies
 * Isehara Bartender/Teiko Shinichi/Kishiro Technologies
->Rumor #462188:
.I thought Dragons never die, but it seems I'm mistaken! I was on a routine patrol through the Karatsu cloud the other day when what do I see but a lone target! The Dragon, already damaged and missing a wing, decided to turn tail and flee instead of fighting, but he was too slow for me. I took out his shield with several well-placed shots, and then gave him hell with a Sunstalker.
 * Hotaka Itami/Kishiro Technologies
 * Isehara Bartender/Teiko Shinichi/Kishiro Technologies
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====Kamakura Base (Okinawa)====
->Rumor #132998:
We seem to have lots of weapons and supplies. We also have very accurate information on targets that need to be hit, and they aren't always Synth Foods. I don't know where our leadership gets the information -- it is not my place to know too much.
 * Kenta Onishi/Hogosha
->Rumor #133000:
We Hogosha are legitimate businessmen. Don't believe any of those rumors about us stealing supplies from bases and all. As a matter of fact, I just came up from Tokyo with basic necessities. There's nothing evil in that, is there?
 * Hitoshi Ebisawa/Hogosha
 * Naoki Fuchida/Hogosha
 * Takata Ran/Hogosha
->Rumor #133003:
We have a little deal with the police -- no drugs, no problems. Some of the young Bosozoku object to that. They usually get a one-way ticket out of a garbage airlock in short order. The Golden Cs are a different thing. We can't control those zealots. Misguided feminists, that's what they are.
 * Hitoshi Ebisawa/Hogosha
 * Kamakura Bartender/Isao Bunya/Hogosha
 * Naoki Fuchida/Hogosha
 * Takata Ran/Hogosha
->Rumor #133004:
We are Samura's hired muscle. When something unpleasant needs to be done, we're the ones to do it. In exchange, they keep the police off our backs and make sure that Artifact smuggling is not taken too seriously in Kusari. We've had a long and profitable relationship and see no reason to change our ways.
 * Hitoshi Ebisawa/Hogosha
 * Naoki Fuchida/Hogosha
 * Takata Ran/Hogosha
->Rumor #133005:
Our main business is Alien Artifacts. For some reason, the rich elites of Tokyo and Manhattan have always had a fondness for these toys. We used to get them from the GMG, who were the middlemen between us and the Corsairs. They got greedy, like they all do -- started charging too much. So when the Hawaii opened, we bypassed them and went directly to the source.
 * Hitoshi Ebisawa/Hogosha
 * Kamakura Bartender/Isao Bunya/Hogosha
 * Naoki Fuchida/Hogosha
 * Takata Ran/Hogosha
->Rumor #133267:
We will never let the Junkers into Kusari space. For one thing, there is no junk. It was too precious for Kusari industry to ever throw away. The Junkers harbor many criminals that create problems for the other Houses.
 * Hitoshi Ebisawa/Hogosha
 * Naoki Fuchida/Hogosha
 * Takata Ran/Hogosha
->Rumor #133269:
The Blood Dragons want to restore the ways of the past. That is not the direction that Kusari should follow. The Hogosha is accused of many things, but we are just the messengers. Kusari society itself must change from within. That is difficult for our culture, where the nail that sticks up gets hammered down.
 * Hitoshi Ebisawa/Hogosha
 * Kamakura Bartender/Isao Bunya/Hogosha
 * Naoki Fuchida/Hogosha
 * Takata Ran/Hogosha
->Rumor #134330:
The Kobe Maru was making its weekly Artifact run across the Shikoku system when it was ambushed by the Blood Dragons. The ship is presumed destroyed, and its whereabouts are unknown, although it's been rumored to be drifting somewhere in the Shiun Cloud.
 * Hitoshi Ebisawa/Hogosha
 * Naoki Fuchida/Hogosha
 * Takata Ran/Hogosha
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====Sendai Research Complex (Okinawa)====
->Rumor #462072:
.There has been troubling news out of Tohoku lately. Nomad activity is increasing, and we have reason to believe that Tekagi's Arch is inhabited once more. Our forward base at Ryuku has been reactivated and patrols sent out. Perhaps we will be able to stop the problem before it becomes too severe this time.
 * Akemi Shimuzu/Blood Dragons
 * Hanako Takei/Blood Dragons
 * Sendai Bartender/Shinji Godo/Blood Dragons
 * Yuichi Hyata/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #462087:
.We captured a bounty hunter called Luke Grafton out in the Kofu Cloud recently. He was in bad shape when we brought him in, with multiple internal injuries and several broken bones, but he survived. I was always lead to believe that all bounty hunters were ex-criminal gaijin who were only in it for profit, but Grafton seems to be a well-educated idealist who joined to fight crime and injustice. If all humans believed in freedom and justice like he does, we wouldn't be having to fight them in the first place.
 * Akemi Shimuzu/Blood Dragons
 * Hanako Takei/Blood Dragons
 * Miagi San/Blood Dragons
 * Sendai Bartender/Shinji Godo/Blood Dragons
 * Yuichi Hyata/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #462088:
.I miss my wife. She is back on Kyoto base, working in maintenance on Blood Dragon fighters. I spend six month shifts out here onboard Sendai and while I enjoy my work, I wish she could be here with me. She comes to visit once every few months , but the journey through Kusari is dangerous. I wouldn't know what I would do if she were killed or sent to Fuchu prison.
 * Yuichi Hyata/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #462089:
.It is well-known that there were once Order here at Sendai; Order scientists were crucial to the efforts of the Blood Dragons in not only monitoring the actions of the late Governor Tekagi, but also in unravelling the gruesome secret behind his vile actions. No Order researchers remain aboard Sendai these days, however, and they won't be returning, they've allied themselves with our foes, the Corsairs, in the Edge Worlds.
 * Sendai Bartender/Shinji Godo/Blood Dragons
 * Noriko Sato/Golden Chrysanthemums
->Rumor #462090:
.A Libertonian Bounty Hunter, Luke Grafton, was shot down and subsequently taken prisoner towards Kofu's western edge yesterday morning. I saw Grafton when he was brought in; I'd expected a crude, loud-mouthed boor, but encountered an honourable foe, courteous in defeat. As far as I know, he's being treated for his various injuries; his ship was swallowed by the dust cloud, and may yet retain some of its equipment.
 * Akemi Shimuzu/Blood Dragons
 * Hanako Takei/Blood Dragons
 * Miagi San/Blood Dragons
 * Sendai Bartender/Shinji Godo/Blood Dragons
 * Yuichi Hyata/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #462091:
.We've had an alien biology division aboard Sendai for over half a century. Though the Blood Dragons own and operate this base, we have a surprisingly large contingent of Chrysanthemums here; many were educated and trained as brilliant scientists and the work in xenobiology and xenoarchaeology we offer is the only alternative to a life of crime due to the corrupt, Samura-backed government.
 * Akemi Shimuzu/Blood Dragons
 * Hanako Takei/Blood Dragons
 * Miagi San/Blood Dragons
 * Sendai Bartender/Shinji Godo/Blood Dragons
 * Yuichi Hyata/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #462092:
.One cannot see Okinawa from here; the Kofu cloud obscures her. Picture the system, anyway, a vista beautiful without compare, corrupted and tainted by the smear of corporate greed. Someday, the Dragons will be victorious; we shall throw off Samura's shackles of oppression and shall liberate the government. Kusari shall be restored to its glory and to its people.
 * Noriko Sato/Golden Chrysanthemums
->Rumor #462093:
.Bounty Hunters - the scourge of Sirius has begun to encroach upon Kusari. It sickens me to think of how these lice-ridden dogs penetrate all that was once tranquil and peaceful - even now, they taint Okinawa, and are so audacious as to be sighted here in Kofu from time to time.
 * Akemi Shimuzu/Blood Dragons
 * Hanako Takei/Blood Dragons
 * Miagi San/Blood Dragons
 * Sendai Bartender/Shinji Godo/Blood Dragons
 * Yuichi Hyata/Blood Dragons
 * Noriko Sato/Golden Chrysanthemums
->Rumor #462094:
.Samura's not present in person in Okinawa, but their pathetic lackeys, the Hogosha, have a base here - somewhere in the Hasuda asteroid field - and constantly attempt to find Sendai in a misguided bid to displace us from the system. The Hogosha are amateurs, their vessels weak, their pilots inferior. Perhaps they can kill the occasional Chrysanthemum, though even there, they're outmatched, but never a Dragon.
 * Miagi San/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #462095:
.An over-eager Hogosha pathfinder entered the Kofu cloud several weeks ago, striking out on his own to look for this base. It appears that luck is with the foolish, as the pilot penetrated to Sendai's very perimeter. At that point, however, his good fortune left him, as he was lamed by a shot from our automatic defences and then hunted down by a fighter wing. We decided to leave the wreck in place, as a warning to others; it lies to the southeast.
 * Akemi Shimuzu/Blood Dragons
 * Hanako Takei/Blood Dragons
 * Sendai Bartender/Shinji Godo/Blood Dragons
 * Yuichi Hyata/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #462096:
.Noriko Sato, a fighter ace of the Chrysanthemums, frequently docks here. She's a credit to her sisters; there's many a Dragon that could learn something from her. The Naval Forces have placed a sizeable bounty on her head - well-merited - but she's escaped or destroyed all pursuers to date. I doubt she'll ever be caught; she's far too agile and alert.
 * Miagi San/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #462097:
.While the Dragons fight for freedom and independence, the keiretsu grow fat off the back-breaking labor of innocent citizens; the government's steeped in bribes and does nothing. The sacred duty of liberation therefore falls to us; we shall cleanse Kusari of the stain of dishonour that harks back to the Hideyoshi shogunate, when the Empire's rightful leader was betrayed and executed by Samura henchmen.
 * Akemi Shimuzu/Blood Dragons
 * Hanako Takei/Blood Dragons
 * Miagi San/Blood Dragons
 * Sendai Bartender/Shinji Godo/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #462098:
.Okinawa was colonized in 692 A.S., four years after the initial Blood Dragon scouts penetrated via the Honshu jumphole that the Matsuda guards today. Even then, this system wasn't entirely safe; the Mintaka field was as explosive then as it is today, and several of our scouts were lost where scanners did not function properly. Naturally, any salvagers would have encountered the same dangers - it's conceivable that wrecks over a century old yet drift in the mire.
 * Akemi Shimuzu/Blood Dragons
 * Hanako Takei/Blood Dragons
 * Sendai Bartender/Shinji Godo/Blood Dragons
 * Yuichi Hyata/Blood Dragons
->Rumor #462099:
.That gaijin bounty hunter Luke Grafton really earned his nickname! When we engaged his lone vessel, we outnumbered him by eleven to one. He took out four of us before we finally crippled his vessel. The unusual thing is, most bounty hunters that we encounter tend to fire on our escape pods rather than risk us being rescued by our own, but Grafton let them be. It seems that not all bounty hunters are honourless scum.
 * Akemi Shimuzu/Blood Dragons
 * Hanako Takei/Blood Dragons
 * Sendai Bartender/Shinji Godo/Blood Dragons
 * Yuichi Hyata/Blood Dragons
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====Sigma-19 Gate Construction Site (Okinawa)====
->Rumor #132798:
With Sigma-13 almost depleted of Gases we had to come to this system to tap into its resources. Kishiro also does a fair bit of gas mining here. They make the best gas mining ships, because they always had to accept mining Gases from less desirable areas. Their ships had to be more efficient to compete.
 * Construction Site Bartender/Joshua Newman/Deep Space Engineering
->Rumor #132804:
This base gets the majority of its supplies from Aomori. Anything else that we need is either mined or brought here by Kishiro shippers.
 * Construction Site Bartender/Joshua Newman/Deep Space Engineering
->Rumor #133393:
So what brought you to the armpit of the universe? Never been on a Gate construction job where they lob missiles at you everyday. That's why we're an all all-volunteer force here. Work here one year and you can retire, and not in the wastelands of Houston, mind you. Nope, I'm headed to California to buy me a nice house and rub elbows with those rich folks.
 * Harry Ruberdale/Deep Space Engineering
 * Nick Sears/Deep Space Engineering
 * Tanner Madhares/Deep Space Engineering
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====Freital Base (Omega-11)====
->Rumor #133720:
You can do yourself a favor and run Diamonds for us to Vogtland. Once there, you may wish to purchase basic supplies and other necessities like Side Arms and Engine Components. Bring those Commodities back here and we will buy them from you.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133721:
Hessians on Freistadt ship us many of the basic Commodities we require at this base. They also bring Engine Components with them.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133722:
Everything needed to keep a base running is sent from Freital to Ronneburg. We are their suppliers, as Vogtland supplies us. If you enjoy being friends with the Hessians, you can always help us out by running these shipments.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133723:
The miners who work the Daumann mining plant in this system hate us. Those stupid fools are the ones who went back to work for Daumann after the Popular Revolt. Anyone who labors away for Daumann doesn't have the brains to know when to get out.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133724:
If you want to move up the ladder with the Red Hessians quickly, you come to Omega-11. Diamonds all over. There are Corsairs here, too, but not like Omega-5. My comrade went to The Five to fight. I'm pretty sure he's dead now.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133725:
The ships that disappear in Van Rohe aren't always cooked by flares. If I snag a ship in the belt, I'm going to destroy it. I don't let the crew come back to whine to Daumann. Better to let everyone think they got torched by a flare.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
->Rumor #133726:
The Van Rohe Belt is filled with Diamonds, and so are the shipments out of here. Take your pick, just be careful if you're gonna go looking for Diamonds in the belt; a bad solar flare will melt your ship before you can put on a pair of sunglasses.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133727:
This system offers plenty of mobility; she's got five Jump Holes that will take you to Omega-41, Omega-5, Omega-7, Stuttgart, or Dresden. The one to Dresden leads to Vogtland; that's where our diamonds go. Then they get hauled to Kreuzberg where the Junkers fence them.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
->Rumor #133728:
I worked at Solarius years ago until I wised up. I earned danger pay but it didn't compare to what I earn now. I quit when an entire load of Diamonds we were shipping was stolen. Why not be the guys who steal the Diamonds instead of giving them up to Daumann?
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
->Rumor #134294:
The treacherous conditions created by the dying sun of Omega-11 has not discouraged many criminals, Bounty Hunters, or even Daumann employees from pushing their luck too far in search of instant riches. Out along the long Von Rohe Belt, unprotected from radiation, numerous dead ships lie floating in the void. Some of them may have Diamonds, most don't. Many of the salvage expeditions that have been sent to retrieve the precious cargos have lingered too long and succumbed to the radiation themselves.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
->Rumor #134312:
The Volsung was on a long-range recon mission into Omega-41 searching for Corsairs when it was caught in one of the minefields. The pilot succumbed to the intense radiation emitted by the system's neutron star before a rescue ship could reach him. His ship was rumored to have a specially modified Hessian gun.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
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====Solarius Station (Omega-11)====
->Rumor #133705:
If you got the guts for it, I know a way you can make a whole lot of money. Get Diamonds from this base and fly them to New Berlin. Once you're there, pick up basic supplies or Mining Machinery and bring em back here.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jörg Freytag
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Sven Bierlich
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Volker Aubry
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Solarius Bartender/RBT-147
->Rumor #133706:
If you don't want to fly into New Berlin for whatever reason, there's a market for Diamonds in Stuttgart. Take them to Freiburg; they'll buy Diamonds from you there.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jörg Freytag
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Sven Bierlich
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Volker Aubry
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Solarius Bartender/RBT-147
->Rumor #133707:
This station receives almost all of her basic supplies from Stuttgart. If you want to, you can go there and get us what we need. Maybe the Hessians won't kill you if you aren't carrying Diamonds, but I wouldn't bet on it.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jörg Freytag
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Sven Bierlich
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Volker Aubry
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Solarius Bartender/RBT-147
->Rumor #133708:
This system was first explored by a great man named Van Rohe. The belt that surrounds the dying sun is named after him. That's where you are going to find the Diamonds in Omega 11. He sacrificed his life for his crew.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jörg Freytag
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Sven Bierlich
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Volker Aubry
->Rumor #133709:
Van Rohe believed the belt that shares his name to be a planet that was knocked out of orbit by the expanding sun's pull. It was shattered against its own moon. All the metals and Diamonds were cracked out of its crust, and now drift in the belt.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jörg Freytag
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Sven Bierlich
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Volker Aubry
->Rumor #133710:
If you want to find the Diamonds, you must cross Abgrund into the Van Rohe Belt. Once there, head south since the Diamonds closest to this base have been mined out. Don't get greedy or else a flare will kill you for staying out too long and insulting the sun.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jörg Freytag
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Sven Bierlich
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Volker Aubry
->Rumor #133711:
The Red Hessians are pure evil. It's not enough that the sun will strike you dead for not respecting him; you gotta worry about Hessians, too. I came here because I was a poor man and this work pays better than any other Daumann outfit. You'd think the Hessians would respect that, seeing as they were once just like us.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jörg Freytag
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Sven Bierlich
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Volker Aubry
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Solarius Bartender/RBT-147
->Rumor #133712:
There's ghost ships all throughout Abgrund and the Van Rohe Belt. They will lure you into a pocket full of Diamonds and tempt you to stay longer than you should. You see, the dead don't like to be alone, they want company. Don't do it. Come back as fast as you can or else the sun will roast your bones.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jörg Freytag
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Sven Bierlich
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Volker Aubry
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Solarius Bartender/RBT-147
->Rumor #133713:
New miners who come here learn fast or we bounce em out. They gotta learn to listen to the flare reports and get themselves a bit of luck. Me, I carry a Red Hessians knuckle bone. Yup, we pulled a skeleton out of a dead ship in Abgrund a few years ago.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jörg Freytag
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Sven Bierlich
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Volker Aubry
->Rumor #133714:
The miners at this base have gone crazy. They are all extremely superstitious. I once referred to the sun as a she, and they all started screaming at me. They said the sun would burn my shadow into a Diamond for saying such a thing.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Candice Hargenrader
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Winston Elliot
->Rumor #133715:
There are five Jump Holes in this system. The Corsairs come in from Omega-41, which is in the Madsack Fragment. The Holes to the other two Border Worlds connected to this system are in the Jeschke Fragment. That field is loaded with Hessians; don't go there unless that's what you're looking for.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Candice Hargenrader
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Winston Elliot
->Rumor #133716:
The war between the Hessians and the Corsairs is still raging in Omega-5, but here the Hessians are in control. The Corsairs still come to Omega-11 by way of the Omega-41 Jump Hole, but they are looking for Diamonds usually. They do make hit and runs on the Hessians, too.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Candice Hargenrader
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Winston Elliot
->Rumor #133717:
The Jump Hole to Dresden is in the Kraft Fragment. It is just south of the Jump Gate to Stuttgart. The Red Hessians make use of that Hole quite often, so be careful.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Candice Hargenrader
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Winston Elliot
->Rumor #133718:
If you want to get into Stuttgart, and you don't need any authorities scanning your ship, I recommend using the Jump Hole in the Franke Fragment. This system is littered with Hessians, so you'll find them in that field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Candice Hargenrader
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Winston Elliot
->Rumor #133719:
Since the Rheinland authorities have deemed this system too unsafe to patrol, we are the only protection that the corporations have from Corsairs and Red Hessians. This place is hell; if you don't get your brains cooked out of your head by radiation, the pirates will kill you.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Candice Hargenrader
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Winston Elliot
->Rumor #134294:
The treacherous conditions created by the dying sun of Omega-11 has not discouraged many criminals, Bounty Hunters, or even Daumann employees from pushing their luck too far in search of instant riches. Out along the long Von Rohe Belt, unprotected from radiation, numerous dead ships lie floating in the void. Some of them may have Diamonds, most don't. Many of the salvage expeditions that have been sent to retrieve the precious cargos have lingered too long and succumbed to the radiation themselves.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Candice Hargenrader
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Winston Elliot
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Jörg Freytag
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Sven Bierlich
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Volker Aubry
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====Battleship Schwerin (Omega-15)====
->Rumor #133910:
We deliver MOX to the Westfalen every few months or so. Berlin has been having difficulty making their payments lately. ALG would like to improve our relationship with the military, so we often waive the transport and installation fees.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133911:
The structural integrity of this ship is suspect. It suffered a lot of damage during the Eighty Years War, but was forced to remain in service, since all of its sister ships are now Scrap Metal in the Sigma-13 system. We are always nervous when we have to enter the reactor compartments of this ship. Especially since the recent accident.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133912:
Our most lucrative runs for MOX are into Colorado. One must first survive the Xenos in the Independent Worlds, however. The Rogues would also like to get their hands on bomb-making material -- especially the group found in Hudson.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133913:
The military's brought us in to help them out in the Nordheide. They don't pay us too much, though. But they have good, long-range scanners and a strategic position in this area, so it's worthwhile for us. Most of the actual bounties are put up by Republican.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133914:
There are a few reformed Hessians among us here in Hamburg. They're the lucky ones who got out of Vierlande before their sentences were up. One guy had some story about some neutron star in Omega-41. That's way out there in the Edge Worlds in Corsair land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133915:
The Hole to Bering is up in the Nordheide. If you're looking for diamond smuggling Unioners, then that's the place to be. There isn't a direct route between here and Hudson, which keeps the Xenos and Rogues out of Hamburg.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133916:
Some of the Hunters use this as a base for journeys into Hudson. Most of the bounties up there are for Xenos and Rogues. Republican posts the bulk of them, though Universal and IC chip in on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133917:
Just came back from Hudson. We were cruising for baddies in the gap between the Wrangell and Kenai Fields. Ran right into a little skirmish going on between the local thugs. I got me two Xenos and a Rogue. Buy you a drink?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133918:
Hudson is a little rougher than Hamburg. No safe havens, not even any military in the Rheinland part of the system. Liberty Navy's putting a lot of pressure on them, but they can't do much about it. You can see why. Look around at this dump.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133919:
It's a quick trip from Hamburg. We run in supplies on a regular basis. Sometimes they can't pay us, but we usually can arrange something. Maybe four dead Unioners for a container of Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133920:
Republican is competing with ALG to win the contract for constructing the next generation of Rheinland battleships. We have a clear advantage in ship design and practical construction experience. But they have a definite strength in alloys and specialized Hull Panel fabrication.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133921:
Although it's not far to Hamburg from here, the Unioners will attack us if given the opportunity. Their preferred method is to disable a Trade Lane ring near the center of the stretch, then flee back into the Nordheide at the first sign of a military patrol.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133922:
The Westfalen is the last battleship still operational in the Rheinland fleet. We are always short of spare parts, and the men are paid only once every three months. Some enterprising pilots have taken to moonlighting for Republican or Synth Foods in order to make ends meet.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133923:
This ship is a deathtrap. They had an explosion last week in Fusion Reactor 6. Had to seal off the entire A Deck. They're not even going to fix it. That's a sorry state of affairs. The Westfalen will never be able to make a jump again.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133924:
There are rumors circulating that ALG is planning on building a new shipyard in Dortmund to build the Bremen and her sister ships. They're willing to build them at cost in order to gain entry into this new market. That's an attractive proposition for Berlin at this point and time.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133925:
The Rheinland Military is tasked with patrolling the northern areas of Hamburg and the adjacent Independent Worlds of Bering and Hudson. But we only have enough working fighters to cover the Trade Lanes in the immediate area, plus a daily patrol into the Nordheide. We assign Bounty Hunters to handle many of our other patrol routes in the area.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133926:
Ever since we lost the war, Rheinland just hasn't been the same; the entire colony feels beaten and bereft of vigor. Look around, there is no one smiling or enjoying themselves. What will it take for my House to heal?
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133927:
Daumann is the real culprit in the Eighty-Years War. The Imperial Navy Command had grave doubts about the wisdom of fighting a guerrilla-style war in the Crow Nebula against an enemy that was so well-supplied by Kusari. But Daumann saw the huge profits to be made in lucrative shipbuilding contracts, and bribed hundreds of key government officials. The rest is history.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133928:
Many of the young officers are leaving the Rheinland Military, tired of the poor conditions and low pay. Most of them end up flying commercial transports for Republican or Synth Foods. The rest end up with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133929:
The Rheinland public doesn't respect the military anymore. We lost the Eighty-Years War to a ragtag bunch of gas miners as far as they're concerned. That is one reason it has been so difficult for Berlin to increase our budget -- the politicians backed by the Bundschuh always vote it down.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133930:
The Bundschuh continues to attack this floating piece of junk for some reason. We usually run them off after a few minutes. I guess they don't have any other obvious military targets left in Rheinland -- except maybe the Oder Shipyard. Have to have an enemy to keep the cause going.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
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====Bornholm Depot (Omega-15)====
->Rumor #132313:
This is the last stop for us on our Artifact run from our homeland. Maybe one day you could run Artifacts for the Corsairs. It's dangerous but pays very well. If those aren't two things that interest you then I'm wasting my time talking to you. Just make sure to stay clear of those Red Hessians.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132314:
There are Outcasts on this base. Once they were our brothers, but that was long, long ago. Now they are just like everyone else -- targets. It's not that we don't like them, but that won't stop us from taking one of their shipments or putting them in the airlock. Somehow I doubt those masks they wear would save them from that.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132315:
You could run reinforcement supplies to our base in Cadiz if you want to gain favor with the Corsairs. We need H-Fuel and Engine Components there to continue fighting the Red Hessians in Omega-5.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132316:
Bretonia offers many tempting targets. We soon realized that we didn't need to buy the Gold from the Junkers; we could go steal it ourselves from the Mollys and IMG. Once we dispose of the local criminals, Bretonia will be ours.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132317:
Once we drop our Artifacts here, the fun begins. We raid the Trade Lanes here in Bretonia to supply our bases back home along the Edge Worlds. Before we discovered that we could make such a nice profit from selling the Artifacts, we lived solely by raiding. The easiest targets are here in Bretonia; police presence is a joke in this space.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132318:
Now that there has been a ban declared on Artifacts, it has been more difficult to sell as many as before, but we have compensated by raising the prices. Everyone always wants what they can't have, and now the rich fools who crave these toys will pay almost any amount for them.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #132319:
The conditions on this base are absolutely appalling. It goes against a Gaian's very nature to be surrounded by the cretinous scavengers who populate these dingy corridors. Yet we are compelled to purchase those things we need to maintain our existence at our own base in the Islay Cloud of Edinburgh: Pharmaceuticals, H-Fuel, Food, Consumer Goods, and such.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
->Rumor #132320:
The Mollys' hatred for BMM is an advantage to our own attacks upon that corporation, and though we don't share the same motivations that the Mollys' do, our disgust with the despoilers of BMM is just as intense. Unlike many underground operations, we are not motivated by the acquisition of money. We are a political organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for all who live in Bretonia, even our enemies, though they are too blind to see it.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
->Rumor #132321:
If it wasn't for the Green Front, I doubt the Gaians would be able to operate at all. We have the support of the intellectuals in Bretonia and the educated elite of Cambridge but without the financial assistance that Green Front brings in& Well, let's just say that good causes don't fund themselves.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
->Rumor #132322:
The Gaians wouldn't have any place to get their supplies if it weren't for this base, but you should see how they gulp and sniff whenever they set foot in here. I hate dealing with them, but they bring us money in return for the supplies they need for their base in Edinburgh.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132323:
The Artifacts that come into Bretonia pass through here. They are brought to us by the Corsairs from their bases in the southern Edge Worlds. We do run into New London, which can get pretty risky with the police and military hovering about. If you get scanned, it's over.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132324:
If you need cash, you can ship supplies to the Molly base Arranmore in Dublin. They need Oxygen, Water, H-Fuel, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Goods, Food, Side Arms, and Engine Components.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132325:
We sell the Mollys' Gold, Corsairs' Artifacts, and Outcasts' Cardamine in New London. You can make very good money doing it, but don't get caught. We'll say we've never seen you before.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132326:
The Corsairs require Gold and Engine Components for their Tripoli Shipyard in Omicron Gamma. If you're friendly enough with them, you could make some very good money.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132327:
The Gaian base is known as Islay; they call it "the Sleet." Everyone knows that it's in the Islay Ice Cloud, but they don't know where -- it's too well camouflaged. It's situated very close to a hidden Jump Hole to Leeds, which is really handy for hit-and-run attacks against BMM and the Trade Lanes, or for hitting the ice mining by Planetform's Perth base at Ayr.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132328:
The war-torn Corsair base Cadiz in Omega-5 is in need of H-Fuel and Engine Components. Be careful getting there. The Red Hessians don't like freelancers helping their enemy.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132329:
Sometimes people wonder where the Junkers come from. It's true you can find us throughout Sirius except Kusari space, but no one knows where we started. The truth is that the Junkers are comprised of all kinds. We are the ones who weren't happy working for one group or another. Our blood is from all the people of Sirius, even the Kusari. Truth is, once yer a Junker you aren't nothing else but a Junker, and whatever you were before falls away.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132330:
We buy Engine Components, Basic Alloys, Side Arms, and other criminal necessities in New London. The authorities can't lift a finger, even though they know where we're headed.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132331:
Criminals deal with us because we can go where they can't. They could run the gauntlet into Liberty from here, but they wouldn't be able to dock anywhere. We Junkers have a cover. Most authorities don't know if we're hauling scrap or contraband, and that's how we get through. We can get our ships onto almost any planet, so criminals have to deal with us.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132332:
Us Junkers, we're a different breed from the rest of our clientele. We just want to get along with everyone. You know why? Cuz that's the way to make money. We don't care about politics or which group killed this other group. To Junkers it's all about how many credits we can get our hands on, so we get all kinds on our bases and that's how we like it.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Junkers/Trafalgar Bartender/Andrew Pratt
->Rumor #132333:
The Junkers like to deal with us because we bring them something everybody wants: Gold. We used to mine it for BMM; now we steal theirs or mine it from our own fields. We aren't thieves, though. We paid for that Gold in blood and the broken hands of our fathers before us.
 * Mollys/ George Thornton
->Rumor #132334:
We like to get our supplies for Arranmore -- that's our base in Dublin -- here in New London. The IMG charges a bit too much on the Hood, and they won't sell us our Side Arms.
 * Mollys/ George Thornton
->Rumor #132335:
One of our lads, Roger Patience, got captured last week by the military in Leeds during a MOX raid. He's one of our best. He was on a prison convoy headed for Newgate Prison. We cracked him out in Manchester yesterday as it broke from the Trade Lanes. If you see him, he might buy you a drink to celebrate his new-found freedom.
 * Mollys/ George Thornton
->Rumor #132336:
So you're interested in working for us? Try running a load of Cardamine to Magellan or Cortez for us. The Lane Hackers would appreciate that.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132337:
We buy Side Arms for the Cali base in Tau-23 here. It's not an easy Jump Hole route between Trafalgar and our base out there. Fortunately, the Barrier offers plenty of cover.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132338:
Cardamine was the one good thing that fate gave us. When we first landed on Malta the weak who didn't want to live anymore could go to a better place chewing the orange grass. It was also a curse, as we became dependent on Cardamine to survive, though we don't get a high from it anymore. Now we use Cardamine to make money. Eventually we'll run Sirius. Once a large enough portion of the populace is hooked, we've got them.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132339:
Orbital Spa and Cruise has made itself an annoyance to the Outcasts. Its Shetland cruise ship in Edinburgh lies right in the path of our Cardamine route to this base. The truth is, if they keep pushing into Outcast space, some tourists are going to be killed.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132340:
From here we ship to Liberty via the Rogue base Montezuma in Cortez. They can't get enough of our Cardamine, so as long as we keep it flowing they are under our control. They make good attack dogs. Soon more of the criminal factions will become addicted, and we'll rule Sirius -- then our revenge will be complete.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #132341:
BMM is no match for our military in Tau-23. We will force them out of the system and destroy the Jump Gate. Our survival as a sovereign nation is at stake. Cali is a crucial distribution point for Cardamine on the trip to Bretonia and Liberty.
 * Outcasts/ Howard Desmond
 * Outcasts/ Lucy Williams
->Rumor #134281:
The Trujillo stumbled into a gas pocket in the old Somerset mining area during the early days of Corsair incursion in the New London system. The ship was lost deep inside the hazard area. Several attempts were made to rescue the Artifacts it carried, but to no avail.
 * Junkers/ Geoff Beer
->Rumor #134282:
The Molly fighter Vanguard was on a Gold run from Dublin to Trafalgar when it was intercepted by a Bretonia Armed Forces patrol in the Cumbria Asteroid Field. They gave chase and he fled into a known gas hazard area. Unfortunately, his luck ran out that day when he encountered a particularly dense pocket. The ship still lies there, awaiting anyone foolish enough to knowingly enter a volatile gas zone.
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
 * Mollys/ George Thornton
->Rumor #134283:
The Outcast fighter Puno stumbled into one of the Southampton Debris Field radiation zones on the first Outcast drug run into the New London system in 751. It still lies there, untouchable to anyone who values their life.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
->Rumor #134285:
The Corsair ship Caraz was making a routine Artifact smuggling run from Cadiz to Trafalgar several weeks ago, but it never arrived. Several intercepted military comms. suggest that it was damaged by an Armed Forces patrol and pursued into the Grasmere Ice Cloud.
 * Corsairs/ Laura Rumsey
 * Corsairs/ Tony Altman
->Rumor #134286:
The San Vicente was making a Cardamine run from Cali to New London when it was ambushed by an Armed Forces patrol in the West Leeds Smog Cloud. The cargo was recovered by the military, but it is possible that one of the larger pieces of debris still has some equipment attached.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
 * Junkers/ Joshua Altman
->Rumor #134287:
The Outcast ship Lorenzo was making a Cardamine run from Cali to Mactan when it was caught by a military patrol in the LD-14 Asteroid Field. It turned further into the heart of the field to escape its pursuers and stumbled into an old radioactive pocket. The crew is presumed dead, but the ship is probably still intact. No one has retrieved the cargo yet due to the high radiation danger in the area.
 * Gaians/ Terry Devereux
 * Junkers/ Leo Henderson
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====Rostock Station (Omega-15)====
->Rumor #133080:
This base is a major distribution point in this part of Bretonian space. Aside from a small police outpost, this is the last stop before hitting the Independent Worlds.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Sheffield Bartender/Winston Fisher
->Rumor #133081:
This base's location between the two major ice fields in this system leaves us with plenty of options. All kinds of scumbag criminals come into this system. You name it, we got it: Mollys, Gaians, Outcasts, and even Lane Hackers. Most of the action takes place north of the Trade Lanes, except the occasional Molly raid on the Newgate.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Sheffield Bartender/Winston Fisher
->Rumor #133082:
Your past does not matter when you become a Bounty Hunter. Once you join the Guild, all is forgotten. For many it is the only chance they have to turn their lives around. I'm not saying life is all roses from that point on -- far from it -- but it's better than going back to the Newgate.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133083:
Outcasts come into this system via the Magellan Jump Hole, so if you are looking to bag an Outcast, then I suggest you look in the Sheffield North. Be careful -- Outcasts are pretty touchy with a hold full of Cardamine and have no problem blowing a hole in your ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Sheffield Bartender/Winston Fisher
->Rumor #133084:
There are two Jump Holes in this system. The Hole to Leeds is in the Birmingham Ice Field; the Hole to Magellan is in the southern part of the Sheffield North Ice Field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133085:
There is a law in the Bounty Hunters Guild that must never be broken. The proper authorities can't ever be told the location of the Jump Holes. Any Bounty Hunter who breaks this rule is expelled from the Guild, and is usually the victim of an accident.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133086:
My father was a Bounty Hunter and so was his father before him. Dad started taking me hunting with him when I turned fourteen. I've been doing this ever since, and I've bagged over four hundred criminals in that time.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133087:
The best way to catch a Molly is to use bait. If you can take out one of their engines, the other Mollys are going to stay behind and try to rescue the distressed pilot. That's when you find out if you are good enough to do this job.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133088:
Lane Hackers do a lot of raiding in this system. They know when the Gold shipments are going to come through, and yellow metal is one of their favorite finds.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Sheffield Bartender/Winston Fisher
->Rumor #134323:
The Charles Kane and its escorts were ambushed in the Roatan Ice Crystal Cloud several weeks ago, probably by Rogues or Lane Hackers. They commandeered the ship and flew it further into the cloud. Several Bounty Hunters happened upon the hijacked ship, and a fierce firefight ensued. Only one limped back to tell the tale. She said the ship was still out there in the cloud, abandoned and drifting with the field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
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====Aland Shipyard (Omega-3)====
->Rumor #133591:
I make the shipping run to this base from the BMM Douglas. When I come here, I bring Hydrocarbons and Polymers. When I leave, I take all the basic supplies that keep the Ole Doug running. You'd be surprised how often I get jumped by Corsairs. Aye, they're mean ones. Glad I don't have to tangle with them Hessians too. That would be too much.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Richard Thomas
->Rumor #133592:
Some of the Zoners at this base are always lookin at me side ways, acting like I'm the almighty hand of BMM itself. Ah, stupid base snipes is all they are. Next one I see looking at me funny is gonna get some teeth popped outta his head.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Richard Thomas
->Rumor #133593:
This system is gonna be Bretonian space one day, you wait and see. The Ole Doug was plopped down by BMM on queen's orders to keep an eye on them cretinous Rheinlanders. They won't have much to do around here once Sprague is all fixed up and we're living on her.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Richard Thomas
->Rumor #133598:
The only competent Bounty Hunters in Sirius are Rheinland Hunters. For that matter, the only competent anybody in Sirius are Rheinlanders. Everyone else has gotten lucky -- like Liberty -- or cheated like the GMG and Kusari. We make the finest products, mine the meanest systems, and even have the toughest pirates.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kevin Sharp
->Rumor #133599:
We have a contract that keeps our convoys running between here and Dortmund. Hydrocarbons and Polymers purchased here are shipped into Rheinland. It's tough because once we clear the Corsairs, we hit Hessian space, which can be just as bad.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kevin Sharp
->Rumor #133600:
From Kensington in New London we travel here to sell Mining Machinery to these old boys. Quite a bit of excitement, but it pays me well enough, I'd say.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kevin Sharp
->Rumor #133608:
We tried to make this facility as independent as possible. We produce many necessary Commodities here. The Corsairs have need of these at their base Cadiz. Along with the basics, Corsairs will pay for Engine Components.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Aland Bartender/Martin Friedman
->Rumor #133609:
It's important that we help other Zoner bases in the area get what they need to survive. The people at Freeport 5 need the basic supplies plus Fertilizers, Polymers, and Engine Components.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Aland Bartender/Martin Friedman
->Rumor #133610:
There are BMM representatives here who purchase goods for their base. I don't mind them spending their money with us, but honestly I don't like having them here. Many of us left Bretonia to escape the BMM. They are awful to work for.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Aland Bartender/Martin Friedman
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
->Rumor #133611:
The trick to surviving out here in the Barrier is to have things that powerful groups want. Our supplies make us allies of many of the toughest ones in this space.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Aland Bartender/Martin Friedman
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
->Rumor #133612:
I see quite a few Bounty Hunters arrive at this base. They get refueled, refitted, have a couple drinks at the bar, and take off. After that I don't usually see them again. This is rough space, and I imagine plenty of them get their ships blown open.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Aland Bartender/Martin Friedman
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
->Rumor #133613:
Daumann and BMM hate each other. Did you know that? Aye, they are trying to establish colonial presence in this system so that they may eventually annex Omega-3. Whoever spreads fastest will probably get the system. I don't care who gets it -- I just hope that I'm dead by then.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Aland Bartender/Martin Friedman
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
->Rumor #133614:
A couple of Gateway boys were minding their own business in our bar a few days ago when some Bowex chaps started talking some smack to them. Next thing you know a fight was going. I enjoy a good bar brawl and was knocking the teeth out of a BMMer when someone pulled a Daumann crowd killer and let loose in there.
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
->Rumor #133615:
You are in some tough space, you know. The Zoners here, though we don't go looking for fights can all handle ourselves. I used to be a pilot in the BAF. That's right. But I gave it up when I realized there weren't a future in it for me but a gold watch or a space burial.
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
->Rumor #133616:
Zoners hazard the Border Worlds because we don't want any governments telling us how to live. That's why I hope the Corsairs and Hessians force the corporations out of this area. Then we'd have the system to ourselves.
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
->Rumor #133636:
All the garbage comes pouring out of the Jump Hole in the Coombe Field. If you patrol that area, you will encounter both Corsairs and Hessians. It's a rough and tumble area; they kill each other a lot down below. The ones that survive make their way to the Lanes and attack shipping convoys.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ewan Draper
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jane Reeve
->Rumor #133637:
The Hessians and Corsairs are fighting a bloody war down south of here in Omega-5. They are battling for control of the Border Worlds between Rheinland and Bretonia. The Hessians are expanding -- and that brings them into the Corsairs' Artifact shipping routes to Bretonia.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ewan Draper
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jane Reeve
->Rumor #133638:
BMM and Daumann have a pretty serious rivalry in this system. I'm looking forward to some real hostility getting started between the two of em. Some of my buddies I served with on the Newgate are coming here to work for BMM harassing Daumann. They aren't in the Guild, so they can do that.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ewan Draper
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jane Reeve
->Rumor #133639:
Bowex pays me to protect their shipping convoys at Freeport 1. I also get paid by BMM. That ain't completely allowed according to Guild bylaws, but I ain't just in it for the Guild. I'm here to make money. Besides, who cares if I split my time? Either way, I'm saving lives. That makes me a good person.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ewan Draper
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jane Reeve
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====Douglas Station (Omega-3)====
->Rumor #133626:
This base was built here to supply Bretonia with much-needed Hydrocarbons and Polymers. First, they'll get shipped to the Zoner base here, and then off to New London to be used for our proud old battleships and patrol crafts. Too bad we don't see any of them here -- it isn't called the Border Worlds for nothing.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Avery Underhill
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Douglas Bartender/Gilbert Fox
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Arthur Parsons
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Sales Rep. Arnold Holt
->Rumor #133627:
We get all our goods from Freeport 1, we do. If you care to make the jaunt you can pick us up the basics. Watch out for those Corsairs; aye, they're gritty ones, they are. Keep outta the Fields as much you can to avoid em.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Avery Underhill
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Douglas Bartender/Gilbert Fox
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Arthur Parsons
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Sales Rep. Arnold Holt
->Rumor #133629:
Go to Thames and fetch us some Mining Machinery. I'm sure my bosses will pay you well for it. The crap I have to work with is all but rusted and busted away, it is.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Avery Underhill
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Douglas Bartender/Gilbert Fox
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Arthur Parsons
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Sales Rep. Arnold Holt
->Rumor #133633:
The Bounty Hunters here were hired to protect our shipments from Corsairs. The Hessians are more concerned with killing Daumann boys than us, though they will attack our shipments in the Trade Lanes on occasion. Sometimes we'll even get attacked while we're mining. A ship's weapon will blow a man to smithereens; it isn't pretty.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Avery Underhill
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Douglas Bartender/Gilbert Fox
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Arthur Parsons
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Sales Rep. Arnold Holt
->Rumor #133636:
All the garbage comes pouring out of the Jump Hole in the Coombe Field. If you patrol that area, you will encounter both Corsairs and Hessians. It's a rough and tumble area; they kill each other a lot down below. The ones that survive make their way to the Lanes and attack shipping convoys.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ewan Draper
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jane Reeve
->Rumor #133637:
The Hessians and Corsairs are fighting a bloody war down south of here in Omega-5. They are battling for control of the Border Worlds between Rheinland and Bretonia. The Hessians are expanding -- and that brings them into the Corsairs' Artifact shipping routes to Bretonia.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ewan Draper
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jane Reeve
->Rumor #133638:
BMM and Daumann have a pretty serious rivalry in this system. I'm looking forward to some real hostility getting started between the two of em. Some of my buddies I served with on the Newgate are coming here to work for BMM harassing Daumann. They aren't in the Guild, so they can do that.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ewan Draper
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jane Reeve
->Rumor #133639:
Bowex pays me to protect their shipping convoys at Freeport 1. I also get paid by BMM. That ain't completely allowed according to Guild bylaws, but I ain't just in it for the Guild. I'm here to make money. Besides, who cares if I split my time? Either way, I'm saving lives. That makes me a good person.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ewan Draper
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jane Reeve
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====Freeport 1 (Omega-3)====
->Rumor #133591:
I make the shipping run to this base from the BMM Douglas. When I come here, I bring Hydrocarbons and Polymers. When I leave, I take all the basic supplies that keep the Ole Doug running. You'd be surprised how often I get jumped by Corsairs. Aye, they're mean ones. Glad I don't have to tangle with them Hessians too. That would be too much.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Richard Thomas
->Rumor #133592:
Some of the Zoners at this base are always lookin at me side ways, acting like I'm the almighty hand of BMM itself. Ah, stupid base snipes is all they are. Next one I see looking at me funny is gonna get some teeth popped outta his head.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Richard Thomas
->Rumor #133593:
This system is gonna be Bretonian space one day, you wait and see. The Ole Doug was plopped down by BMM on queen's orders to keep an eye on them cretinous Rheinlanders. They won't have much to do around here once Sprague is all fixed up and we're living on her.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Richard Thomas
->Rumor #133594:
Cambridge supplies this base with almost everything we use at Freeport 1. Then we ship the Polymers and Hydrocarbons here back to Cambridge. It works out rather tidily.
 * Borderworld Exports/ William Grayson
->Rumor #133595:
It really is a shame about that Gateway convoy that was set upon by Corsairs last week. All hands lost, truly a tragedy. Ha! They shouldn't be meddling with Bowex business; I say it serves them all right. Fine by me their wives are widows, that's what you get for marrying an idiot.
 * Borderworld Exports/ William Grayson
->Rumor #133596:
Ruegen gets her goods from this base -- some of the basics at least. The less we have to walk the corridors of this hole the better. I don't like being around insolent Bretonian scum.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Rolf Bornkessel
->Rumor #133597:
Many people on Ruegen fear that Bretonia will eventually control this system. I say there isn't a chance. They are counting on colonizing Sprague once it's terraformed, then forcing us out. Have you ever heard of Planetform, Inc. ever finishing a project? No. This is Rheinland space.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Rolf Bornkessel
->Rumor #133598:
The only competent Bounty Hunters in Sirius are Rheinland Hunters. For that matter, the only competent anybody in Sirius are Rheinlanders. Everyone else has gotten lucky -- like Liberty -- or cheated like the GMG and Kusari. We make the finest products, mine the meanest systems, and even have the toughest pirates.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Rolf Bornkessel
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kevin Sharp
->Rumor #133599:
We have a contract that keeps our convoys running between here and Dortmund. Hydrocarbons and Polymers purchased here are shipped into Rheinland. It's tough because once we clear the Corsairs, we hit Hessian space, which can be just as bad.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kevin Sharp
->Rumor #133600:
From Kensington in New London we travel here to sell Mining Machinery to these old boys. Quite a bit of excitement, but it pays me well enough, I'd say.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Kevin Sharp
->Rumor #133602:
I've been hired by BMM to fight off attacks on their station. They pay me well enough, I suppose, but I'm thinking of leaving. They hired four of us and they're already asking the Guild for three replacements. The Corsairs in this space are battle-hardened, worse than their usual lot.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tia Baird
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Vivian Campbell
->Rumor #133603:
If you are trying to kill Corsairs, then keep to the western side of Omega 3 and hunt in the fields there. Make sure to patrol the Coombe in the south too -- though you may run into more Hessians than you like down below.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tia Baird
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Vivian Campbell
->Rumor #133604:
There's only one Jump Hole in Omega-3, it's in the Coombe Field on the southern end of the system. It leads right into Omega-5. That's right, into the war zone. The Hessians and Corsairs butcher themselves in there. I don't go there unless I'm trying to pass through, and I've got the throttle buried the whole way.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tia Baird
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Vivian Campbell
->Rumor #133605:
Bowex is paying me very well to protect its shipping convoys that pass through this system. This is probably the most dangerous shipping route in all of Sirius, so their pilots are top notch. Even so, a lot of them get charbroiled in Omega-3 and Omega-7.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tia Baird
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Vivian Campbell
->Rumor #133606:
I can tell you where the dangerous elements are in this system to help you avoid em. They are everywhere, so go home. Ha, just kidding. There are Hessians to the east in the fields and Corsairs to the west. Both are to the south. Just watch your butt, cuz these pirates will shoot it off.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tia Baird
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Vivian Campbell
->Rumor #133607:
Some jerk pulled a knife on me a few nights ago in the bar during a brawl. Since he pulled steel, I decided to pull some ceramic. My crowd killer lived up to its name. Too bad I got the two behind him. Lucky I was able to get away without being identified.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tia Baird
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Vivian Campbell
->Rumor #133608:
We tried to make this facility as independent as possible. We produce many necessary Commodities here. The Corsairs have need of these at their base Cadiz. Along with the basics, Corsairs will pay for Engine Components.
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
 * Zoners/ Todd Winston
 * Zoners/Freeport 1 Bartender/Jeff Nelson
->Rumor #133609:
It's important that we help other Zoner bases in the area get what they need to survive. The people at Freeport 5 need the basic supplies plus Fertilizers, Polymers, and Engine Components.
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
 * Zoners/ Todd Winston
 * Zoners/Freeport 1 Bartender/Jeff Nelson
->Rumor #133610:
There are BMM representatives here who purchase goods for their base. I don't mind them spending their money with us, but honestly I don't like having them here. Many of us left Bretonia to escape the BMM. They are awful to work for.
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
 * Zoners/ Todd Winston
 * Zoners/Freeport 1 Bartender/Jeff Nelson
->Rumor #133611:
The trick to surviving out here in the Barrier is to have things that powerful groups want. Our supplies make us allies of many of the toughest ones in this space.
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
 * Zoners/ Todd Winston
 * Zoners/Freeport 1 Bartender/Jeff Nelson
->Rumor #133612:
I see quite a few Bounty Hunters arrive at this base. They get refueled, refitted, have a couple drinks at the bar, and take off. After that I don't usually see them again. This is rough space, and I imagine plenty of them get their ships blown open.
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
 * Zoners/ Todd Winston
 * Zoners/Freeport 1 Bartender/Jeff Nelson
->Rumor #133613:
Daumann and BMM hate each other. Did you know that? Aye, they are trying to establish colonial presence in this system so that they may eventually annex Omega-3. Whoever spreads fastest will probably get the system. I don't care who gets it -- I just hope that I'm dead by then.
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
 * Zoners/ Todd Winston
 * Zoners/Freeport 1 Bartender/Jeff Nelson
->Rumor #133614:
A couple of Gateway boys were minding their own business in our bar a few days ago when some Bowex chaps started talking some smack to them. Next thing you know a fight was going. I enjoy a good bar brawl and was knocking the teeth out of a BMMer when someone pulled a Daumann crowd killer and let loose in there.
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
 * Zoners/ Todd Winston
->Rumor #133615:
You are in some tough space, you know. The Zoners here, though we don't go looking for fights can all handle ourselves. I used to be a pilot in the BAF. That's right. But I gave it up when I realized there weren't a future in it for me but a gold watch or a space burial.
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
 * Zoners/ Todd Winston
->Rumor #133616:
Zoners hazard the Border Worlds because we don't want any governments telling us how to live. That's why I hope the Corsairs and Hessians force the corporations out of this area. Then we'd have the system to ourselves.
 * Zoners/ Dennis Porter
 * Zoners/ Logan Clark
 * Zoners/ Todd Winston
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====Rugen Station (Omega-3)====
->Rumor #133617:
If you want to make yourself useful, make one of our shipments for us. We get all the basics from the Zoners at Freeport 1. I don't like to go there personally. Feels almost like a Bretonia outpost.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133618:
If you'd like to see what a real space station looks like, I suggest you visit the Ring in New Berlin. And if you are going, you may as well take Hydrocarbons and Polymers with you.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133619:
Leipzig in Dresden will pay you decently for the Hydrocarbons produced here. I hope you are a competent pilot, if not you will certainly die. The Hessians only get more frequent as you travel into Rheinland.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133620:
Oder is found in New Berlin, which is the center of civilized space in Sirius. Many will say that it is Liberty that bears this distinction. But it is only because they have never been to New Berlin. Go, and take Polymers with you.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133621:
We import our Mining Machinery from Freiburg, in the Stuttgart system. Ripping an asteroid apart wears out the grinders and crushers pretty quickly.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133623:
I work here in this mining operation, because I will not work in the shipyards. This place is far from the center of Rheinland. Here it is a little more lax; I work normal hours at Ruegen. Only ten hours a day, six days per week; it's a breeze compared to the Ring.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133624:
One of the chaps that works here has a brother in the Red Hessians. This should illustrate what a blood thirsty gang of murderers they are: the miners name is Scmidt, and the leader of the Hessians who attack this base is also named Schmidt. The Hessian is attacking his own brother's installation.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
->Rumor #133625:
You know, the only reason BMM has a base in this system is to try and take Omega-3 away from us. Sure, both governments paid for the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates here, but we were the ones who first moved in. New London only wants it now because we're here.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Wenzel Sultzner
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Peter Ranis
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Reinhold Von Biela
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rügen Bartender/Karl Hoffman
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====Freeport 5 (Omega-41)====
->Rumor #133180:
I specialize in killing Corsairs. If you want one dead I can do it for you, but its going to cost you. It's a family business, really. My father was killing these heartless cretins before me. It's not easy; these guys are incredible pilots with excellent ships.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jim York
->Rumor #133181:
Obviously you have the skills required to survive if you have come to the edges of Sirius. As a Guild instructor I train newbie Bounty Hunters the skills that you and I already have. The first thing I teach them is that becoming a good pilot is a gradual process.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jim York
->Rumor #133182:
The trick to killing Corsairs is catching them off guard. Go into their home system, find a spot to hide, and ambush one or two as they cross in front of you. Once you've made your kills get out of there, because more are probably coming.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jim York
->Rumor #133183:
I'm following a couple of Corsairs back from Dublin, where they stole a shipment of Gold. The bounty on these two guys will put me on easy street for months. Once I'm done refueling and resupplying I'm headed into Omicron Gamma.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jim York
->Rumor #133184:
The trick to killing Corsairs is taking them head on. They aren't used to someone getting in their face and fighting them squarely; it throws them off balance. Then you have the advantage. I know. I've killed two Corsairs already.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jim York
->Rumor #133185:
This is my first time in this part of Sirius. I couldn't believe it when I saw my old instructor here. He told me that knowing the Jump Holes to this system didn't mean I was ready for them yet. I'm not going home like he said I should I'm good enough for these Corsairs.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Jim York
->Rumor #133186:
We bring Artifacts to this base from Crete. It is not as lucrative a run as others, but the Zoners will find buyers for them. Either way we make our money.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
 * Zoners/Freeport 5 Bartender/Jack Phillips
->Rumor #133187:
One of the Zoners here at this base fell in love with my daughter. When she told me of her love I sent her back to Crete. She can never return here. My son has gone looking for the man who dishonored my family.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133188:
The Bounty Hunters at this base are fools. Granted, we cannot attack them while they are here, but most of them will soon find themselves in Corsair ambushes when they have left the no-fighting zone that surrounds this place.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133189:
The shipyard Tripoli requires many different Commodities to maintain production of our vessels and raiding crafts. We ship Polymers and Engine Components there from this base.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
 * Zoners/Freeport 5 Bartender/Jack Phillips
->Rumor #133190:
One day the Corsairs may destroy this base if we find we have no more need of it. The Zoners do not realize what kind of people we are. Death is so familiar to a Corsair that delivering it is second nature. It would trouble no Corsair to put every Zoner at this base to the sword.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133191:
Soon I will be headed to Omega-5 to fight the Red Hessians in that part of Sirius, where it is vital that we gain control. It is every Corsair's responsibility to fly a tour of duty in the Hessian War.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133192:
People often wonder how Corsairs can have such excellent ships when they are all pieced together from other stolen and salvaged vessels. Corsairs are masters of making something from nothing, and we have an advantage. Not all Artifacts are useless; many we recovered offered insight into the science of ship building.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133193:
Every firstborn Corsair carries the family's ancestral blade. The knife is a symbol of our struggle to live and the solidarity of each line. The blades are made from the remnants of the first ship that landed on Crete.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133194:
Do you know what it means when I tell you that I am a Ventru? I doubt you would understand my full meaning. Travel deeper into our worlds and perhaps then the horrible truth will make itself clear to you.
 * Corsairs/ Alberto Cordero
 * Corsairs/ Flor Soto
 * Corsairs/ Rico Santini
->Rumor #133195:
We get many of our goods from Freeport 1 in Omega-3. We ship Polymers, Engine Components, and Fertilizers here from that area. The Corsairs must fight the Red Hessians to enter that space, but we may pass unhindered.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #133196:
Zoner goods flow between this base and Freeport 9 on the other side of Omicron Gamma. The Corsairs let us pass because we supply them with many of the goods they use themselves.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #133197:
Outside of colony space you don't have the luxury of Jump Gates. You must use Jump Holes to travel between systems. Omega-41 is a crossroads in this part of space. There are Holes that lead to Omega-11 and Omega-5 on the western side and to Omicron Theta and Omicron Gamma in the eastern half.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #133198:
There is a very dangerous radiation zone in the center of the system. Even very good shields will not hold up very long in there. Be careful when traveling through that you avoid it, or you may end up dead.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #133199:
My son had to flee this base. He had to get as far away from this part of Sirius as he could. He made a terrible mistake and fell in love with a Corsair woman. Though the girl loved him, too, the Corsairs would never accept such a union.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #133200:
The Corsairs and Red Hessians have been fighting a vicious war against each other to the west and north of here. As Zoners we do not get involved; we must sell supplies to both sides to make a living. My cousin is a proprietor in Omega-3 and often deals with Red Hessians.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #134311:
Drifting just beyond the inner edge of the planetary fragment field, the Independence was the part of the IMG's failed effort to establish a Diamond mining operation in Omega-41. The debris has been left untouched for some time now, mostly due to its highly exposed location near the neutron star. It is rumored that there were Diamonds onboard, but no one is certain.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
 * Zoners/ Juan Carlos Marquez
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Liz Becker
 * Zoners/ Ibrahim Piniones
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====Leon Base (Omega-41)====
->Rumor #133171:
This base trades in Commodities almost exclusively with other Corsair bases. The less we have to deal with outsiders the better. We get our Water and Oxygen from Crete, so this base is almost entirely free from foreign trade. The Zoners are an unwanted presence here, but we tolerate them for now.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Leon Bartender/Diego Villalobos
->Rumor #133172:
We get some of our basic supplies from the Zoner bases in the area. If it doesn't come from the Freeports, we get it from Yanagi. Any surplus we get, such as Rheinland Side Arms or Artifacts, is sent to Cadiz.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Leon Bartender/Diego Villalobos
->Rumor #133173:
This place is mostly a rest spot for Zoners and Corsairs as they travel along the Edge Worlds. Others land here, but they have to respect our ways. Don't stay here too long or else we begin to notice that an outsider is walking a Corsair base. Once that happens you use the airlock to leave.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Leon Bartender/Diego Villalobos
->Rumor #133174:
Hessians come in from Omega-11 and run attack raids on Corsairs traveling through this system. We lash back with attacks on Diamond shipments in Omega-11. The problem with the Hessians is not that they are skilled or courageous, but their numbers; kill three and five more will replace them.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Leon Bartender/Diego Villalobos
->Rumor #133175:
This base was established to secure the supply lines that lead from our homeworld to Cadiz in Omega-5. It also protects our shipments arriving from Bretonia and the Trade Lanes along the southwestern Edge Worlds. This space is the body of Corsair space. Proceed further and you will touch upon its heart.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
->Rumor #133176:
The Jump Holes in this system will lead you throughout southern Sirius: Omicron Gamma is to the east, Omicron Theta is north of the Freeport, Omega-5 is west of here, and Omega-11 lies to the north of this base. I tell you this because you have made yourself useful to us. Should that ever change, I will be one among many whom you will have to watch for.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
->Rumor #133177:
Some Zoner at Freeport 5 tried to run away with a Corsair woman. Her family is a laughing stock and will be so until her kin has killed the interloper. Her brother has gone to Hawaii to sell Artifacts; when he returns he will hunt down the fool Zoner.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Leon Bartender/Diego Villalobos
->Rumor #133178:
If you ever cheat a Corsair, there is a special punishment that will befall you. Do you know what it is to be marooned? We'll take you to a deserted chunk of rock in the middle of nowhere and leave you there. Death comes slowly in a vac-suit.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
->Rumor #133179:
I've come up against Outcasts in Sigma-19 before. They are very good at killing, as are we. Yes, even though they have greater numbers, I prefer to fight Red Hessians. I may not be afraid of death, but I don't go looking for it, either.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
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====Battleship Fes (Omega-47)====
->Rumor #133255:
The MOX that powers this base's larger ships is stolen, usually by our raiders that go into Bretonia. The police there are no threat to our pilots.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133256:
Engine Components, Construction Machinery, and Gold are Commodities that are crucial to our ship-building operations here. They are either stolen or purchased from Trafalgar and shipped here.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133257:
Yanagi supplies us with several essential Commodities. We get a majority of our Optronics, Side Arms, and Basic Alloys from that base.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133258:
We get many different goods and basic supplies from the Freeports in nearby zones. Often times it is easier to buy what we need with Artifact income than to steal it.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133259:
Cadiz is an important base for the Corsairs. It is one of our primary supply depots from which we receive many Commodities.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133260:
In 450 AS we captured our first ship. It was the Rheinland exploration vessel Schiller. Once we dispatched the crew the ship was ours, and more inner colony ships began to disappear. The Corsairs had begun a legacy that lasts to this day. We are pirates; we take what we need.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
->Rumor #133261:
As the number of captured ships grew, we realized that a shipyard was needed to repair damaged vessels and build ships from stolen components and spare parts. We began to gather modules together and steal the goods necessary for the construction of this shipyard, which you can see is quite operational.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133262:
Within the Malvadas Cloud you'll find a Jump Hole leading to Omicron Theta. There is another Jump Hole in this system in the Walker Cloud. Be careful, there are mines scattered among the carbon asteroids, but once past those you'll come upon the Jump Hole to Omega-41.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133263:
The Corsairs and Outcasts are the survivors of the Hispania. Half of the crew left in smaller ships and crawled into Sirius; they became the Corsairs. The rest of the Hispania crew kept the ship running until it limped close enough to Sirius to abandon; they became the Outcasts. More than fifty percent of both groups died in the first two years after planetfall.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133264:
The war with the Red Hessians in Omega-5 has cost the Corsairs many ships and pilots. Death is the way of the Corsair, so the lost pilots are regrettable yet acceptable. Much worse is the loss of their ships, which are often passed from one generation to the next. This shipyard is constantly running at full operational capacity to build new fighters for the front.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133265:
Now that our shipyard is operational, we have begun gathering the components to build a biodome. If we could have one of those domes under direct control of the Corsairs, none of us would ever want again. It would be a new age, a time without hunger. Even now we come closer and closer to it.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133266:
IMG prospectors have been sneaking into the system recently, looking for Artifacts. They don't understand whose space they are entering, until we catch them. Then their last few moments are spent thinking deeply about the subject. The Artifact trade is our resource; anyone who endangers it must be killed.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
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====Casablanca Base (Omega-47)====
->Rumor #133656:
I used to loathe Daumann more than any other, but that's changed. I hate the Corsairs as much as I could hate any. Of the forty pilots who came here as part of the Red Hessian Twilight Squadron in 797 AS, there are four of us left.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133657:
This is where Daumann and Kruger are coming, so this is where we must be. I don't think it's worth it. The Hammen Hole is where Hessians and Corsairs have staged their largest battles. Out there you'll find good salvage -- if you don't become salvage yourself.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
 * Red Hessians/Ronneburg Bartender/Olaf Von Korff
->Rumor #133658:
The Schmidts mined for Daumann over several generations, we fought in the popular Revolt; my family is part of Rheinland history. I'm the last one left of my line, aside from one brother, and here I sit in Omega 5 not fighting for our rights against Daumann or Kruger, but risking my neck fighting Corsairs.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133659:
The Omega-3 Jump Hole is where you'll find the action these days in our war against the Corsairs. Both sides run patrols there. We lie in wait so if any Corsair ships come through we can hit them. Funny -- the Corsairs do the same thing.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
 * Red Hessians/Ronneburg Bartender/Olaf Von Korff
->Rumor #133660:
This system is an important one for the Hessians; it has Jump Holes that lead to Cambridge, Omega-3, Omega-7, Omega-11, and Omicron Theta. That's a lot of traffic we can raid, and that's why it can't fall to the Corsairs; if they gain control we will be able to expand no further.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133661:
The Hessians in Vogtland will tell you that we are chasing Daumann and Kruger operations here to Omega-5; it seems to me that it's the other way around. We came here originally to build a new main base of operations. Now we are entrenched in a bitter battle.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133662:
Everything that we need at this base comes from Darmstadt, Freital, or Freistadt. Not just basic supplies, but Side Arms and Engine Components, too. This base is a military operation, so other Hessian bases funnel supplies here.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
 * Red Hessians/Ronneburg Bartender/Olaf Von Korff
->Rumor #133663:
I have a friend who is stealing Diamonds in Omega-11. The greedy swine was supposed to come here with me to help win the war against the Corsairs. He said he didn't want to die poor and unimportant. Unimportant indeed -- I have fought my way to squadron leader.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133664:
The Corsairs have better ships and many of them are better pilots than your average Red Hessian. Usually a Corsair will win one on one, but we have numbers on our side. I am confident of victory; it is just a matter of wearing them down. Besides, I've lived long enough to learn how to kill Corsairs on my own.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #134290:
Omega-5 is the site of a full scale war between the Corsairs and Hessians. The two factions are vying for control of this critical Jump Hole crossroads in the Omega Sector. Within the area of the no-man's-land and the Hammen Hole are numerous dead ships from both sides. Most are picked clean, but there are some that may still yield some weapons.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
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====Viernheim Base (Omega-47)====
->Rumor #133656:
I used to loathe Daumann more than any other, but that's changed. I hate the Corsairs as much as I could hate any. Of the forty pilots who came here as part of the Red Hessian Twilight Squadron in 797 AS, there are four of us left.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133657:
This is where Daumann and Kruger are coming, so this is where we must be. I don't think it's worth it. The Hammen Hole is where Hessians and Corsairs have staged their largest battles. Out there you'll find good salvage -- if you don't become salvage yourself.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
 * Red Hessians/Ronneburg Bartender/Olaf Von Korff
->Rumor #133658:
The Schmidts mined for Daumann over several generations, we fought in the popular Revolt; my family is part of Rheinland history. I'm the last one left of my line, aside from one brother, and here I sit in Omega 5 not fighting for our rights against Daumann or Kruger, but risking my neck fighting Corsairs.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133659:
The Omega-3 Jump Hole is where you'll find the action these days in our war against the Corsairs. Both sides run patrols there. We lie in wait so if any Corsair ships come through we can hit them. Funny -- the Corsairs do the same thing.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
 * Red Hessians/Ronneburg Bartender/Olaf Von Korff
->Rumor #133660:
This system is an important one for the Hessians; it has Jump Holes that lead to Cambridge, Omega-3, Omega-7, Omega-11, and Omicron Theta. That's a lot of traffic we can raid, and that's why it can't fall to the Corsairs; if they gain control we will be able to expand no further.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133661:
The Hessians in Vogtland will tell you that we are chasing Daumann and Kruger operations here to Omega-5; it seems to me that it's the other way around. We came here originally to build a new main base of operations. Now we are entrenched in a bitter battle.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133662:
Everything that we need at this base comes from Darmstadt, Freital, or Freistadt. Not just basic supplies, but Side Arms and Engine Components, too. This base is a military operation, so other Hessian bases funnel supplies here.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
 * Red Hessians/Ronneburg Bartender/Olaf Von Korff
->Rumor #133663:
I have a friend who is stealing Diamonds in Omega-11. The greedy swine was supposed to come here with me to help win the war against the Corsairs. He said he didn't want to die poor and unimportant. Unimportant indeed -- I have fought my way to squadron leader.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133664:
The Corsairs have better ships and many of them are better pilots than your average Red Hessian. Usually a Corsair will win one on one, but we have numbers on our side. I am confident of victory; it is just a matter of wearing them down. Besides, I've lived long enough to learn how to kill Corsairs on my own.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #134290:
Omega-5 is the site of a full scale war between the Corsairs and Hessians. The two factions are vying for control of this critical Jump Hole crossroads in the Omega Sector. Within the area of the no-man's-land and the Hammen Hole are numerous dead ships from both sides. Most are picked clean, but there are some that may still yield some weapons.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
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====Lanzarote Base (Omega-49)====
->Rumor #132711:
I've been tracking an Outcast named Santiago Llorens in this system for several days. I followed him back from Bretonia. Once I bag the scum I won't have to take another job for months. This guy has killed over a hundred men and stolen goods worth hundreds of thousands of credits.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132712:
The Outcasts attack both Trade Lanes that cross this system. I run my patrols up from the Tau-31 Jump Hole to the Northern Oxygen Field, and then I head southeast into the Nago field and back down to Freeport 6. Along that route I usually encounter a good share of the mask breathers.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132713:
This is the place to be if you are hunting Outcasts. There is a Jump Hole to the north side of this system's oxygen field that leads to Tau-23. In Tau-23 you had better be sneaky, or have a posse with you, because the Outcasts are very strong there -- whole squadrons of them.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132714:
This base is where I refit and resupply. It is a long and dangerous trip here. I've been hunting an Outcast by the name of Santiago Llorens. He torched my partner and good friend back in Cortez. There's another Bounty Hunter here trying to catch him too, but I'm going to get to Santiago first.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132715:
After I'm done refueling my ship here, I'm going to go all the way up into Outcast space. I've been sneaking farther and farther into their territory every trip I make up here looking for a good ambush point. I think I found the spot I was looking for on my last run. If this plan works, I will be able to retire to California in less than a year.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132716:
All the Cardamine that leaves Outcast space comes through here. Cryer Pharmaceuticals has hired me to try and capture a live Outcast with all his gear, including his mask and his Cardamine shipment. I don't usually bring guys back alive, so I'm charging them double.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132717:
Bowex ships Mining and Construction Machinery to this base from Leeds. These components build many of the installations you'll find in the Border Worlds. Many of these shipments are harassed by Outcast pirates.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Arnold Winkle
->Rumor #132718:
Ships that are constructed in this part of Sirius no doubt benefit from the Basic Alloys and Ship Hull Panels that we bring here from Stokes. I suppose one could say that Border World vessels are more Bretonian than anything else.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Arnold Winkle
->Rumor #132719:
If you'd like to fly into Bretonia, I'm sure you could make money hauling Fertilizers and Alien Organisms from this base to Glasgow. I make that run myself for Bowex and it is pretty lucrative, even though I'm a company man. Of course you have to fight all kinds of criminals to get there.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Arnold Winkle
->Rumor #132720:
The IMG has gone deep into the fringe areas of Sirius space looking for valuable minerals. The most dangerous post you can man for the IMG is Falkland; it's hidden among the asteroids of Tau-37. The Outcasts do not yet know of its location.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Philip Roberts
->Rumor #132721:
The Niobium deposits found in the two systems north of this one are incredible. The best IMG pilots ship Niobium into this base from Java and Falkland. From here they pick up any basic supplies they might need and head back.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Philip Roberts
->Rumor #132722:
This system was the reason that IC became an insurer and not a lender. It was the loans that Rheinland and Kusari took from IC to finance these Border World Jump Gates and Trade Lanes that bankrupted the two houses. They defaulted on their loans to IC and embargoed Liberty to make their point. IC had to swallow the loss.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Philip Roberts
->Rumor #132723:
Kishiro hauls Mining Machinery and supplies to Nago. It's not much of in the way of money, though. If that's what you're interested in, pick up a load of Polymers there to haul to Shinagawa, which would be more lucrative.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Rokuemon Asuhara
->Rumor #132724:
If you enjoy danger, might I suggest you run Niobium from this base to Manhattan? It is an excellent opportunity to encounter adventure and monetary reward. I used to make the run for Kishiro myself.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Rokuemon Asuhara
->Rumor #132725:
Would you like to visit Kusari space sometime and get out of these dangerous Border Worlds? New Tokyo receives Kishiro shipments of Niobium from this base. You could fly there yourself with a full hold.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Rokuemon Asuhara
->Rumor #132726:
The Alien Organisms we ship to Harris from this base are incredibly helpful to the terraforming process. The transformation of the planet from dead and sterile to arable is sped up by many centuries with their addition.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Gary Bass
->Rumor #132727:
Those miserable Gaians do not realize how badly they are hurting the people of Bretonia. They have slowed down our operations immeasurably in Tau-31. The Gaian spin doctors of Green Front won't be able to save them from the mob when the citizens realize what the Gaians have cost them.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Gary Bass
->Rumor #132728:
The terraforming job at Harris is almost complete. Won't it be wonderful when Bretonia has another planet to grow Food on? Planetform, Inc. has only the best in mind for the people of Bretonia and all of Sirius.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Gary Bass
->Rumor #132729:
Samura brings Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases to Freeport 6 from Shinkaku. Once we have sold those Commodities, we shuttle basic supplies and Mining Machinery back to our base. As long as we miss any Outcasts on the way here or back, the trip is usually pretty uneventful.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoshisune Kumasaka
->Rumor #132730:
The Niobium we get at this base is first shipped to Pueblo and then farther to Manhattan to be used in the Luxury Consumer Goods market. These shipping runs are extremely profitable. You may be interested in trying them. Be wary -- where there is profit, there is risk.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoshisune Kumasaka
->Rumor #132731:
The demand for Niobium in Kyushu is high. You may be a foreigner, but I'm sure the merchants there will accept your Niobium anyway. You can return from Kyushu with basic supplies to sell here, if you feel that it is worth it to you.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoshisune Kumasaka
->Rumor #132732:
I make a run to Freeport 10 in Tau-37 every so often. I take Construction Machinery, Hull Panels, and Polymers up there. I suppose you could do the same. That is, if the Outcasts will let you that far north.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
->Rumor #132733:
There is a demand for Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases in Freeport 10. You could supply our base with these if you think you could make it up there. Not everyone has the friends or skills to make this run.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132734:
Bases are always going to need basic supplies if they don't produce them there. They are lower-end commodities but can still earn you some money. Freeport 10 doesn't produce everything it needs.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132735:
Getting to Tau-23 from this system means that you have to take a Jump Hole. There are no Jump Gates that lead to that system from here. Head to the Oxygen field in the north end of this system, and you will find the Hole there.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132736:
The farther north you go in Sirius, the closer you get to the Outcasts' home systems. They don't tolerate many intruders, and we only operate this base in relative safety because we provide them with something. If you have nothing to offer them, they will kill you -- no question.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132737:
This system is a crossroads between Kusari, Bretonia, and the Outcast Edge Worlds. All kinds of criminals and company pass through, and we accept them all. Zoners do not care what your allegiance is; as long as you respect our ways, we will respect yours.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132738:
Zoners basically want to get along with everybody. We try to produce Commodities at our bases that others will need; that way we can go where the governments aren't. We survive by trading with other independently minded factions.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132739:
The Bounty Hunters at this base are being paid by Samura and Kishiro, mostly in an effort to curb Outcast piracy. So far they are meeting with limited success. Other Bounty Hunters have been hired by Bretonian or Libertonian firms, and they have come up here tracking Outcasts back from House space.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132740:
I'd say that of all the bases in this system, Samura's base has to struggle the hardest to survive. Their base is too close to the Cardamine trade route, which makes Shinkaku the subject of Outcast aggression. Their rivals don't make it easy for them either; Kishiro hires pilots to harass their operations.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #134303:
One of many Bounty Hunters flying out of Freeport 6 in search of Outcasts, Ryan McKeen, was an incautious type who tended to exhibit more bravado than common sense. His ship, the Wolverine, is floating somewhere near Cali, a message left by the Outcasts to not get too close.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
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====Planet Gran Canaria (Omega-49)====
->Rumor #133201:
To the west are the Sabana Fragments. You can get to Omega-41 from there -- a good idea if you are trying to avoid the Corsairs. They are still all over, since this is their space, but you won't be going through the Corsair home system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133202:
I've been contracted by Cryer to come down here and kill a few Corsairs for them. Their base, Atka, got hit a few weeks ago. Usually it's the Outcasts who hit Atka, but this time it was the Corsairs. Corsairs, Outcasts -- it doesn't make any difference to me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133203:
Head for the cloud south of here and you will find Artifacts, but that's not why I go there. The cloud to the south hides the Jump Hole to Omicron Gamma. If you do go in there, get ready to fight or you'd better be good at hiding. No matter what you do, don't stay in there too long, because it's just a matter of time before your number gets punched.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133204:
I have come to this place looking for a Corsair named Jardin. He is an infamous killer and pirate. Many say he cannot be stopped, but if anyone can drop him, I can. He is just a man, and a man can die, no matter how tough he is.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133205:
My brother joined the Bounty Hunters Guild a few years ago. He's not tough enough to take on Corsairs yet; he should still be popping Rogues. The idiot sent me a message telling me he was ready for the big leagues in southern Sirius. I'm trying to find him before he gets killed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133206:
I was a Red Hessian for many years. I became pretty good at killing Corsairs, so I decided to get paid for it. Besides, I had grown weary of piracy. I became a Hessian for political reasons, before they sold out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133207:
Sigma-17 is the next stop between here and the Junker bases where we offload the Artifacts marked for Rheinland. You'll find the Jump Hole in the Orinoco Cloud. The other distribution point for our Artifacts is aboard the Hawaii. The Hogosha on that ship will fence our goods into Kusari.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133208:
The Napo Cloud in this system is filled with Artifacts, but the Zoners here know better than to try and get them. Artifacts are Corsair business. The objects we get from that cloud have been funding and feeding the Corsairs for centuries. You had better be a good friend to us if you decide to go there.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133209:
The Hole that leads to our home system is in the Napo Cloud. Unwanted intruders who get taken alive have it worst of all, we keelhaul them. Try to imagine being in a vac-suit lashed to the outside of a ship that's headed into a Jump Hole.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133210:
We get many of our basic supplies from this base. The biodomes here provide us with the Food we consume throughout our space. Corsair leadership has decided that the next step for the Corsair Brotherhood is to build our own biodomes so we will never have to worry about Food again.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133211:
The Side Arm you see me carrying came from Yanagi. It's a Rheinlander piece, because I'm an eastern Corsair. The western Corsairs get Detroit weaponry from Bretonia. The Yanagi Junkers supply this base with Engine Components, too. We use those at Tripoli.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133212:
Felix, of my sons, was killed at Cadiz fighting the Hessians. His brother, Cesar, died during initiation. Cesar was a good pilot and a strong man, but his sensors were damaged. He trusted them instead of his own instincts.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133213:
Just between you and me, I'll kill the occasional Zoner if he's alone and there are no witnesses. Why pay for something when you can just take it, eh? They shouldn't be here anyway. This is dangerous space for anybody, even you. You should be very careful around here, especially with that nice ship and all of your cargo.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133214:
You can't kill anyone onboard or in the immediate area of a Zoner base. That's why the Bounty Hunters are still breathing here. I would like nothing better than to walk over to a Bounty Hunter and eliminate them with my Daumann Devastator.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133216:
The biodomes we invested in here have paid off in spades. Everyone in this part of space comes here for Food, and we get the profits. Well, us and Synth Foods, of course. We ship Food to Atka in Sigma-17 and Freeport 5 in Omega-41.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133217:
We get many of our goods from the Junkers at Yanagi. Our boats haul Engine Components and Consumer Goods from there.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133218:
We ship the Alien Organisms found in this system to the Cryer base in Sigma-17. Cryer also needs our Polymers, and we return with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133219:
Our brothers in Freeport 5 send us Polymers, Fertilizers, and Consumer Goods. It's a Zoner's duty to help other Zoners where we can. This is a dangerous part of space; only by sticking together can we make it.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133220:
Don't ask me where the Jump Hole is that leads to the Corsair homeworld. I've said too much already. The Corsairs would cut my throat if I dared to utter where the entrance to their system is. Just stay away from the Napo Cloud. I mean & it isn't in the Napo Cloud, it's ... I'm a dead man.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133221:
The Artifacts that you can find in this system are not worth taking. We don't touch them; they are Corsair property. If you think differently, I recommend that you make sure you aren't behind on your policy payments to IC.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
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====Cadiz Base (Omega-5)====
->Rumor #133641:
Many of the supplies that keep Cadiz running come from the Junkers of Trafalgar in Bretonia. Not only do we get basics, we also ship Engine Components here.
 * Corsairs/ Maria Benitez
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Garza
 * Corsairs/ Rosa Ibanez
 * Corsairs/Cadiz Bartender/Jose Chavez
->Rumor #133642:
The Side Arms you see the Corsairs carrying at this base came from Leon. You can make money on this run. And you can always pick up a piece for yourself if you have need of a better one.
 * Corsairs/ Maria Benitez
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Garza
 * Corsairs/ Rosa Ibanez
 * Corsairs/Cadiz Bartender/Jose Chavez
->Rumor #133643:
Our shipyard Tripoli requires Engine Components and Polymers from this base. There they will be crafted into the best ships in all of Sirius.
 * Corsairs/ Maria Benitez
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Garza
 * Corsairs/ Rosa Ibanez
 * Corsairs/Cadiz Bartender/Jose Chavez
->Rumor #133644:
Artifacts that come to this base are brought from throughout Corsair space. From here they will be shipped to Trafalgar where the Junkers will fence them to the rest of Sirius.
 * Corsairs/ Maria Benitez
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Garza
 * Corsairs/ Rosa Ibanez
 * Corsairs/Cadiz Bartender/Jose Chavez
->Rumor #133645:
This is the Corsair forward sector. From here we organize raiding parties that venture into Cambridge and New London to resupply our bases with stolen goods. Power is something that is taken, and we have the power to take what we wish, especially in New London. The police force there is laughable.
 * Corsairs/ Maria Benitez
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Garza
 * Corsairs/ Rosa Ibanez
 * Corsairs/Cadiz Bartender/Jose Chavez
->Rumor #133646:
This system is a war zone between Corsairs and Hessians. Thousands have died in the conflict. You'll find debris strewn throughout the system from destroyed ships lost to both sides. The fighting has come to a bloody stalemate, with each side looking for the one last push to topple the other's hold.
 * Corsairs/ Maria Benitez
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Garza
 * Corsairs/ Rosa Ibanez
 * Corsairs/Cadiz Bartender/Jose Chavez
->Rumor #133647:
The Omega-3 Trade Lanes are a tempting target for our raiders. That space is filled with Hessians, and the Jump Hole is an ambush point for the Hessians. But once they arrive in Omega-3, goods-laden ships traveling the Lanes between Rheinland and Bretonia are easy pickings.
 * Corsairs/ Maria Benitez
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Garza
 * Corsairs/ Rosa Ibanez
 * Corsairs/Cadiz Bartender/Jose Chavez
->Rumor #133648:
Omega-5 is the hub for all travel in this part of the Border Worlds. In this system you will find five Jump Holes that lead to Omega-3, Omega-7, Cambridge, Omega-11, and Omega-41. That's why it is so important we hold this system as Corsair space.
 * Corsairs/ Maria Benitez
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Garza
 * Corsairs/ Rosa Ibanez
->Rumor #133649:
The Jump Hole to Omega-41 will take you one step closer to our home system of Omicron Gamma. There you will come upon our shipyard, Tripoli, and our home world the beloved Crete, from which the Corsairs found a place to grab onto and live.
 * Corsairs/ Maria Benitez
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Garza
 * Corsairs/ Rosa Ibanez
->Rumor #133650:
We supply this base with everything it needs. From basic supplies to Engine Components and Polymers, you name it, we ship it here from Freeport 1. We know it will all be used to fight the Hessians or rob Bretonians, but that is not our affair.
 * Zoners/ Art Gattis
 * Zoners/ Tim Byers
->Rumor #133651:
This base is a forward command for the Corsairs fighting the Hessians. It is a horrible struggle, with both sides losing many. I believe that the Corsairs will eventually win. They are the fiercest warriors I have ever seen, and are not afraid to die.
 * Zoners/ Art Gattis
 * Zoners/ Tim Byers
->Rumor #133652:
As well as being the front in the Hessian war, this base also serves as a distribution center for all the goods that the Corsairs steal in Bretonia. I suppose that works perfectly because so many resources must be dedicated to fighting.
 * Zoners/ Art Gattis
 * Zoners/ Tim Byers
->Rumor #133653:
The Corsair general who commands this base has lost all four of his children to the Hessians. His daughter was the finest pilot of the four; she perished but a month ago. General Rivera has a hatred of Hessians unmatched by any other.
 * Zoners/ Art Gattis
 * Zoners/ Tim Byers
->Rumor #133654:
This system is key to controlling the Border Worlds because it has so many Jump Holes. Most important to the Corsairs is the one leading into Bretonia. If the Hessians win the war, they will seal the Corsairs into the Edge Worlds.
 * Zoners/ Art Gattis
 * Zoners/ Tim Byers
->Rumor #133655:
I do not believe it will be so, but I hope that the Corsairs lose this war. Then they will be forced to rely upon the Zoners for all of their goods. We will become rich selling the Corsairs supplies. Why, we might even smuggle their Artifacts for them and make millions.
 * Zoners/ Art Gattis
 * Zoners/ Tim Byers
->Rumor #134290:
Omega-5 is the site of a full scale war between the Corsairs and Hessians. The two factions are vying for control of this critical Jump Hole crossroads in the Omega Sector. Within the area of the no-man's-land and the Hammen Hole are numerous dead ships from both sides. Most are picked clean, but there are some that may still yield some weapons.
 * Corsairs/ Maria Benitez
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Garza
 * Corsairs/ Rosa Ibanez
 * Zoners/ Art Gattis
 * Zoners/ Tim Byers
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====Ronneburg Base (Omega-5)====
->Rumor #133656:
I used to loathe Daumann more than any other, but that's changed. I hate the Corsairs as much as I could hate any. Of the forty pilots who came here as part of the Red Hessian Twilight Squadron in 797 AS, there are four of us left.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133657:
This is where Daumann and Kruger are coming, so this is where we must be. I don't think it's worth it. The Hammen Hole is where Hessians and Corsairs have staged their largest battles. Out there you'll find good salvage -- if you don't become salvage yourself.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
 * Red Hessians/Ronneburg Bartender/Olaf Von Korff
->Rumor #133658:
The Schmidts mined for Daumann over several generations, we fought in the popular Revolt; my family is part of Rheinland history. I'm the last one left of my line, aside from one brother, and here I sit in Omega 5 not fighting for our rights against Daumann or Kruger, but risking my neck fighting Corsairs.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133659:
The Omega-3 Jump Hole is where you'll find the action these days in our war against the Corsairs. Both sides run patrols there. We lie in wait so if any Corsair ships come through we can hit them. Funny -- the Corsairs do the same thing.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
 * Red Hessians/Ronneburg Bartender/Olaf Von Korff
->Rumor #133660:
This system is an important one for the Hessians; it has Jump Holes that lead to Cambridge, Omega-3, Omega-7, Omega-11, and Omicron Theta. That's a lot of traffic we can raid, and that's why it can't fall to the Corsairs; if they gain control we will be able to expand no further.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133661:
The Hessians in Vogtland will tell you that we are chasing Daumann and Kruger operations here to Omega-5; it seems to me that it's the other way around. We came here originally to build a new main base of operations. Now we are entrenched in a bitter battle.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133662:
Everything that we need at this base comes from Darmstadt, Freital, or Freistadt. Not just basic supplies, but Side Arms and Engine Components, too. This base is a military operation, so other Hessian bases funnel supplies here.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
 * Red Hessians/Ronneburg Bartender/Olaf Von Korff
->Rumor #133663:
I have a friend who is stealing Diamonds in Omega-11. The greedy swine was supposed to come here with me to help win the war against the Corsairs. He said he didn't want to die poor and unimportant. Unimportant indeed -- I have fought my way to squadron leader.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #133664:
The Corsairs have better ships and many of them are better pilots than your average Red Hessian. Usually a Corsair will win one on one, but we have numbers on our side. I am confident of victory; it is just a matter of wearing them down. Besides, I've lived long enough to learn how to kill Corsairs on my own.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
->Rumor #134290:
Omega-5 is the site of a full scale war between the Corsairs and Hessians. The two factions are vying for control of this critical Jump Hole crossroads in the Omega Sector. Within the area of the no-man's-land and the Hammen Hole are numerous dead ships from both sides. Most are picked clean, but there are some that may still yield some weapons.
 * Red Hessians/ Dietmar Bose
 * Red Hessians/ Ludwig Brunnhoff
 * Red Hessians/ Lukas Krause
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====Boa Vista Station (Omega-50)====
->Rumor #133201:
To the west are the Sabana Fragments. You can get to Omega-41 from there -- a good idea if you are trying to avoid the Corsairs. They are still all over, since this is their space, but you won't be going through the Corsair home system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133202:
I've been contracted by Cryer to come down here and kill a few Corsairs for them. Their base, Atka, got hit a few weeks ago. Usually it's the Outcasts who hit Atka, but this time it was the Corsairs. Corsairs, Outcasts -- it doesn't make any difference to me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133203:
Head for the cloud south of here and you will find Artifacts, but that's not why I go there. The cloud to the south hides the Jump Hole to Omicron Gamma. If you do go in there, get ready to fight or you'd better be good at hiding. No matter what you do, don't stay in there too long, because it's just a matter of time before your number gets punched.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133204:
I have come to this place looking for a Corsair named Jardin. He is an infamous killer and pirate. Many say he cannot be stopped, but if anyone can drop him, I can. He is just a man, and a man can die, no matter how tough he is.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133205:
My brother joined the Bounty Hunters Guild a few years ago. He's not tough enough to take on Corsairs yet; he should still be popping Rogues. The idiot sent me a message telling me he was ready for the big leagues in southern Sirius. I'm trying to find him before he gets killed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133206:
I was a Red Hessian for many years. I became pretty good at killing Corsairs, so I decided to get paid for it. Besides, I had grown weary of piracy. I became a Hessian for political reasons, before they sold out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133207:
Sigma-17 is the next stop between here and the Junker bases where we offload the Artifacts marked for Rheinland. You'll find the Jump Hole in the Orinoco Cloud. The other distribution point for our Artifacts is aboard the Hawaii. The Hogosha on that ship will fence our goods into Kusari.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133208:
The Napo Cloud in this system is filled with Artifacts, but the Zoners here know better than to try and get them. Artifacts are Corsair business. The objects we get from that cloud have been funding and feeding the Corsairs for centuries. You had better be a good friend to us if you decide to go there.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133209:
The Hole that leads to our home system is in the Napo Cloud. Unwanted intruders who get taken alive have it worst of all, we keelhaul them. Try to imagine being in a vac-suit lashed to the outside of a ship that's headed into a Jump Hole.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133210:
We get many of our basic supplies from this base. The biodomes here provide us with the Food we consume throughout our space. Corsair leadership has decided that the next step for the Corsair Brotherhood is to build our own biodomes so we will never have to worry about Food again.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133211:
The Side Arm you see me carrying came from Yanagi. It's a Rheinlander piece, because I'm an eastern Corsair. The western Corsairs get Detroit weaponry from Bretonia. The Yanagi Junkers supply this base with Engine Components, too. We use those at Tripoli.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133212:
Felix, of my sons, was killed at Cadiz fighting the Hessians. His brother, Cesar, died during initiation. Cesar was a good pilot and a strong man, but his sensors were damaged. He trusted them instead of his own instincts.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133213:
Just between you and me, I'll kill the occasional Zoner if he's alone and there are no witnesses. Why pay for something when you can just take it, eh? They shouldn't be here anyway. This is dangerous space for anybody, even you. You should be very careful around here, especially with that nice ship and all of your cargo.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133214:
You can't kill anyone onboard or in the immediate area of a Zoner base. That's why the Bounty Hunters are still breathing here. I would like nothing better than to walk over to a Bounty Hunter and eliminate them with my Daumann Devastator.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133216:
The biodomes we invested in here have paid off in spades. Everyone in this part of space comes here for Food, and we get the profits. Well, us and Synth Foods, of course. We ship Food to Atka in Sigma-17 and Freeport 5 in Omega-41.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133217:
We get many of our goods from the Junkers at Yanagi. Our boats haul Engine Components and Consumer Goods from there.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133218:
We ship the Alien Organisms found in this system to the Cryer base in Sigma-17. Cryer also needs our Polymers, and we return with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133219:
Our brothers in Freeport 5 send us Polymers, Fertilizers, and Consumer Goods. It's a Zoner's duty to help other Zoners where we can. This is a dangerous part of space; only by sticking together can we make it.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133220:
Don't ask me where the Jump Hole is that leads to the Corsair homeworld. I've said too much already. The Corsairs would cut my throat if I dared to utter where the entrance to their system is. Just stay away from the Napo Cloud. I mean & it isn't in the Napo Cloud, it's ... I'm a dead man.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133221:
The Artifacts that you can find in this system are not worth taking. We don't touch them; they are Corsair property. If you think differently, I recommend that you make sure you aren't behind on your policy payments to IC.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
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====Mindelo Base (Omega-50)====
->Rumor #133171:
This base trades in Commodities almost exclusively with other Corsair bases. The less we have to deal with outsiders the better. We get our Water and Oxygen from Crete, so this base is almost entirely free from foreign trade. The Zoners are an unwanted presence here, but we tolerate them for now.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Yaren Bartender/Jorge Monteagudo
->Rumor #133172:
We get some of our basic supplies from the Zoner bases in the area. If it doesn't come from the Freeports, we get it from Yanagi. Any surplus we get, such as Rheinland Side Arms or Artifacts, is sent to Cadiz.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Yaren Bartender/Jorge Monteagudo
->Rumor #133173:
This place is mostly a rest spot for Zoners and Corsairs as they travel along the Edge Worlds. Others land here, but they have to respect our ways. Don't stay here too long or else we begin to notice that an outsider is walking a Corsair base. Once that happens you use the airlock to leave.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Yaren Bartender/Jorge Monteagudo
->Rumor #133174:
Hessians come in from Omega-11 and run attack raids on Corsairs traveling through this system. We lash back with attacks on Diamond shipments in Omega-11. The problem with the Hessians is not that they are skilled or courageous, but their numbers; kill three and five more will replace them.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Yaren Bartender/Jorge Monteagudo
->Rumor #133175:
This base was established to secure the supply lines that lead from our homeworld to Cadiz in Omega-5. It also protects our shipments arriving from Bretonia and the Trade Lanes along the southwestern Edge Worlds. This space is the body of Corsair space. Proceed further and you will touch upon its heart.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
->Rumor #133176:
The Jump Holes in this system will lead you throughout southern Sirius: Omicron Gamma is to the east, Omicron Theta is north of the Freeport, Omega-5 is west of here, and Omega-11 lies to the north of this base. I tell you this because you have made yourself useful to us. Should that ever change, I will be one among many whom you will have to watch for.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
->Rumor #133177:
Some Zoner at Freeport 5 tried to run away with a Corsair woman. Her family is a laughing stock and will be so until her kin has killed the interloper. Her brother has gone to Hawaii to sell Artifacts; when he returns he will hunt down the fool Zoner.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Yaren Bartender/Jorge Monteagudo
->Rumor #133178:
If you ever cheat a Corsair, there is a special punishment that will befall you. Do you know what it is to be marooned? We'll take you to a deserted chunk of rock in the middle of nowhere and leave you there. Death comes slowly in a vac-suit.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
->Rumor #133179:
I've come up against Outcasts in Sigma-19 before. They are very good at killing, as are we. Yes, even though they have greater numbers, I prefer to fight Red Hessians. I may not be afraid of death, but I don't go looking for it, either.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
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====Porto Novo (Omega-50)====
->Rumor #133201:
To the west are the Sabana Fragments. You can get to Omega-41 from there -- a good idea if you are trying to avoid the Corsairs. They are still all over, since this is their space, but you won't be going through the Corsair home system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133202:
I've been contracted by Cryer to come down here and kill a few Corsairs for them. Their base, Atka, got hit a few weeks ago. Usually it's the Outcasts who hit Atka, but this time it was the Corsairs. Corsairs, Outcasts -- it doesn't make any difference to me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133203:
Head for the cloud south of here and you will find Artifacts, but that's not why I go there. The cloud to the south hides the Jump Hole to Omicron Gamma. If you do go in there, get ready to fight or you'd better be good at hiding. No matter what you do, don't stay in there too long, because it's just a matter of time before your number gets punched.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133204:
I have come to this place looking for a Corsair named Jardin. He is an infamous killer and pirate. Many say he cannot be stopped, but if anyone can drop him, I can. He is just a man, and a man can die, no matter how tough he is.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133205:
My brother joined the Bounty Hunters Guild a few years ago. He's not tough enough to take on Corsairs yet; he should still be popping Rogues. The idiot sent me a message telling me he was ready for the big leagues in southern Sirius. I'm trying to find him before he gets killed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133206:
I was a Red Hessian for many years. I became pretty good at killing Corsairs, so I decided to get paid for it. Besides, I had grown weary of piracy. I became a Hessian for political reasons, before they sold out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133207:
Sigma-17 is the next stop between here and the Junker bases where we offload the Artifacts marked for Rheinland. You'll find the Jump Hole in the Orinoco Cloud. The other distribution point for our Artifacts is aboard the Hawaii. The Hogosha on that ship will fence our goods into Kusari.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133208:
The Napo Cloud in this system is filled with Artifacts, but the Zoners here know better than to try and get them. Artifacts are Corsair business. The objects we get from that cloud have been funding and feeding the Corsairs for centuries. You had better be a good friend to us if you decide to go there.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133209:
The Hole that leads to our home system is in the Napo Cloud. Unwanted intruders who get taken alive have it worst of all, we keelhaul them. Try to imagine being in a vac-suit lashed to the outside of a ship that's headed into a Jump Hole.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133210:
We get many of our basic supplies from this base. The biodomes here provide us with the Food we consume throughout our space. Corsair leadership has decided that the next step for the Corsair Brotherhood is to build our own biodomes so we will never have to worry about Food again.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133211:
The Side Arm you see me carrying came from Yanagi. It's a Rheinlander piece, because I'm an eastern Corsair. The western Corsairs get Detroit weaponry from Bretonia. The Yanagi Junkers supply this base with Engine Components, too. We use those at Tripoli.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133212:
Felix, of my sons, was killed at Cadiz fighting the Hessians. His brother, Cesar, died during initiation. Cesar was a good pilot and a strong man, but his sensors were damaged. He trusted them instead of his own instincts.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133213:
Just between you and me, I'll kill the occasional Zoner if he's alone and there are no witnesses. Why pay for something when you can just take it, eh? They shouldn't be here anyway. This is dangerous space for anybody, even you. You should be very careful around here, especially with that nice ship and all of your cargo.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133214:
You can't kill anyone onboard or in the immediate area of a Zoner base. That's why the Bounty Hunters are still breathing here. I would like nothing better than to walk over to a Bounty Hunter and eliminate them with my Daumann Devastator.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133216:
The biodomes we invested in here have paid off in spades. Everyone in this part of space comes here for Food, and we get the profits. Well, us and Synth Foods, of course. We ship Food to Atka in Sigma-17 and Freeport 5 in Omega-41.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133217:
We get many of our goods from the Junkers at Yanagi. Our boats haul Engine Components and Consumer Goods from there.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133218:
We ship the Alien Organisms found in this system to the Cryer base in Sigma-17. Cryer also needs our Polymers, and we return with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133219:
Our brothers in Freeport 5 send us Polymers, Fertilizers, and Consumer Goods. It's a Zoner's duty to help other Zoners where we can. This is a dangerous part of space; only by sticking together can we make it.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133220:
Don't ask me where the Jump Hole is that leads to the Corsair homeworld. I've said too much already. The Corsairs would cut my throat if I dared to utter where the entrance to their system is. Just stay away from the Napo Cloud. I mean & it isn't in the Napo Cloud, it's ... I'm a dead man.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133221:
The Artifacts that you can find in this system are not worth taking. We don't touch them; they are Corsair property. If you think differently, I recommend that you make sure you aren't behind on your policy payments to IC.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
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====Mykolaiv Research Station (Omega-52)====
->Rumor #477277:
.I'm in charge of medical here. Why am I in the bar? For vodka, obviously. It isn't that bad for you, you know. Good for mental health, what with all the folk getting killed out in space. Helps the boys deal with the horrors of war, seeing as we don't have much in the way of post-trauma counsellors on base here.
 * Doctor Petr Gorodetsky
->Rumor #477278:
.In my spare time last year I developed a cheap pharmaceutical that instantly cures a hangover. Funnily enough, a lot of the Fighter Corps claim that it's for wimps when they stop by here. They still drop in to see me in the morning. Bloody hotshot poseurs.
 * Doctor Petr Gorodetsky
->Rumor #477279:
.Many of our troops, particularly commanding officers, have their minds and psychologies altered via drug therapy and hypnosis sessions. Marines, for instance, are often changed so that they are more prone towards heroic revolutionary action, being made more bold and assertive. Unfortunately, this tends to make them unpredictable in peaceful environments, due to increased aggression. Some officers, particularly in the Fighter Corps, are against this, saying that intense training is preferable to screwing with the brains of our soldiers. I agree but, after all, orders are orders.
 * Doctor Petr Gorodetsky
->Rumor #477280:
.I'm working on stealth technology for our ships just now. Humanity has basically went through an utter technological dark age for the past eight hundred years or so. Back in the Sol System, centuries ago, the Coalition made heavy use of cloaking devices, particularly on the Basilisk space superiority fighter.Everything must have been much better back then, considering the discoveries their scientists had made. Nowadays, we don't even know where to begin!
 * Professor Maria Frunze
->Rumor #477281:
.Rumour has it that various groups have access to cloaking technology. According to my sources, the Rheinland Military made use of it during the Nomad War, as did the Order. Maybe it's related to those aliens they're fighting? Who knows? Maybe that's something intelligence can look into.
 * Professor Maria Frunze
->Rumor #477282:
.We've done many conclusive tests on the jump holes in this system. They appear to be very stable. In fact, I would say that our studies of jump holes are amongst the most complete in Sirius. We, like the others that arrived on the Hispania, make extensive use of them, as opposed to the artificially created wormholes in jump-gates. Ironically enough, the Coalition back in Sol had developed primitive in-system jump-gates, which we no longer have the know-how to recreate.
 * Professor Maria Frunze
->Rumor #477283:
.I used to be Bundschuh, you know. They were mostly consisting of academic dissidents like myself, but I never really liked their approach much. They weren't as disciplined and organised as I believed a revolution should be. The Coalition, however, has discipline of iron. Don't let the off-duty fighter jocks on Zvezdny Gorodok let you think otherwise.
 * Coalition/Mykolaiv Bartender/Wolfgang Leibnitz
->Rumor #477284:
.Most revolutionaries in Sirius, particularly in Rheinland, are sell-outs. Today, they have mostly given up on their ideals, and care more about drugs and cash. What happened to revolution? What happened to the people? They need something more. They need us.
 * Coalition/Mykolaiv Bartender/Wolfgang Leibnitz
->Rumor #477285:
.I spend a lot of my free time creating propaganda posters and holos to be broadcast in Rheinland. We mostly focus on the inconsistencies in their state religion, since it is a sore point for many academics in Rheinland, and an easy target for ourselves. We can make their troops drop like flies without firing a shot.
 * Coalition/Mykolaiv Bartender/Wolfgang Leibnitz
->Rumor #477286:
.Our biodomes make synthetic food, similar to the ones owned by the Alliance Synth Foods corporation. Frankly, it tastes boring, but it's good for you, and keeps us healthy. Can't complain, I guess, although I absolutely love it when we get shipments of fresh food from the LWB.
 * Anna Chernenko
->Rumor #477287:
.Some of our troops take Synthetic Marijuana, although I'm not sure why. The brass don't seem to mind, although they really clamp down on Cardamine. They claim that it's capitalist chains in a narcotic format.
 * Anna Chernenko
->Rumor #477288:
.Instead of making surplus food, we use the spare room in our biodomes to harvest synthetic crops out of which we can make liquor for so-called 'morale' purposes. I'm pretty sure the factor that came up with that idea was drunk at the time. Oh well, no matter, it is the best vodka in Sirius, after all.
 * Anna Chernenko
->Rumor #477289:
.We managed to finish constructing a destroyer in a period of under three weeks last month! That's the fastest we've built one yet, thanks to advances in automisation, as well as the training of our engineering crews!
 * Jingfen Cixi
->Rumor #477290:
.Our destroyers make use of Cyclone Orbital Bombardment Missiles, which can be used to take out planet-based military installations or to damage enemy battle-stations. Unfortunately, they take too long to prime, so are of next to no use against enemy spacecraft. We're working on it though, don't you worry. We'll have those massive payloads taking down battleships within the year... I can't wait to see such destructive power in so compact a frame!
 * Jingfen Cixi
->Rumor #477291:
.Our capital class vessels are named after terrible storms. It's rather fitting, really. They're fast, loud and dangerous, sweeping all before them, like a force of nature. Indeed, the Coalition itself is a force of nature. It's part of natural evolution for the men and women of humanity to rise up in a bloody fight for equality.
 * Jingfen Cixi
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====Sevastopol Depot (Omega-52)====
->Rumor #477292:
.I'm a Corsair girl, I am! Along with the rest of the crew of the Osiris-class 'Havana', I defected to join the Coalition in its war against the Alliance! We will rely on smuggling alien trinkets and robbing our fellow man and woman to end our hunger no longer!
 * Julia Sanchez
->Rumor #477293:
.One of the few places where the Coalition doesn't really draw recruits is Malta. The Outcasts are pretty happy with their sick, drug-dealing lot, and even if those bastards weren't happy with it, it's not as if they could really change sides, what with the addictions and all. As things are, I'll be happy when we turn the face of Malta into glass.
 * Julia Sanchez
->Rumor #477294:
.We know what it's like to be hungry. We would wish that on nobody. We also know what it's like to kill those that get in our way. We will do so, as we don't have room to be weak here.
 * Julia Sanchez
->Rumor #477295:
.On the 'Karl Marx', we have a tradition of having the ship's Captain pick a thought for the day from Coalition inspirational literature. Common thoughts are along the lines of 'You have nothing to lose but your chains' and such like. If things haven't been as tight as they should be, we sometimes get the likes of 'Double check cruise engine's pulse generator'. The inspirational literature that is taken from is probably 'Engineering 101'.
 * Nguyen Chung
->Rumor #477296:
.We refuel the capital fleet here, using fuel from the gas giant that you can see from the viewport there. We're lucky we're halfway across the sector from the Gas Miners Guild, because we'd be screwed if they had gotten here first. They might just be a mining corporation, but those bastards know how to fight.
 * Nguyen Chung
->Rumor #477297:
.It's much more relaxing here. I don't think there's ever been a barfight on this station. Hell, on Star City there was once a drunken shootout in the bar! A shootout! That would never happen here, it's too risky with all the volatile gasses kept on board.
 * Nguyen Chung
->Rumor #477298:
Please insert drink token.
 * Coalition/Sevastopol Bartender/THX-1138
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====Zvezdny Gorodok (Omega-52)====
->Rumor #477259:
.What do you want, rookie? Oh, you're an ace are you? You're still a goddamn rookie to me. Beat it.
 * Admiral Dieter Zehn
->Rumor #477260:
.Do I look like I'm here to socialise? I'm busy. Piss off.
 * Admiral Dieter Zehn
->Rumor #477261:
.I'm only on this bloody stupid supervillain moon base due to an injury. I'd be leading the Fighter Corps into combat if it wasn't for this. Saying that, I'm still your superior, and still better than you in combat, so quit bothering me.
 * Admiral Dieter Zehn
->Rumor #477262:
.I fly regular patrols around Omega-52 as a part of the defensive fleet. Sometimes I dream of joining the much more romantic fighter assault wings, but I fear that I'm not good enough... and it's dangerous out there, so the assault wings need to be elite. Fortunately for ourselves in the guard forces, the attack fighters' fearsome reputation tends to scare people away from attacking us.
 * Natalia Ogachevsky
->Rumor #477263:
.Many of us Coalition pilots are born and bred Revolutionaries, descended from the spies and saboteurs that our ancestors had placed upon the Hispania. Nowadays, though, we are getting recruits from across the sector, some of which take on traditional Coalition names upon joining. Of course, we welcome them all with open arms, since we need the help, and we fight for all humanity! The Grand Admiral himself is a Bretonian, after all!
 * Natalia Ogachevsky
->Rumor #477264:
.We're better than all the other so-called revolutionary movements in Sirius! We aren't pirates, and we're not just in it for ourselves. My commanding officer says that we know that the real problem is the governments in Sirius and we're out to take their place, even if we have to kill millions on the way!
 * Natalia Ogachevsky
->Rumor #477265:
.Man, I'm glad my shift is over. I had to put so many of our Insurgent classes back together this afternoon. The fighter jocks think that because it's of a rugged, modular design that they can treat them like they're invincible! I guess that's to be expected since they aren't the ones that have to put the bits back together, they just magically get repaired behind the scenes. Sometimes I'm tempted to take the day off and show them how important it is to look after their gear but then it would be my fault if someone died and I couldn't live with that, even if it was that bastard that keeps calling the support teams a bunch of wimps.
 * Yao Ming
->Rumor #477266:
.I helped my CO design the KSD series fighters. The man's a genius and I'm damn proud to have played a part, however small, in seeing his creations take to the skies, scaring the crap out of the Alliance scum. In fact, I hear they call them names like 'Fiends' and 'Demons'. At least that's one thing we can agree on... fighting them would be hell.
 * Yao Ming
->Rumor #477267:
.Sometimes we in engineering get a lot of flak from the fighter pilots, since we're not on the front lines for the most part. We don't deserve it, since we work ridiculous shifts keeping them space-borne, and it's our skills that stop their ships decompressing in vacuum. Then again, I don't envy those lunatics...I've no idea, even counting the technological support they have, how they manage to come out on top, in spite of insane odds, so often.
 * Yao Ming
->Rumor #477268:
.Hey, if you even think of uploading any poncy music onto that jukebox, I'll knock you for six. The Fighter Corps like to rock, comrade, and we rock hard. Don't bother us.
 * Nikita Klitschko
->Rumor #477269:
.Y'know, I love you, comrade, and it's not the vodka talking. Naw, I'm not like Commander Weise or Al-Rahan, buddy, I'm just your mate, right? Actually, I don't feel so good. I think I need another drink.
 * Nikita Klitschko
->Rumor #477270:
.I've seen some horrible things, my friend. Most of the kids I knew grewing up have died in combat. They were lucky, since I'm stuck with these nightmares whenever I fall asleep. I jump at the slightest noise after I lost all my wingmen in Rheinland. Only thing keeping me sane is this place, buddy. Man, I need another drink. And a smoke.
 * Nikita Klitschko
->Rumor #477271:
.The Alliance better watch their backs - they won't get away from us that easily, oh no. Just like we liberated Sol from their capitalist agenda in a single, striking blow many years ago, so will we take Sirius from their hands as well. There's no escape.
 * Anton Borodin
->Rumor #477272:
.Even here, after being faced with ultimate defeat, the Alliance is unable to work together as a whole. This is why we will win: their own people will rebel against the powerplaying ways of their governments. Don't believe me? It already started in Rheinland, it is only a matter of time until it starts elsewhere as well.
 * Anton Borodin
->Rumor #477273:
.You know, not all of us come from these worthless Alliance planets. The ones that founded the Coalition in Sirius, the true revolutionaries, all came from Sol on two of the greatest ships ever built by humanity. The sleeper ships were nothing compared to them! It's a shame they were lost during Aeon's uprising... what am I talking about... the story from a computer game my son was playing last night... hey, fetch me another drink!
 * Anton Borodin
->Rumor #477274:
.The rules here are a bit more relaxed than on our other stations. The boys and girls of the Fighter Corps need to let off steam after all, seeing as they see so much conflict. Just don't shoot anyone and we won't have a problem. You don't want us to have a problem.
 * Coalition/Gorodok Bartender/Boris Ignatievich
->Rumor #477275:
.We get our booze shipped over from Mykolaiv every few days. It's bloody typical Coalition to have large chunks of our important biodomes being used to produce synthetic vodka. Funnily enough, unlike synthetic food, synthetic vodka is even better than the real stuff. Just goes to show, eh?
 * Coalition/Gorodok Bartender/Boris Ignatievich
->Rumor #477276:
.The vast majority of our recruits that aren't of Coalition descent can't pronounce the name of this station, 'Zvezdny Gorodok', so tend to call it 'Star City'. It's either that or 'Moon Base', which is a common one too. They might be the elite, but nobody ever accused our fighter jocks of being smart.
 * Coalition/Gorodok Bartender/Boris Ignatievich
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====Kassel Outpost (Omega-54)====
->Rumor #133720:
You can do yourself a favor and run Diamonds for us to Vogtland. Once there, you may wish to purchase basic supplies and other necessities like Side Arms and Engine Components. Bring those Commodities back here and we will buy them from you.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133721:
Hessians on Freistadt ship us many of the basic Commodities we require at this base. They also bring Engine Components with them.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133722:
Everything needed to keep a base running is sent from Freital to Ronneburg. We are their suppliers, as Vogtland supplies us. If you enjoy being friends with the Hessians, you can always help us out by running these shipments.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133723:
The miners who work the Daumann mining plant in this system hate us. Those stupid fools are the ones who went back to work for Daumann after the Popular Revolt. Anyone who labors away for Daumann doesn't have the brains to know when to get out.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133724:
If you want to move up the ladder with the Red Hessians quickly, you come to Omega-11. Diamonds all over. There are Corsairs here, too, but not like Omega-5. My comrade went to The Five to fight. I'm pretty sure he's dead now.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133725:
The ships that disappear in Van Rohe aren't always cooked by flares. If I snag a ship in the belt, I'm going to destroy it. I don't let the crew come back to whine to Daumann. Better to let everyone think they got torched by a flare.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
->Rumor #133726:
The Van Rohe Belt is filled with Diamonds, and so are the shipments out of here. Take your pick, just be careful if you're gonna go looking for Diamonds in the belt; a bad solar flare will melt your ship before you can put on a pair of sunglasses.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133727:
This system offers plenty of mobility; she's got five Jump Holes that will take you to Omega-41, Omega-5, Omega-7, Stuttgart, or Dresden. The one to Dresden leads to Vogtland; that's where our diamonds go. Then they get hauled to Kreuzberg where the Junkers fence them.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
->Rumor #133728:
I worked at Solarius years ago until I wised up. I earned danger pay but it didn't compare to what I earn now. I quit when an entire load of Diamonds we were shipping was stolen. Why not be the guys who steal the Diamonds instead of giving them up to Daumann?
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
->Rumor #134294:
The treacherous conditions created by the dying sun of Omega-11 has not discouraged many criminals, Bounty Hunters, or even Daumann employees from pushing their luck too far in search of instant riches. Out along the long Von Rohe Belt, unprotected from radiation, numerous dead ships lie floating in the void. Some of them may have Diamonds, most don't. Many of the salvage expeditions that have been sent to retrieve the precious cargos have lingered too long and succumbed to the radiation themselves.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
->Rumor #134312:
The Volsung was on a long-range recon mission into Omega-41 searching for Corsairs when it was caught in one of the minefields. The pilot succumbed to the intense radiation emitted by the system's neutron star before a rescue ship could reach him. His ship was rumored to have a specially modified Hessian gun.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
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====Northeim Base (Omega-54)====
->Rumor #134214:
All the supplies we need to keep this base going are bought by us from Junkers in Kreuzberg and brought here. Thank goodness for our lovely black markets in New Berlin.
 * Red Hessians/Northeim Bartender/Gerald Bergmann
->Rumor #134215:
This base serves as a trade depot for other Hessian bases in the area. The basic supplies we ship here also get shipped to Freital. If you made these shipments, it would be easier for us since the police actively hunt for us.
 * Red Hessians/Northeim Bartender/Gerald Bergmann
->Rumor #134216:
Along with basic supplies, we also purchase Side Arms and Engine Components from the Junkers in New Berlin to ship here. Surplus weapons and engine parts get sent to Freital.
 * Red Hessians/Northeim Bartender/Gerald Bergmann
->Rumor #134217:
Diamonds come to this base from Freital in Omega 11. We will take them to the Junkers in New Berlin to be sold on the black markets. It is these Diamonds that fund the majority of all Red Hessian operations.
 * Red Hessians/Northeim Bartender/Gerald Bergmann
->Rumor #134218:
The Giftnebel is a dangerous cloud to move through, but its proximity to the Kruger and Daumann operations here makes it worthwhile. We know this system well, and that helps us when we raid the corporates trying to ship their goods back to New Berlin.
 * Red Hessians/Northeim Bartender/Gerald Bergmann
->Rumor #134220:
We might eventually win this system from the corporates. Ore deposits here will soon be exhausted, and our attacks cost them dearly. Intelligence suggests they may be moving the bulk of their mining operations to Omega-7. If that happens, it will be a great victory for us.
 * Red Hessians/Northeim Bartender/Gerald Bergmann
->Rumor #134221:
Years ago this was our only base. But we have expanded, due greatly to the Jump Holes that have been found. Also, we've had great success mining and stealing Diamonds. Hessians know the corporate strategies and protocols -- we used to be part of them. That's why our strikes are so effective.
 * Red Hessians/Northeim Bartender/Gerald Bergmann
->Rumor #134223:
I'm one of the few Red Hessians left who really tries to fight for the cause. Mostly, my brotherhood is one of pirates, but there are still some of us who haven't lost the meaning in all of the greed that has overcome the others.
 * Red Hessians/Northeim Bartender/Gerald Bergmann
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====Offenbach Outpost (Omega-54)====
->Rumor #133720:
You can do yourself a favor and run Diamonds for us to Vogtland. Once there, you may wish to purchase basic supplies and other necessities like Side Arms and Engine Components. Bring those Commodities back here and we will buy them from you.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133721:
Hessians on Freistadt ship us many of the basic Commodities we require at this base. They also bring Engine Components with them.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133722:
Everything needed to keep a base running is sent from Freital to Ronneburg. We are their suppliers, as Vogtland supplies us. If you enjoy being friends with the Hessians, you can always help us out by running these shipments.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133723:
The miners who work the Daumann mining plant in this system hate us. Those stupid fools are the ones who went back to work for Daumann after the Popular Revolt. Anyone who labors away for Daumann doesn't have the brains to know when to get out.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133724:
If you want to move up the ladder with the Red Hessians quickly, you come to Omega-11. Diamonds all over. There are Corsairs here, too, but not like Omega-5. My comrade went to The Five to fight. I'm pretty sure he's dead now.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133725:
The ships that disappear in Van Rohe aren't always cooked by flares. If I snag a ship in the belt, I'm going to destroy it. I don't let the crew come back to whine to Daumann. Better to let everyone think they got torched by a flare.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
->Rumor #133726:
The Van Rohe Belt is filled with Diamonds, and so are the shipments out of here. Take your pick, just be careful if you're gonna go looking for Diamonds in the belt; a bad solar flare will melt your ship before you can put on a pair of sunglasses.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
 * Red Hessians/Freital Bartender/Hugo Buhlers
->Rumor #133727:
This system offers plenty of mobility; she's got five Jump Holes that will take you to Omega-41, Omega-5, Omega-7, Stuttgart, or Dresden. The one to Dresden leads to Vogtland; that's where our diamonds go. Then they get hauled to Kreuzberg where the Junkers fence them.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
->Rumor #133728:
I worked at Solarius years ago until I wised up. I earned danger pay but it didn't compare to what I earn now. I quit when an entire load of Diamonds we were shipping was stolen. Why not be the guys who steal the Diamonds instead of giving them up to Daumann?
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
->Rumor #134294:
The treacherous conditions created by the dying sun of Omega-11 has not discouraged many criminals, Bounty Hunters, or even Daumann employees from pushing their luck too far in search of instant riches. Out along the long Von Rohe Belt, unprotected from radiation, numerous dead ships lie floating in the void. Some of them may have Diamonds, most don't. Many of the salvage expeditions that have been sent to retrieve the precious cargos have lingered too long and succumbed to the radiation themselves.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Rüdiger Soller
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
->Rumor #134312:
The Volsung was on a long-range recon mission into Omega-41 searching for Corsairs when it was caught in one of the minefields. The pilot succumbed to the intense radiation emitted by the system's neutron star before a rescue ship could reach him. His ship was rumored to have a specially modified Hessian gun.
 * Red Hessians/ Ralf Neumann
 * Red Hessians/ Xavier Baumhauer
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====Wolfsburg Shipyard (Omega-54)====
->Rumor #134214:
All the supplies we need to keep this base going are bought by us from Junkers in Kreuzberg and brought here. Thank goodness for our lovely black markets in New Berlin.
 * Red Hessians/Wolfsburg Bartender/Christian Klug
->Rumor #134215:
This base serves as a trade depot for other Hessian bases in the area. The basic supplies we ship here also get shipped to Freital. If you made these shipments, it would be easier for us since the police actively hunt for us.
 * Red Hessians/Wolfsburg Bartender/Christian Klug
->Rumor #134216:
Along with basic supplies, we also purchase Side Arms and Engine Components from the Junkers in New Berlin to ship here. Surplus weapons and engine parts get sent to Freital.
 * Red Hessians/Wolfsburg Bartender/Christian Klug
->Rumor #134217:
Diamonds come to this base from Freital in Omega 11. We will take them to the Junkers in New Berlin to be sold on the black markets. It is these Diamonds that fund the majority of all Red Hessian operations.
 * Red Hessians/Wolfsburg Bartender/Christian Klug
->Rumor #134218:
The Giftnebel is a dangerous cloud to move through, but its proximity to the Kruger and Daumann operations here makes it worthwhile. We know this system well, and that helps us when we raid the corporates trying to ship their goods back to New Berlin.
 * Red Hessians/Wolfsburg Bartender/Christian Klug
->Rumor #134220:
We might eventually win this system from the corporates. Ore deposits here will soon be exhausted, and our attacks cost them dearly. Intelligence suggests they may be moving the bulk of their mining operations to Omega-7. If that happens, it will be a great victory for us.
 * Red Hessians/Wolfsburg Bartender/Christian Klug
->Rumor #134221:
Years ago this was our only base. But we have expanded, due greatly to the Jump Holes that have been found. Also, we've had great success mining and stealing Diamonds. Hessians know the corporate strategies and protocols -- we used to be part of them. That's why our strikes are so effective.
 * Red Hessians/Wolfsburg Bartender/Christian Klug
->Rumor #134223:
I'm one of the few Red Hessians left who really tries to fight for the cause. Mostly, my brotherhood is one of pirates, but there are still some of us who haven't lost the meaning in all of the greed that has overcome the others.
 * Red Hessians/Wolfsburg Bartender/Christian Klug
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====Meerbusch Base (Omega-55)====
->Rumor #133910:
We deliver MOX to the Westfalen every few months or so. Berlin has been having difficulty making their payments lately. ALG would like to improve our relationship with the military, so we often waive the transport and installation fees.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133911:
The structural integrity of this ship is suspect. It suffered a lot of damage during the Eighty Years War, but was forced to remain in service, since all of its sister ships are now Scrap Metal in the Sigma-13 system. We are always nervous when we have to enter the reactor compartments of this ship. Especially since the recent accident.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133912:
Our most lucrative runs for MOX are into Colorado. One must first survive the Xenos in the Independent Worlds, however. The Rogues would also like to get their hands on bomb-making material -- especially the group found in Hudson.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133913:
The military's brought us in to help them out in the Nordheide. They don't pay us too much, though. But they have good, long-range scanners and a strategic position in this area, so it's worthwhile for us. Most of the actual bounties are put up by Republican.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133914:
There are a few reformed Hessians among us here in Hamburg. They're the lucky ones who got out of Vierlande before their sentences were up. One guy had some story about some neutron star in Omega-41. That's way out there in the Edge Worlds in Corsair land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133915:
The Hole to Bering is up in the Nordheide. If you're looking for diamond smuggling Unioners, then that's the place to be. There isn't a direct route between here and Hudson, which keeps the Xenos and Rogues out of Hamburg.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133916:
Some of the Hunters use this as a base for journeys into Hudson. Most of the bounties up there are for Xenos and Rogues. Republican posts the bulk of them, though Universal and IC chip in on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133917:
Just came back from Hudson. We were cruising for baddies in the gap between the Wrangell and Kenai Fields. Ran right into a little skirmish going on between the local thugs. I got me two Xenos and a Rogue. Buy you a drink?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133918:
Hudson is a little rougher than Hamburg. No safe havens, not even any military in the Rheinland part of the system. Liberty Navy's putting a lot of pressure on them, but they can't do much about it. You can see why. Look around at this dump.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133919:
It's a quick trip from Hamburg. We run in supplies on a regular basis. Sometimes they can't pay us, but we usually can arrange something. Maybe four dead Unioners for a container of Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133920:
Republican is competing with ALG to win the contract for constructing the next generation of Rheinland battleships. We have a clear advantage in ship design and practical construction experience. But they have a definite strength in alloys and specialized Hull Panel fabrication.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133921:
Although it's not far to Hamburg from here, the Unioners will attack us if given the opportunity. Their preferred method is to disable a Trade Lane ring near the center of the stretch, then flee back into the Nordheide at the first sign of a military patrol.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133922:
The Westfalen is the last battleship still operational in the Rheinland fleet. We are always short of spare parts, and the men are paid only once every three months. Some enterprising pilots have taken to moonlighting for Republican or Synth Foods in order to make ends meet.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133923:
This ship is a deathtrap. They had an explosion last week in Fusion Reactor 6. Had to seal off the entire A Deck. They're not even going to fix it. That's a sorry state of affairs. The Westfalen will never be able to make a jump again.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133924:
There are rumors circulating that ALG is planning on building a new shipyard in Dortmund to build the Bremen and her sister ships. They're willing to build them at cost in order to gain entry into this new market. That's an attractive proposition for Berlin at this point and time.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133925:
The Rheinland Military is tasked with patrolling the northern areas of Hamburg and the adjacent Independent Worlds of Bering and Hudson. But we only have enough working fighters to cover the Trade Lanes in the immediate area, plus a daily patrol into the Nordheide. We assign Bounty Hunters to handle many of our other patrol routes in the area.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133926:
Ever since we lost the war, Rheinland just hasn't been the same; the entire colony feels beaten and bereft of vigor. Look around, there is no one smiling or enjoying themselves. What will it take for my House to heal?
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133927:
Daumann is the real culprit in the Eighty-Years War. The Imperial Navy Command had grave doubts about the wisdom of fighting a guerrilla-style war in the Crow Nebula against an enemy that was so well-supplied by Kusari. But Daumann saw the huge profits to be made in lucrative shipbuilding contracts, and bribed hundreds of key government officials. The rest is history.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133928:
Many of the young officers are leaving the Rheinland Military, tired of the poor conditions and low pay. Most of them end up flying commercial transports for Republican or Synth Foods. The rest end up with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133929:
The Rheinland public doesn't respect the military anymore. We lost the Eighty-Years War to a ragtag bunch of gas miners as far as they're concerned. That is one reason it has been so difficult for Berlin to increase our budget -- the politicians backed by the Bundschuh always vote it down.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133930:
The Bundschuh continues to attack this floating piece of junk for some reason. We usually run them off after a few minutes. I guess they don't have any other obvious military targets left in Rheinland -- except maybe the Oder Shipyard. Have to have an enemy to keep the cause going.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
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====Recklinghausen Base (Omega-55)====
->Rumor #133910:
We deliver MOX to the Westfalen every few months or so. Berlin has been having difficulty making their payments lately. ALG would like to improve our relationship with the military, so we often waive the transport and installation fees.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133911:
The structural integrity of this ship is suspect. It suffered a lot of damage during the Eighty Years War, but was forced to remain in service, since all of its sister ships are now Scrap Metal in the Sigma-13 system. We are always nervous when we have to enter the reactor compartments of this ship. Especially since the recent accident.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133912:
Our most lucrative runs for MOX are into Colorado. One must first survive the Xenos in the Independent Worlds, however. The Rogues would also like to get their hands on bomb-making material -- especially the group found in Hudson.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133913:
The military's brought us in to help them out in the Nordheide. They don't pay us too much, though. But they have good, long-range scanners and a strategic position in this area, so it's worthwhile for us. Most of the actual bounties are put up by Republican.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133914:
There are a few reformed Hessians among us here in Hamburg. They're the lucky ones who got out of Vierlande before their sentences were up. One guy had some story about some neutron star in Omega-41. That's way out there in the Edge Worlds in Corsair land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133915:
The Hole to Bering is up in the Nordheide. If you're looking for diamond smuggling Unioners, then that's the place to be. There isn't a direct route between here and Hudson, which keeps the Xenos and Rogues out of Hamburg.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133916:
Some of the Hunters use this as a base for journeys into Hudson. Most of the bounties up there are for Xenos and Rogues. Republican posts the bulk of them, though Universal and IC chip in on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133917:
Just came back from Hudson. We were cruising for baddies in the gap between the Wrangell and Kenai Fields. Ran right into a little skirmish going on between the local thugs. I got me two Xenos and a Rogue. Buy you a drink?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133918:
Hudson is a little rougher than Hamburg. No safe havens, not even any military in the Rheinland part of the system. Liberty Navy's putting a lot of pressure on them, but they can't do much about it. You can see why. Look around at this dump.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133919:
It's a quick trip from Hamburg. We run in supplies on a regular basis. Sometimes they can't pay us, but we usually can arrange something. Maybe four dead Unioners for a container of Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133920:
Republican is competing with ALG to win the contract for constructing the next generation of Rheinland battleships. We have a clear advantage in ship design and practical construction experience. But they have a definite strength in alloys and specialized Hull Panel fabrication.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133921:
Although it's not far to Hamburg from here, the Unioners will attack us if given the opportunity. Their preferred method is to disable a Trade Lane ring near the center of the stretch, then flee back into the Nordheide at the first sign of a military patrol.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133922:
The Westfalen is the last battleship still operational in the Rheinland fleet. We are always short of spare parts, and the men are paid only once every three months. Some enterprising pilots have taken to moonlighting for Republican or Synth Foods in order to make ends meet.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133923:
This ship is a deathtrap. They had an explosion last week in Fusion Reactor 6. Had to seal off the entire A Deck. They're not even going to fix it. That's a sorry state of affairs. The Westfalen will never be able to make a jump again.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133924:
There are rumors circulating that ALG is planning on building a new shipyard in Dortmund to build the Bremen and her sister ships. They're willing to build them at cost in order to gain entry into this new market. That's an attractive proposition for Berlin at this point and time.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133925:
The Rheinland Military is tasked with patrolling the northern areas of Hamburg and the adjacent Independent Worlds of Bering and Hudson. But we only have enough working fighters to cover the Trade Lanes in the immediate area, plus a daily patrol into the Nordheide. We assign Bounty Hunters to handle many of our other patrol routes in the area.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133926:
Ever since we lost the war, Rheinland just hasn't been the same; the entire colony feels beaten and bereft of vigor. Look around, there is no one smiling or enjoying themselves. What will it take for my House to heal?
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133927:
Daumann is the real culprit in the Eighty-Years War. The Imperial Navy Command had grave doubts about the wisdom of fighting a guerrilla-style war in the Crow Nebula against an enemy that was so well-supplied by Kusari. But Daumann saw the huge profits to be made in lucrative shipbuilding contracts, and bribed hundreds of key government officials. The rest is history.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133928:
Many of the young officers are leaving the Rheinland Military, tired of the poor conditions and low pay. Most of them end up flying commercial transports for Republican or Synth Foods. The rest end up with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133929:
The Rheinland public doesn't respect the military anymore. We lost the Eighty-Years War to a ragtag bunch of gas miners as far as they're concerned. That is one reason it has been so difficult for Berlin to increase our budget -- the politicians backed by the Bundschuh always vote it down.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133930:
The Bundschuh continues to attack this floating piece of junk for some reason. We usually run them off after a few minutes. I guess they don't have any other obvious military targets left in Rheinland -- except maybe the Oder Shipyard. Have to have an enemy to keep the cause going.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
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====Alabama Shipyard (Omega-56)====
->Rumor #133463:
This is the only system in Kusari space that allows the Bounty Hunters to have a base. They don't like foreigners in Kusari, and Shikoku has served as a buffer between Liberty and this House ever since the Jump Gates connecting the two were built.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Deshima Bartender/Shoetsu Tankoshitsu
->Rumor #133464:
Samura pays the Bounty Hunters very well to destroy Blood Dragons in this system. They are tough scum bags to kill, but worth the cash they earn me. I decided to come to Kusari because there is less competition here among other Bounty Hunters.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133465:
To be a decent Bounty Hunter you have to know the Jump Hole networks that span all of Sirius. There are two Jump Holes in this system. The one leading to Kyushu is in the Saiun on the northern end of the system. In the south you will find a Hole to Galileo tucked into the Keiun.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133466:
If you are looking to kill Golden Chrysanthemums, head north to the Kyushu Hole in Saiun. The Golden C. also use the clouds to move through the system. I get paid good money to vaporize those ladies. Watch out, if they sense that they are about to be destroyed, they have no problem ramming you.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Deshima Bartender/Shoetsu Tankoshitsu
->Rumor #133467:
Synth Foods offered me some money to hunt down and destroy the Farmers Alliance in the system. Then some Samura approached me and said they would pay me not to kill Alliance fighters. I will always take money for nothing over money for something.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Deshima Bartender/Shoetsu Tankoshitsu
->Rumor #133468:
Strange that Samura never pays to have Farmers Alliance activity popped in this area. They seem most concerned with Lane Hackers and Rogues that enter the system and loiter near the Keiun. They use the Jump Hole from Galileo.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133469:
I'm in this system operating on behalf of Universal. I handle the problems that they encounter when shipping into Kusari. Let me give you some advice about hunting here: don't mess with the Hogosha, they are connected.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133470:
I have been hired to kill any and all Farmers Alliance ships that I encounter. IC is paying me on behalf of Synth Foods. The police here haven't really been paying the Alliance any mind, which has been further stressing IC's relationship with Kusari. Finally IC decided to contract some professional killing. Those farmers don't know what hit em when I come swooping in.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133471:
The Guild has a general contract, paid by the Kusari government, that rewards us for any escaped convicts from Fuchu. I love getting double bumped; I get paid by a corporation for hitting a criminal and paid by Kusari because the mark was an escapee.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133472:
Kishiro ships Polymers and Optical Chips here from Shinagawa for use in the manufacturing of Consumer Goods. The best of these will be shipped to New Tokyo.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133473:
Kishiro sends Consumer Goods, H-Fuel, and Optical Chips from Denver. Only the best Kishiro pilots hazard the dangers of the Independent Worlds, but shipping between here and Liberty must be done.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133474:
Terraforming Gases and Super Conductors are brought here From Pueblo through the Independent Worlds. On the way there we send them H-Fuel and Niobium.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133475:
We do quite a bit of trading between this base and Honshu. They ship Optronics and Engine Components to us. We, in turn, supply them with Superconductors.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133476:
The Kishiro H-Fuel at this base comes here from Ogashawa in the eastern Border Worlds. Samura supplies H-Fuel here too, but ours is much better. Your ship will fly faster, we promise.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133477:
Niobium is brought here from where it is mined by the Zoners at Freeport 6. That is probably one of the most dangerous runs that Kishiro makes because you must cross most of the western Border Worlds and half of Kusari.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133478:
Along with basic Commodities, Samura ships Side Arms from here to Fuchu and Myoko. It is a short run to either base.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Toru Abe
->Rumor #133479:
Detroit Side Arms brought here from Pueblo are then shipped to New Tokyo. Samura has more contacts than Kishiro -- of course, we are the ones who deliver the more sensitive Commodities into the heart of Kusari.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Toru Abe
->Rumor #133480:
I make the Nansei Superconductor run for Samura. My family originally comes from Kyushu, so I am lucky that I got that assignment.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Toru Abe
->Rumor #133481:
The Deshima Food operation is a crucial part of our plan to penetrate the Kusari Food market. We bring in the fertilizers we need from Houston, since Samura would never sell us any.
 * Synth Foods/ Mark Hamilton
->Rumor #133482:
We send Food produced at this base to the New Tokyo system where it can be enjoyed in the heart of the Kusari Shogunate. Too bad those Farmers Alliance pirates keep attacking our convoys. That just means higher prices for the children of Kusari.
 * Synth Foods/ Mark Hamilton
->Rumor #133483:
We know that Samura is behind the Farmers Alliance. Our sources tell us that they have been funding them for some time now, yet the only way we can stop the farmers is by hiring Bounty Hunters. The government has deaf ears when it comes to anything Samura related.
 * Synth Foods/ Mark Hamilton
->Rumor #133484:
We provide the Side Arms used by the Kusari security forces. They have laws that ban internal production. No such problem in Liberty.
 * Universal Shipping/ Harvey White
->Rumor #133485:
Xenos have a strong presence in Kepler. I must admit, I don't mind those psychotic bastards. They don't really attack us; they're too busy blowing up Kusari ships.
 * Universal Shipping/ Harvey White
->Rumor #133486:
This is one of the most beautiful systems in all of Sirius. You know those names the clouds have? One of the Kishiro here told me what the names mean: the cloud to the north, the Saiun, means painted cloud; the Keiun to the south means beautiful cloud; and the western Shiun means violet cloud.
 * Universal Shipping/ Harvey White
->Rumor #133487:
Ames, our base in Kepler, gets almost all of its supplies from Deshima. Aside from the basics, we also get Engine Components here. We are pretty close by, really.
 * Zoners/ Lance Harper
->Rumor #133488:
We don't have a lot of enemies in Libertonian space, but we don't have any friends here. My ship got attacked by some crazy women calling themselves the Golden Chrysanthemums. They freaked me out, talking about how I was a male oppressor and such. Hey, the Zoners don't oppress anybody.
 * Zoners/ Lance Harper
->Rumor #133489:
I know our buddies in Freeport 6 need Commodities from this base. I'm glad that Kishiro makes the run. If Zoners had to do it, then there'd be a lot more of us getting all corpsed up.
 * Zoners/ Lance Harper
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====Capetown Station (Omega-56)====
->Rumor #133080:
This base is a major distribution point in this part of Bretonian space. Aside from a small police outpost, this is the last stop before hitting the Independent Worlds.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Sheffield Bartender/Winston Fisher
->Rumor #133081:
This base's location between the two major ice fields in this system leaves us with plenty of options. All kinds of scumbag criminals come into this system. You name it, we got it: Mollys, Gaians, Outcasts, and even Lane Hackers. Most of the action takes place north of the Trade Lanes, except the occasional Molly raid on the Newgate.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Sheffield Bartender/Winston Fisher
->Rumor #133082:
Your past does not matter when you become a Bounty Hunter. Once you join the Guild, all is forgotten. For many it is the only chance they have to turn their lives around. I'm not saying life is all roses from that point on -- far from it -- but it's better than going back to the Newgate.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133083:
Outcasts come into this system via the Magellan Jump Hole, so if you are looking to bag an Outcast, then I suggest you look in the Sheffield North. Be careful -- Outcasts are pretty touchy with a hold full of Cardamine and have no problem blowing a hole in your ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Sheffield Bartender/Winston Fisher
->Rumor #133084:
There are two Jump Holes in this system. The Hole to Leeds is in the Birmingham Ice Field; the Hole to Magellan is in the southern part of the Sheffield North Ice Field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133085:
There is a law in the Bounty Hunters Guild that must never be broken. The proper authorities can't ever be told the location of the Jump Holes. Any Bounty Hunter who breaks this rule is expelled from the Guild, and is usually the victim of an accident.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133086:
My father was a Bounty Hunter and so was his father before him. Dad started taking me hunting with him when I turned fourteen. I've been doing this ever since, and I've bagged over four hundred criminals in that time.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133087:
The best way to catch a Molly is to use bait. If you can take out one of their engines, the other Mollys are going to stay behind and try to rescue the distressed pilot. That's when you find out if you are good enough to do this job.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
->Rumor #133088:
Lane Hackers do a lot of raiding in this system. They know when the Gold shipments are going to come through, and yellow metal is one of their favorite finds.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Allan Pearce
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tessa Wallace
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Sheffield Bartender/Winston Fisher
->Rumor #133089:
Bowex transports basic supplies from here to the other bases in this system. A lot of the Commodities that come through here are either on their way to Liberty or New London.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
->Rumor #133090:
Side Arms and H-Fuel are shipped throughout this system from this base. Even though these shipments are staying in the system, the haul is still dangerous.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
->Rumor #133091:
From New London Bowex hauls H-Fuel and Pharmaceuticals to meet the large demand at this base. It's a decent run if you don't mind when Mollys and Lane Hackers blast holes in your ship.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
->Rumor #133092:
Want to travel to California and make lots of cash while you're at it? Buy Polymers and Hydrocarbons here, ship them to Los Angeles, and then come back with Optical Chips.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
->Rumor #133093:
Bowex ships the Optical Chips at this base to Cambridge and Leeds. Either facility will purchase them, so you can take your pick.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
->Rumor #133094:
Boron makes it to this base all the way from Pittsburg. If you feel like you haven't had enough adventure, you can always continue your journey to Stokes. They'll purchase the Boron there.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
->Rumor #133095:
We maintain a presence here at this base because a lot of shippers, though they often rely on Bounty Hunters, still want to see the legitimate authorities. We run patrols from this area into the North and South Sheffield.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Bernadette Pritchard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Daniel Hall
->Rumor #133096:
The Crown has instituted a work program for the least dangerous criminals at the Newgate. They mine ice in the Sheffield South. I run the patrol from this base, which keeps their mining operation secure from attempted breaks.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Bernadette Pritchard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Daniel Hall
->Rumor #133097:
I don't like being here at this base. I would prefer to be stationed at a police base where there are more of my kind. Several of the Bounty Hunters I have encountered here were criminals that I put away at one time or another.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Bernadette Pritchard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Daniel Hall
->Rumor #133098:
I fly a patrol from this base all the way to the New London Jump Gate and back again. Last week I came up against a few Mollys on their way from Birmingham. One of the Mollys escaped, one died, and the third is on a convoy to Newgate.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Bernadette Pritchard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Daniel Hall
->Rumor #133099:
All the Cardamine that flows into Liberty comes through this system. Have you ever tangled with an Outcast? I and two other police interceptors engaged four of them a few days ago. It was a mistake to go against them with fewer numbers. The other two interceptors got cooked.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Bernadette Pritchard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Daniel Hall
->Rumor #133100:
Gaians are a bunch of pansy rich kids who had no problems in their lives, so they decided to create one. Terraforming isn't anything terrible or unethical. As a matter of fact, it will eventually save Bretonia. I take pleasure in wasting or busting them filthy snobs.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Bernadette Pritchard
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Daniel Hall
->Rumor #133101:
I hate crossing the Independent Worlds. When I signed up for the H-Fuel run from Los Angeles to here I thought it would be an adventure. I'd say it's closer to a nightmare. Gateway doesn't pay me enough to get killed.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Harvey Graham
->Rumor #133102:
I ship Food and Consumer Goods to this base from Kensington. It's a living, and you only have to jump from one system away. Mollys can be quite a problem on occasion, so be careful if you try it.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Harvey Graham
->Rumor #133103:
Hauling Pharmaceuticals from Sheffield might be the easiest run that Gateway does. Sure, the pay isn't great, but I don't care as long as I have a better chance of making it home.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Harvey Graham
->Rumor #133104:
Universal Shipping hauls Side Arms to this base from Trenton. A portion of our shipment is sold here, and then we continue to New London to sell the rest. You could always do the same, if you are a competent pilot.
 * Universal Shipping/ James Gill
->Rumor #133105:
Two of my escorts bought the farm back in Magellan, and so did one of my gunners. Too bad, we had made it all the way from Newark with a full load of H-Fuel without incident until then.
 * Universal Shipping/ James Gill
->Rumor #133106:
Our shipping firm brings Trade Lane Parts from Trenton. It is a lucrative run. Maybe you could earn some cash and get to see New York while you're at it.
 * Universal Shipping/ James Gill
->Rumor #134323:
The Charles Kane and its escorts were ambushed in the Roatan Ice Crystal Cloud several weeks ago, probably by Rogues or Lane Hackers. They commandeered the ship and flew it further into the cloud. Several Bounty Hunters happened upon the hijacked ship, and a fierce firefight ensued. Only one limped back to tell the tale. She said the ship was still out there in the cloud, abandoned and drifting with the field.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bernard Parsons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hazel Stirling
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====Durban Station (Omega-56)====
->Rumor #133463:
This is the only system in Kusari space that allows the Bounty Hunters to have a base. They don't like foreigners in Kusari, and Shikoku has served as a buffer between Liberty and this House ever since the Jump Gates connecting the two were built.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Deshima Bartender/Shoetsu Tankoshitsu
->Rumor #133464:
Samura pays the Bounty Hunters very well to destroy Blood Dragons in this system. They are tough scum bags to kill, but worth the cash they earn me. I decided to come to Kusari because there is less competition here among other Bounty Hunters.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133465:
To be a decent Bounty Hunter you have to know the Jump Hole networks that span all of Sirius. There are two Jump Holes in this system. The one leading to Kyushu is in the Saiun on the northern end of the system. In the south you will find a Hole to Galileo tucked into the Keiun.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133466:
If you are looking to kill Golden Chrysanthemums, head north to the Kyushu Hole in Saiun. The Golden C. also use the clouds to move through the system. I get paid good money to vaporize those ladies. Watch out, if they sense that they are about to be destroyed, they have no problem ramming you.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Deshima Bartender/Shoetsu Tankoshitsu
->Rumor #133467:
Synth Foods offered me some money to hunt down and destroy the Farmers Alliance in the system. Then some Samura approached me and said they would pay me not to kill Alliance fighters. I will always take money for nothing over money for something.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Deshima Bartender/Shoetsu Tankoshitsu
->Rumor #133468:
Strange that Samura never pays to have Farmers Alliance activity popped in this area. They seem most concerned with Lane Hackers and Rogues that enter the system and loiter near the Keiun. They use the Jump Hole from Galileo.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133469:
I'm in this system operating on behalf of Universal. I handle the problems that they encounter when shipping into Kusari. Let me give you some advice about hunting here: don't mess with the Hogosha, they are connected.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133470:
I have been hired to kill any and all Farmers Alliance ships that I encounter. IC is paying me on behalf of Synth Foods. The police here haven't really been paying the Alliance any mind, which has been further stressing IC's relationship with Kusari. Finally IC decided to contract some professional killing. Those farmers don't know what hit em when I come swooping in.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133471:
The Guild has a general contract, paid by the Kusari government, that rewards us for any escaped convicts from Fuchu. I love getting double bumped; I get paid by a corporation for hitting a criminal and paid by Kusari because the mark was an escapee.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133472:
Kishiro ships Polymers and Optical Chips here from Shinagawa for use in the manufacturing of Consumer Goods. The best of these will be shipped to New Tokyo.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133473:
Kishiro sends Consumer Goods, H-Fuel, and Optical Chips from Denver. Only the best Kishiro pilots hazard the dangers of the Independent Worlds, but shipping between here and Liberty must be done.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133474:
Terraforming Gases and Super Conductors are brought here From Pueblo through the Independent Worlds. On the way there we send them H-Fuel and Niobium.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133475:
We do quite a bit of trading between this base and Honshu. They ship Optronics and Engine Components to us. We, in turn, supply them with Superconductors.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133476:
The Kishiro H-Fuel at this base comes here from Ogashawa in the eastern Border Worlds. Samura supplies H-Fuel here too, but ours is much better. Your ship will fly faster, we promise.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133477:
Niobium is brought here from where it is mined by the Zoners at Freeport 6. That is probably one of the most dangerous runs that Kishiro makes because you must cross most of the western Border Worlds and half of Kusari.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133478:
Along with basic Commodities, Samura ships Side Arms from here to Fuchu and Myoko. It is a short run to either base.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Toru Abe
->Rumor #133479:
Detroit Side Arms brought here from Pueblo are then shipped to New Tokyo. Samura has more contacts than Kishiro -- of course, we are the ones who deliver the more sensitive Commodities into the heart of Kusari.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Toru Abe
->Rumor #133480:
I make the Nansei Superconductor run for Samura. My family originally comes from Kyushu, so I am lucky that I got that assignment.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Toru Abe
->Rumor #133481:
The Deshima Food operation is a crucial part of our plan to penetrate the Kusari Food market. We bring in the fertilizers we need from Houston, since Samura would never sell us any.
 * Synth Foods/ Mark Hamilton
->Rumor #133482:
We send Food produced at this base to the New Tokyo system where it can be enjoyed in the heart of the Kusari Shogunate. Too bad those Farmers Alliance pirates keep attacking our convoys. That just means higher prices for the children of Kusari.
 * Synth Foods/ Mark Hamilton
->Rumor #133483:
We know that Samura is behind the Farmers Alliance. Our sources tell us that they have been funding them for some time now, yet the only way we can stop the farmers is by hiring Bounty Hunters. The government has deaf ears when it comes to anything Samura related.
 * Synth Foods/ Mark Hamilton
->Rumor #133484:
We provide the Side Arms used by the Kusari security forces. They have laws that ban internal production. No such problem in Liberty.
 * Universal Shipping/ Harvey White
->Rumor #133485:
Xenos have a strong presence in Kepler. I must admit, I don't mind those psychotic bastards. They don't really attack us; they're too busy blowing up Kusari ships.
 * Universal Shipping/ Harvey White
->Rumor #133486:
This is one of the most beautiful systems in all of Sirius. You know those names the clouds have? One of the Kishiro here told me what the names mean: the cloud to the north, the Saiun, means painted cloud; the Keiun to the south means beautiful cloud; and the western Shiun means violet cloud.
 * Universal Shipping/ Harvey White
->Rumor #133487:
Ames, our base in Kepler, gets almost all of its supplies from Deshima. Aside from the basics, we also get Engine Components here. We are pretty close by, really.
 * Zoners/ Lance Harper
->Rumor #133488:
We don't have a lot of enemies in Libertonian space, but we don't have any friends here. My ship got attacked by some crazy women calling themselves the Golden Chrysanthemums. They freaked me out, talking about how I was a male oppressor and such. Hey, the Zoners don't oppress anybody.
 * Zoners/ Lance Harper
->Rumor #133489:
I know our buddies in Freeport 6 need Commodities from this base. I'm glad that Kishiro makes the run. If Zoners had to do it, then there'd be a lot more of us getting all corpsed up.
 * Zoners/ Lance Harper
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====Bottrop Depot (Omega-58)====
->Rumor #133910:
We deliver MOX to the Westfalen every few months or so. Berlin has been having difficulty making their payments lately. ALG would like to improve our relationship with the military, so we often waive the transport and installation fees.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133911:
The structural integrity of this ship is suspect. It suffered a lot of damage during the Eighty Years War, but was forced to remain in service, since all of its sister ships are now Scrap Metal in the Sigma-13 system. We are always nervous when we have to enter the reactor compartments of this ship. Especially since the recent accident.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133912:
Our most lucrative runs for MOX are into Colorado. One must first survive the Xenos in the Independent Worlds, however. The Rogues would also like to get their hands on bomb-making material -- especially the group found in Hudson.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133913:
The military's brought us in to help them out in the Nordheide. They don't pay us too much, though. But they have good, long-range scanners and a strategic position in this area, so it's worthwhile for us. Most of the actual bounties are put up by Republican.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133914:
There are a few reformed Hessians among us here in Hamburg. They're the lucky ones who got out of Vierlande before their sentences were up. One guy had some story about some neutron star in Omega-41. That's way out there in the Edge Worlds in Corsair land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133915:
The Hole to Bering is up in the Nordheide. If you're looking for diamond smuggling Unioners, then that's the place to be. There isn't a direct route between here and Hudson, which keeps the Xenos and Rogues out of Hamburg.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133916:
Some of the Hunters use this as a base for journeys into Hudson. Most of the bounties up there are for Xenos and Rogues. Republican posts the bulk of them, though Universal and IC chip in on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133917:
Just came back from Hudson. We were cruising for baddies in the gap between the Wrangell and Kenai Fields. Ran right into a little skirmish going on between the local thugs. I got me two Xenos and a Rogue. Buy you a drink?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133918:
Hudson is a little rougher than Hamburg. No safe havens, not even any military in the Rheinland part of the system. Liberty Navy's putting a lot of pressure on them, but they can't do much about it. You can see why. Look around at this dump.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133919:
It's a quick trip from Hamburg. We run in supplies on a regular basis. Sometimes they can't pay us, but we usually can arrange something. Maybe four dead Unioners for a container of Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133920:
Republican is competing with ALG to win the contract for constructing the next generation of Rheinland battleships. We have a clear advantage in ship design and practical construction experience. But they have a definite strength in alloys and specialized Hull Panel fabrication.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133921:
Although it's not far to Hamburg from here, the Unioners will attack us if given the opportunity. Their preferred method is to disable a Trade Lane ring near the center of the stretch, then flee back into the Nordheide at the first sign of a military patrol.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133922:
The Westfalen is the last battleship still operational in the Rheinland fleet. We are always short of spare parts, and the men are paid only once every three months. Some enterprising pilots have taken to moonlighting for Republican or Synth Foods in order to make ends meet.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133923:
This ship is a deathtrap. They had an explosion last week in Fusion Reactor 6. Had to seal off the entire A Deck. They're not even going to fix it. That's a sorry state of affairs. The Westfalen will never be able to make a jump again.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133924:
There are rumors circulating that ALG is planning on building a new shipyard in Dortmund to build the Bremen and her sister ships. They're willing to build them at cost in order to gain entry into this new market. That's an attractive proposition for Berlin at this point and time.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133925:
The Rheinland Military is tasked with patrolling the northern areas of Hamburg and the adjacent Independent Worlds of Bering and Hudson. But we only have enough working fighters to cover the Trade Lanes in the immediate area, plus a daily patrol into the Nordheide. We assign Bounty Hunters to handle many of our other patrol routes in the area.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133926:
Ever since we lost the war, Rheinland just hasn't been the same; the entire colony feels beaten and bereft of vigor. Look around, there is no one smiling or enjoying themselves. What will it take for my House to heal?
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133927:
Daumann is the real culprit in the Eighty-Years War. The Imperial Navy Command had grave doubts about the wisdom of fighting a guerrilla-style war in the Crow Nebula against an enemy that was so well-supplied by Kusari. But Daumann saw the huge profits to be made in lucrative shipbuilding contracts, and bribed hundreds of key government officials. The rest is history.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133928:
Many of the young officers are leaving the Rheinland Military, tired of the poor conditions and low pay. Most of them end up flying commercial transports for Republican or Synth Foods. The rest end up with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133929:
The Rheinland public doesn't respect the military anymore. We lost the Eighty-Years War to a ragtag bunch of gas miners as far as they're concerned. That is one reason it has been so difficult for Berlin to increase our budget -- the politicians backed by the Bundschuh always vote it down.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133930:
The Bundschuh continues to attack this floating piece of junk for some reason. We usually run them off after a few minutes. I guess they don't have any other obvious military targets left in Rheinland -- except maybe the Oder Shipyard. Have to have an enemy to keep the cause going.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
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====Hirschfield Base (Omega-58)====
->Rumor #133910:
We deliver MOX to the Westfalen every few months or so. Berlin has been having difficulty making their payments lately. ALG would like to improve our relationship with the military, so we often waive the transport and installation fees.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133911:
The structural integrity of this ship is suspect. It suffered a lot of damage during the Eighty Years War, but was forced to remain in service, since all of its sister ships are now Scrap Metal in the Sigma-13 system. We are always nervous when we have to enter the reactor compartments of this ship. Especially since the recent accident.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133912:
Our most lucrative runs for MOX are into Colorado. One must first survive the Xenos in the Independent Worlds, however. The Rogues would also like to get their hands on bomb-making material -- especially the group found in Hudson.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133913:
The military's brought us in to help them out in the Nordheide. They don't pay us too much, though. But they have good, long-range scanners and a strategic position in this area, so it's worthwhile for us. Most of the actual bounties are put up by Republican.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133914:
There are a few reformed Hessians among us here in Hamburg. They're the lucky ones who got out of Vierlande before their sentences were up. One guy had some story about some neutron star in Omega-41. That's way out there in the Edge Worlds in Corsair land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133915:
The Hole to Bering is up in the Nordheide. If you're looking for diamond smuggling Unioners, then that's the place to be. There isn't a direct route between here and Hudson, which keeps the Xenos and Rogues out of Hamburg.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133916:
Some of the Hunters use this as a base for journeys into Hudson. Most of the bounties up there are for Xenos and Rogues. Republican posts the bulk of them, though Universal and IC chip in on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133917:
Just came back from Hudson. We were cruising for baddies in the gap between the Wrangell and Kenai Fields. Ran right into a little skirmish going on between the local thugs. I got me two Xenos and a Rogue. Buy you a drink?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133918:
Hudson is a little rougher than Hamburg. No safe havens, not even any military in the Rheinland part of the system. Liberty Navy's putting a lot of pressure on them, but they can't do much about it. You can see why. Look around at this dump.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133919:
It's a quick trip from Hamburg. We run in supplies on a regular basis. Sometimes they can't pay us, but we usually can arrange something. Maybe four dead Unioners for a container of Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133920:
Republican is competing with ALG to win the contract for constructing the next generation of Rheinland battleships. We have a clear advantage in ship design and practical construction experience. But they have a definite strength in alloys and specialized Hull Panel fabrication.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133921:
Although it's not far to Hamburg from here, the Unioners will attack us if given the opportunity. Their preferred method is to disable a Trade Lane ring near the center of the stretch, then flee back into the Nordheide at the first sign of a military patrol.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133922:
The Westfalen is the last battleship still operational in the Rheinland fleet. We are always short of spare parts, and the men are paid only once every three months. Some enterprising pilots have taken to moonlighting for Republican or Synth Foods in order to make ends meet.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133923:
This ship is a deathtrap. They had an explosion last week in Fusion Reactor 6. Had to seal off the entire A Deck. They're not even going to fix it. That's a sorry state of affairs. The Westfalen will never be able to make a jump again.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133924:
There are rumors circulating that ALG is planning on building a new shipyard in Dortmund to build the Bremen and her sister ships. They're willing to build them at cost in order to gain entry into this new market. That's an attractive proposition for Berlin at this point and time.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133925:
The Rheinland Military is tasked with patrolling the northern areas of Hamburg and the adjacent Independent Worlds of Bering and Hudson. But we only have enough working fighters to cover the Trade Lanes in the immediate area, plus a daily patrol into the Nordheide. We assign Bounty Hunters to handle many of our other patrol routes in the area.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133926:
Ever since we lost the war, Rheinland just hasn't been the same; the entire colony feels beaten and bereft of vigor. Look around, there is no one smiling or enjoying themselves. What will it take for my House to heal?
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133927:
Daumann is the real culprit in the Eighty-Years War. The Imperial Navy Command had grave doubts about the wisdom of fighting a guerrilla-style war in the Crow Nebula against an enemy that was so well-supplied by Kusari. But Daumann saw the huge profits to be made in lucrative shipbuilding contracts, and bribed hundreds of key government officials. The rest is history.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133928:
Many of the young officers are leaving the Rheinland Military, tired of the poor conditions and low pay. Most of them end up flying commercial transports for Republican or Synth Foods. The rest end up with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133929:
The Rheinland public doesn't respect the military anymore. We lost the Eighty-Years War to a ragtag bunch of gas miners as far as they're concerned. That is one reason it has been so difficult for Berlin to increase our budget -- the politicians backed by the Bundschuh always vote it down.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133930:
The Bundschuh continues to attack this floating piece of junk for some reason. We usually run them off after a few minutes. I guess they don't have any other obvious military targets left in Rheinland -- except maybe the Oder Shipyard. Have to have an enemy to keep the cause going.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
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====Briesen Mining Facility (Omega-7)====
->Rumor #133688:
All the basic supplies this base requires to keep running are shipped in from Freiburg -- even the Mining Machinery we use to carve the metals from the rocks. Only dependable Rheinland machinery gets the job done.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerald Stahr
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hartmut Delarue
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Briesen Bartender/Hans Schober
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Fritz Broemel
->Rumor #133689:
Many of the men on this base are not miners, but assessment teams and surveyors. Daumann is considering the construction of a major mining facility in this system. It would be a great addition to the amount of ore we could ship to New Berlin, as well as to what we get from Dresden.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerald Stahr
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hartmut Delarue
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Briesen Bartender/Hans Schober
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Fritz Broemel
->Rumor #133690:
Our company is not used to being the third into a system. Usually we claim space first. Not so here, but Kruger is in its death throes and the IMG can easily be removed. Of course, if Kruger does merge with ALG they will have the backing necessary to establish control. That must be considered if we are to attempt a major investment.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerald Stahr
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hartmut Delarue
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Briesen Bartender/Hans Schober
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Fritz Broemel
->Rumor #133691:
The Hessians attack our base, our miners, and our ships incessantly. My wife wanted to come with me to this base when I was assigned here. I told her she was being a fool. To come here is to risk death every day, and I will not let my family be brought here. The trip itself is dangerous, let alone staying in Omega-7.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerald Stahr
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hartmut Delarue
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Fritz Broemel
->Rumor #133692:
The rodents who run Freistadt have been mining here for some time. It is unfortunate that this is so, because they have taken the best field for themselves. This will go in my report to New Berlin. I'm sure Daumann can find a way to force them out; it will not have been the first time. We are working for the greater glory of Rheinland. Sometimes bugs must be crushed underfoot to do this.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerald Stahr
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hartmut Delarue
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Fritz Broemel
->Rumor #133693:
I was doing some surveying in the Gubenfelde just south of the IMG base when I was saw a flight of Red Hessians run right into a Corsair patrol. It was the most incredible thing I have ever seen. I thank good luck my ship was obscured by asteroids, and that I could watch, hidden amongst rock. They fought so fiercely, it was actually beautiful -- as if they were all artists, and death was their canvas.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerald Stahr
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hartmut Delarue
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Briesen Bartender/Hans Schober
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Fritz Broemel
->Rumor #133694:
Right now, the men at the Kruger base in the Ebersfeld are doing the same thing we are: trying to figure out if they should build a major base in this system. Of course, we hire pilots to attack their operations to help them decide against it. Let's hope that is enough persuasion.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerald Stahr
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hartmut Delarue
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Fritz Broemel
->Rumor #133695:
I'm not some lowly miner. I'm a surveyor; my father is a higher-up in this company. If the Hessians only knew whose son was on this base, they would double their efforts to destroy Briesen. No, after this short assignment I'm headed straight to New Berlin, where I will assume command of a division.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Gerald Stahr
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Hartmut Delarue
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Rep. Fritz Broemel
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====Elbich Mining Facility (Omega-7)====
->Rumor #133696:
All the supplies at this facility are supplied to us from Freiburg. Not just the basics, but everything including Mining Machinery. We will not stoop to purchase our goods from the IMG at Freistadt; it would only encourage them.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Manfred Eckold
 * Kruger Minerals/Elbich Bartender/Ulrich Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Josef Becker
 * Kruger Minerals/Sales Rep. Klaus Forberg
->Rumor #133697:
Our miners hunt for and extract Silver from the asteroids in this field. Once that is done, Kruger ships it to New Berlin where it is loaded onto long distance transports bound for Liberty and Kusari.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Manfred Eckold
 * Kruger Minerals/Elbich Bartender/Ulrich Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Josef Becker
 * Kruger Minerals/Sales Rep. Klaus Forberg
->Rumor #133698:
At first we did not wish to construct operations in this system; we knew it was filled with all manner of dangerous criminals. Yet ALG requested that we do so. The lazy fools at Freistadt were not supplying them with enough ore. ALG needed efficient and diligent workers to get the job done.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Manfred Eckold
 * Kruger Minerals/Elbich Bartender/Ulrich Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Josef Becker
 * Kruger Minerals/Sales Rep. Klaus Forberg
->Rumor #133699:
We acquiesced to ALG's request to supply them with metals mined from this system because we are trying to foster a friendship between the two companies. Since the 80-Years War, Kruger has been struggling to stay afloat. A merger between Kruger and ALG would put us back on top.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Manfred Eckold
 * Kruger Minerals/Elbich Bartender/Ulrich Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Josef Becker
 * Kruger Minerals/Sales Rep. Klaus Forberg
->Rumor #133700:
I'm beginning to believe that the IMGers know how to run a mining operation better than we do. Certainly we mine more than they do, and more efficiently, but they don't lose dozens of men per year to Red Hessian attacks.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Manfred Eckold
 * Kruger Minerals/Elbich Bartender/Ulrich Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Josef Becker
 * Kruger Minerals/Sales Rep. Klaus Forberg
->Rumor #133701:
I'm glad that Daumann has established a base in this system. For a while we were the ones getting hit the hardest by the Red Hessians and the Corsairs. Now they have to split their time between the two of us and the Trade Lanes.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Manfred Eckold
 * Kruger Minerals/Elbich Bartender/Ulrich Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Josef Becker
 * Kruger Minerals/Sales Rep. Klaus Forberg
->Rumor #133702:
I know some of the attacks on this base come from pilots hired by Daumann; that's just how they operate. I don't need any proof. In response, Kruger has hired our own pilots to attack the Daumann base and its shipments.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Manfred Eckold
 * Kruger Minerals/Elbich Bartender/Ulrich Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Josef Becker
 * Kruger Minerals/Sales Rep. Klaus Forberg
->Rumor #133703:
One of the pilots that we hired to attack Daumann & there's something about the way he flies. It seems familiar to me -- just like the way a raider flew that attacked this base a few weeks ago. Must be coincidence.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Manfred Eckold
 * Kruger Minerals/Elbich Bartender/Ulrich Ratzenberger
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Josef Becker
 * Kruger Minerals/Sales Rep. Klaus Forberg
->Rumor #133704:
When I was on furlough a couple of months ago in New Berlin, a man approached me with a card full of credits. He said it would be deposited into my account if I did a little sabotaging here and there on this base. I don't get paid enough here to say no to that.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Manfred Eckold
 * Kruger Minerals/Rep. Josef Becker
 * Kruger Minerals/Sales Rep. Klaus Forberg
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====Freistadt Base (Omega-7)====
->Rumor #133665:
It was DSE that constructed this station in the first place. Sometimes one of our engineers will direct repairs that need to be done to keep Freistadt safe. It is a rather old base and without our supervision I'm sure it would become very dangerous to live here.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Troy Grove
->Rumor #133666:
I hate working here. This is a very dangerous part of Sirius, yet the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates must be maintained. I will never understand why pirates attack us, or our rings. If they only understood that without us or the rings, the shipping they prey upon would not exist.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Troy Grove
->Rumor #133667:
My job is to keep the Trade Lane Rings at this base maintained. If something goes wrong, any ship that enters might be shot off course into a planet or star or gas pocket. It's very ugly when that happens. No one survives, of course -- and DSE gets blamed.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Troy Grove
->Rumor #133668:
One of Gateway's more lucrative runs to this base originates in Bonn. We ship Trade Lane Parts here and head back to Bonn with Silver and Copper. It can be quite dangerous since you can be attacked by two of the most vicious groups in all of Sirius.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Stewart Lock
->Rumor #133669:
Much of the Silver that is mined here is shipped into Bretonia. Kensington has need of Silver, so we deliver. I enjoy going back into Bretonia, but surviving the trip is always a bit tricky.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Stewart Lock
->Rumor #133670:
Copper and Cobalt is shipped to Dortmund. ALG will use its smelters to turn the raw ore into workable materials. If the miners here were more ambitious, they could do the same.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Stewart Lock
->Rumor #133671:
This base receives all its basic supplies from Freiburg. More than just the basic necessities; we also bring Mining Machinery and Engine Components. I fear that much of what we ship here, the IMG turns around and sells to the Red Hessians, making our jobs much more perilous.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Stewart Lock
->Rumor #133672:
This base is spared attacks because we purchase many basic supplies for our bases in the area. I come from Ronneburg, and we get almost everything here. Right now I'm looking to replace some Engine Components that were damaged last week on my ship.
 * Red Hessians/ Carsten Semmerling
->Rumor #133673:
Many of the IMG members are former Daumann and Kruger workers. A shame they are too cowardly to exact revenge, but that is their loss. Regardless, they supply Freital with basic supplies and Engine Components.
 * Red Hessians/ Carsten Semmerling
->Rumor #133674:
Some of the Bretonian shipping boys on this base aren't bad fellows; just trying to make a living, I suppose. Too bad they chose the wrong line of work. I might have a beer or two with them in the bar, but it won't stop me from blowing a hole in their ship out in the void.
 * Red Hessians/ Carsten Semmerling
->Rumor #133675:
There are two Jump Holes in this system. One leads to Omega-11, which is pretty much dominated by the Hessians. That Hole is located in the Furstenfelde. Look southwest of the Daumann base in there and you should stumble across it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kelly Dorsey
->Rumor #133676:
If you are looking to go into Omega-5, use the Jump Hole on the far west side of the system. It's just south of a large gas pocket below the Trade Lanes. Be very careful; Omega-5 is a meat grinder no matter how good you are.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kelly Dorsey
->Rumor #133677:
I can kill Corsairs or Hessians and get paid by whoever I want. They attack everyone who has a base here or passes through, except the IMG. Corsairs generally keep to the western side, but when they come up against Hessians you are going to see a fight
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kelly Dorsey
->Rumor #133678:
We were the first ones in this system that decided to try and scratch out a living, mining metals. Recently, the large corporations from Rheinland have moved in; both Daumann and Kruger. It is disturbing to see them coming into our space. Many of us became IMGers to get away from those damned companies.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133679:
This system used to be free from pirates, but after the revolt, the Hessians gathered together and started attacking shipments moving between Rheinland and Bretonia. A lot more of us miners came here after the revolt as well. Daumann and Kruger are both evil companies that worked us for nothing but promises and heartache. I hope the Hessians kill them all.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133680:
This base was left behind by the companies that built the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates in this system. What we mine is the amount that will buy us the Food and supplies we need from Freiburg. We don't need to amass a fortune or anything like that. Just trying to get by.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133681:
The Hessians don't really attack us, so that is good. We don't have to fear for our physical safety, but Gateway does all the shipping to this base and their convoys often get attacked on the way in. So the pirates do make our lives a bit harder sometimes, but I'm not going to try and explain that to the Hessians who come here.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133682:
I hear word that Dresden is running out of raw materials to mine. That's why it doesn't surprise me to see Daumann sniffing around here. If I had to wager, I'd say they are just testing the waters for a larger operation in Omega-7. They weren't here ten years ago when Dresden was still doing fine. You wait and see. I'm right.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133683:
I'm glad I don't work for Kruger anymore. No sir, I wouldn't step foot on that base of theirs for anything. You can bet the men there are working obscene hours, eking out profits for the executives in New Berlin -- and getting shot up by Hessians.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133684:
Watch out for the gas pockets in this system. If you fly through one of those, you are going to become a permanent fixture of your ship. You will melt right into your seat. I've seen it happen; some fool was not being careful and -- kapow! -- vapor.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133685:
Usually IMG has to compete with BMM for resources within systems. Here in Omega-7, BMM knows that it would be too costly to start operating where we have already laid stakes. No, this system was left to us. Now I just hope that the Rheinland companies will do the same.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133686:
It's easy to get lost in here if you leave the Trade Lanes. It's a dangerous system to live in, but being friends with the Hessians helps. Well, not friends, but not enemies either. Imagine getting lost and then beset by pirates. It's over pretty quick.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #134290:
Omega-5 is the site of a full scale war between the Corsairs and Hessians. The two factions are vying for control of this critical Jump Hole crossroads in the Omega Sector. Within the area of the no-man's-land and the Hammen Hole are numerous dead ships from both sides. Most are picked clean, but there are some that may still yield some weapons.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #134291:
The Republican freight train Bremerhaven was attempting to evade a Corsair attack along the Trade Lane when it blundered into the Furstenfelde gas pocket and was disabled. Attempts to rescue the crew and its cargo of Engine Components were unsuccessful. The drifting ship serves as a reminder of the dangers of venturing off the safe path in the Walker Nebula.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #134292:
A Red Hessian attack on the Kruger freighter Monschau failed when the ship attempted to flee. Unfortunately, it flew straight into the Ebersfeld gas pocket that separates the IMG mining area and the Elbich Mining Facility. No one has yet dared to retrieve the cargo of Silver, as the risk of explosion is too high.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
->Rumor #134293:
The local word is that one of the early Corsair raiding parties into Omega-7 headed straight into the Gubenfelde gas pocket just south of the Omega-3 Gate. It is believed that the remains of at least three ships are still in there.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
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====Ibiza Base (Omicron Alpha)====
->Rumor #133162:
Our sworn enemy is Cryer Pharmaceuticals. Cryer is trying to replicate Cardamine so they can take over the drug market with their harmless alternative. It will be legalized, regardless of how dangerous it is. Their ships in this system or in any Outcast space will be destroyed immediately.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133163:
Once we discovered how to use Alien Organisms, the agriculture on Malta boomed. The creatures make for a kind of super fertilizer that causes the Cardamine grasses to grow twice as fast and become twice as potent. They even allow more Foods to grow on Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133164:
We have lived so long on Malta that our genes have mutated, and now we require Cardamine to live. On Malta it's in everything: our Food, soil, air, and Water. After a while it got so we needed it. Somehow the Cardamine also had a negative effect on our birth rate. Fewer and fewer Outcasts are being born, though we live much longer.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133165:
Orbital's Hawaii liner in Sigma-19 draws a lot of unwanted visitors near our territory. Sometimes we'll run attacks against the liner if they come too close. It is also a hindrance to our drug trade, because our smuggling route requires us to pass through Sigma-19. There'd be a lot fewer eyes in that system if the Hawaii weren't there.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133166:
This is Outcast space, and any ships that come into this system better be welcomed by us. The GMG has been sending ships into our turf looking for Alien Organisms. It's no doubt they are working for Planetform or Samura, maybe even Cryer. When we catch them we kill them.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133167:
This is the stopover for Cardamine shipments that will be delivered to the Junkers at Yanagi. We get the Cardamine from Malta, where it is processed. Malta is one system over through the northern Jump Hole.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133168:
Junker base Yanagi supplies us here at Ruiz with almost everything we need to keep this place running and our men and women properly equipped. Whatever surplus we bring in goes to our home, Malta. Many of the Commodities we send to Malta will be used to build our attack craft and support Cardamine smugglers.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133169:
The Alien Organisms we get here are sent to Malta to boost our Cardamine cultivation on the plantations. The organisms we don't need in Malta are shipped to Freeport 10 and sold for extra income.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133170:
The Cardamine we receive here from Malta will be shipped to different destinations throughout Rheinland via Yanagi. I miss the orange grasses swaying softly in the warm winds of my home, but I must do what my Don has asked of me.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
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====Planet Malta (Omicron Alpha)====
->Rumor #133222:
There were more than four sleeper ships that left for Sirius. Eight ships launched from the Federation dockyards on Pluto those many centuries ago. The Coalition fleet intercepted them before they could activate their jump drives, and three of the sleeper ships were destroyed in Sol. Five ships escaped, four of them might sound familiar: the Liberty, the Rheinland, the Bretonia, and the Kusari. The fifth was the Hispania.
 * Outcasts/ Carlos Chavez
 * Outcasts/ Juan Garza
 * Outcasts/ Pedro Gonzales
->Rumor #133223:
The Hispania, our sleeper ship that launched from Sol, escaped the Coalition forces undamaged, but there was a saboteur aboard. We had almost made it to Sirius when an explosion woke the crew and her passengers from their stasis sleep. The ship was crippled, adrift in the vastness of interstellar space.
 * Outcasts/ Carlos Chavez
 * Outcasts/ Juan Garza
 * Outcasts/ Pedro Gonzales
->Rumor #133224:
When the Hispania was badly damaged while traveling to the Sirius Sector, the crew had to determine the best way to survive. Half of the crew wanted to abandon ship and make the rest of the journey using Hispania's shuttles; the other half believed they could reach Sirius in the Hispania. Those who chose to stay behind held the ship together until planetfall here on Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Carlos Chavez
 * Outcasts/ Juan Garza
 * Outcasts/ Pedro Gonzales
->Rumor #133225:
When we arrived on this planet there was nothing but sprawling fields of tall orange grasses. Our first foraging parties often didn't return. When we sent others after them, we found out why. One becomes severely lacerated after just a few minutes walking through the razor-sharp grasses. If you continue much longer, you eventually bleed to death.
 * Outcasts/ Carlos Chavez
 * Outcasts/ Juan Garza
 * Outcasts/ Pedro Gonzales
->Rumor #133226:
The orange grasses that cover Malta are the source of Cardamine. Several years after our arrival, one of our scientists discovered how to process the drug into its current form. The grasses are one of a few plants that will grow in such acidic soil.
 * Outcasts/ Carlos Chavez
 * Outcasts/ Juan Garza
 * Outcasts/ Pedro Gonzales
->Rumor #133227:
The first several years after we arrived were touch and go. Many people starved; others simply gave up and died strung out on Cardamine. They would stare out into the distance -- all hope gone from their faces, and purple juice dribbling from their mouths.
 * Outcasts/ Carlos Chavez
 * Outcasts/ Juan Garza
 * Outcasts/ Pedro Gonzales
->Rumor #133228:
After several centuries when we began to venture back out into space, some of our ships did not return. Eventually we realized the cause: the Cardamine we were exposed to on Malta had slowly altered our genetic code and made us dependent on the drug. The breather masks give us enough Cardamine to survive outside of Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Carlos Chavez
 * Outcasts/ Juan Garza
 * Outcasts/ Pedro Gonzales
->Rumor #133229:
When the Outcasts discovered the other inhabitants of Sirius we wanted to destroy them. We believe that the sabotage of the Hispania was the work of another colony trying to lessen competition for resources. Instead of throwing our lives away in an attack, the Dons decided to seek revenge with the Cardamine. If we can get enough of Sirius hooked, we will rule this space.
 * Outcasts/ Carlos Chavez
 * Outcasts/ Juan Garza
 * Outcasts/ Pedro Gonzales
->Rumor #133230:
There are other survivors of the Hispania: the Corsairs. Once long ago we were brethren, the scourge of southern Sirius. The Cardamine and time have changed us. We share very little in common with Corsairs now; they have become more our competitors than anything else.
 * Outcasts/ Carlos Chavez
 * Outcasts/ Juan Garza
 * Outcasts/ Pedro Gonzales
->Rumor #133231:
Malta imports most of its vital Commodities from Yanagi and Ruiz. The Junkers have made our lives on this planet much easier. We have used the riches that Cardamine has made us to build a paradise in place of what was once a prison.
 * Outcasts/ Consuela Fernandez
 * Outcasts/ Juanita Rodriguez
 * Outcasts/ Kaela Garcia
 * Outcasts/Malta Bartender/Ronaldo Franco
->Rumor #133232:
Many of the components we require to manufacture our ships come from Freeport 10, including Ship Hull Panels, Polymers, and Construction Machinery. More is always needed.
 * Outcasts/ Consuela Fernandez
 * Outcasts/ Juanita Rodriguez
 * Outcasts/ Kaela Garcia
 * Outcasts/Malta Bartender/Ronaldo Franco
->Rumor #133233:
MOX is always in demand here. We use it for our larger ships, and we have discovered a means of making extremely destructive weaponry from it. Should a large navy enter this system, it would soon be destroyed by our planetary defense missiles. The missiles are a vehicle for chain-reaction, plutonium-tipped warheads.
 * Outcasts/ Consuela Fernandez
 * Outcasts/ Juanita Rodriguez
 * Outcasts/ Kaela Garcia
 * Outcasts/Malta Bartender/Ronaldo Franco
->Rumor #133234:
The Cardamine cartels ship the drug from this planet to our two distribution centers: Ruiz and Cali. From there it travels throughout Sirius, infecting the populace with the hunger for more of what we have to sell.
 * Outcasts/ Consuela Fernandez
 * Outcasts/ Juanita Rodriguez
 * Outcasts/ Kaela Garcia
 * Outcasts/Malta Bartender/Ronaldo Franco
->Rumor #133235:
Cardamine is shipped directly to Buffalo in New York. New York and Liberty offer us the greatest opportunity to exploit the benefits of a Cardamine addicted people.
 * Outcasts/ Consuela Fernandez
 * Outcasts/ Juanita Rodriguez
 * Outcasts/ Kaela Garcia
 * Outcasts/Malta Bartender/Ronaldo Franco
->Rumor #133237:
An ancient race of beings developed the orange grasses on our planet. The codes within the genetic structure of the grass transform the user slowly. We are not human because we have been given a gift and can see further into truth than any man. Human beings are infants dabbling in the loam of an expansive ocean that stretches beyond the horizon. The Cardamine has let us see this.
 * Outcasts/ Consuela Fernandez
 * Outcasts/ Juanita Rodriguez
 * Outcasts/ Kaela Garcia
->Rumor #133238:
Why have we flourished? Why are our ships so well crafted and designed? We operate on a higher order of being. Many wonder why we take life so easily. It is because this life is just a dream of what truly is. What human beings cherish is an illusion; there is no such thing as death, only change.
 * Outcasts/ Consuela Fernandez
 * Outcasts/ Juanita Rodriguez
 * Outcasts/ Kaela Garcia
->Rumor #133239:
We are the ones who were left behind. We were not meant to survive, but we did, and in doing so we have become much more. The Cardamine has tied us to this planet, but it has changed us into something greater than you can understand. We are destined to rule Sirius one day. It will be our revenge upon those who wished to destroy us.
 * Outcasts/ Consuela Fernandez
 * Outcasts/ Juanita Rodriguez
 * Outcasts/ Kaela Garcia
->Rumor #134315:
The Outcasts consider the Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a Jump Hole within the depths of the cloud that led to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burial ground are placed facing that Hole to honor the alien spirits.
 * Outcasts/ Juan Garza
 * Outcasts/ Kaela Garcia
->Rumor #134318:
In the heart of the Siniestre Cloud is an intense radiation pocket of unknown origins. Over the centuries, this area -- located midway between the Omicron Beta Hole and the planet Carinea -- became the traditional burial grounds of great Outcast pilots. When a warrior dies, they are put in their ship with their most treasured weapons and set adrift in the zone, always facing towards the source of the spirits. But be careful, strange alien beings are said to guard this most sacred of Outcast places.
 * Outcasts/ Carlos Chavez
 * Outcasts/ Consuela Fernandez
 * Outcasts/ Juanita Rodriguez
 * Outcasts/ Pedro Gonzales
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====Valetta Shipyard (Omicron Alpha)====
->Rumor #132816:
Tau-23 is our space. Unfortunately BMM and the IMG have begun encroaching upon us. Niobium and Beryllium have been discovered here, and the miners have followed looking for it. That is why this base is mobilized for sorties. We're fighting to keep their operations from spreading beyond this system towards Malta.
 * Valetta Bartender/Gaetano Brega
->Rumor #132817:
We receive the Cardamine from where it is processed on Malta, and then we distribute it into Sirius. Our path towards the Liberty and Bretonian systems passes through Edinburgh, where we encounter a slight hindrance: Orbital Spa and Cruise's Shetland Cruiser. It makes shipping Cardamine in secrecy all the more difficult.
 * Valetta Bartender/Gaetano Brega
->Rumor #132819:
Our most valued Cardamine customer is the Lane Hackers. Not only do they pay us well for our Cardamine, they will barter valuable Trade Lane information for it. I foresee them becoming completely dependent upon us. Soon their Trade Lane technology will be ours.
 * Valetta Bartender/Gaetano Brega
->Rumor #132820:
It's been hard to crack into the Kusari market with our drug, because their strongest crime syndicate, the Hogosha, refuse to deal with us. But we have found allies within Kusari who will help us tap that well. The Golden Chrysanthemums have discovered the allure of Cardamine.
 * Valetta Bartender/Gaetano Brega
->Rumor #132821:
We get our Side Arms from the Junkers at Trafalgar in New London. It would be very lucrative to run Cardamine there and return here with Detroit Side Arms.
 * Valetta Bartender/Gaetano Brega
->Rumor #132822:
If you don't mind risking NCR status in Liberty, you may be interested in shipping our drugs. You can take the Cardamine from here and sell it at any Rogue or Junker base. The closer you get to capitol systems, the more dangerous it gets. But it's also more rewarding.
 * Valetta Bartender/Gaetano Brega
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====Ruiz Base (Omicron Beta)====
->Rumor #133162:
Our sworn enemy is Cryer Pharmaceuticals. Cryer is trying to replicate Cardamine so they can take over the drug market with their harmless alternative. It will be legalized, regardless of how dangerous it is. Their ships in this system or in any Outcast space will be destroyed immediately.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133163:
Once we discovered how to use Alien Organisms, the agriculture on Malta boomed. The creatures make for a kind of super fertilizer that causes the Cardamine grasses to grow twice as fast and become twice as potent. They even allow more Foods to grow on Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133164:
We have lived so long on Malta that our genes have mutated, and now we require Cardamine to live. On Malta it's in everything: our Food, soil, air, and Water. After a while it got so we needed it. Somehow the Cardamine also had a negative effect on our birth rate. Fewer and fewer Outcasts are being born, though we live much longer.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133165:
Orbital's Hawaii liner in Sigma-19 draws a lot of unwanted visitors near our territory. Sometimes we'll run attacks against the liner if they come too close. It is also a hindrance to our drug trade, because our smuggling route requires us to pass through Sigma-19. There'd be a lot fewer eyes in that system if the Hawaii weren't there.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133166:
This is Outcast space, and any ships that come into this system better be welcomed by us. The GMG has been sending ships into our turf looking for Alien Organisms. It's no doubt they are working for Planetform or Samura, maybe even Cryer. When we catch them we kill them.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133167:
This is the stopover for Cardamine shipments that will be delivered to the Junkers at Yanagi. We get the Cardamine from Malta, where it is processed. Malta is one system over through the northern Jump Hole.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133168:
Junker base Yanagi supplies us here at Ruiz with almost everything we need to keep this place running and our men and women properly equipped. Whatever surplus we bring in goes to our home, Malta. Many of the Commodities we send to Malta will be used to build our attack craft and support Cardamine smugglers.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133169:
The Alien Organisms we get here are sent to Malta to boost our Cardamine cultivation on the plantations. The organisms we don't need in Malta are shipped to Freeport 10 and sold for extra income.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133170:
The Cardamine we receive here from Malta will be shipped to different destinations throughout Rheinland via Yanagi. I miss the orange grasses swaying softly in the warm winds of my home, but I must do what my Don has asked of me.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
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====Dabadoru Station (Omicron Delta)====
->Rumor #133463:
This is the only system in Kusari space that allows the Bounty Hunters to have a base. They don't like foreigners in Kusari, and Shikoku has served as a buffer between Liberty and this House ever since the Jump Gates connecting the two were built.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Deshima Bartender/Shoetsu Tankoshitsu
->Rumor #133464:
Samura pays the Bounty Hunters very well to destroy Blood Dragons in this system. They are tough scum bags to kill, but worth the cash they earn me. I decided to come to Kusari because there is less competition here among other Bounty Hunters.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133465:
To be a decent Bounty Hunter you have to know the Jump Hole networks that span all of Sirius. There are two Jump Holes in this system. The one leading to Kyushu is in the Saiun on the northern end of the system. In the south you will find a Hole to Galileo tucked into the Keiun.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133466:
If you are looking to kill Golden Chrysanthemums, head north to the Kyushu Hole in Saiun. The Golden C. also use the clouds to move through the system. I get paid good money to vaporize those ladies. Watch out, if they sense that they are about to be destroyed, they have no problem ramming you.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Deshima Bartender/Shoetsu Tankoshitsu
->Rumor #133467:
Synth Foods offered me some money to hunt down and destroy the Farmers Alliance in the system. Then some Samura approached me and said they would pay me not to kill Alliance fighters. I will always take money for nothing over money for something.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Deshima Bartender/Shoetsu Tankoshitsu
->Rumor #133468:
Strange that Samura never pays to have Farmers Alliance activity popped in this area. They seem most concerned with Lane Hackers and Rogues that enter the system and loiter near the Keiun. They use the Jump Hole from Galileo.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133469:
I'm in this system operating on behalf of Universal. I handle the problems that they encounter when shipping into Kusari. Let me give you some advice about hunting here: don't mess with the Hogosha, they are connected.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133470:
I have been hired to kill any and all Farmers Alliance ships that I encounter. IC is paying me on behalf of Synth Foods. The police here haven't really been paying the Alliance any mind, which has been further stressing IC's relationship with Kusari. Finally IC decided to contract some professional killing. Those farmers don't know what hit em when I come swooping in.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133471:
The Guild has a general contract, paid by the Kusari government, that rewards us for any escaped convicts from Fuchu. I love getting double bumped; I get paid by a corporation for hitting a criminal and paid by Kusari because the mark was an escapee.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133472:
Kishiro ships Polymers and Optical Chips here from Shinagawa for use in the manufacturing of Consumer Goods. The best of these will be shipped to New Tokyo.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133473:
Kishiro sends Consumer Goods, H-Fuel, and Optical Chips from Denver. Only the best Kishiro pilots hazard the dangers of the Independent Worlds, but shipping between here and Liberty must be done.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133474:
Terraforming Gases and Super Conductors are brought here From Pueblo through the Independent Worlds. On the way there we send them H-Fuel and Niobium.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133475:
We do quite a bit of trading between this base and Honshu. They ship Optronics and Engine Components to us. We, in turn, supply them with Superconductors.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133476:
The Kishiro H-Fuel at this base comes here from Ogashawa in the eastern Border Worlds. Samura supplies H-Fuel here too, but ours is much better. Your ship will fly faster, we promise.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133477:
Niobium is brought here from where it is mined by the Zoners at Freeport 6. That is probably one of the most dangerous runs that Kishiro makes because you must cross most of the western Border Worlds and half of Kusari.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133478:
Along with basic Commodities, Samura ships Side Arms from here to Fuchu and Myoko. It is a short run to either base.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Toru Abe
->Rumor #133479:
Detroit Side Arms brought here from Pueblo are then shipped to New Tokyo. Samura has more contacts than Kishiro -- of course, we are the ones who deliver the more sensitive Commodities into the heart of Kusari.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Toru Abe
->Rumor #133480:
I make the Nansei Superconductor run for Samura. My family originally comes from Kyushu, so I am lucky that I got that assignment.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Toru Abe
->Rumor #133481:
The Deshima Food operation is a crucial part of our plan to penetrate the Kusari Food market. We bring in the fertilizers we need from Houston, since Samura would never sell us any.
 * Synth Foods/ Mark Hamilton
->Rumor #133482:
We send Food produced at this base to the New Tokyo system where it can be enjoyed in the heart of the Kusari Shogunate. Too bad those Farmers Alliance pirates keep attacking our convoys. That just means higher prices for the children of Kusari.
 * Synth Foods/ Mark Hamilton
->Rumor #133483:
We know that Samura is behind the Farmers Alliance. Our sources tell us that they have been funding them for some time now, yet the only way we can stop the farmers is by hiring Bounty Hunters. The government has deaf ears when it comes to anything Samura related.
 * Synth Foods/ Mark Hamilton
->Rumor #133484:
We provide the Side Arms used by the Kusari security forces. They have laws that ban internal production. No such problem in Liberty.
 * Universal Shipping/ Harvey White
->Rumor #133485:
Xenos have a strong presence in Kepler. I must admit, I don't mind those psychotic bastards. They don't really attack us; they're too busy blowing up Kusari ships.
 * Universal Shipping/ Harvey White
->Rumor #133486:
This is one of the most beautiful systems in all of Sirius. You know those names the clouds have? One of the Kishiro here told me what the names mean: the cloud to the north, the Saiun, means painted cloud; the Keiun to the south means beautiful cloud; and the western Shiun means violet cloud.
 * Universal Shipping/ Harvey White
->Rumor #133487:
Ames, our base in Kepler, gets almost all of its supplies from Deshima. Aside from the basics, we also get Engine Components here. We are pretty close by, really.
 * Zoners/ Lance Harper
->Rumor #133488:
We don't have a lot of enemies in Libertonian space, but we don't have any friends here. My ship got attacked by some crazy women calling themselves the Golden Chrysanthemums. They freaked me out, talking about how I was a male oppressor and such. Hey, the Zoners don't oppress anybody.
 * Zoners/ Lance Harper
->Rumor #133489:
I know our buddies in Freeport 6 need Commodities from this base. I'm glad that Kishiro makes the run. If Zoners had to do it, then there'd be a lot more of us getting all corpsed up.
 * Zoners/ Lance Harper
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====Freeport 11 (Omicron Delta)====
->Rumor #133201:
To the west are the Sabana Fragments. You can get to Omega-41 from there -- a good idea if you are trying to avoid the Corsairs. They are still all over, since this is their space, but you won't be going through the Corsair home system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133202:
I've been contracted by Cryer to come down here and kill a few Corsairs for them. Their base, Atka, got hit a few weeks ago. Usually it's the Outcasts who hit Atka, but this time it was the Corsairs. Corsairs, Outcasts -- it doesn't make any difference to me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133203:
Head for the cloud south of here and you will find Artifacts, but that's not why I go there. The cloud to the south hides the Jump Hole to Omicron Gamma. If you do go in there, get ready to fight or you'd better be good at hiding. No matter what you do, don't stay in there too long, because it's just a matter of time before your number gets punched.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133204:
I have come to this place looking for a Corsair named Jardin. He is an infamous killer and pirate. Many say he cannot be stopped, but if anyone can drop him, I can. He is just a man, and a man can die, no matter how tough he is.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133205:
My brother joined the Bounty Hunters Guild a few years ago. He's not tough enough to take on Corsairs yet; he should still be popping Rogues. The idiot sent me a message telling me he was ready for the big leagues in southern Sirius. I'm trying to find him before he gets killed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133206:
I was a Red Hessian for many years. I became pretty good at killing Corsairs, so I decided to get paid for it. Besides, I had grown weary of piracy. I became a Hessian for political reasons, before they sold out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133207:
Sigma-17 is the next stop between here and the Junker bases where we offload the Artifacts marked for Rheinland. You'll find the Jump Hole in the Orinoco Cloud. The other distribution point for our Artifacts is aboard the Hawaii. The Hogosha on that ship will fence our goods into Kusari.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133208:
The Napo Cloud in this system is filled with Artifacts, but the Zoners here know better than to try and get them. Artifacts are Corsair business. The objects we get from that cloud have been funding and feeding the Corsairs for centuries. You had better be a good friend to us if you decide to go there.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133209:
The Hole that leads to our home system is in the Napo Cloud. Unwanted intruders who get taken alive have it worst of all, we keelhaul them. Try to imagine being in a vac-suit lashed to the outside of a ship that's headed into a Jump Hole.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133210:
We get many of our basic supplies from this base. The biodomes here provide us with the Food we consume throughout our space. Corsair leadership has decided that the next step for the Corsair Brotherhood is to build our own biodomes so we will never have to worry about Food again.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133211:
The Side Arm you see me carrying came from Yanagi. It's a Rheinlander piece, because I'm an eastern Corsair. The western Corsairs get Detroit weaponry from Bretonia. The Yanagi Junkers supply this base with Engine Components, too. We use those at Tripoli.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133212:
Felix, of my sons, was killed at Cadiz fighting the Hessians. His brother, Cesar, died during initiation. Cesar was a good pilot and a strong man, but his sensors were damaged. He trusted them instead of his own instincts.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133213:
Just between you and me, I'll kill the occasional Zoner if he's alone and there are no witnesses. Why pay for something when you can just take it, eh? They shouldn't be here anyway. This is dangerous space for anybody, even you. You should be very careful around here, especially with that nice ship and all of your cargo.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133214:
You can't kill anyone onboard or in the immediate area of a Zoner base. That's why the Bounty Hunters are still breathing here. I would like nothing better than to walk over to a Bounty Hunter and eliminate them with my Daumann Devastator.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133216:
The biodomes we invested in here have paid off in spades. Everyone in this part of space comes here for Food, and we get the profits. Well, us and Synth Foods, of course. We ship Food to Atka in Sigma-17 and Freeport 5 in Omega-41.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 11 Bartender/Josh Christensen
->Rumor #133217:
We get many of our goods from the Junkers at Yanagi. Our boats haul Engine Components and Consumer Goods from there.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 11 Bartender/Josh Christensen
->Rumor #133218:
We ship the Alien Organisms found in this system to the Cryer base in Sigma-17. Cryer also needs our Polymers, and we return with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 11 Bartender/Josh Christensen
->Rumor #133219:
Our brothers in Freeport 5 send us Polymers, Fertilizers, and Consumer Goods. It's a Zoner's duty to help other Zoners where we can. This is a dangerous part of space; only by sticking together can we make it.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 11 Bartender/Josh Christensen
->Rumor #133220:
Don't ask me where the Jump Hole is that leads to the Corsair homeworld. I've said too much already. The Corsairs would cut my throat if I dared to utter where the entrance to their system is. Just stay away from the Napo Cloud. I mean & it isn't in the Napo Cloud, it's ... I'm a dead man.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 11 Bartender/Josh Christensen
->Rumor #133221:
The Artifacts that you can find in this system are not worth taking. We don't touch them; they are Corsair property. If you think differently, I recommend that you make sure you aren't behind on your policy payments to IC.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 11 Bartender/Josh Christensen
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
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====Lost Battlestar (Omicron Delta)====
->Rumor #131139:
Rochester ships Diamonds, Niobium, and Gold to Manhattan. Most of it is stolen property that we are selling back to the very people who owned it in the first place.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131140:
Rogues come in here and pick up Side Arm shipments for their Badlands base. It's a long haul around the system to safety for them.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131141:
We ship Cardamine and Artifacts to Manhattan -- one of the riskiest runs for a Junker there is.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131142:
We get our Artifacts from Leiden, up in the Galileo system. The Hogosha hand them over to the Rogues there.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131143:
If the heat from Liberty Police ever gets too bad, we just serve up some petty criminal or deadbeat hauling some illegal cargo. LPI doesn't really care as long as it looks like they are cracking down on criminals; an arrest here and there with some confiscated contraband usually gets them off our backs for a while.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131144:
The New York Debris Fields give us plenty of cover to operate in; we've pulled most of the scrap and salvage from Jersey, but we still find plenty of goodies in the Pittsburg and Detroit Fields. You might run across an occasional fragged ship floating in there too. Those are the guys who crossed us.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131145:
We like to get along with everybody around here; the more the merrier I always say. Of course, that only counts if the more means more people with money. The more criminals that need us means we have our hands in all that many more pockets, and that's really what we want.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131146:
Operating from here or our base in the Badlands, you'll find Liberty Rogues pirating the Trade Lanes and hitting the storage depots near the various commercial stations in this system.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #131380:
The Junkers want us to take on the Xenos since they have been staging more attacks on them lately. We'll oblige, as we're not sure what the Xenos are really up to. Some of the bosses think they want to take over the Cardamine business from us. Fat chance of that.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132597:
Just making a supply run back out to Buffalo. Why do people like me always get the lousy jobs? I have to run the gauntlet of the LPI and navy through the Detroit Field and across the Trade Lanes with little profit in it for me.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132598:
This is a good base if you want to hang out and attack the local Trade Lanes. Gotta watch out for those Xenos in the eastern part of Jersey, though.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132599:
We've been running Diamonds and Gold up from Buffalo. It's a pretty wild ride across New York. Anytime you got cargo like that, you gotta expect trouble. All that stuff is smuggled into Liberty after getting stolen in the Independent Worlds -- kind of like recycled property. That's the way I see it.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132600:
That Artifact run from Leiden can be rough. There's a long stretch across Colorado where you're pretty exposed -- Bounty Hunters always out there, circling like vultures. Once you get to the Silverton Field, you got the Xenos.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132601:
Running Cardamine from Buffalo is one of the toughest jobs you can do in New York. I don't know why the Outcasts can't do it themselves. They always make us do all the dirty work. One day we'll be in charge.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
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====Yaren Base (Omicron Delta)====
->Rumor #133171:
This base trades in Commodities almost exclusively with other Corsair bases. The less we have to deal with outsiders the better. We get our Water and Oxygen from Crete, so this base is almost entirely free from foreign trade. The Zoners are an unwanted presence here, but we tolerate them for now.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Yaren Bartender/Jorge Monteagudo
->Rumor #133172:
We get some of our basic supplies from the Zoner bases in the area. If it doesn't come from the Freeports, we get it from Yanagi. Any surplus we get, such as Rheinland Side Arms or Artifacts, is sent to Cadiz.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Yaren Bartender/Jorge Monteagudo
->Rumor #133173:
This place is mostly a rest spot for Zoners and Corsairs as they travel along the Edge Worlds. Others land here, but they have to respect our ways. Don't stay here too long or else we begin to notice that an outsider is walking a Corsair base. Once that happens you use the airlock to leave.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Yaren Bartender/Jorge Monteagudo
->Rumor #133174:
Hessians come in from Omega-11 and run attack raids on Corsairs traveling through this system. We lash back with attacks on Diamond shipments in Omega-11. The problem with the Hessians is not that they are skilled or courageous, but their numbers; kill three and five more will replace them.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Yaren Bartender/Jorge Monteagudo
->Rumor #133175:
This base was established to secure the supply lines that lead from our homeworld to Cadiz in Omega-5. It also protects our shipments arriving from Bretonia and the Trade Lanes along the southwestern Edge Worlds. This space is the body of Corsair space. Proceed further and you will touch upon its heart.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
->Rumor #133176:
The Jump Holes in this system will lead you throughout southern Sirius: Omicron Gamma is to the east, Omicron Theta is north of the Freeport, Omega-5 is west of here, and Omega-11 lies to the north of this base. I tell you this because you have made yourself useful to us. Should that ever change, I will be one among many whom you will have to watch for.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
->Rumor #133177:
Some Zoner at Freeport 5 tried to run away with a Corsair woman. Her family is a laughing stock and will be so until her kin has killed the interloper. Her brother has gone to Hawaii to sell Artifacts; when he returns he will hunt down the fool Zoner.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Yaren Bartender/Jorge Monteagudo
->Rumor #133178:
If you ever cheat a Corsair, there is a special punishment that will befall you. Do you know what it is to be marooned? We'll take you to a deserted chunk of rock in the middle of nowhere and leave you there. Death comes slowly in a vac-suit.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
->Rumor #133179:
I've come up against Outcasts in Sigma-19 before. They are very good at killing, as are we. Yes, even though they have greater numbers, I prefer to fight Red Hessians. I may not be afraid of death, but I don't go looking for it, either.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
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====Etna Base (Omicron Eta)====
->Rumor #133171:
This base trades in Commodities almost exclusively with other Corsair bases. The less we have to deal with outsiders the better. We get our Water and Oxygen from Crete, so this base is almost entirely free from foreign trade. The Zoners are an unwanted presence here, but we tolerate them for now.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Leon Bartender/Diego Villalobos
->Rumor #133172:
We get some of our basic supplies from the Zoner bases in the area. If it doesn't come from the Freeports, we get it from Yanagi. Any surplus we get, such as Rheinland Side Arms or Artifacts, is sent to Cadiz.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Leon Bartender/Diego Villalobos
->Rumor #133173:
This place is mostly a rest spot for Zoners and Corsairs as they travel along the Edge Worlds. Others land here, but they have to respect our ways. Don't stay here too long or else we begin to notice that an outsider is walking a Corsair base. Once that happens you use the airlock to leave.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Leon Bartender/Diego Villalobos
->Rumor #133174:
Hessians come in from Omega-11 and run attack raids on Corsairs traveling through this system. We lash back with attacks on Diamond shipments in Omega-11. The problem with the Hessians is not that they are skilled or courageous, but their numbers; kill three and five more will replace them.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Leon Bartender/Diego Villalobos
->Rumor #133175:
This base was established to secure the supply lines that lead from our homeworld to Cadiz in Omega-5. It also protects our shipments arriving from Bretonia and the Trade Lanes along the southwestern Edge Worlds. This space is the body of Corsair space. Proceed further and you will touch upon its heart.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
->Rumor #133176:
The Jump Holes in this system will lead you throughout southern Sirius: Omicron Gamma is to the east, Omicron Theta is north of the Freeport, Omega-5 is west of here, and Omega-11 lies to the north of this base. I tell you this because you have made yourself useful to us. Should that ever change, I will be one among many whom you will have to watch for.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
->Rumor #133177:
Some Zoner at Freeport 5 tried to run away with a Corsair woman. Her family is a laughing stock and will be so until her kin has killed the interloper. Her brother has gone to Hawaii to sell Artifacts; when he returns he will hunt down the fool Zoner.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
 * Corsairs/Leon Bartender/Diego Villalobos
->Rumor #133178:
If you ever cheat a Corsair, there is a special punishment that will befall you. Do you know what it is to be marooned? We'll take you to a deserted chunk of rock in the middle of nowhere and leave you there. Death comes slowly in a vac-suit.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
->Rumor #133179:
I've come up against Outcasts in Sigma-19 before. They are very good at killing, as are we. Yes, even though they have greater numbers, I prefer to fight Red Hessians. I may not be afraid of death, but I don't go looking for it, either.
 * Corsairs/ Conchita Reyes
 * Corsairs/ Miguel Cordova
 * Corsairs/ Santiago Rivera
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====Lentini Base (Omicron Eta)====
->Rumor #132813:
We use the Kyushu Jump Hole to the northeast of this base to get into the system. These Outcasts are weird guys, but they sell us what we want. Cardamine is essential to the Golden Chrysanthemum way of life.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132814:
The Cardamine we get from this base goes straight to Ainu. Sometimes we come here with H-Fuel from our base so that we can make a little money to buy extra Cardamine for personal use. We don't get bothered by anyone in this system. Even the Bounty Hunters leave us alone.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132815:
We rely upon the Outcasts of Tau-23 to supply us with our Cardamine. We sell it to New Tokyo through Rappongi to fund our operations and to pay for the drugs that we use ourselves. Cardamine use is part of our culture. It is a symbol of our free spirit and the dream of a better life.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132816:
Tau-23 is our space. Unfortunately BMM and the IMG have begun encroaching upon us. Niobium and Beryllium have been discovered here, and the miners have followed looking for it. That is why this base is mobilized for sorties. We're fighting to keep their operations from spreading beyond this system towards Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Cali Bartender/Alberto Ferrer
->Rumor #132817:
We receive the Cardamine from where it is processed on Malta, and then we distribute it into Sirius. Our path towards the Liberty and Bretonian systems passes through Edinburgh, where we encounter a slight hindrance: Orbital Spa and Cruise's Shetland Cruiser. It makes shipping Cardamine in secrecy all the more difficult.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Cali Bartender/Alberto Ferrer
->Rumor #132818:
The Jump Hole to Tau-37 remains hidden to most amongst the asteroids that populate this system. Unfortunately the IMG found their way there. Beyond it you will find Omicron Alpha, which is the location of our home planet, Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132819:
Our most valued Cardamine customer is the Lane Hackers. Not only do they pay us well for our Cardamine, they will barter valuable Trade Lane information for it. I foresee them becoming completely dependent upon us. Soon their Trade Lane technology will be ours.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Cali Bartender/Alberto Ferrer
->Rumor #132820:
It's been hard to crack into the Kusari market with our drug, because their strongest crime syndicate, the Hogosha, refuse to deal with us. But we have found allies within Kusari who will help us tap that well. The Golden Chrysanthemums have discovered the allure of Cardamine.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Cali Bartender/Alberto Ferrer
->Rumor #132821:
We get our Side Arms from the Junkers at Trafalgar in New London. It would be very lucrative to run Cardamine there and return here with Detroit Side Arms.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Cali Bartender/Alberto Ferrer
->Rumor #132822:
If you don't mind risking NCR status in Liberty, you may be interested in shipping our drugs. You can take the Cardamine from here and sell it at any Rogue or Junker base. The closer you get to capitol systems, the more dangerous it gets. But it's also more rewarding.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Cali Bartender/Alberto Ferrer
->Rumor #132823:
One of our allies is the Rogues. They aren't our partners as much as our pawns. We have them under control because they are addicted to Cardamine. Soon more groups will fall to the allure of the drug, and they will also be ours to control. I see this upon the horizon for the Golden Chrysanthemums.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132824:
We trust you, so I will tell you how to make yourself very rich. The Cardamine brought to this base comes from Malta. It is there that we also receive all necessary supplies to run this base.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132825:
I yearn for my return to Malta. I miss the orange fields of grass and sprawling plantations. The Cardamine is so woven into my blood that even my skin feels dry and cracked without the winds of my home planet upon it.
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132826:
I am Santiago Llorens. Perhaps you have heard of me? My lord, Don Miguel of the Benitez Cartel has asked me a favor, and I cannot deny him. I will soon leave this base and cross the Edge Worlds to a base named Atka, where I will kill all aboard and free my imprisoned brother Outcast.
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
->Rumor #132827:
I have killed more than a thousand men and stolen a kingdom of riches. Even now there are two veteran Bounty Hunters that stalk me: one for revenge, the other for reward. They will have to follow me across the stars, for I am bound to another place. Neither one will live beyond Tau-37; Benitez will see to that.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #134332:
The Ohtori was escorting the Yukari Maru from Cali to Ainu when it was ambushed by a Naval Forces patrol crossing Kyushu. The cargo ship fled to safety while its escort turned to fight the attackers to the death. There are rumors that the Ohtori may be still intact somewhere in the Seiran Dust Cloud.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
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====Palermo Base (Omicron Eta)====
->Rumor #132813:
We use the Kyushu Jump Hole to the northeast of this base to get into the system. These Outcasts are weird guys, but they sell us what we want. Cardamine is essential to the Golden Chrysanthemum way of life.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132814:
The Cardamine we get from this base goes straight to Ainu. Sometimes we come here with H-Fuel from our base so that we can make a little money to buy extra Cardamine for personal use. We don't get bothered by anyone in this system. Even the Bounty Hunters leave us alone.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132815:
We rely upon the Outcasts of Tau-23 to supply us with our Cardamine. We sell it to New Tokyo through Rappongi to fund our operations and to pay for the drugs that we use ourselves. Cardamine use is part of our culture. It is a symbol of our free spirit and the dream of a better life.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132816:
Tau-23 is our space. Unfortunately BMM and the IMG have begun encroaching upon us. Niobium and Beryllium have been discovered here, and the miners have followed looking for it. That is why this base is mobilized for sorties. We're fighting to keep their operations from spreading beyond this system towards Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132817:
We receive the Cardamine from where it is processed on Malta, and then we distribute it into Sirius. Our path towards the Liberty and Bretonian systems passes through Edinburgh, where we encounter a slight hindrance: Orbital Spa and Cruise's Shetland Cruiser. It makes shipping Cardamine in secrecy all the more difficult.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132818:
The Jump Hole to Tau-37 remains hidden to most amongst the asteroids that populate this system. Unfortunately the IMG found their way there. Beyond it you will find Omicron Alpha, which is the location of our home planet, Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132819:
Our most valued Cardamine customer is the Lane Hackers. Not only do they pay us well for our Cardamine, they will barter valuable Trade Lane information for it. I foresee them becoming completely dependent upon us. Soon their Trade Lane technology will be ours.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132820:
It's been hard to crack into the Kusari market with our drug, because their strongest crime syndicate, the Hogosha, refuse to deal with us. But we have found allies within Kusari who will help us tap that well. The Golden Chrysanthemums have discovered the allure of Cardamine.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132821:
We get our Side Arms from the Junkers at Trafalgar in New London. It would be very lucrative to run Cardamine there and return here with Detroit Side Arms.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132822:
If you don't mind risking NCR status in Liberty, you may be interested in shipping our drugs. You can take the Cardamine from here and sell it at any Rogue or Junker base. The closer you get to capitol systems, the more dangerous it gets. But it's also more rewarding.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132823:
One of our allies is the Rogues. They aren't our partners as much as our pawns. We have them under control because they are addicted to Cardamine. Soon more groups will fall to the allure of the drug, and they will also be ours to control. I see this upon the horizon for the Golden Chrysanthemums.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132824:
We trust you, so I will tell you how to make yourself very rich. The Cardamine brought to this base comes from Malta. It is there that we also receive all necessary supplies to run this base.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132825:
I yearn for my return to Malta. I miss the orange fields of grass and sprawling plantations. The Cardamine is so woven into my blood that even my skin feels dry and cracked without the winds of my home planet upon it.
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132826:
I am Santiago Llorens. Perhaps you have heard of me? My lord, Don Miguel of the Benitez Cartel has asked me a favor, and I cannot deny him. I will soon leave this base and cross the Edge Worlds to a base named Atka, where I will kill all aboard and free my imprisoned brother Outcast.
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
->Rumor #132827:
I have killed more than a thousand men and stolen a kingdom of riches. Even now there are two veteran Bounty Hunters that stalk me: one for revenge, the other for reward. They will have to follow me across the stars, for I am bound to another place. Neither one will live beyond Tau-37; Benitez will see to that.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #134332:
The Ohtori was escorting the Yukari Maru from Cali to Ainu when it was ambushed by a Naval Forces patrol crossing Kyushu. The cargo ship fled to safety while its escort turned to fight the attackers to the death. There are rumors that the Ohtori may be still intact somewhere in the Seiran Dust Cloud.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
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====Siracusa Base (Omicron Eta)====
->Rumor #132813:
We use the Kyushu Jump Hole to the northeast of this base to get into the system. These Outcasts are weird guys, but they sell us what we want. Cardamine is essential to the Golden Chrysanthemum way of life.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132814:
The Cardamine we get from this base goes straight to Ainu. Sometimes we come here with H-Fuel from our base so that we can make a little money to buy extra Cardamine for personal use. We don't get bothered by anyone in this system. Even the Bounty Hunters leave us alone.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132815:
We rely upon the Outcasts of Tau-23 to supply us with our Cardamine. We sell it to New Tokyo through Rappongi to fund our operations and to pay for the drugs that we use ourselves. Cardamine use is part of our culture. It is a symbol of our free spirit and the dream of a better life.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132816:
Tau-23 is our space. Unfortunately BMM and the IMG have begun encroaching upon us. Niobium and Beryllium have been discovered here, and the miners have followed looking for it. That is why this base is mobilized for sorties. We're fighting to keep their operations from spreading beyond this system towards Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132817:
We receive the Cardamine from where it is processed on Malta, and then we distribute it into Sirius. Our path towards the Liberty and Bretonian systems passes through Edinburgh, where we encounter a slight hindrance: Orbital Spa and Cruise's Shetland Cruiser. It makes shipping Cardamine in secrecy all the more difficult.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132818:
The Jump Hole to Tau-37 remains hidden to most amongst the asteroids that populate this system. Unfortunately the IMG found their way there. Beyond it you will find Omicron Alpha, which is the location of our home planet, Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132819:
Our most valued Cardamine customer is the Lane Hackers. Not only do they pay us well for our Cardamine, they will barter valuable Trade Lane information for it. I foresee them becoming completely dependent upon us. Soon their Trade Lane technology will be ours.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132820:
It's been hard to crack into the Kusari market with our drug, because their strongest crime syndicate, the Hogosha, refuse to deal with us. But we have found allies within Kusari who will help us tap that well. The Golden Chrysanthemums have discovered the allure of Cardamine.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132821:
We get our Side Arms from the Junkers at Trafalgar in New London. It would be very lucrative to run Cardamine there and return here with Detroit Side Arms.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132822:
If you don't mind risking NCR status in Liberty, you may be interested in shipping our drugs. You can take the Cardamine from here and sell it at any Rogue or Junker base. The closer you get to capitol systems, the more dangerous it gets. But it's also more rewarding.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132823:
One of our allies is the Rogues. They aren't our partners as much as our pawns. We have them under control because they are addicted to Cardamine. Soon more groups will fall to the allure of the drug, and they will also be ours to control. I see this upon the horizon for the Golden Chrysanthemums.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132824:
We trust you, so I will tell you how to make yourself very rich. The Cardamine brought to this base comes from Malta. It is there that we also receive all necessary supplies to run this base.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132825:
I yearn for my return to Malta. I miss the orange fields of grass and sprawling plantations. The Cardamine is so woven into my blood that even my skin feels dry and cracked without the winds of my home planet upon it.
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132826:
I am Santiago Llorens. Perhaps you have heard of me? My lord, Don Miguel of the Benitez Cartel has asked me a favor, and I cannot deny him. I will soon leave this base and cross the Edge Worlds to a base named Atka, where I will kill all aboard and free my imprisoned brother Outcast.
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
->Rumor #132827:
I have killed more than a thousand men and stolen a kingdom of riches. Even now there are two veteran Bounty Hunters that stalk me: one for revenge, the other for reward. They will have to follow me across the stars, for I am bound to another place. Neither one will live beyond Tau-37; Benitez will see to that.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #134332:
The Ohtori was escorting the Yukari Maru from Cali to Ainu when it was ambushed by a Naval Forces patrol crossing Kyushu. The cargo ship fled to safety while its escort turned to fight the attackers to the death. There are rumors that the Ohtori may be still intact somewhere in the Seiran Dust Cloud.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
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====Planet Crete (Omicron Gamma)====
->Rumor #133240:
Oxygen and Water are produced here in Crete. We supply all the other Corsair bases and the nearby Freeports with those necessities. Any other basic supplies must be imported or stolen.
 * Corsairs/ Bartolo Quentinilla
 * Corsairs/ Enrique Estavez
 * Corsairs/ Julio Gonzales
 * Corsairs/Crete Bartender/Pedro Alonso
->Rumor #133241:
If you are trying to get Alien Artifacts into Kusari space, then I recommend you travel to the Hawaii, where the Hogosha will usually take them off your hands.
 * Corsairs/ Bartolo Quentinilla
 * Corsairs/ Enrique Estavez
 * Corsairs/ Julio Gonzales
 * Corsairs/Crete Bartender/Pedro Alonso
->Rumor #133242:
There is a demand for Alien Artifacts in New Berlin. The Junkers at Yanagi will purchase our Artifacts and carry them the rest of the way into the Rheinland capitol.
 * Corsairs/ Bartolo Quentinilla
 * Corsairs/ Enrique Estavez
 * Corsairs/ Julio Gonzales
 * Corsairs/Crete Bartender/Pedro Alonso
->Rumor #133243:
The Artifacts that end up in Manhattan usually pass through Bretonia's market first. We export Alien Artifacts to the Junker base Trafalgar. I don't suppose there would be anything to stop you from doing the same.
 * Corsairs/ Bartolo Quentinilla
 * Corsairs/ Enrique Estavez
 * Corsairs/ Julio Gonzales
 * Corsairs/Crete Bartender/Pedro Alonso
->Rumor #133245:
The supplies we use to run our bases are either stolen or purchased with the money we make from selling stolen goods. The Construction Machinery here is almost all stolen.
 * Corsairs/ Bartolo Quentinilla
 * Corsairs/ Enrique Estavez
 * Corsairs/ Julio Gonzales
 * Corsairs/Crete Bartender/Pedro Alonso
->Rumor #133246:
The Artifacts we trade in Yanagi more than pay for the Side Arms, Consumer Goods, and Fertilizers that we bring to this base on our return.
 * Corsairs/ Bartolo Quentinilla
 * Corsairs/ Enrique Estavez
 * Corsairs/ Julio Gonzales
 * Corsairs/Crete Bartender/Pedro Alonso
->Rumor #133247:
The proximity of our base Cadiz to the Trade Lanes and Bretonian space makes it a primary source of stolen goods for the Corsairs. H-Fuel, Pharmaceuticals, and Polymers are frequently shipped here from that base.
 * Corsairs/ Bartolo Quentinilla
 * Corsairs/ Enrique Estavez
 * Corsairs/ Julio Gonzales
 * Corsairs/Crete Bartender/Pedro Alonso
->Rumor #133248:
The Zoners at Freeport 5 and Freeport 9 have access to many of the supplies we use at this base. In exchange for the Oxygen and Water we have in abundance here we are able to get all manner of goods.
 * Corsairs/ Bartolo Quentinilla
 * Corsairs/ Enrique Estavez
 * Corsairs/ Julio Gonzales
 * Corsairs/Crete Bartender/Pedro Alonso
->Rumor #133249:
We traveled to Sirius on a sleeper ship like everyone else. Our ship, the Hispania, fell victim to sabotage en route. We were forced to abandon her and make our way through the void. We found this planet with barely enough supplies to feed half of us. Few crops would grow in these infertile sands, and our numbers dwindled to almost nothing.
 * Corsairs/ Dora Moreno
 * Corsairs/ Lourdes Mendez
->Rumor #133250:
The second year after planetfall we ran out of Food. The family leaders gathered together and decided upon a course of action. The Ventru line was chosen, and they gave themselves up to be butchered. Every Corsair is a Ventru, though the line no longer lives, they are a part of us all.
 * Corsairs/ Dora Moreno
 * Corsairs/ Lourdes Mendez
->Rumor #133251:
The Corsairs are consolidated into family lines that are brought together and strengthened by marriage. Our society is a closed one; we do not wish to dilute our blood with the seeds of weaker men. It is possible to fly with the Corsairs and to be trusted by us, but an outsider will never marry into the families of Crete.
 * Corsairs/ Dora Moreno
 * Corsairs/ Lourdes Mendez
->Rumor #133252:
Many think our rites of initiation are barbaric, but we can't feed, clothe, and train every Corsair born. The initiation keeps our population problems in check. At the age of sixteen every Corsair must fly into the radioactive Malvadas Cloud in an unshielded ship and return with an Artifact. Some return as they left, others become sterile, and the rest die.
 * Corsairs/ Dora Moreno
 * Corsairs/ Lourdes Mendez
->Rumor #133253:
The first outsider accepted by the Corsairs was a freelancer named John Bown. He fought several of our best pilots when he entered the system, so he was able to pass. He left with a cargo bay full of Artifacts, and that is when trade began. Our economy flourished, allowing us to feed more of our people.
 * Corsairs/ Dora Moreno
 * Corsairs/ Lourdes Mendez
->Rumor #133254:
There were Artifacts all over Crete at one time. Most of those have been sold now, but we still find Artifacts in the Malvadas and Napo Clouds. Any Corsair could have many of the alien trinkets, but they have no function and are therefore meaningless, except for trade. Let some other fool spend his money on them.
 * Corsairs/ Dora Moreno
 * Corsairs/ Lourdes Mendez
->Rumor #134316:
There is a legend that a secret Jump Hole lies at the center of the Graveyard of the Innocents in the Malvada Cloud. A young Corsair completing his adulthood initiation rites stumbled across it while trying to find his Artifact. He entered it and emerged in an uncharted system. Strange alien ships soon appeared in the distance, and he fled for his life back to known territory. Few people believe the story.
 * Corsairs/ Enrique Estavez
 * Corsairs/ Julio Gonzales
 * Corsairs/ Lourdes Mendez
->Rumor #134320:
The Malvada Nube serves as the key adult initiation ritual within the close families of the Corsairs. Young pilots must fly a stripped ship into the cloud, find an Artifact, and return safely to Crete. Almost 30% never return. The radiation levels are high, and it is rumored that there are strange beings that guard the best areas. By tradition, a lost trainee's ship and body are never recovered, just left as a reminder to future generations of failure's cost.
 * Corsairs/ Bartolo Quentinilla
 * Corsairs/ Dora Moreno
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====Skiros Station (Omicron Gamma)====
->Rumor #133255:
The MOX that powers this base's larger ships is stolen, usually by our raiders that go into Bretonia. The police there are no threat to our pilots.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133256:
Engine Components, Construction Machinery, and Gold are Commodities that are crucial to our ship-building operations here. They are either stolen or purchased from Trafalgar and shipped here.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133257:
Yanagi supplies us with several essential Commodities. We get a majority of our Optronics, Side Arms, and Basic Alloys from that base.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133258:
We get many different goods and basic supplies from the Freeports in nearby zones. Often times it is easier to buy what we need with Artifact income than to steal it.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133259:
Cadiz is an important base for the Corsairs. It is one of our primary supply depots from which we receive many Commodities.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133260:
In 450 AS we captured our first ship. It was the Rheinland exploration vessel Schiller. Once we dispatched the crew the ship was ours, and more inner colony ships began to disappear. The Corsairs had begun a legacy that lasts to this day. We are pirates; we take what we need.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
->Rumor #133261:
As the number of captured ships grew, we realized that a shipyard was needed to repair damaged vessels and build ships from stolen components and spare parts. We began to gather modules together and steal the goods necessary for the construction of this shipyard, which you can see is quite operational.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133262:
Within the Malvadas Cloud you'll find a Jump Hole leading to Omicron Theta. There is another Jump Hole in this system in the Walker Cloud. Be careful, there are mines scattered among the carbon asteroids, but once past those you'll come upon the Jump Hole to Omega-41.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133263:
The Corsairs and Outcasts are the survivors of the Hispania. Half of the crew left in smaller ships and crawled into Sirius; they became the Corsairs. The rest of the Hispania crew kept the ship running until it limped close enough to Sirius to abandon; they became the Outcasts. More than fifty percent of both groups died in the first two years after planetfall.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133264:
The war with the Red Hessians in Omega-5 has cost the Corsairs many ships and pilots. Death is the way of the Corsair, so the lost pilots are regrettable yet acceptable. Much worse is the loss of their ships, which are often passed from one generation to the next. This shipyard is constantly running at full operational capacity to build new fighters for the front.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133265:
Now that our shipyard is operational, we have begun gathering the components to build a biodome. If we could have one of those domes under direct control of the Corsairs, none of us would ever want again. It would be a new age, a time without hunger. Even now we come closer and closer to it.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133266:
IMG prospectors have been sneaking into the system recently, looking for Artifacts. They don't understand whose space they are entering, until we catch them. Then their last few moments are spent thinking deeply about the subject. The Artifact trade is our resource; anyone who endangers it must be killed.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
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====Tripoli Shipyard (Omicron Gamma)====
->Rumor #133255:
The MOX that powers this base's larger ships is stolen, usually by our raiders that go into Bretonia. The police there are no threat to our pilots.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133256:
Engine Components, Construction Machinery, and Gold are Commodities that are crucial to our ship-building operations here. They are either stolen or purchased from Trafalgar and shipped here.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133257:
Yanagi supplies us with several essential Commodities. We get a majority of our Optronics, Side Arms, and Basic Alloys from that base.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133258:
We get many different goods and basic supplies from the Freeports in nearby zones. Often times it is easier to buy what we need with Artifact income than to steal it.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133259:
Cadiz is an important base for the Corsairs. It is one of our primary supply depots from which we receive many Commodities.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
 * Corsairs/Tripoli Bartender/Raul Alfonso
->Rumor #133260:
In 450 AS we captured our first ship. It was the Rheinland exploration vessel Schiller. Once we dispatched the crew the ship was ours, and more inner colony ships began to disappear. The Corsairs had begun a legacy that lasts to this day. We are pirates; we take what we need.
 * Corsairs/ Jorge Sanchez
 * Corsairs/ Pepe Allende
->Rumor #133261:
As the number of captured ships grew, we realized that a shipyard was needed to repair damaged vessels and build ships from stolen components and spare parts. We began to gather modules together and steal the goods necessary for the construction of this shipyard, which you can see is quite operational.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133262:
Within the Malvadas Cloud you'll find a Jump Hole leading to Omicron Theta. There is another Jump Hole in this system in the Walker Cloud. Be careful, there are mines scattered among the carbon asteroids, but once past those you'll come upon the Jump Hole to Omega-41.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133263:
The Corsairs and Outcasts are the survivors of the Hispania. Half of the crew left in smaller ships and crawled into Sirius; they became the Corsairs. The rest of the Hispania crew kept the ship running until it limped close enough to Sirius to abandon; they became the Outcasts. More than fifty percent of both groups died in the first two years after planetfall.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133264:
The war with the Red Hessians in Omega-5 has cost the Corsairs many ships and pilots. Death is the way of the Corsair, so the lost pilots are regrettable yet acceptable. Much worse is the loss of their ships, which are often passed from one generation to the next. This shipyard is constantly running at full operational capacity to build new fighters for the front.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133265:
Now that our shipyard is operational, we have begun gathering the components to build a biodome. If we could have one of those domes under direct control of the Corsairs, none of us would ever want again. It would be a new age, a time without hunger. Even now we come closer and closer to it.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
->Rumor #133266:
IMG prospectors have been sneaking into the system recently, looking for Artifacts. They don't understand whose space they are entering, until we catch them. Then their last few moments are spent thinking deeply about the subject. The Artifact trade is our resource; anyone who endangers it must be killed.
 * Corsairs/ Griseldas Perez
 * Corsairs/ Maya Herrera
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====Planet Toledo (Omicron Minor)====
->Rumor #525835:
.After the end of the Nomad War, I decided that my skills and knowledge would be better served with the Order. Besides, I wanted to learn more about the Daam-K'Vosh! Oh, if only my peers at the Cambridge Institute could see me now! They'd die of envy.
 * The Order/Kendra Sinclair
->Rumor #525836:
.Yes, I remember Edison Trent.  He was a bit too mercenary for my tastes, but he came through in the end for humanity. Whatever else that could be said about him, humanity owes him a great debt, as we couldn't have defeated the Nomads without all his help. As for where he is now? I have no idea. The last I heard he was in Liberty, working on something for the Order, but he could be anywhere now.
 * The Order/Kendra Sinclair
->Rumor #525837:
.These Nomads who have infested people...these "Wild", as people refer to them as...they seem to be operating somewhat beyond the normal levels of autonomy of Nomads as we understand it. Perhaps it is prolonged integration with a human host, I don't know, but they certainly seem to be able to function better on their own and for longer periods and distances from the rest of this telepathic network that they appear to have. Don't ask me what the telepathic network is exactly, because it's very difficult to explain, and I'd have to use a lot of language that you

wouldn't understand.
 * The Order/Kendra Sinclair
->Rumor #525838:
.Planet Nauru? Oh yes, in the Omicron Delta system. Those ruins are quite impressive, and all the more so for not even knowing who built them. It definitely wasn't the Daam-K'Vosh or the Slomon K'Hara, and although some artifacts discovered match with technology used by the Phantom terrorist organisation, they did not create it and they did not build the ruins either. Quite a mystery, eh?
 * The Order/Kendra Sinclair
->Rumor #525839:
.I hate the fact that the Order are so badly misrepresented by all the Sirius Houses, especially with all the work that has been done to keep them safe from the Nomads. I have been trying to use my contacts back on planet Cambridge to get the Queen to acknowledge their sacrifices for the good of humanity, and we seem to have some progress. The problem is actually getting someone close to the Queen to

actually listen to us, before we can even consider getting an audience with the Queen herself.
 * The Order/Kendra Sinclair
->Rumor #525840:
.My colleagues here on Toledo tell me that Tekagi's Arch has been inhabited once again by the infested humans known as the "Wild", but at this present time we do not have the available forces to mount any kind of attack against it. The Blood Dragons and the Golden Chrysanthemums have been alerted to the nature of the threat, and I can only hope that they are capable of keeping them in check for the time being.
 * The Order/Kendra Sinclair
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====Corfu Base (Omicron Theta)====
->Rumor #133201:
To the west are the Sabana Fragments. You can get to Omega-41 from there -- a good idea if you are trying to avoid the Corsairs. They are still all over, since this is their space, but you won't be going through the Corsair home system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133202:
I've been contracted by Cryer to come down here and kill a few Corsairs for them. Their base, Atka, got hit a few weeks ago. Usually it's the Outcasts who hit Atka, but this time it was the Corsairs. Corsairs, Outcasts -- it doesn't make any difference to me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133203:
Head for the cloud south of here and you will find Artifacts, but that's not why I go there. The cloud to the south hides the Jump Hole to Omicron Gamma. If you do go in there, get ready to fight or you'd better be good at hiding. No matter what you do, don't stay in there too long, because it's just a matter of time before your number gets punched.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133204:
I have come to this place looking for a Corsair named Jardin. He is an infamous killer and pirate. Many say he cannot be stopped, but if anyone can drop him, I can. He is just a man, and a man can die, no matter how tough he is.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133205:
My brother joined the Bounty Hunters Guild a few years ago. He's not tough enough to take on Corsairs yet; he should still be popping Rogues. The idiot sent me a message telling me he was ready for the big leagues in southern Sirius. I'm trying to find him before he gets killed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133206:
I was a Red Hessian for many years. I became pretty good at killing Corsairs, so I decided to get paid for it. Besides, I had grown weary of piracy. I became a Hessian for political reasons, before they sold out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133207:
Sigma-17 is the next stop between here and the Junker bases where we offload the Artifacts marked for Rheinland. You'll find the Jump Hole in the Orinoco Cloud. The other distribution point for our Artifacts is aboard the Hawaii. The Hogosha on that ship will fence our goods into Kusari.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133208:
The Napo Cloud in this system is filled with Artifacts, but the Zoners here know better than to try and get them. Artifacts are Corsair business. The objects we get from that cloud have been funding and feeding the Corsairs for centuries. You had better be a good friend to us if you decide to go there.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133209:
The Hole that leads to our home system is in the Napo Cloud. Unwanted intruders who get taken alive have it worst of all, we keelhaul them. Try to imagine being in a vac-suit lashed to the outside of a ship that's headed into a Jump Hole.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133210:
We get many of our basic supplies from this base. The biodomes here provide us with the Food we consume throughout our space. Corsair leadership has decided that the next step for the Corsair Brotherhood is to build our own biodomes so we will never have to worry about Food again.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133211:
The Side Arm you see me carrying came from Yanagi. It's a Rheinlander piece, because I'm an eastern Corsair. The western Corsairs get Detroit weaponry from Bretonia. The Yanagi Junkers supply this base with Engine Components, too. We use those at Tripoli.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133212:
Felix, of my sons, was killed at Cadiz fighting the Hessians. His brother, Cesar, died during initiation. Cesar was a good pilot and a strong man, but his sensors were damaged. He trusted them instead of his own instincts.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133213:
Just between you and me, I'll kill the occasional Zoner if he's alone and there are no witnesses. Why pay for something when you can just take it, eh? They shouldn't be here anyway. This is dangerous space for anybody, even you. You should be very careful around here, especially with that nice ship and all of your cargo.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133214:
You can't kill anyone onboard or in the immediate area of a Zoner base. That's why the Bounty Hunters are still breathing here. I would like nothing better than to walk over to a Bounty Hunter and eliminate them with my Daumann Devastator.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133216:
The biodomes we invested in here have paid off in spades. Everyone in this part of space comes here for Food, and we get the profits. Well, us and Synth Foods, of course. We ship Food to Atka in Sigma-17 and Freeport 5 in Omega-41.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133217:
We get many of our goods from the Junkers at Yanagi. Our boats haul Engine Components and Consumer Goods from there.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133218:
We ship the Alien Organisms found in this system to the Cryer base in Sigma-17. Cryer also needs our Polymers, and we return with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133219:
Our brothers in Freeport 5 send us Polymers, Fertilizers, and Consumer Goods. It's a Zoner's duty to help other Zoners where we can. This is a dangerous part of space; only by sticking together can we make it.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133220:
Don't ask me where the Jump Hole is that leads to the Corsair homeworld. I've said too much already. The Corsairs would cut my throat if I dared to utter where the entrance to their system is. Just stay away from the Napo Cloud. I mean & it isn't in the Napo Cloud, it's ... I'm a dead man.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133221:
The Artifacts that you can find in this system are not worth taking. We don't touch them; they are Corsair property. If you think differently, I recommend that you make sure you aren't behind on your policy payments to IC.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
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====Freeport 9 (Omicron Theta)====
->Rumor #133201:
To the west are the Sabana Fragments. You can get to Omega-41 from there -- a good idea if you are trying to avoid the Corsairs. They are still all over, since this is their space, but you won't be going through the Corsair home system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133202:
I've been contracted by Cryer to come down here and kill a few Corsairs for them. Their base, Atka, got hit a few weeks ago. Usually it's the Outcasts who hit Atka, but this time it was the Corsairs. Corsairs, Outcasts -- it doesn't make any difference to me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133203:
Head for the cloud south of here and you will find Artifacts, but that's not why I go there. The cloud to the south hides the Jump Hole to Omicron Gamma. If you do go in there, get ready to fight or you'd better be good at hiding. No matter what you do, don't stay in there too long, because it's just a matter of time before your number gets punched.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133204:
I have come to this place looking for a Corsair named Jardin. He is an infamous killer and pirate. Many say he cannot be stopped, but if anyone can drop him, I can. He is just a man, and a man can die, no matter how tough he is.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133205:
My brother joined the Bounty Hunters Guild a few years ago. He's not tough enough to take on Corsairs yet; he should still be popping Rogues. The idiot sent me a message telling me he was ready for the big leagues in southern Sirius. I'm trying to find him before he gets killed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133206:
I was a Red Hessian for many years. I became pretty good at killing Corsairs, so I decided to get paid for it. Besides, I had grown weary of piracy. I became a Hessian for political reasons, before they sold out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133207:
Sigma-17 is the next stop between here and the Junker bases where we offload the Artifacts marked for Rheinland. You'll find the Jump Hole in the Orinoco Cloud. The other distribution point for our Artifacts is aboard the Hawaii. The Hogosha on that ship will fence our goods into Kusari.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133208:
The Napo Cloud in this system is filled with Artifacts, but the Zoners here know better than to try and get them. Artifacts are Corsair business. The objects we get from that cloud have been funding and feeding the Corsairs for centuries. You had better be a good friend to us if you decide to go there.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133209:
The Hole that leads to our home system is in the Napo Cloud. Unwanted intruders who get taken alive have it worst of all, we keelhaul them. Try to imagine being in a vac-suit lashed to the outside of a ship that's headed into a Jump Hole.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133210:
We get many of our basic supplies from this base. The biodomes here provide us with the Food we consume throughout our space. Corsair leadership has decided that the next step for the Corsair Brotherhood is to build our own biodomes so we will never have to worry about Food again.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133211:
The Side Arm you see me carrying came from Yanagi. It's a Rheinlander piece, because I'm an eastern Corsair. The western Corsairs get Detroit weaponry from Bretonia. The Yanagi Junkers supply this base with Engine Components, too. We use those at Tripoli.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133212:
Felix, of my sons, was killed at Cadiz fighting the Hessians. His brother, Cesar, died during initiation. Cesar was a good pilot and a strong man, but his sensors were damaged. He trusted them instead of his own instincts.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133213:
Just between you and me, I'll kill the occasional Zoner if he's alone and there are no witnesses. Why pay for something when you can just take it, eh? They shouldn't be here anyway. This is dangerous space for anybody, even you. You should be very careful around here, especially with that nice ship and all of your cargo.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133214:
You can't kill anyone onboard or in the immediate area of a Zoner base. That's why the Bounty Hunters are still breathing here. I would like nothing better than to walk over to a Bounty Hunter and eliminate them with my Daumann Devastator.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133216:
The biodomes we invested in here have paid off in spades. Everyone in this part of space comes here for Food, and we get the profits. Well, us and Synth Foods, of course. We ship Food to Atka in Sigma-17 and Freeport 5 in Omega-41.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133217:
We get many of our goods from the Junkers at Yanagi. Our boats haul Engine Components and Consumer Goods from there.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133218:
We ship the Alien Organisms found in this system to the Cryer base in Sigma-17. Cryer also needs our Polymers, and we return with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133219:
Our brothers in Freeport 5 send us Polymers, Fertilizers, and Consumer Goods. It's a Zoner's duty to help other Zoners where we can. This is a dangerous part of space; only by sticking together can we make it.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133220:
Don't ask me where the Jump Hole is that leads to the Corsair homeworld. I've said too much already. The Corsairs would cut my throat if I dared to utter where the entrance to their system is. Just stay away from the Napo Cloud. I mean & it isn't in the Napo Cloud, it's ... I'm a dead man.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133221:
The Artifacts that you can find in this system are not worth taking. We don't touch them; they are Corsair property. If you think differently, I recommend that you make sure you aren't behind on your policy payments to IC.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
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====Corinth Research Station (Omicron-74)====
->Rumor #132711:
I've been tracking an Outcast named Santiago Llorens in this system for several days. I followed him back from Bretonia. Once I bag the scum I won't have to take another job for months. This guy has killed over a hundred men and stolen goods worth hundreds of thousands of credits.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132712:
The Outcasts attack both Trade Lanes that cross this system. I run my patrols up from the Tau-31 Jump Hole to the Northern Oxygen Field, and then I head southeast into the Nago field and back down to Freeport 6. Along that route I usually encounter a good share of the mask breathers.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132713:
This is the place to be if you are hunting Outcasts. There is a Jump Hole to the north side of this system's oxygen field that leads to Tau-23. In Tau-23 you had better be sneaky, or have a posse with you, because the Outcasts are very strong there -- whole squadrons of them.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132714:
This base is where I refit and resupply. It is a long and dangerous trip here. I've been hunting an Outcast by the name of Santiago Llorens. He torched my partner and good friend back in Cortez. There's another Bounty Hunter here trying to catch him too, but I'm going to get to Santiago first.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132715:
After I'm done refueling my ship here, I'm going to go all the way up into Outcast space. I've been sneaking farther and farther into their territory every trip I make up here looking for a good ambush point. I think I found the spot I was looking for on my last run. If this plan works, I will be able to retire to California in less than a year.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132716:
All the Cardamine that leaves Outcast space comes through here. Cryer Pharmaceuticals has hired me to try and capture a live Outcast with all his gear, including his mask and his Cardamine shipment. I don't usually bring guys back alive, so I'm charging them double.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132717:
Bowex ships Mining and Construction Machinery to this base from Leeds. These components build many of the installations you'll find in the Border Worlds. Many of these shipments are harassed by Outcast pirates.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Arnold Winkle
->Rumor #132718:
Ships that are constructed in this part of Sirius no doubt benefit from the Basic Alloys and Ship Hull Panels that we bring here from Stokes. I suppose one could say that Border World vessels are more Bretonian than anything else.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Arnold Winkle
->Rumor #132719:
If you'd like to fly into Bretonia, I'm sure you could make money hauling Fertilizers and Alien Organisms from this base to Glasgow. I make that run myself for Bowex and it is pretty lucrative, even though I'm a company man. Of course you have to fight all kinds of criminals to get there.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Arnold Winkle
->Rumor #132720:
The IMG has gone deep into the fringe areas of Sirius space looking for valuable minerals. The most dangerous post you can man for the IMG is Falkland; it's hidden among the asteroids of Tau-37. The Outcasts do not yet know of its location.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Philip Roberts
->Rumor #132721:
The Niobium deposits found in the two systems north of this one are incredible. The best IMG pilots ship Niobium into this base from Java and Falkland. From here they pick up any basic supplies they might need and head back.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Philip Roberts
->Rumor #132722:
This system was the reason that IC became an insurer and not a lender. It was the loans that Rheinland and Kusari took from IC to finance these Border World Jump Gates and Trade Lanes that bankrupted the two houses. They defaulted on their loans to IC and embargoed Liberty to make their point. IC had to swallow the loss.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Philip Roberts
->Rumor #132723:
Kishiro hauls Mining Machinery and supplies to Nago. It's not much of in the way of money, though. If that's what you're interested in, pick up a load of Polymers there to haul to Shinagawa, which would be more lucrative.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Rokuemon Asuhara
->Rumor #132724:
If you enjoy danger, might I suggest you run Niobium from this base to Manhattan? It is an excellent opportunity to encounter adventure and monetary reward. I used to make the run for Kishiro myself.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Rokuemon Asuhara
->Rumor #132725:
Would you like to visit Kusari space sometime and get out of these dangerous Border Worlds? New Tokyo receives Kishiro shipments of Niobium from this base. You could fly there yourself with a full hold.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Rokuemon Asuhara
->Rumor #132726:
The Alien Organisms we ship to Harris from this base are incredibly helpful to the terraforming process. The transformation of the planet from dead and sterile to arable is sped up by many centuries with their addition.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Gary Bass
->Rumor #132727:
Those miserable Gaians do not realize how badly they are hurting the people of Bretonia. They have slowed down our operations immeasurably in Tau-31. The Gaian spin doctors of Green Front won't be able to save them from the mob when the citizens realize what the Gaians have cost them.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Gary Bass
->Rumor #132728:
The terraforming job at Harris is almost complete. Won't it be wonderful when Bretonia has another planet to grow Food on? Planetform, Inc. has only the best in mind for the people of Bretonia and all of Sirius.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Gary Bass
->Rumor #132729:
Samura brings Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases to Freeport 6 from Shinkaku. Once we have sold those Commodities, we shuttle basic supplies and Mining Machinery back to our base. As long as we miss any Outcasts on the way here or back, the trip is usually pretty uneventful.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoshisune Kumasaka
->Rumor #132730:
The Niobium we get at this base is first shipped to Pueblo and then farther to Manhattan to be used in the Luxury Consumer Goods market. These shipping runs are extremely profitable. You may be interested in trying them. Be wary -- where there is profit, there is risk.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoshisune Kumasaka
->Rumor #132731:
The demand for Niobium in Kyushu is high. You may be a foreigner, but I'm sure the merchants there will accept your Niobium anyway. You can return from Kyushu with basic supplies to sell here, if you feel that it is worth it to you.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoshisune Kumasaka
->Rumor #132732:
I make a run to Freeport 10 in Tau-37 every so often. I take Construction Machinery, Hull Panels, and Polymers up there. I suppose you could do the same. That is, if the Outcasts will let you that far north.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
->Rumor #132733:
There is a demand for Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases in Freeport 10. You could supply our base with these if you think you could make it up there. Not everyone has the friends or skills to make this run.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132734:
Bases are always going to need basic supplies if they don't produce them there. They are lower-end commodities but can still earn you some money. Freeport 10 doesn't produce everything it needs.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132735:
Getting to Tau-23 from this system means that you have to take a Jump Hole. There are no Jump Gates that lead to that system from here. Head to the Oxygen field in the north end of this system, and you will find the Hole there.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132736:
The farther north you go in Sirius, the closer you get to the Outcasts' home systems. They don't tolerate many intruders, and we only operate this base in relative safety because we provide them with something. If you have nothing to offer them, they will kill you -- no question.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132737:
This system is a crossroads between Kusari, Bretonia, and the Outcast Edge Worlds. All kinds of criminals and company pass through, and we accept them all. Zoners do not care what your allegiance is; as long as you respect our ways, we will respect yours.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132738:
Zoners basically want to get along with everybody. We try to produce Commodities at our bases that others will need; that way we can go where the governments aren't. We survive by trading with other independently minded factions.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132739:
The Bounty Hunters at this base are being paid by Samura and Kishiro, mostly in an effort to curb Outcast piracy. So far they are meeting with limited success. Other Bounty Hunters have been hired by Bretonian or Libertonian firms, and they have come up here tracking Outcasts back from House space.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132740:
I'd say that of all the bases in this system, Samura's base has to struggle the hardest to survive. Their base is too close to the Cardamine trade route, which makes Shinkaku the subject of Outcast aggression. Their rivals don't make it easy for them either; Kishiro hires pilots to harass their operations.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #134303:
One of many Bounty Hunters flying out of Freeport 6 in search of Outcasts, Ryan McKeen, was an incautious type who tended to exhibit more bravado than common sense. His ship, the Wolverine, is floating somewhere near Cali, a message left by the Outcasts to not get too close.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
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====Freeport XV (Omicron-74)====
->Rumor #133201:
To the west are the Sabana Fragments. You can get to Omega-41 from there -- a good idea if you are trying to avoid the Corsairs. They are still all over, since this is their space, but you won't be going through the Corsair home system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133202:
I've been contracted by Cryer to come down here and kill a few Corsairs for them. Their base, Atka, got hit a few weeks ago. Usually it's the Outcasts who hit Atka, but this time it was the Corsairs. Corsairs, Outcasts -- it doesn't make any difference to me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133203:
Head for the cloud south of here and you will find Artifacts, but that's not why I go there. The cloud to the south hides the Jump Hole to Omicron Gamma. If you do go in there, get ready to fight or you'd better be good at hiding. No matter what you do, don't stay in there too long, because it's just a matter of time before your number gets punched.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133204:
I have come to this place looking for a Corsair named Jardin. He is an infamous killer and pirate. Many say he cannot be stopped, but if anyone can drop him, I can. He is just a man, and a man can die, no matter how tough he is.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133205:
My brother joined the Bounty Hunters Guild a few years ago. He's not tough enough to take on Corsairs yet; he should still be popping Rogues. The idiot sent me a message telling me he was ready for the big leagues in southern Sirius. I'm trying to find him before he gets killed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133206:
I was a Red Hessian for many years. I became pretty good at killing Corsairs, so I decided to get paid for it. Besides, I had grown weary of piracy. I became a Hessian for political reasons, before they sold out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133207:
Sigma-17 is the next stop between here and the Junker bases where we offload the Artifacts marked for Rheinland. You'll find the Jump Hole in the Orinoco Cloud. The other distribution point for our Artifacts is aboard the Hawaii. The Hogosha on that ship will fence our goods into Kusari.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133208:
The Napo Cloud in this system is filled with Artifacts, but the Zoners here know better than to try and get them. Artifacts are Corsair business. The objects we get from that cloud have been funding and feeding the Corsairs for centuries. You had better be a good friend to us if you decide to go there.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133209:
The Hole that leads to our home system is in the Napo Cloud. Unwanted intruders who get taken alive have it worst of all, we keelhaul them. Try to imagine being in a vac-suit lashed to the outside of a ship that's headed into a Jump Hole.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133210:
We get many of our basic supplies from this base. The biodomes here provide us with the Food we consume throughout our space. Corsair leadership has decided that the next step for the Corsair Brotherhood is to build our own biodomes so we will never have to worry about Food again.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133211:
The Side Arm you see me carrying came from Yanagi. It's a Rheinlander piece, because I'm an eastern Corsair. The western Corsairs get Detroit weaponry from Bretonia. The Yanagi Junkers supply this base with Engine Components, too. We use those at Tripoli.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133212:
Felix, of my sons, was killed at Cadiz fighting the Hessians. His brother, Cesar, died during initiation. Cesar was a good pilot and a strong man, but his sensors were damaged. He trusted them instead of his own instincts.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133213:
Just between you and me, I'll kill the occasional Zoner if he's alone and there are no witnesses. Why pay for something when you can just take it, eh? They shouldn't be here anyway. This is dangerous space for anybody, even you. You should be very careful around here, especially with that nice ship and all of your cargo.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133214:
You can't kill anyone onboard or in the immediate area of a Zoner base. That's why the Bounty Hunters are still breathing here. I would like nothing better than to walk over to a Bounty Hunter and eliminate them with my Daumann Devastator.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133216:
The biodomes we invested in here have paid off in spades. Everyone in this part of space comes here for Food, and we get the profits. Well, us and Synth Foods, of course. We ship Food to Atka in Sigma-17 and Freeport 5 in Omega-41.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133217:
We get many of our goods from the Junkers at Yanagi. Our boats haul Engine Components and Consumer Goods from there.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133218:
We ship the Alien Organisms found in this system to the Cryer base in Sigma-17. Cryer also needs our Polymers, and we return with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133219:
Our brothers in Freeport 5 send us Polymers, Fertilizers, and Consumer Goods. It's a Zoner's duty to help other Zoners where we can. This is a dangerous part of space; only by sticking together can we make it.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133220:
Don't ask me where the Jump Hole is that leads to the Corsair homeworld. I've said too much already. The Corsairs would cut my throat if I dared to utter where the entrance to their system is. Just stay away from the Napo Cloud. I mean & it isn't in the Napo Cloud, it's ... I'm a dead man.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133221:
The Artifacts that you can find in this system are not worth taking. We don't touch them; they are Corsair property. If you think differently, I recommend that you make sure you aren't behind on your policy payments to IC.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
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====Livadia Shipyard (Omicron-74)====
->Rumor #133201:
To the west are the Sabana Fragments. You can get to Omega-41 from there -- a good idea if you are trying to avoid the Corsairs. They are still all over, since this is their space, but you won't be going through the Corsair home system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133202:
I've been contracted by Cryer to come down here and kill a few Corsairs for them. Their base, Atka, got hit a few weeks ago. Usually it's the Outcasts who hit Atka, but this time it was the Corsairs. Corsairs, Outcasts -- it doesn't make any difference to me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133203:
Head for the cloud south of here and you will find Artifacts, but that's not why I go there. The cloud to the south hides the Jump Hole to Omicron Gamma. If you do go in there, get ready to fight or you'd better be good at hiding. No matter what you do, don't stay in there too long, because it's just a matter of time before your number gets punched.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133204:
I have come to this place looking for a Corsair named Jardin. He is an infamous killer and pirate. Many say he cannot be stopped, but if anyone can drop him, I can. He is just a man, and a man can die, no matter how tough he is.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133205:
My brother joined the Bounty Hunters Guild a few years ago. He's not tough enough to take on Corsairs yet; he should still be popping Rogues. The idiot sent me a message telling me he was ready for the big leagues in southern Sirius. I'm trying to find him before he gets killed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133206:
I was a Red Hessian for many years. I became pretty good at killing Corsairs, so I decided to get paid for it. Besides, I had grown weary of piracy. I became a Hessian for political reasons, before they sold out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133207:
Sigma-17 is the next stop between here and the Junker bases where we offload the Artifacts marked for Rheinland. You'll find the Jump Hole in the Orinoco Cloud. The other distribution point for our Artifacts is aboard the Hawaii. The Hogosha on that ship will fence our goods into Kusari.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133208:
The Napo Cloud in this system is filled with Artifacts, but the Zoners here know better than to try and get them. Artifacts are Corsair business. The objects we get from that cloud have been funding and feeding the Corsairs for centuries. You had better be a good friend to us if you decide to go there.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133209:
The Hole that leads to our home system is in the Napo Cloud. Unwanted intruders who get taken alive have it worst of all, we keelhaul them. Try to imagine being in a vac-suit lashed to the outside of a ship that's headed into a Jump Hole.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133210:
We get many of our basic supplies from this base. The biodomes here provide us with the Food we consume throughout our space. Corsair leadership has decided that the next step for the Corsair Brotherhood is to build our own biodomes so we will never have to worry about Food again.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133211:
The Side Arm you see me carrying came from Yanagi. It's a Rheinlander piece, because I'm an eastern Corsair. The western Corsairs get Detroit weaponry from Bretonia. The Yanagi Junkers supply this base with Engine Components, too. We use those at Tripoli.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133212:
Felix, of my sons, was killed at Cadiz fighting the Hessians. His brother, Cesar, died during initiation. Cesar was a good pilot and a strong man, but his sensors were damaged. He trusted them instead of his own instincts.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133213:
Just between you and me, I'll kill the occasional Zoner if he's alone and there are no witnesses. Why pay for something when you can just take it, eh? They shouldn't be here anyway. This is dangerous space for anybody, even you. You should be very careful around here, especially with that nice ship and all of your cargo.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133214:
You can't kill anyone onboard or in the immediate area of a Zoner base. That's why the Bounty Hunters are still breathing here. I would like nothing better than to walk over to a Bounty Hunter and eliminate them with my Daumann Devastator.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133216:
The biodomes we invested in here have paid off in spades. Everyone in this part of space comes here for Food, and we get the profits. Well, us and Synth Foods, of course. We ship Food to Atka in Sigma-17 and Freeport 5 in Omega-41.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133217:
We get many of our goods from the Junkers at Yanagi. Our boats haul Engine Components and Consumer Goods from there.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133218:
We ship the Alien Organisms found in this system to the Cryer base in Sigma-17. Cryer also needs our Polymers, and we return with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133219:
Our brothers in Freeport 5 send us Polymers, Fertilizers, and Consumer Goods. It's a Zoner's duty to help other Zoners where we can. This is a dangerous part of space; only by sticking together can we make it.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133220:
Don't ask me where the Jump Hole is that leads to the Corsair homeworld. I've said too much already. The Corsairs would cut my throat if I dared to utter where the entrance to their system is. Just stay away from the Napo Cloud. I mean & it isn't in the Napo Cloud, it's ... I'm a dead man.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133221:
The Artifacts that you can find in this system are not worth taking. We don't touch them; they are Corsair property. If you think differently, I recommend that you make sure you aren't behind on your policy payments to IC.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
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====Sparta Station (Omicron-74)====
->Rumor #132711:
I've been tracking an Outcast named Santiago Llorens in this system for several days. I followed him back from Bretonia. Once I bag the scum I won't have to take another job for months. This guy has killed over a hundred men and stolen goods worth hundreds of thousands of credits.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132712:
The Outcasts attack both Trade Lanes that cross this system. I run my patrols up from the Tau-31 Jump Hole to the Northern Oxygen Field, and then I head southeast into the Nago field and back down to Freeport 6. Along that route I usually encounter a good share of the mask breathers.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132713:
This is the place to be if you are hunting Outcasts. There is a Jump Hole to the north side of this system's oxygen field that leads to Tau-23. In Tau-23 you had better be sneaky, or have a posse with you, because the Outcasts are very strong there -- whole squadrons of them.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132714:
This base is where I refit and resupply. It is a long and dangerous trip here. I've been hunting an Outcast by the name of Santiago Llorens. He torched my partner and good friend back in Cortez. There's another Bounty Hunter here trying to catch him too, but I'm going to get to Santiago first.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132715:
After I'm done refueling my ship here, I'm going to go all the way up into Outcast space. I've been sneaking farther and farther into their territory every trip I make up here looking for a good ambush point. I think I found the spot I was looking for on my last run. If this plan works, I will be able to retire to California in less than a year.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132716:
All the Cardamine that leaves Outcast space comes through here. Cryer Pharmaceuticals has hired me to try and capture a live Outcast with all his gear, including his mask and his Cardamine shipment. I don't usually bring guys back alive, so I'm charging them double.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132717:
Bowex ships Mining and Construction Machinery to this base from Leeds. These components build many of the installations you'll find in the Border Worlds. Many of these shipments are harassed by Outcast pirates.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Arnold Winkle
->Rumor #132718:
Ships that are constructed in this part of Sirius no doubt benefit from the Basic Alloys and Ship Hull Panels that we bring here from Stokes. I suppose one could say that Border World vessels are more Bretonian than anything else.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Arnold Winkle
->Rumor #132719:
If you'd like to fly into Bretonia, I'm sure you could make money hauling Fertilizers and Alien Organisms from this base to Glasgow. I make that run myself for Bowex and it is pretty lucrative, even though I'm a company man. Of course you have to fight all kinds of criminals to get there.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Arnold Winkle
->Rumor #132720:
The IMG has gone deep into the fringe areas of Sirius space looking for valuable minerals. The most dangerous post you can man for the IMG is Falkland; it's hidden among the asteroids of Tau-37. The Outcasts do not yet know of its location.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Philip Roberts
->Rumor #132721:
The Niobium deposits found in the two systems north of this one are incredible. The best IMG pilots ship Niobium into this base from Java and Falkland. From here they pick up any basic supplies they might need and head back.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Philip Roberts
->Rumor #132722:
This system was the reason that IC became an insurer and not a lender. It was the loans that Rheinland and Kusari took from IC to finance these Border World Jump Gates and Trade Lanes that bankrupted the two houses. They defaulted on their loans to IC and embargoed Liberty to make their point. IC had to swallow the loss.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Philip Roberts
->Rumor #132723:
Kishiro hauls Mining Machinery and supplies to Nago. It's not much of in the way of money, though. If that's what you're interested in, pick up a load of Polymers there to haul to Shinagawa, which would be more lucrative.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Rokuemon Asuhara
->Rumor #132724:
If you enjoy danger, might I suggest you run Niobium from this base to Manhattan? It is an excellent opportunity to encounter adventure and monetary reward. I used to make the run for Kishiro myself.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Rokuemon Asuhara
->Rumor #132725:
Would you like to visit Kusari space sometime and get out of these dangerous Border Worlds? New Tokyo receives Kishiro shipments of Niobium from this base. You could fly there yourself with a full hold.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Rokuemon Asuhara
->Rumor #132726:
The Alien Organisms we ship to Harris from this base are incredibly helpful to the terraforming process. The transformation of the planet from dead and sterile to arable is sped up by many centuries with their addition.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Gary Bass
->Rumor #132727:
Those miserable Gaians do not realize how badly they are hurting the people of Bretonia. They have slowed down our operations immeasurably in Tau-31. The Gaian spin doctors of Green Front won't be able to save them from the mob when the citizens realize what the Gaians have cost them.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Gary Bass
->Rumor #132728:
The terraforming job at Harris is almost complete. Won't it be wonderful when Bretonia has another planet to grow Food on? Planetform, Inc. has only the best in mind for the people of Bretonia and all of Sirius.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Gary Bass
->Rumor #132729:
Samura brings Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases to Freeport 6 from Shinkaku. Once we have sold those Commodities, we shuttle basic supplies and Mining Machinery back to our base. As long as we miss any Outcasts on the way here or back, the trip is usually pretty uneventful.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoshisune Kumasaka
->Rumor #132730:
The Niobium we get at this base is first shipped to Pueblo and then farther to Manhattan to be used in the Luxury Consumer Goods market. These shipping runs are extremely profitable. You may be interested in trying them. Be wary -- where there is profit, there is risk.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoshisune Kumasaka
->Rumor #132731:
The demand for Niobium in Kyushu is high. You may be a foreigner, but I'm sure the merchants there will accept your Niobium anyway. You can return from Kyushu with basic supplies to sell here, if you feel that it is worth it to you.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoshisune Kumasaka
->Rumor #132732:
I make a run to Freeport 10 in Tau-37 every so often. I take Construction Machinery, Hull Panels, and Polymers up there. I suppose you could do the same. That is, if the Outcasts will let you that far north.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
->Rumor #132733:
There is a demand for Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases in Freeport 10. You could supply our base with these if you think you could make it up there. Not everyone has the friends or skills to make this run.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132734:
Bases are always going to need basic supplies if they don't produce them there. They are lower-end commodities but can still earn you some money. Freeport 10 doesn't produce everything it needs.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132735:
Getting to Tau-23 from this system means that you have to take a Jump Hole. There are no Jump Gates that lead to that system from here. Head to the Oxygen field in the north end of this system, and you will find the Hole there.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132736:
The farther north you go in Sirius, the closer you get to the Outcasts' home systems. They don't tolerate many intruders, and we only operate this base in relative safety because we provide them with something. If you have nothing to offer them, they will kill you -- no question.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132737:
This system is a crossroads between Kusari, Bretonia, and the Outcast Edge Worlds. All kinds of criminals and company pass through, and we accept them all. Zoners do not care what your allegiance is; as long as you respect our ways, we will respect yours.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132738:
Zoners basically want to get along with everybody. We try to produce Commodities at our bases that others will need; that way we can go where the governments aren't. We survive by trading with other independently minded factions.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132739:
The Bounty Hunters at this base are being paid by Samura and Kishiro, mostly in an effort to curb Outcast piracy. So far they are meeting with limited success. Other Bounty Hunters have been hired by Bretonian or Libertonian firms, and they have come up here tracking Outcasts back from House space.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132740:
I'd say that of all the bases in this system, Samura's base has to struggle the hardest to survive. Their base is too close to the Cardamine trade route, which makes Shinkaku the subject of Outcast aggression. Their rivals don't make it easy for them either; Kishiro hires pilots to harass their operations.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #134303:
One of many Bounty Hunters flying out of Freeport 6 in search of Outcasts, Ryan McKeen, was an incautious type who tended to exhibit more bravado than common sense. His ship, the Wolverine, is floating somewhere near Cali, a message left by the Outcasts to not get too close.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
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====Genoa Base (Omicron-80)====
->Rumor #133162:
Our sworn enemy is Cryer Pharmaceuticals. Cryer is trying to replicate Cardamine so they can take over the drug market with their harmless alternative. It will be legalized, regardless of how dangerous it is. Their ships in this system or in any Outcast space will be destroyed immediately.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133163:
Once we discovered how to use Alien Organisms, the agriculture on Malta boomed. The creatures make for a kind of super fertilizer that causes the Cardamine grasses to grow twice as fast and become twice as potent. They even allow more Foods to grow on Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133164:
We have lived so long on Malta that our genes have mutated, and now we require Cardamine to live. On Malta it's in everything: our Food, soil, air, and Water. After a while it got so we needed it. Somehow the Cardamine also had a negative effect on our birth rate. Fewer and fewer Outcasts are being born, though we live much longer.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133165:
Orbital's Hawaii liner in Sigma-19 draws a lot of unwanted visitors near our territory. Sometimes we'll run attacks against the liner if they come too close. It is also a hindrance to our drug trade, because our smuggling route requires us to pass through Sigma-19. There'd be a lot fewer eyes in that system if the Hawaii weren't there.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133166:
This is Outcast space, and any ships that come into this system better be welcomed by us. The GMG has been sending ships into our turf looking for Alien Organisms. It's no doubt they are working for Planetform or Samura, maybe even Cryer. When we catch them we kill them.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133167:
This is the stopover for Cardamine shipments that will be delivered to the Junkers at Yanagi. We get the Cardamine from Malta, where it is processed. Malta is one system over through the northern Jump Hole.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133168:
Junker base Yanagi supplies us here at Ruiz with almost everything we need to keep this place running and our men and women properly equipped. Whatever surplus we bring in goes to our home, Malta. Many of the Commodities we send to Malta will be used to build our attack craft and support Cardamine smugglers.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133169:
The Alien Organisms we get here are sent to Malta to boost our Cardamine cultivation on the plantations. The organisms we don't need in Malta are shipped to Freeport 10 and sold for extra income.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133170:
The Cardamine we receive here from Malta will be shipped to different destinations throughout Rheinland via Yanagi. I miss the orange grasses swaying softly in the warm winds of my home, but I must do what my Don has asked of me.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
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====Cartagena Shipyard (Omicron-81)====
->Rumor #132813:
We use the Kyushu Jump Hole to the northeast of this base to get into the system. These Outcasts are weird guys, but they sell us what we want. Cardamine is essential to the Golden Chrysanthemum way of life.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132814:
The Cardamine we get from this base goes straight to Ainu. Sometimes we come here with H-Fuel from our base so that we can make a little money to buy extra Cardamine for personal use. We don't get bothered by anyone in this system. Even the Bounty Hunters leave us alone.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132815:
We rely upon the Outcasts of Tau-23 to supply us with our Cardamine. We sell it to New Tokyo through Rappongi to fund our operations and to pay for the drugs that we use ourselves. Cardamine use is part of our culture. It is a symbol of our free spirit and the dream of a better life.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132816:
Tau-23 is our space. Unfortunately BMM and the IMG have begun encroaching upon us. Niobium and Beryllium have been discovered here, and the miners have followed looking for it. That is why this base is mobilized for sorties. We're fighting to keep their operations from spreading beyond this system towards Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132817:
We receive the Cardamine from where it is processed on Malta, and then we distribute it into Sirius. Our path towards the Liberty and Bretonian systems passes through Edinburgh, where we encounter a slight hindrance: Orbital Spa and Cruise's Shetland Cruiser. It makes shipping Cardamine in secrecy all the more difficult.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132818:
The Jump Hole to Tau-37 remains hidden to most amongst the asteroids that populate this system. Unfortunately the IMG found their way there. Beyond it you will find Omicron Alpha, which is the location of our home planet, Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132819:
Our most valued Cardamine customer is the Lane Hackers. Not only do they pay us well for our Cardamine, they will barter valuable Trade Lane information for it. I foresee them becoming completely dependent upon us. Soon their Trade Lane technology will be ours.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132820:
It's been hard to crack into the Kusari market with our drug, because their strongest crime syndicate, the Hogosha, refuse to deal with us. But we have found allies within Kusari who will help us tap that well. The Golden Chrysanthemums have discovered the allure of Cardamine.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132821:
We get our Side Arms from the Junkers at Trafalgar in New London. It would be very lucrative to run Cardamine there and return here with Detroit Side Arms.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132822:
If you don't mind risking NCR status in Liberty, you may be interested in shipping our drugs. You can take the Cardamine from here and sell it at any Rogue or Junker base. The closer you get to capitol systems, the more dangerous it gets. But it's also more rewarding.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132823:
One of our allies is the Rogues. They aren't our partners as much as our pawns. We have them under control because they are addicted to Cardamine. Soon more groups will fall to the allure of the drug, and they will also be ours to control. I see this upon the horizon for the Golden Chrysanthemums.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132824:
We trust you, so I will tell you how to make yourself very rich. The Cardamine brought to this base comes from Malta. It is there that we also receive all necessary supplies to run this base.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132825:
I yearn for my return to Malta. I miss the orange fields of grass and sprawling plantations. The Cardamine is so woven into my blood that even my skin feels dry and cracked without the winds of my home planet upon it.
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132826:
I am Santiago Llorens. Perhaps you have heard of me? My lord, Don Miguel of the Benitez Cartel has asked me a favor, and I cannot deny him. I will soon leave this base and cross the Edge Worlds to a base named Atka, where I will kill all aboard and free my imprisoned brother Outcast.
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
->Rumor #132827:
I have killed more than a thousand men and stolen a kingdom of riches. Even now there are two veteran Bounty Hunters that stalk me: one for revenge, the other for reward. They will have to follow me across the stars, for I am bound to another place. Neither one will live beyond Tau-37; Benitez will see to that.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #134332:
The Ohtori was escorting the Yukari Maru from Cali to Ainu when it was ambushed by a Naval Forces patrol crossing Kyushu. The cargo ship fled to safety while its escort turned to fight the attackers to the death. There are rumors that the Ohtori may be still intact somewhere in the Seiran Dust Cloud.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
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====Galicia Research Station (Omicron-81)====
->Rumor #133162:
Our sworn enemy is Cryer Pharmaceuticals. Cryer is trying to replicate Cardamine so they can take over the drug market with their harmless alternative. It will be legalized, regardless of how dangerous it is. Their ships in this system or in any Outcast space will be destroyed immediately.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133163:
Once we discovered how to use Alien Organisms, the agriculture on Malta boomed. The creatures make for a kind of super fertilizer that causes the Cardamine grasses to grow twice as fast and become twice as potent. They even allow more Foods to grow on Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133164:
We have lived so long on Malta that our genes have mutated, and now we require Cardamine to live. On Malta it's in everything: our Food, soil, air, and Water. After a while it got so we needed it. Somehow the Cardamine also had a negative effect on our birth rate. Fewer and fewer Outcasts are being born, though we live much longer.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133165:
Orbital's Hawaii liner in Sigma-19 draws a lot of unwanted visitors near our territory. Sometimes we'll run attacks against the liner if they come too close. It is also a hindrance to our drug trade, because our smuggling route requires us to pass through Sigma-19. There'd be a lot fewer eyes in that system if the Hawaii weren't there.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133166:
This is Outcast space, and any ships that come into this system better be welcomed by us. The GMG has been sending ships into our turf looking for Alien Organisms. It's no doubt they are working for Planetform or Samura, maybe even Cryer. When we catch them we kill them.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133167:
This is the stopover for Cardamine shipments that will be delivered to the Junkers at Yanagi. We get the Cardamine from Malta, where it is processed. Malta is one system over through the northern Jump Hole.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133168:
Junker base Yanagi supplies us here at Ruiz with almost everything we need to keep this place running and our men and women properly equipped. Whatever surplus we bring in goes to our home, Malta. Many of the Commodities we send to Malta will be used to build our attack craft and support Cardamine smugglers.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133169:
The Alien Organisms we get here are sent to Malta to boost our Cardamine cultivation on the plantations. The organisms we don't need in Malta are shipped to Freeport 10 and sold for extra income.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133170:
The Cardamine we receive here from Malta will be shipped to different destinations throughout Rheinland via Yanagi. I miss the orange grasses swaying softly in the warm winds of my home, but I must do what my Don has asked of me.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
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====Puertollano Observation Post (Omicron-81)====
->Rumor #133162:
Our sworn enemy is Cryer Pharmaceuticals. Cryer is trying to replicate Cardamine so they can take over the drug market with their harmless alternative. It will be legalized, regardless of how dangerous it is. Their ships in this system or in any Outcast space will be destroyed immediately.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133163:
Once we discovered how to use Alien Organisms, the agriculture on Malta boomed. The creatures make for a kind of super fertilizer that causes the Cardamine grasses to grow twice as fast and become twice as potent. They even allow more Foods to grow on Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133164:
We have lived so long on Malta that our genes have mutated, and now we require Cardamine to live. On Malta it's in everything: our Food, soil, air, and Water. After a while it got so we needed it. Somehow the Cardamine also had a negative effect on our birth rate. Fewer and fewer Outcasts are being born, though we live much longer.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133165:
Orbital's Hawaii liner in Sigma-19 draws a lot of unwanted visitors near our territory. Sometimes we'll run attacks against the liner if they come too close. It is also a hindrance to our drug trade, because our smuggling route requires us to pass through Sigma-19. There'd be a lot fewer eyes in that system if the Hawaii weren't there.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133166:
This is Outcast space, and any ships that come into this system better be welcomed by us. The GMG has been sending ships into our turf looking for Alien Organisms. It's no doubt they are working for Planetform or Samura, maybe even Cryer. When we catch them we kill them.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133167:
This is the stopover for Cardamine shipments that will be delivered to the Junkers at Yanagi. We get the Cardamine from Malta, where it is processed. Malta is one system over through the northern Jump Hole.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
->Rumor #133168:
Junker base Yanagi supplies us here at Ruiz with almost everything we need to keep this place running and our men and women properly equipped. Whatever surplus we bring in goes to our home, Malta. Many of the Commodities we send to Malta will be used to build our attack craft and support Cardamine smugglers.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133169:
The Alien Organisms we get here are sent to Malta to boost our Cardamine cultivation on the plantations. The organisms we don't need in Malta are shipped to Freeport 10 and sold for extra income.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
->Rumor #133170:
The Cardamine we receive here from Malta will be shipped to different destinations throughout Rheinland via Yanagi. I miss the orange grasses swaying softly in the warm winds of my home, but I must do what my Don has asked of me.
 * Outcasts/ Anna Torres
 * Outcasts/ Antonio Perez
 * Outcasts/ Inez Aybarra
 * Outcasts/Ruiz Bartender/Jorge Mendez
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====Seguro Refugio (Omicron-81)====
->Rumor #132813:
We use the Kyushu Jump Hole to the northeast of this base to get into the system. These Outcasts are weird guys, but they sell us what we want. Cardamine is essential to the Golden Chrysanthemum way of life.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132814:
The Cardamine we get from this base goes straight to Ainu. Sometimes we come here with H-Fuel from our base so that we can make a little money to buy extra Cardamine for personal use. We don't get bothered by anyone in this system. Even the Bounty Hunters leave us alone.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132815:
We rely upon the Outcasts of Tau-23 to supply us with our Cardamine. We sell it to New Tokyo through Rappongi to fund our operations and to pay for the drugs that we use ourselves. Cardamine use is part of our culture. It is a symbol of our free spirit and the dream of a better life.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132816:
Tau-23 is our space. Unfortunately BMM and the IMG have begun encroaching upon us. Niobium and Beryllium have been discovered here, and the miners have followed looking for it. That is why this base is mobilized for sorties. We're fighting to keep their operations from spreading beyond this system towards Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132817:
We receive the Cardamine from where it is processed on Malta, and then we distribute it into Sirius. Our path towards the Liberty and Bretonian systems passes through Edinburgh, where we encounter a slight hindrance: Orbital Spa and Cruise's Shetland Cruiser. It makes shipping Cardamine in secrecy all the more difficult.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132818:
The Jump Hole to Tau-37 remains hidden to most amongst the asteroids that populate this system. Unfortunately the IMG found their way there. Beyond it you will find Omicron Alpha, which is the location of our home planet, Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132819:
Our most valued Cardamine customer is the Lane Hackers. Not only do they pay us well for our Cardamine, they will barter valuable Trade Lane information for it. I foresee them becoming completely dependent upon us. Soon their Trade Lane technology will be ours.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132820:
It's been hard to crack into the Kusari market with our drug, because their strongest crime syndicate, the Hogosha, refuse to deal with us. But we have found allies within Kusari who will help us tap that well. The Golden Chrysanthemums have discovered the allure of Cardamine.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132821:
We get our Side Arms from the Junkers at Trafalgar in New London. It would be very lucrative to run Cardamine there and return here with Detroit Side Arms.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132822:
If you don't mind risking NCR status in Liberty, you may be interested in shipping our drugs. You can take the Cardamine from here and sell it at any Rogue or Junker base. The closer you get to capitol systems, the more dangerous it gets. But it's also more rewarding.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Palermo Bartender/Giordano Murino
->Rumor #132823:
One of our allies is the Rogues. They aren't our partners as much as our pawns. We have them under control because they are addicted to Cardamine. Soon more groups will fall to the allure of the drug, and they will also be ours to control. I see this upon the horizon for the Golden Chrysanthemums.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132824:
We trust you, so I will tell you how to make yourself very rich. The Cardamine brought to this base comes from Malta. It is there that we also receive all necessary supplies to run this base.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132825:
I yearn for my return to Malta. I miss the orange fields of grass and sprawling plantations. The Cardamine is so woven into my blood that even my skin feels dry and cracked without the winds of my home planet upon it.
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132826:
I am Santiago Llorens. Perhaps you have heard of me? My lord, Don Miguel of the Benitez Cartel has asked me a favor, and I cannot deny him. I will soon leave this base and cross the Edge Worlds to a base named Atka, where I will kill all aboard and free my imprisoned brother Outcast.
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
->Rumor #132827:
I have killed more than a thousand men and stolen a kingdom of riches. Even now there are two veteran Bounty Hunters that stalk me: one for revenge, the other for reward. They will have to follow me across the stars, for I am bound to another place. Neither one will live beyond Tau-37; Benitez will see to that.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #134332:
The Ohtori was escorting the Yukari Maru from Cali to Ainu when it was ambushed by a Naval Forces patrol crossing Kyushu. The cargo ship fled to safety while its escort turned to fight the attackers to the death. There are rumors that the Ohtori may be still intact somewhere in the Seiran Dust Cloud.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
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====Bastia Outpost (Omicron-85)====
->Rumor #501479:
AA rumor is circling about a recently found Gate to another world populated by the Great Spirits.
 * Outcasts/ Carlos Chavez
 * Outcasts/ Juanita Rodriguez
->Rumor #501480:
EEdmundo Razgriz was a great pilot and explorer. We owe a lot to him. The Don gave him complete authonomy to rule on Corsica.
 * Outcasts/ Juanita Rodriguez
->Rumor #501481:
TThey say that the "Ghosts of Razgriz" still exist, the remains of Planet Corsica being their home. I heard that they are building Dreadnoughts out there.
 * Bastia Bartender/Ricardo Guerra
 * Outcasts/ Carlos Chavez
->Rumor #501482:
LLong time ago, during the 80-year war, a GMG battleship entered this system. It never left Omicron-85. They say that the wrecks of the Battleship and it's escorts are left lying there as a reminder to the future tresspassers.
 * Bastia Bartender/Ricardo Guerra
 * Outcasts/ Carlos Chavez
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====Corsica Outer Sanctum (Omicron-85)====
->Rumor #501479:
AA rumor is circling about a recently found Gate to another world populated by the Great Spirits.
 * Corsica Bartender/Andrada Santini
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/Isabel Maximo
->Rumor #501481:
TThey say that the "Ghosts of Razgriz" still exist, the remains of Planet Corsica being their home. I heard that they are building Dreadnoughts out there.
 * Corsica Bartender/Andrada Santini
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/Isabel Maximo
 * Outcasts/Sophia Negro
->Rumor #501482:
LLong time ago, during the 80-year war, a GMG battleship entered this system. It never left Omicron-85. They say that the wrecks of the Battleship and it's escorts are left lying there as a reminder to the future tresspassers.
 * Corsica Bartender/Andrada Santini
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/Isabel Maximo
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====Dreadnought Captana (Omicron-85)====
->Rumor #501479:
AA rumor is circling about a recently found Gate to another world populated by the Great Spirits.
 * Captana Bartender/Alfonso Zapata
 * Outcasts/ Nora Torres
 * Outcasts/Steffano Bellusio
->Rumor #501480:
EEdmundo Razgriz was a great pilot and explorer. We owe a lot to him. The Don gave him complete authonomy to rule on Corsica.
 * Captana Bartender/Alfonso Zapata
 * Outcasts/ Nora Torres
->Rumor #501481:
TThey say that the "Ghosts of Razgriz" still exist, the remains of Planet Corsica being their home. I heard that they are building Dreadnoughts out there.
 * Captana Bartender/Alfonso Zapata
 * Outcasts/ Juan Garza
 * Outcasts/ Nora Torres
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====Alexandria Base (Omicron-91)====
->Rumor #483446:
.I'm so excited! I just brought in a shipment of construction materials and machinery from Skiros station. Everything looks like it's in top condition here. I wish I could stay longer, but I have to get back to Skiros soon. They are expecting me to bring more shipments here. I wouldn't recommend you do the same, there's no money to be made.
 * Corsair Guard/John Rico
->Rumor #483447:
.I was one of the Corsairs who salvaged parts from the wreck of Freeport 7. It's great to see Zoner investment go into the construction of Corsair stations. In all honesty, we should blow them out of the water. They had no right to delay the construction of the installations in this system.
 * Corsair Guard/John Rico
->Rumor #483448:
.It's hard to feel sorry for the Zoners. They charge us extortionate prices for the food we need and give us a pittance for the water and oxygen that we ship to their stations. Still, I don't think it's wise to attack the Zoners. We Corsairs still aren't completely self-sufficient yet. Even if we were, the Zoners are useful in supplying many goods that we simply don't have. I think that the Elders take them for granted, carelessly talking about attacking their stations. But who am I to comment?
 * Corsair Guard/Enrique Bernoldi
->Rumor #483449:
.They say that the planet in this system has many artifacts hidden beneath its surface. At the same time, they say that the conditions are too treacherous to attempt to colonise it. Its seems like it's much more than a coincidence to me. Then again, why would anyone want to stop the colonisation of a planet in friendly space? Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
 * Corsair Guard/Enrique Bernoldi
->Rumor #483450:
.I was here when Alexandria was first commissioned as a base of operations in this system. So much has happened since then. Both the system and this station are indistinguishable from what they used to be a few years ago.
 * Corsair Guard/Ambi Moya
->Rumor #483451:
.You should take a look around out there. I've been a surveyor here since the Brotherhood took ownership of this system. This is one of the few places in Corsair territory that is safe from any invaders. I wish I could let my kids play here, but the security regulations are very tight right now.
 * Corsair Guard/Ambi Moya
->Rumor #483452:
.As a member of the Brotherhood, I really enjoy having a place to call a second home. It's very relaxing for us. The bar here is a clean place, not like the ones on Crete. The food is great too. I love it here.
 * Corsair Guard/Alexandria Bartender/Eli Moya
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====Barcelona Station (Omicron-91)====
->Rumor #483453:
.This station was designed with two purposes in mind; the production of small attack vessels and the cultivation of food. I think the engineers were also instructed to design a station to anger the Zoners, but that's just a rumour.
 * Corsair Guard/Augustus Lamar
->Rumor #483454:
.The food here tastes lovely! Not like that awful synthesized paste that comes from the colonies. Here it's fresh, and it's delicious. Try some! You'll love it. I certainly do. Life is great, huh?
 * Corsair Guard/Augustus Lamar
->Rumor #483455:
.My friends and I build fighter craft here on Barcelona. It's good to be one of the best at times like this. We get many perks in this job. First pickings of food, clean places to relax. Just about the only drawback of the job is keeping any information about the station a secret. For benefits like this, I wouldn't tell a soul.
 * Corsair Guard/Giancarlo Fisichella
->Rumor #483456:
.These new designs are really hard to build. I was good at making a Titan, but the Gladiator and the Decurion are just something else. They use technology I've never seen before, and I've been in the business for a long time. I'll get used to it soon I guess, but it feels like I'm learning the trade all over again.
 * Corsair Guard/Giancarlo Fisichella
->Rumor #483457:
.The sun here in Omicron-91 is really one of a kind. Its classified as a white dwarf star, but it has an ominous red glow about it. I don't know whether to be joyful or scared. It's entrancing, but it also gives me the creeps at the same time. Still, it has got a high output of light compared to radiation, so it is at least good for growing food.
 * Corsair Guard/Ariel Jovan
->Rumor #483458:
.I've got to pick up some raw materials from Crete soon. It's all needed for the construction of the fighters in production here. I wish I could get back to fighting on the front lines. I really don't enjoy this shipping job.
 * Corsair Guard/Ariel Jovan
->Rumor #483459:
.The weapon platforms outside really pack a punch. I gave one a scan the other day, and those cannons are more like death rays. I pity the fool who gets on the wrong end of those guns, that's for sure. Hopefully though, no one will be stupid enough to invade this system.
 * Corsair Guard/Mia Bonello
->Rumor #483460:
.The families on Crete really need the food produced here on Barcelona. Many times, I've seen hungry families who look more like skeletons than people. That is why I've taken the liberty of purchasing a freighter and moving some of the food here to Crete. I can't sit idly by while my brothers and sisters die of starvation.
 * Corsair Guard/Mia Bonello
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====Battleship Prox (Omicron-91)====
->Rumor #483468:
.I wish I could go further into this system, but no one will let me. I would try to sneak a look, but I heard a rumour that the Brotherhood installed some ridiculous weaponry on the installations in this system. I don't know why they don't allow us to see the system. It's not fair.
 * Corsair Guard/Heriberto Damon
->Rumor #483469:
.I brought my children here to see the museum section that they opened up on this relic, and they're really having a good time. So am I, actually. While they play on the arcade deck with their mother, I can rest here and experience the Prox as it was back in the days when it was in service.
 * Corsair Guard/Heriberto Damon
->Rumor #483470:
.As a member of the Brotherhood, I really appreciate the chance to set foot on the Prox. I was only a child when it was in service, so it's a name I grew up with. Its fulfilling to know that the legend from my childhood is still in use today, and will likely still be in use in the years to come.
 * Corsair Guard/Morgan Gustavo
->Rumor #483471:
.I'm not sure why the Prox is still in service, even as the gatekeeper of this system. Surely it would be more prudent to completely recycle the components of this ship and use them to build newer ships? I'll be quiet now, I don't want to attract undue attention.
 * Corsair Guard/Morgan Gustavo
->Rumor #483472:
.I came to Omicron-91 with engine components due for delivery to Rhodes shipyard. However, apparently I don't have the correct papers and the Brotherhood won't let me pass beyond this battleship. The security in this system is too restrictive. How am I going to explain this to my boss?
 * Corsair Guard/Manuel Dario
->Rumor #483473:
.Some say that the regulations in this system are too unfair to regular Corsairs that aren't a part of the Brotherhood. I would agree, but you never know who might be spying on us. It is an unfortunate, but a prudent move by the Brotherhood to lock down this system. Still, there are those of us who are allowed to roam freely, and that is at least, a consolation.
 * Corsair Guard/Manuel Dario
->Rumor #483474:
.The Brotherhood use the Prox as the regulator of traffic in and out of this system. The communications staff, of which I am a part, are responsible for allowing or disallowing shipments of goods to and from the stations in this system. It's a tedious job, but someone's got to do it. At least the food is good.
 * Corsair Guard/Manuel Dario
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====Rhodes Shipyard (Omicron-91)====
->Rumor #483461:
.The warships under construction here will cement our reputation as the most fearsome group in all of Sirius. They will allow us to finally break through the defences of the weakening houses, and claim their territory as our own. I can't wait until I can walk on the surface of planet Cambridge. When that day comes, it will all be thanks to these ships.
 * Corsair Guard/Alessandra Cardoso
->Rumor #483462:
.I don't know why so many resources are going into the construction of capital ships. I mean, they look imposing on the battlefield, but they're so inefficient. They are also cumbersome, and have high crew requirements. That crew could all be flying fighters and bombers instead, which are much more useful in a system like Omega 5.
 * Corsair Guard/Alessandra Cardoso
->Rumor #483463:
.This shipyard is the most advanced that the Corsair nation has available to it. Unfortunately, most Corsairs aren't allowed on to this installation due to the strict security rules imposed by the Brotherhood. It might be unfair, but it helps to keep the trigger-happy teenagers away from the delicate process of warship fabrication.
 * Corsair Guard/Fabiano Ezequiel
->Rumor #483464:
.The edibles we get from Barcelona are some of the best tasting I've ever had. I'm no connoisseur of food, but I've rarely felt as full before as I have now. My friends keep telling me how lucky I am to get a contract as a construction worker here. I completely agree.
 * Corsair Guard/Fabiano Ezequiel
->Rumor #483465:
.My relatives are all soldiers serving on Leon or Cadiz. In one sense, I'm lucky to have a comfortable job patrolling friendly space, but I sometimes long for combat on the front lines. Maybe the grass is always greener on the other side. I might make a trip up there, once I save enough credits to buy a better ship from Barcelona station.
 * Corsair Guard/Lucia Esteban
->Rumor #483466:
.I work as one of the warehouse managers here on Rhodes. You wouldn't believe how fast we can get through a full stockpile of materials building these ships. It's my job to make sure that we never run out of resources with which the warships here are built. It's a hard job, and I blame the Zoners. It would be so much easier if they would sell us the amount of goods we desired.
 * Corsair Guard/Lucia Esteban
->Rumor #483467:
.The Prox, which now guards the system, came through here not too long ago. It was refurbished by our workforce and then towed to the position it now has, watching over the jump hole to Omicron Gamma. It was an honour to have worked on the Prox, and it will be a story to tell the grandchildren one day.
 * Corsair Guard/Lucia Esteban
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====Battleship Delos (Omicron-94)====
->Rumor #483659:
.This ship takes five days to complete a full patrol before coming back to the C6 Platform. We'll be launching again tomorrow once the engines are refuelled and the crew assignments are sorted.
 * Corsairs/Delos Bartender/Pedro Gonzalez
->Rumor #483660:
.I wish I was back at Thira Colony with my family. Still, I know I'm protecting them by being here, with the rest of the crew, defending the system from whatever is out there.
 * Corsairs/Delos Bartender/Pedro Gonzalez
->Rumor #483661:
.See that green cloud? That's what we're here for, I think. Whatever attacked those scouts afew years back, I reckon it came from in there.
 * Corsairs/Delos Bartender/Pedro Gonzalez
->Rumor #483662:
So...where you from? Not part of the crew? Me neither, I just come here occasionally with supplies. This ship's been out here for years chasing ghosts. By rights it should have been decommissioned a decade ago. Want to know what I think? The captain set this all up to keep his command.
 * Corsairs/Felipe Cortez
->Rumor #483663:
.Gah. Can you do me a favour and get the barman to darken the windows? That sunlight's blinding me.
 * Corsairs/Felipe Cortez
->Rumor #483664:
.We're not supposed to drink on duty, but people did, so no alcohol is allowed onboard. If you want anything stronger than synth juice here, speak to Pedro. Crazy bastard has a still hidden in an old reactor in engineering!
 * Corsairs/Felipe Cortez
->Rumor #483665:
.I just got back from the Refuelling Platform. The crew take it in turns to man the platform for five days at a time. Trust me; five days in that hell hole was plenty. You come back with muscle cramps and stinking like death. It's hot as hell in there and there's barely enough space to move around. Still, at least I won't have to go back for at least another 3 months.
 * Corsairs/Lucio Veles
->Rumor #483666:
.Gonzalez told me he saw something a few patrols back, at the edge of the Nebula. Then again, Gonzalez is a little off his head. Probably just a wisp of cloud caught in a gravity well.
 * Corsairs/Lucio Veles
->Rumor #483667:
.Don't listen to all the sceptics. I've seen the enemies with my own eyes. It's a damn good thing we're out here, or I'm sure they'd overthrow the system. I reacon they fear the Delos.
 * Corsairs/Lucio Veles
->Rumor #483668:
.The sun? Don't be ridiculous. No, this ship runs on H-Fuel made with hydrogen scooped up from Mykonos. It's brought from there to the Refuelling Platform, and then picked up every time we stop between our patrols.
 * Corsairs/Julio Benitez
->Rumor #483669:
.You know, I'm sick of this place. Paroling back and forth along a dead frontier is no life for a true corsair. I'd rather be out there on the front line battling Bounty Hunters and Hessians, rather than on this old ship chasing sensor ghosts.
 * Corsairs/Julio Benitez
->Rumor #483670:
.My brother was part of the reckon group that where attacked. He managed to get back alive, but could never fly again. My brother's no liar; something IS outhere, even if most of the crew no longer believe it.
 * Corsairs/Julio Benitez
->Rumor #483671:
.You ever been on one of those Legate Dreadnaughts? I did once. My god, they're huge. Go to the Front Turret control area and you can't even hear the engines. I've always preferred the Delos though. After so long working in engineering, it feels like home.
 * Corsairs/Martina Diaz
->Rumor #483672:
.Spoken to any of those idiots who still believe there are dangers out here? We've been patrolling this frontier for years, and I haven't heard of any encounters. Let's face it; this is all an excuse to keep the Delos from being sold for scrap.
 * Corsairs/Martina Diaz
->Rumor #483673:
.I tell you, the day the Delos leaves the Omicron-94 frontier is the day that whatever lurks beyond will overthrow this system. We stay here, and the people living at Thira remain safe. The minute the Delos is called back to Tripoli, the entire system will be in danger.
 * Corsairs/Martina Diaz
->Rumor #483674:
.I got a message from the duty officer today. I'll be part of the next team manning the Refuelling Platform. It's gonna be awesome. We're each gonna smuggle in a couple of bottles of Pedro's bootleg brews. 5 uninterrupted days of getting whasted, and we'll be getting paid double for it too!
 * Corsairs/Martina Diaz
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====Syros Shipyard (Omicron-94)====
->Rumor #133258:
We get many different goods and basic supplies from the Freeports in nearby zones. Often times it is easier to buy what we need with Artifact income than to steal it.
 * Corsairs/Syros Bartender/Quinto Revera
->Rumor #133259:
Cadiz is an important base for the Corsairs. It is one of our primary supply depots from which we receive many Commodities.
 * Corsairs/Syros Bartender/Quinto Revera
->Rumor #483703:
.Whatever they might say, this place ain't no shipyard. No ships bigger than a Titan have been built here. We just service and repair existing warships, like the Battleship Talos currently sitting in dry dock 1.
 * Corsairs/Eli Benitez
->Rumor #483704:
.I'm here with the constructors building dry dock 2. It would have been finished months ago, but it's not a very high priority, and the hull panels needed to finish it keep being diverted to Tripoli to be used in building warships. By my reaconing, it's going to be a long while before it's completed.
 * Corsairs/Eli Benitez
->Rumor #483705:
.After being serviced here, ships normally do a last-minute weapons test by firing all turrets at Naxos. It's a useless ball of rock, but they've made a bit of mess of it anyway. I don't think the Gaians would approve. Luckily they don't know about this place.
 * Corsairs/Roco Valenz
->Rumor #483706:
.I'm part of the team that scoops gas from Mykonos so it can be processed here to produce breathable atmosphere and hydrogen fuel. The planet doesn't supply enough fuel for the whole fleet; just enough to keep the Delos running, along with afew small patrol groups.
 * Corsairs/Roco Valenz
->Rumor #483707:
.Gah...I don't think dry dock-2 will ever be finished. Just as we manage to secure a shipment of hull panels, which we need to complete the project, the supplies get diverted to Tripoli Shipyard to be used in warship construction. We're told that "that has to be the priority". Meanwhile, my workmen spend week after week sitting on their hands waiting for supplies.
 * Corsairs/Isidro Benitez
->Rumor #483708:
.I've fixed up enough gunboats to have a pretty good idea of how they work amigo. A gunboat's power-plant is rarely sufficient to allow all it's guns to fire simultaneously for very long. You gotta group them! Some turrets work better against fighters, some against other warships. Keep these seperate, and your power plant will last.
 * Corsairs/Isidro Benitez
->Rumor #483709:
.D'you know we've even had Order warships roll through here? Yep. Normally they'd get repaired somewhere else, but every so often one of them gets damaged in our territory and can't make it the whole way back! I'd be lying if I told you we've never stolen any technology during these occasions.
 * Corsairs/Carla Valdero
->Rumor #483710:
.Heh. You here exploring? My advice to you is stay well away from the Aegian Nebulae. I hear the radiation there is so strong your skin begins to crumble away almost the minute you enter. There's probably worse things in there than radiation too.
 * Corsairs/Carla Valdero
->Rumor #483711:
.Captaining a warship requires very different skills to piloting a fighter, amigo, and a good fighter pilot might not make a good warship commander. D'you know some of the most respected and powerful Corsairs alive choose to fly fighters? There's more glory to be found in a cockpit than on a battle bridge.
 * Corsairs/Carla Valdero
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====Thira Colony (Omicron-94)====
->Rumor #483720:
.Santorini's a pretty unstable planet. Every so often when you look out you can see eruptions on the surface. Some are quite impressive.
 * Corsairs/Thira Bartender/Hector Zargoza
->Rumor #483721:
.You think this place is big? You have no idea, amigo. We've only used a tiny portion of this planetoid so far. There's just so much room to expand if we ever need to! This place has loads of potential.
 * Corsairs/Thira Bartender/Hector Zargoza
->Rumor #483722:
.My daughter still lives on Crete. I can't think why. It's so much more peaceful here, and there's less risk of attack. She's rather attached to her job, though, working in the Cretian spaceport bar.
 * Corsairs/Alicia Fierro
->Rumor #483723:
.This must be the quietest place in the empire. People rarely come and go, and we're so far from any potential threats that children that grow up here can do so without fear. Of course, there are the scaremongers that try to spoil this utopia with their stories of enemies lurking in the Aegean, but I tell my kids to ignore them.
 * Corsairs/Alicia Fierro
->Rumor #483724:
.Have you been to the hydroponics room? It's beautiful; a garden hidden within a cavern. One day, perhaps, we will build biodomes like the Zoner ones at Freeport 9. Of course, it would be easier if those swine shared the technology with us.
 * Corsairs/Thomas Valdez
->Rumor #483725:
.The Santorini Asteroid Belt is considered by many Corsairs to be a wonder of Sirius. Thin belts made up of dust are common, but none quite compare to this; a belt that a station can hide comfortably within and still be almost un-detectable.
 * Corsairs/Lisa Benitez
->Rumor #483726:
.I tell you...there are alien ruins on that moon. My dad was on one of the survey missions. He still swears to this day that what he saw was real. If there are alien ruins, chances are the stories about creatures in the Aegean Nebula might be true.
 * Corsairs/Cirino DeRuiz
->Rumor #483727:
.You know, if I where a trader, I know where I'd fly. There's big demand for Gold on Tripoli, and if you're careful not to give away your allegiances, you can pick up gold pretty cheaply from the Mollys in Dublin.
 * Corsairs/Cirino DeRuiz
->Rumor #483728:
Corsair weaponry is some of the best around, and the "Del Cid" weapons are a great example. The Colada Del Cid is the most powerful shield-killer I've ever seen in my career mounted on a fighter, but here's a secret; two Tizona Del Cids are together more energy efficient and more powerful.
 * Corsairs/Lisa Benitez
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====Tinos Outpost (Omicron-94)====
->Rumor #483682:
.This place is basicly a relay station. Every transmission going between Omicron-94 and Omicron Gamma passes through here, and if they're not encrypted, we're at liberty to read them. Let me tell you, there's plenty going on in this system that most guys aren't told about. I won't go into details; the commandante'd have my head.
 * Corsairs/Tinos Bartender/Marcos Vellejo
->Rumor #483683:
.See those guys over there? They're on leave from the Delos. Loads of guys from that Battleship come to spend their off-days here because our bar serves proper alcohol; rather than that vile bootleg stuff a few guys make there.
 * Corsairs/Tinos Bartender/Marcos Vellejo
->Rumor #483684:
.We must have the best jobs in the empire. My amigos and I work up in the Satellite Reception room. Every day we go up there, play cards and drink while the satellite receiver clicks away. Occasionally we're interrupted by an alarm as something shows up on one of the sensors, but it's normally just comets or the like. I've only had to notify the Delos of a sensor disturbance twice, and both times they didn't find anything.
 * Corsairs/Pepe Valencia
->Rumor #483685:
.Joey takes cardamine. Says he likes the buzz. Gotta say I can't imagine what kind of Corsair would take the Outcast drug. If he wasn't my amigo I'd definately report him. Hopefully I can get him into Synth Ganja or something instead.
 * Corsairs/Pepe Valencia
->Rumor #483686:
.Whew. That was fun. I just got back from a patrol on the other side of the Gamma Hole. We take regular patrols through it, mostly to ensure no bounty hunters that find the entrance to Omicron-94 live to tell of it's whereabouts. A couple of them where on the other side when we jumped. They where no match for us though.
 * Corsairs/Amelia Florez
->Rumor #483687:
.Seen Amorgos? It's a rocky moon that orbits Mykonos. A couple of years ago they did survey missions there, but because of something in the atmosphere all the guys went crazy. Thing is though; almost every group that returned mentioned alien ruins. I reckon there's more on that Moon than the Council of Elders want us to know about.
 * Corsairs/Amelia Florez
->Rumor #483688:
.Ever seen a Praetorian Bomber in action? Ever flown one? Back when I was younger, I co-piloted one of them. I remember firing the torpedo launcher while my hermano would handle all the manoeuvres. It's a great feeling to pull the trigger and watch a Hunter Gunboat's cockpit decompress. Those where the days.
 * Corsairs/Roco Valenz
->Rumor #483689:
.Back before I came to work here, I used to work as a co-pilot on a smuggler train. We'd haul Artifacts all the way to Liberty. Back in those days, you could make a hefty profit on the way back too; for a reasonable fee we used to rent out space in the cargo hold and smuggle migrants from Liberty all the way to Munich. It was a great route, because there's an arms factory on Nuremberg. We'd fill the hold with Rhineland Blaster Rifles and then take them all the way back to Crete. I made a fairly good wage, though it was my boss that made the big bucks from it.
 * Corsairs/Roco Valenz
->Rumor #483690:
.I bet you thought this place was ruled by the Council of Elders on Crete! Ha! You'd be wrong my friend. This entire system is controlled by the descendants of the great Corsair explorer who discovered it. O'course, they normally do as they're told by the Elders, but essentially this system has it's own government.
 * Corsairs/Eli Benitez
->Rumor #483691:
.It's been years since I was last on Crete. I never liked it much there. I mean, sure, it's the centre of the empire, but with that comes the hectic lifestyle. Here in Omicron-94 we're not plagued by foreigners, and we're miles away from the politics between the different families that always leads to trouble. My whole family moved here when I did, so I've got no reason to want to go back.
 * Corsairs/Eli Benitez
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====Battleship Ottawa (Ontario)====
->Rumor #131945:
We're here to pick up this ship's Toxic Waste for shipment to our Dortmund reprocessing facility in New Berlin. You'd think Liberty would take advantage of all this potentially valuable material, but they were throwing it out in the debris fields of Texas before we started our program.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131946:
Running MOX in from Dortmund is pretty risky for us in Liberty. The criminals would love to get their hands on it, especially the Xenos. At least there aren't any of those annoying people in California.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131947:
California doesn't offer us much in the way of useful Scrap Metal or Toxic Waste, outside of this ship. Nothing like the other Liberty systems. Liberty has been very profitable for ALG, which is helpful for our company, as BMM has locked us out of Bretonia.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131948:
I'm pretty new to the Bounty Hunters Guild. They call me a "reformed" Rogue. Spent ten years in Sugarland rolling Sheet Metal. Now I'm out here hunting my old comrades down. At least it's legit work. I can live on a real planet instead of inside a stinky rock somewhere out in an asteroid field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131949:
I just got back from Cortez. Did an assault patrol into the Corcovado Field. It's crawling with Rogues. We got a bunch, but there were plenty more. They should send the military in there to clean it out. Its like a rat's nest.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131950:
This is a good spot for hunting Hackers and Outcasts, probably the best in Liberty space. They all collect in the Tahoe Cloud to the west of the Lane. Happy hunting!
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131951:
The navy guys don't give us access to a lot of this ship. Guess they're suspicious of a lot of the Guild members; a lot of them have done time in Texas. I don't blame 'em, some of the Hunters can be pretty rough looking.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131952:
Bounty Hunters have a difficult job and we certainly aren't a very popular group, but the best of us are the finest pilots in all of Sirius. Many will look down upon us, because most of our ranks were once criminals, but that is their mistake. It is just as honorable to fall and rise again, than never to fall at all.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131953:
I'm a second-generation Bounty Hunter. My dad was famous; he made it all the way out to the Edge Worlds before gettin' toasted by those Outcast bastards. Me, I'm going to hunt them down till the day I die. I'm gonna stuff that Cardamine down their throats until they gag.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131954:
I just got out of West Point last week. This is my first assignment. I'm patrolling the Lane between here and the Cortez Gate. So far it hasn't been as interesting as I thought it would be.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131955:
We could clean up all the Independent Worlds like Cortez and Magellan in a flash if the other Houses would just let us base our battleships there. Guess they're afraid we'd annex them eventually. Not much there to exploit as far as I can tell.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131956:
Our toughest patrol in the system is the Tahoe Cloud circuit. We usually see somebody in there. Tough to track them down, though -- short visibility and lots of asteroids.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131957:
The Outcast smuggling route goes right along the Trade Lane in the Tahoe Cloud for some reason. We've caught a few that way. Guess they can't resist the temptation to snag some cargo.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131958:
We handle the west side of the Trade Lane to the Magellan Gate, LPI, the east. In my opinion, we should handle everything in there. They wouldn't know what to do with a Lane Hacker or an Outcast if they caught one.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy/Yukon Bartender/Dan Atkinson
->Rumor #131959:
I just got reassigned from the Mississippi based in Texas. We were in Hudson chasing down Xenos and Rogues. The Rheinland Military doesn't help at all in that area. Guess they're broke.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131960:
I'm doing patrols into Cortez. We usually just hang around at the Gate, but sometimes we venture down to Curacao. After that the convoys are on their own. I call it the "Cortez gap."
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131961:
We could clean up this second if the Guild would just tell us where the Jump Holes are. We know one is in the Tahoe Cloud, but have been unable to locate it. New York doesn't let us vary our patrol routes as much as we would like.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy/Yukon Bartender/Dan Atkinson
->Rumor #131962:
I don't know what they're doing on that research base Willard. I hear it's something with those Alien Organisms they ship in from Sigma-17.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy/Yukon Bartender/Dan Atkinson
->Rumor #131963:
I'm bringing in a load of Pharmaceuticals and Food from Los Angeles. A typical Liberty battleship has a lot of people to take care of.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
->Rumor #131964:
Just making a quick stop by the bar while they unload my ship. I do the Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel run from Los Angeles to Willard Research Station once a week. I drop most of it here. They don't have much storage, so they need pretty frequent visits.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
->Rumor #131965:
I'm based in Detroit. Just making my monthly rounds to all the police and military bases to deliver Side Arms to the new recruits. At least there aren't any of those pesky Xenos in California.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
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====Cochrane Depot (Ontario)====
->Rumor #131532:
There's a Jump Hole into Manchester just to the west of this base. We often pop through and hang out in the North Sheffield Field, waiting for an unsuspecting Bowex Gold shipment on the Trade Lanes.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
->Rumor #131533:
The Outcasts are a pretty odd lot. Can't figure them out sometimes. They wear those funny breathers that act as Cardamine inhalers. In the heat of battle they can give themselves a Cardamine booster with a flick of the wrist. Maybe that's why they're such awesome pilots.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131534:
Since we know what ships are hauling what, we can hit the Gold freighters and sell the Gold to the Rogues at their Montezuma base in Cortez. This keeps the Rogues pretty happy with us, and oftentimes they do our dirty work, which leaves more time to pursue our own diversions -- like dropping Cardamine.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131535:
The Outcasts run Cardamine in here from somewhere out in the Tau worlds. They ship it out from here into Liberty, with the Rogues handling much of the dangerous work in New York. We pay a pretty high price even here. If you wanted to make a killing, get in close with the Outcasts and buy some Cardamine further up the stream, closer to the source.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131536:
The Outcasts use our base as one of their R & R bases on the long journey into Liberty from the Edge Worlds. We trade information for Cardamine, which we need on a daily basis. Funny, we didn't use to need it all the time like nowadays. We have to take Cardamine with us any time we leave base, as we start to get sick pretty quick otherwise.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131537:
We designed the entire USI software system to track ships and their contents throughout the entire Trade Lane network in the Sirius Sector. Ageira didn't give us a penny extra. So we left and started the Lane Hackers, along with a scanner hardware development group from Colorado. IC uses the USI system to calculate precise shipping insurance rates. With USI there is no cheating, like there was in the old days. The shippers hate it, but they have to insure their shipments. IC and Ageira are quite the pair.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
->Rumor #131538:
No Lane Hacker has ever been captured. Sure, some of our lackeys have gotten tagged by the police or military, but nobody ever knows enough to finger the Lane Hackers. It just goes to prove that we're smarter than everyone else. That's why we left Ageira; we didn't get the recognition and money we deserved.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131539:
In this system we make plenty of raids on valuable shipments traveling between Liberty and Bretonia. We use the Jump Hole to raid shipments in Cortez that may be trying to bypass Magellan, and the Jump Hole from Cortez to California let's us get back to our beloved homeland. Financial freedom has its costs, I guess.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131540:
Being a Lane Hacker is a commitment to a way of life. I guess some would call us hedonists -- maybe we are. We live for pleasure and the moment. I used to work for Ageira and I can tell you that this is a much better way to live. We enjoy the finest things in life -- we eat the best foods, we wear the best clothes, and we have the best toys. And the Cardamine& as much Cardamine as you want. If we could just land on Curacao, life would be perfect.
 * Lane Hackers/ Allan Von Krunk
 * Lane Hackers/ Ian McDavid
 * Lane Hackers/ Jon Kimmich
 * Lane Hackers/Mactan Bartender/Peter White
->Rumor #131767:
I've just completed a Cardamine run from the Junker base Trafalgar in the New London system. Unlike Liberty, there aren't many places to lay over in Bretonian space.
 * Outcasts/ Elan Lee
 * Outcasts/ Shannon Loftis
->Rumor #131768:
Of all the factions in Sirius, these are the ones that know what they want and how to get it. They have more money than they need, and all the information they need to get more. We are blessed that the fools are so willing to spend their money on our Cardamine.
 * Outcasts/ Elan Lee
 * Outcasts/ Shannon Loftis
->Rumor #131769:
We often make Cardamine shipment transfers at the Rogue base in the Cortez system. I'm heading on to the California Rogue hideout with my Cardamine -- I can make a more money with only a little more risk.
 * Outcasts/ Elan Lee
 * Outcasts/ Shannon Loftis
->Rumor #131770:
The Lane Hackers' Trade Lane technology access is truly remarkable; Hackers give us specific information regarding ship manifests. As payment, they often alert us to high-value cargo coming through the system. If we could only get our hands on their technology& Perhaps one day they will give it to us for a large enough Cardamine shipment.
 * Outcasts/ Elan Lee
 * Outcasts/ Shannon Loftis
->Rumor #131771:
If you want to get in with us, you'll need to take some Cardamine on a short run. Be friendly to the Hackers and Rogues; stay away from those Corsairs, though. Bad news.
 * Outcasts/ Elan Lee
 * Outcasts/ Shannon Loftis
->Rumor #131772:
I'm starting to get sick -- guess I've been away from home too long. These runs to Liberty can be taxing. The inhaler masks aren't a long term substitute for the Cardamine-infused biosphere of Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Elan Lee
 * Outcasts/ Shannon Loftis
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====Dryden Base (Ontario)====
->Rumor #131158:
We run supply shipments of Side Arms to Nome, our base in Kepler. If you have some extra cargo space, maybe you could earn a few credits.
 * Xenos/ Howard Boone
 * Xenos/ John Thompson
 * Xenos/ William Patrick
 * Xenos/Ouray Bartender/Richard York
->Rumor #131159:
When the Xenos began, we were just miners who kept getting shafted by Liberty. There were fewer and fewer jobs as the years rolled by. Finally, there was nothing left for us, no jobs, not unless you could use a data pad instead of an auto-digger. All our jobs were being done by somebody in Rheinland or Kusari. Well, we decided to take back what had been taken from us.
 * Xenos/ Howard Boone
 * Xenos/ John Thompson
 * Xenos/ William Patrick
 * Xenos/Ouray Bartender/Richard York
->Rumor #131160:
The Lane Hackers in Galileo are a bunch of pansy rich boys who can't do their own dirty work. It's that kind of attitude that has let foreigners come in and take jobs from the Liberty working man. At least they use Rogues to do their work for them and not Kusari pirates. That still makes the Rogues the pawns of the rich and lazy. Lane Hackers don't know what real work is, how hard it is for so many of us to survive.
 * Xenos/ Howard Boone
 * Xenos/ John Thompson
 * Xenos/ William Patrick
 * Xenos/Ouray Bartender/Richard York
->Rumor #131161:
We might not have the best equipment or ships, but we are a lot better organized than we were. It was getting so bad that LPI almost won and ripped us out of Colorado. But we have a focused agenda now: We lift supplies from Kusari shipping, a little extortion here and there, some salvaging, and we get by. This lets us attack our real enemies -- the Junkers in New York. Once we knock them out of Rochester, we'll corner the contraband trade in Liberty.
 * Xenos/ Howard Boone
 * Xenos/ John Thompson
 * Xenos/ William Patrick
 * Xenos/Ouray Bartender/Richard York
->Rumor #131162:
Our base in Kepler, Nome, is right next to the Jump Hole to Colorado and borders the Trade Lane that comes in from Shikoku, so we can attack Kusari shipping. Most of our supplies come from the Zoner base in Kepler.
 * Xenos/ Howard Boone
 * Xenos/ John Thompson
 * Xenos/ William Patrick
 * Xenos/Ouray Bartender/Richard York
->Rumor #131163:
The main drug-smuggling routes cross the eastern part of the Jersey Debris Field, which will be our turf someday. This would let us interdict the drug shipments headed to and from Rochester. If we could control the Liberty drug trade, we wouldn't have to scrape by.
 * Xenos/ Howard Boone
 * Xenos/ John Thompson
 * Xenos/ William Patrick
 * Xenos/Ouray Bartender/Richard York
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====Fort Severn (Ontario)====
->Rumor #131709:
ALG ships MOX from the Dortmund facility to the Rio Grande on a periodic basis. Toxic Waste is then transported back to Rheinland for disposal.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rick Schutz
->Rumor #131710:
We get attacked frequently by Xenos on our runs through Colorado, Texas, and the Independent Worlds of Hudson and Bering. They are one of the few criminal factions that attack out Toxic Waste shipments. We are friendly to Liberty, so I don't understand their hostility.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rick Schutz
->Rumor #131711:
ALG handles all of the MOX delivery and Toxic Waste disposal for Liberty Navy battleships.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rick Schutz
->Rumor #131712:
I'm heading out on a run against the Xeno base in the Silverton Field in a few hours. We don't get that big a bounty from IC and the government for Xenos. Now Outcasts, that's another matter.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131713:
A good way to catch Xenos is to fly into the Copperton Field, then take the Jump Hole to Kepler. Watch out on the other side, swarms of them in that cloud. Their base is real close. Never seen it, but you can feel it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131714:
The LPI doesn't have the guts to come into the fields very far. First sign of trouble, and they're hightailing it back to Denver. That's where we come in. Since a lot of us are Rogues who did time in Sugarland or Huntsville, we know where the Jump Holes and bases are. Guild rules are that you tell no one or you may have a little "accident" out there.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131715:
Liberty space is the training grounds for all Bounty Hunters. As a Hunter becomes more and more accomplished, they will begin to move out towards the edges of Sirius. Only the very best should be going up against Corsairs and Outcasts.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131716:
Got me a Rogue ace the other day by the name of Buford "Tex" Wilson. He'd been shooting up a lot of ships along the Trade Lane to the Galileo Gate during the past few weeks. The LPI cornered him once, but he just shot his way out of it. I was patient, waited in the Alamosa Field near the Galileo Jump Hole. When he came through, blammo! That bounty will set me up for a while.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131717:
Bounties used to be for bringing back the offender dead or alive. Somewhere back when the Lane Hackers started itching old Ageira and IC, it changed to dead only, please.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131718:
I'm stuck running Trade Lane patrols. We do all of them that fan out from the ship. Pretty boring work, not what I signed up in the Navy for. I hear they put you on the Galileo and Kepler patrols when you've proved yourself a bit. Don't want any greenies out there.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
->Rumor #131719:
We're always bailing out those LPI losers, especially in the Alamosa Field. I don't know why they don't just let us take over security. They can focus on running those prison factories, since that's what they seem to really want to do.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131720:
We're supposedly here to watch out for Xenos, but I think that Liberty wants to keep a close eye on Pueblo -- all that top secret stuff there that Kusari and Rheinland are always trying to find out about. Guess the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates are a big deal -- a mystery to me.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131721:
I hear the toughest systems for the navy are the Independent Worlds between Texas and Hamburg. Colorado is pansy land -- just some stupid Rogues and Xenos.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131722:
We run two patrols into the fields from the Rio Grande. One goes into the Copperton Field, the other into the Alamosa. Usually the bad guys hightail it out of there when we show up, but not always. I killed me twelve Rogues and twenty Xenos so far since being posted up here -- no Lane Hackers yet, though. They don't stick around as much as the others.
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
->Rumor #131723:
We're pretty sure that the Xenos have a base in the Denko Cloud in Kepler. They won't let us go take a looksee though. They say the radiation levels are too high. That sounds like a bunch of political red tape to me.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131724:
The navy patrols the Independent Worlds of Galileo and Kepler. We split duties with the Kusari armed forces. They cover the northern half of the Trade Lanes; we do the southern half. It's kind of dark and spooky up there -- no suns. All those dark clouds make the baddies hard to see.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131725:
The Lane Hackers and Rogues both have bases somewhere in Galileo, probably in those dark matter clouds. Kusari won't let us go take a look though. Says it's their responsibility. Hey, Liberty was the one that paid for those Trade Lanes up there. Kusari didn't have to put up a cent for the Galileo route.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131726:
Universal supplies all Liberty Navy bases with essentials like H-Fuel, Food, Water, Oxygen, and Pharmaceuticals. On the Rio Grande, these come from Denver.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jon Spinner
->Rumor #131727:
Universal brings in Side Arms from Detroit. We get attacked by Xenos on occasion in the Silverton Field.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jon Spinner
->Rumor #131728:
We deliver some supplies here, then continue with H-Fuel, Water, and Oxygen to the Pueblo facility just down the Trade Lane.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jon Spinner
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====Hamilton Station (Ontario)====
->Rumor #131730:
We ship in our basic needs like Food, Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel from Denver. Usually these shipments are pretty uneventful, which is just how I like it.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131731:
Ageira Technologies produces the most sophisticated technology in the Sirius Sector. We have exclusively designed and manufactured all of the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates that have made hyper-fast, long-distance space travel feasible for the first time in human history.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131732:
There has been one most unfortunate occurrence in Ageira's past: the Dallas Incident in 500 AS, a Jump Gate research project in the Texas system that went horribly wrong. Thousands of dedicated Ageira employees were lost in one dreadful moment. To this day the Texas system remains mostly off-limits due to the radiation and debris hazards.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131733:
Ageira ships its primary products of Super Alloys, Superconductors, and Trade Lane Parts to Trenton, where Universal distributes them across the Sirius Sector.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131734:
Pueblo is our primary Trade Lane Parts manufacturing facility. We also produce the latest Super Alloys and Superconductors for use in Liberty Navy Ship Hull construction and engines.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131735:
Ageira products like the Jump Gates have been developed through the centuries based on advanced technologies unlocked from Alien Artifacts found at an excavation site in Manhattan during the early days of Liberty. It is Liberty's most valuable secret, and one that is jealously guarded.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131736:
We handle the shipment of Superconductors and Super Alloys to the Norfolk Shipyard in New York, and Denver. These high-tech components become the armor of Liberty ships.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131737:
Ageira has a long and distinguished history. Its founders were among the initial population of Liberty, soon after planetfall on Manhattan in 0 AS. All scientists and engineers -- they were handpicked by the Liberty government to exploit and develop new transportation technologies for the future.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
 * Ageira Technologies/Pueblo Bartender/Brett Baird
->Rumor #131739:
The Lane Hackers are a misguided group of software and hardware development engineers that never appreciated the opportunities that Ageira presented. They stole extremely valuable Ageira intellectual property and used it to their own personal advantage. Due to their shortsighted actions, the criminal scourge has spread like a plague throughout the entire Sirius network of Trade Lanes.
 * Ageira Technologies/Asst. Pam Smith
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. Belinda Carson
 * Ageira Technologies/Dr. David Harris
->Rumor #131740:
ALG delivers large quantities of MOX to this facility. This is far and away our largest customer for this product. It is used as a base energy source for Trade Lanes and Jump Gates, although there is no way that fusion alone could create the energy required to operate these monstrous creations.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Stefan Hütte
->Rumor #131741:
We haul tremendous amounts of Toxic Waste away from this plant. The Xenos are always waiting in the asteroid field it seems.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Stefan Hütte
->Rumor #131742:
ALG would like to produce Super Alloys at our Dortmund plant in the near future. We are perfectly willing to handle other people's garbage for a chance to eventually learn exactly how their products are made.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Stefan Hütte
->Rumor #131743:
We bring in Polymers and Hydrocarbons from Manchester, site of our Birmingham manufactory, via Newark.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bryce Streymoore
->Rumor #131744:
This is the sole location where Superconductors are produced in the Sirius Sector. None of the other Houses could stay competitive with Liberty. We ship them to Los Angeles, and eventually Southampton Shipyard in the New London system.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bryce Streymoore
->Rumor #131745:
Bowex feels that Bretonian Super Alloys are superior to those produced here, so we don't feel the need to import any. House Kusari and Rheinland unfortunately do not agree with our assessment.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Bryce Streymoore
->Rumor #131746:
We bring in the Beryllium to Pueblo all the way from the Cardiff mine in Cambridge, even though we have no outbound cargo here. It is a quick shot back into New York where we can fill up for the journey home.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. David Harris
->Rumor #131747:
We'd like to break into the Trade Lane Parts-hauling business, but the Liberty government and Ageira will not allow it. They say it must be a Liberty company that handles their precious cargo. I smell something fishy.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. David Harris
->Rumor #131748:
Liberty does seem to have a lot of criminal problems -- not as tough as our Mollys, and certainly nothing like the Corsairs -- but plenty of them, especially those Rogues.
 * Gateway Shipping/Sales Rep. David Harris
->Rumor #131749:
We ship Niobium in from Deshima. On the return journey we bring Terraforming Gases for the biodome farms there. We also transport Superconductors, which are shipped onward to the Yukawa Shipyard in Honshu.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kimitoshi Kawamoto
->Rumor #131750:
We've attempted to reverse-engineer Ageira products at our Kansai research center, but so far, unsuccessfully. If we could duplicate the Trade Lanes, we could finally be free of Liberty's stranglehold on that most critical technology.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kimitoshi Kawamoto
->Rumor #131751:
We get attacked on the way down from Shikoku by Lane Hackers and Rogues, and both ways by Xenos. Kusari space is certainly much safer than this. We don't have crime problems like this. I wish Liberty would clean up the Independent Worlds, since the criminals come from here.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kimitoshi Kawamoto
->Rumor #131752:
I just finished a very difficult run from the Ring in New Berlin with a load of Daumann-mined Cobalt and Copper. First we have to deal with the Unioners in New Berlin and Hamburg. Then the Xenos take over in Hudson and Texas. Then they hit us again just down the Lane in the Silverton Field. You'd think they wouldn't care about a bunch of ore, but they just hate us.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hans Grüber
->Rumor #131753:
We're heading out tomorrow for the Ring and the Oder Shipyard with a load of Superconductors and Super Alloys. I need a drink before pondering that journey. Wish I could find a decent beer around here; that Liberty ale is awful.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hans Grüber
->Rumor #131754:
It's too bad Rheinland can't manufacture these goods herself, because we certainly have the raw materials. Rheinland innovation and entrepreneurship has lagged since the 80-Years War.
 * Republican Shipping/ Hans Grüber
->Rumor #131755:
Samura ships Niobium to Pueblo all the way from Freeport 6 in the Tau-29 system. We're picking up a return shipment of Superconductors bound for the Nansei antimatter research center in Kyushu.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichiro Ogami
->Rumor #131756:
Samura uses Super Alloys and Superconductors for construction of Kusari naval force ships in the Yokohama Shipyard. House Kusari would love to manufacture these items internally, but we have been unable to duplicate Ageira's manufacturing techniques, which are truly a mystery.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichiro Ogami
->Rumor #131757:
The Xenos are a constant thorn in our side in Galileo and Colorado. We've had to invest in better ships and more escorts to protect ourselves. Samura doesn't understand why the Xenos blame us for their misfortunes. Most of it can be blamed on their own Deep Space Engineering and Ageira, who did not respond to the Kusari challenge in commercial ship building.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shinichiro Ogami
->Rumor #131758:
We bring additional supplies of Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel from Denver via the Rio Grande to supplement what Ageira ships here. We pick up Superconductors outbound for Trenton.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Jamie Collins
->Rumor #131759:
We ship Trade Lane parts to Roppongi in the New Tokyo system. There they get offloaded to a DSE freighter for the final leg of their journey to the Chugoku Gate construction site in Hokkaido. That's way out there, some pretty hostile territory.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Jamie Collins
->Rumor #131760:
We ship Boron in from Pittsburgh, Copper from Houston, and Basic Alloys from Texas or Ft. Bush. Universal is willing to ship throughout Liberty to keep her in the forefront.
 * Universal Shipping/Rep. Jamie Collins
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====Thunder Bay Depot (Ontario)====
->Rumor #131139:
Rochester ships Diamonds, Niobium, and Gold to Manhattan. Most of it is stolen property that we are selling back to the very people who owned it in the first place.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131140:
Rogues come in here and pick up Side Arm shipments for their Badlands base. It's a long haul around the system to safety for them.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131141:
We ship Cardamine and Artifacts to Manhattan -- one of the riskiest runs for a Junker there is.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131142:
We get our Artifacts from Leiden, up in the Galileo system. The Hogosha hand them over to the Rogues there.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131143:
If the heat from Liberty Police ever gets too bad, we just serve up some petty criminal or deadbeat hauling some illegal cargo. LPI doesn't really care as long as it looks like they are cracking down on criminals; an arrest here and there with some confiscated contraband usually gets them off our backs for a while.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131144:
The New York Debris Fields give us plenty of cover to operate in; we've pulled most of the scrap and salvage from Jersey, but we still find plenty of goodies in the Pittsburg and Detroit Fields. You might run across an occasional fragged ship floating in there too. Those are the guys who crossed us.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131145:
We like to get along with everybody around here; the more the merrier I always say. Of course, that only counts if the more means more people with money. The more criminals that need us means we have our hands in all that many more pockets, and that's really what we want.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131146:
Operating from here or our base in the Badlands, you'll find Liberty Rogues pirating the Trade Lanes and hitting the storage depots near the various commercial stations in this system.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #131380:
The Junkers want us to take on the Xenos since they have been staging more attacks on them lately. We'll oblige, as we're not sure what the Xenos are really up to. Some of the bosses think they want to take over the Cardamine business from us. Fat chance of that.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132597:
Just making a supply run back out to Buffalo. Why do people like me always get the lousy jobs? I have to run the gauntlet of the LPI and navy through the Detroit Field and across the Trade Lanes with little profit in it for me.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132598:
This is a good base if you want to hang out and attack the local Trade Lanes. Gotta watch out for those Xenos in the eastern part of Jersey, though.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132599:
We've been running Diamonds and Gold up from Buffalo. It's a pretty wild ride across New York. Anytime you got cargo like that, you gotta expect trouble. All that stuff is smuggled into Liberty after getting stolen in the Independent Worlds -- kind of like recycled property. That's the way I see it.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132600:
That Artifact run from Leiden can be rough. There's a long stretch across Colorado where you're pretty exposed -- Bounty Hunters always out there, circling like vultures. Once you get to the Silverton Field, you got the Xenos.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132601:
Running Cardamine from Buffalo is one of the toughest jobs you can do in New York. I don't know why the Outcasts can't do it themselves. They always make us do all the dirty work. One day we'll be in charge.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
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====Toronto Station (Ontario)====
->Rumor #131384:
This station is our trading center for operations in Liberty space. We supply high-demand items to Ageira in Pueblo, but first we come through this point. We insure many of our shipments through IC at this base.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Marc Coleman
->Rumor #131385:
Bowex ships Hydrocarbons and Polymers from this base to Pueblo. The bloody Xenos are always a problem when it comes to making our various shipments in Liberty space. What is just as infuriating is Liberty's apparent apathy concerning the Xeno issue.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Marc Coleman
->Rumor #131386:
Bowex ships Hydrocarbons and Polymers to this base from the Birmingham facility in Manchester. We supply all of Liberty's needs with these important Commodities.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Marc Coleman
->Rumor #131387:
We ship Beryllium from this base to Pueblo. Our transports have been coming under Xeno attack, but that is the price of being a shipping firm in Liberty space.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Samuel Tarry
->Rumor #131388:
The Beryllium we supply Ageira with in Pueblo will eventually be made into Ship Hull Panels and then sent back to one of the two Liberty shipyards.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Samuel Tarry
->Rumor #131389:
We ship Beryllium to this base from Kensington. Our shipments are frequently attacked in the Independent Worlds; no doubt the goods that the criminals manage to steal will end up back in New York.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Samuel Tarry
->Rumor #131390:
IC hires Bounty Hunters to take care of the dirty work that goes with insuring shipments and operations throughout Sirius. If somebody starts to cost IC more money than it costs to hire Bounty Hunters, then we deal with them.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sean Simmons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131391:
There is a strong Outcast presence in the northern Edge systems. Unfortunately, that's where mining operations are starting to look for new resources, and that's where we come in.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sean Simmons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131392:
IC has been losing money with the construction project fiasco in Tau-23 that will facilitate mining in the area. They have turned to the Bounty Hunters Guild to take care of the problem. I am here awaiting specific mission orders for my operations in that area.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sean Simmons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131393:
IC wants me to hunt down and kill every single Lane Hacker I can get in my sights. They don't want them captured, nor do they want information from them like Ageira does. They just want them dead.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sean Simmons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131394:
The Lane Hackers are a smart bunch. Heck, I kind of respect them. But IC wants 'em wiped, so I'm going to perforate some rich-boy California types for IC. I love my job; nothing like blowing holes in rich people.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sean Simmons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131395:
The way to get a Lane Hacker is to give him Cardamine. They like to spend time in California, so that is where I will go. I'll snag a little Cardamine on the way and use it to buy my way in with them. Once I have their trust& well, you get the idea.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sean Simmons
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131396:
Interspace Commerce began as a banking institution formed to supply other Houses with the capital necessary for the construction of Trade Lanes within their space. Over time we became an insurance agency.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131397:
After the Rheinland-Kusari Embargo of 521, IC lost millions of credits as both Houses nationalized their Trade Lanes. The massive debts that those Houses had incurred were wiped away, and the Trade Lanes became theirs.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131398:
The tolls that Kusari and Rheinland had to pay us were not nearly the full amount that we had put up to fund their Jump Gates. The compromise reached in the Sirius Commerce Pact was not a compromise for our corporation, but unfortunately Liberty didn't have the military clout to enforce the payment of Rheinland and Kusari's debts to us.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131399:
Any Trade Lane construction venture that begins is insured by us. If it isn't, then the Trade Lane doesn't get built. No one can risk losing the enormous capital required for the construction.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131400:
The Bounty Hunters Guild, though perceived as not entirely trustworthy by some, is very helpful to us. They handle all of the nasty work that goes into insuring the progress of Sirius and Liberty.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131401:
Recently we partnered with Ageira to create the Universal Ship Identification system, or USI. It is installed in Jump Gates and Trade Lanes so we can see the cargo that is being hauled by each individual vessel, allowing for proper tariffs to be levied and shipments to be properly tracked.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131402:
The Lane Hackers' illegitimate use of our Universal Ship Identification system is infuriating. A technology created for the good of Sirius commerce is being exploited by a bunch of hedonistic junkies! That is why IC has begun hiring the Bounty Hunters in force.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131403:
The Lane Hackers must be destroyed. They know which shipments to hit that hurt us the most. Once they are gone, IC will double its current profits; the increase in revenue will be enormous.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131404:
Our relations with Kusari and Rheinland have never really recovered. They have banished our company from residence in their major planets, and we cannot even build bases in any of their minor systems. The irony is that we were the ones who lost all the money.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131405:
The LPI, though sanctioned with policing the Trade Lanes in Liberty, is as corrupt as many of the criminals it is supposed to be arresting. The LPI can be bribed and coerced by almost any criminal with a little cash. The IC does not put any trust in the LPI.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131406:
The Bretonian authorities, the LSF, and the Liberty military are stalwart allies in our crusade against piracy upon the Trade Lanes. They can be trusted not to take bribes or be lenient upon the scum that plague the dark places in Sirius space. If only the Rheinland Federal Police or the LPI could be relied upon...
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131407:
Any pirates who attack Trade Lane shipping or Jump Gates deserve to be exterminated, whether their motives are greed or politics. Terror and piracy must not be tolerated.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #131408:
Outcasts, Corsairs, Red Hessians, Blood Dragons, Golden Chrysanthemums, Liberty Rogues, Unioners, Xenos, the LWB, the Farmers Alliance, Gaians, and Lane Hackers -- all these groups attack Trade Lanes. And that's why IC will pay any Bounty Hunter top dollar to kill them, any of them. But especially Lane Hackers.
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131409:
IC's plans for Texas have gone sour -- too many criminals in that area. Hudson and Bering have their fill of criminals, too. The Liberty to Rheinland Trade Lanes have been trouble for IC as long as I can remember.
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131410:
The Lane Hackers are a bunch of California boys who split on Ageira and became the worst possible enemies of IC. They have Trade Lane technology, which allows them to punch ships out of the Trade Lanes. Once that happens, the shipments are basically theirs.
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131411:
Samura should not be here selling Fuel; we supply more than enough H-Fuel to Liberty. Samura would be better served to stay in Kusari where it can continue its illegitimate business practices in safety.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Nomura
->Rumor #131412:
It is unfortunate that Liberty does not use more of Kishiro's quality Optical Chips, but must instead rely upon Ageira, whose only abilities are crafting Trade Lanes and weapons.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Nomura
->Rumor #131413:
Kishiro supplies this base with H-Fuel from Ogashawa. Much of the H-Fuel that we attempt to ship here is stolen by Rogues and Xenos, which forces us to raise our costs to cover expected losses due to theft.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Hiro Nomura
->Rumor #131414:
We maintain a presence here at the IC headquarters as a show of support. After all, IC has been insuring investments throughout Liberty for a very long time. This corporation is very interested in curbing piracy. Of course not entirely, or no one would need IC anymore.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Matthew Evans
->Rumor #131415:
I don't like being around the Bounty Hunters on this base. I recognize some of them as criminals I've put away before. But Bounty Hunters can go where the LPI doesn't have jurisdiction -- outside Liberty.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Matthew Evans
->Rumor #131416:
I don't know why they call them Bounty Hunters -- in my book they are assassins, plain and simple. You hire them to go hunt someone down and kill them. Very rarely are they required to bring someone back alive -- and that's usually the runaway son of some executive.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Matthew Evans
->Rumor #131417:
Samura is an ancient company dating back to the first Shogunate of Kusari. Since then Samura has become the leader in a wide array of technologies. Samura supplies Liberty with her fuel, so they are indispensable to the people of this House. Remember that.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Esamu Tomokato
->Rumor #131418:
Samura supplies this base with H-Fuel from Osaka. Both Kepler and Galileo are difficult systems to cross, and once inside Liberty we are plagued by the accursed Rogues.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Esamu Tomokato
->Rumor #131419:
Samura ships Alien Organisms to this base from Kurile. Alien Organisms are difficult to find and can be used in all manner of industry from terraforming to Food production.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Esamu Tomokato
->Rumor #131420:
The pilots who make the shipping runs within Liberty and Bretonia have it best. Sure there are lots of criminals in this House and in Bretonia, but we have dire enemies in Rheinland and Kusari.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Andrew Hill
->Rumor #131421:
Synth ships run our Paste tubes to this base from Los Angeles. If you want the best Food money can buy, head to Manhattan. That's where you'll find the Luxury Foods.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Andrew Hill
->Rumor #131422:
Soon every planet and station in Sirius will have a biodome. Our farms will supply Food to every mouth in the galaxy. The farmers in Stuttgart just don't realize the noble work they are doing, but they will soon understand.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Andrew Hill
->Rumor #131423:
We ship Alien Organisms from this base to California Minor, where they are used for terraforming processes. H-Fuel is also shipped by Universal to Los Angeles, West Point, and Detroit.
 * Universal Shipping/ Daniel Smith
->Rumor #131424:
We bring Oxygen and Water to this base from Manhattan. It's one of the shortest and safest runs in all of Sirius. It took many years of flying for Universal before I got this cherry assignment.
 * Universal Shipping/ Daniel Smith
->Rumor #131425:
H-Fuel is brought to Sheffield by our shipping convoys. We need plenty of escorts because every dirty criminal out there has to steal H-Fuel to keep his ship running.
 * Universal Shipping/ Daniel Smith
->Rumor #134322:
The transport Bradley was attacked by Hackers in the Barrier Cloud in Magellan yesterday. It is believed that they towed it off the Trade Lane somewhere into the cloud to study the latest version more carefully.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #134323:
The Charles Kane and its escorts were ambushed in the Roatan Ice Crystal Cloud several weeks ago, probably by Rogues or Lane Hackers. They commandeered the ship and flew it further into the cloud. Several Bounty Hunters happened upon the hijacked ship, and a fierce firefight ensued. Only one limped back to tell the tale. She said the ship was still out there in the cloud, abandoned and drifting with the field.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #134327:
The Universal Shipping transport Chesapeake was hijacked several months ago and flown into the Komatsu Cloud. It is rumored to still be there, serving as a Pharmaceuticals storage depot for the Lane Hackers and Rogues.
 * Interspace Commerce/ Joshua Crews
 * Interspace Commerce/ Sabrina Walker
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Sara West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Tyler Nichols
->Rumor #134337:
A Bounty Hunter named Harry Riggs went out after some Outcasts in the Badlands but never came back. He had some decent weapons on his ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
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====Reunion (Orkney)====
->Rumor #504886:
.All the newcomers are so curious about Gallia's borders and what lies within. We can give you some basic information, but the rest you will have to discover for yourself. It may well be dangerous, but it will also be rewarding.
 * Council/Lt. Bernard Gracq
 * Reunion Bartender/Jean-Paul Duverger
->Rumor #504887:
.Isn't it ironic? International English was the only language used for communication within the Alliance for centuries. When we arrived on New Paris, every citizen could speak English perfectly, and the younger generations studied French as a foreign language. Now, of course, it's different, but most Gallic citizens speak English well enough. The day has come when we can finally put this knowledge to good use.
 * Council/Paulina Leveque
->Rumor #504890:
.Setting up the mine fields was an extremely lengthy process. It took over a hundred and fifty years to complete, and Gallia had to face the constant risk of being discovered by some hapless explorer from Sirius. Unfortunately, their space exploration advanced far slower than ours.
 * Reunion Bartender/Jean-Paul Duverger
->Rumor #504900:
.We never had much information about what was happening outside Gallia to begin with. We could only buy the occasional pieces of data delivered by Junker agents, for a very high price. Our knowledge of the other Houses is very patchy and incomplete at best, while our government knows considerably more, as they can afford the high prices the Junkers demand for their information.
 * Council/ Michel Bleriot
->Rumor #504901:
.One of the most unpleasant revelations that we have had is that the Junkers are present all across Sirius and that no one really knows of their true origins, not even most of the Junkers themselves. It is highly likely that the Junkers were agents of the Royal Dynasty. If so, the government has an immense amount of information on what is happening in Sirius right now, information they could perhaps use against us.
 * Council/ Florence Burby
->Rumor #504902:
.Some of the High Command suspected that the Junkers were related to the Gallic secret services and had a hidden agenda. Most others thought that the Junkers' only goal was attaining wealth by any means necessary. Somehow nobody seemed to realise that neither goal contradicts the other one.
 * Council/ Florence Burby
->Rumor #504903:
.We are negotiating with the Independent Miners right now. We have to trade our technology for the extended star maps that the IMG are using, maps much more detailed than ones found in the Sirius Neural Net. The goal is to use those maps to find a new home for us, or at least a hideout to escape the advancing forces of the Royal Navy.
 * Council/Lt. Bernard Gracq
->Rumor #504904:
.It is no longer a secret: we trade technologies with the Independent Miners Guild. They are a peaceful faction independent of other Houses, and they share many of our concepts and ideas. In addition to that, the IMG has powerful enemies to defend oneself against. I think that we were lucky that they were the first faction we met when we reached the Orkney system.
 * Council/Paulina Leveque
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====Allentown Base (Pennsylvania)====
->Rumor #131139:
Rochester ships Diamonds, Niobium, and Gold to Manhattan. Most of it is stolen property that we are selling back to the very people who owned it in the first place.
 * Allentown Bartender/John Hamilton
 * Junkers/Charles Pugh
 * Junkers/Keith Hovi
 * Junkers/Michael Harrison
 * Junkers/Miguel Smith
->Rumor #131141:
We ship Cardamine and Artifacts to Manhattan -- one of the riskiest runs for a Junker there is.
 * Allentown Bartender/John Hamilton
 * Junkers/Charles Pugh
 * Junkers/Keith Hovi
 * Junkers/Michael Harrison
 * Junkers/Miguel Smith
->Rumor #131142:
We get our Artifacts from Leiden, up in the Galileo system. The Hogosha hand them over to the Rogues there.
 * Allentown Bartender/John Hamilton
 * Junkers/Charles Pugh
 * Junkers/Keith Hovi
 * Junkers/Michael Harrison
 * Junkers/Miguel Smith
->Rumor #131143:
If the heat from Liberty Police ever gets too bad, we just serve up some petty criminal or deadbeat hauling some illegal cargo. LPI doesn't really care as long as it looks like they are cracking down on criminals; an arrest here and there with some confiscated contraband usually gets them off our backs for a while.
 * Allentown Bartender/John Hamilton
 * Junkers/Charles Pugh
 * Junkers/Keith Hovi
 * Junkers/Michael Harrison
 * Junkers/Miguel Smith
->Rumor #131145:
We like to get along with everybody around here; the more the merrier I always say. Of course, that only counts if the more means more people with money. The more criminals that need us means we have our hands in all that many more pockets, and that's really what we want.
 * Allentown Bartender/John Hamilton
 * Junkers/Charles Pugh
 * Junkers/Keith Hovi
 * Junkers/Michael Harrison
 * Junkers/Miguel Smith
->Rumor #131380:
The Junkers want us to take on the Xenos since they have been staging more attacks on them lately. We'll oblige, as we're not sure what the Xenos are really up to. Some of the bosses think they want to take over the Cardamine business from us. Fat chance of that.
 * Liberty Rogues/Billy Brown
 * Liberty Rogues/Patrick Jackson
->Rumor #132600:
That Artifact run from Leiden can be rough. There's a long stretch across Colorado where you're pretty exposed -- Bounty Hunters always out there, circling like vultures. Once you get to the Silverton Field, you got the Xenos.
 * Liberty Rogues/Billy Brown
 * Liberty Rogues/Patrick Jackson
->Rumor #132601:
Running Cardamine from Buffalo is one of the toughest jobs you can do in New York. I don't know why the Outcasts can't do it themselves. They always make us do all the dirty work. One day we'll be in charge.
 * Liberty Rogues/Billy Brown
 * Liberty Rogues/Patrick Jackson
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====Battleship Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)====
->Rumor #132107:
I used to live planetside on Houston. They're always going through some drought. Worked in the phosphate Fertilizer plant for a while as a supervisor for the LPI, then I switched to Consumer Goods. Let me tell you, I wouldn't buy any of that junk they produce in there. So here I am with the Guild, where I belong.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dan Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Labrie
->Rumor #132108:
I don't like hanging around this base, but I can put my ear to the ground and hear where the navy is encountering criminals nearby. That way I can use my sources and the navy's sources to track down the scum I'm hired to kill.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dan Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Labrie
->Rumor #132109:
I actually spent some time on the Huntsville a few years back, but I'm one of the smart ones. It is a downward spiral to stay in the crime business in Texas; sooner or later you're going to get a life sentence or you're going to get killed. I've never heard of a Rogue or Xeno retiring rich.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dan Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Labrie
->Rumor #132114:
One of my ancestors was on guard duty aboard the Dallas on that fateful day. He and everyone else onboard was killed instantly. The ironic part was that the naval commander had recommended the ship be moved to a safe distance from the experimental Jump Gate, so the test didn't begin until they had repositioned the Dallas to twice the normal distance.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Kurt Dammeier
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Sarah Moloney
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Ivelina Georgieva
->Rumor #132115:
If the Bounty Hunters and LPI weren't so damned easy to bribe, Liberty would have much less crime on her hands. But that's what happens when you hire a corporation to do the government's job, or when dealing with mercenaries.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Kurt Dammeier
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Sarah Moloney
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Ivelina Georgieva
->Rumor #132118:
Did you know that there weren't any Jump Holes in Texas before the Dallas incident? The criminals in all of Sirius were helped more than they could possibly know. Texas is the crossroads of the criminal universe. If it weren't for the Jump Holes, we would have crime locked down to nothing.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Kurt Dammeier
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Sarah Moloney
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Ivelina Georgieva
->Rumor #132119:
It is our pleasure to deliver the goods that keep this military installation operational. That way we know that they have every reason to track down and kill the murderous pirates who harass our shipping.
 * Universal Shipping/James Kraft
->Rumor #132121:
We ship excess Water, H-Fuel, and Oxygen to the Sugarland. We are a company dedicated to keeping crime at a minimum by making sure that the authorities have all they need to do their jobs.
 * Universal Shipping/James Kraft
->Rumor #134341:
Not too long ago there was a prison break by some Rogues from a Sugarland work convoy in the East Dallas Debris Field. They fled into the Pequena Negra Cloud, pursued by a Bounty Hunter named Annie Shorty Davis. She flew a nice rig called the Avenger. The Rogues eventually doubled back and escaped through the California Hole. Annie must have gotten confused in there, or maybe her ship was damaged by some enemy fire. Either way, she never emerged from that dark cloud.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Dan Carter
->Rumor #134342:
In 521, the supply ship Ft. Worth was approaching the Dallas Research Station from Houston when it was caught in the tremendous system-wide explosion that occurred during the failed Jump Gate experiment. The ship was far enough away from the initial blast that some people think it may still be floating out there in the Grande Negra Cloud. The Ft. Worth was carrying a full load of Jump Gate Parts.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Sarah Moloney
->Rumor #134343:
Somewhere in the Grande Negra Cloud, the main complex of the Dallas Research Station is rumored to still have some relatively intact pieces. There was a lot of Superconductor research there, so some storage containers may still exist.
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Ivelina Georgieva
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====Bethlehem Station (Pennsylvania)====
->Rumor #133205:
My brother joined the Bounty Hunters Guild a few years ago. He's not tough enough to take on Corsairs yet; he should still be popping Rogues. The idiot sent me a message telling me he was ready for the big leagues in southern Sirius. I'm trying to find him before he gets killed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Lisa Snowdon
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Ai Suzuki
->Rumor #133206:
I was a Red Hessian for many years. I became pretty good at killing Corsairs, so I decided to get paid for it. Besides, I had grown weary of piracy. I became a Hessian for political reasons, before they sold out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Lisa Snowdon
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Ai Suzuki
->Rumor #133220:
Don't ask me where the Jump Hole is that leads to the Corsair homeworld. I've said too much already. The Corsairs would cut my throat if I dared to utter where the entrance to their system is. Just stay away from the Napo Cloud. I mean & it isn't in the Napo Cloud, it's ... I'm a dead man.
 * Bethlehem Bartender/Nigel Holden
 * Zoners/Alice Schooner
 * Zoners/David Labatt
 * Zoners/Ivan Moosehead
 * Zoners/Josefina Molson
 * Zoners/Mathieu Maudite
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Lisa Snowdon
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Ai Suzuki
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Lisa Snowdon
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Ai Suzuki
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====Harrisburg Station (Pennsylvania)====
->Rumor #131390:
IC hires Bounty Hunters to take care of the dirty work that goes with insuring shipments and operations throughout Sirius. If somebody starts to cost IC more money than it costs to hire Bounty Hunters, then we deal with them.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131391:
There is a strong Outcast presence in the northern Edge systems. Unfortunately, that's where mining operations are starting to look for new resources, and that's where we come in.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131392:
IC has been losing money with the construction project fiasco in Tau-23 that will facilitate mining in the area. They have turned to the Bounty Hunters Guild to take care of the problem. I am here awaiting specific mission orders for my operations in that area.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131393:
IC wants me to hunt down and kill every single Lane Hacker I can get in my sights. They don't want them captured, nor do they want information from them like Ageira does. They just want them dead.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131394:
The Lane Hackers are a smart bunch. Heck, I kind of respect them. But IC wants 'em wiped, so I'm going to perforate some rich-boy California types for IC. I love my job; nothing like blowing holes in rich people.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131395:
The way to get a Lane Hacker is to give him Cardamine. They like to spend time in California, so that is where I will go. I'll snag a little Cardamine on the way and use it to buy my way in with them. Once I have their trust& well, you get the idea.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
->Rumor #131396:
Interspace Commerce began as a banking institution formed to supply other Houses with the capital necessary for the construction of Trade Lanes within their space. Over time we became an insurance agency.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131397:
After the Rheinland-Kusari Embargo of 521, IC lost millions of credits as both Houses nationalized their Trade Lanes. The massive debts that those Houses had incurred were wiped away, and the Trade Lanes became theirs.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131398:
The tolls that Kusari and Rheinland had to pay us were not nearly the full amount that we had put up to fund their Jump Gates. The compromise reached in the Sirius Commerce Pact was not a compromise for our corporation, but unfortunately Liberty didn't have the military clout to enforce the payment of Rheinland and Kusari's debts to us.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131399:
Any Trade Lane construction venture that begins is insured by us. If it isn't, then the Trade Lane doesn't get built. No one can risk losing the enormous capital required for the construction.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131400:
The Bounty Hunters Guild, though perceived as not entirely trustworthy by some, is very helpful to us. They handle all of the nasty work that goes into insuring the progress of Sirius and Liberty.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131401:
Recently we partnered with Ageira to create the Universal Ship Identification system, or USI. It is installed in Jump Gates and Trade Lanes so we can see the cargo that is being hauled by each individual vessel, allowing for proper tariffs to be levied and shipments to be properly tracked.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131402:
The Lane Hackers' illegitimate use of our Universal Ship Identification system is infuriating. A technology created for the good of Sirius commerce is being exploited by a bunch of hedonistic junkies! That is why IC has begun hiring the Bounty Hunters in force.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131403:
The Lane Hackers must be destroyed. They know which shipments to hit that hurt us the most. Once they are gone, IC will double its current profits; the increase in revenue will be enormous.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131404:
Our relations with Kusari and Rheinland have never really recovered. They have banished our company from residence in their major planets, and we cannot even build bases in any of their minor systems. The irony is that we were the ones who lost all the money.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131405:
The LPI, though sanctioned with policing the Trade Lanes in Liberty, is as corrupt as many of the criminals it is supposed to be arresting. The LPI can be bribed and coerced by almost any criminal with a little cash. The IC does not put any trust in the LPI.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131406:
The Bretonian authorities, the LSF, and the Liberty military are stalwart allies in our crusade against piracy upon the Trade Lanes. They can be trusted not to take bribes or be lenient upon the scum that plague the dark places in Sirius space. If only the Rheinland Federal Police or the LPI could be relied upon...
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131407:
Any pirates who attack Trade Lane shipping or Jump Gates deserve to be exterminated, whether their motives are greed or politics. Terror and piracy must not be tolerated.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131408:
Outcasts, Corsairs, Red Hessians, Blood Dragons, Golden Chrysanthemums, Liberty Rogues, Unioners, Xenos, the LWB, the Farmers Alliance, Gaians, and Lane Hackers -- all these groups attack Trade Lanes. And that's why IC will pay any Bounty Hunter top dollar to kill them, any of them. But especially Lane Hackers.
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131409:
IC's plans for Texas have gone sour -- too many criminals in that area. Hudson and Bering have their fill of criminals, too. The Liberty to Rheinland Trade Lanes have been trouble for IC as long as I can remember.
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #131410:
The Lane Hackers are a bunch of California boys who split on Ageira and became the worst possible enemies of IC. They have Trade Lane technology, which allows them to punch ships out of the Trade Lanes. Once that happens, the shipments are basically theirs.
 * Interspace Commerce/Newark Bartender/Mike Karlin
->Rumor #133220:
Don't ask me where the Jump Hole is that leads to the Corsair homeworld. I've said too much already. The Corsairs would cut my throat if I dared to utter where the entrance to their system is. Just stay away from the Napo Cloud. I mean & it isn't in the Napo Cloud, it's ... I'm a dead man.
 * Zoners/Andrew Smith
 * Zoners/Ivan Davis
 * Zoners/Michael Stephenson
 * Zoners/Tommy Holpp
->Rumor #134322:
The transport Bradley was attacked by Hackers in the Barrier Cloud in Magellan yesterday. It is believed that they towed it off the Trade Lane somewhere into the cloud to study the latest version more carefully.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
->Rumor #134323:
The Charles Kane and its escorts were ambushed in the Roatan Ice Crystal Cloud several weeks ago, probably by Rogues or Lane Hackers. They commandeered the ship and flew it further into the cloud. Several Bounty Hunters happened upon the hijacked ship, and a fierce firefight ensued. Only one limped back to tell the tale. She said the ship was still out there in the cloud, abandoned and drifting with the field.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
->Rumor #134327:
The Universal Shipping transport Chesapeake was hijacked several months ago and flown into the Komatsu Cloud. It is rumored to still be there, serving as a Pharmaceuticals storage depot for the Lane Hackers and Rogues.
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Alexandra West
 * Interspace Commerce/Sales Rep. Mathew Nichols
->Rumor #134337:
A Bounty Hunter named Harry Riggs went out after some Outcasts in the Badlands but never came back. He had some decent weapons on his ship.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Wes Gunn
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====Milford Base (Pennsylvania)====
->Rumor #131496:
There weren't many of us Xenos when we first began, but LPI solved that problem for us. The first of us captured were sent to the Huntsville in Texas, where we found others that saw the truth. Our numbers grew as we recruited from the prisons. LPI got wise after a while and started isolating Xenos from other inmates. They realized that for every Xeno they put away, three more converts would walk out five years later.
 * Milford Bartender/Timothy Campbell
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
->Rumor #131498:
The LPI embodies everything that is wrong with Liberty. It shouldn't surprise anybody that most of the "criminals" that operate the Texas factories where rounded up for slave labor, not for any real crimes they committed. We used to get paid for our work in the former times; now we get thrown in prison and are forced into slave labor.
 * Milford Bartender/Timothy Campbell
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
->Rumor #131499:
One day we will be victorious and the Junkers will be gone. Then the northern and southern clans of the Xenos will unite and rule the Independent Worlds, free from the corrupt grasp of the LPI.
 * Milford Bartender/Timothy Campbell
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
->Rumor #131500:
As much as Xenos hate Junkers, we aren't strong enough to get rid of those scavengers. They run the shipping points for inbound drug shipments into Liberty. First we gotta push the Junkers out of Texas, and then we need to find a way to kick the Junkers out of Liberty. Once that's done, no one will be able to stop the Xenos. We'll control the Cardamine that enters Liberty space, and those rich elites that run the show in Manhattan will be at our mercy.
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
->Rumor #131503:
A lot of Diamonds get mined in the Walker Nebula systems, especially in Dresden and Omega-4. Liberty buys a lot of them Diamonds from the Rheinlanders -- legally and illegally. The Unioners and Rogues travel across our system with Diamond shipments every so often. Those are the ones we really try and stop. The Diamond business sure could help us buy new ships and get the equipment we need to run our operations.
 * Milford Bartender/Timothy Campbell
 * Xenos/ Fredrick Drake
 * Xenos/ Jared Clark
 * Xenos/ Walter Kane
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====Niverton Base (Pennsylvania)====
->Rumor #131128:
I enjoy watching junkies in the last stages of the Cardamine addiction; they sit there oblivious to their surroundings, staring into space. They walk through golden palaces in their minds while in reality their bodies are rotting away in whatever hovel they found as shelter for their last high.
 * Outcasts/ Camille Hanson
 * Outcasts/ Jeremiah Rolston
->Rumor #131131:
We're Side Arm central. We ship them to Beaumont, Alcatraz, and Dawson from here -- pretty much the entire Rogue world of bases.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Cameron Drake
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Jarel Black
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
 * Niverton Bartender/Peter Ostede
->Rumor #131135:
Last week a buddy of mine got his ship cracked open by a Liberty military patrol. He hung around a pirated ship too long trying to get all the salvage he could. Sometimes it's the greed that kills you. When you hit a shipment, grab what you can, then bury the throttle and get out of there.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Cameron Drake
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Jarel Black
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
 * Niverton Bartender/Peter Ostede
->Rumor #131136:
We take incoming shipments of Cardamine from Outcasts and make the suicide run across the New York system to Rochester. Many a shipment's been lost en route. Those Junkers just don't get how hard it is to dodge all those Bounty Hunters and the LPI.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Cameron Drake
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Jarel Black
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
 * Niverton Bartender/Peter Ostede
->Rumor #131138:
I just got out of Sugarland; they had me making toys in that hellhole. It's messed up, we get locked away for a stretch and they force us to earn them money making crap for families and kids. If I ever see another one of them Space Jumper Happy Bears I'm gonna blow a hole in its forehead.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Cameron Drake
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Jarel Black
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
->Rumor #131139:
Rochester ships Diamonds, Niobium, and Gold to Manhattan. Most of it is stolen property that we are selling back to the very people who owned it in the first place.
 * Outcasts/ Camille Hanson
 * Outcasts/ Jeremiah Rolston
->Rumor #132595:
We have stopovers in Trafalgar, Mactan, and Montezuma on our journey in from Tau-23. If you want to make big money in the Cardamine business, you need to work your way up the stream a bit from here.
 * Outcasts/ Camille Hanson
 * Outcasts/ Jeremiah Rolston
->Rumor #132596:
The Rogues are annoying at times, but serve our purposes well. If Liberty becomes weakened enough by Cardamine addiction, we will no longer need them, as we will be able to enter the rest of the New York system ourselves.
 * Outcasts/ Camille Hanson
 * Outcasts/ Jeremiah Rolston
->Rumor #134339:
The Flint didn't make it from Buffalo to Rochester on a routine Cardamine smuggling run several weeks ago. There was no distress call, no reports of LPI or Navy interdiction heard on comms. It probably hit an asteroid somewhere in the western quadrant of the Badlands, off of the regular patrol routes.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Isaiah Payne
 * Liberty Rogues/ Patrick Knife
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====Philadelphia Station (Pennsylvania)====
->Rumor #133205:
My brother joined the Bounty Hunters Guild a few years ago. He's not tough enough to take on Corsairs yet; he should still be popping Rogues. The idiot sent me a message telling me he was ready for the big leagues in southern Sirius. I'm trying to find him before he gets killed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Alicia Kinsey
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hiroko Utaki
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Alicia Kinsey
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Alicia Kinsey
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Hiroko Utaki
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====Planet Erie (Pennsylvania)====
->Rumor #131883:
Bagged me a trophy Outcast the other day just inside the Tahoe Cloud to the west of the San Diego Lane. Just an escort for a smuggler, but still a pretty good bounty. Drinks are on me tonight.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Caroline Platz
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Max Fightmaster
->Rumor #131886:
I'm heading off to Cortez. I hear there's Rogues as far as the eye can see out there. A big group of ex-LPI guys is based at that resort Curacao -- keep asking me to join them. They expect to cash out pretty quick, although two of them already bit it. Definitely some risk involved.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Caroline Platz
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Max Fightmaster
->Rumor #131893:
One day Liberty will rid itself of the Outcasts and its Cardamine habit. There will be much safer ways for users to feel good using future Cryer products, without funding the activities of illegals like the Rogues and Outcasts.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Oscar Bowers
->Rumor #131894:
Cryer transports don't handle small shipments to police and military bases. We also don't go to Cortez or Magellan. So Universal, Gateway, and Orbital Spa perform distribution duties for us in this part of Sirius.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Oscar Bowers
->Rumor #131900:
It's frustrating trying to stop the Cardamine smuggling. All of those rich New Yorkers keep buying the drugs, then they turn around and tell us that it's a big problem that has to be fought. Rumor is that Cryer is doing some pretty hard lobbying back in Manhattan to keep the drug war going.
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Sara Palin
->Rumor #131902:
Sometimes I really can't take the superior attitude of the Synth Food and Ageira types with their fancy houses and all. They expect us to keep their little world perfect, but at the same time, stay invisible. We're just honest, hardworking Joes trying to make a living.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Jake Bullet
->Rumor #131904:
We're pretty sure there's a Rogue base in the Whitney Field, but the higher ups say that's a Bounty Hunter problem. We should just find it and clear out the nest. My guess is that Bounty Hunters are paying off the LPI execs back in Houston. They don't want the criminal population to be reduced too much. Bad for business.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Jake Bullet
 * Liberty Population/Erie Bartender/Ross Greenwood
->Rumor #131905:
California is Rogue central. We got 'em in all the asteroid fields. No Xenos, though. Never been any mining or manufacturing workers in this system.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Jake Bullet
 * Liberty Population/Erie Bartender/Ross Greenwood
->Rumor #131912:
Last week the Rogues attacked the prison convoy bound for Texas somewhere near the New York Gate. It's tough keeping that area under control -- no bases nearby. They didn't succeed, but it was close there for a while. It shut down the Trade Lane for a couple of hours.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Jake Bullet
 * Liberty Population/Erie Bartender/Ross Greenwood
->Rumor #131916:
We bring in Fertilizers from Houston, then ship out Food to Denver, Manhattan, and Houston. Synth Foods is the future. I wish the farmers of Kusari and Rheinland could see that.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Alex Cales
->Rumor #131918:
We are committed to enhancing Food production throughout the Sirius Sector, whether it is through increased use of biodomes in the Independent and Border Worlds, or the introduction of more efficient use of technology to traditional growing areas like Stuttgart and Kyushu. We will prevail.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Alex Cales
->Rumor #131921:
I'm heading out in a couple of hours to do an Optical Chip run from the Ageira plant to Houston. I hope to pick up some Construction Machinery and return next week sometime. Otherwise I could be stuck on Houston for a while.
 * Universal Shipping/Vincent Palacio
->Rumor #525660:
.Looking for a good time, eh? Well you won't find one here. While the Zoners own this planet officially, they'll only keep it as long as they stay in Liberty's good graces. Therefore you'll not find too much illegal stuff going on here. Certainly nothing like you'll find out at Freeport 2 in Bering. Shame, really. It might liven up my job a bit.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Jake Bullet
->Rumor #525661:
.I just pull a typical eight hour shift here. Once I'm done, I'm done. I don't care if someone commits a crime in front of me, I'm off home. The company doesn't pay overtime. Besides, the chances of a crime happening on this planet are remote, to say the least. Half of the time I even get put in charge of traffic control. You know how many I've arrested this week? Yeah, that's right. I haven't arrested anyone. This posting sucks.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Jake Bullet
->Rumor #525662:
.This place is nice and safe, enjoy it. At least, that is what my friends tell me. The problem is, they're all earning the big bucks at Houston while I'm stuck here watching paint dry and listening to Zoner cattle ranchers having a quiet beer after a day of farming. I'm telling you, this place ain't for me. I've requested a transfer several times, but I always get told that there are no available positions. Those damn pen pushers up at the city hall really annoy me sometimes.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Jake Bullet
->Rumor #525663:
.I'm told that Liberty has invested loads into this planet, but it sure doesn't look like it. There isn't even a single strip club on the planet. Sure, there are plenty of bars, and there is an entertainment complex for movies and stuff that was built back in 812 A.S., but that's about your lot. I hear that the entertainment facilities on Philadelphia are better, though. Check them out sometime.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Jake Bullet
->Rumor #525664:
.I love this planet; it is so quiet and peaceful. There is hardly any crime here either. Officially the Zoners control Erie, but naturally Liberty has a vested interest here. I was posted here to keep my ears open for any information or rumours that might come my way, but there is hardly ever anything. Like I said, this place is quiet and peaceful. I'd prefer it if it stayed that way, although some people wouldn't, like that LPI officer, Jake Bullet.
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Sara Palin
->Rumor #525665:
.The Zoners colonised planet Erie in 761 A.S., but Liberty moved into the system in 768 A.S., after we realised that we'd screwed up in not bothering to colonise this system. I arrived here in '09, and enjoyed it so far. We've had a few problems with the Zoners on occasion, and we hear from our sources that the Xenos and the Liberty Rogues have both set up bases in the system fairly recently, but with the Gettysburg in orbit I doubt we'll get any problems on the planet itself.
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Sara Palin
->Rumor #525666:
.Why'd I join the LSF? Good pay, good hours, good medical care. It is not a bad job if you are careful. What did I do before this? Well I was a model doing work on Denver, and I still do some from time to time. Do you know that I was crowned Miss Alaska amongst the LSF? Maybe I'll even run for a senator position on Manhattan someday. Uh, you're asking me where Alaska is? Um...uh...it's a suburb of Crichton Springs on Denver. Yeah.
 * Liberty Security Force/Agent Sara Palin
->Rumor #525667:
.I quite like this base, its quiet and the law doesn't bother you too much. There are quite a few bounties to be had in this system too, mostly Liberty Rogue and Xenos though. Most of my compatriots work out of Houston, but this base has quite a few jump holes connecting this place to several other Liberty systems, and the criminals use them all the time. All I have to do is sit here and let them come through the jump holes. Easy enough, eh?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Caroline Platz
->Rumor #525668:
.I was born on planet Hamburg originally, and lived there for quite a few years. My father was an executive for Republican Shipping while my mother worked in the offices that Universal Shipping has on Hamburg. They were killed in 807 A.S. by a Liberty Rogue ambush on the Texas side of the jump gate when their transport was destroyed. I considered joining the Rheinland Military, but they're too strict and they can't operate in Liberty, so I joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. I mainly target the Liberty Rogues and look for information on Rogue hideouts, and eventually I'll find out which ones killed my parents and they'll get their comeuppance.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Caroline Platz
->Rumor #525669:
.I would say don't listen to my friend, Max Fightmaster, but unfortunately his bragging isn't just bragging. He really is one of the best fighter pilots I have ever met. I guess he was aptly named. He might have a loud mouth, but you can rely on him to back you up in a fight. He took out seven Liberty Rogue fighters by himself last week, while I was out on patrol with him. I only killed two others. If it hadn't been for him and his prowess in a fighter craft, I think the Rogues might have killed us both.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Caroline Platz
->Rumor #525670:
.Yeah, I bagged me three Xenos earlier! Whoo! The Guild gets paid 40,000 credits by Liberty for every Xeno it takes out, and I get paid half of that. Then, I can send the kill records to Ageira for another 10,000 credits each. If I manage to take a Xeno captive, I can sell him to the LPI for 10,000! Not a bad job at all, eh?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Max Fightmaster
->Rumor #525671:
.You should have seen that fight I was in earlier! Two Xenos tried to intercept me near the Texas jump hole and I had to bank so hard that I nearly slammed into an asteroid. I just managed to dodge it, but the Xeno tailing me wasn't so lucky. Then the second Xeno slipped into my sights and bam! I took it out with several well-placed shots from my Buckshots. That'll be another 60,000 credits in my pocket for those two.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Max Fightmaster
->Rumor #525672:
.Huh, you wanna know about my name? My parents had a real sense of humour, I guess. I love it though! You don't even want to know my middle name, although it begins with F. Apparently the surname goes all the way back to a nation called the United Kingdom on Old Earth, and my surname apparently got voted the manliest name on the planet! How cool is that?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Max Fightmaster
->Rumor #525673:
.I've lived on Erie all my life, right here in the planetary capital city of Allentown. My parents were advocates of the Zoner way of life, and helped settle this planet when I was only 5 years old. There used to be quite a few virulent microorganisms on Erie, but they can only be transmitted by insect bites. Thankfully, all of the insect carriers were eliminated during the initial settlement, so you don't need to worry about getting any shots during your stay.
 * Zoners/Robert LaMarr
->Rumor #525674:
.Cattle ranches are big business on Erie, although in the southern hemisphere there is quite a considerable amount of mining for Neon. There's a lot of Neon gas trapped in underground pockets, and it's extremely useful for various commercial applications, so the scientists and bigwigs tell me. I don't care really, so long as they leave me and my cattle alone.
 * Zoners/Robert LaMarr
->Rumor #525675:
.There was a battle in early 767 A.S., right here in Allentown, which is the capital city of planet Erie as I'm sure you youngsters know already. We Zoners may be pacifistic and we try to keep a neutral stance, but we still get attacked, so we always have armed security for our protection. Anyway, these pirates attacked us and they'd landed their own forces to take control of the planet. Thing is, we don't like thuggish upstarts trying to take our homes away from us, and we gave 'em hell. Unfortunately, there were more of 'em than there were of us and if it weren't for the Liberty Navy intervening, Erie'd probably be a pirate stronghold by now. Of course, I doubt Liberty saved us out of the goodness of their hearts, as they themselves moved into the system a year later, but we still owe them our lives, so I guess we've got to thank them Libertonians for something.
 * Zoners/Robert LaMarr
->Rumor #525676:
.I work in the Neon mining industry in the south, and it pays well but is quite dangerous. While Neon isn't flammable or particularly toxic, the gas exerts huge amounts of pressure on the rock, and when our drills break through into the gas pocket, there are dangers of cave-ins and collapses. I've lost several good friends over the years to rock falls and cave-ins.
 * Zoners/James Harkness
->Rumor #525677:
.A vast majority of the Neon in Sirius comes from the planet Erie, and it has a number of commercial applications that have made it valuable. It is most commonly used in cryogenics and refrigeration since Nitrogen and Helium are rather more expensive to mine, although it is useful for constructing laser weaponry and other items. The Zoners mainly use it for helping to store our food and it gets shipped out to our Freeports all across Sirius.
 * Zoners/James Harkness
->Rumor #525678:
.Looking for jump holes? Hmm, I can tell you where one is. Look on your Nav map. You'll find the Texas jump hole to the far south of this planet, even further south than the suns in this system. Be careful though, I hear there's a Liberty Rogue base out that way.
 * Zoners/Jenny McCormick
->Rumor #525679:
.I was born on Los Angeles, but I grew sick of the endless smell of Synth Paste on the wind. I'm telling you now, it's disgusting. Then again, maybe you like Synth Paste? You look the type. In any case, I eventually got tired of living in the corporate state that is Liberty and decided to head out and live on Freeport 2 for a while, before being asked by a few friends to come here. It's not a bad place, but not where I envisioned ending up. Still, it is better than planet Los Angeles.
 * Zoners/Jenny McCormick
->Rumor #525680:
.You can get a good price for Gaian Wildlife here, if you happen to be over in Bretonia and are thinking of shipping something back. Of course, the Bretonian and Liberty governments generally consider those live animals from planet Gaia in the Edinburgh system to be illegal, so watch yourself if you choose to transport them. Still, think of the money.
 * Zoners/Jenny McCormick
->Rumor #525681:
.I'm in charge of one of the heavy transports that make the run from here to Gallia carrying supplies of Neon gas for the Cryocube manufacturing facilities out there. It is a long run and quite dangerous in places, especially in the Taus, but it is worth it once you get there. I will soon have earned enough to retire.
 * Zoners/Hamal Kabir
->Rumor #525682:
.I know of a jump hole to the California system, in the far west of the system in relation to your nav map display. I hear either the Xenos or the Junkers have a base somewhere out that way too, but I wouldn't put too much stock in rumours. Never been out that way myself, I tend to stick to the trade lane network wherever I can, it is much safer.
 * Zoners/Hamal Kabir
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====Newbury Station (Poole)====
->Rumor #133119:
This station is supplied entirely by Bowex. We deliver Side Arms and Food here from Sheffield. It's not far, but the last delivery almost got destroyed by some marauding Gaians.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Timothy Cruise
->Rumor #133120:
Birmingham provides this base with H-Fuel, Oxygen, and Water. The run is an easy one overall, though you can run into occasional trouble with Mollys.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Timothy Cruise
->Rumor #133121:
The demand for H-Fuel here is pretty high since patrols are constantly taking off from this base. Some H-Fuel deliveries come from Cambridge.
 * Borderworld Exports/Rep. Timothy Cruise
->Rumor #133122:
This station was constructed to protect the convoys traveling through the system from the Border Worlds. The Jump Gate just beyond this station leads to Cortez, which is dangerous space for anyone. Luckily, Cortez is outside of our jurisdiction.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133123:
Our patrol areas focus on the Sheffield North Ice Field and the Birmingham Ice Field. In any one of those areas you will encounter several criminal groups that populate this system, including Mollys, Gaians, Lane Hackers, and Outcasts.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133124:
We here at Kingston have an ongoing rivalry with Liverpool. Both stations' police are constantly trying to outdo each other by bringing in more arrests, killing more uncapturables, and so on. The competition is really healthy.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133125:
The two rookies that we got in here a couple of weeks ago both got killed on their first patrol. The veteran who was with them barely made it back himself. Those vicious Outcasts simply have no mercy. We'll be getting in two more rookies in the next few days.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133126:
Gaians frequently attack the Trade Lanes near our base. They are always trying to take down Planetform shipments and steal supplies. Although they are pretty easy kills, there are plenty of them here. The Bounty Hunters get more money for Mollys, so it's more of a police issue.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133127:
The Gaians are getting too smart for their own good. We've heard reports that they are towing ice asteroids from Birmingham into the Trade Lanes. If this is true, then the Gaians just bit off more than they can chew. One thing the Crown will not stand is the blocking of Trade Lanes, and more companies are going to start increasing bounties.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133128:
I wish I knew how the Outcasts and Lane Hackers are getting into this system. They don't come through the Jump Gates, that's for certain, unless it's some kind of crazy Lane Hacker technology we don't know about.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133129:
I worked hard all my life to save up the money to put my boy through college so he can be more than I ever had the chance to be. And what happens? The worthless idiot gets caught up in the Gaian movement in Cambridge. When he told me, I pulled him right out of school and sent him to work with a cousin of mine in New London.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Kingston Bartender/RBT-88
->Rumor #133130:
Ever hear of Willy "The Snake" Logan, the famous escape artist people say cracked himself out of Newgate? It ain't true -- he didn't make it, he got out of Newgate, but was picked up by the Mollys. They buried a pick axe in his chest for some wrongs he did to their people on the inside. That's what one of the Mollys I captured told me, anyway.
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Captain Sherri Gellar
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Harry Ford
 * Bretonia Police Authority/Constable Helen Gramm
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====Arecibo Base (Puerto Rico)====
->Rumor #131139:
Rochester ships Diamonds, Niobium, and Gold to Manhattan. Most of it is stolen property that we are selling back to the very people who owned it in the first place.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131140:
Rogues come in here and pick up Side Arm shipments for their Badlands base. It's a long haul around the system to safety for them.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131141:
We ship Cardamine and Artifacts to Manhattan -- one of the riskiest runs for a Junker there is.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131142:
We get our Artifacts from Leiden, up in the Galileo system. The Hogosha hand them over to the Rogues there.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131143:
If the heat from Liberty Police ever gets too bad, we just serve up some petty criminal or deadbeat hauling some illegal cargo. LPI doesn't really care as long as it looks like they are cracking down on criminals; an arrest here and there with some confiscated contraband usually gets them off our backs for a while.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131144:
The New York Debris Fields give us plenty of cover to operate in; we've pulled most of the scrap and salvage from Jersey, but we still find plenty of goodies in the Pittsburg and Detroit Fields. You might run across an occasional fragged ship floating in there too. Those are the guys who crossed us.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131145:
We like to get along with everybody around here; the more the merrier I always say. Of course, that only counts if the more means more people with money. The more criminals that need us means we have our hands in all that many more pockets, and that's really what we want.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131146:
Operating from here or our base in the Badlands, you'll find Liberty Rogues pirating the Trade Lanes and hitting the storage depots near the various commercial stations in this system.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #131380:
The Junkers want us to take on the Xenos since they have been staging more attacks on them lately. We'll oblige, as we're not sure what the Xenos are really up to. Some of the bosses think they want to take over the Cardamine business from us. Fat chance of that.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132597:
Just making a supply run back out to Buffalo. Why do people like me always get the lousy jobs? I have to run the gauntlet of the LPI and navy through the Detroit Field and across the Trade Lanes with little profit in it for me.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132598:
This is a good base if you want to hang out and attack the local Trade Lanes. Gotta watch out for those Xenos in the eastern part of Jersey, though.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132599:
We've been running Diamonds and Gold up from Buffalo. It's a pretty wild ride across New York. Anytime you got cargo like that, you gotta expect trouble. All that stuff is smuggled into Liberty after getting stolen in the Independent Worlds -- kind of like recycled property. That's the way I see it.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132600:
That Artifact run from Leiden can be rough. There's a long stretch across Colorado where you're pretty exposed -- Bounty Hunters always out there, circling like vultures. Once you get to the Silverton Field, you got the Xenos.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132601:
Running Cardamine from Buffalo is one of the toughest jobs you can do in New York. I don't know why the Outcasts can't do it themselves. They always make us do all the dirty work. One day we'll be in charge.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
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====Carolina Outpost (Puerto Rico)====
->Rumor #131165:
Our legitimate cover business in Texas is mining Scrap Metal from the Texas Debris Fields and shipping it to Sugarland for recycling. We're providing a useful service to the Liberty government.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131166:
We bring in some of the stolen Diamonds from Rheinland and sell them on the open market in Houston. No way they can tell where they came from, is there?
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131167:
We provide a lot of the essential supplies for criminals in California and New York. It's just a quick trip through the Holes.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131168:
I've been poking around these fields for twenty years. Had a few radiation scares. Heard there's some great loot in those dark clouds, but I'm not going in there. Radiation's supposed to be lethal to even a decently shielded ship.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
->Rumor #131169:
Beaumont serves as a criminal supply center for many of the Rogue bases in Liberty. Consumer Goods, Pharmaceuticals, H-Fuel, Water, Food, and Oxygen are all shipped to Buffalo, Dawson, and Alcatraz.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131170:
The Outcasts stop here on their long Cardamine runs in from the Edge Worlds. I don't trust them a bit. They don't like any of us; we're just pawns to them. One day something bad will happen.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131171:
We have a problem here in Texas with the Xenos; those crazy bastards hate everybody. It doesn't make any sense. If they had dealings with us, we could both profit. But as it is, they run attacks on us. The Junkers could be good friends to them.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131172:
The income we get from hauling scrap to the Sugarland from the debris in this system goes into our Xenos account. The Xenos account is the money we use to hire Junker-friendly smugglers and pirates to attack the Xenos and defend us against their attacks. What a waste of money.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131173:
The Xenos are a small group and they are poor too. That's why they have no chance against us right now. Everybody owes the Junkers a favor or two, and we have plenty of money so we can buy protection as well. The problem is that the Xenos keep growing; seems like every third ex-con that walks from Huntsville becomes a Xeno.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131174:
This is the farthest south you will find Outcasts in Sirius. We are near the end of the line at Buffalo, which is just on the other side of the New York Jump Hole in the Badlands.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #131175:
The Outcasts who get caught hauling in Liberty space end up on the Sugarland, so we run occasional raids on the prison transports sending our men into lockup. A lot of Outcasts, once sent to the Huntsville or Sugarland, get killed by Xenos. So LPI decided to put all of us on the Sugarland, and all the Xenos on the Huntsville.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #131176:
This system is home to a lot of Liberty Rogues. Most of us have spent about half our lives on either the Huntsville or Sugarland. I just got off the Walls myself a few months ago; I wouldn't be surprised if I were heading back some time or other. Going back isn't so bad -- it gets to be kinda like home. A lot of my buddies are in there pulling time.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #131177:
The Rogues can get to New York through the Jump Hole hidden in the same debris field this base is in. Also, there is a Jump Hole to California in the West Dallas Debris Field, though you have to be careful. Parts of that area are radioactive. There's another Jump Hole to the Hudson system in the South Dallas Debris Field. That about covers it.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #132122:
You can find good Scrap Metal in this system. As the radiation slowly dies down, more and more of it will be accessible to us.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #132123:
This is the crossroads of the criminal universe: Jump Holes to Hudson, New York, and California. Without this lovely lawless area of west Texas connecting them so conveniently, we'd have a much harder time operating in Liberty space.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #132124:
Though the Rogues try to be friends with the Xenos, the simple truth is that they are friends with no one and nothing but money and Cardamine. So if the Xenos start becoming too troublesome, we pay a few Rogues to go bag a couple.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #132125:
The Xenos in this system are a hindrance to our drug trade. They are rather fun to kill, though, because I know that they hate us so much. The Junkers will pay for proof of a dead Xeno, so I might as well make money doing it.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #132126:
There are many Silver and Diamond shipments in this system that the Lane Hackers give us information on -- well, perhaps give isn't the right word. The Lane Hackers are eager to trade their information for our Cardamine.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #132127:
Several weeks ago I dragged a Bounty Hunter through the edge of the Negra Pequena and watched his ship disappear into the darkness -- quite enjoyable. His last distress call was sent wideband, so I was able to hear the fear in his voice.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #132128:
This system is my home, and this base is one of my favorite hangouts. You can get whatever you want at this base or on the Lanes picking ships for cargo. One day I'm going to retire with a mountain of Cardamine and Gold.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #132129:
I kind of like the Xenos. Truth is I almost joined up with them on a tour of the Walls, but I decided to join up with the Rogues instead. But the Junkers will pay me good money or Cardamine to kill Xenos, so if I see one flying solo, then I'll kill him. If there's more than one, I don't pay them much mind.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #132130:
I've served three sentences on the Huntsville. If you've served time there, you know the real name given to her by the inmates. We call the Huntsville the Walls.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #134344:
The Rogue fighter Prudhoe was making a Diamond run from Hudson to Beaumont when it was ambushed by a Xeno assault patrol. It fled into the Pequena Negra Cloud, with the Xenos in hot pursuit. No one has seen them since. People here figure they all died in there from the radiation.
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
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====Culebra Smelter (Puerto Rico)====
->Rumor #131165:
Our legitimate cover business in Texas is mining Scrap Metal from the Texas Debris Fields and shipping it to Sugarland for recycling. We're providing a useful service to the Liberty government.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131166:
We bring in some of the stolen Diamonds from Rheinland and sell them on the open market in Houston. No way they can tell where they came from, is there?
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131167:
We provide a lot of the essential supplies for criminals in California and New York. It's just a quick trip through the Holes.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131168:
I've been poking around these fields for twenty years. Had a few radiation scares. Heard there's some great loot in those dark clouds, but I'm not going in there. Radiation's supposed to be lethal to even a decently shielded ship.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
->Rumor #131169:
Beaumont serves as a criminal supply center for many of the Rogue bases in Liberty. Consumer Goods, Pharmaceuticals, H-Fuel, Water, Food, and Oxygen are all shipped to Buffalo, Dawson, and Alcatraz.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131170:
The Outcasts stop here on their long Cardamine runs in from the Edge Worlds. I don't trust them a bit. They don't like any of us; we're just pawns to them. One day something bad will happen.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131171:
We have a problem here in Texas with the Xenos; those crazy bastards hate everybody. It doesn't make any sense. If they had dealings with us, we could both profit. But as it is, they run attacks on us. The Junkers could be good friends to them.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131172:
The income we get from hauling scrap to the Sugarland from the debris in this system goes into our Xenos account. The Xenos account is the money we use to hire Junker-friendly smugglers and pirates to attack the Xenos and defend us against their attacks. What a waste of money.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131173:
The Xenos are a small group and they are poor too. That's why they have no chance against us right now. Everybody owes the Junkers a favor or two, and we have plenty of money so we can buy protection as well. The problem is that the Xenos keep growing; seems like every third ex-con that walks from Huntsville becomes a Xeno.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131174:
This is the farthest south you will find Outcasts in Sirius. We are near the end of the line at Buffalo, which is just on the other side of the New York Jump Hole in the Badlands.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #131175:
The Outcasts who get caught hauling in Liberty space end up on the Sugarland, so we run occasional raids on the prison transports sending our men into lockup. A lot of Outcasts, once sent to the Huntsville or Sugarland, get killed by Xenos. So LPI decided to put all of us on the Sugarland, and all the Xenos on the Huntsville.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #131176:
This system is home to a lot of Liberty Rogues. Most of us have spent about half our lives on either the Huntsville or Sugarland. I just got off the Walls myself a few months ago; I wouldn't be surprised if I were heading back some time or other. Going back isn't so bad -- it gets to be kinda like home. A lot of my buddies are in there pulling time.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #131177:
The Rogues can get to New York through the Jump Hole hidden in the same debris field this base is in. Also, there is a Jump Hole to California in the West Dallas Debris Field, though you have to be careful. Parts of that area are radioactive. There's another Jump Hole to the Hudson system in the South Dallas Debris Field. That about covers it.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #132122:
You can find good Scrap Metal in this system. As the radiation slowly dies down, more and more of it will be accessible to us.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #132123:
This is the crossroads of the criminal universe: Jump Holes to Hudson, New York, and California. Without this lovely lawless area of west Texas connecting them so conveniently, we'd have a much harder time operating in Liberty space.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #132124:
Though the Rogues try to be friends with the Xenos, the simple truth is that they are friends with no one and nothing but money and Cardamine. So if the Xenos start becoming too troublesome, we pay a few Rogues to go bag a couple.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #132125:
The Xenos in this system are a hindrance to our drug trade. They are rather fun to kill, though, because I know that they hate us so much. The Junkers will pay for proof of a dead Xeno, so I might as well make money doing it.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #132126:
There are many Silver and Diamond shipments in this system that the Lane Hackers give us information on -- well, perhaps give isn't the right word. The Lane Hackers are eager to trade their information for our Cardamine.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #132127:
Several weeks ago I dragged a Bounty Hunter through the edge of the Negra Pequena and watched his ship disappear into the darkness -- quite enjoyable. His last distress call was sent wideband, so I was able to hear the fear in his voice.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #132128:
This system is my home, and this base is one of my favorite hangouts. You can get whatever you want at this base or on the Lanes picking ships for cargo. One day I'm going to retire with a mountain of Cardamine and Gold.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #132129:
I kind of like the Xenos. Truth is I almost joined up with them on a tour of the Walls, but I decided to join up with the Rogues instead. But the Junkers will pay me good money or Cardamine to kill Xenos, so if I see one flying solo, then I'll kill him. If there's more than one, I don't pay them much mind.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #132130:
I've served three sentences on the Huntsville. If you've served time there, you know the real name given to her by the inmates. We call the Huntsville the Walls.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #134344:
The Rogue fighter Prudhoe was making a Diamond run from Hudson to Beaumont when it was ambushed by a Xeno assault patrol. It fled into the Pequena Negra Cloud, with the Xenos in hot pursuit. No one has seen them since. People here figure they all died in there from the radiation.
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
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====Vieques Shipyard (Puerto Rico)====
->Rumor #131139:
Rochester ships Diamonds, Niobium, and Gold to Manhattan. Most of it is stolen property that we are selling back to the very people who owned it in the first place.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131140:
Rogues come in here and pick up Side Arm shipments for their Badlands base. It's a long haul around the system to safety for them.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131141:
We ship Cardamine and Artifacts to Manhattan -- one of the riskiest runs for a Junker there is.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131142:
We get our Artifacts from Leiden, up in the Galileo system. The Hogosha hand them over to the Rogues there.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131143:
If the heat from Liberty Police ever gets too bad, we just serve up some petty criminal or deadbeat hauling some illegal cargo. LPI doesn't really care as long as it looks like they are cracking down on criminals; an arrest here and there with some confiscated contraband usually gets them off our backs for a while.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131144:
The New York Debris Fields give us plenty of cover to operate in; we've pulled most of the scrap and salvage from Jersey, but we still find plenty of goodies in the Pittsburg and Detroit Fields. You might run across an occasional fragged ship floating in there too. Those are the guys who crossed us.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131145:
We like to get along with everybody around here; the more the merrier I always say. Of course, that only counts if the more means more people with money. The more criminals that need us means we have our hands in all that many more pockets, and that's really what we want.
 * Junkers/ Austin Elzner
 * Junkers/ Cole Dogson
 * Junkers/ Ian Watson
 * Junkers/ Steven Maloy
 * Junkers/Rochester Bartender/Winston Harris
->Rumor #131146:
Operating from here or our base in the Badlands, you'll find Liberty Rogues pirating the Trade Lanes and hitting the storage depots near the various commercial stations in this system.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #131380:
The Junkers want us to take on the Xenos since they have been staging more attacks on them lately. We'll oblige, as we're not sure what the Xenos are really up to. Some of the bosses think they want to take over the Cardamine business from us. Fat chance of that.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132597:
Just making a supply run back out to Buffalo. Why do people like me always get the lousy jobs? I have to run the gauntlet of the LPI and navy through the Detroit Field and across the Trade Lanes with little profit in it for me.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132598:
This is a good base if you want to hang out and attack the local Trade Lanes. Gotta watch out for those Xenos in the eastern part of Jersey, though.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132599:
We've been running Diamonds and Gold up from Buffalo. It's a pretty wild ride across New York. Anytime you got cargo like that, you gotta expect trouble. All that stuff is smuggled into Liberty after getting stolen in the Independent Worlds -- kind of like recycled property. That's the way I see it.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132600:
That Artifact run from Leiden can be rough. There's a long stretch across Colorado where you're pretty exposed -- Bounty Hunters always out there, circling like vultures. Once you get to the Silverton Field, you got the Xenos.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
->Rumor #132601:
Running Cardamine from Buffalo is one of the toughest jobs you can do in New York. I don't know why the Outcasts can't do it themselves. They always make us do all the dirty work. One day we'll be in charge.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Seth Driskill
 * Liberty Rogues/ Xavier Archer
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====Battleship Alma (Quebec)====
->Rumor #131709:
ALG ships MOX from the Dortmund facility to the Rio Grande on a periodic basis. Toxic Waste is then transported back to Rheinland for disposal.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rick Schutz
->Rumor #131710:
We get attacked frequently by Xenos on our runs through Colorado, Texas, and the Independent Worlds of Hudson and Bering. They are one of the few criminal factions that attack out Toxic Waste shipments. We are friendly to Liberty, so I don't understand their hostility.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rick Schutz
->Rumor #131711:
ALG handles all of the MOX delivery and Toxic Waste disposal for Liberty Navy battleships.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rick Schutz
->Rumor #131712:
I'm heading out on a run against the Xeno base in the Silverton Field in a few hours. We don't get that big a bounty from IC and the government for Xenos. Now Outcasts, that's another matter.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131713:
A good way to catch Xenos is to fly into the Copperton Field, then take the Jump Hole to Kepler. Watch out on the other side, swarms of them in that cloud. Their base is real close. Never seen it, but you can feel it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131714:
The LPI doesn't have the guts to come into the fields very far. First sign of trouble, and they're hightailing it back to Denver. That's where we come in. Since a lot of us are Rogues who did time in Sugarland or Huntsville, we know where the Jump Holes and bases are. Guild rules are that you tell no one or you may have a little "accident" out there.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131715:
Liberty space is the training grounds for all Bounty Hunters. As a Hunter becomes more and more accomplished, they will begin to move out towards the edges of Sirius. Only the very best should be going up against Corsairs and Outcasts.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131716:
Got me a Rogue ace the other day by the name of Buford "Tex" Wilson. He'd been shooting up a lot of ships along the Trade Lane to the Galileo Gate during the past few weeks. The LPI cornered him once, but he just shot his way out of it. I was patient, waited in the Alamosa Field near the Galileo Jump Hole. When he came through, blammo! That bounty will set me up for a while.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131717:
Bounties used to be for bringing back the offender dead or alive. Somewhere back when the Lane Hackers started itching old Ageira and IC, it changed to dead only, please.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131718:
I'm stuck running Trade Lane patrols. We do all of them that fan out from the ship. Pretty boring work, not what I signed up in the Navy for. I hear they put you on the Galileo and Kepler patrols when you've proved yourself a bit. Don't want any greenies out there.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
->Rumor #131719:
We're always bailing out those LPI losers, especially in the Alamosa Field. I don't know why they don't just let us take over security. They can focus on running those prison factories, since that's what they seem to really want to do.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131720:
We're supposedly here to watch out for Xenos, but I think that Liberty wants to keep a close eye on Pueblo -- all that top secret stuff there that Kusari and Rheinland are always trying to find out about. Guess the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates are a big deal -- a mystery to me.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131721:
I hear the toughest systems for the navy are the Independent Worlds between Texas and Hamburg. Colorado is pansy land -- just some stupid Rogues and Xenos.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131722:
We run two patrols into the fields from the Rio Grande. One goes into the Copperton Field, the other into the Alamosa. Usually the bad guys hightail it out of there when we show up, but not always. I killed me twelve Rogues and twenty Xenos so far since being posted up here -- no Lane Hackers yet, though. They don't stick around as much as the others.
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
->Rumor #131723:
We're pretty sure that the Xenos have a base in the Denko Cloud in Kepler. They won't let us go take a looksee though. They say the radiation levels are too high. That sounds like a bunch of political red tape to me.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131724:
The navy patrols the Independent Worlds of Galileo and Kepler. We split duties with the Kusari armed forces. They cover the northern half of the Trade Lanes; we do the southern half. It's kind of dark and spooky up there -- no suns. All those dark clouds make the baddies hard to see.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131725:
The Lane Hackers and Rogues both have bases somewhere in Galileo, probably in those dark matter clouds. Kusari won't let us go take a look though. Says it's their responsibility. Hey, Liberty was the one that paid for those Trade Lanes up there. Kusari didn't have to put up a cent for the Galileo route.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy/Rio Grande Bartender/Victor Pounds
->Rumor #131726:
Universal supplies all Liberty Navy bases with essentials like H-Fuel, Food, Water, Oxygen, and Pharmaceuticals. On the Rio Grande, these come from Denver.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jon Spinner
->Rumor #131727:
Universal brings in Side Arms from Detroit. We get attacked by Xenos on occasion in the Silverton Field.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jon Spinner
->Rumor #131728:
We deliver some supplies here, then continue with H-Fuel, Water, and Oxygen to the Pueblo facility just down the Trade Lane.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jon Spinner
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====Eindhoven Depot (Saar)====
->Rumor #134155:
The Hessians use this base as a stopover between Vogtland and Ronneburg. We ship all the basic supplies to this base. Some of them we sell to the LWB, the rest we deliver to the Ronneburg.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
->Rumor #134156:
Aside from basic supplies, we bring Side Arms and Engine Components here. The LWB are only too happy to purchase those goods. Whatever we don't sell continues on to Ronneburg.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
->Rumor #134157:
This system has a strong police presence compared to others, but the lanes here are also carrying many juicy Commodities. The traffic to and from the Republican supply depot here is a tempting target for us.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
->Rumor #134158:
Daumann, Kruger, Republican, the government -- it's all just the rich exploiting the poor. I hate our government and our corporations too much to ever try and help this accursed place. Men are crushed to nothing by the system, that's why I became a Red Hessian. I'd be damned if I wasted my life living under another man's boot.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
->Rumor #134159:
I've been all over Rheinland and the Border Worlds. I've killed Bretonians, Police, and Military. I began my career fighting the Corsairs in Omega 5. After that meat grinder, I became numb to it all.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
->Rumor #134160:
My brother is a Rheinland Federal Police pilot; he operates out of the station Ulm, north of the Westnebel. I do not fly in that space -- we may be on opposite sides of the law, but I do not wish to see any harm come to him.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
->Rumor #134161:
The Red Hessians are allies of ours, though they do not share in the LWB's intense hatred of Synth Foods and ALG. From our base in the Ostnebel, we can attack shipments of ALG Fertilizers, and harass any shipments that Synth Foods is trying to get off of the planet.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
 * LWB/Darmstadt Bartender/Wenzel Ranis
->Rumor #134162:
The WVS, or Stuttgart Growing Association, protected the rights of the Stuttgart farmers for a very long time. It was an age of wealth and pride for Stuttgart. We were a united front in New Berlin and lobbied forcefully to gain government subsidies. But it all came to a stop at the end of that terrible war.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
->Rumor #134163:
After the Eighty-Years War, the Rheinland Government was bankrupt, and they were deep in debt to Liberty. That is how Liberty corporations were able to get their hands on the soil of Stuttgart. They came in with their foreign capital and bribed the old government into selling the garden. The debt to Liberty was cancelled, but honor is something you should not trade at any price.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
->Rumor #134164:
The Red Hessians use this base as a rest stop in their travels through Rheinland. In return we may purchase many Commodities from their base, Vogtland. The Engine Components we get from them help keep our ships operational.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
 * LWB/Darmstadt Bartender/Wenzel Ranis
->Rumor #134165:
A benefit of the Ostnebel Cloud that hides Darmstaad is the Jump Hole that leads to Dresden. It makes travel throughout Rheinland easier. The other Jump Hole in Stuttgart is across the system in the Westnebel; it will lead you to Omega 11.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
 * LWB/Darmstadt Bartender/Wenzel Ranis
->Rumor #134166:
Under the WVS, Stuttgart was a planet of proud farmers who owned and tilled the land as free men; it was a paradise. Do you know what it is to caress the leaf of a plant growing strong in your own fields? When my father was a boy, he walked lands with his father that had fed our family, and all of Rheinland, for generations.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
->Rumor #134167:
The LWB (Farmer's Rights Movement) was founded in 730 AS after Synth Foods executives took control of the WVS (Stuttgart Growing Association). The WVS was dead from that day forward. We came together to safeguard what rights we had left. The LWB is not a terrorist organization; we fight to protect the farmers on Stuttgart from exploitation at the hands of Synth Foods.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
->Rumor #134168:
We are supplied by the New Berlin Junkers of Kreuzberg. They offer us almost everything we need, from basic necessities to Side Arms.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
 * LWB/Darmstadt Bartender/Wenzel Ranis
->Rumor #134169:
Pumping Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases into Stuttgart makes it impossible to grow anything else but that damned Synth Foods weed. The weather systems have shifted and the luxury crops that helped individual farmers stave off Synth Foods buyouts are starting to fail. We will attack any ALG Fertilizers or Synth Terraforming Gases on their way to Stuttgart.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
 * LWB/Darmstadt Bartender/Wenzel Ranis
->Rumor #134170:
Every Synth Foods ship laden with crops leaving our system not grown by WVS farmers is an insult to Rheinland, and the great farming culture that once was Stuttgart. That is why they must be destroyed; every convoy we can destroy with Synth Paste brings us one step closer to the sovereign lands we lost.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
 * LWB/Darmstadt Bartender/Wenzel Ranis
->Rumor #134171:
The subsidies that Stuttgart farmers enjoyed before the Eighty-Years War stopped overnight at the war's end in 685 AS. New Berlin was bankrupt. Immediately, more than half of the Stuttgart farmers were plunged into poverty. I understand why they stopped the subsidies, but to do so overnight destroyed the last remnants of a stable economy in Rheinland. I curse the fools in New Berlin.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
->Rumor #134348:
The Nurnberg was making a gun run from here to Omega-11 when it was attacked by a Federal Police patrol while crossing the open area in the center of the system. The ship was pursued into the Westnebel, where it lost contact. Because it never arrived in Freital, the police must have destroyed it.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
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====Battleship Harlow (Salisbury)====
->Rumor #132560:
We go further into the clouds than the Armed Forces do. I've gone right by the Omega-5 Jump Hole more than once. That takes some guts, let me tell ya. The Corsairs get really nasty if you get too close to their access points. I've never been in Omega-5. Not too many Hunters survive to tell their tales of that area.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132561:
Word from Freeport I is that the Corsairs are losing their turf war with the Hessians in Omega-5. That'll save Bretonia's rear. Once the Hessians cut off Omega-5, the Corsairs won't have an access route into Cambridge anymore. Hessians don't much care about this corner of the woods.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132562:
Our group went on a long-range patrol along the Corsair Artifact smuggling route to the New London Jump Hole. I got one of 'em in my sights, but his buddies laid some wicked covering fire that forced me to break off. Those Corsairs are a wily lot.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132563:
There are some top Hunters of the Guild out in the Omega Sector. I was talking to one of 'em last week on Freeport 1 -- said he'd made it all the way to Freeport 5 in Omega-41. That's on the edge of nothing, that is. He talked about a neutron star's deadly radiation that'll fry ya in a couple of minutes if you aren't properly protected.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132564:
I used to be an IMG miner in Cardiff. This is much better work -- yeah, a little more dangerous, but a lot more rewarding. They recruited me for my knowledge of the Grasmere and Keswick Clouds. I grew up on Cambridge, so I know 'em like the back of my hand.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132565:
The Guild is gaining membership in Rheinland. It was tough for a while, but the pay is better than the Federal Police can offer, and you have more freedom to boot. Of course, the Red Hessians are growing, too, so it's not an easy job. The Mollys and Gaians would be chicken feed for that lot.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132566:
We are delivering supplies from Cambridge for the battleship. It's not much of a run, but it keeps me busy. The Corsairs rarely bother us along the Cambridge line. We bring the Side Arms and H-Fuel in from London as needed.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132567:
We had a rough MOX run on the way in. Mollys attacked us as we left LD-14. The Armed Forces saved the day on that one. Then the Mollys bit us again in New London. This time it got dicey, since all we had were police in the area. I lost an escort on that one.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132568:
Normally, running Toxic Waste from a ship like this one is not an attractive target, but those Mollys think they can build a dirty bomb with some of this nasty stuff. So, we have to deal with stress both ways from LD-14.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132569:
The Norfolk serves as a keystone in the defense of Bretonia against the scourge of the Corsairs. The Cambridge Line stretches between here and Cambridge to offer additional protection for ships traveling along that Trade Lane.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132570:
Omega-3 is a sea of ice asteroids. Corsairs are more of a problem in our end of the system; the Red Hessians take over at the east end. Apparently, there's no Jump Hole between Omega-3 and here, or between Omega-3 and Omega-7. That keeps things a little bit more controlled.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
->Rumor #132571:
We patrol the Trade Lane into the Keswick Cloud, a favorite crossing point for Corsairs, and the Lane to Cardiff. The Omega-3 Gate area is particularly contentious right now. We've allocated an entire squadron to patrol just that vicinity.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132572:
Captain Edwards says we're going out into the Grasmere tomorrow on a search and destroy mission to look for Corsairs. Guess I better record a message for my momma, in case I don't come back.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
->Rumor #132573:
We've extended our patrols into Omega-3 per the conditions of the Omega Trade Lane Pact with Rheinland. Problem is, they aren't holding up their end in Omega-7. The excuse is not enough money. We're itching to go in there, but London won't allow it.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132574:
Cambridge used to be such a peaceful place, and then the Corsairs showed up. They've built that Cambridge Line to assure all those university types in Cambridge that everything is under control. Fact is the Line's useless. The weapon platforms are too far apart, and the Corsairs just go around the ends of the Line.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #134284:
The Henry Jones Gold convoy was bound for Rheinland when it was attacked by Corsairs near the Omega-3 Gate. Its escorts were destroyed, and the ship was commandeered. An Armed Forces patrol responding to the initial distress call intercepted the raiding party near the edge of the Grasmere Cloud, and a bloody firefight ensued. The heavily damaged armored transport was the only pirate ship able to escape into the safety of the Grasmere Cloud. Its crew is believed to have perished in there before establishing contact with other Corsairs in the area.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
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====Winchester Station (Salisbury)====
->Rumor #132560:
We go further into the clouds than the Armed Forces do. I've gone right by the Omega-5 Jump Hole more than once. That takes some guts, let me tell ya. The Corsairs get really nasty if you get too close to their access points. I've never been in Omega-5. Not too many Hunters survive to tell their tales of that area.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132561:
Word from Freeport I is that the Corsairs are losing their turf war with the Hessians in Omega-5. That'll save Bretonia's rear. Once the Hessians cut off Omega-5, the Corsairs won't have an access route into Cambridge anymore. Hessians don't much care about this corner of the woods.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132562:
Our group went on a long-range patrol along the Corsair Artifact smuggling route to the New London Jump Hole. I got one of 'em in my sights, but his buddies laid some wicked covering fire that forced me to break off. Those Corsairs are a wily lot.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132563:
There are some top Hunters of the Guild out in the Omega Sector. I was talking to one of 'em last week on Freeport 1 -- said he'd made it all the way to Freeport 5 in Omega-41. That's on the edge of nothing, that is. He talked about a neutron star's deadly radiation that'll fry ya in a couple of minutes if you aren't properly protected.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132564:
I used to be an IMG miner in Cardiff. This is much better work -- yeah, a little more dangerous, but a lot more rewarding. They recruited me for my knowledge of the Grasmere and Keswick Clouds. I grew up on Cambridge, so I know 'em like the back of my hand.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132565:
The Guild is gaining membership in Rheinland. It was tough for a while, but the pay is better than the Federal Police can offer, and you have more freedom to boot. Of course, the Red Hessians are growing, too, so it's not an easy job. The Mollys and Gaians would be chicken feed for that lot.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
->Rumor #132566:
We are delivering supplies from Cambridge for the battleship. It's not much of a run, but it keeps me busy. The Corsairs rarely bother us along the Cambridge line. We bring the Side Arms and H-Fuel in from London as needed.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132567:
We had a rough MOX run on the way in. Mollys attacked us as we left LD-14. The Armed Forces saved the day on that one. Then the Mollys bit us again in New London. This time it got dicey, since all we had were police in the area. I lost an escort on that one.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132568:
Normally, running Toxic Waste from a ship like this one is not an attractive target, but those Mollys think they can build a dirty bomb with some of this nasty stuff. So, we have to deal with stress both ways from LD-14.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
->Rumor #132569:
The Norfolk serves as a keystone in the defense of Bretonia against the scourge of the Corsairs. The Cambridge Line stretches between here and Cambridge to offer additional protection for ships traveling along that Trade Lane.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132570:
Omega-3 is a sea of ice asteroids. Corsairs are more of a problem in our end of the system; the Red Hessians take over at the east end. Apparently, there's no Jump Hole between Omega-3 and here, or between Omega-3 and Omega-7. That keeps things a little bit more controlled.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
->Rumor #132571:
We patrol the Trade Lane into the Keswick Cloud, a favorite crossing point for Corsairs, and the Lane to Cardiff. The Omega-3 Gate area is particularly contentious right now. We've allocated an entire squadron to patrol just that vicinity.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132572:
Captain Edwards says we're going out into the Grasmere tomorrow on a search and destroy mission to look for Corsairs. Guess I better record a message for my momma, in case I don't come back.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
->Rumor #132573:
We've extended our patrols into Omega-3 per the conditions of the Omega Trade Lane Pact with Rheinland. Problem is, they aren't holding up their end in Omega-7. The excuse is not enough money. We're itching to go in there, but London won't allow it.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #132574:
Cambridge used to be such a peaceful place, and then the Corsairs showed up. They've built that Cambridge Line to assure all those university types in Cambridge that everything is under control. Fact is the Line's useless. The weapon platforms are too far apart, and the Corsairs just go around the ends of the Line.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Mickey Mansfield
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Norfolk Bartender/Wallace Ashby
->Rumor #134284:
The Henry Jones Gold convoy was bound for Rheinland when it was attacked by Corsairs near the Omega-3 Gate. Its escorts were destroyed, and the ship was commandeered. An Armed Forces patrol responding to the initial distress call intercepted the raiding party near the edge of the Grasmere Cloud, and a bloody firefight ensued. The heavily damaged armored transport was the only pirate ship able to escape into the safety of the Grasmere Cloud. Its crew is believed to have perished in there before establishing contact with other Corsairs in the area.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Rick Burton
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Solomon Pesto
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Joesphine Macaw
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major Ronda Basil
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====Battleship Myoko (Shikoku)====
->Rumor #133451:
Our patrols enter in the Border Worlds in an attempt to stem piracy in this system and in nearby areas. If we can reduce the number of criminals in Kepler and Galileo, we will reduce the criminals in Shikoku.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133452:
After the Shikoku-Tokyo Gate was built in 300 AS, our period of isolation was over. Since then more and more Gaijin have entered our space. At first, the foreigners were closely monitored, and not many were allowed to enter beyond this system. That has changed, and now you may travel rather freely through our space.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133453:
This system is a crossroads of Kusari and Liberty shipping. Consequently, we get a lot of Liberty criminals here. There are Rogues and Lane hackers as well as our own Blood Dragons, Golden Chrysanthemums, Farmers Alliance, and Hogosha.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133454:
The Blood Dragons are fierce opponents, and the police require our help to fight them off. Bounty Hunters are also successful at dealing with them, and I know that Samura has hired many of these mercenaries to deal with the problem. Deshima is home to the Bounty Hunters Guild in Kusari. No where else will you find their bases operating in this part of space.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133455:
I fly a patrol into the Keiun to hunt down Gaijin pirates. They are mostly coming in from that area. I also escort convoys from the Border Worlds. Often times the ships have been so beaten up out there that to be attacked here in Shikoku almost insures their death.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
->Rumor #133456:
The Xenos in Kepler wreak havoc upon our shipping concerns traveling between Kusari and Liberty. They feel as we do toward outsiders. Though I can sympathize with that sentiment, they are not justified in their belief as we are.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133457:
The Lane Hackers make attacks upon our vessels in Galileo. They have a base there in the Komatsu Cloud, though its exact position within the cloud is unknown. They are always able to sniff out the most expensive cargoes to seize. We have taken to escorting the most lucrative shipments; sometimes it is not enough just to run patrols.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133458:
The police are commissioned with capturing criminals, whereas we are not burdened by that limitation. If pirates are harassing shipping, we are fully within our rights to destroy them. Only if they surrender will they be spared.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133459:
I wish that the Liberty Rogues would confine themselves to Liberty. They are not skilled or coordinated in their attacks, but they are plentiful, which is unfortunate. I must try harder to kill more of them. They are the foulest of the Liberty criminals; they have no intellect or honor.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
->Rumor #133460:
This battleship has most of its basic supplies brought here by Samura from Deshima. It is a good run because you know it should be reasonably safe.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Makoto Hasegawa
->Rumor #133461:
Samura makes a run to Yokohama from this station every few days. The engines of this battleship produce Toxic Waste, which is shipped there. We return with full loads of MOX.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Makoto Hasegawa
->Rumor #133462:
My family members are fishermen in Junyo. I thought it would be exciting to become a pilot. Now I wish I could be a fisherman again. I suppose one always to be something else, but this is different. Do you know how often Samura pilots die in this system just running supplies?
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Makoto Hasegawa
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====Deshima Station (Shikoku)====
->Rumor #133463:
This is the only system in Kusari space that allows the Bounty Hunters to have a base. They don't like foreigners in Kusari, and Shikoku has served as a buffer between Liberty and this House ever since the Jump Gates connecting the two were built.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Deshima Bartender/Shoetsu Tankoshitsu
->Rumor #133464:
Samura pays the Bounty Hunters very well to destroy Blood Dragons in this system. They are tough scum bags to kill, but worth the cash they earn me. I decided to come to Kusari because there is less competition here among other Bounty Hunters.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133465:
To be a decent Bounty Hunter you have to know the Jump Hole networks that span all of Sirius. There are two Jump Holes in this system. The one leading to Kyushu is in the Saiun on the northern end of the system. In the south you will find a Hole to Galileo tucked into the Keiun.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133466:
If you are looking to kill Golden Chrysanthemums, head north to the Kyushu Hole in Saiun. The Golden C. also use the clouds to move through the system. I get paid good money to vaporize those ladies. Watch out, if they sense that they are about to be destroyed, they have no problem ramming you.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Deshima Bartender/Shoetsu Tankoshitsu
->Rumor #133467:
Synth Foods offered me some money to hunt down and destroy the Farmers Alliance in the system. Then some Samura approached me and said they would pay me not to kill Alliance fighters. I will always take money for nothing over money for something.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
 * Bounty Hunters Guild/Deshima Bartender/Shoetsu Tankoshitsu
->Rumor #133468:
Strange that Samura never pays to have Farmers Alliance activity popped in this area. They seem most concerned with Lane Hackers and Rogues that enter the system and loiter near the Keiun. They use the Jump Hole from Galileo.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133469:
I'm in this system operating on behalf of Universal. I handle the problems that they encounter when shipping into Kusari. Let me give you some advice about hunting here: don't mess with the Hogosha, they are connected.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133470:
I have been hired to kill any and all Farmers Alliance ships that I encounter. IC is paying me on behalf of Synth Foods. The police here haven't really been paying the Alliance any mind, which has been further stressing IC's relationship with Kusari. Finally IC decided to contract some professional killing. Those farmers don't know what hit em when I come swooping in.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133471:
The Guild has a general contract, paid by the Kusari government, that rewards us for any escaped convicts from Fuchu. I love getting double bumped; I get paid by a corporation for hitting a criminal and paid by Kusari because the mark was an escapee.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Shigeru Fujita
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Yoko Maeda
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Tomoko Ikeda
->Rumor #133472:
Kishiro ships Polymers and Optical Chips here from Shinagawa for use in the manufacturing of Consumer Goods. The best of these will be shipped to New Tokyo.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133473:
Kishiro sends Consumer Goods, H-Fuel, and Optical Chips from Denver. Only the best Kishiro pilots hazard the dangers of the Independent Worlds, but shipping between here and Liberty must be done.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133474:
Terraforming Gases and Super Conductors are brought here From Pueblo through the Independent Worlds. On the way there we send them H-Fuel and Niobium.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133475:
We do quite a bit of trading between this base and Honshu. They ship Optronics and Engine Components to us. We, in turn, supply them with Superconductors.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133476:
The Kishiro H-Fuel at this base comes here from Ogashawa in the eastern Border Worlds. Samura supplies H-Fuel here too, but ours is much better. Your ship will fly faster, we promise.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133477:
Niobium is brought here from where it is mined by the Zoners at Freeport 6. That is probably one of the most dangerous runs that Kishiro makes because you must cross most of the western Border Worlds and half of Kusari.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Shiro Ono
 * Kishiro Technologies/Section Chief Tadashi Suzuki
->Rumor #133478:
Along with basic Commodities, Samura ships Side Arms from here to Fuchu and Myoko. It is a short run to either base.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Toru Abe
->Rumor #133479:
Detroit Side Arms brought here from Pueblo are then shipped to New Tokyo. Samura has more contacts than Kishiro -- of course, we are the ones who deliver the more sensitive Commodities into the heart of Kusari.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Toru Abe
->Rumor #133480:
I make the Nansei Superconductor run for Samura. My family originally comes from Kyushu, so I am lucky that I got that assignment.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Toru Abe
->Rumor #133481:
The Deshima Food operation is a crucial part of our plan to penetrate the Kusari Food market. We bring in the fertilizers we need from Houston, since Samura would never sell us any.
 * Synth Foods/ Mark Hamilton
->Rumor #133482:
We send Food produced at this base to the New Tokyo system where it can be enjoyed in the heart of the Kusari Shogunate. Too bad those Farmers Alliance pirates keep attacking our convoys. That just means higher prices for the children of Kusari.
 * Synth Foods/ Mark Hamilton
->Rumor #133483:
We know that Samura is behind the Farmers Alliance. Our sources tell us that they have been funding them for some time now, yet the only way we can stop the farmers is by hiring Bounty Hunters. The government has deaf ears when it comes to anything Samura related.
 * Synth Foods/ Mark Hamilton
->Rumor #133484:
We provide the Side Arms used by the Kusari security forces. They have laws that ban internal production. No such problem in Liberty.
 * Universal Shipping/ Harvey White
->Rumor #133485:
Xenos have a strong presence in Kepler. I must admit, I don't mind those psychotic bastards. They don't really attack us; they're too busy blowing up Kusari ships.
 * Universal Shipping/ Harvey White
->Rumor #133486:
This is one of the most beautiful systems in all of Sirius. You know those names the clouds have? One of the Kishiro here told me what the names mean: the cloud to the north, the Saiun, means painted cloud; the Keiun to the south means beautiful cloud; and the western Shiun means violet cloud.
 * Universal Shipping/ Harvey White
->Rumor #133487:
Ames, our base in Kepler, gets almost all of its supplies from Deshima. Aside from the basics, we also get Engine Components here. We are pretty close by, really.
 * Zoners/ Lance Harper
->Rumor #133488:
We don't have a lot of enemies in Libertonian space, but we don't have any friends here. My ship got attacked by some crazy women calling themselves the Golden Chrysanthemums. They freaked me out, talking about how I was a male oppressor and such. Hey, the Zoners don't oppress anybody.
 * Zoners/ Lance Harper
->Rumor #133489:
I know our buddies in Freeport 6 need Commodities from this base. I'm glad that Kishiro makes the run. If Zoners had to do it, then there'd be a lot more of us getting all corpsed up.
 * Zoners/ Lance Harper
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====Fuchu Prison (Shikoku)====
->Rumor #133438:
The Kusari inmates at Fuchu are the most dangerous in all of our space. They deserve to be surrounded by the Gaijin. I wish that I did not have to be surrounded by them also, but I have no friends or family in the police force, so I am forced to take an undesirable post.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kazua Yamashita
 * Kusari State Police/Fuchu Bartender/Junkei Tsukawaki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoshiko Endo
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yumiko Abe
->Rumor #133439:
This prison used to be in New Tokyo, but the government felt it was a bad idea to keep so many criminals in the capitol system, especially when half of the convicts here are Gaijin. Fuchu was moved here because it is the closest system to the Border Worlds, and there is but one habitable planet.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kazua Yamashita
 * Kusari State Police/Fuchu Bartender/Junkei Tsukawaki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoshiko Endo
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yumiko Abe
->Rumor #133440:
Many of the prisoners attempt escape when they are sent to the ring to mine for Hydrocarbons. That is when security is at its lowest, because they are not surrounded by walls. We have been given permission to shoot and kill anyone who tries to escape while working.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kazua Yamashita
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoshiko Endo
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yumiko Abe
->Rumor #133441:
The military is often called in to help us when the Blood Dragons attack. We lack the equipment, fire power, and training to repel the Dragons. They attack here trying to free their brethren quite often. I don't know why we shouldn't execute them all as traitors right when they are captured.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kazua Yamashita
 * Kusari State Police/Fuchu Bartender/Junkei Tsukawaki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoshiko Endo
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yumiko Abe
->Rumor #133442:
The only other group that attacks this prison is the Golden Chrysanthemums. They do not have the skill or equipment that the Dragons do, but they are fearless. We kill plenty of them, but they are not disheartened. That dastardly Cardamine is such an evil thing. We must fight each day to keep the people of Kusari from falling to its allure.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kazua Yamashita
 * Kusari State Police/Fuchu Bartender/Junkei Tsukawaki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoshiko Endo
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yumiko Abe
->Rumor #133443:
There is a Liberty Rogue here who always claims to be a Lane Hacker. He has been here three years, and every day he offers me more money to let him escape. I think yesterday he offered me enough to buy my own planet, the poor fool. I know he has no money. Even if he were a Lane Hacker I would not take his money; we aren't the LPI.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kazua Yamashita
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoshiko Endo
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yumiko Abe
->Rumor #133444:
The Golden C. usually attack from the Keiun. The bold Blood Dragons will attack from anywhere. Most of the other criminals fly within the clouds to hide themselves, yet the Dragons will cross in open space, daring anyone to give chase, even the military.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kazua Yamashita
 * Kusari State Police/Fuchu Bartender/Junkei Tsukawaki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoshiko Endo
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yumiko Abe
->Rumor #133445:
The battleship Myoko was sent here to secure the Jump Gates and stop the flood of Gaijin criminals currently pouring in from the Border Worlds. I am glad they are here, but sadly they are not enough. If they did a better job, we wouldn't have half of this facility filled with foreigners.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kazua Yamashita
 * Kusari State Police/Fuchu Bartender/Junkei Tsukawaki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoshiko Endo
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yumiko Abe
->Rumor #133446:
I cannot believe how often I see the ex-inmates of this prison in Shikoku flying around as Bounty Hunters. They do not respect the importance of laws and codes, so why should they be enforcing them? It is the greatest of hypocrisies spawned in foreign space.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kazua Yamashita
 * Kusari State Police/Fuchu Bartender/Junkei Tsukawaki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yoshiko Endo
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Yumiko Abe
->Rumor #133447:
The prisoners here produce much of the Hydrocarbons in Kusari. It is our job to ship them to Tsushima.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Kenji Shimizu
->Rumor #133448:
A large portion of the basic supplies that keep this prison running are shipped here from Deshima. Deshima may be a haven for Gaijin and other filth, but it is also a trading hub in this sector.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Kenji Shimizu
->Rumor #133449:
Mining Machinery is shipped here from Freeport 6 in the Border Worlds. This machinery is used by the inmate population to gather the Hydrocarbons from the ring surrounding this base.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Kenji Shimizu
->Rumor #133450:
I do not like coming here usually, though it is rewarding at times. They brought in a group of Liberty Rogues that had been attacking our shipments for weeks. It was good to see their faces, particularly when they were pushed into their cells.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Kenji Shimizu
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====Ohashi Border Station (Shikoku)====
->Rumor #133508:
This station was built to protect the Gates to Kusari space. You may see many Gaijin here in Shikoku, but the number of foreigners drops greatly in the rest of our systems.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Hayashi
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miyuki Ishii
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Naoko Ota
 * Kusari State Police/Ohashi Bartender/RBT-120
->Rumor #133509:
The majority of inmates in Fuchu prison are Gaijin. This confirms our beliefs that the fewer foreigners we have in our space, the better it is for Kusari. I am not pleased that the government keeps lowering entrance standards.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Hayashi
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miyuki Ishii
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Naoko Ota
 * Kusari State Police/Ohashi Bartender/RBT-120
->Rumor #133510:
The Blood Dragons are a formidable opponent for us. Our patrols are not enough to curb their piracy within this part of space. We try to keep the Jump Gate clear of riffraff and protect the prison convoys.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Hayashi
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miyuki Ishii
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Naoko Ota
 * Kusari State Police/Ohashi Bartender/RBT-120
->Rumor #133511:
The Blood Dragons are the greatest threat in this part of the system. We also encounter Golden C. and Farmers Alliance attack patrols on the Trade Lanes running from the Jump Gates.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Hayashi
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miyuki Ishii
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Naoko Ota
 * Kusari State Police/Ohashi Bartender/RBT-120
->Rumor #133512:
For many of our ranks it is better to work here. Our job means the most in Shikoku. This would be the entry point for many of the criminals that could plague our space if we let them.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Hayashi
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miyuki Ishii
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Naoko Ota
 * Kusari State Police/Ohashi Bartender/RBT-120
->Rumor #133513:
My daughter has joined the Golden Chrysanthemums. It is a terrible dishonor for my family, and I try to keep the fact secret. She was always a precocious child. I only pray she is killed without being identified.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Hayashi
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miyuki Ishii
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Naoko Ota
->Rumor #133514:
It is a pity that this system is so rife with criminals, since it is a very beautiful place. Sometimes I will sit and meditate upon this paradox. It is as if mud has been kicked upon a flower.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Hayashi
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miyuki Ishii
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Naoko Ota
->Rumor #133515:
I am glad that I do not work at the Fuchu prison. It would make me sick to be surrounded by so many bloodthirsty Rogues. Even stepping foot on Deshima makes my eyes water; it smells so foul there.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Hayashi
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miyuki Ishii
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Naoko Ota
->Rumor #133516:
There was a time when the only foreigners in Kusari were in this system. That was a wonderful time for our people, I'm sure. We wouldn't have any criminals to speak of except the Blood Dragons if things had remained that way.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Akio Hayashi
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Miyuki Ishii
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Naoko Ota
->Rumor #133517:
The Side Arms you see strapped to all of our honorable law bringers come from Deshima station. It's ironic that we must use Ageira weapons to protect ourselves from Liberty criminals.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Hiro Kondo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Ichiro Mori
->Rumor #133518:
Basic supplies are brought to this base by Samura and no other. It is either brought in from New Tokyo, or we ship it here from within the system.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Hiro Kondo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Ichiro Mori
->Rumor #133519:
The only company allowed to land at this base is Samura. We are honored with the task of keeping Kusari safe. It is true that we do not do the work ourselves, but how would the police operate without our assistance?
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Hiro Kondo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Ichiro Mori
->Rumor #133520:
Even though we are shipping to a police base, our convoys are attacked quite often. I do not wish to speak ill of our police force, but they cannot always defend us from the mongrels in this system. It is all the foreigners that turn their attention away from the real criminals, the Blood Dragons.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Hiro Kondo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Ichiro Mori
->Rumor #133521:
My son -- he is a good boy -- told me he wanted to make a difference and was going to join the police. He was never interested in business or I would have secured him a position with Samura. I told him that the police did not live long enough to make a good career. He is serving in the military.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Hiro Kondo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Ichiro Mori
->Rumor #133522:
The only base that Kishiro does business on in this system is Deshima. This should tell you who is the more trusted of the two keiretsu. Kusari's corporate interests in Shikoku are faithfully represented by Samura.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Hiro Kondo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Ichiro Mori
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====Planet Junyo (Shikoku)====
->Rumor #133490:
I fly along the Trade Lanes between here and the New Tokyo Jump Gate. It is one of the most dangerous patrols in this system, and this is one of the most dangerous places in Kusari space. Needless to say, I am an excellent pilot.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kyoko Sasaki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Noriko Goto
->Rumor #133491:
Sometimes I will buy fish here and take it to my family. Once I forgot to take the fish out of my ship, and it stayed there overnight. No matter how much I clean, it always smells very bad in the cockpit. The other police call me Squid-san now; it is very embarrassing.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kyoko Sasaki
->Rumor #133492:
The Golden C. are dangerous fanatics who do not care if they live or die. The Cardamine has made them mad. One tried to ram my ship. Fortunately, I dodged her attack and blew her craft to pieces.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kyoko Sasaki
->Rumor #133493:
The Saiun Cloud was so beautiful to me when I was first assigned to this system. Now I look upon its painted scape with fear, for there the worst of Kusari lurks. Even now I'm sure pirates wait for the next appetizing convoy to pass.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kyoko Sasaki
 * Kusari State Police/Inspector Noriko Goto
->Rumor #133494:
The Bounty Hunters are filth-ridden foreigners, but I must admit they are very good pilots. They kill many of the worst pirates in this system, and for that I am thankful. It should be Gaijin killing Gaijin anyway. Why must I risk my skin fighting smelly outsiders?
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kyoko Sasaki
->Rumor #133495:
Blood Dragons attacked the most recent convoy headed to Fuchu prison. We got the distress call and scrambled to help, but by the time we arrived the entire convoy was destroyed. Even the prisoner ship was demolished; there was no one left alive.
 * Kusari State Police/Detective Kyoko Sasaki
->Rumor #133496:
You seem to be an honorable fellow. This base could always use more Construction Machinery to keep our operations running smoothly. If you take Luxury Foods to Honshu and return with the Machinery, you should turn a nice profit.
 * Kusari Population/Junyo Bartender/Kahei Saigo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Wataru Yoshida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Hideaki Endo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Takeshi Kojima
->Rumor #133497:
We bring Alien Organisms to this planet to help maintain our fish populations. Most of the Organisms we get are from Shinjuku.
 * Kusari Population/Junyo Bartender/Kahei Saigo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Wataru Yoshida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Hideaki Endo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Takeshi Kojima
->Rumor #133498:
This planet is very young. We first overlooked these oceans as a place to raise fish because they were bereft of life. It would have taken a very long time for a food chain to develop here, that is, until we used Alien Organisms to jumpstart the process.
 * Kusari Population/Junyo Bartender/Kahei Saigo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Wataru Yoshida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Hideaki Endo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Takeshi Kojima
->Rumor #133499:
The Oxygen and Water collected at this base is sent to every other base in this system by Samura shipping convoys. Though we ship basic supplies, we still fall under attack quite often. Even criminals must drink and breathe, only I wish did they did less of it.
 * Kusari Population/Junyo Bartender/Kahei Saigo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Wataru Yoshida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Hideaki Endo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Takeshi Kojima
->Rumor #133500:
If you wish to go to New Tokyo, there is a way to line your pockets and travel there as well. Take a load of the Luxury Foods we produce here to the capitol. You may return with H-Fuel.
 * Kusari Population/Junyo Bartender/Kahei Saigo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Wataru Yoshida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Hideaki Endo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Takeshi Kojima
->Rumor #133501:
Denver buys a lot of Junyo Luxury Food. It is a difficult journey for Samura because of the Xenos, but you may find it easier.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Takeshi Kojima
->Rumor #133502:
In the Border Worlds on the eastern side of Kusari space is a planet where Alien Organisms are found in vast numbers. That planet, Kurile, is in dangerous space. If you believe yourself to be a good pilot, you could always bring them here.
 * Kusari Population/Junyo Bartender/Kahei Saigo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Wataru Yoshida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Hideaki Endo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Takeshi Kojima
->Rumor #133503:
Most of the criminals that attack my ship in the Trade Lanes pour from the Saiun. It's such a beautiful place that to be filled with so many loathsome creatures is very regrettable.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Wataru Yoshida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Hideaki Endo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Takeshi Kojima
->Rumor #133504:
Sometimes I will look across these waters and wonder what creatures might have eventually emerged from these depths had we not meddled with nature here. Sometimes it is better for a man to eat rice, but you didn't hear that from me.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Wataru Yoshida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Hideaki Endo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Takeshi Kojima
->Rumor #133505:
I used to be an important man in New Tokyo. My division was always ahead of schedule, and my team very efficient. One of my men was a terrible worker, so I fired him. Little did I know he was the cousin to a powerful executive.
 * Kusari Population/Junyo Bartender/Kahei Saigo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Wataru Yoshida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Hideaki Endo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Takeshi Kojima
->Rumor #133506:
I will stare into the depths of the waters here. There is little I can do to escape this place. I miss New Tokyo dearly, and I want only to be back there. I hate fish; I can never completely wash its smell from my skin.
 * Kusari Population/Junyo Bartender/Kahei Saigo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Wataru Yoshida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Hideaki Endo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Takeshi Kojima
->Rumor #133507:
The communications tower is very high in the center of the station. There are always many people nearby. Perhaps I could throw myself off of its highest point and end this suffering.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Chief Clerk Wataru Yoshida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Hideaki Endo
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Susumu Abe
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Section Chief Takeshi Kojima
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====Gas Miner Naha (Sigma-13)====
->Rumor #133006:
This has been our primary gas production area since 300 AS. It is almost exhausted, but we are hopeful that the new gas miners purchased from Kishiro will enable us to economically mine the lower density clouds remaining.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Naha Bartender/Okimoto Otani
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133007:
Most of the great battlefields from the 80-Years War lay scattered around this system. In 668 we decisively defeated the Rheinland Imperial Navy at the Battle of Yanagi Cloud. After 130 years, ALG and the Junkers are finally removing the hazardous ship debris from that area.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Naha Bartender/Okimoto Otani
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133008:
We are most upset that the Corsairs have chosen to consort with the Hogosha in the Artifact trade. Our former friends have betrayed us; they are now our enemies. The Junkers give them shelter on their Yanagi base. Once the great cleanup of the debris fields is finished by ALG, we will chase them out of our territory.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133009:
Most of our Gas produced here is shipped to Osaka by Samura, although that will be changing shortly. Supplies are brought in from our Aomori base in the Honshu system. Our Kusari ancestors did not have the advantage of Jump Gates, so the journey took many months.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Naha Bartender/Okimoto Otani
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133010:
You must be careful of the oxygen pockets within Sigma-13. Many ships have stumbled unawares into these dangerous traps over the years. They are interesting phenomena created when an oxygen pocket is protected from the surrounding hydrogen-rich clouds by a shell of inert helium. When a ship enters the area, its engines emit hydrogen that reacts explosively with the surrounding oxygen.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133011:
Samura has betrayed our trust. We made a pact with them centuries ago to simplify the sale and transport of our Gas. They have abused and exploited that agreement. Soon we will be rid of the Samura and will receive a fair market price from Kishiro for all of our H-Fuel.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133012:
Our ancestors are Kusari fishermen that were forced to leave Honshu in the second century, after the fishing stocks became severely depleted. They entered the Crow Nebula in search of something new to harvest. After 20 years of wandering, they found Hydrogen and Helium isotopes that were far more abundant here than anywhere else in the Sirius sector.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Naha Bartender/Okimoto Otani
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133013:
The Outcasts have entered Sigma-13 in recent times. They are quite similar to the Corsairs, yet seem to hate them as much as anyone else. They access this system through our own Jump Hole from Sigma-17. We must be more vigilant in our patrols.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133014:
Kruger and the Rheinland Military will never be allowed to enter Sigma-13. Many sons and daughters of the GMG sacrificed their lives to fight the Rheinland invaders during the war. The GMG lost over half of its people during those dangerous times.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Naha Bartender/Okimoto Otani
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133015:
My ship is here to pick up a shipment of H-Fuel bound for the Mainz Outpost in Frankfurt. Rheinland companies are not allowed to ship H-Fuel outside their own systems. I don't feel comfortable here; the GMG are not true Kusari anymore. Somehow they have changed during their centuries of wandering.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Iwao Takemura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Dosan Takabe
->Rumor #133016:
Samura has made immense profits from the H-Fuel monopoly we have shared with the GMG for over 400 years. Those ungrateful gas miners then betrayed our trust and entered a secret deal with Kishiro. Soon enough, the Hokkaido system will be fully operational, and we can abandon the GMG.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Iwao Takemura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Dosan Takabe
->Rumor #133017:
Samura once dominated gas miner technology, but as in many other areas, we have been complacent and let Kishiro pass us by. That is the real reason that the GMG has decided to switch allegiance to our mortal enemy. Kishiro gas miners will enable them to harvest Gas in areas not considered economically viable.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Iwao Takemura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Dosan Takabe
->Rumor #133018:
Sigma-13 is more dangerous now than at any time since it was reopened after the 80-Years War. The Outcasts and Corsairs grow stronger everyday. They cannot be bribed or negotiated with like most criminal organizations. We would actually prefer if Republican handled most of the cargo runs through here, but Tokyo and the GMG object.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Iwao Takemura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Dosan Takabe
->Rumor #133019:
You may see Zoners here on occasion. They are a strange breed that one sees at the edge of civilized space. I hear that they have established bases within the Edge Worlds, very close to the heart of the Corsair empire.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Iwao Takemura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Dosan Takabe
->Rumor #133020:
The GMG was secretly backed by the Kusari government during the 80-Years War. It was very costly, but the GMG are our brethren, after all. They provide a protective shield for Kusari space, which allows the military to concentrate on more pressing problems, like securing Hokkaido for Samura.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Iwao Takemura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Dosan Takabe
->Rumor #133021:
We pick up H-Fuel here to deliver to the Atka Research Station in Sigma-17. We then continue on to Freeport 9. The GMG are much like us -- wanderers of the stars, who no longer belong on the settled planets.
 * Zoners/ Daniel Hurley
->Rumor #133022:
You must be very careful of the Corsairs if you want to go further into the Sigma or Omicron Worlds. If you are not their friend, it is difficult to survive. The Bounty Hunters that prowl the Edge Worlds are brave souls indeed.
 * Zoners/ Daniel Hurley
->Rumor #133023:
We use the Jump Hole from Sigma-17 to access this system. It is near the southeast oxygen pocket, so you must be very careful. Corsairs use if frequently, so don't linger in the Hole area.
 * Zoners/ Daniel Hurley
->Rumor #134295:
The Kruger gas mining area was abandoned early in the 80-Years War, almost overnight. In their haste to depart, the Kruger personnel left several cargo pods intact. As far as anyone knows, they are still out there, scattered among the debris. The south oxygen pocket has since drifted over the site, making recovery a difficult proposition at best.
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
->Rumor #134296:
Although the bulk of the Imperial Rheinland fleet was destroyed in the Battle of the Yanagi Cloud, the heavy cruiser Kassel and its escorts survived the initial slaughter. They were not so lucky with the second GMG ambush at the edge of the north oxygen pocket. The remains have since drifted into the gas area, out of reach of the salvage crews.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
->Rumor #134297:
The great battlefield in Sigma-13 is the site of Rheinland's most shameful defeat of the 80-Years War. The entire First Fleet was reduced to smoking hulks within several hours by the GMG. In the high radiation areas, the debris is relatively untouched to this day, but salvaging it is very dangerous and unpredictable.
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
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====Helgoland Station (Sigma-13)====
->Rumor #133024:
We have been contracted by the Rheinland and Kusari governments to remove the debris remaining from the 80-Years War battlefields. Much of if poses hazards to shipping in the area. The GMG has allowed the Helgoland Scrap Metal shredding and sorting facility to be based in the Yanagi Pocket.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Günther Brandenburg
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Lexi Schroeder
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Helgoland Bartender/Gerald Filss
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Oliver Vogler
->Rumor #133025:
ALG was reluctant to take this job, but the contract was quite lucrative. It is eerie dismantling all of these tombs of Rheinland sailors. The interiors of the ships look like the day they were destroyed over 130 years ago. There are plenty of bodies still floating about.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Günther Brandenburg
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Lexi Schroeder
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Helgoland Bartender/Gerald Filss
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Oliver Vogler
->Rumor #133026:
ALG would like to see better relations between Rheinland and Kusari; that's why we agreed to this job. It has also been the most ambitious salvage operation ever undertaken in the Sirius Sector. Many of these ships were just left as is by the GMG, engines still intact. We will have enough material here to supply ALG needs for years to come.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Günther Brandenburg
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Lexi Schroeder
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Oliver Vogler
->Rumor #133027:
We use this base as a stopover point for Toxic Waste and Scrap Metal ships returning from the Yukawa Shipyard in Honshu. We pick up additional Scrap Metal and Toxic Waste collected by the Junkers in this area, and then we continue on to Dortmund.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Günther Brandenburg
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Lexi Schroeder
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Helgoland Bartender/Gerald Filss
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Oliver Vogler
->Rumor #133028:
We let the Junkers handle the dirty work of removing most of the Scrap and Toxic Waste. They don't seem to be bothered by the often gruesome nature of their daily work. Organic material is brought here for incineration in our furnaces. So far, they've removed about 30% of the debris -- not in much of a hurry.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Günther Brandenburg
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Lexi Schroeder
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Helgoland Bartender/Gerald Filss
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Oliver Vogler
->Rumor #133029:
I feel very far from home here. The comforting sight of the Walker Nebula is nowhere to be seen in the blue expanse of the Crow. One can get lost in here quite easily. I've heard there are old Rheinland ships scattered throughout this system that no one has found yet.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Günther Brandenburg
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Lexi Schroeder
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Oliver Vogler
->Rumor #133030:
It's a lonely job out in this station. ALG does not ship across any other Border World areas. I've seen Corsairs and Outcasts in the area. They appear to be headed for the Junker base. The odd Zoner passes through on occasion, headed out to the Edge Worlds. They're harmless.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Günther Brandenburg
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Lexi Schroeder
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Helgoland Bartender/Gerald Filss
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Oliver Vogler
->Rumor #133031:
Beware of the oxygen pockets in this area. The GMG used them with devastating effects against the Rheinland fleet during the war. There's a big one in the clouds just to the east of our base. Rumor has it there's a Hole to Sigma-17 on the other side of it.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Günther Brandenburg
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Lexi Schroeder
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Helgoland Bartender/Gerald Filss
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Oliver Vogler
->Rumor #133032:
ALG is a very progressive company that treats its workers properly. We don't expose them to excessive danger like Daumann. For this reason, we let the Junkers do most of the difficult work here in the Yanagi Debris Field. It is just too dangerous for our employees.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Günther Brandenburg
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Lexi Schroeder
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Helgoland Bartender/Gerald Filss
 * ALG Waste Disposal/Rep. Oliver Vogler
->Rumor #133033:
I'm just unloading some Scrap collected from the hulk of the Koblenz. That was some famous Rheinland Navy ship. It's just an old wreck now. It gets kind of spooky in some of those interior deck areas. You get bodies floating out sometimes when you rip open a sealed compartment with your claw. They're all sort of mummified. That's why the ALG guys won't go in there.
 * Junkers/ Larry Mull
 * Junkers/ Sean Cooper
->Rumor #133034:
ALG wants us to retrieve the reactor cores. That's dangerous business, that is. We've had to upgrade our shields substantially to deal with the dangers out here. It sure helps if you wander into one of those oxygen pockets. That's where all the good stuff is.
 * Junkers/ Larry Mull
 * Junkers/ Sean Cooper
->Rumor #133035:
We're taking our time. That was the plan all along. GMG wants us out of here as soon as possible, but that would create problems for our little import/export business of Artifacts and Cardamine.
 * Junkers/ Larry Mull
 * Junkers/ Sean Cooper
->Rumor #133036:
We've recovered some interesting items of historical interest from the ship debris fields, I reckon. They should fetch a good price back in New Berlin among those nostalgic aristocrats. I found an officer's Side Arm yesterday, one of those old Daumann 620 series 15 mm Auto-Blasters.
 * Junkers/ Larry Mull
 * Junkers/ Sean Cooper
->Rumor #133037:
It makes me wonder how Rheinland messed up the Yanagi campaign so badly. They had a huge advantage in ships and men. Chalk it up to imperial arrogance and a lack of appreciation for the local terrain.
 * Junkers/ Larry Mull
 * Junkers/ Sean Cooper
->Rumor #133038:
Our base is tucked away just inside the south edge of the Yanagi Debris Field. You should stop by for a drink sometime. Watch out for those Outcasts and Corsairs, though. They can get a bit testy.
 * Junkers/ Larry Mull
 * Junkers/ Sean Cooper
->Rumor #134297:
The great battlefield in Sigma-13 is the site of Rheinland's most shameful defeat of the 80-Years War. The entire First Fleet was reduced to smoking hulks within several hours by the GMG. In the high radiation areas, the debris is relatively untouched to this day, but salvaging it is very dangerous and unpredictable.
 * Junkers/ Larry Mull
 * Junkers/ Sean Cooper
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====Yanagi Depot (Sigma-13)====
->Rumor #133039:
It's nice having a comfortable base from which to stage attacks on the Trade Lanes here. With all of the nebula clouds and lack of military patrols, the ships are easy targets. The Artifact run is long from Crete. We deserve a little rest and recreation.
 * Corsairs/ Eda Soto
->Rumor #133040:
The Corsairs would be far more numerous and powerful if we didn't have so many senseless traditions that result in the death of so many of our energetic youth. The war with the Hessians is not going well; we are losing the war of attrition. We hope that the increased food supply promised by the expansion of Freeport 9 will enable our new population growth plans to succeed.
 * Corsairs/ Eda Soto
->Rumor #133041:
There is a Jump Hole into Honshu in the northern end of this system just west of the Jump Gate. Beware of the oxygen pocket, though, and stay well to the west until you are even with the Gate.
 * Corsairs/ Eda Soto
->Rumor #133042:
Welcome to our little corner of hell. I just brought in a new shipment of Daumann 20 mm 1200 series Side Arms yesterday from Kreuzberg. That model has a special new recoil-absorption feature to reduce the kick a bit. It's fresh off the assembly line in Berlin, direct to you. Very popular with the Corsairs and Outcasts.
 * Junkers/ Dean Irving
 * Junkers/ Keith Lewis
 * Junkers/ Mark Baird
 * Junkers/Yanagi Bartender/Dan Millam
->Rumor #133043:
This is our most strategic base in the entire sector. The Red Hessians block the Corsair Artifact trade to the south of Rheinland, and Cardamine would be too expensive if it had to be smuggled across Liberty and the south Independent Worlds to get to Hamburg.
 * Junkers/ Dean Irving
 * Junkers/ Keith Lewis
 * Junkers/ Mark Baird
 * Junkers/Yanagi Bartender/Dan Millam
->Rumor #133044:
There's a Hole from Sigma-17 into this area. It's just behind the oxygen pocket at the southeastern end of the system. That's where the Corsairs come in.
 * Junkers/ Dean Irving
 * Junkers/ Keith Lewis
 * Junkers/ Mark Baird
->Rumor #133045:
We bring in special supplies for the Corsairs and Outcasts, like Hull Panels, Engine Components, and Optronics. I guess they have their own shipyards out there at the edge of everything.
 * Junkers/ Dean Irving
 * Junkers/ Keith Lewis
 * Junkers/ Mark Baird
 * Junkers/Yanagi Bartender/Dan Millam
->Rumor #133046:
You'd figure the Outcasts and Corsairs were blood brothers or something, with their common heritage and all. You'd be wrong. They hate each others' guts. We've had to establish a no-fire zone around the base area with all the death matches we had going on. Inside we've got rules: all Side Arms get checked at the door-- no exceptions.
 * Junkers/ Dean Irving
 * Junkers/ Keith Lewis
 * Junkers/ Mark Baird
 * Junkers/Yanagi Bartender/Dan Millam
->Rumor #133047:
The Hole that the Outcasts use to Sigma-19 is up towards the northeast, just beyond the GMG gas fields. The GMG is always patrolling it, but it's easy for the Outcasts to lose them if they can get past the initial patrol.
 * Junkers/ Dean Irving
 * Junkers/ Keith Lewis
 * Junkers/ Mark Baird
->Rumor #133048:
The Scrap Metal and Toxic Waste business is just our cover to allow us to operate in this somewhat hostile GMG territory. If they knew what we were really doing on this base with the criminal element, we'd be kicked back to Berlin in a second.
 * Junkers/ Dean Irving
 * Junkers/ Keith Lewis
 * Junkers/ Mark Baird
 * Junkers/Yanagi Bartender/Dan Millam
->Rumor #133049:
This is the termination point for the Outcast and Corsair smuggling runs in this sector. The Cardamine comes in from the Outcast systems north of Sigma-19. The Artifacts come from the other direction along the southeastern boundary of the Edge Nebula. That's Corsair country down there.
 * Junkers/ Dean Irving
 * Junkers/ Keith Lewis
 * Junkers/ Mark Baird
 * Junkers/Yanagi Bartender/Dan Millam
->Rumor #133050:
We had a murder last week. Some Corsair woman had a little poisoned dart ring on her finger, but the bouncer didn't catch it. An Outcast got drunk at the bar, started getting a little aggressive, and she slapped him. Before you know it, he's on the ground writhing in spasms. Now that's not very ladylike, is it?
 * Junkers/ Dean Irving
 * Junkers/ Keith Lewis
 * Junkers/ Mark Baird
->Rumor #133051:
We get the odd Zoners in here. They prefer to stay out of the house systems. Usually they're just picking up supplies for their Freeport out there in Omicron Theta. That lot likes living on the ragged edge, and you'll find it in the Omicron systems.
 * Junkers/ Dean Irving
 * Junkers/ Keith Lewis
 * Junkers/ Mark Baird
 * Junkers/Yanagi Bartender/Dan Millam
->Rumor #133052:
This is a very convenient exchange location for us. There's no exposure to house military or police, and it's not far from home -- so we don't develop withdrawal symptoms like on the Bretonia-Liberty runs. The GMG is a little annoying, but we can manage.
 * Outcasts/ Nora Torres
->Rumor #133053:
Our closest base is Ruiz in Omicron Beta. Since you're friendly enough for me to be telling you this, you should visit us up there and bring some supplies. Engine Components and Optronics are always in demand.
 * Outcasts/ Nora Torres
->Rumor #133054:
Stay clear of the Corsairs. You won't win any points with us by flying with them. They are a dangerous threat to our territory and must be contained in the southern Sirius before they spread to the north, which is our domain.
 * Outcasts/ Nora Torres
->Rumor #133055:
I'm just picking up supplies for Freeport 9. We have a big biodome operation out there that always need more Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases. It would be nice if we could find a real planet to live on, instead of those biodomes.
 * Zoners/ Brad Howard
->Rumor #133056:
I've never seen a planet; I've spent my whole life in this area of the Sirius Sector. The Edge Nebula is a dangerous and mysterious place. There are many stories in the Corsair and Zoner folklore of strange alien ships that appear out of the mists, and then disappear in another instant.
 * Zoners/ Brad Howard
->Rumor #133057:
The Corsairs and Outcasts are such violent people. I don't know where they went so wrong. Their need for space is something that we Zoners share. We have settlers always pushing further into the dark edges of Sirius. One day we will find our own homeland out there, free from the rule of the corrupt governments and corporations of the colonies.
 * Zoners/ Brad Howard
->Rumor #134295:
The Kruger gas mining area was abandoned early in the 80-Years War, almost overnight. In their haste to depart, the Kruger personnel left several cargo pods intact. As far as anyone knows, they are still out there, scattered among the debris. The south oxygen pocket has since drifted over the site, making recovery a difficult proposition at best.
 * Junkers/ Dean Irving
 * Junkers/ Keith Lewis
 * Junkers/ Mark Baird
->Rumor #134297:
The great battlefield in Sigma-13 is the site of Rheinland's most shameful defeat of the 80-Years War. The entire First Fleet was reduced to smoking hulks within several hours by the GMG. In the high radiation areas, the debris is relatively untouched to this day, but salvaging it is very dangerous and unpredictable.
 * Junkers/ Keith Lewis
 * Junkers/ Mark Baird
->Rumor #134302:
Somewhere in the Sigma-19 Crow Nebula clouds, the Outcast ship Perez was lost while making a drug run from Ruiz to Yanagi. Suspicions are that it was the work of the GMG, but no one is certain.
 * Junkers/ Dean Irving
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====Atka Research Station (Sigma-17)====
->Rumor #132762:
Sometimes the Outcasts and Corsairs will run into each other. When that happens you better watch out because it is going to get bloody. It's impressive to watch two skilled opponents fight each other to the death. It occurs occasionally in this system -- more often in Sigma 19.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Patrick Currie
->Rumor #132763:
I was able to capture an Outcast in Omicron Beta a few months ago. First, I disabled his ship and hit it with a pulse beam to knock out the people inside. It's an old Bounty Hunter weapon that's available to Guild members only. Once he was unconscious I suited up and went space walking. That was it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Patrick Currie
->Rumor #132764:
This system separates northern Sirius from southern Sirius in the eastern Border Worlds. If you want to go south, you can hit the Omicron Theta Jump Hole in the Kunashir Cloud. If you travel west from the base you will come across another Jump Hole to Sigma-13.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Patrick Currie
->Rumor #132765:
Cryer established this base here in Sigma-17 because of its close proximity to planet Kurile and the Alien Organisms found there, which are the subject of our research. We know that there is a link between the Alien Organisms and Cardamine, because they both affect RNA and DNA molecules in the same way.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Andy Owens
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Ted Hamilton
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Atka Bartender/Greg Swan
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. David Noonan
->Rumor #132766:
Cardamine affects human beings in many ways. Aside from the narcotic powers of the drug, we believe that it also has anti-aging benefits. We are trying to develop a product that would increase the human lifespan two-fold. If we could do that, Cryer would multiply its profits overnight.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Andy Owens
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Ted Hamilton
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. David Noonan
->Rumor #132767:
The Outcasts have been exposed to Cardamine for centuries. They are the key to understanding how the drug affects human beings. If we could understand that better, we could make a less dangerous Cardamine that wouldn't interfere with worker productivity. We could then legally distribute it to the Sirius population.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Andy Owens
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Ted Hamilton
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. David Noonan
->Rumor #132768:
Alien Organisms are flown here by our pilots from Kurile, since we are always in need of more test subjects. It is usually an easy flight unless you are unlucky enough to stumble across the Outcasts or Corsairs in this system.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Andy Owens
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Ted Hamilton
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Atka Bartender/Greg Swan
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. David Noonan
->Rumor #132769:
Test Subject 04227986 escaped from her containment area a few nights ago. She managed to kill several guards between the subject area and the communications center. Once inside the communications area she continued her slaughter. She wasn't discovered for twelve minutes. We were able to recapture her alive, though she injured three more of us in the process.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Andy Owens
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Ted Hamilton
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. David Noonan
->Rumor #132770:
We keep Bounty Hunters at this base to protect our interests here. Some months ago we hired the very best to do a special job for us. We needed live Outcasts as test subjects to run experiments on. We have to do distasteful things at times to provide the people of Sirius with the finest in medical research.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Andy Owens
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Ted Hamilton
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. David Noonan
->Rumor #132771:
We often buy Organisms that freelancers collect. They find them in Omicron Theta, and Omicron Beta. Most of them are the standard types, but you never know when a new one will come along.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Andy Owens
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Ted Hamilton
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Atka Bartender/Greg Swan
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. David Noonan
->Rumor #132772:
The Corsairs do not attack us very often, but the Outcasts are always running raids against this base. They seem determined to destroy us, which is very disconcerting. I am just a biochemist; I don't want to be caught in the middle of a war.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Andy Owens
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Ted Hamilton
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. David Noonan
->Rumor #132774:
This is some dangerous space you are in. It's good to have friends in places like this. If you ever need to head into Omicron Theta, the Zoners have a base where you can land. I hope you get along okay with the Corsairs. If not, it could be a short one-way trip.
 * Zoners/ Ken Pardue
->Rumor #132775:
We bring these guys Alien Organisms from Freeport 9 in Omicron Theta. We also bring them other basic supplies. When I head back to "the Nine" I'm usually hauling Pharmaceuticals bound for Crete. That's why the Corsairs don't kick them out of here tomorrow.
 * Zoners/ Ken Pardue
->Rumor #132776:
This place kind of freaks me out. I'm looking forward to getting out of this test tube. You wouldn't believe me, but I could have sworn I've heard screaming here late at night. Don't tell the scientists I told you that, it wouldn't be good for business.
 * Zoners/ Ken Pardue
->Rumor #134298:
During the Freeport 7 attack, a brief communication was received on Freeport 9 from a Bounty Hunter named Jim Adams. He had managed to make it into the Kunashir Cloud, but still had hostiles in hot pursuit. Most people figure he was trying to make it to the Jump Hole to Omicron Theta. He never made it here.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Patrick Currie
 * Zoners/ Ken Pardue
->Rumor #134299:
The Robert Fitzgerald was attacked by Outcasts shortly after it left Kurile with a load of Alien Organisms. A distress signal was picked up by the Atka base, but by the time fighters could scramble, distressed ship had vanished into the mists of the Kunashir Cloud.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Ted Hamilton
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. David Noonan
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====Planet Kurile (Sigma-17)====
->Rumor #132750:
The Kurile Alien Organisms are shipped to our station in this system. They are an important part of our research, and we can always use more. We also purchase basic supplies from this base to use at our facility.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Dan Maxwell
->Rumor #132751:
The Outcasts frequently attack our base. It makes me angry that these people live here in relative peace, barring the occasional Corsair attack. I hate these simpletons here. There is something strange about them that I can't put my finger on.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Dan Maxwell
->Rumor #132752:
There is a connection between the Cardamine and the Alien Organisms used for fish farming and terraforming. If Cryer could figure out the link, then we could come closer to synthesizing our own Cardamine. So far we haven't had any luck, but Cryer is patient and persistent.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/Dr. Dan Maxwell
->Rumor #132753:
The facility here on Kurile supplies Junyo with the Alien Organisms it needs to feed fish in its farms. The flight is not an easy one. But if you were to haul a load, I'm sure it would be worth your while.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Rikyu Koyama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoritomo Endoso
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Emon Ibuka
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Kurile Bartender/Yoriie Yamada
->Rumor #132754:
The only way that Samura could compete with Synth Foods was to find a way to boost the amount of fish that our fish farms could produce. Alien Organisms were the answer. They are in demand at our facility in Junyo.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Rikyu Koyama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoritomo Endoso
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Emon Ibuka
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Kurile Bartender/Yoriie Yamada
->Rumor #132755:
If you have any interest in going to New York, you could purchase the Alien Organisms we cultivate here and ship them to Newark. Liberty uses them for terraforming and research purposes.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Rikyu Koyama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoritomo Endoso
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Emon Ibuka
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Kurile Bartender/Yoriie Yamada
->Rumor #132756:
The workers at this base want to be here. It is isolated, so we are left to our very simple way of life without much interruption. There is much peace in a simple life -- a peace that I could not find in New Tokyo or anywhere else.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Rikyu Koyama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoritomo Endoso
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Emon Ibuka
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Kurile Bartender/Yoriie Yamada
->Rumor #132757:
The average lifespan of the fish workers here in Kurile is higher than anywhere else in all of house space, perhaps even Sirius. The only other place that has an average lifespan this long is Junyo, although I've heard that Outcasts are known for their longevity. Interesting...
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Rikyu Koyama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoritomo Endoso
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Emon Ibuka
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Kurile Bartender/Yoriie Yamada
->Rumor #132758:
Our shipments to and from this base often fall victim to Corsair attacks. This system is right along their Artifact route, or so I've heard. It is unfortunate because we wish them no harm here. We are simple farmers.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Rikyu Koyama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoritomo Endoso
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Emon Ibuka
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Kurile Bartender/Yoriie Yamada
->Rumor #132759:
Though we are Samura employees, this place is so isolated from the main body of Samura that we do not feel like we are connected. The farmers here are not company soldiers but family men. Harvesting the Organisms here is something that my family has been doing for generations.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Rikyu Koyama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoritomo Endoso
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Emon Ibuka
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Kurile Bartender/Yoriie Yamada
->Rumor #132760:
Samura has sent scientists to this base to study our Alien Organisms more closely. Concern has been raised about the fact that we are indirectly eating them, because the fish absorb some of the more unusual alien compounds into their flesh.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Rikyu Koyama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoritomo Endoso
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Emon Ibuka
->Rumor #132761:
My son has been eating the fish raised in Junyo all his life. We get excellent prices since we provide them with their Alien Organisms. When he went to New Tokyo he became very ill, but once he returned, he recovered very quickly.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Rikyu Koyama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoritomo Endoso
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Emon Ibuka
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====Gas Miner Ogashawa (Sigma-19)====
->Rumor #132798:
With Sigma-13 almost depleted of Gases we had to come to this system to tap into its resources. Kishiro also does a fair bit of gas mining here. They make the best gas mining ships, because they always had to accept mining Gases from less desirable areas. Their ships had to be more efficient to compete.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Agatamori Daishi
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Senshi Kyubei
 * Gas Miners Guild/Ogashawa Bartender/Dosan Hama
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Hiromusi Mazawa
->Rumor #132799:
The GMG has been dealing with Samura for several centuries. We are responsible for a large part of Samura's wealth, but they have not shown us the respect we deserve. It is for this reason that the GMG has entered into negotiations with Kishiro.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Agatamori Daishi
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Senshi Kyubei
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Hiromusi Mazawa
->Rumor #132800:
The Corsairs used to be our friends, but they made a very big mistake. We served as intermediaries in the Artifact trade between them and the Hogosha. Unwisely, they have decided to try and cut us out of the trade.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Agatamori Daishi
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Senshi Kyubei
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Hiromusi Mazawa
->Rumor #132801:
The Outcasts in this system have made themselves quite a nuisance, because they feel that our presence here is an infringement upon their territory. We try to stay out of their way for the most part, though we used to venture into the Donryu Cloud. We soon learned that that was a mistake.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Agatamori Daishi
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Senshi Kyubei
 * Gas Miners Guild/Ogashawa Bartender/Dosan Hama
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Hiromusi Mazawa
->Rumor #132802:
The GMG fought the entire Rheinland Navy and won in the 80-Years War. We are not afraid of the Corsairs even if everyone else is. They have decided to make us their enemies by cutting us out of the Artifact trade. If we see a Corsair in this system, we will attack. This is GMG space.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Agatamori Daishi
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Senshi Kyubei
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Hiromusi Mazawa
->Rumor #132803:
The Hogosha may be all powerful in Kusari space, but this is not Kusari space. When the Hogosha agreed to deal us out of the lucrative Artifact trade between them and the Corsairs, they made a powerful enemy for themselves. Samura should have intervened. The fact that they didn't shows us how little Samura respects us.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Agatamori Daishi
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Senshi Kyubei
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Hiromusi Mazawa
->Rumor #132804:
This base gets the majority of its supplies from Aomori. Anything else that we need is either mined or brought here by Kishiro shippers.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Agatamori Daishi
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Senshi Kyubei
 * Gas Miners Guild/Ogashawa Bartender/Dosan Hama
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Hiromusi Mazawa
->Rumor #132805:
Hawaii is a valuable customer to us and an easy run to make. The H-Fuel they use for their pleasure skiffs is supplied by this base.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Agatamori Daishi
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Senshi Kyubei
 * Gas Miners Guild/Ogashawa Bartender/Dosan Hama
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Hiromusi Mazawa
->Rumor #132807:
There are unexploited resources in the Donryu Cloud at the northern edge of this system but, the Outcasts guard that area fiercely. Any miners who have gone into the Donryu have not returned undamaged if at all. To venture into Omicron Beta is horribly dangerous and not often attempted; though there is an abundance of resources there.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Agatamori Daishi
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Senshi Kyubei
 * Gas Miners Guild/Ogashawa Bartender/Dosan Hama
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Hiromusi Mazawa
->Rumor #132808:
The Kishiro H-Fuel that drives Sirius is mined here. Soon Kishiro might supply all the H-Fuel, but you didn't hear that from me. Our H-Fuel travels from this base throughout Kusari space. We even ship it as far as New London.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Gekkai Shobo
->Rumor #132809:
This base is Kishiro's primary supplier of H-Fuel. We used to mine our own, but our relationship with the GMG has been improving. Kishiro H-Fuel in New York is imported there from this base. We ship to Manhattan and several other bases there.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Gekkai Shobo
->Rumor #132810:
The Basic Alloys and Construction Machinery that the GMG needs at this base are brought here by Kishiro from Honshu. It is not very far to Honshu, but the route is beset by criminals and pirates, so you must be careful.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Gekkai Shobo
->Rumor #132811:
If you have ever wanted to fly into the heart of Liberty, you could always take a little Kishiro H-Fuel with you to Denver in Colorado. It will be purchased there.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Gekkai Shobo
->Rumor #132812:
Kishiro has entered into very important negotiations with the GMG. If we are successful, there is a possibility that the two entities could merge, thereby making Kishiro the most powerful corporation in all of Sirius.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Gekkai Shobo
->Rumor #134301:
One of the GMG's best pilots left his patrol and pursued a fleeing Outcast fighter into the Donryu Cloud. The Hien never returned. An Outcast ambush is suspected, but no one knows. He had some very good weapons aboard.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Senshi Kyubei
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Hiromusi Mazawa
->Rumor #134310:
An exploratory GMG expedition consisting of the Hosho Maru and her two escorts was sent into Omicron Beta. The last communication from the three ships was garbled, but it appears that instead of finding H-Fuel, there were Alien Organisms for the taking. Soon after, a brief distress signal fragment suggests the convoy was being attacked by some unknown enemy. No further transmissions were received.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Agatamori Daishi
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Senshi Kyubei
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Hiromusi Mazawa
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====Luxury Liner Hawaii (Sigma-19)====
->Rumor #132777:
This is a good system to work in. I've got easy access to Corsairs and Outcasts. I just have to bag a few of either to afford a ticket to stay aboard this ship as an honored guest. Orbital keeps me around in case the pirates get a little too aggressive.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Vicky Culpepper
->Rumor #132778:
This system is the entry point for Outcasts into this part of space. Mostly they are trying to run their drugs from the Donryu Cloud to the Hiryu Cloud. The Donryu hides the Jump Hole to Omicron Beta, and the Hiryu hides the Jump Holes to Honshu and Sigma-13.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Vicky Culpepper
->Rumor #132779:
If you are trying to get closer to the Corsairs and their space, then I suggest you find the Jump Hole they use to enter this system from Sigma-17. The Hole is on the southern side of the Kikka Dust Cloud. That is the Hole they drag all their Artifacts through to sell to the Hogosha.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Vicky Culpepper
->Rumor #132780:
I passed out drunk at the observation deck bar a few nights ago -- too many of those deadly OmniStellar GulletBlasters I guess. While I was out someone stole my knife, probably some dirty tourist looking for a souvenir. Whoever took that knife is dead; it has been in my family for six generations.
 * Corsairs/ Alma Rosario
->Rumor #132781:
We sell the Artifacts directly to the Hogosha. There was a time when we went through the GMG, but it is always more profitable to cut out the middleman. I brought my Artifacts from Freeport 9.
 * Corsairs/ Alma Rosario
->Rumor #132782:
You are a trusted man by the Corsairs, which is not an easy thing to be. You can make a fortune selling Artifacts to the Hogosha at this base. Pick them up at the Crete to get the most money.
 * Corsairs/ Alma Rosario
->Rumor #132783:
We supply this base with many basics. We also like to keep an eye on the Hogosha and Corsair dealings here. Soon they will both end up hating each other. Then the Corsairs will be forced to deal with us, and we will get their Artifacts for a much cheaper price.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Nagate Shiotani
->Rumor #132784:
Soon a certain Corsair will be leaving this base without one of her possessions. Once she gets away from Hawaii and into open space she is going to stumble across a GMG trap. It will be most unfortunate for her.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Nagate Shiotani
->Rumor #132785:
A Hogosha Artifacts dealer will soon turn up onboard this ship with a Corsair's knife in his back. One of our men was able to get the knife from the Corsair while she was passed out drunk. The incident will certainly put a dent in their business dealings.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Nagate Shiotani
->Rumor #132786:
The Artifacts that the Corsairs bring to this base are highly prized on New Tokyo's black market. They are smuggled in by Hogosha operatives through the Jump Hole in this system to Honshu. From Honshu our people use the Jump Hole there that leads straight into New Tokyo. That is the Hogosha Artifact smuggling route.
 * Hogosha/ Togama Ikeda
->Rumor #132787:
I could swear that someone has been following me around onboard this ship. I am not a paranoid man, yet I cannot help but feel a presence behind me in the halls. When I turn around there is nothing. Maybe I'm the one that needs a vacation.
 * Hogosha/ Togama Ikeda
->Rumor #132788:
It was best for both the Corsairs and the Hogosha to cut the GMG out of our business dealings. It is true that the GMG are closer to our people than the Corsairs, but "money makes friends of strangers" as the saying goes.
 * Hogosha/ Togama Ikeda
->Rumor #132789:
The passengers aboard this ship are the crème de la crème of Kusari society. They expect this liner to be appointed with the finest foods, and it is. The Luxury Foods consumed here come straight from the markets of New Tokyo.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Hawaii Bartender/Edmund Furnace
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Alice Pemberton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Catherine Stockton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Rose Lambert
->Rumor #132790:
This ship is lavishly furnished with works of art and the finest quality appointments. Orbital Spa and Cruise is dedicated to supplying our guests the finest that life has to offer. Luxury Goods are brought here all the way from Manhattan.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Hawaii Bartender/Edmund Furnace
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Alice Pemberton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Catherine Stockton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Rose Lambert
->Rumor #132791:
Security caught a thief among our guests. Thankfully, all the stolen items have been returned to their rightful owners. The unfortunate criminal will be delivered to the proper authorities in Honshu tomorrow. Within a few weeks she will be working the Hydrocarbon mines of the Fuchu Ring.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Alice Pemberton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Catherine Stockton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Rose Lambert
->Rumor #132792:
One of our pleasure skiffs near the Donryu Cloud was attacked and destroyed this morning by Outcasts. It is an unfortunate occurrence, but the allure of danger is one of the many things that draws the crowds from Kusari.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Hawaii Bartender/Edmund Furnace
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Alice Pemberton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Catherine Stockton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Rose Lambert
->Rumor #132793:
This ship is outside of house space, so the things that go on here might not be completely legal. Government morality can be quite bothersome at times. We provide relief from the burdens of society. Whatever your desire, we will provide it here -- no questions asked.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Hawaii Bartender/Edmund Furnace
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Alice Pemberton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Catherine Stockton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Rose Lambert
->Rumor #132794:
Many guests are drawn here because they enjoy carousing with dangerous criminals like Hogosha and Corsairs. Besides, wouldn't you like to sit down at one of our bars and have a drink sitting next to a dangerous killer, knowing all the while that he is there to enjoy himself just as you are?
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Hawaii Bartender/Edmund Furnace
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Alice Pemberton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Catherine Stockton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Rose Lambert
->Rumor #132795:
The convergence of the Crow and Edge Nebula in this system makes for one of the most incredible space vistas in all of Sirius. Have you been to our observation deck? It is truly a magnificent sight. Every once in a while we are treated to a small skirmish between opposing factions in this sector -- quite marvelous.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Hawaii Bartender/Edmund Furnace
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Alice Pemberton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Catherine Stockton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Rose Lambert
->Rumor #132796:
Have you ever seen the fiery blooming "blossoms" of the Kikka Dust Cloud? They are quite extraordinary, yet no one knows where they come from or how they form. I can book you for one of our pleasure skiff runs to that area if you'd like to see them.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Hawaii Bartender/Edmund Furnace
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Alice Pemberton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Catherine Stockton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Rose Lambert
->Rumor #132797:
Truth be told, it makes Orbital Spa a little uneasy to have Hogosha and Corsairs conducting their Artifact business deals here aboard our vessel. But they do pay handsomely to be aboard and their presence is exciting for our guests, even if occasionally one of our esteemed clientele says the wrong thing to a Corsair and gets shot for it.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Alice Pemberton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Catherine Stockton
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Rose Lambert
->Rumor #134300:
Yesterday, the Corsair ship Menorca was ambushed and destroyed by the Outcasts somewhere in the Gikka Dust Field. The Corsairs have just begun the search for the wreckage. If you are lucky, you may be able to beat them to it and grab the Artifact load for yourself.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Vicky Culpepper
 * Hogosha/ Togama Ikeda
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====Niigata Station (Sigma-59)====
->Rumor #133153:
Falkland is supplied almost entirely by the Zoner base in this system. We can't make supply runs too frequently for fear of being discovered by the Outcasts, and when we do we send our best pilots
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Falkland Bartender/Edmund Nederveld
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133154:
Mining Machinery is brought here from Java. If we are going to leave the system, we will take the Niobium we have mined and deliver it to Freeport 6, where it can be distributed.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Falkland Bartender/Edmund Nederveld
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133155:
I didn't sign up for this crap. It's one thing to make extra pay for coming to this base; it's another thing to get blown into tiny bits by the meanest criminals in Sirius for time and a half. I'm on the next transport out of here.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133156:
Hey, we don't get many nonminers here very often. I can't remember the last time I was outside of this field. What's your name? Ah, it's so good to see a new face around here? What's your name? If I see another chunk of Niobium tonight I'm gonna puke, mate. I'm Willy. What's your name?
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133157:
I made my own vac-suit. Did you know that? Yup, made it myself -- took me ten years, it did. It's a good suit, and I wear it a lot. Hey, what's your name? I mine Niobium, but I hate it. Maybe I'll get lucky and some Outcast will blow my head off.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133158:
Some guys around here call me "the Snake," but I don't do that any more. No sir, I'm straight as an arrow now. I'm a miner. I mine ... Niobium. I like it ... Please kill me.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133160:
My brother works for BMM. There is no way I would ever do that work. BMM will work you to death and then dock your pay for sleeping on the job when you keel over. I've got my pride. I don't need some damn overseer yelling at me about corporate profits and what not. It's just me and the Niobium out here.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Falkland Bartender/Edmund Nederveld
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133161:
Some dirty Bounty Hunter paid me for poor old Rodney's ship identifier. I didn't know the jerk would use it right here in this system; I thought he'd be setting traps somewhere else. If they find out I'm the one who sold it to him, the other miners are going to kill me.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #134308:
The IMG freighter Barossa is believed to have been ambushed by the Outcasts in the Malvinas Cloud while making a routine shipment of Niobium to Java.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
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====Sakhalin Station (Sigma-59)====
->Rumor #133006:
This has been our primary gas production area since 300 AS. It is almost exhausted, but we are hopeful that the new gas miners purchased from Kishiro will enable us to economically mine the lower density clouds remaining.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Naha Bartender/Okimoto Otani
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133007:
Most of the great battlefields from the 80-Years War lay scattered around this system. In 668 we decisively defeated the Rheinland Imperial Navy at the Battle of Yanagi Cloud. After 130 years, ALG and the Junkers are finally removing the hazardous ship debris from that area.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Naha Bartender/Okimoto Otani
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133008:
We are most upset that the Corsairs have chosen to consort with the Hogosha in the Artifact trade. Our former friends have betrayed us; they are now our enemies. The Junkers give them shelter on their Yanagi base. Once the great cleanup of the debris fields is finished by ALG, we will chase them out of our territory.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133009:
Most of our Gas produced here is shipped to Osaka by Samura, although that will be changing shortly. Supplies are brought in from our Aomori base in the Honshu system. Our Kusari ancestors did not have the advantage of Jump Gates, so the journey took many months.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Naha Bartender/Okimoto Otani
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133010:
You must be careful of the oxygen pockets within Sigma-13. Many ships have stumbled unawares into these dangerous traps over the years. They are interesting phenomena created when an oxygen pocket is protected from the surrounding hydrogen-rich clouds by a shell of inert helium. When a ship enters the area, its engines emit hydrogen that reacts explosively with the surrounding oxygen.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133011:
Samura has betrayed our trust. We made a pact with them centuries ago to simplify the sale and transport of our Gas. They have abused and exploited that agreement. Soon we will be rid of the Samura and will receive a fair market price from Kishiro for all of our H-Fuel.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133012:
Our ancestors are Kusari fishermen that were forced to leave Honshu in the second century, after the fishing stocks became severely depleted. They entered the Crow Nebula in search of something new to harvest. After 20 years of wandering, they found Hydrogen and Helium isotopes that were far more abundant here than anywhere else in the Sirius sector.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Naha Bartender/Okimoto Otani
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133013:
The Outcasts have entered Sigma-13 in recent times. They are quite similar to the Corsairs, yet seem to hate them as much as anyone else. They access this system through our own Jump Hole from Sigma-17. We must be more vigilant in our patrols.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133014:
Kruger and the Rheinland Military will never be allowed to enter Sigma-13. Many sons and daughters of the GMG sacrificed their lives to fight the Rheinland invaders during the war. The GMG lost over half of its people during those dangerous times.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
 * Gas Miners Guild/Naha Bartender/Okimoto Otani
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
->Rumor #133015:
My ship is here to pick up a shipment of H-Fuel bound for the Mainz Outpost in Frankfurt. Rheinland companies are not allowed to ship H-Fuel outside their own systems. I don't feel comfortable here; the GMG are not true Kusari anymore. Somehow they have changed during their centuries of wandering.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Iwao Takemura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Dosan Takabe
->Rumor #133016:
Samura has made immense profits from the H-Fuel monopoly we have shared with the GMG for over 400 years. Those ungrateful gas miners then betrayed our trust and entered a secret deal with Kishiro. Soon enough, the Hokkaido system will be fully operational, and we can abandon the GMG.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Iwao Takemura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Dosan Takabe
->Rumor #133017:
Samura once dominated gas miner technology, but as in many other areas, we have been complacent and let Kishiro pass us by. That is the real reason that the GMG has decided to switch allegiance to our mortal enemy. Kishiro gas miners will enable them to harvest Gas in areas not considered economically viable.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Iwao Takemura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Dosan Takabe
->Rumor #133018:
Sigma-13 is more dangerous now than at any time since it was reopened after the 80-Years War. The Outcasts and Corsairs grow stronger everyday. They cannot be bribed or negotiated with like most criminal organizations. We would actually prefer if Republican handled most of the cargo runs through here, but Tokyo and the GMG object.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Iwao Takemura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Dosan Takabe
->Rumor #133019:
You may see Zoners here on occasion. They are a strange breed that one sees at the edge of civilized space. I hear that they have established bases within the Edge Worlds, very close to the heart of the Corsair empire.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Iwao Takemura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Dosan Takabe
->Rumor #133020:
The GMG was secretly backed by the Kusari government during the 80-Years War. It was very costly, but the GMG are our brethren, after all. They provide a protective shield for Kusari space, which allows the military to concentrate on more pressing problems, like securing Hokkaido for Samura.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Iwao Takemura
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Dr. Dosan Takabe
->Rumor #133021:
We pick up H-Fuel here to deliver to the Atka Research Station in Sigma-17. We then continue on to Freeport 9. The GMG are much like us -- wanderers of the stars, who no longer belong on the settled planets.
 * Zoners/ Daniel Hurley
->Rumor #133022:
You must be very careful of the Corsairs if you want to go further into the Sigma or Omicron Worlds. If you are not their friend, it is difficult to survive. The Bounty Hunters that prowl the Edge Worlds are brave souls indeed.
 * Zoners/ Daniel Hurley
->Rumor #133023:
We use the Jump Hole from Sigma-17 to access this system. It is near the southeast oxygen pocket, so you must be very careful. Corsairs use if frequently, so don't linger in the Hole area.
 * Zoners/ Daniel Hurley
->Rumor #134295:
The Kruger gas mining area was abandoned early in the 80-Years War, almost overnight. In their haste to depart, the Kruger personnel left several cargo pods intact. As far as anyone knows, they are still out there, scattered among the debris. The south oxygen pocket has since drifted over the site, making recovery a difficult proposition at best.
 * Gas Miners Guild/Rep. Keiko Matsuki
->Rumor #134296:
Although the bulk of the Imperial Rheinland fleet was destroyed in the Battle of the Yanagi Cloud, the heavy cruiser Kassel and its escorts survived the initial slaughter. They were not so lucky with the second GMG ambush at the edge of the north oxygen pocket. The remains have since drifted into the gas area, out of reach of the salvage crews.
 * Gas Miners Guild/ Togama Hirata
->Rumor #134297:
The great battlefield in Sigma-13 is the site of Rheinland's most shameful defeat of the 80-Years War. The entire First Fleet was reduced to smoking hulks within several hours by the GMG. In the high radiation areas, the debris is relatively untouched to this day, but salvaging it is very dangerous and unpredictable.
 * Gas Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Mariko Sakubara
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====Battleship Karlsruhe (Stuttgart)====
->Rumor #133910:
We deliver MOX to the Westfalen every few months or so. Berlin has been having difficulty making their payments lately. ALG would like to improve our relationship with the military, so we often waive the transport and installation fees.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133911:
The structural integrity of this ship is suspect. It suffered a lot of damage during the Eighty Years War, but was forced to remain in service, since all of its sister ships are now Scrap Metal in the Sigma-13 system. We are always nervous when we have to enter the reactor compartments of this ship. Especially since the recent accident.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133912:
Our most lucrative runs for MOX are into Colorado. One must first survive the Xenos in the Independent Worlds, however. The Rogues would also like to get their hands on bomb-making material -- especially the group found in Hudson.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Pia Meuselbach
->Rumor #133913:
The military's brought us in to help them out in the Nordheide. They don't pay us too much, though. But they have good, long-range scanners and a strategic position in this area, so it's worthwhile for us. Most of the actual bounties are put up by Republican.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133914:
There are a few reformed Hessians among us here in Hamburg. They're the lucky ones who got out of Vierlande before their sentences were up. One guy had some story about some neutron star in Omega-41. That's way out there in the Edge Worlds in Corsair land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133915:
The Hole to Bering is up in the Nordheide. If you're looking for diamond smuggling Unioners, then that's the place to be. There isn't a direct route between here and Hudson, which keeps the Xenos and Rogues out of Hamburg.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133916:
Some of the Hunters use this as a base for journeys into Hudson. Most of the bounties up there are for Xenos and Rogues. Republican posts the bulk of them, though Universal and IC chip in on occasion.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133917:
Just came back from Hudson. We were cruising for baddies in the gap between the Wrangell and Kenai Fields. Ran right into a little skirmish going on between the local thugs. I got me two Xenos and a Rogue. Buy you a drink?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133918:
Hudson is a little rougher than Hamburg. No safe havens, not even any military in the Rheinland part of the system. Liberty Navy's putting a lot of pressure on them, but they can't do much about it. You can see why. Look around at this dump.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jennifer Swift
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Craig Walton
->Rumor #133919:
It's a quick trip from Hamburg. We run in supplies on a regular basis. Sometimes they can't pay us, but we usually can arrange something. Maybe four dead Unioners for a container of Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133920:
Republican is competing with ALG to win the contract for constructing the next generation of Rheinland battleships. We have a clear advantage in ship design and practical construction experience. But they have a definite strength in alloys and specialized Hull Panel fabrication.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133921:
Although it's not far to Hamburg from here, the Unioners will attack us if given the opportunity. Their preferred method is to disable a Trade Lane ring near the center of the stretch, then flee back into the Nordheide at the first sign of a military patrol.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Xavier Oemler
->Rumor #133922:
The Westfalen is the last battleship still operational in the Rheinland fleet. We are always short of spare parts, and the men are paid only once every three months. Some enterprising pilots have taken to moonlighting for Republican or Synth Foods in order to make ends meet.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133923:
This ship is a deathtrap. They had an explosion last week in Fusion Reactor 6. Had to seal off the entire A Deck. They're not even going to fix it. That's a sorry state of affairs. The Westfalen will never be able to make a jump again.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133924:
There are rumors circulating that ALG is planning on building a new shipyard in Dortmund to build the Bremen and her sister ships. They're willing to build them at cost in order to gain entry into this new market. That's an attractive proposition for Berlin at this point and time.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133925:
The Rheinland Military is tasked with patrolling the northern areas of Hamburg and the adjacent Independent Worlds of Bering and Hudson. But we only have enough working fighters to cover the Trade Lanes in the immediate area, plus a daily patrol into the Nordheide. We assign Bounty Hunters to handle many of our other patrol routes in the area.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133926:
Ever since we lost the war, Rheinland just hasn't been the same; the entire colony feels beaten and bereft of vigor. Look around, there is no one smiling or enjoying themselves. What will it take for my House to heal?
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133927:
Daumann is the real culprit in the Eighty-Years War. The Imperial Navy Command had grave doubts about the wisdom of fighting a guerrilla-style war in the Crow Nebula against an enemy that was so well-supplied by Kusari. But Daumann saw the huge profits to be made in lucrative shipbuilding contracts, and bribed hundreds of key government officials. The rest is history.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
->Rumor #133928:
Many of the young officers are leaving the Rheinland Military, tired of the poor conditions and low pay. Most of them end up flying commercial transports for Republican or Synth Foods. The rest end up with the Bounty Hunters Guild.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133929:
The Rheinland public doesn't respect the military anymore. We lost the Eighty-Years War to a ragtag bunch of gas miners as far as they're concerned. That is one reason it has been so difficult for Berlin to increase our budget -- the politicians backed by the Bundschuh always vote it down.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
->Rumor #133930:
The Bundschuh continues to attack this floating piece of junk for some reason. We usually run them off after a few minutes. I guess they don't have any other obvious military targets left in Rheinland -- except maybe the Oder Shipyard. Have to have an enemy to keep the cause going.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Annike Prohasky
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Sven Nehaus
 * Rheinland Military/Commander Olga Rothstein
 * Rheinland Military/Westfalen Bartender/Dietrich Vogel
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====Darmstadt Depot (Stuttgart)====
->Rumor #134155:
The Hessians use this base as a stopover between Vogtland and Ronneburg. We ship all the basic supplies to this base. Some of them we sell to the LWB, the rest we deliver to the Ronneburg.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
->Rumor #134156:
Aside from basic supplies, we bring Side Arms and Engine Components here. The LWB are only too happy to purchase those goods. Whatever we don't sell continues on to Ronneburg.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
->Rumor #134157:
This system has a strong police presence compared to others, but the lanes here are also carrying many juicy Commodities. The traffic to and from the Republican supply depot here is a tempting target for us.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
->Rumor #134158:
Daumann, Kruger, Republican, the government -- it's all just the rich exploiting the poor. I hate our government and our corporations too much to ever try and help this accursed place. Men are crushed to nothing by the system, that's why I became a Red Hessian. I'd be damned if I wasted my life living under another man's boot.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
->Rumor #134159:
I've been all over Rheinland and the Border Worlds. I've killed Bretonians, Police, and Military. I began my career fighting the Corsairs in Omega 5. After that meat grinder, I became numb to it all.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
->Rumor #134160:
My brother is a Rheinland Federal Police pilot; he operates out of the station Ulm, north of the Westnebel. I do not fly in that space -- we may be on opposite sides of the law, but I do not wish to see any harm come to him.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
->Rumor #134161:
The Red Hessians are allies of ours, though they do not share in the LWB's intense hatred of Synth Foods and ALG. From our base in the Ostnebel, we can attack shipments of ALG Fertilizers, and harass any shipments that Synth Foods is trying to get off of the planet.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
 * LWB/Darmstadt Bartender/Wenzel Ranis
->Rumor #134162:
The WVS, or Stuttgart Growing Association, protected the rights of the Stuttgart farmers for a very long time. It was an age of wealth and pride for Stuttgart. We were a united front in New Berlin and lobbied forcefully to gain government subsidies. But it all came to a stop at the end of that terrible war.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
->Rumor #134163:
After the Eighty-Years War, the Rheinland Government was bankrupt, and they were deep in debt to Liberty. That is how Liberty corporations were able to get their hands on the soil of Stuttgart. They came in with their foreign capital and bribed the old government into selling the garden. The debt to Liberty was cancelled, but honor is something you should not trade at any price.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
->Rumor #134164:
The Red Hessians use this base as a rest stop in their travels through Rheinland. In return we may purchase many Commodities from their base, Vogtland. The Engine Components we get from them help keep our ships operational.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
 * LWB/Darmstadt Bartender/Wenzel Ranis
->Rumor #134165:
A benefit of the Ostnebel Cloud that hides Darmstaad is the Jump Hole that leads to Dresden. It makes travel throughout Rheinland easier. The other Jump Hole in Stuttgart is across the system in the Westnebel; it will lead you to Omega 11.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
 * LWB/Darmstadt Bartender/Wenzel Ranis
->Rumor #134166:
Under the WVS, Stuttgart was a planet of proud farmers who owned and tilled the land as free men; it was a paradise. Do you know what it is to caress the leaf of a plant growing strong in your own fields? When my father was a boy, he walked lands with his father that had fed our family, and all of Rheinland, for generations.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
->Rumor #134167:
The LWB (Farmer's Rights Movement) was founded in 730 AS after Synth Foods executives took control of the WVS (Stuttgart Growing Association). The WVS was dead from that day forward. We came together to safeguard what rights we had left. The LWB is not a terrorist organization; we fight to protect the farmers on Stuttgart from exploitation at the hands of Synth Foods.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
->Rumor #134168:
We are supplied by the New Berlin Junkers of Kreuzberg. They offer us almost everything we need, from basic necessities to Side Arms.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
 * LWB/Darmstadt Bartender/Wenzel Ranis
->Rumor #134169:
Pumping Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases into Stuttgart makes it impossible to grow anything else but that damned Synth Foods weed. The weather systems have shifted and the luxury crops that helped individual farmers stave off Synth Foods buyouts are starting to fail. We will attack any ALG Fertilizers or Synth Terraforming Gases on their way to Stuttgart.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
 * LWB/Darmstadt Bartender/Wenzel Ranis
->Rumor #134170:
Every Synth Foods ship laden with crops leaving our system not grown by WVS farmers is an insult to Rheinland, and the great farming culture that once was Stuttgart. That is why they must be destroyed; every convoy we can destroy with Synth Paste brings us one step closer to the sovereign lands we lost.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
 * LWB/Darmstadt Bartender/Wenzel Ranis
->Rumor #134171:
The subsidies that Stuttgart farmers enjoyed before the Eighty-Years War stopped overnight at the war's end in 685 AS. New Berlin was bankrupt. Immediately, more than half of the Stuttgart farmers were plunged into poverty. I understand why they stopped the subsidies, but to do so overnight destroyed the last remnants of a stable economy in Rheinland. I curse the fools in New Berlin.
 * LWB/ Johann Meerbot
 * LWB/ Oskar Noth
 * LWB/ Wenzel Bianchi
->Rumor #134348:
The Nurnberg was making a gun run from here to Omega-11 when it was attacked by a Federal Police patrol while crossing the open area in the center of the system. The ship was pursued into the Westnebel, where it lost contact. Because it never arrived in Freital, the police must have destroyed it.
 * Red Hessians/ Detlev Loeber
 * Red Hessians/ Theo Appell
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====Freiburg Station (Stuttgart)====
->Rumor #134103:
From New London, Bowex brings Gold to this distribution depot in Rheinland space. It's good cash if you don't get your ship blown inside-out by Hessians or Corsairs. While you're here, you might think about taking Engine Components into the Southampton Shipyards for the trip there.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Allen Thomas
->Rumor #134104:
Border World Exports, or Bowex as we are more commonly known, brings the Diamonds gathered here in Rheinland to our solicitors in New London. Hazardous run, I can promise you that, but not without its perks -- basically, the cash you get for making it there with Diamonds.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Allen Thomas
->Rumor #134105:
From New London Bowex brings Gold to this distribution depot in Rheinland space. It's good cash if you don't get your ship blown inside-out by Hessians or Corsairs.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Allen Thomas
->Rumor #134106:
Daumann's mining facility sends Diamonds to this depot on our convoys from Solarius. It is a dangerous run to make, but perhaps you are willing.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Roland Anders
->Rumor #134107:
Ruegen, the Daumann operation in the Border Worlds, needs us to supply them with Mining Machinery and H-Fuel. You could be the one to help them there, if you don't fear the Border Worlds.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Roland Anders
->Rumor #134108:
Our base Briesen in the Border Worlds requires basic necessities to be shipped in from this facility. The Diamonds we trade here more than pay for any supplies they may need there.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Roland Anders
->Rumor #134109:
From Cardiff, Gateway brings Beryllium to Rheinland. This is only a supply depot; our shipments continue on to Dortmund.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Marshall Griffin
->Rumor #134110:
Gateway crosses the deadly Border Worlds, bringing Gold and Niobium here from Kensington. We took some casualties in Omega 7 from Red Hessians. They hit us hard; most of our escorts got wiped.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Marshall Griffin
->Rumor #134111:
Freistadt in Omega 3 is in need of our services to ship basic supplies and Mining Machinery. The chaps who live out there are crazy ones.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Marshall Griffin
->Rumor #134112:
The lads at Freeport 1 pay us to bring them Mining Machinery and Engine Components from this shipping hub. Strange how much people will withstand to live free of governmental control.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Marshall Griffin
->Rumor #134113:
The Jump Holes in this system lie on opposite sides of Stuttgart. The hole to Omega-11 is in the Westnebel, and the hole to Dresden lies within the Ostnebel.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jeremy Fry
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wendy Baker
->Rumor #134114:
If you're looking for the LWB, you're best served hunting them down in the Ostnebel. That's where they will be found -- or raiding the Trade Lanes between New Berlin and the planet Stuttgart.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jeremy Fry
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wendy Baker
->Rumor #134115:
The Red Hessians are the real problem in this system. At least the LWB confine themselves to the east side of Stuttgart. The Hessians come in from the Jump Hole in the Westnebel and range all over this place. They are fierce pilots too. My apprentice lived for six days before he died.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jeremy Fry
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wendy Baker
->Rumor #134116:
The Hessians think they own Rheinland, but I am paid to make them think differently. I used to be a freelancer that did a lot of work for the Corsairs. Eventually, I had to start going up against Hessians in Omega-5. That's how I learned to kill them.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jeremy Fry
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wendy Baker
->Rumor #134117:
Occasionally I am hired to kill the LWB. I don't like the work as much as taking down Hessians, but it's much easier. Synth Foods is really the only company that pays well for LWB pilots, and the less I have to work for Liberty the better.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jeremy Fry
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wendy Baker
->Rumor #134118:
The police in Rheinland barely get enough parts to keep their ships flying. They are good pilots and have decent training, but that is all they've got. Hey, I can find more work in Rheinland than anywhere else. That means the police aren't doing their job.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jeremy Fry
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Wendy Baker
->Rumor #134119:
Kruger ships Mining Machinery to our base in the Border Worlds -- perhaps you have been to this place? Elbich is an important part of our operations.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Rüdiger Delarue
->Rumor #134120:
Our convoy pilots brave the Hessians and the Corsairs, making sure that the employees at Elbich receive all the necessary supplies to keep operations running smoothly.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Rüdiger Delarue
->Rumor #134121:
From Essen, we bring Mining Machinery to this base, where it will be used in operations throughout the Rheinland-occupied Border Worlds.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Rüdiger Delarue
->Rumor #134122:
Republican supplies this base with the basic necessities from Stuttgart. Our convoys fall under attack from the Hessians and the LWB, but at least we don't have to worry about the Unioners in this system.
 * Republican Shipping/ Udo Prohasky
 * Republican Shipping/Freiburg Bartender/Benno Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Stefan Geist
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Volkmar Filss
->Rumor #134123:
Republican makes several shipments between this base and the Ring in New Berlin. From Daumann's station, we bring in Engine Components and ship them Beryllium and Niobium.
 * Republican Shipping/ Udo Prohasky
 * Republican Shipping/Freiburg Bartender/Benno Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Stefan Geist
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Volkmar Filss
->Rumor #134124:
The Diamonds that come to this base from the Border Worlds are shipped directly to Cambridge on our shipping convoys. It is a dangerous yet lucrative run.
 * Republican Shipping/ Udo Prohasky
 * Republican Shipping/Freiburg Bartender/Benno Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Stefan Geist
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Volkmar Filss
->Rumor #134125:
Gold is brought aboard this station from New London. It is a prosperous run but requires the crossing of the Border Worlds. If you are willing, it could make you plenty of money. Or it could kill you.
 * Republican Shipping/ Udo Prohasky
 * Republican Shipping/Freiburg Bartender/Benno Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Stefan Geist
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Volkmar Filss
->Rumor #134126:
The ships that get built in Alster Shipyards require Gold to be produced. Republican makes sure that they get the Gold they need to do the job.
 * Republican Shipping/ Udo Prohasky
 * Republican Shipping/Freiburg Bartender/Benno Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Stefan Geist
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Volkmar Filss
->Rumor #134127:
New Berlin often needs Gold. It is a valuable Commodity, and we are happy to provide the fine artisans of New Berlin with the supplies they need from this base.
 * Republican Shipping/ Udo Prohasky
 * Republican Shipping/Freiburg Bartender/Benno Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Stefan Geist
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Volkmar Filss
->Rumor #134128:
Though their presence is heavy in this system compared to others, the Rheinland Federal Police hardly do an adequate job keeping our shipments safe. That is why Republican hires so many Bounty Hunters in Rheinland space; it is a necessary expense.
 * Republican Shipping/ Udo Prohasky
 * Republican Shipping/Freiburg Bartender/Benno Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Stefan Geist
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Volkmar Filss
->Rumor #134129:
The Alster Shipyards are the root of our troubles with the Unioners. Our Gold shipments headed for Alster often get waylaid by those devilish curs. I shall look forward to the day when the last Unioner lays dead upon the ground. Fortunately, there are none in this system.
 * Republican Shipping/ Udo Prohasky
 * Republican Shipping/Freiburg Bartender/Benno Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Stefan Geist
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Volkmar Filss
->Rumor #134130:
Red Hessians and the LWB are our concerns in this system. The Bounty Hunters we hire are competent, only it is a shame we must hire assassins to do what the government collects taxes to accomplish. We lose men every week on our shipping runs. Soon I will be able to retire and not have to worry about these things anymore.
 * Republican Shipping/ Udo Prohasky
 * Republican Shipping/Freiburg Bartender/Benno Gramann
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Stefan Geist
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Volkmar Filss
->Rumor #134291:
The Republican freight train Bremerhaven was attempting to evade a Corsair attack along the Trade Lane when it blundered into the Furstenfelde gas pocket and was disabled. Attempts to rescue the crew and its cargo of Engine Components were unsuccessful. The drifting ship serves as a reminder of the dangers of venturing off the safe path in the Walker Nebula.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Stefan Geist
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Volkmar Filss
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====Konstanz Border Station (Stuttgart)====
->Rumor #134143:
The supplies we bring to this base from Stuttgart keep it going. It is the better half of my job being there, even with the Libertonian dogs despoiling the air. This place is falling apart.
 * Republican Shipping/ Benedikt Kühlewein
 * Republican Shipping/ Leopold Stiel
->Rumor #134144:
From the Ring in New Berlin come the Daumann Side Arms that keep the police safe when they are not shielded and armored within their ships.
 * Republican Shipping/ Benedikt Kühlewein
 * Republican Shipping/ Leopold Stiel
->Rumor #134145:
I may be bringing supplies to a police base, but trust me, our convoys are no safer than any other. The Red Hessians will attack anyone if they are carrying what they are looking for, or even for sport, the villainous schwein.
 * Republican Shipping/ Benedikt Kühlewein
 * Republican Shipping/ Leopold Stiel
->Rumor #134146:
The Rheinland government posted police bases at the edges of Rheinland and the Border Worlds. Yes, very noble of them, but I don't know who they are trying to fool. The Red Hessians pour into this system, and there is very little we can do to stop them without the help of the navy. But that is far too expensive, isn't it?
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ammelie Von Götz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Josef Specht
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Konstanz Bartender/RBT-08
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sylvie Leitz
->Rumor #134147:
The LWB are not really our problem unless they come to this side of Stuttgart. Our concern is the plague of Rheinland: the Red Hessians. I've heard that they are fighting a war against the Corsairs in the Border Worlds. By their numbers, I'd say they aren't losing.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ammelie Von Götz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Josef Specht
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Konstanz Bartender/RBT-08
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sylvie Leitz
->Rumor #134148:
Any navy Rheinland had to speak of was destroyed in the Eighty-Years War, and we lost that too, didn't we? They can't help us here. We are good enough pilots and honest men; not like the LPI in New York. But there are too few of us and our ships are falling apart.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ammelie Von Götz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Josef Specht
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sylvie Leitz
->Rumor #134149:
We don't take as many criminals in as we used to; we cannot afford to. The price is too high -- in ships and in men. It is always more difficult to capture than to kill.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ammelie Von Götz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Josef Specht
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Konstanz Bartender/RBT-08
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sylvie Leitz
->Rumor #134150:
I have no real beef with the LWB; they are just doing what they think is best for Stuttgart. It's the Hessians I don't like -- they are simply murderers and pirates. Too bad the LWB has fallen in with them. Makes me wonder if I won't be cursing them in twenty years as well. If I last twenty, I guess I'll be lucky.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ammelie Von Götz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Josef Specht
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Konstanz Bartender/RBT-08
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sylvie Leitz
->Rumor #134151:
At Konstanz we have a saying: If the engine fires up, it's good enough to fly. I used to believe that with the faint optimism of a man with no choice, but after I saw Wattenbarger's ship go up last week when his shields failed him...well, I've been thinking I do have a choice.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ammelie Von Götz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Josef Specht
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sylvie Leitz
->Rumor #134152:
There is a Hessian who has killed a few of our pilots. He is a formidable adversary and knows how to take on more than one opponent. Another Hessian we captured, when questioned about the first, was obstinate. After a little persuasion he told us that his comrade would never be found north of the Westnebel, but he would not tell us why.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ammelie Von Götz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Josef Specht
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Konstanz Bartender/RBT-08
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sylvie Leitz
->Rumor #134153:
During the Eighty-Years War, that Daumann was unethical in its labor practices in the shipyards and smelters. But that does not excuse the barbaric slaughter and pillaging the Red Hessians commit in the name of revenge. Fallen empire or not, we will stop them.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ammelie Von Götz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Josef Specht
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Konstanz Bartender/RBT-08
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sylvie Leitz
->Rumor #134154:
It is my duty to complete my job to the best of my ability. This is in spite of the condititons that may befall me due to circumstance. To blame other things is only an excuse and the tool of a weak man; I am a Rheinlander of the sleeper ship Rheinland. Perhaps we lost "the Eighty," but that does not give us license to quit.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ammelie Von Götz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Josef Specht
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sylvie Leitz
->Rumor #134347:
Several days ago, the Belknap was traversing the Trade Lane from Stuttgart to the Berlin Gate when it was hijacked by LWB pirates. They flew the ship into the Ostnebel, where it is likely stationed for use as a temporary food supply.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ammelie Von Götz
->Rumor #134348:
The Nurnberg was making a gun run from here to Omega-11 when it was attacked by a Federal Police patrol while crossing the open area in the center of the system. The ship was pursued into the Westnebel, where it lost contact. Because it never arrived in Freital, the police must have destroyed it.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Josef Specht
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sylvie Leitz
->Rumor #134349:
Patrol 421 was doing a routine sweep of the Westnebel when it abruptly ceased communications with Ulm Control. Red Hessians are suspected as the culprits, but no one is sure. The Federal Police have been unable to locate any debris so far.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Ammelie Von Götz
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Josef Specht
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sylvie Leitz
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====Planet Baden Baden (Stuttgart)====
->Rumor #134079:
Daumann keeps several villas here for its top executives. I have just arrived for the first time, due to a recent promotion. This is where I'm going to really launch my career. They say that you can get more accomplished five minutes in a mud bath than in two weeks of division meetings. Too bad I had to leave my children and wife at home, they would love it here.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Volker Von Roda
->Rumor #134080:
Now that I'm getting to the top, I'm going to start playing the game by my rules. It is time for a change in Daumann, they must be made to realize that our corporation can still profit without exploiting its workers.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Volker Von Roda
->Rumor #134081:
My father was a joint fitter at the Alster Shipyards. Nobody else knows this but me and his ghost. He worked triple shifts sometimes to pay my way through New Berlin University. He was on the bottom rung in Daumann; I just made VP.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/ Volker Von Roda
->Rumor #134082:
Kruger has booked the entire eastern mud bath wing of this facility to host our "We're Pals with ALG, Appreciation Bash!" Five lucky Rheinland families will be chosen from the Kruger products and services mailing list at random to spend a week with the top ALG and Kruger executives. They will be able to soak in mud and give us their views on Rheinland corporate power.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Albrecht Jonach
->Rumor #134083:
If this bash doesn't go over well, I'm in big trouble. Kruger is posting record losses and we need something to turn this company around. We haven't been able to get going since our horrible losses in Frankfurt, and the reparations we were forced to pay.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Albrecht Jonach
->Rumor #134084:
While I'm here, I'm going to try and enjoy myself. But my miserable wife is eating every Luxury Food in sight. I keep telling her that this resort is not all-inclusive, I cannot put this all on my expense account -- ach, I must not think of these things...relax, relax. I hate that fat cow.
 * Kruger Minerals/ Albrecht Jonach
->Rumor #134085:
Any basic supplies we need here are either produced here or shipped in from Stuttgart by our own Commodity transports.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Baden-Baden Bartender/Timo Gryneus
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Cheryl Montgomery
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Katrina Chapman
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Farah Kimmel
->Rumor #134086:
The finest foods in all of Sirius are brought in from Stuttgart and hand-delivered to our exclusive clientele. Luxury Foods make a luxury vacation.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Baden-Baden Bartender/Timo Gryneus
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Cheryl Montgomery
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Katrina Chapman
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Farah Kimmel
->Rumor #134088:
This planet's oceans and landmasses are lifeless. At first we believed this would be a detriment to tourist activities, but it actually works out quite well; no bothersome insects or man-eating carnivores. Just human beings and the animals they wish to bring here.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Baden-Baden Bartender/Timo Gryneus
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Cheryl Montgomery
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Katrina Chapman
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Farah Kimmel
->Rumor #134089:
Many of Rheinland's elite used to build in Stuttgart when they wanted a summer home or were thinking about retiring. But now, with Synth Foods moved in and the LWB attacks and fires, many are finding Baden-Baden to be their choice for premium relaxation.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise/Baden-Baden Bartender/Timo Gryneus
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Cheryl Montgomery
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Katrina Chapman
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Farah Kimmel
->Rumor #134092:
The LWB are reasonable people. Their attacks on Baden-Baden will become less frequent, but gradually, so as to not arouse suspicion. A little money in their coffers helps us all profit. They may need a little extra funding to help them blow up the vacation villas on Stuttgart.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Cheryl Montgomery
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Katrina Chapman
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Farah Kimmel
->Rumor #134093:
Because of the financial troubles Rheinland is in, we haven't been making as much profit at this resort as our others. We may be forced to bring in Liberty vacationers. Not the quality types either -- they can go to Hawaii or Curacao. We've had to bring in the econoclass vacationers to fill the rooms.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Cheryl Montgomery
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Katrina Chapman
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Farah Kimmel
->Rumor #134094:
Ah, what a wonderful place this is. Have you looked across the black sand beaches at the ocean during sunset? It is truly spectacular. I enjoy using the northern mud bath facilities, That is where the creme de la creme of Rheinland society book their vacations.
 * Republican Shipping/ Freder Prange
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Christian Klauer
->Rumor #134095:
This resort is nice and relaxed, not like the other Orbital Spa locales that are populated by criminals and deviants. Yes, this is where you go to rub elbows; not just with the rich, but with the genteel.
 * Republican Shipping/ Freder Prange
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Christian Klauer
->Rumor #134096:
My great-grandfather was on the board of directors for Republican when we changed our name from Imperial Shipping. A Neumann has sat upon the board for the past 200 years, and this has always been a favorite vacation spot.
 * Republican Shipping/ Freder Prange
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Christian Klauer
->Rumor #134097:
I love this wonderful resort. My favorite area is the western mud baths. I can just imagine the purple muds squishing between my toes. Amazing how the Water and the earth mix at just the right temperature for total relaxation.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Maren Nehaus
->Rumor #134098:
I'm a captain in the navy, but here I am a tourist like any other. No matter how powerful you are, you still need to relax here and there. Of course, my ship could destroy all the people on this planet from orbit, but that means nothing when I am plopped in a mud bath.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Maren Nehaus
->Rumor #134099:
If Orbital didn't give us discounts, they would find themselves fighting off a lot more pirates than they do now. Hey, it's not my problem a few tourists get blown up here and there. There is a lot of space to keep safe.
 * Rheinland Military/Colonel Maren Nehaus
->Rumor #134100:
The LWB has made a foolish mistake by attacking the tourist transports to this base. Orbital must get their food from somewhere, it might as well be Stuttgart. To attack innocent vacationers is going too far. They will be made to pay...later.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Viola Henckler
->Rumor #134101:
Yes, Orbital knows how to keep its resorts well-protected; they offer discounts to higher-ranking members of the Rheinland Police. Police presence is stretched to the maximum in Rheinland, yet there are two bases within Stuttgart -- a system that houses two Liberty corporations as its primary residents.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Viola Henckler
->Rumor #134102:
Don't be fooled; just because I work for a bankrupt government, that doesn't mean I don't have credits to spend. Several corporations always pay well for the authorities to turn a blind eye to certain actions. I don't open my mouth when Synth Foods burns down one of the few remaining Rheinland plantation houses, and that's how I make sure I'll retire in style.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Viola Henckler
->Rumor #134346:
The Babylon was finishing a routine Luxury Goods run from Manhattan to Baden-Baden when it was attacked on the final leg by the LWB. The freighter feigned surrender, then made a run for it, but was cut off before reaching the planet. It then fled towards the southern end of the Ostnebel, with the LWB in hot pursuit. The Babylon was never found.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Cheryl Montgomery
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/ Katrina Chapman
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Farah Kimmel
->Rumor #134347:
Several days ago, the Belknap was traversing the Trade Lane from Stuttgart to the Berlin Gate when it was hijacked by LWB pirates. They flew the ship into the Ostnebel, where it is likely stationed for use as a temporary food supply.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Viola Henckler
->Rumor #134348:
The Nurnberg was making a gun run from here to Omega-11 when it was attacked by a Federal Police patrol while crossing the open area in the center of the system. The ship was pursued into the Westnebel, where it lost contact. Because it never arrived in Freital, the police must have destroyed it.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Viola Henckler
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====Planet Stuttgart (Stuttgart)====
->Rumor #134047:
We have contracts with Synth Foods to ship this planet Terraforming Gases. From Dortmund we bring the gases in and try not to think about what they will do to the lovely climate of Stuttgart.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Clemens Ludewig
->Rumor #134048:
Since we are a corporation the bottom line is the most important thing to consider. Our board was hard pressed when it came time to decide on selling Terraforming Gases to Synth Foods. What they do now will affect the planet for thousands of years, and all they care about is breeding that sickly gray weed from which they mill their disgusting paste.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Clemens Ludewig
->Rumor #134049:
Much of the money that we earn from selling Terraforming Gases to Synth Foods will be secretly funneled to the LWB. ALG's chairman is a large supporter of the displaced farmers of Stuttgart. Her own plantation has been growing blue jillies for centuries.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Clemens Ludewig
->Rumor #134050:
Our Border World operations in Solarius, are supplied to a great degree by this planet. All the basic supplies make their way there from here.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Anton Ohms
->Rumor #134051:
We are not safe from the Red Hessians anywhere in all of Rheinland. They have grown so numerous and widespread there is not a single Trade Lane where one of our shipments have not fallen victim to a Hessian attack.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Anton Ohms
->Rumor #134052:
The LWB are sensible enough not to harass Daumann too much; that is why we do not pay to have them killed by Bounty Hunters. We leave that to the Synth Foods invaders. Personally, I hope all their damn cellulose crops burn.
 * Daumann Heavy Construction/Dr. Anton Ohms
->Rumor #134053:
I was hired by Synth Foods to protect them against LWB terrorist attacks. Unexplained fires still sweep across the fields here from time to time. We are paid to make the arsonists sorry.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Janet Thompson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Franklin Wallace
->Rumor #134054:
The LWB base is located near the Jump Hole to Dresden. Do you know where that is? Aye, it's in the Ostnebel. The LWB conduct operations from that are. Mostly they run attacks on the lanes between here and the New Berlin Jump Gate.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Janet Thompson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Franklin Wallace
->Rumor #134055:
I came here once as a child; it was a lush and green planet with a warm golden sun. This is not like it was; the rolling green fields and prismatic growing tents that dotted the horizons are gone. Look as far as you can see in any direction and only the gray Synth Foods plants are seen spilling their way to the edges of the land.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Janet Thompson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Franklin Wallace
->Rumor #134056:
Where there's LWB you are probably going to find Red Hessians nearby. Those two groups seem to get along pretty well, of course the Hessians are far more dangerous. Though, the LWB pilots are becoming better and better pilots, don't forget they all used to be simple farmers.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Janet Thompson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Franklin Wallace
->Rumor #134057:
The Red Hessians come into this system through the Jump Hole leading to Omega 11. The hole is tucked away in the southern side of the Westnebel. Hessians use this system to get to Dresden and for resupply at the LWB base on the eastern side of Stuttgart.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Janet Thompson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Franklin Wallace
->Rumor #134058:
I can sympathize with the LWB, I'm a Rheinlander. I don't like those Synth Foods Liberty vultures coming here and despoiling the most beautiful planet in our space, but it comes down to the money. The fools in New Berlin sold Stuttgart away fighting the GMG, and I sold my allegiance to who had the most cash.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Janet Thompson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Franklin Wallace
->Rumor #134059:
Orbital Spa's resort on Baden-Baden needs basic supplies like any other station in Sirius. We get the majority of our goods from this planet. Too bad Synth Foods has despoiled Stuttgart in so many ways, but perhaps that will force more people to use Orbital Spa's facilities.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Ian Morris
->Rumor #134060:
The Foods and Luxury Foods that the clientele aboard our luxuriant resort enjoys, come exclusively from Stuttgart. We wouldn't think of bringing food in from another locale, though the quality of the Luxury Food has diminished recently, which may cause things to change in the future.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Ian Morris
->Rumor #134061:
I can appreciate nationalism and pride, but I'd say these Rheinlanders are a bit over sensitive. They should welcome the influx of money and jobs that Liberty corporations bring with them into the system. All I ever hear from these people are complaints about Liberty scum this, and foreign money that, they are worse than the Kusari.
 * Orbital Spa and Cruise Lines/Concierge Ian Morris
->Rumor #134062:
Republican ships basic supplies to all the other legitimate bases in this system. Whatever anyone needs in Stuttgart, you can bet that Republican is shipping it for them.
 * Republican Shipping/ Carsten Prohasky
->Rumor #134063:
From The Ring in New Berlin, Republican ships Sidearms and Construction Machinery to Stuttgart proper. We also bring Consumer Goods from the capitol planet. At Republican, we've got you covered.
 * Republican Shipping/ Carsten Prohasky
->Rumor #134064:
Next time you go to Hamburg, remember that Republican Shipping makes a good profit taking food to the Alster Shipyards. On your way back it would be easy enough to bring in Pharmaceuticals.
 * Republican Shipping/ Carsten Prohasky
->Rumor #134065:
My ancestors moved here centuries ago and began growing roses. Stuttgart is where people moved when they had made their fortunes and wished to retire. Originally, my family were freelancers who made their money running Luxury Goods. We lost everything when the subsidies came to a halt.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
->Rumor #134066:
In the midst of the Eighty Years War the Rheinland government bankrupted itself fighting the GMG. With no other avenue left, they indebted themselves to Liberty, that was the beginning of the end for Stuttgart. At the war's finish, the debts needed to be settled.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
 * Rheinland Population/Stuttgart Bartender/Xavier Döbel
->Rumor #134067:
The WVS was the Stuttgart growing association that all farmers paid their dues to. The dues paid for lobbying in New Berlin and many other things that kept life good here. The WVS was a powerful voice in the old empire's parliament. Now the WVS is an entity controlled by Synth Foods.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
 * Rheinland Population/Stuttgart Bartender/Xavier Döbel
->Rumor #134068:
Synth Foods' cellulose plant was bred to survive in less than perfect growing conditions. That is what I don't understand. Why did Synth Foods wish to take Stuttgart? They changed a garden planet capable of growing the most exotic and delicate flora into a factory for their tasteless weed.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
 * Rheinland Population/Stuttgart Bartender/Xavier Döbel
->Rumor #134069:
Once Synth Foods moved into Stuttgart they destroyed a way of life that had been going on for centuries. Mighty growing dynasties were torn apart overnight. Only the strongest families were able to keep their plantations, the rest were thrown free of the land by their own government.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
->Rumor #134070:
When fires began breaking out on Synth Foods farms, an investigation was launched. No one was able to discover who was at fault but, as the fires raged, the WVS fire trucks stayed in their garages. Synth Foods cried out for the WVS to be punished and of course New Berlin complied. The leaders of WVS; the master growers, were replaced with Synth Foods cronies.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
->Rumor #134071:
Even now, the finest foods found in all of Sirius are grown or raised here. My family was able to hold onto their farm, they weren't over extended like many others when the subsidies came to a screeching halt. But now Synth Foods is dumping Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere, and adding rough Fertilizers to the soil. These changes are making it difficult to cultivate the more delicate crops.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
 * Rheinland Population/Stuttgart Bartender/Xavier Döbel
->Rumor #134072:
The Oxygen content is very high on this planet. A man can work twice as hard without tiring when he has that much more Oxygen to breathe. And that euphoria you are feeling...also caused by the Oxygen concentration, the human body loves Oxygen.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
->Rumor #134073:
It took some time to safeguard the populace of this planet from the risks of fire. This much Oxygen makes the air flammable, but we learned to deal with it. Almost everything here is made from plastics, ships land and take off at the poles where the cold reduces the Oxygen amount and combustion engines aren't used, everything is battery powered.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Konstanze Sterl
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Ingrid Reitemeyer
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
->Rumor #134074:
Synth Foods earns more money shipping our yummy pastes to the LPI Huntsville and Sugarland in Houston, than supplying all of Frankfurt. The truth is we prefer to ship our pastes to people who will pay what they are worth. These silly Rheinlanders are too poor to deserve our pastes.
 * Synth Foods/ Nelson Mills
->Rumor #134075:
Synth Foods brings in our own specially prepared Fertilizers from Houston and Bonn. If you are going to Bonn to pick up Fertilizers, you can take a shipment of paste with you.
 * Synth Foods/ Nelson Mills
->Rumor #134076:
Synth Foods, pumping paste into the heart of Rheinland. That's right, you can take Foods and Luxury Foods to New Berlin from Stuttgart.
 * Synth Foods/ Nelson Mills
->Rumor #134077:
There is a lucrative market for Luxury Foods in Manhattan. If you are willing to make the trip, I'm sure the markets there will pay well for Stuttgart's finest.
 * Synth Foods/ Nelson Mills
->Rumor #134078:
The Rheinland government is composed entirely of fools. The economy of Stuttgart and of Rheinland for that matter were interwoven with the subsidies they had been pumping into Stuttgart for generations. When the government realized what a drain the subsidies were, they cut them overnight. Immediately the entire economy bottomed out, as bankruptcies and foreclosures skyrocketed. Then we came in and bought almost everyone out.
 * Synth Foods/ Nelson Mills
->Rumor #134347:
Several days ago, the Belknap was traversing the Trade Lane from Stuttgart to the Berlin Gate when it was hijacked by LWB pirates. They flew the ship into the Ostnebel, where it is likely stationed for use as a temporary food supply.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Sascha Modesta
 * Synth Foods/ Nelson Mills
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====Ulm Border Station (Stuttgart)====
->Rumor #134131:
Republican Shipping provides the Ulm Police Base with all of her basic supplies from Stuttgart. It is not incredibly profitable to do this, but relatively safe.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Friedrich Philipp
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Eugen Chemlin
->Rumor #134132:
Premium Daumann weapons make their way to the hands of the Rheinland Federal Police via Republican convoys from the Ring in New Berlin.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Friedrich Philipp
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Eugen Chemlin
->Rumor #134133:
The Rheinland government is always several months behind in its payments to the Commodity brokers that keep their bases supplied. It is appalling to see our sovereign nation fall into such terrible times.
 * Republican Shipping/Rep. Friedrich Philipp
 * Republican Shipping/Sales Rep. Eugen Chemlin
->Rumor #134134:
I am furious that the criminals we fight are better equipped than our finest. The Hessians have better ships and better weapons. We have better pilots, but we are running out of them. More of us die each day, and for what?
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
->Rumor #134135:
We are the guardians to the gates that lead into the Border Worlds. We patrol our side, but dare not go into Omega 7. It is grounds for immediate termination. No lives or ships can be spared defending space that Rheinland cannot even lay claim to.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134136:
The Red Hessians pour from the Westnebel in an unending stream. We lack the resources to stop half of them. I used to be disdainful of Bounty Hunters, but if it were not for their actions here, we could be overrun. The only Rheinland military you will see here are captains and admirals sunning themselves in Baden-Baden.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134137:
My family, the Steiners, have grown thin in number. We were once a large group of men and women known as excellent pilots and daring fighters. Now there is just my brother and me left alive.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134138:
My brother is a police pilot in Frankfurt. He says that conditions are worse there. Of course, that is the system that got ravaged by the GMG, but we all lost in "the Eighty." I wish I had been alive to fight in it.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134139:
I have been giving thought to becoming a Bounty Hunter. That way I would be better equipped and much better paid. I see them collecting rewards on every vermin they kill. Perhaps I could go to Liberty and kill Rogues.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
->Rumor #134140:
There is a pilot here who wishes to leave our ranks. He has tried to keep it secret but I found out. He wants to become a Bounty Hunter and leave Rheinland. I'm sure it is because he is afraid to fight Red Hessians -- he has trouble killing them.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134141:
We intercepted a Red Hessian supply shipment crossing the system between the Ostnebel and Westnebel. It was quite a boost in morale around here; normally things are rather glum, but we were able to salvage all manner of goods. Of course, we don't turn in everything we find, they barely pay me enough to feed my children.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Ulm Bartender/RBT-105
->Rumor #134142:
One of the other policemen at this station, Steiner, has two brothers, though he will only mention one. The third is a Red Hessian. One day, perhaps the two brothers will face each other out there. I don't know who will win. Steiner is the best pilot here, but his brother...I hear he is an incredible pilot, a soldier in the Corsair Wars.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
->Rumor #134347:
Several days ago, the Belknap was traversing the Trade Lane from Stuttgart to the Berlin Gate when it was hijacked by LWB pirates. They flew the ship into the Ostnebel, where it is likely stationed for use as a temporary food supply.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
->Rumor #134348:
The Nurnberg was making a gun run from here to Omega-11 when it was attacked by a Federal Police patrol while crossing the open area in the center of the system. The ship was pursued into the Westnebel, where it lost contact. Because it never arrived in Freital, the police must have destroyed it.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
->Rumor #134349:
Patrol 421 was doing a routine sweep of the Westnebel when it abruptly ceased communications with Ulm Control. Red Hessians are suspected as the culprits, but no one is sure. The Federal Police have been unable to locate any debris so far.
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Captain Corinna Lody
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Heinz Geist
 * Rheinland Federal Police/Sgt. Lori Gryneus
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====Cali Base (Tau-23)====
->Rumor #132813:
We use the Kyushu Jump Hole to the northeast of this base to get into the system. These Outcasts are weird guys, but they sell us what we want. Cardamine is essential to the Golden Chrysanthemum way of life.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132814:
The Cardamine we get from this base goes straight to Ainu. Sometimes we come here with H-Fuel from our base so that we can make a little money to buy extra Cardamine for personal use. We don't get bothered by anyone in this system. Even the Bounty Hunters leave us alone.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132815:
We rely upon the Outcasts of Tau-23 to supply us with our Cardamine. We sell it to New Tokyo through Rappongi to fund our operations and to pay for the drugs that we use ourselves. Cardamine use is part of our culture. It is a symbol of our free spirit and the dream of a better life.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
->Rumor #132816:
Tau-23 is our space. Unfortunately BMM and the IMG have begun encroaching upon us. Niobium and Beryllium have been discovered here, and the miners have followed looking for it. That is why this base is mobilized for sorties. We're fighting to keep their operations from spreading beyond this system towards Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Cali Bartender/Alberto Ferrer
->Rumor #132817:
We receive the Cardamine from where it is processed on Malta, and then we distribute it into Sirius. Our path towards the Liberty and Bretonian systems passes through Edinburgh, where we encounter a slight hindrance: Orbital Spa and Cruise's Shetland Cruiser. It makes shipping Cardamine in secrecy all the more difficult.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Cali Bartender/Alberto Ferrer
->Rumor #132818:
The Jump Hole to Tau-37 remains hidden to most amongst the asteroids that populate this system. Unfortunately the IMG found their way there. Beyond it you will find Omicron Alpha, which is the location of our home planet, Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132819:
Our most valued Cardamine customer is the Lane Hackers. Not only do they pay us well for our Cardamine, they will barter valuable Trade Lane information for it. I foresee them becoming completely dependent upon us. Soon their Trade Lane technology will be ours.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Cali Bartender/Alberto Ferrer
->Rumor #132820:
It's been hard to crack into the Kusari market with our drug, because their strongest crime syndicate, the Hogosha, refuse to deal with us. But we have found allies within Kusari who will help us tap that well. The Golden Chrysanthemums have discovered the allure of Cardamine.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Cali Bartender/Alberto Ferrer
->Rumor #132821:
We get our Side Arms from the Junkers at Trafalgar in New London. It would be very lucrative to run Cardamine there and return here with Detroit Side Arms.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Cali Bartender/Alberto Ferrer
->Rumor #132822:
If you don't mind risking NCR status in Liberty, you may be interested in shipping our drugs. You can take the Cardamine from here and sell it at any Rogue or Junker base. The closer you get to capitol systems, the more dangerous it gets. But it's also more rewarding.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
 * Outcasts/Cali Bartender/Alberto Ferrer
->Rumor #132823:
One of our allies is the Rogues. They aren't our partners as much as our pawns. We have them under control because they are addicted to Cardamine. Soon more groups will fall to the allure of the drug, and they will also be ours to control. I see this upon the horizon for the Golden Chrysanthemums.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132824:
We trust you, so I will tell you how to make yourself very rich. The Cardamine brought to this base comes from Malta. It is there that we also receive all necessary supplies to run this base.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132825:
I yearn for my return to Malta. I miss the orange fields of grass and sprawling plantations. The Cardamine is so woven into my blood that even my skin feels dry and cracked without the winds of my home planet upon it.
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #132826:
I am Santiago Llorens. Perhaps you have heard of me? My lord, Don Miguel of the Benitez Cartel has asked me a favor, and I cannot deny him. I will soon leave this base and cross the Edge Worlds to a base named Atka, where I will kill all aboard and free my imprisoned brother Outcast.
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
->Rumor #132827:
I have killed more than a thousand men and stolen a kingdom of riches. Even now there are two veteran Bounty Hunters that stalk me: one for revenge, the other for reward. They will have to follow me across the stars, for I am bound to another place. Neither one will live beyond Tau-37; Benitez will see to that.
 * Outcasts/ Gloria Ruiz
 * Outcasts/ Javier Hernandez
 * Outcasts/ Maria Cortez
->Rumor #134332:
The Ohtori was escorting the Yukari Maru from Cali to Ainu when it was ambushed by a Naval Forces patrol crossing Kyushu. The cargo ship fled to safety while its escort turned to fight the attackers to the death. There are rumors that the Ohtori may be still intact somewhere in the Seiran Dust Cloud.
 * Golden Chrysanthemums/ Yasuko Hamada
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====Java Station (Tau-23)====
->Rumor #132843:
The IMG has gone deep into the riskiest areas of Sirius space looking for valuable minerals. The most dangerous post you can man for the IMG is Falkland, which is hidden among the asteroids of Tau-37. The Outcasts do not know its location, or they would have destroyed it for certain.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132844:
This is dangerous space out here, and the other guys you see here in the Border Worlds are veterans. Anyone who comes here before they are ready doesn't last very long. If you are a Zoner or IMG, it's a little different, but then the miners you see out here are a different breed, too.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132845:
More than anything else, this is Outcast space. You have to respect that or else they will bury you. Don't underestimate the Outcasts. Generally they leave us alone, but that is because we are smart enough to stay out of their way.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132846:
We operate this base here because of the rich Niobium deposits. Once it is mined, our pilots ship it out to Holman. From there we don't really care what happens.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132847:
Niobium is an important Commodity that can be used for several things. That's why we come this far to get it. Once we bring it back here from our mining operations, it is shipped to Freeport 6, and the Zoners take it from there.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132848:
It takes a lot to keep an operation like this running. One thing we always need more of is Mining Machinery. We pick it up in Holman, and the surplus is shipped to Falkland.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132849:
Lots of people who come here think we are a pretty strange breed. It's true we are loners, but if you want to meet some strange ones you should check out the wackos in Tau-37. Those guys get a rush from knowing that Outcasts might kill them at any time.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132851:
Sure, the Outcasts attack this base every once in a while. What they really focus on is the BMM site. Still, it's kind of a rush knowing that an Outcast might be sitting in the Niobium fields waiting to smoke you. I always get goose bumps when I set my mining skiff down out there, so I guess I like it.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #134303:
One of many Bounty Hunters flying out of Freeport 6 in search of Outcasts, Ryan McKeen, was an incautious type who tended to exhibit more bravado than common sense. His ship, the Wolverine, is floating somewhere near Cali, a message left by the Outcasts to not get too close.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #134308:
The IMG freighter Barossa is believed to have been ambushed by the Outcasts in the Malvinas Cloud while making a routine shipment of Niobium to Java.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
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====Tau-31 Gate Construction Site (Tau-23)====
->Rumor #132828:
With mineral resources almost depleted within Bretonian space, we had no choice but to look elsewhere. When we found this system it was the answer that BMM had been looking for. Of course it has been quite a struggle against the Outcasts, and the IMG sucking up the Niobium does not help either.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Lowth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jerome Norton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Randall Coddington
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Tau-31 Gate Bartender/Clarence Rowe
->Rumor #132829:
When DSE was building the Jump Gate into this system, there were never any Outcast attacks. Those crafty bastards were biding their time until the Gate was completed, and then they attacked in force. They were just waiting until we had committed ourselves to this area so they could pirate our shipping.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Lowth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jerome Norton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Randall Coddington
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Tau-31 Gate Bartender/Clarence Rowe
->Rumor #132830:
BMM pilots in this part of Sirius die all the time. It's not like in civilized space where you can drop your cargo and run. Out here the Outcasts will chase you down and kill you after you've dropped cargo. It's like a sport for them.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Lowth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jerome Norton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Randall Coddington
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Tau-31 Gate Bartender/Clarence Rowe
->Rumor #132831:
There is a permanent DSE staff here that repairs Jump Gate and Trade Lane Rings. The Outcasts just love shooting the Rings to bits, even though they never manage to destroy them. Those DSE chaps sure do earn a lot of money. Of course I earn danger pay for being stationed in the Border Worlds, but I'm just a miner, so I'm only going to earn so much.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Lowth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jerome Norton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Randall Coddington
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Tau-31 Gate Bartender/Clarence Rowe
->Rumor #132832:
The Beryllium that we mine here gets shipped right to Stokes in the heart of Leeds. We do not want to be dependent on the IMG any longer. Unfortunately, if we do not find a new source of Niobium, we will soon need to buy that from them, too.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Lowth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jerome Norton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Randall Coddington
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Tau-31 Gate Bartender/Clarence Rowe
->Rumor #132833:
The Niobium in this system should be mined by BMM, too, but those dirty independent miners set up their operation before we had a chance to file a claim. Here we are trying to save Bretonian industry, and those damned independents are sucking up the Niobium for their own benefit. What's worse is that we take the brunt of the Outcast attacks in this system.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Lowth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jerome Norton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Randall Coddington
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Tau-31 Gate Bartender/Clarence Rowe
->Rumor #132834:
There are no authorities whatsoever in this system; we are too far from Bretonian space to get protection from the military or the police. The Bounty Hunters who do come into the system loiter near the Tau-29 Jump Hole, but that strategy does us no good against the Outcasts attacking this base and the Trade Lanes!
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Lowth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jerome Norton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Randall Coddington
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Tau-31 Gate Bartender/Clarence Rowe
->Rumor #132835:
My shift starts soon, and I'll have to get onboard that death trap we call a mining ship. DSE is still working on the Trade Lane that runs to the Beryllium fields, so in the mean time we are most vulnerable to the Outcasts aboard the miner. It's pretty safe once you get to the mining area; the trip is the dangerous part.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Lowth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jerome Norton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Randall Coddington
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Tau-31 Gate Bartender/Clarence Rowe
->Rumor #132836:
There are Jump Holes throughout this system that are used by criminals and independents. We believe that the Tau-29 Hole lies just to the east of the Beryllium fields. Look to the northeast for the Kyushu Hole.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Lowth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jerome Norton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Randall Coddington
->Rumor #132837:
The run between here and Holman isn't too bad considering what part of space you are in right now. DSE brings a lot of supplies to this base from Holman, including Trade Lane Parts and Construction Machinery.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Rep. Jonathan Dunbar
->Rumor #132838:
BMM is paying the bill for us to complete the Trade Lane to their mining area. The operation must be costing them a fortune considering the number of Outcast attacks on our construction sites. I'm glad I don't have to go out there and work on the Rings. I'm a desk jockey -- the guy who makes sure we ship all the right supplies to this base, plus I get danger pay. It's a good job.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Rep. Jonathan Dunbar
->Rumor #132839:
The Trade Lane Parts that come to this base are shipped to us from two different bases, depending on who has what we need at the time. Sometimes we need to special order a component all the way from Waterloo in New London.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Rep. Jonathan Dunbar
->Rumor #134304:
The Edward Marshall was bringing a load of Niobium back to base from the mining area when the ship was approached by an Outcast patrol. They surrendered and were boarded by the pirates, who mercilessly jettisoned the crew into space. A BMM patrol was scrambled from the Tau-31 Gate and managed to destroy the ship in the minefield before it reached Cali.
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Hugh Lowth
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/ Jerome Norton
 * Bretonia Mining and Metals/Rep. Randall Coddington
 * Deep Space Engineering/Rep. Jonathan Dunbar
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====Freeport 6 (Tau-29)====
->Rumor #132711:
I've been tracking an Outcast named Santiago Llorens in this system for several days. I followed him back from Bretonia. Once I bag the scum I won't have to take another job for months. This guy has killed over a hundred men and stolen goods worth hundreds of thousands of credits.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132712:
The Outcasts attack both Trade Lanes that cross this system. I run my patrols up from the Tau-31 Jump Hole to the Northern Oxygen Field, and then I head southeast into the Nago field and back down to Freeport 6. Along that route I usually encounter a good share of the mask breathers.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132713:
This is the place to be if you are hunting Outcasts. There is a Jump Hole to the north side of this system's oxygen field that leads to Tau-23. In Tau-23 you had better be sneaky, or have a posse with you, because the Outcasts are very strong there -- whole squadrons of them.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132714:
This base is where I refit and resupply. It is a long and dangerous trip here. I've been hunting an Outcast by the name of Santiago Llorens. He torched my partner and good friend back in Cortez. There's another Bounty Hunter here trying to catch him too, but I'm going to get to Santiago first.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132715:
After I'm done refueling my ship here, I'm going to go all the way up into Outcast space. I've been sneaking farther and farther into their territory every trip I make up here looking for a good ambush point. I think I found the spot I was looking for on my last run. If this plan works, I will be able to retire to California in less than a year.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132716:
All the Cardamine that leaves Outcast space comes through here. Cryer Pharmaceuticals has hired me to try and capture a live Outcast with all his gear, including his mask and his Cardamine shipment. I don't usually bring guys back alive, so I'm charging them double.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Darla Owens
->Rumor #132717:
Bowex ships Mining and Construction Machinery to this base from Leeds. These components build many of the installations you'll find in the Border Worlds. Many of these shipments are harassed by Outcast pirates.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Arnold Winkle
->Rumor #132718:
Ships that are constructed in this part of Sirius no doubt benefit from the Basic Alloys and Ship Hull Panels that we bring here from Stokes. I suppose one could say that Border World vessels are more Bretonian than anything else.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Arnold Winkle
->Rumor #132719:
If you'd like to fly into Bretonia, I'm sure you could make money hauling Fertilizers and Alien Organisms from this base to Glasgow. I make that run myself for Bowex and it is pretty lucrative, even though I'm a company man. Of course you have to fight all kinds of criminals to get there.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Arnold Winkle
->Rumor #132720:
The IMG has gone deep into the fringe areas of Sirius space looking for valuable minerals. The most dangerous post you can man for the IMG is Falkland; it's hidden among the asteroids of Tau-37. The Outcasts do not yet know of its location.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Philip Roberts
->Rumor #132721:
The Niobium deposits found in the two systems north of this one are incredible. The best IMG pilots ship Niobium into this base from Java and Falkland. From here they pick up any basic supplies they might need and head back.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Philip Roberts
->Rumor #132722:
This system was the reason that IC became an insurer and not a lender. It was the loans that Rheinland and Kusari took from IC to finance these Border World Jump Gates and Trade Lanes that bankrupted the two houses. They defaulted on their loans to IC and embargoed Liberty to make their point. IC had to swallow the loss.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Philip Roberts
->Rumor #132723:
Kishiro hauls Mining Machinery and supplies to Nago. It's not much of in the way of money, though. If that's what you're interested in, pick up a load of Polymers there to haul to Shinagawa, which would be more lucrative.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Rokuemon Asuhara
->Rumor #132724:
If you enjoy danger, might I suggest you run Niobium from this base to Manhattan? It is an excellent opportunity to encounter adventure and monetary reward. I used to make the run for Kishiro myself.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Rokuemon Asuhara
->Rumor #132725:
Would you like to visit Kusari space sometime and get out of these dangerous Border Worlds? New Tokyo receives Kishiro shipments of Niobium from this base. You could fly there yourself with a full hold.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Rokuemon Asuhara
->Rumor #132726:
The Alien Organisms we ship to Harris from this base are incredibly helpful to the terraforming process. The transformation of the planet from dead and sterile to arable is sped up by many centuries with their addition.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Gary Bass
->Rumor #132727:
Those miserable Gaians do not realize how badly they are hurting the people of Bretonia. They have slowed down our operations immeasurably in Tau-31. The Gaian spin doctors of Green Front won't be able to save them from the mob when the citizens realize what the Gaians have cost them.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Gary Bass
->Rumor #132728:
The terraforming job at Harris is almost complete. Won't it be wonderful when Bretonia has another planet to grow Food on? Planetform, Inc. has only the best in mind for the people of Bretonia and all of Sirius.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Gary Bass
->Rumor #132729:
Samura brings Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases to Freeport 6 from Shinkaku. Once we have sold those Commodities, we shuttle basic supplies and Mining Machinery back to our base. As long as we miss any Outcasts on the way here or back, the trip is usually pretty uneventful.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoshisune Kumasaka
->Rumor #132730:
The Niobium we get at this base is first shipped to Pueblo and then farther to Manhattan to be used in the Luxury Consumer Goods market. These shipping runs are extremely profitable. You may be interested in trying them. Be wary -- where there is profit, there is risk.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoshisune Kumasaka
->Rumor #132731:
The demand for Niobium in Kyushu is high. You may be a foreigner, but I'm sure the merchants there will accept your Niobium anyway. You can return from Kyushu with basic supplies to sell here, if you feel that it is worth it to you.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Yoshisune Kumasaka
->Rumor #132732:
I make a run to Freeport 10 in Tau-37 every so often. I take Construction Machinery, Hull Panels, and Polymers up there. I suppose you could do the same. That is, if the Outcasts will let you that far north.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
->Rumor #132733:
There is a demand for Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases in Freeport 10. You could supply our base with these if you think you could make it up there. Not everyone has the friends or skills to make this run.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132734:
Bases are always going to need basic supplies if they don't produce them there. They are lower-end commodities but can still earn you some money. Freeport 10 doesn't produce everything it needs.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132735:
Getting to Tau-23 from this system means that you have to take a Jump Hole. There are no Jump Gates that lead to that system from here. Head to the Oxygen field in the north end of this system, and you will find the Hole there.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132736:
The farther north you go in Sirius, the closer you get to the Outcasts' home systems. They don't tolerate many intruders, and we only operate this base in relative safety because we provide them with something. If you have nothing to offer them, they will kill you -- no question.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132737:
This system is a crossroads between Kusari, Bretonia, and the Outcast Edge Worlds. All kinds of criminals and company pass through, and we accept them all. Zoners do not care what your allegiance is; as long as you respect our ways, we will respect yours.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132738:
Zoners basically want to get along with everybody. We try to produce Commodities at our bases that others will need; that way we can go where the governments aren't. We survive by trading with other independently minded factions.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132739:
The Bounty Hunters at this base are being paid by Samura and Kishiro, mostly in an effort to curb Outcast piracy. So far they are meeting with limited success. Other Bounty Hunters have been hired by Bretonian or Libertonian firms, and they have come up here tracking Outcasts back from House space.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #132740:
I'd say that of all the bases in this system, Samura's base has to struggle the hardest to survive. Their base is too close to the Cardamine trade route, which makes Shinkaku the subject of Outcast aggression. Their rivals don't make it easy for them either; Kishiro hires pilots to harass their operations.
 * Zoners/ David Sorensen
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
 * Zoners/Freeport 6 Bartender/Craig Owens
->Rumor #134303:
One of many Bounty Hunters flying out of Freeport 6 in search of Outcasts, Ryan McKeen, was an incautious type who tended to exhibit more bravado than common sense. His ship, the Wolverine, is floating somewhere near Cali, a message left by the Outcasts to not get too close.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jesse Lloyd
 * Zoners/ Henry Brooks
 * Zoners/ Peter Maxwell
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====Nago Station (Tau-29)====
->Rumor #132693:
The Hydrocarbons that we produce at this base are taken directly to Honshu. If you are willing to cross through these Border Worlds and all of Kusari space, you could deliver them.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kyuso Sato
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Jussai Takeshita
 * Kishiro Technologies/Nago Bartender/Rikyu Ogura
 * Kishiro Technologies/Sales Rep. Yuichi Ito
->Rumor #132694:
My good friend was killed recently on his last trip to Freeport 6. We are getting a new pilot to ship Polymers to Freeport 6 and return to the Nago with Mining Machinery and basic supplies.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kyuso Sato
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Jussai Takeshita
 * Kishiro Technologies/Sales Rep. Yuichi Ito
->Rumor #132695:
The Polymers we produce here and ship to our factories in Kusari space will be processed into Optical Chips. This eliminates any dependencies on Samura, which is most important to our company.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kyuso Sato
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Jussai Takeshita
 * Kishiro Technologies/Nago Bartender/Rikyu Ogura
 * Kishiro Technologies/Sales Rep. Yuichi Ito
->Rumor #132696:
Shinagawa is in the heart of Kusari. It is a pleasure to leave these worlds behind for my ancestral home. I get the opportunity when I deliver Polymers to Shinagawa from this base.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kyuso Sato
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Jussai Takeshita
 * Kishiro Technologies/Sales Rep. Yuichi Ito
->Rumor #132697:
Though the Samura base is closer to the Outcast Cardamine route, we have our own share of problems with the outsiders. They need the Polymers we produce at this base for their own construction and manufacturing concerns. At least this was the information given to us by the Kusari military consultants we hired.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kyuso Sato
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Jussai Takeshita
 * Kishiro Technologies/Nago Bartender/Rikyu Ogura
 * Kishiro Technologies/Sales Rep. Yuichi Ito
->Rumor #132699:
My convoy was returning to this base from New Tokyo when we were attacked by Outcasts. Kishiro always loses ships and men on the Nago-New Tokyo Polymer run.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kyuso Sato
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Jussai Takeshita
 * Kishiro Technologies/Sales Rep. Yuichi Ito
->Rumor #132700:
I can't wait to cycle back to New Tokyo. Maybe the space born don't mind the dank recycled oxygen aboard bases, but I get sick of it. I cannot wait to see the sun without looking through three inches of gold-coated clear plate.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kyuso Sato
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Jussai Takeshita
 * Kishiro Technologies/Nago Bartender/Rikyu Ogura
 * Kishiro Technologies/Sales Rep. Yuichi Ito
->Rumor #132701:
The Bounty Hunters at Freeport 6 are often contracted by Kishiro to protect our base and hunt down particularly troublesome Outcasts. It is helpful that the Hunters are at the Zoner base, so we are not forced to house any of the Gaijin that we hire.
 * Kishiro Technologies/ Kyuso Sato
 * Kishiro Technologies/Dr. Jussai Takeshita
 * Kishiro Technologies/Nago Bartender/Rikyu Ogura
 * Kishiro Technologies/Sales Rep. Yuichi Ito
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====Shinkaku Station (Tau-29)====
->Rumor #132702:
This station uses the gases it mines in this field to produce Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases, which are then shipped to Freeport 6. At the Zoner base we purchase supplies and Mining Machinery for the return. It is a dangerous run, but our very existence here is a risky affair.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Buntaro Hino
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shozen Isayama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Sales Rep. Tadashiro Aida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Shinkaku Bartender/Kazan Otaka
->Rumor #132703:
I get an opportunity to see my family in Kyushu when I fly Fertilizer there from this base. In Kyushu I pick up the basic supplies that I can't get at Freeport 6. Every time I leave Kyushu I worry that I may never see my children's faces again.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Buntaro Hino
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shozen Isayama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Sales Rep. Tadashiro Aida
->Rumor #132704:
I'm sure Samura didn't know that they had built this base so close to the Outcast's Cardamine route. The mask breather attacks on this base must cost Samura a fortune in repairs and replacement personnel. I fear that my luck will eventually run out, for workers die everyday here.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Buntaro Hino
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shozen Isayama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Sales Rep. Tadashiro Aida
->Rumor #132705:
I signed up for a dangerous assignment when I began working for Samura. It is the only way to get promoted quickly in my company, and I am an excellent pilot. They gave me the Fertilizer run between this base and New London.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Buntaro Hino
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shozen Isayama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Sales Rep. Tadashiro Aida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Shinkaku Bartender/Kazan Otaka
->Rumor #132706:
My brother is an accountant and cost estimator for our corporation. He told me that Samura was well aware of the danger associated with this system, and this field in particular because of its proximity to Outcast operations. The profits gained outnumber the expenses; human life is cheap on a balance sheet.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Buntaro Hino
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shozen Isayama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Sales Rep. Tadashiro Aida
->Rumor #132707:
There are freelance pilots who can make life difficult for Kishiro in this system. Samura makes sure that they remain employed as much as possible. If we could wrest control of this system from our chief competitor, the only issue would be the Outcasts.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Buntaro Hino
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shozen Isayama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Sales Rep. Tadashiro Aida
->Rumor #132708:
The useful thing about using Bounty Hunters is that they are free if they fail, and effective when they succeed. There is no need to pay a dead Bounty Hunter. A great many of the Bounty Hunters you find at Freeport 6 are Samura contracted.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Buntaro Hino
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shozen Isayama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Sales Rep. Tadashiro Aida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Shinkaku Bartender/Kazan Otaka
->Rumor #132709:
This system is more an extension of Kusari space than a Border World. It is unfortunate that the Kusari military does not venture farther into this system to offer protection to this base. I'm sure our contacts in New Tokyo will soon correct that oversight.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Buntaro Hino
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shozen Isayama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Sales Rep. Tadashiro Aida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Shinkaku Bartender/Kazan Otaka
->Rumor #132710:
Tau-29 was discovered in 300 AS by a Kusari research expedition. They encountered large fields of Hydrocarbon chunks, frozen Methane, and Oxygen ice. The system's abundance was staggering, yet these resources could not be fully exploited until the addition of Jump Gates.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Buntaro Hino
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Shozen Isayama
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Sales Rep. Tadashiro Aida
 * Samura Heavy Industries/Shinkaku Bartender/Kazan Otaka
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====Battleship Macduff (Tau-31)====
->Rumor #132226:
The Suffolk's primary mission is to suppress and, if possible, eliminate Molly activity within the southwestern quadrant of the New London system. The Mollys are a very fanatical group that must be stopped.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Mary Russell
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major John Grimwade
 * Suffolk Bartender/Andrew Canon
->Rumor #132227:
You know the real war going on? It's the Mollys and the Corsairs. Those Corsairs are moving in on Molly turf like they weren't even there. We may not have a Molly problem much longer with that going on. Of course, having a sky full of Corsairs ain't too grand either.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Mary Russell
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major John Grimwade
->Rumor #132228:
We do regular patrols into the Cumbria Field looking for Mollys. Just the other day we spotted a Corsair assault group. That gave us all the chills because they aren't supposed to be over this far. They must have sniffed out that Dublin Gold and decided that they want some for themselves.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Mary Russell
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major John Grimwade
->Rumor #132229:
I heard that the real reason we've been put up here is because London got wind of some Molly bomb plot to drop a bunch of dirty MOX bombs in the upper atmosphere and poison the bulk of the planet. They're scared to death down there, those squirmy aristocrats.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Mary Russell
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major John Grimwade
 * Suffolk Bartender/Andrew Canon
->Rumor #132230:
We do a regular circuit around New London just to make sure the Mollys know we're watching them. We just caught a few of them the other day making a run on the Thames outpost. They really hate BMM.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Mary Russell
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major John Grimwade
->Rumor #132231:
I don't really think the Mollys are as bad as we've all been told by the government. From what I hear, BMM is a pretty nasty place to work, especially that GS&M station under Graves.
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Captain Mary Russell
 * Bretonia Armed Forces/Major John Grimwade
 * Suffolk Bartender/Andrew Canon
->Rumor #132232:
I've seen some pretty good action off the Suffolk. Just head into the Cumbria Field. It's got your Mollys and Corsairs -- they get straight to business. And I thought New London would be a snoozer post.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Coltan
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Ridge
->Rumor #132233:
There's a Jump Hole into Dublin from the Cumbria. The military would love to know about it, but hey, us Bounty Hunters have to make a livin' now, don't we?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Coltan
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Ridge
->Rumor #132234:
The Armed Forces is having problems with Corsairs down here. It's spreadin' like the plague. Corsairs don't care much for anything but Gold in this area but, seeing as that's the only product of Dublin, we've got a serious problem.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Coltan
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Ridge
->Rumor #132235:
They brought me in from Freeport 1. I'm a Corsair specialist -- been out in the Omega systems for a couple of years. This species of Corsair is nothing like what's out there. Heaven help 'em if those bastards make it into Bretonia.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Coltan
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Ridge
->Rumor #132236:
Beware of the Cumbria Gas Pocket; it can put some holes in your shield pretty quick. It's easy to avoid, except when you've got Mollys or Corsairs breathing down your neck.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Coltan
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Ridge
->Rumor #132237:
All this talk about Mollys bombing London is just that, talk. It's a bunch of hot air pumped up by BMM. I've heard they're bribing the government and the media to keep the Mollys on the defensive.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jack Coltan
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kate Ridge
->Rumor #132238:
I'm just making my usual battleship delivery run for the week: Side Arms, Food, Pharmaceuticals, Oxygen, H-Fuel, and Water. I'll head onto the Essex in Dublin next. That may be more interesting.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Andrew Maloney
->Rumor #132239:
They're installing the new MOX fuel rods for the fusion reactor right now. We'll fill up on some nasty Toxic Waste and head back to LD-14 for reprocessing. And watch out for Mollys. They're probably watching us right now from the Cumbria Field, waiting for me to leave the safety of the ship.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Andrew Maloney
->Rumor #132240:
Bowex has the exclusive contract to supply all military and police bases in Bretonia -- at highly inflated rates I might add. What's good for Bowex is good for Bretonia, I say.
 * Borderworld Exports/ Andrew Maloney
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====Battleship Yamaguchi (Tau-31)====
->Rumor #133451:
Our patrols enter in the Border Worlds in an attempt to stem piracy in this system and in nearby areas. If we can reduce the number of criminals in Kepler and Galileo, we will reduce the criminals in Shikoku.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133452:
After the Shikoku-Tokyo Gate was built in 300 AS, our period of isolation was over. Since then more and more Gaijin have entered our space. At first, the foreigners were closely monitored, and not many were allowed to enter beyond this system. That has changed, and now you may travel rather freely through our space.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133453:
This system is a crossroads of Kusari and Liberty shipping. Consequently, we get a lot of Liberty criminals here. There are Rogues and Lane hackers as well as our own Blood Dragons, Golden Chrysanthemums, Farmers Alliance, and Hogosha.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133454:
The Blood Dragons are fierce opponents, and the police require our help to fight them off. Bounty Hunters are also successful at dealing with them, and I know that Samura has hired many of these mercenaries to deal with the problem. Deshima is home to the Bounty Hunters Guild in Kusari. No where else will you find their bases operating in this part of space.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133455:
I fly a patrol into the Keiun to hunt down Gaijin pirates. They are mostly coming in from that area. I also escort convoys from the Border Worlds. Often times the ships have been so beaten up out there that to be attacked here in Shikoku almost insures their death.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
->Rumor #133456:
The Xenos in Kepler wreak havoc upon our shipping concerns traveling between Kusari and Liberty. They feel as we do toward outsiders. Though I can sympathize with that sentiment, they are not justified in their belief as we are.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133457:
The Lane Hackers make attacks upon our vessels in Galileo. They have a base there in the Komatsu Cloud, though its exact position within the cloud is unknown. They are always able to sniff out the most expensive cargoes to seize. We have taken to escorting the most lucrative shipments; sometimes it is not enough just to run patrols.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133458:
The police are commissioned with capturing criminals, whereas we are not burdened by that limitation. If pirates are harassing shipping, we are fully within our rights to destroy them. Only if they surrender will they be spared.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Myoko Bartender/Nagate Oichi
->Rumor #133459:
I wish that the Liberty Rogues would confine themselves to Liberty. They are not skilled or coordinated in their attacks, but they are plentiful, which is unfortunate. I must try harder to kill more of them. They are the foulest of the Liberty criminals; they have no intellect or honor.
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Kiyoshi Uchida
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Colonel Yuki Aoki
 * Kusari Naval Forces/Corporal Koichi Tanaka
->Rumor #133460:
This battleship has most of its basic supplies brought here by Samura from Deshima. It is a good run because you know it should be reasonably safe.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Makoto Hasegawa
->Rumor #133461:
Samura makes a run to Yokohama from this station every few days. The engines of this battleship produce Toxic Waste, which is shipped there. We return with full loads of MOX.
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Makoto Hasegawa
->Rumor #133462:
My family members are fishermen in Junyo. I thought it would be exciting to become a pilot. Now I wish I could be a fisherman again. I suppose one always to be something else, but this is different. Do you know how often Samura pilots die in this system just running supplies?
 * Samura Heavy Industries/ Makoto Hasegawa
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====Holman Outpost (Tau-31)====
->Rumor #132861:
DSE uses this base to supply our operation in Tau-23 with the necessary commodities that keep it running. Most important to our success are the Trade Lane Parts and Construction Machinery we ship there from here.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Bobby Harris
->Rumor #132862:
Those Outcasts in Tau-23 keep attacking our construction sites, which requires us to replace or repair components from the Trade Lane and Jump Gate Rings. The first step in that process is shipping Trade Lane Parts to this base from Waterloo in New London.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Bobby Harris
->Rumor #132863:
I used to be stationed at the BMM base in Tau-23. It was hell. You never knew when the Outcasts were going to attack. I guess we have the same problems here, but there are fewer Outcasts attacking us, and the military patrols this system.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Bobby Harris
->Rumor #132864:
The IMG gets its hands on a lot of Niobium out here. It is Gateway's responsibility to ship it back to Kensington, where it will either be used for ship building components or anodized and made into Luxury Goods.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Ross Parker
->Rumor #132865:
Some of the Niobium that we pick up here is not hauled to Bretonia. We have a contract that requires us to ship Niobium to Narita in New Tokyo. That is an exciting run, but the Kusari people aren't very friendly.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Ross Parker
->Rumor #132866:
Most of the supplies that keep this place running are brought in from Bretonia by Gateway. Bowex might prize itself on shipping through the Border Worlds, but it is Gateway that gets the job done. We bring this base Construction and Mining Machinery from Leeds.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Ross Parker
->Rumor #132867:
This base was established because we could make a living outside of colony space mining Water and Oxygen in this system. Basically, we became a trading hub in this part of space. All type of commodities flow through here headed deeper into the Border Worlds.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bernard Goldwell
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Isaac Boulder
 * Independent Miners Guild/Holman Bartender/Nicholas Eggerley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Edgar Thorpe
->Rumor #132868:
This is the first of the Border World systems north of Bretonian space, and from here it gets crazier the farther you go. I like it here because it isn't too dangerous, but you still get away from colony control. Mining Water and Oxygen isn't easy, but it is a good job. Sometimes we are contacted to pull asteroids out of the Trade Lanes, too.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bernard Goldwell
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Isaac Boulder
 * Independent Miners Guild/Holman Bartender/Nicholas Eggerley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Edgar Thorpe
->Rumor #132869:
The Water and Oxygen we mine in this system is highly desirable in Leeds. They have Water and Oxygen there already, but ours is exceptionally pure and clean. Many people don't trust the Water you can get from Leeds, and I wouldn't either. It is brownish in color and smells rather foul.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bernard Goldwell
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Isaac Boulder
 * Independent Miners Guild/Holman Bartender/Nicholas Eggerley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Edgar Thorpe
->Rumor #132870:
Mining and Construction Machinery make their way to this base from Leeds. It's that machinery that makes all of the industrial labor in this part of space possible. People will pay well for it. We take the Mining Machinery to our own base Java.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bernard Goldwell
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Isaac Boulder
 * Independent Miners Guild/Holman Bartender/Nicholas Eggerley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Edgar Thorpe
->Rumor #132871:
The IMG brings Niobium to this base from our station in Tau-23. That is a dangerous piece of space, but we get regular shipments from Java.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bernard Goldwell
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Isaac Boulder
 * Independent Miners Guild/Holman Bartender/Nicholas Eggerley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Edgar Thorpe
->Rumor #132872:
Basic supplies are brought here from Bretonian space, and then we take them to other IMG operations in the Border Worlds, including our operations in Tau-37. If you like danger you might give that a try, but you must be very careful not to give Falkland's location away to the Outcasts.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bernard Goldwell
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Isaac Boulder
 * Independent Miners Guild/Holman Bartender/Nicholas Eggerley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Edgar Thorpe
->Rumor #132873:
This system is relatively safe for the Border Worlds. Sure, there are all kinds of criminals here, including Outcasts and Gaians, but the Bretonian Military still sends patrols into this area from its battleship in Edinburgh. There are Bounty Hunters here, too, curbing the criminal presence a bit.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bernard Goldwell
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Isaac Boulder
 * Independent Miners Guild/Holman Bartender/Nicholas Eggerley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Edgar Thorpe
->Rumor #132874:
I used to work for BMM until I discovered that they didn't care about me. That's why I joined the IMG -- to be my own boss. I get paid for the amount of Water and Oxygen I mine -- not some set salary that is always going to keep me under someone's thumb.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bernard Goldwell
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Isaac Boulder
 * Independent Miners Guild/Holman Bartender/Nicholas Eggerley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Edgar Thorpe
->Rumor #132875:
Being an independent miner isn't a picnic, but at least we don't have to answer to some corporate task master. That's why we can expand more quickly than the larger corporations, like BMM. They paid tremendously for Jump Gates to Tau-23; we used Jump Holes and got there first, and that's why the Niobium is ours.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bernard Goldwell
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Isaac Boulder
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Edgar Thorpe
->Rumor #132876:
If you want to be a successful IMG miner, you have to know the locations of Jump Holes. There are two in this system: the Hole to Edinburgh is in the southwest corner of the system, and the Hole to Tau 29 is due north of this base just beyond the parallel of the sun.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bernard Goldwell
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Isaac Boulder
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Edgar Thorpe
->Rumor #132877:
Soon our terraforming operations will be complete in Harris. We plan to meet our estimated time of completion in 820 AS. That will be a joyous day for Bretonia and all of Sirius. You might think of purchasing real estate there while the prices are still low.
 * Planetform, Inc./Sales Rep. Jeff North
->Rumor #132878:
The abundance of Water and Oxygen in this system made Harris a prime candidate for Planetform's magic. Those bloody Gaians certainly have made things more difficult than they should have been. Thankfully, the Bounty Hunters we hire kill more of them each day.
 * Planetform, Inc./Sales Rep. Jeff North
->Rumor #132879:
With the exorbitant price tag of terraforming, you would think that the Bretonian government would crack down harder on the Gaians and the Green Front. The Gaians shouldn't be that difficult to destroy. They are a small, disorganized band of left-wing activists that could easily be purged from the ranks of the Bretonian populace.
 * Planetform, Inc./Sales Rep. Jeff North
->Rumor #134305:
The Whetstone never completed its scheduled run from Holman to the Tau-31 Gate construction site. The cargo of Construction Machinery is likely still intact -- not valuable enough to the Outcasts to haul away. It most likely lies somewhere in the system's northwest quadrant.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Bobby Harris
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bernard Goldwell
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Isaac Boulder
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====Planet Harris (Tau-31)====
->Rumor #132852:
We have Bounty Hunters working in this system. They are being well paid to dispose of our troubles with the Gaians. If it weren't for their attacks, this planet would be complete by now, and Bretonia could begin using Harris to supplement Cambridge as a Food source. This would alleviate the Food shortage problem that is facing our great colony.
 * Planetform Inc./Harris Bartender/Barnaby Hale
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hunter Owens
 * Planetform, Inc./ Roger Fletcher
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Gene Hawkins
->Rumor #132853:
There are signs that the terraforming process may be completely infeasible. Though we have been dumping Oxygen into this planet's atmosphere for centuries, our studies show that outgassing is beginning to occur. This means that no matter how much Oxygen we pump in, eventually Harris will revert back to its original condition.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hunter Owens
 * Planetform, Inc./ Roger Fletcher
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Gene Hawkins
->Rumor #132854:
The money given to us by the Bretonian government to terraform Harris has already been used up. We would not have the funds to complete this project if we did not divert capitol from other operations to this one. Luckily, we have been able to sell the government on terraforming more than one planet.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hunter Owens
 * Planetform, Inc./ Roger Fletcher
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Gene Hawkins
->Rumor #132855:
Silver is a necessary and very expensive part of the terraforming process. It is used in our cloud-seeding operations. We have it shipped here from Canterbury.
 * Planetform Inc./Harris Bartender/Barnaby Hale
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hunter Owens
 * Planetform, Inc./ Roger Fletcher
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Gene Hawkins
->Rumor #132857:
The original CEOs and board members who founded Planetform are all dead and gone, but before they died they became very wealthy. Their families are all part of the New London elite. I only hope that I can make my fortune and get out of the company before the government discovers what is truly going on.
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hunter Owens
 * Planetform, Inc./ Roger Fletcher
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Gene Hawkins
->Rumor #132858:
Terraforming Gases help to create an environment that is capable of sustaining life on otherwise barren planets. The Gases we pump into Harris are shipped here from Stokes.
 * Planetform Inc./Harris Bartender/Barnaby Hale
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hunter Owens
 * Planetform, Inc./ Roger Fletcher
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Gene Hawkins
->Rumor #132859:
We get the majority of our basic supplies from other bases in the Border Worlds, but Mining and Construction Machinery is shipped in from Leeds. Terraforming is a heavy duty industry; we are creating life.
 * Planetform Inc./Harris Bartender/Barnaby Hale
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hunter Owens
 * Planetform, Inc./ Roger Fletcher
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Gene Hawkins
->Rumor #132860:
The most efficient way to get Water onto a planet's surface is to push ice asteroids into the atmosphere. Unfortunately, that is not possible here like it is in Edinburgh. Granted, there is an abundance of Ice and Oxygen in this system, which is very helpful, but it is not close enough to haul the asteroids directly.
 * Planetform Inc./Harris Bartender/Barnaby Hale
 * Planetform, Inc./ Hunter Owens
 * Planetform, Inc./ Roger Fletcher
 * Planetform, Inc./Rep. Gene Hawkins
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====Falkland Base (Tau-37)====
->Rumor #133153:
Falkland is supplied almost entirely by the Zoner base in this system. We can't make supply runs too frequently for fear of being discovered by the Outcasts, and when we do we send our best pilots
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Falkland Bartender/Edmund Nederveld
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133154:
Mining Machinery is brought here from Java. If we are going to leave the system, we will take the Niobium we have mined and deliver it to Freeport 6, where it can be distributed.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Falkland Bartender/Edmund Nederveld
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133155:
I didn't sign up for this crap. It's one thing to make extra pay for coming to this base; it's another thing to get blown into tiny bits by the meanest criminals in Sirius for time and a half. I'm on the next transport out of here.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133156:
Hey, we don't get many nonminers here very often. I can't remember the last time I was outside of this field. What's your name? Ah, it's so good to see a new face around here? What's your name? If I see another chunk of Niobium tonight I'm gonna puke, mate. I'm Willy. What's your name?
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133157:
I made my own vac-suit. Did you know that? Yup, made it myself -- took me ten years, it did. It's a good suit, and I wear it a lot. Hey, what's your name? I mine Niobium, but I hate it. Maybe I'll get lucky and some Outcast will blow my head off.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133158:
Some guys around here call me "the Snake," but I don't do that any more. No sir, I'm straight as an arrow now. I'm a miner. I mine ... Niobium. I like it ... Please kill me.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133160:
My brother works for BMM. There is no way I would ever do that work. BMM will work you to death and then dock your pay for sleeping on the job when you keel over. I've got my pride. I don't need some damn overseer yelling at me about corporate profits and what not. It's just me and the Niobium out here.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Falkland Bartender/Edmund Nederveld
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #133161:
Some dirty Bounty Hunter paid me for poor old Rodney's ship identifier. I didn't know the jerk would use it right here in this system; I thought he'd be setting traps somewhere else. If they find out I'm the one who sold it to him, the other miners are going to kill me.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
->Rumor #134308:
The IMG freighter Barossa is believed to have been ambushed by the Outcasts in the Malvinas Cloud while making a routine shipment of Niobium to Java.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Nicolas Meyers
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Geoffry Bloom
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Clarence Mullens
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====Freeport 10 (Tau-37)====
->Rumor #133131:
The IMG base is somewhere in the Malvinas Cloud. That's the area I'm supposed to hang out in when I'm not here refitting and refueling. I don't envy those miners. If the Outcasts figure out where the base is, there are going to be lots of dead miners floating around.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jared Darcy
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sarah Reed
->Rumor #133132:
BMM hired me to kill Outcasts. I'm glad I'm not a company man; they're pretty dirty. They paid me extra to use an IMG identifier on my ship. That way it will look like IMG is attacking them.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jared Darcy
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sarah Reed
->Rumor #133133:
Every once in a while I can find a little Cardamine among the debris of the Outcast ships I destroy. That's why I hunt them and not Corsairs. They pay about the same, but killing the mask breathers has perks.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jared Darcy
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sarah Reed
->Rumor #133134:
The Bermejo Cloud hides the Jump Hole that leads to the Outcast home world. There are a few Bounty Hunters that will go into Omicron Alpha, but I'm not one of them. What good is money if you aren't alive to spend it? In there it's a different game.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jared Darcy
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sarah Reed
->Rumor #133135:
If you want to know the best place to hide in Omicron Alpha, it's in the wreckage of the Hispania. That's the ship the Outcasts came to Sirius in. They've pulled most of the salvage out of there, but you can still find stuff. You didn't know this old Bounty Hunter was educated, did you?
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jared Darcy
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sarah Reed
->Rumor #133136:
I used to hunt in Omicron Alpha. Stay on the northern and southern edges of the system to avoid trouble. Move to the fringes of more populated areas and hit the stragglers. If more than a few of them spot you, get out of there fast.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jared Darcy
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sarah Reed
->Rumor #133137:
Almost all of the basic supplies used in Falkland are brought there by us from this base. It's a dangerous run because we could be discovered by the Outcasts. If they followed us back to our base, we would all be killed.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Aaron Peyton
->Rumor #133138:
An identifier from one of our destroyed ships came back online a few days ago. That is very strange, since we are certain that the ship was destroyed. Whoever pirated the ship I.D. is a cruel deceiver. The dead pilot's wife has been frantic hoping he's still alive since the signature came back up.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Aaron Peyton
->Rumor #133139:
The toughest and bravest miners in all of Sirius work at the Falkland. Death looms over all of our heads every day, but we have a good hiding spot and the Niobium profits are incredible.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Aaron Peyton
->Rumor #133140:
The IMG followed the Zoners into this system; they are chasing the Niobium deposits in the asteroids that litter the space here. For now they have managed to elude us, but when we find that base none shall be spared. Those people should not have come here. They offer us nothing but trouble, so there can be no mercy.
 * Outcasts/ Maris Fernandez
->Rumor #133141:
Many of the components that we use to build our ships come from this base. It is one of the reasons we let the Zoners live here. Ship Hull Panels, Construction Machinery, and Polymers are only a portion of the goods we ship to Malta.
 * Outcasts/ Maris Fernandez
->Rumor #133142:
We use this base as a stopover for Cardamine shipments running between Malta and Cali. There was a time when we attacked this place and hunted the Zoners, because they were too close to us. After a while we realized that it was a convenience for us to have them here, so for now the Zoners enjoy relative safety.
 * Outcasts/ Maris Fernandez
->Rumor #133143:
The Jump Hole to Malta is well hidden because of all the cloud in this system. This part of Sirius is also very isolated from the colony Houses. That's why we didn't discover each other for so long. Now Sirius just seems to keep getting smaller. I suppose that is alright as long as our Cardamine continues to sell.
 * Outcasts/ Maris Fernandez
->Rumor #133144:
We get almost all of our basic supplies from Freeport 6 in Tau-29. Most importantly, we receive Fertilizers and Terraforming Gases for our biodome. In return we ship Freeport 6 Alien Organisms and Food.
 * Zoners/ Perry Crawford
 * Zoners/ Toby Smith
 * Zoners/ Wayne Adams
 * Zoners/Freeport 10 Bartender/Ken Nielson
->Rumor #133145:
The Zoners at this base tell me it used to be very dangerous to live here. The Outcasts would often attack them. Eventually, they realized that this base was an asset to them. Maskers come here to refuel and resupply on their way in and out of Malta.
 * Zoners/ Perry Crawford
 * Zoners/ Toby Smith
 * Zoners/ Wayne Adams
 * Zoners/Freeport 10 Bartender/Ken Nielson
->Rumor #133146:
I'm originally from Freeport 5. I made the mistake of falling in love with a Corsair woman. Once her father learned of our love he sent her away, and her brother is looking for me. If he finds me he'll kill me. That's why I came to this base. I knew if anyone could kill a Corsair it would be an Outcast. I crossed all of Sirius to hide here.
 * Zoners/ Perry Crawford
 * Zoners/ Toby Smith
 * Zoners/ Wayne Adams
->Rumor #133147:
When we came here we had saved up enough money to build a biodome, which is what saved us all from the Outcasts -- that and the fact that we mind our own business. I just wish that Bounty Hunters wouldn't land here, because it sets the maskers on edge.
 * Zoners/ Perry Crawford
 * Zoners/ Toby Smith
 * Zoners/ Wayne Adams
 * Zoners/Freeport 10 Bartender/Ken Nielson
->Rumor #133148:
I used to be a soldier in the Bretonia Armed Forces. I left Bretonia and came to this place where I make a difference and feel that I belong. When this base was first established I was commander of Freeport 10's base defenses. Now that the Outcasts don't attack us, I help out in the biodome.
 * Zoners/ Perry Crawford
 * Zoners/ Toby Smith
 * Zoners/ Wayne Adams
 * Zoners/Freeport 10 Bartender/Ken Nielson
->Rumor #133149:
As a Zoner we must accept all kinds, but those Outcasts give me the chills. A few months ago a Bounty Hunter flew in here, his ship torn to pieces. The Hunter was hurt pretty bad and wasn't going to live very long. The Outcasts were making bets on the other side of the bar on when he would die.
 * Zoners/ Perry Crawford
 * Zoners/ Toby Smith
 * Zoners/ Wayne Adams
->Rumor #133150:
People say that the drug runners have all them nice ships because of all the money the Cardamine brings them. I believe that's part of the reason, but they think differently than we do. An Outcast just seems to understand how a ship should look and run, like it's a part of him.
 * Zoners/ Perry Crawford
 * Zoners/ Toby Smith
 * Zoners/ Wayne Adams
 * Zoners/Freeport 10 Bartender/Ken Nielson
->Rumor #133151:
Some of them Outcast woman sure are fine to look at, but don't let them catch you giving them the eye. They are all killers, man and woman alike. I heard about one of their women killing a Corsair in a brawl on a Junker base somewhere.
 * Zoners/ Perry Crawford
 * Zoners/ Toby Smith
 * Zoners/ Wayne Adams
->Rumor #133152:
The most powerful guys in Outcast society are the plantation owners on Malta. They are the ones who run the Cardamine cartels. If you mess with one Outcast, you just picked a fight with the whole family. The two most powerful are the Benitez and Toruella cartels.
 * Zoners/ Perry Crawford
 * Zoners/ Toby Smith
 * Zoners/ Wayne Adams
->Rumor #134307:
Jessica Stephenson was a former Bretonia Police Authority prison guard who yearned for a more exciting life outside of the walls of Newgate. A quick study, she joined the Bounty Hunters Guild and quickly rose through the ranks, eventually taking on the most challenging assignments the Guild had to offer in the Edge Worlds. She was based out of Freeport 10, which is a risky post for a Hunter given the dominating presence of the Outcasts in the area. It is said that they laid a trap for her in the Bermejo Cloud.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jared Darcy
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sarah Reed
 * Zoners/ Toby Smith
 * Zoners/ Wayne Adams
->Rumor #134317:
Kelly Nielson was one of the top female Bounty Hunters in the Guild, always trying to prove herself to the guys. Because of this, she tended to take more extreme risks than most. After one of her flights in the Viking deep into the Outcast home system, she told of a mysterious debris field. Later, she returned and brought back a piece of metal that she claimed belonged to the long lost Hispania. Eventually her luck ran out. The ship is most likely floating somewhere in Omicron Alpha.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Jared Darcy
 * Zoners/ Perry Crawford
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====Jakarta Orbital Facility (Tau-39)====
->Rumor #132607:
Corsairs enter this system from the Jump Hole to New London. They are attracted by all the Gold that gets mined here, and they know it is the most lawless of all the Bretonian system -- the police don't even come into this system, it is just the military and us.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132608:
The Mollys are tough, but GS&M pays big money for every one I kill. The Mollys have pretty much fought the Bretonian military to a standstill in this system, using guerrilla style hit-and-run tactics, so GS&M hires us to kill 'em off one by one.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132609:
There is a Jump Hole to New London in this system. That's how all the Molly Gold gets out of Dublin. It is located in the Independent Gold Field. That's where I lie in wait to ambush Molly Gold runners.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132610:
The Corsairs will fight anyone; they have no fear. I guess they don't have much reason to be too afraid of anyone. If you don't respect them, you are either stupid or dead. They attack all of the Gold transport routes out of the system. Indiscriminate, those Corsairs are.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132611:
Bowex has hired me to kill Corsairs in this system. Those trouble makers attack Bowex, IMG, and BMM in the open, and the Mollys near the Jump Hole.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132612:
The mine field surrounding the Molly Gold field has dissuaded the military from sending any of its larger ships into the field. The smaller patrols are pretty hesitant to enter as well, but that doesn't stop me from going in. I kill Mollys for a living, so that's where I go.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132613:
I don't even like stepping foot onto this base because the stench is overpowering. Next time I'm going to bring a breather mask. I run the Gold from this base to Liberty. Once I leave this system I have to cross the Independent Worlds, which is always a fight. The criminals always seem to know when I'm passing through, too.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Bill Richmond
->Rumor #132614:
BMM is GS&M's parent corporation, and they are putting on the pressure to keep the Gold shipments flowing from Graves. The Mollys are making it tough for BMM to pull a large profit here. The word is that The Crown is tired of stationing one of its expensive capitol ships in Dublin on a semi-permanent basis.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Bill Richmond
->Rumor #132615:
The last thing I want to do when I'm in this system is come up against a Corsair. They raid this system for the Gold they can swipe. I always start sweating as I'm approaching the Jump Gate out of here. If the Corsairs are gonna hit us, they will hit us there. We got jumped three runs ago. I made it out of the system with one escort, but I was too badly damaged to take the Gold to Liberty. I had to stop in New London for repairs.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Bill Richmond
->Rumor #132616:
The one Commodity that we use too much to trade is Pharmaceuticals. Mining is dangerous work, and this base doesn't provide the finest of living conditions, if you catch my drift. You can always head to Kensington with a shipment of Gold and come back with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132617:
All the supplies that keep this base running are shipped from Kensington. It's a pretty easy run for me, but no one really messes with us around here. If you want to earn some funds, you can always bring us basic supplies: Food, Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel. We also need Mining Machinery and Consumer Goods brought in for work and play.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132618:
The race track near this base has some of the best gambling you are going to find in Sirius. If you like playing the odds, you can bet on the pilots to see who will win. The odds are usually fifty-fifty, 'cuz usually one of 'em is gonna hit a chunk of rock while flying a rocket engine with a few thousand pounds of fuel aboard.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132619:
The IMG miners make a living in this system selling supplies to the Mollys and mining the Gold in the Independent Gold Field to the east of here. The other two Gold fields belong to the Mollys and GS&M, respectively. If you try to pull Gold from those fields, you are asking to get clipped.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132620:
We are lucky enough to provide the Mollys with their supplies in this system, so they don't really mess with us IMG. But a word of warning to you: Mollys have no problem with killing. All of them are killers and will not hesitate to bury you if you make yourself a nuisance to them.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132621:
This ship has so many decks and rooms that people can get lost. The worst of the scum in this system come here; some decide to make it their home. Stay on the safe side and don't wander too far from this area or the Engineering Deck. If you do have to walk through the dark corridors, keep your gun ready and be prepared to use it.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132622:
There's Cardamine here at the base, if that's your pleasure, but if you want the best moonshine in all of Sirius, you should swing by the Engineering Deck. Make sure you get your liquor and get out of there, though. You never know when one of those stills are gonna explode.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132623:
I still hope for the day that I hit that big pocket of Gold and strike it rich. I came here ten years ago from Newgate, but this is pretty much the end of the line for work in Bretonia. I didn't want to go back to the Newgate Hotel, so I decided to mine for Gold.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132624:
The Essex was a Bretonian battleship that chased a squad of Molly guerillas into this field. The Mollys had laid a trap, and just as the ship entered the field, it got hit by a highly explosive mine. Mollys stole aboard, fought their way to the engine room, and set off a chain reaction in the engines, crippling the ship.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132625:
We hold our own Gold field with mines and malice. Ya don't cross a Molly in Dublin or you'll be wearing a pick axe for a hat and some fools gold in your pocket.
 * Mollys/ Kendall Lang
->Rumor #132626:
It's my turn to pick up supplies from this base and deliver them to Arranmore. This week I'm picking up the basics plus Consumer Goods and Mining Machinery.
 * Mollys/ Kendall Lang
->Rumor #132627:
The Bounty Hunters at this base keep an eye poked in our direction, but they won't do anything while we are here. They wouldn't be able to come here any more if they crossed IMG by attacking a Molly at this base. I don't mind 'em here, but if they cross me out in the fields, I'll put an end to 'em.
 * Mollys/ Kendall Lang
->Rumor #134282:
The Molly fighter Vanguard was on a Gold run from Dublin to Trafalgar when it was intercepted by a Bretonia Armed Forces patrol in the Cumbria Asteroid Field. They gave chase and he fled into a known gas hazard area. Unfortunately, his luck ran out that day when he encountered a particularly dense pocket. The ship still lies there, awaiting anyone foolish enough to knowingly enter a volatile gas zone.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
->Rumor #134288:
The Bretonia Armed Forces Gunboat Storm was pursuing the culprits responsible for the Founders Day Revolt of 752 when it blundered into a large booby trap laid by the fleeing rebels within the future Molly Gold Field. The number 2 fusion reactor was breached, resulting in a huge explosion that vaporized the ship instantly. Several of its nearby escorts were caught in the shock wave and destroyed as well. To this day their debris lies somewhere in the mined area, which is officially off limits to Armed Forces salvage crews.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
->Rumor #134289:
The Scargill was participating on a Gold poaching run into the GS&M Gold Field several weeks ago when it was caught by the company security patrol. They pursued the fleeing ship into the minefield, where it blew up. There may still be looted Gold in the cargo hold; the GS&M patrol left it in place as a warning to other Mollys.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
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====Timor Mining Station (Tau-39)====
->Rumor #132607:
Corsairs enter this system from the Jump Hole to New London. They are attracted by all the Gold that gets mined here, and they know it is the most lawless of all the Bretonian system -- the police don't even come into this system, it is just the military and us.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132608:
The Mollys are tough, but GS&M pays big money for every one I kill. The Mollys have pretty much fought the Bretonian military to a standstill in this system, using guerrilla style hit-and-run tactics, so GS&M hires us to kill 'em off one by one.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132609:
There is a Jump Hole to New London in this system. That's how all the Molly Gold gets out of Dublin. It is located in the Independent Gold Field. That's where I lie in wait to ambush Molly Gold runners.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132610:
The Corsairs will fight anyone; they have no fear. I guess they don't have much reason to be too afraid of anyone. If you don't respect them, you are either stupid or dead. They attack all of the Gold transport routes out of the system. Indiscriminate, those Corsairs are.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132611:
Bowex has hired me to kill Corsairs in this system. Those trouble makers attack Bowex, IMG, and BMM in the open, and the Mollys near the Jump Hole.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132612:
The mine field surrounding the Molly Gold field has dissuaded the military from sending any of its larger ships into the field. The smaller patrols are pretty hesitant to enter as well, but that doesn't stop me from going in. I kill Mollys for a living, so that's where I go.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132613:
I don't even like stepping foot onto this base because the stench is overpowering. Next time I'm going to bring a breather mask. I run the Gold from this base to Liberty. Once I leave this system I have to cross the Independent Worlds, which is always a fight. The criminals always seem to know when I'm passing through, too.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Bill Richmond
->Rumor #132614:
BMM is GS&M's parent corporation, and they are putting on the pressure to keep the Gold shipments flowing from Graves. The Mollys are making it tough for BMM to pull a large profit here. The word is that The Crown is tired of stationing one of its expensive capitol ships in Dublin on a semi-permanent basis.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Bill Richmond
->Rumor #132615:
The last thing I want to do when I'm in this system is come up against a Corsair. They raid this system for the Gold they can swipe. I always start sweating as I'm approaching the Jump Gate out of here. If the Corsairs are gonna hit us, they will hit us there. We got jumped three runs ago. I made it out of the system with one escort, but I was too badly damaged to take the Gold to Liberty. I had to stop in New London for repairs.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Bill Richmond
->Rumor #132616:
The one Commodity that we use too much to trade is Pharmaceuticals. Mining is dangerous work, and this base doesn't provide the finest of living conditions, if you catch my drift. You can always head to Kensington with a shipment of Gold and come back with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132617:
All the supplies that keep this base running are shipped from Kensington. It's a pretty easy run for me, but no one really messes with us around here. If you want to earn some funds, you can always bring us basic supplies: Food, Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel. We also need Mining Machinery and Consumer Goods brought in for work and play.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132618:
The race track near this base has some of the best gambling you are going to find in Sirius. If you like playing the odds, you can bet on the pilots to see who will win. The odds are usually fifty-fifty, 'cuz usually one of 'em is gonna hit a chunk of rock while flying a rocket engine with a few thousand pounds of fuel aboard.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132619:
The IMG miners make a living in this system selling supplies to the Mollys and mining the Gold in the Independent Gold Field to the east of here. The other two Gold fields belong to the Mollys and GS&M, respectively. If you try to pull Gold from those fields, you are asking to get clipped.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132620:
We are lucky enough to provide the Mollys with their supplies in this system, so they don't really mess with us IMG. But a word of warning to you: Mollys have no problem with killing. All of them are killers and will not hesitate to bury you if you make yourself a nuisance to them.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132621:
This ship has so many decks and rooms that people can get lost. The worst of the scum in this system come here; some decide to make it their home. Stay on the safe side and don't wander too far from this area or the Engineering Deck. If you do have to walk through the dark corridors, keep your gun ready and be prepared to use it.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132622:
There's Cardamine here at the base, if that's your pleasure, but if you want the best moonshine in all of Sirius, you should swing by the Engineering Deck. Make sure you get your liquor and get out of there, though. You never know when one of those stills are gonna explode.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132623:
I still hope for the day that I hit that big pocket of Gold and strike it rich. I came here ten years ago from Newgate, but this is pretty much the end of the line for work in Bretonia. I didn't want to go back to the Newgate Hotel, so I decided to mine for Gold.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132624:
The Essex was a Bretonian battleship that chased a squad of Molly guerillas into this field. The Mollys had laid a trap, and just as the ship entered the field, it got hit by a highly explosive mine. Mollys stole aboard, fought their way to the engine room, and set off a chain reaction in the engines, crippling the ship.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132625:
We hold our own Gold field with mines and malice. Ya don't cross a Molly in Dublin or you'll be wearing a pick axe for a hat and some fools gold in your pocket.
 * Mollys/ Kendall Lang
->Rumor #132626:
It's my turn to pick up supplies from this base and deliver them to Arranmore. This week I'm picking up the basics plus Consumer Goods and Mining Machinery.
 * Mollys/ Kendall Lang
->Rumor #132627:
The Bounty Hunters at this base keep an eye poked in our direction, but they won't do anything while we are here. They wouldn't be able to come here any more if they crossed IMG by attacking a Molly at this base. I don't mind 'em here, but if they cross me out in the fields, I'll put an end to 'em.
 * Mollys/ Kendall Lang
->Rumor #134282:
The Molly fighter Vanguard was on a Gold run from Dublin to Trafalgar when it was intercepted by a Bretonia Armed Forces patrol in the Cumbria Asteroid Field. They gave chase and he fled into a known gas hazard area. Unfortunately, his luck ran out that day when he encountered a particularly dense pocket. The ship still lies there, awaiting anyone foolish enough to knowingly enter a volatile gas zone.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
->Rumor #134288:
The Bretonia Armed Forces Gunboat Storm was pursuing the culprits responsible for the Founders Day Revolt of 752 when it blundered into a large booby trap laid by the fleeing rebels within the future Molly Gold Field. The number 2 fusion reactor was breached, resulting in a huge explosion that vaporized the ship instantly. Several of its nearby escorts were caught in the shock wave and destroyed as well. To this day their debris lies somewhere in the mined area, which is officially off limits to Armed Forces salvage crews.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
->Rumor #134289:
The Scargill was participating on a Gold poaching run into the GS&M Gold Field several weeks ago when it was caught by the company security patrol. They pursued the fleeing ship into the minefield, where it blew up. There may still be looted Gold in the cargo hold; the GS&M patrol left it in place as a warning to other Mollys.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
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====Cape Soya Station (Tau-42)====
->Rumor #465850:
.This base was built as a last line of defense for The Alliance.  The constant GC and Blood Dragon attacks on Kagoshima forced our leadership to build this complex.  It's loaded with all sorts of top of the line Samura equipment.
 * Yoko Mamatze
->Rumor #465851:
.The real reason Samura has spent all this money on the Alliance is Planet Miyazaki, we see it as our checkmate in the battle for the Kusari food market.
 * Miko Kiatsu
->Rumor #465852:
.We know Samura gives us money for their own reasons, but we have our own agenda, which all these wonderful toys from Samura make much easier.
 * Taza Kamatzi
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====Saga Base (Tau-42)====
->Rumor #133582:
We get all of our supplies from Kabukicho in the Kanto Field of the New Tokyo system. Those Hogosha seem dishonest, but they are friends of Samura, so I guess they must be okay.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
 * Tai Toriko
->Rumor #133583:
The Kusari government should not allow lower quality imports that threaten the farmers' traditional way of life. Before Synth Foods was allowed into Kusari, we could charge a premium price for our Rice and Produce. Now all of the Tokyo urbanites prefer cheap Synth Paste.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
 * Tai Toriko
->Rumor #133584:
I hear that our equipment and supplies are paid for by some mysterious benefactor in Shinjuku. It's a good thing we have someone with much money willing to fight the foreigners. Sometimes they ask us to raid Kishiro storage depots, which is troubling. We don't see ourselves as common thieves, like the Hogosha.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133585:
We are the unemployed farmers of the garden planet of Kyushu. Our families have toiled for generations, producing Food for all of Kusari. Synth Foods has destroyed our traditional way of life in 10 years. They must be stopped.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
 * Tai Toriko
->Rumor #133586:
Samura has been very good to us. They built the factories in Kyushu, provided us with special Seeds and Fertilizers, and even provided special Samura Bank loans to my family. We drive a Samura XCV series personal craft, of course.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
 * Tai Toriko
->Rumor #133587:
Some people say that we are just puppets of Samura. It is true that Samura financially supports our cause, and tells us whom and where to strike next. But we still can decide for ourselves if we want to continue doing this. We are all volunteers to the cause.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
->Rumor #133588:
We have been able to find many eager recruits in Kyushu. The factories are empty and the fields lay fallow in Kyushu because of the foreigners. Kishiro uses Gaijin labor at Deshima to manufacture its Consumer Goods, products that were once made by Kyushu craftsmen.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
 * Tai Toriko
->Rumor #133590:
We use this base to attack Synth Food convoys in Shikoku and Tokyo. There are Jump Holes near both systems. Sometimes the council of elders orders us to attack Kishiro Consumer Goods transports, or even Optical Chips. We do what we are told; that is the traditional Kusari way.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Kazuo Maeda
 * Farmers Alliance/ Tsutomu Nakamura
 * Farmers Alliance/ Yuji Ishii
 * Tai Toriko
->Rumor #465844:
.Samura makes a good amount of profit from the food we grow on the planet.  They take that profit and give it back to the Farmers in supplies and equipment for our efforts.
 * Tai Toriko
->Rumor #465845:
.It is amazing what the equipment Samura gave us can do.  We can see convoys coming all the way from Tau-31.  By the time a convoy gets to Kyushu, we are ready to pounce.
 * Kei Pozi
->Rumor #465846:
.I miss flying, all I do now is look at one of these new scanner screens, and pick out targets as they pass through the Tau's.  What I really want is to be back out in a fighter again.
 * Sepia Katana
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====Tokai Shipping Platform (Tau-42)====
->Rumor #465847:
.This platform orbits Miyazaki, unload goods off the heavy lifters from the planet, and pack them for transport to the rest of Kusari.
 * Kei Toriko
->Rumor #465848:
.Samura Heavy Industries helped us colonize Planet Miyazaki as well as build this shipping platform. We have reports Synth Foods has built secret biodomes in Tau-65, so our representatives went to Samura and lobbied for more funds.  This systems development was paid for with those funds.
 * Mito Kamozo
->Rumor #465849:
.I pilot a transport for Samura.  My ship comes here three times a week, picking up food and bringing in supplies for the Farmers on Cape Soya.
 * Dasa Tomiaki
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====Minato Harbor (Tau-44)====
->Rumor #132575:
We're unloading supplies from Cambridge, and then we'll reload with Beryllium and head for the ALG smelter in Dortmund. It should be a smooth trip once we get past the Corsairs in the Keswick Cloud and Omega-3.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Steve Barry
->Rumor #132576:
The IMG has been good for us. We were really struggling, shipping Water and Oxygen to corporate bases and Freeports, until they selected us as their shipper of choice.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Steve Barry
->Rumor #132577:
Gateway hopes to surpass Bowex someday, but that'll be a tall order with all of the aristocratic friends they have in London. IMG has the same problem with BMM.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Steve Barry
->Rumor #132578:
This is the first IMG base established. BMM surveyors somehow missed it during the great mapping period in 450 AS. A couple of Cambridge geology professors on research sabbatical stumbled across it in 654. Lacking the practical experience to develop it, they persuaded some BMM mining engineers to start a new company.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Cardiff Bartender/Charles Coddington
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132579:
The IMG is a consortium of former BMM workers, independent miners of various creeds, and more recently, the unemployed legions of Rheinland workers resulting from the collapse of the Rheinland economy in 702.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Cardiff Bartender/Charles Coddington
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132580:
The IMG has encountered unexpected resistance in the Edge Worlds. The very territorial Corsairs and Outcasts view any incursions into the outer Omega or Tau worlds as direct assaults on them.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132581:
Cardiff produces the bulk of the Beryllium in the Sirius Sector. Gateway ships it to Rheinland, while the IMG handles the short run to Kensington. For the return journey, the IMG purchases Mining Machinery.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Cardiff Bartender/Charles Coddington
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132582:
Until quite recently, the IMG lacked the shipping capabilities to compete with BMM and Republican. Now that Gateway has joined forces, we are a much stronger entity.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Cardiff Bartender/Charles Coddington
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132583:
ALG has recently joined our cause, which makes our loose alliance very powerful. It has the most advanced refining capabilities in all of Bretonia and Rheinland. We now have all the pieces to establish a more progressive corporation than our competitors.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132584:
The IMG has been forced to conduct patrols since the arrival of Corsairs in our space. They have destroyed mining ships and illegally mined Beryllium directly from the field.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Cardiff Bartender/Charles Coddington
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132585:
The IMG feels that the Mollys were wronged by BMM. We should know, since most of us were exploited for years. Our Rheinland brethren can tell much the same story. Part of the Guild's charter is to share the wealth with as many of our rank and file as possible.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Cardiff Bartender/Charles Coddington
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
->Rumor #132586:
The Hood, Freistadt, and Freeport 4 are open to all. This is part of our Freeport philosophy that we adopted from the Zoners. It is very effective in the Border and Independent Worlds and allows us to coexist with most criminal factions, unlike BMM, Daumann, and Kruger.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Bert Porter
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Jim Levine
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Alyssa Banta
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====Sarawak Station (Tau-44)====
->Rumor #132607:
Corsairs enter this system from the Jump Hole to New London. They are attracted by all the Gold that gets mined here, and they know it is the most lawless of all the Bretonian system -- the police don't even come into this system, it is just the military and us.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132608:
The Mollys are tough, but GS&M pays big money for every one I kill. The Mollys have pretty much fought the Bretonian military to a standstill in this system, using guerrilla style hit-and-run tactics, so GS&M hires us to kill 'em off one by one.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132609:
There is a Jump Hole to New London in this system. That's how all the Molly Gold gets out of Dublin. It is located in the Independent Gold Field. That's where I lie in wait to ambush Molly Gold runners.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132610:
The Corsairs will fight anyone; they have no fear. I guess they don't have much reason to be too afraid of anyone. If you don't respect them, you are either stupid or dead. They attack all of the Gold transport routes out of the system. Indiscriminate, those Corsairs are.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132611:
Bowex has hired me to kill Corsairs in this system. Those trouble makers attack Bowex, IMG, and BMM in the open, and the Mollys near the Jump Hole.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132612:
The mine field surrounding the Molly Gold field has dissuaded the military from sending any of its larger ships into the field. The smaller patrols are pretty hesitant to enter as well, but that doesn't stop me from going in. I kill Mollys for a living, so that's where I go.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Marion Godfrey
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Morris
->Rumor #132613:
I don't even like stepping foot onto this base because the stench is overpowering. Next time I'm going to bring a breather mask. I run the Gold from this base to Liberty. Once I leave this system I have to cross the Independent Worlds, which is always a fight. The criminals always seem to know when I'm passing through, too.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Bill Richmond
->Rumor #132614:
BMM is GS&M's parent corporation, and they are putting on the pressure to keep the Gold shipments flowing from Graves. The Mollys are making it tough for BMM to pull a large profit here. The word is that The Crown is tired of stationing one of its expensive capitol ships in Dublin on a semi-permanent basis.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Bill Richmond
->Rumor #132615:
The last thing I want to do when I'm in this system is come up against a Corsair. They raid this system for the Gold they can swipe. I always start sweating as I'm approaching the Jump Gate out of here. If the Corsairs are gonna hit us, they will hit us there. We got jumped three runs ago. I made it out of the system with one escort, but I was too badly damaged to take the Gold to Liberty. I had to stop in New London for repairs.
 * Gateway Shipping/ Bill Richmond
->Rumor #132616:
The one Commodity that we use too much to trade is Pharmaceuticals. Mining is dangerous work, and this base doesn't provide the finest of living conditions, if you catch my drift. You can always head to Kensington with a shipment of Gold and come back with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132617:
All the supplies that keep this base running are shipped from Kensington. It's a pretty easy run for me, but no one really messes with us around here. If you want to earn some funds, you can always bring us basic supplies: Food, Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel. We also need Mining Machinery and Consumer Goods brought in for work and play.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132618:
The race track near this base has some of the best gambling you are going to find in Sirius. If you like playing the odds, you can bet on the pilots to see who will win. The odds are usually fifty-fifty, 'cuz usually one of 'em is gonna hit a chunk of rock while flying a rocket engine with a few thousand pounds of fuel aboard.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132619:
The IMG miners make a living in this system selling supplies to the Mollys and mining the Gold in the Independent Gold Field to the east of here. The other two Gold fields belong to the Mollys and GS&M, respectively. If you try to pull Gold from those fields, you are asking to get clipped.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132620:
We are lucky enough to provide the Mollys with their supplies in this system, so they don't really mess with us IMG. But a word of warning to you: Mollys have no problem with killing. All of them are killers and will not hesitate to bury you if you make yourself a nuisance to them.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132621:
This ship has so many decks and rooms that people can get lost. The worst of the scum in this system come here; some decide to make it their home. Stay on the safe side and don't wander too far from this area or the Engineering Deck. If you do have to walk through the dark corridors, keep your gun ready and be prepared to use it.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132622:
There's Cardamine here at the base, if that's your pleasure, but if you want the best moonshine in all of Sirius, you should swing by the Engineering Deck. Make sure you get your liquor and get out of there, though. You never know when one of those stills are gonna explode.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
 * Independent Miners Guild/The Hood Bartender/Ryan Bourne
->Rumor #132623:
I still hope for the day that I hit that big pocket of Gold and strike it rich. I came here ten years ago from Newgate, but this is pretty much the end of the line for work in Bretonia. I didn't want to go back to the Newgate Hotel, so I decided to mine for Gold.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132624:
The Essex was a Bretonian battleship that chased a squad of Molly guerillas into this field. The Mollys had laid a trap, and just as the ship entered the field, it got hit by a highly explosive mine. Mollys stole aboard, fought their way to the engine room, and set off a chain reaction in the engines, crippling the ship.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
->Rumor #132625:
We hold our own Gold field with mines and malice. Ya don't cross a Molly in Dublin or you'll be wearing a pick axe for a hat and some fools gold in your pocket.
 * Mollys/ Kendall Lang
->Rumor #132626:
It's my turn to pick up supplies from this base and deliver them to Arranmore. This week I'm picking up the basics plus Consumer Goods and Mining Machinery.
 * Mollys/ Kendall Lang
->Rumor #132627:
The Bounty Hunters at this base keep an eye poked in our direction, but they won't do anything while we are here. They wouldn't be able to come here any more if they crossed IMG by attacking a Molly at this base. I don't mind 'em here, but if they cross me out in the fields, I'll put an end to 'em.
 * Mollys/ Kendall Lang
->Rumor #134282:
The Molly fighter Vanguard was on a Gold run from Dublin to Trafalgar when it was intercepted by a Bretonia Armed Forces patrol in the Cumbria Asteroid Field. They gave chase and he fled into a known gas hazard area. Unfortunately, his luck ran out that day when he encountered a particularly dense pocket. The ship still lies there, awaiting anyone foolish enough to knowingly enter a volatile gas zone.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Miner Bernard Riley
->Rumor #134288:
The Bretonia Armed Forces Gunboat Storm was pursuing the culprits responsible for the Founders Day Revolt of 752 when it blundered into a large booby trap laid by the fleeing rebels within the future Molly Gold Field. The number 2 fusion reactor was breached, resulting in a huge explosion that vaporized the ship instantly. Several of its nearby escorts were caught in the shock wave and destroyed as well. To this day their debris lies somewhere in the mined area, which is officially off limits to Armed Forces salvage crews.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Will Mason
->Rumor #134289:
The Scargill was participating on a Gold poaching run into the GS&M Gold Field several weeks ago when it was caught by the company security patrol. They pursued the fleeing ship into the minefield, where it blew up. There may still be looted Gold in the cargo hold; the GS&M patrol left it in place as a warning to other Mollys.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robert Hepton
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====Singapore Shipyard (Tau-44)====
->Rumor #133665:
It was DSE that constructed this station in the first place. Sometimes one of our engineers will direct repairs that need to be done to keep Freistadt safe. It is a rather old base and without our supervision I'm sure it would become very dangerous to live here.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Troy Grove
->Rumor #133666:
I hate working here. This is a very dangerous part of Sirius, yet the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates must be maintained. I will never understand why pirates attack us, or our rings. If they only understood that without us or the rings, the shipping they prey upon would not exist.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Troy Grove
->Rumor #133667:
My job is to keep the Trade Lane Rings at this base maintained. If something goes wrong, any ship that enters might be shot off course into a planet or star or gas pocket. It's very ugly when that happens. No one survives, of course -- and DSE gets blamed.
 * Deep Space Engineering/ Troy Grove
->Rumor #133668:
One of Gateway's more lucrative runs to this base originates in Bonn. We ship Trade Lane Parts here and head back to Bonn with Silver and Copper. It can be quite dangerous since you can be attacked by two of the most vicious groups in all of Sirius.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Stewart Lock
->Rumor #133669:
Much of the Silver that is mined here is shipped into Bretonia. Kensington has need of Silver, so we deliver. I enjoy going back into Bretonia, but surviving the trip is always a bit tricky.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Stewart Lock
->Rumor #133670:
Copper and Cobalt is shipped to Dortmund. ALG will use its smelters to turn the raw ore into workable materials. If the miners here were more ambitious, they could do the same.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Stewart Lock
->Rumor #133671:
This base receives all its basic supplies from Freiburg. More than just the basic necessities; we also bring Mining Machinery and Engine Components. I fear that much of what we ship here, the IMG turns around and sells to the Red Hessians, making our jobs much more perilous.
 * Gateway Shipping/Rep. Stewart Lock
->Rumor #133672:
This base is spared attacks because we purchase many basic supplies for our bases in the area. I come from Ronneburg, and we get almost everything here. Right now I'm looking to replace some Engine Components that were damaged last week on my ship.
 * Red Hessians/ Carsten Semmerling
->Rumor #133673:
Many of the IMG members are former Daumann and Kruger workers. A shame they are too cowardly to exact revenge, but that is their loss. Regardless, they supply Freital with basic supplies and Engine Components.
 * Red Hessians/ Carsten Semmerling
->Rumor #133674:
Some of the Bretonian shipping boys on this base aren't bad fellows; just trying to make a living, I suppose. Too bad they chose the wrong line of work. I might have a beer or two with them in the bar, but it won't stop me from blowing a hole in their ship out in the void.
 * Red Hessians/ Carsten Semmerling
->Rumor #133675:
There are two Jump Holes in this system. One leads to Omega-11, which is pretty much dominated by the Hessians. That Hole is located in the Furstenfelde. Look southwest of the Daumann base in there and you should stumble across it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kelly Dorsey
->Rumor #133676:
If you are looking to go into Omega-5, use the Jump Hole on the far west side of the system. It's just south of a large gas pocket below the Trade Lanes. Be very careful; Omega-5 is a meat grinder no matter how good you are.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kelly Dorsey
->Rumor #133677:
I can kill Corsairs or Hessians and get paid by whoever I want. They attack everyone who has a base here or passes through, except the IMG. Corsairs generally keep to the western side, but when they come up against Hessians you are going to see a fight
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Kelly Dorsey
->Rumor #133678:
We were the first ones in this system that decided to try and scratch out a living, mining metals. Recently, the large corporations from Rheinland have moved in; both Daumann and Kruger. It is disturbing to see them coming into our space. Many of us became IMGers to get away from those damned companies.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133679:
This system used to be free from pirates, but after the revolt, the Hessians gathered together and started attacking shipments moving between Rheinland and Bretonia. A lot more of us miners came here after the revolt as well. Daumann and Kruger are both evil companies that worked us for nothing but promises and heartache. I hope the Hessians kill them all.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133680:
This base was left behind by the companies that built the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates in this system. What we mine is the amount that will buy us the Food and supplies we need from Freiburg. We don't need to amass a fortune or anything like that. Just trying to get by.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133681:
The Hessians don't really attack us, so that is good. We don't have to fear for our physical safety, but Gateway does all the shipping to this base and their convoys often get attacked on the way in. So the pirates do make our lives a bit harder sometimes, but I'm not going to try and explain that to the Hessians who come here.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133682:
I hear word that Dresden is running out of raw materials to mine. That's why it doesn't surprise me to see Daumann sniffing around here. If I had to wager, I'd say they are just testing the waters for a larger operation in Omega-7. They weren't here ten years ago when Dresden was still doing fine. You wait and see. I'm right.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133683:
I'm glad I don't work for Kruger anymore. No sir, I wouldn't step foot on that base of theirs for anything. You can bet the men there are working obscene hours, eking out profits for the executives in New Berlin -- and getting shot up by Hessians.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133684:
Watch out for the gas pockets in this system. If you fly through one of those, you are going to become a permanent fixture of your ship. You will melt right into your seat. I've seen it happen; some fool was not being careful and -- kapow! -- vapor.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133685:
Usually IMG has to compete with BMM for resources within systems. Here in Omega-7, BMM knows that it would be too costly to start operating where we have already laid stakes. No, this system was left to us. Now I just hope that the Rheinland companies will do the same.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #133686:
It's easy to get lost in here if you leave the Trade Lanes. It's a dangerous system to live in, but being friends with the Hessians helps. Well, not friends, but not enemies either. Imagine getting lost and then beset by pirates. It's over pretty quick.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Freistadt Bartender/Ambrose Chauncey
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #134290:
Omega-5 is the site of a full scale war between the Corsairs and Hessians. The two factions are vying for control of this critical Jump Hole crossroads in the Omega Sector. Within the area of the no-man's-land and the Hammen Hole are numerous dead ships from both sides. Most are picked clean, but there are some that may still yield some weapons.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #134291:
The Republican freight train Bremerhaven was attempting to evade a Corsair attack along the Trade Lane when it blundered into the Furstenfelde gas pocket and was disabled. Attempts to rescue the crew and its cargo of Engine Components were unsuccessful. The drifting ship serves as a reminder of the dangers of venturing off the safe path in the Walker Nebula.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Lawrence Tindall
->Rumor #134292:
A Red Hessian attack on the Kruger freighter Monschau failed when the ship attempted to flee. Unfortunately, it flew straight into the Ebersfeld gas pocket that separates the IMG mining area and the Elbich Mining Facility. No one has yet dared to retrieve the cargo of Silver, as the risk of explosion is too high.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Rep. Byron Peck
->Rumor #134293:
The local word is that one of the early Corsair raiding parties into Omega-7 headed straight into the Gubenfelde gas pocket just south of the Omega-3 Gate. It is believed that the remains of at least three ships are still in there.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Oswald Lewis
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====Sulawesi Station (Tau-44)====
->Rumor #132843:
The IMG has gone deep into the riskiest areas of Sirius space looking for valuable minerals. The most dangerous post you can man for the IMG is Falkland, which is hidden among the asteroids of Tau-37. The Outcasts do not know its location, or they would have destroyed it for certain.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132844:
This is dangerous space out here, and the other guys you see here in the Border Worlds are veterans. Anyone who comes here before they are ready doesn't last very long. If you are a Zoner or IMG, it's a little different, but then the miners you see out here are a different breed, too.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132845:
More than anything else, this is Outcast space. You have to respect that or else they will bury you. Don't underestimate the Outcasts. Generally they leave us alone, but that is because we are smart enough to stay out of their way.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132846:
We operate this base here because of the rich Niobium deposits. Once it is mined, our pilots ship it out to Holman. From there we don't really care what happens.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132847:
Niobium is an important Commodity that can be used for several things. That's why we come this far to get it. Once we bring it back here from our mining operations, it is shipped to Freeport 6, and the Zoners take it from there.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132848:
It takes a lot to keep an operation like this running. One thing we always need more of is Mining Machinery. We pick it up in Holman, and the surplus is shipped to Falkland.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132849:
Lots of people who come here think we are a pretty strange breed. It's true we are loners, but if you want to meet some strange ones you should check out the wackos in Tau-37. Those guys get a rush from knowing that Outcasts might kill them at any time.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #132851:
Sure, the Outcasts attack this base every once in a while. What they really focus on is the BMM site. Still, it's kind of a rush knowing that an Outcast might be sitting in the Niobium fields waiting to smoke you. I always get goose bumps when I set my mining skiff down out there, so I guess I like it.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Ryan Perris
 * Independent Miners Guild/Java Bartender/Henry Beauchamp
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #134303:
One of many Bounty Hunters flying out of Freeport 6 in search of Outcasts, Ryan McKeen, was an incautious type who tended to exhibit more bravado than common sense. His ship, the Wolverine, is floating somewhere near Cali, a message left by the Outcasts to not get too close.
 * Independent Miners Guild/Sales Rep. Robin Bardolf
->Rumor #134308:
The IMG freighter Barossa is believed to have been ambushed by the Outcasts in the Malvinas Cloud while making a routine shipment of Niobium to Java.
 * Independent Miners Guild/ Francis Upton
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====Alamo Base (Tau-45)====
->Rumor #466646:
This base used to belong to DSE, until we took it and drove them from the system. Someday, Death Valley's going to guarantee us our future after we've won the war against the corrupt Liberty government and their Corporate masters.
 * Alamo Bartender/Skye Kel
->Rumor #466647:
This base used to belong to DSE, until we took it and drove them from the system. Someday, Death Valley's going to guarantee us our future after we've won the war against the corrupt Liberty government and their Corporate masters.
 * Alamo Bartender/Skye Kel
->Rumor #466648:
I sure do miss Denver. I left for Ouray on my 20th and havn't been back since. My family live well here on Refugio, but you know, it isn't the same as Denver.
 * Alamo Bartender/Skye Kel
->Rumor #466649:
Well, if you've been with us for a while you'll notice we've just got some ships here on Alamo and over on Refugio. We sealed a deal with the Zoners and a few independent ship dealers. Saves alot of our precious credits in the long run.
 * Xenos/Jack Tar
->Rumor #466650:
Since we "evicted" DSE from the Alamo, this has been the main supply and equipment base for the Xeno Guard. I think you'll notice that our best equipment is available here.
 * Xenos/Jack Tar
->Rumor #466651:
Too bad we can't get some more Synth Mary Jane in here. That's the only thing I like about Barrow. Unfortunately, making cargo runs from Barrow to here is dangerous, and many of our shipments don't make it.
 * Xenos/Tenas Yeri
->Rumor #466652:
I wouldn't fly into New York if I were you, it's suicide. I hear that the Navy sends out a half-dozen capital ships at the sight of a single Xeno there. Heh, it's nice to be feared.
 * Xenos/Tenas Yeri
->Rumor #466653:
Not too long ago, myself and a Guard Wing repelled a Junker raiding party that came through the Kepler Hole. Those idiots thought they could raid us with four ships. I think we taught them a lesson.
 * Xenos/David Chambers
->Rumor #466654:
If I were you, I wouldn't play cards with our Equipment dealer. He has a habit of winning. A lot.
 * Xenos/David Chambers
->Rumor #466655:
When we get caught, the LPI just keep throwing us in Huntsville. I figure they would've learned that all that accomplishes is us recruiting new Xenos. Still, nobody expects the donut munchers to be smart.
 * Xenos/Russel Graham
->Rumor #466656:
Did you see the Alabama on the way in? We're rather proud of that catch. After the Navy lost it, they've kept their noses out of this system. We've thought about repairing it, but a Dreadnought is a bit beyond our skills and resources to operate.
 * Xenos/Russel Graham
->Rumor #466657:
Enjoying that drink? No? Well, that would be the fault of the boys over in Nome. They told us they hijacked an entire shipment of alcohol, so we told them to send it over. What they failed to mention was that it was all Liberty Ale. I'm going to smack their cargo master next time I'm over there.
 * Xenos/Laneth Ronin
->Rumor #466658:
In years past we relied on the Zoners for most of our food, water and good times breathing needs. But with the surpluses provided by Refugio we're more than self sufficient. Though we still need to retrieve some specialty supplies, such as pharmaceuticals, from the Mining guild on Freeport 4.
 * Xenos/Nathan Williamson 
->Rumor #466659:
Richard York, Captain of the Prospector and leader of the Sons of Liberty's no small legend amongst the Xenos. I'll bet them navy boys get a turn of their guts when that blip on their scopes turns out to be that gunboat of his! We used to mark the kills on the side of her hull, but we ran outa space ages ago!
 * Xenos/Nathan Williamson 
->Rumor #466660:
Leo Mathews is one of our native sons, born a Xeno of a family that these bases of ours was built around! The Mathews have been at the heart of the movement since the first layoffs back in 600 A.S. Rumor has it that the first Xeno to gun down an LPI officer was a Mathews, but who's to say?
 * Xenos/Laneth Ronin
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====Gonzales Station (Tau-45)====
->Rumor #466675:
We won this place from the DSE a fair while ago. In that time maintanence has got a little bit scetchy. If you see any signs like, well, radiation, variable gravity, electricity, poisonous gases, vaccum or explosives just stay away. Please?
 * Gonzales Bartender/Simon Krale
->Rumor #466676:
Things can get loney out here away from any other Xenos. We run on a skeleton crew and the only fresh contact we get is the occasional freighter from Refugio.
 * Gonzales Bartender/Simon Krale
->Rumor #466677:
Gotta love the scenery here. Ice and water as far as the eye can see. At least the drinks are cheap. I just wish it wasn't that Liberty Ale garbage that the Alamo boys sent over.
 * Xenos/Ryton Harlo
->Rumor #466678:
The Kushan Freighter might be an ugly box, but if you put the right guns on it, it's the perfect tool for interdiciting trade and carrying off plenty of captured goods.
 * Xenos/Ryton Harlo
->Rumor #466679:
The Blazer is the traditional ship of the training wing. With decent armor, huge size, no CD and abhorrently underpowered guns you'll be guaranteed a lifestyle of learning how to be sneaky, avoiding fights you can't win and group think mentality.
 * Xenos/Keth Sarlo
->Rumor #466680:
The Hawk's got some moves, looks darn sleek, can mount a CD all in a package that's still incapable of actually doing any lasting damage to anything that can actually defend itself for a darn. It can, however, put the hurt on some lower level vessels and is ideal for those Xenos looking to punch the ticket of smarmy junkers and other ne'er-do-wells on a budget.
 * Xenos/Keth Sarlo
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====Refugio Base (Tau-45)====
->Rumor #466661:
Hey, you been to mid-level kitchens? They may look like a dump, but Joe serves good food! Say I sent you and he'll give you a bottle of the good stuff.
 * Refugio Bartender/Sebastian Kline
->Rumor #466662:
We're really proud of the city we've built here at Refugio. Most of our families live here, well away from the front lines.
 * Refugio Bartender/Sebastian Kline
->Rumor #466663:
I don't know where everyone gets the idea that we want to take over the Cardamine trade here in Liberty. True, we fight the Junkers because of their role in it, but not because we want it. We want to stop it. It's one of the biggest corrupting factors in Liberty, and it's rotting the core of Liberty's soul, and destroying it's workers.
 * Xenos/Arthur Jones
->Rumor #466664:
Have you ever seen a Bounty Hunter in '45? I thought not. Wonder why? Scan one of our very own system guard next time ya see one, and you'll see why. I'm telling you -that- is power.
 * Xenos/Arthur Jones
->Rumor #466665:
Heh, me and some 'o the lads had some fun with a Junker the night before last. She got lost and wandered into Kepler, so we herded her to '45 and listened to her squeal all night long! Haw haw! If ya look real carful, ya might find her ship. Somewhere in the asteroid field surrounding us.
 * Xenos/Arthur Jones
->Rumor #466666:
If yer in a fix and you're gonna get caught, get caught by the LPI. Bounty Hunters will like as not put a bullet in your head, but the LPI needs to keep Huntsville producing. Remember, for every live Xeno that goes into Huntsvillve, three come out.
 * Xenos/Arthur Jones
->Rumor #466667:
Despite the clamoring that we should seek ties with those other 'unlawful' faction within Liberty, the pirating Rogues and slave trading Junkers, the only groups with whom we have any accord are the Zoners, IMG and The Order. The Zoners are, well, the Zoners. But the IMG are almost like brothers in their struggle and The Order represents a righteousness and sense of justice that Liberty desperately needs to see return. That's why we remain neutral with both groups.
 * Xenos/Kevin Fitzgerald
->Rumor #466668:
You think we'll ever complete our goals? I don't think we will in the near future, but we will suceed! Foregin companies can only take so many losses!
 * Xenos/Kevin Fitzgerald
->Rumor #466669:
I sure like Barrow, but it it's mighty small and the lads over there speak kinda funny. A 'lil like this 'ere boy! Heheh, they crack me up.
 * Xenos/Kevin Fitzgerald
->Rumor #466670:
Say again, which base did you say you come from? Was it Ouray in Colorado? Or Nome in Kepler? Heh, of course not, damn my drink addled mind, Barrow in Hudson right? No? I give up...
 * Xenos/Harold Polaski
->Rumor #466671:
Whoa, I'm telling you, don't mess with the Zoners. One of mah buddies jumped a Zoner Dromedray and they weren't best pleased. Some sort of Zoner heavy fighter gave him a visit and showed him the error of his ways.
 * Xenos/Carl Johnson
 * Xenos/Harold Polaski
->Rumor #466672:
Hell we had a few Bountry Hunters crash through the Kepler hole a few days back, musta been running from our Boys at Nome. We took em out just before they could transmit Refugio's location. Remember, a dead 'Hunter is a good 'Hunter.
 * Xenos/Ethan Raine
 * Xenos/Malcom Renoylds
->Rumor #466673:
Heh, it sure can get warm down by the hangers. If you want a warm room bed down over there, if you like a bit 'o nip to the nights, the upper levels away from the generators'd be a good choice.
 * Xenos/Ethan Raine
 * Xenos/Malcom Renoylds
->Rumor #466674:
Our opperations in New York were based mainly around Detroit base where we would lift side arms, but now we've redirected some of our forces to grab mining convoys heading to Pittsburgh. We've caught the LPI a little unprepared on that side. They don't know what we want them for.
 * Xenos/Carl Johnson
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====Mito Shipyards (Tau-63)====
->Rumor #133423:
Welcome to the end of the world. I hope you brought supplies with you. We always need Food and Pharmaceuticals. Side Arms are also prized. An unarmed warrior does not garner much respect in this bar.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133424:
Things are more complicated than they seem in Kusari. Samura would have you believe that we are nothing more than common criminals trying to destroy the Kusari way of life. Nothing could be further from the truth. Many of our secret friends in the government have quietly amassed power in the shadow of the corrupt bureaucrats that feast at Samura's table. Our day will arrive soon.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133425:
The Blood Dragons believe that for Kusari to change, the tight relationship between the bureaucrats, Samura, and the Hogosha must end. We have amassed enough damning evidence against our three enemies to sway the next election in favor of our supporters.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #133426:
We coordinate all our attacks in Kusari space from here. There are Jump Holes to Honshu and Hokkaido just south of our base here. From Hokkaido, we can access Kyushu and Shikoku. You can reach Tokyo using either route.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133427:
The GMG has been invaluable in providing financial assistance and training to the Blood Dragons. At first they were reluctant, but once the government forced them to pay a reparation tax for the 80-Years Wars, they changed their minds.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133428:
We prefer to attack installations and Samura-owned transports rather than raid foreign shipping, which does not help our cause. Unfortunately, sometimes we must obtain supplies. The Golden Chrysanthemums are not nearly as discriminating, which has created a publicity problem for us, since they are perceived by the press as our allies.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #133429:
The battle of the Chugoku Gate has been a long and bloody one. We have lost many of our warriors to the Naval Forces. But they are tiring, while we grow stronger every day with new recruits from the disenchanted youth of Kusari, yearning for a better future for our people.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133430:
The Golden Chrysanthemums are a bit unorthodox in their methods, but share our vision of a new Kusari. We do not espouse their heavy use of Cardamine, however. That drug is evil, and will prove their undoing.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133431:
One day we hope to return to Tokyo victorious after almost five centuries in hiding. Until that moment, we must suffer on this lonely and crowded rock, patiently waiting for our foes to make the fatal mistake.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #133432:
Samura's plan was to open Hokkaido to gas mining in order to compete with the GMG, a partner whom they have exploited for centuries. I assure you that Hokkaido will not be a good place for Samura to do business for many years to come. The GMG will make sure of that.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133433:
We are modern Ronin - masterless warriors. We hope to find a new master that can break the curse of Kusari corruption and stagnation and once again bring our nation to glory. There is a young bureaucrat, fresh out of New Tokyo University, who speaks of change. The Commerce ministry can dismiss him for now as a naive youngster, but maybe he will be the one who can lead Kusari to the future.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #133434:
It has been difficult to voice our opinion in Kusari, as the Hogosha apply pressure to anyone in the media who dares report anything favorably about us. The Hogosha are merely following Samura's orders.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133435:
The Golden Chrysanthemums are becoming too close to the Outcasts. The allure of Cardamine is seductive, but deadly. If you use too much of it, irreversible physiological changes occur in our body. You are no longer truly human. That is the curse of the Outcasts.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #133436:
Our movement is very old, dating back to the Sakura Coup in 321 AS. On that fateful day the Shogun Hideyoshi was toppled by the military, which was backed by Samura. Our ancestors were the Shogun's royal guards. They fought bravely but fled the palace when it was clear that Samura had won the day. The Blood Dragons were thus born, a group dedicated to cleansing the cancer of Samura from Kusari once and for all.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133437:
The GMG has trained us in many nebula fighting tactics that they learned during the 80-Years War. This is why we can fly circles around the Kusari Naval Forces in Hokkaido. Nansei is a different story. The Research Station is very protected and difficult to attack in the style to which we are accustomed.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #134333:
The Fugaku was lost in a raid on the Kansai Research Center within the Hiyo Cloud. The fighter became entangled in the mine field during the attack, and the pilot was killed. It eventually drifted off into the cloud. No one has seen it since.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
->Rumor #134336:
Many Naval Forces fighters have been lost recently in skirmishes with the Blood Dragons. Due to the low visibility and difficult conditions in the cloud, some weapons could still remain on the ships in some of the more remote locations.
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Naoko Shimizu
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Reiko Abe
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tadashi Hashimoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Tomoko Yamaguchi
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
 * Blood Dragons/ Yuji Matsumoto
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====Chanai Biodome Project (Tau-65)====
->Rumor #475466:
.For over a hundred and seventy five years, the Golden Chrysanthemums have been fighting for their equal rights. The organisation is only three years older than I am. I was here when they were constructing our first station in this system, Morioka Base, and I sincerely hope that I live long enough to see our struggle come to a positive conclusion.
 * Hisako/Takahashi
->Rumor #475467:
.I was born in 645 A.S, onboard Shinagawa station in the New Tokyo system. My mother was an ardent follower of Yuyu Matsuda's work and she was devastated when the news of Yuyu's death in 648 A.S. was broadcast on the colony news networks. She took me and left my father, moving to join the fledgling Golden Chrysanthemum movement onboard our secret base, Ainu Depot, in the Hokkaido system. I grew up there, being homeschooled by many different women from all walks of life, eventually taking the Rites of Matsuda myself and becoming a fully fledged member.
 * Hisako/Takahashi
->Rumor #475468:
.The Rites of Matsuda? Oh, that's our initiation ceremony into the Golden Chrysanthemums. The new potential member has to not eat any food for twenty four hours before we read sections of the book "Golden Chrysanthemum in Bloom" with them. They are then given a ceremonial dose of Cardamine, which is usually the very first one they have ever had, and is just enough to get them addicted, though sometimes people need further doses. Finally, the person is placed in a sensory deprivation chamber for a further twelve hours to acclimate themselves to the Cardamine. After that, you are inducted into the Golden Chrysanthemums organisation, and sworn to uphold the secrecy of our bases and the sanctity of our goals.
 * Hisako/Takahashi
->Rumor #475469:
.I put my long life down to healthy eating, plenty of exercise and Cardamine. The Outcasts have long told us that Cardamine has many adverse effects on the human genetic structure. Our own researchers, and those at Sendai Research Complex in the Okinawa system, believe that Cardamine was originally engineered by the Daam-K'Vosh for the Nomads. All I know is that it has increased my already fine intelligence and given me a much greater lifespan than I might otherwise have had.
 * Hisako/Takahashi
->Rumor #475470:
.We captured the Battleship Matsuda during the attack on Tekagi's fortress in 801 A.S., although it was crippled outside Sendai Research Complex in the Okinawa system. We spent years hijacking various transports and supply convoys to get the parts we needed to bring it back up to complete operational status. These days, with the help of Synth Foods and Interspace Commerce, parts are slightly easier to come by, although we still have to smuggle them out here from Roppongi.
 * Hisako/Takahashi
->Rumor #475471:
.I remember the attack on Chanai like it was only yesterday. The Farmers Alliance somehow learned of our dealings with Synth Foods, and launched an attack to destroy our biodomes. They broke through our defensive perimeter and fired several torpedoes into the central biodome. My great granddaughter was killed in the attack. She was only fourteen. It just fills me with sorrow; that we must fight this terrible war just so we may enjoy the same rights and privileges as men do in our own nation.
 * Hisako/Takahashi
->Rumor #475472:
.Because we were only just starting to get organised, shortly after Yuyu's death in 648 A.S., Morioka base took several years and a phenomenal portion of our resources to build, but it paid off in the end. Thankfully we have never needed the fallback position that Morioka initially represented, and it has allowed us to further develop the Tau-65 system as a whole. I do remember one particular incident though, in 703 A.S., when several habitation modules on Morioka were destroyed in an accident involving a damaged fighter craft. A lot of people died, and it took months to fully repair the damage.
 * Hisako/Takahashi
->Rumor #475473:
.My mother once said that I am related to our honoured founder, Yuyu Matsuda. Apparently, one of my ancestors was Yuyu's sister, Chiemi Matsuda. I like to think that Yuyu would be proud to know that her family follows in her footsteps.
 * Junko/Matsuda
->Rumor #475474:
.It is amazing to think that Hisako Takahashi was alive when Yuyu Matsuda was, even if she was only three years old when Yuyu performed ritual suicide. I often enjoy talking to her about history and the things she has seen, and the people that have come and gone in both our organisation and throughout Kusari. It gives you an insight into life that history books and archive footage simply cannot. I suggest talking with her sometime; she knows many things that might be of interest to you.
 * Junko/Matsuda
->Rumor #475475:
.Chanai is called "The village" within our community, because that is where our families live. Golden Chrysanthemums are mostly women, but our families reside here in safety. When Golden Chrysanthemums take off after visiting their relatives, they usually leave their husbands and children behind. Sometimes the men fight also, but most of them occupy other positions such as engineers and station security.
 * Eiko/Kawada
->Rumor #475476:
.Blood dragons addicted to Cardamine are forced to leave Kyoto. The only other ally they have is us. Sometimes they come looking for sanctuary onboard Chanai, but the majority maintain their flying skills intact and apply for a new vessel the moment they land on Takada Shipyard. Such valuable pilots are far too skilled to waste their abilities by having them work as mechanics on Takada like most other men. They are normally recruited to our ranks and become one of the very few men to fly in our organisation.
 * Eiko/Kawada
->Rumor #475477:
.Chrysanthemums come and leave Chanai, but most can never afford to stay here for too long, due to our never ending efforts against the Kusari Navy. Only older, veteran women live and retire here. The veterans watch after the local population and run the medical facilities, while most elders spend their retirement teaching the children in our schools.
 * Eiko/Kawada
->Rumor #475478:
.I've been on sensor duty for the last twelve hours and just signed off, but I'm back on duty again in six hours because my replacement is sick. Apparently she hasn't been taking her daily Cardamine supplements and is going through severe withdrawal symptoms, so she's down in medical. Please leave me be, I want to have a drink in peace before I try to grab what little sleep I can.
 * Ryoko/Furukawa
->Rumor #475479:
.I was on sensor duty the other day and we picked up some strange readings. According to the computers we had two Farmers Alliance fighters inbound, and we dispatched a fighter wing to take care of them. Just before they engaged, they realised that it was a heavily damaged Golden Chrysanthemum fighter. The IFF was malfunctioning and the damage had destroyed her communications array. She was lucky to have not been destroyed by our automated defences.
 * Ryoko/Furukawa
->Rumor #475480:
.The Farmers are manipulated by Samura, but they aren't our primary concern. Samura is the one to look out for, as they have their sticky fingers in ever pie throughout Kusari. The Golden Chrysanthemums used to be content with the Farmers Alliance's activities before the Chanai biodome project started, but after we made a deal with Synth Foods our relationship has become increasingly hostile towards each other. The Battle of Chanai resulted in a virtual declaration of war between the two factions and the fighting has been vicious ever since.
 * Rei/Tanaka
->Rumor #475481:
.I've returned to Chanai after two months spent in space with only the occasional resupply landings on Roppongi. I was delighted to see my children and partner again, but today an elder has contacted me with instructions to lead an assault wing into space again soon. It never ends.
 * Rei/Tanaka
->Rumor #475482:
.Chanai is home for most of the Golden Chrysanthemum medical facilities, and many injured pilots end up here for treatment. We also use Cardamine contained in storage depots for medicinal purposes. Our sisterhood is quite advanced in this area of expertise, and our medical facilities are such that even the Blood Dragons sometimes come here to use them.
 * Emiko/Ikeda
->Rumor #475483:
.Many come to Chanai to relax and enjoy a peaceful life which is largely present on the station. Schools, medical facilities and even recreational centres are present here. Some of our people will occasionally move to Morioka Base, but Planet Hiura is the only thing to see around there now. The whole base has turned into a highly specialised commercial outpost. Most of the visiting Blood Dragons go to Morioka or Takada though. Chanai is just another space station for them and they are always thrilled to see more planets. You would be too if you'd spent whole your life on Kyoto.
 * Emiko/Ikeda
->Rumor #475484:
.As you know, a large portion of the population on Chanai consists of our male partners and elders. The Golden Chrysanthemums sometimes have the opportunity to visit their families, but we cannot stop the fight for equal rights for too long. It is a shame really, because I miss my friends and family a lot while I am away.
 * Eri/Kitayama
->Rumor #475485:
.I joined the Golden Chrysanthemums in ignominy after coming second place in the Miss New Tokyo pageant in 806 A.S. The all-male judges were so furious after they found traces of Cardamine in my quarters, that I was lucky I wasn't disqualified or arrested. I bet that Hiro Mamiya put the drug in there; it would be just like her. She didn't deserve to win!
 * Eri/Kitayama
->Rumor #475486:
.Hiro Mamiya's career went down in flames in 807 A.S., not longer after my own. She was a superstar who had it all, but threw it all away on her drug crazed binges. Now look at us both, Cardamine addicts on a forgotten outpost in the middle of nowhere, remembered only with dishonour in our home nation. And yet, it is all her fault!
 * Eri/Kitayama
->Rumor #475487:
.I used to be a supermodel and singer back on New Tokyo, but I ended up becoming addicted to Cardamine. The media eventually found out and my career came crashing down in ruins, not long after I won the Miss New Tokyo pageant in 806 A.S. I know it is my fault for that, but I cannot help but feel a little bitter. In any case, after the Golden Chrysanthemums approached me I took up their offer and joined, donating a large portion of my money to their cause.
 * Hiro/Mamiya
->Rumor #475488:
.I've always wanted to be a singer, ever since I was a little girl on Kyushu. My father was a good man who paid for my private tuition with a music teacher, because the colleges on Kyushu don't allow women to take courses there. It is just another damning indictment of the male-driven society that the Kusari government perpetuates.
 * Hiro/Mamiya
->Rumor #475489:
.Don't listen to Eri Kitayama bitching about me, she's just sour at not being crowned Miss New Tokyo in 806 A.S. She still came in at second place though, so she has no cause for complaints. I swear I didn't plant any Cardamine in her quarters, although she will tell you differently, no doubt.
 * Hiro/Mamiya
->Rumor #475490:
.We used to buy Cardamine from the Outcasts only to satisfy our own needs and perform ceremonial rituals, but once the Golden Chrysanthemums started to distribute it amongst the Kusari population, we soon realised the previously untapped commercial potential within our nation and started dealing ourselves. The Outcasts are suspicious about our intentions of expanding the Cardamine trade, but we still buy most of our Cardamine from them, rather than producing it ourselves on Kitahara, which leaves them with the monopoly.
 * Sayuri/Anzu
->Rumor #475491:
.Biodomes bought from Synth Foods have greatly increased our food production and our ability to sustain larger population, but it came at a heavy cost. The Farmers Alliance launched a full scale attack on Chanai in 812 A.S and over two thousand people were killed during the battle. Our hatred became mutual and full scale war broke out between us. Was it worth it? Decide for yourself.
 * Sayuri/Anzu
->Rumor #475492:
.Most of our sisters enjoy Synth Paste with a passion. It is relatively cheap and symbolises the free market economy and equal rights in Liberty, things that we greatly desire to see in our own nation.
 * Sayuri/Anzu
->Rumor #475493:
.The Blood Dragons are not the only ones to come to Chanai for a rest. In fact, Chanai is a popular recreational centre amongst all of the Tau systems. I think I even saw a Synth Foods employee walk into the bar earlier.
 * Kyoko/Fukada
->Rumor #475494:
.We, the Blood Dragons, take our duties seriously. Every man, woman and a child regardless of age knows how to handle a blaster and has at least basic piloting skills. Remaining sharp at all times is difficult and occasional rest is crucial. That is why I'm here. I will be back to the forbidden city with my senses ready and mind sharp.
 * Kyoko/Fukada
->Rumor #475495:
.I used to live on Planet Kitahara before the Cardamine experiments were started there, and after that I moved to Chanai. I can't stand that drug. While the Golden Chrysanthemums embrace it, the Blood Dragons have refused to touch it. How can the Golden Chrysanthemums not see that Cardamine is ruining our society?
 * Hiro/Kaneda
->Rumor #475496:
.In many ways Chanai is a much more relaxed station than Takada Shipyard or Morioka base, regardless of the luxury of vacationing planetside on Kitahara. The nebula clouds of Chugoku often become quite claustrophobic and Chanai offers all a broken spirit needs. There are many recreational centres along with various resorts and tranquil gardens within the biodomes.
 * Hiro/Kaneda
->Rumor #475497:
.I've been assigned to the Golden Chrysanthemums in an advisory capacity to oversee the biodomes they have here. It has taken a great deal of resources for these women to construct the biodomes, but their efforts have finally paid off. Now nobody in their organisation will go hungry, at least.
 * Isaac/Hayes
->Rumor #475498:
.I was present during the attack on this facility by the Farmers Alliance in 812 A.S. The destruction of the central biodome killed over a thousand people, including my friend Richard Stackpole, a Synth Foods engineer who was working on the biodomes.
 * Isaac/Hayes
->Rumor #475499:
.Have you heard of South Park? It's not far from Crichton Springs on Planet Denver. I was born there in 765 A.S, to a chef who worked in one of the restaurants there. After graduating from Denver High, I applied to join Synth Foods Inc. and I've been working for them ever since. It's not a bad job if you can avoid running afoul of the angry farmers in Rheinland and Kusari.
 * Isaac/Hayes
->Rumor #475502:
.We made a considerable amount of profit from the biodomes project, while also expanding Synth Foods, Inc. influence further into Kusari, but it was all to everyone's good, since now none of the Golden C. will starve. I know that the credits that we received are most likely stolen from the Kusari government or made from the sales of Cardamine, but to me the Golden Chrysanthemums are all legitimate business partners. It is the fault of the Kusari government that they exist, and we sympathise with their cause.
 * Isaac/Hayes
->Rumor #475503:
....I'm gonna make love to you woman, gonna lay you down by the fire...Oh sorry, I didn't see you there. I was just practicing my singing for the concert tonight.
 * Isaac/Hayes
->Rumor #475523:
Some people treat us with contempt for the creation of Synth Paste, but we're helping to put an end to starvation throughout the colonies with our product and there are many people alive today who wouldn't be if it weren't for our food. Just ask the Golden Chrysanthemums if you don't believe me.
 * Isaac/Hayes
->Rumor #475524:
It was Interspace Commerce who put us in contact with members of the Golden Chrysanthemums, so that we could negotiate a deal for the biodomes. We help them and in return they are better able to attack the Farmers Alliance, which further helps our business interests in Kusari. This way, we all win.
 * Isaac/Hayes
->Rumor #475525:
I joined the Golden Chrysanthemums in ignominy after coming second place in the Miss New Tokyo pageant in 806 A.S. The all-male judges were so furious after they found traces of Cardamine in my quarters, that I was lucky I wasn't disqualified or arrested. I bet that Hiro Mamiya put the drug in there; it would be just like her. She didn't deserve to win!
 * Kyoko/Fukada
->Rumor #475526:
The Blood Dragon researchers on Sendai are now are only a little more experienced than the scientists onboard the Kawada Research Complex. That's why we used to need their help, but now Golden Chrysanthemums are able to run the place on their own. Together, with our Blood Dragon friends, we make a fine team in solving mysteries of the galaxy.
 * Hiro/Kaneda
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====Kawada Research Complex (Tau-65)====
->Rumor #475504:
.Kawada Research Complex has a great need for Superconductors and MOX as well as a great deal of scientific equipment. All these materials will speed up our research on weapons technology.
 * Yoko/Ono
->Rumor #475505:
.The Suncannon D was a breakthrough in our weapons technology. It was designed right here on Kawada and assembled on Takada Shipyard in 815 A.S. It's one of the few weapons to match the advanced weaponry that the Kusari Naval Forces use these days.
 * Yoko/Ono
->Rumor #475506:
.The Golden Chrysanthemums have been through a lot since the beginning. The most recent event was the Nomad War. The Blood Dragons had a fair amount of knowledge about the Nomads as they worked together with the Order back in the day, but the Golden Chrysanthemums never knew that such a threat existed until the battle for Tekagi's fortress in the Tohoku system in 801 A.S. Regardless, we aided the Blood Dragons in their siege of Tekagi's fortress. We gained control of the Battleship Matsuda during that battle, which you will find stationed in the Okinawa system these days.
 * Yoko/Ono
->Rumor #475507:
.The Ekitei X-Ray Pulsar is the jewel of this system. It periodically releases massive bursts of energy in the form of x-ray radiation into space. It does not take advanced technology to shield oneself from the radioactive pulses, but the rays may still become deadly if we could concentrate them into a straight line, rather than spreading outwards in a directionless manner.
 * Kanako/Kuroha
->Rumor #475508:
.Ekitei is the reason why this research complex was built in the first place. Well, that and the development of new weapons and space craft. If we could tame the power of the X-ray pulses and combine this technology into a new weapons line, we could punch through our enemies' shielding like it wasn't even there. I know such research is already underway, but the theories behind the technology are nothing but conjecture so far.
 * Kanako/Kuroha
->Rumor #475509:
.The purpose of this research station is far more complex than exploring the anomalies such as Ekitei. One such practical use of this station is an attempt at creating new blasters and rifles. Some ships are designed here also, but all of the final safety checks and structural testing are done on Takada Shipyard.
 * Kanako/Kuroha
->Rumor #475510:
.There are so many fields and planets capable of holding resources in the Tau-65 system. Too bad they are so hard to reach due to the radiation and deep space conditions. Did you know that the temperature on Hiura can go down to 140 degrees below zero, and that is during the day time? At least Planet Kitahara is fully capable of supporting life. I am told it is almost identical to Malta, but I have never been there before.
 * Haruka/Igawa
->Rumor #475511:
.The Nishiara Asteroid Field is heavily saturated with radiation, but Kawada's shielding protects very well. If we could understand better how Ekitei works, it would allow us to harness the power of the pulsar to provide this station with cheap energy.
 * Haruka/Igawa
->Rumor #475512:
.I'm an assistant to Minako Okada, the research team leader of the Blood Dragons on Kawada. She used to run the research in the facility, but now all the interns have passed their training and acquired enough experience to carry out research on their own. Perhaps soon I will be appointed to the staff myself.
 * Hiroko/Anzai
->Rumor #475513:
.The Takkinai Cloud has unusual readings. Scans reveal frequencies common to the Ice Fields around Planet Harris in the Tau-31 system. Unfortunately, the radiation from the nearby pulsar prevents further scans into Takkinai Cloud.
 * Kazumi/Mori
->Rumor #475514:
.The Ishijima Asteroid Field was created when a small planetoid collided with the Ekitei pulsar. We're not sure what really happened, but it sure is fuelling the imaginations of our more excitable researchers. However, besides its scientific interest Ishijima Asteroid Field has no value whatsoever.
 * Kazumi/Mori
->Rumor #475515:
.Have you heard of Hisako Takahashi? She is over a hundred and seventy years old. Surely an amazing age to live up to, isn't it? We believe it to be a result of DNA mutations caused by Cardamine. Regular doses must have changed her genetic structure somehow and extended her lifespan. Don't get too enthusiastic just yet, though. The mutations seem to be erratic and probably do cause unknown side effects. It is possible that Hisako has been incredibly lucky, but unfortunately more research needs to be done before we can conclusively prove anything.
 * Cho/Chang
->Rumor #475516:
.Ekitei represents a great scientific opportunity for us. Perhaps we would have never even been appointed here if not for the privilege of studying pulsar radiation. Training a self-sufficient research station wasn't our primary concern, although don't think I didn't enjoy it. Many of these Golden Chrysanthemum women are very enthusiastic and highly intelligent.
 * Kaori/Endo
->Rumor #475517:
.Many of the Golden Chrysanthemums see it as some kind of reward for working with me, and I suppose I symbolise something to them as they cannot easily become engineers themselves since most of them have never received any formal training in Kusari colleges and universities. Most of them that I work with here have shown a natural talent for engineering and can pick up multiple concepts quite quickly. I can see it's only a matter of time before we start seeing plenty of Golden Chrysanthemums engineers working out of our stations.
 * Kaori/Endo
->Rumor #475518:
.I am proud of the Golden Chrysanthemum scientists on Kawada. They were completely green when we first arrived. Although they were well disciplined and well taught, they had little expertise on how the practical side of things work. The girls have made an astonishing progress so far, and that's what you can do with a small group of progressive students when you give them a solid grounding in scientific processes.
 * Minako/Okada
->Rumor #475519:
.Our work is mostly done here, but we have been granted a unique opportunity to study the Ekitei X-ray pulsar in the system, therefore very few of our scientists actually left. Ekitei presents a lot of untapped potential. The power behind its untamed fury may be the key to solving power crises throughout Kusari, and give us a bargaining chip with which to force political concessions from the government.
 * Minako/Okada
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====Morioka Base (Tau-65)====
->Rumor #475402:
.We have strengthened a lot since the Chanai biodome project was completed, and also due to the Bretonian-Kusari war. The population has increased dramatically and our technology is catching up with the help of Blood Dragons. The Golden Chrysanthemums have climbed to a whole new different level. We're at the peak of our power right now, but even such advances are not enough to take on the Kusari Naval Forces in head on combat.
 * Arisu/Itokawa
->Rumor #475403:
.Women have been an isolated part of the community in Kusari for centuries. That is why a whole new culture has developed. It is reflected in the rituals of the Golden Chrysanthemums community, such as Rites of Matsuda – the initiation ceremony. Did you know that Chanai is called "The village" because the partners and families of our fighters live there?
 * Arisu/Itokawa
->Rumor #475404:
.Golden Chrysanthemums fight for the equal rights of women in Kusari, but what we sometimes overlook is the successful society that we have created here. Every member of the community has their role and function, which we perform for the good of others in our society.
 * Hisano/Noguchi
->Rumor #475405:
.I wish we could stop fighting the Kusari Naval Forces. We have created a perfect environment for women here and although I still care about the women being abused in Kusari, they can always join our ranks. Then all of us could live in peace with no fear of tomorrow, but I guess it's too late to go back.
 * Hisano/Noguchi
->Rumor #475406:
.Morioka has maintained little cultural value, but its economic role is very important to us. Our economy has become much more specialised in recent years and further development of such logistic centres will be needed in the future.
 * Mizuki/Nemoto
->Rumor #475407:
.The Golden Chrysanthemums have two main sources of income. The first one is piracy, of course. Goods stolen from Kusari transports serve us well. Some of them are distributed from Morioka base to satisfy our most basic needs and the rest are sold off at Morioka, making us a nice profit. The second source is the Cardamine trade. We buy our Cardamine from the Outcasts and sell it in Kusari. These two financial branches make for a solid platform on which we base our entire economy.
 * Mizuki/Nemoto
->Rumor #475408:
.Our Blood Dragon friends here are welcome, although they can occasionally be troublesome. A few of them tend to favour alcohol a bit too much and sometimes cause a commotion in the bar. Sometimes it can get out of hand and end up with people getting injured. Maybe if they took Cardamine there would be no need for all of this violence.
 * Mizuki/Nemoto
->Rumor #475409:
.It's so beautiful, isn't it? Planet Hiura, I mean. It reminds me of the sight from the viewports onboard Shinagawa station when I was a child and my father used to tell me about the miners working on the surface of Izu, trying to extract small quantities of water and other minerals. I often feel homesick whenever I see Hiura, but I know that as long as our struggle for equal rights continues, we can never go home.
 * Aki/Maeda
->Rumor #475410:
.We have operated this base for our Sisterhood for nearly a hundred and sixty years and we are proud of it. No enemy has ever set foot onboard Morioka, except as a prisoner or a corpse, and the station has only ever been attacked once, in 782 A.S. None of the attacking Hogosha vessels ever survived to report of its location, so it has remained hidden to this day.
 * Aki/Maeda
->Rumor #475411:
.If you are interested in the history of Morioka base or even of our sisterhood, you would be better off asking Hisako Takahashi. She is one of our eldest Sisters and is over a hundred and seventy years old. She was here when this base was first built, and she will hopefully live to see the day when we have won our struggle and are dismantling it. You'll find her at Chanai Biodomes these days, though.
 * Aki/Maeda
->Rumor #475412:
.Morioka base has served as a residence for all the Golden Chrysanthemums, our family members and progressive recruits who are yet to join the equal rights movement. Nowadays it is of significant importance to our organisation, mounting powerful laser cannons and constructing huge cargo bays to store our supplies. It has become the core of our economy. Most of regular population has moved to Chanai now, and now all that is left here are cargo containers in what used to be dormitories.
 * Hiromi/Katsura
->Rumor #475413:
.All stolen goods finally reach Morioka Base, as it is the centre of distribution for the Tau-65 system. Components fit for making ships travel to Takada Shipyard, while Light Arms are shipped to Ainu Depot. Water is distilled out of asteroids in Hachiman Ice Field. We do receive Food supplies from Chanai, though.
 * Hiromi/Katsura
->Rumor #475414:
.Goyomai Outpost was destroyed by a major Farmers Alliance raid just before Battle of Chanai. A debris field lies there now, reminding us of the failure of our spies.
 * Hiromi/Katsura
->Rumor #475415:
.Nishiara Asteroid Field must be filled with wrecks by now. A few fighters ventured there and got lost, many years ago. A few salvagers once tried to locate the wrecks, but we received no calls back from them either. Its funny how ship graveyards start to develop in the first place and Nishiara must be filled with wrecks by now, but truth is: no one will ever want to go there to claim them, not even the Junkers.
 * Tamiko Kimura
->Rumor #475416:
.I often associate with the Junkers. They are enemies with the Hogosha, just as we are; therefore it makes them natural allies to us. The Junkers are little better than the Hogosha, though. Both they and the Hogosha profit from the corrupt local governments, taking a slice of the black market pie. If the Junkers were to replace the Hogosha, then nothing would really change. The only difference that I see between the two factions is the goods they deal in.
 * Tamiko Kimura
->Rumor #475417:
.Mediating with the Junkers is much more difficult than one would expect it to be. The Junkers cannot really come to us, so we have to come to them. It takes a lot of time and effort to reach the Galileo system where such meetings are usually held. If it were not for the fact that they are also enemies of the Hogosha we would have nothing to gain out of this acquaintance. We hope that one day Junkers will be able to press the Hogosha hard enough to weaken them, but so far the influence they have in Kusari is virtually non-existent.
 * Tamiko Kimura
->Rumor #475418:
.The Golden Chrysanthemums have expanded greatly in recent years, experiencing a major population boom. Our population now is somewhat four times larger than that of Blood Dragons, although they are mainly fighters while our organisation has a very large amount of civilian residents.
 * Michiko/Arai
->Rumor #475419:
.I am very respectful of the Blood Dragons. It was two weeks ago that I was ambushed in Shikoku by four Bounty Hunters when a Blood Dragon came to my aid. My ship was still capable of entering combat, but the Blood Dragon insisted on me staying out of range. He told me that he would destroy the four Bounty Hunters on his own, which he did! I've never seen anyone to fight like that before. I will never be able to express my gratitude.
 * Michiko/Arai
->Rumor #475420:
.Have you ever seen a Blood Dragon fight? There is true honour in their ways. Few pilots can match a Blood Dragon in combat. It's a mind blowing experience to see a warrior of such skill handle his weapon like a true master. The Blood Dragons do not use anything to enhance their combat abilities, they win by mere skill. I would have headed for Kyoto long ago if it was not for their old fashioned ways.
 * Michiko/Arai
->Rumor #475421:
.My wife and two children were killed on Glasgow Outpost during a Kusari Navy foray into Leeds, when a stray firestalker missile slammed into the station. I swore revenge, but the Bretonian Armed Forces wouldn't take me, they have war rules and all of that and I didn't want them to be sued by the military court for whatever I'm going to do next. One of my friends got me in touch with the Golden Chrysanthemums, who eventually transported me out here on one of their undercover transports. I know they are comprised mostly of women, but this wouldn't be the first time a man has joined them.
 * Charles/Worthington
->Rumor #475422:
.It has been a while since I arrived, but I have received no confirmation to my humble application yet. Sooner or later someone will come by and take me to Takada Shipyard for arming. Most of the Golden Chrysanthemums don't really like taking men to their cause, but they are willing to give them a chance. Besides, they need me as much as I need them now.
 * Charles/Worthington
->Rumor #475423:
.I know that I will have to start using Cardamine to fit in. It is inevitable, but if such is the price of revenge then I am ready to pay it. Soon the blood of the Kusari Navy will spill. I'm no bloodthirsty maniac, but joining Golden Chrysanthemums' just seems like the next logical step to take.
 * Charles/Worthington
->Rumor #475424:
.Have you ever been to planet Leeds? This place isn't half bad after you've been there. I know Morioka is a space station, but honestly, Leeds is so polluted it isn't even funny. When they say acid rain, they mean it. Stay away from Leeds if you want to have a happy, healthy life. At least here you're not inhaling countless toxins with each breath.
 * Charles/Worthington
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====Takada Shipyard (Tau-65)====
->Rumor #475425:
.Takada Shipyard constructs a small amount of ships, but its main job is to provide maintenance for our existing craft and service the larger vessels of the Blood Dragons, Bretonians and the Outcasts. To fulfil this task, high temperature alloys, engine components and ship hull panels are the three components that we are always in need of here.
 * Noriko/Sakurai
->Rumor #475426:
.The Blood Dragons are over three hundred years older than our organisation. The Kusari Naval Forces never took the Golden Chrysanthemums seriously until 710 A.S. Then a diversionary attack that we carried out on Narita Outpost allowed the Blood Dragons to board Yokohama Shipyard in secrecy and steal the templates which were used on the construction of Takada Shipyard three years later.
 * Noriko/Sakurai
->Rumor #475427:
.Takada Shipyard sells a fairly large amount of Cardamine on board. You may say it's an odd place to find Cardamine, but it's all because of our experimental plantations down on planet Kitahara. We bring in the harvest here after it has been processed planetside. Some supplies are sold, others are shipped to Kawada Research Complex for research purposes. Only a very little amount of Kitahara's orange is used. Its quality is too poor for the rituals we perform at Chanai.
 * Noriko/Sakurai
->Rumor #475428:
.Stay away from that Outcast girl, Kaela Chavez; she's nothing but pure trouble. Honestly, I don't know why the Outcasts send along troublemakers like her on the Cardamine runs. She almost got into a fight the other day with one of the Blood Dragon supervisors, Toshio Yamada. I heard she doesn't like anyone from Kusari, and Toshio apparently spent a long time undercover in the Kusari Navy. Who really knows what it was about, though?
 * Noriko/Sakurai
->Rumor #475429:
.Planet Kitahara is in many ways common to Malta, which has grown countless tons of Cardamine every year for centuries, but adopting the orange culture here seems far more difficult than expected. There were some experimental plantations, but efforts proved to be almost futile as the grass produced only a small harvest of the drug. Cardamine grown here seems to be of lesser quality and also contains some previously uncalculated side effects. Kawada Research Complex has inched closer to eliminating these side effects, but for now the situation remains uncertain. I don't know if the research will ever be completed though, as the Outcasts are starting to protest against growing Cardamine off Malta. I guess they really don't want to lose their monopoly on the market.
 * Chiemi/Miyazaki
->Rumor #475430:
.I do not think much of the Outcasts around here. They bring the Cardamine in and we buy it and ship it around Kusari, that's all that there is to it. They are great fighters, for sure, but if it was up to me I would try to harness Cardamine on Kitahara. That would reduce the influence of the Outcasts in the region and provide a cheaper source of the drug.
 * Chiemi/Miyazaki
->Rumor #475431:
.Takada Shipyard is yet another sign of independence for our Sisterhood. With many of us showing an interest in what were typically male dominated arenas, such as engineering and computer technicians, it's only a matter of time before we get an independent source of ship repair and construction. At the present our allies are required for some of the things we simply cannot do ourselves. A few willing sisters are at Chanai, learning various things about engineering that will greatly help us in the future.
 * Chiemi/Miyazaki
->Rumor #475432:
.We have a lot of pride in our Sisterhood, and it manifests itself the most at Chanai Biodomes and here at Takada. While we may not be as visibly large and powerful as the Outcasts, the Golden Chrysanthemums certainly get a lot of money from our exclusive control of the Cardamine market in Kusari and this allows us to fund such expensive undertakings.
 * Naomi/Sonoda
->Rumor #475433:
.While we sometimes do manufacture the Corvo Cruiser here it is very rare. Our shipyard can handle capital class vessels however, and we often get those of our allies come in for repairs, which we are only too happy to do. Once we even had a Liberty Rogue destroyer dock here, which was quite a sight to behold. The vessel's name was the "Drax", I think. Her captain, Hugo Dravis, was taking her up for maintenance at Corsica, although whether his ship ever reached the Outcasts we do not know.
 * Naomi/Sonoda
->Rumor #475434:
.I spend most of my time out on patrol, and I'll be going out again shortly, just as soon as I've finished my drink. My squadron has to head over to the Battleship Matsuda in the Okinawa system, guarding a pirate transport full of supplies. It's a tough run, what with the Wild in Tohoku, Farmers Alliance in Nagano and the Hogosha in Okinawa itself.
 * Naomi/Sonoda
->Rumor #475435:
.We do not design our own ships here; that is done at Kawada. Instead we assemble craft according to specific construction templates and give them occasional test runs before full service starts. Takada Shipyard serves as a ship maintenance facility for all our allies as well, although we don't get many out this far usually.
 * Ume/Nakashima
->Rumor #475436:
.Even though Takada Shipyard is nearly a hundred years old, servicing ships is still a rather new business for us. It's not something which is easy to get the hang of, especially when women are denied careers in engineering at New Tokyo University. That is why Takada supports a certain amount of Outcasts and Blood Dragons. They help us with engineering issues that we simply have little to no expertise in.
 * Ume/Nakashima
->Rumor #475437:
.We are lucky that the Outcasts stationed on Takada are of a calm, intelligent disposition. It can get much worse on Morioka base. Yesterday an Outcast had a little too much to drink and started picking on people in the bar. Three of our sisters tried to calm him down to no avail until a Blood Dragon, who walked in on the scuffle, came to our aid.
 * Arisu/Nakada
->Rumor #475438:
.Lena Perabo often spends her time in this bar. She is an Outcast transport pilot that brings us regular Cardamine shipments. I have had a few talks with her before and she seems a decent type. She is always asking me about our culture and social life, and seems genuinely interested. She brought a new friend with her on her Cardamine run a couple days ago, by the name Kaela Chavez. This girl is pure trouble. I walked over to her and Lena to say hello when they first arrived. Kaela clammed up and left the docking bay with a scowl on her face, after I called her sister.
 * Arisu/Nakada
->Rumor #475439:
.I wish I was stationed on the Battleship Matsuda. Working here at Takada is an honourable position and of great importance, to be sure, but nothing much ever happens here. It's the same stuff, just a different day.
 * Arisu/Nakada
->Rumor #475440:
.Takada Shipyard has a well planned production cycle. All hijacked materials in Kusari fit for ship building are sent here. Then we process them into various alloys. Finally, processed metal is used to build ships; Pirate Transports and Eagles mainly. These consist of raiding parties, which will bring even more materials in.
 * Sayuri/Kakutani
->Rumor #475441:
.Niobium is brought here from the mines on Planet Kitahara mostly. Prisoners work there continuously to provide Takada Shipyard with some raw materials that are readily available from the planet. Only male workers are used in the mines, however. Females either willingly join the Chrysanthemums and take the Rites of Matsuda, or are sold to the Outcasts as slaves. We detest slavery, but we cannot afford to risk female infiltrators in our ranks, nor for them to learn of our base locations by letting them go.
 * Sayuri/Kakutani
->Rumor #475442:
.There's a jump hole that leads to the Blood Dragon Guard system, in the Ishijima asteroid field. It would be a good idea to ask permission though, as they sometimes don't like us travelling through there.
 * Sayuri/Kakutani
->Rumor #475443:
.Most of the Golden Chrysanthemums pilots are women, although some are Blood Dragon Cardamine addicts. In recent years some Bretonian men and women have started to show an interest in our ways. I've recently met a man by the name of Charles Worthington on Morioka Base. He told me that certain military laws limit him in fighting the enemies of the Bretonian Queen to full extent that he'd like, and he wished to join our cause. We will probably keep him under surveillance for a while, but eventually he will have to participate in the Rites of Matsuda on Chanai before he is considered to be a true member of our organisation.
 * Mika/Kolb
->Rumor #475444:
.I met an old man on Roppongi station, who insisted on accompanying me back to the Tau-65 system. He did not seem suspicious and I offered him some Cardamine that I had brought to Roppongi with me. He not only refused, but he broke out in lectures about the evils of drug abuse. He even dropped my tube on ground and stepped on it. Now I understand why my sisters all believe that the old male hierarchy needs to be replaced.
 * Mika/Kolb
->Rumor #475445:
.I remember the very first time that I got to use Cardamine, as it happened before the initiation ritual. My friend took me to Cali Base in Tau-23, and we tried some there. All prospective recruits have to undergo Cardamine usage as a part of their training program, however, as it is needed to detect and remove all infiltration attempts. To this day, we have never been infiltrated because of our security measures, something that the Kusari navy or police can hardly claim.
 * Hana/Koizumi
->Rumor #475446:
.I wasn't as skilled as many other sisters during my first years with our group and it was a very hard time for me. The Golden Chrysanthemums try to regulate the usage of Cardamine to lessen the chances of serious DNA mutations, but everyone inevitably gets changed in the end. While Cardamine enhances your fighting abilities, it can often be harmful in the long run. But I desperately craved for recognition within our sisterhood, and secretly acquired more of the drug from the Outcasts. Needless to say, the trick worked up until the point where my body could ingest the drug with no added benefits to my fighting skills. Now I know why it is strictly regulated, despite the need for continual doses.
 * Hana/Koizumi
->Rumor #475447:
.If you're looking for a Cardamine expert, you came to the right place. I will not tell you many formulas on how to produce it or get into semantics, but I can surely give you a few tips on practical usage of the drug. There is no shame in admitting to being an addict. We are all addicts here. I was one of the top fighter aces in the Golden Chrysanthemums, but as we all know, luck only lasts so long. I know I helped out my sisters a lot when I was able to fly,  but unfortunately my injuries forced me into retirement. I am just jealous about those who are still capable of fighting for our cause. I can't even pilot a transport now, which is why I work on Takada Shipyard.
 * Hana/Koizumi
->Rumor #475448:
.I'm one of the Blood Dragons who supervises the workers here on Takada Shipyard. There is some honour in this work as we support our allies in our mutual struggle, but I'm still young and I could fight for the Hideyoshi. However, somebody must forge weapons so that other warriors can carry them into the heart of combat if the situation arises.
 * Tian/Xin
->Rumor #475449:
.The Blood Dragons have a strict code of honour. A man who loses his honour must then also lose his head. We do not need drugs to define a true samurai from an imposter.
 * Tian/Xin
->Rumor #475450:
.I do not agree with the use of Cardamine amongst the Golden Chrysanthemums, although I sympathise with their plight because I too have been oppressed. The Blood Dragon men are not as bad as those who run Kusari, but we still have less equality, as evidenced by the fact that I oversee dock workers in this shipyard, rather than fighting for the Hideyoshi clan.
 * Tian/Xin
->Rumor #475451:
.There are Outcasts here from time to time, most notably Lena Perabo over there. She is always flying transports here and is a very excitable and personable girl, although the Outcasts always make me uneasy. It's those damn mask breathers they always have to wear. Sometimes I wonder if they're really human.
 * Tian/Xin
->Rumor #475452:
.Joint projects like this should keep us all on good terms, proving that we're all able to work together. The Outcasts have mixed feelings however over the Cardamine production on Kitahara. We have no say in this, although our opinion on Cardamine is clear. However I am not so sure we will sit easy knowing there is a planet so nearby that is producing Cardamine.
 * Tian/Xin
->Rumor #475453:
.Takada was built according to construction blueprints that the Blood Dragons stole from Yokohama Shipyard. Our enemy's designs will be used in the struggle against them now. There's a certain irony in that, don't you think?
 * Toshi/Yamada
->Rumor #475454:
.Do not be mistaken. There was an alliance treaty signed between the Blood Dragons and the Golden Chrysanthemums, but the Kusari media often likes to portray us badly. Sometimes the Chrysanthemums can give us a bad image through their Cardamine usage, but there are strong ties that connect our two groups and we would never cause dishonour by abandoning or ignoring our allies.
 * Toshi/Yamada
->Rumor #475455:
.I am a supervisor here at Takada. Monitoring the various industrial processes is my particular line of work, though. The conditions here are rather satisfying and the time is well spent, but there is one more reason why I'm here. It's Kitahara. I've been born and spent all my life on Kyoto base and I have never stepped on solid ground, until I came here. Kitahara looks breath taking from the orbit, and more so from the surface.
 * Toshi/Yamada
->Rumor #475456:
.I do not believe in matriarchic rule, or patriarchal rule, for that matter. This is bunch of idealistic nonsense. No great revolution will bring happiness to people. Revolutions always come around again, hence their name. There will always be an elite minority with their foot firmly on the neck of a downtrodden majority, and also people who profit from the crushing, such as me. I'm an escort – the muscle.
 * Kaela/Chavez
->Rumor #475457:
.I don't think much of the Golden Chrysanthemums myself. If you're looking for friendly company talk to Lena Perabo over there. She is a transport pilot for the Outcasts, and she's always running transports here, delivering building materials and supplies. Lena kept babbling about the sisterhood and their culture all the way here and it gives me a headache to think about it. To me the Golden Chrysanthemums are nothing but a bunch of extremists. The fact that I'm a woman doesn't make me your friend.
 * Kaela/Chavez
->Rumor #475458:
.Honestly, sometimes I think Lena Perabo wants to join the Golden Chrysanthemums, the way she goes on about it. You'll always find her in this bar chatting to the Golden C. Girls while we're docked here. Go talk to her if you want to chat about the Sisterhood, because I'm not interested.
 * Kaela/Chavez
->Rumor #475459:
.I really don't like the idea that Cardamine is being produced on Kitahara, and some see it as their attempt to steal the market for it. With the failures of the harvest and protests getting more frequent, the sisterhood are rethinking if they should try to grow it. If Cardamine is grown successfully I would expect the Dons back home to either shut it down or take it over completely, and I'll be glad of that, for one.
 * Kaela/Chavez
->Rumor #475460:
.There are not many Outcast males here on Takada. The Golden Chrysanthemums prefer it that way and we don't have a problem with it. Their culture is definitely interesting, but they don't let us in too much. I hear there is some kind of ritual performed during the ceremony of initiation. I think it's called the Rites of Matsuda, but as I've said before, not much is revealed to people outside of their Sisterhood, not even to the Blood Dragons.
 * Lena/Perabo
->Rumor #475461:
.I pilot a transport here on a regular basis from Malta and Ruiz Base. The Golden Chrysanthemums are so much easier to deal with than the Blood Dragons, who view us with great suspicion. We often have trouble running our Cardamine shipments past their sentries, which is of course the reason why I'm often here. These ladies always need additional supplies of Cardamine.
 * Lena/Perabo
->Rumor #475462:
.I have just finished my Cardamine run to Chanai, and I docked here to get my transport checked out before I make the run back to Malta, so I thought I'd drop into the bar here for a chat. So feel free to pull up a seat and join me. I'd love to hear any tales of Kusari that you might have!
 * Lena/Perabo
->Rumor #475463:
.I want to hear Kusari gossip! I love Malta, don't get me wrong, but it is so boring there! All we do is grow Cardamine. That's often all the men talk about too; either that or the latest news from the core systems, and most of the news is out of date by the time it reaches Malta.
 * Lena/Perabo
->Rumor #475464:
.The Golden Chrysanthemums distribute Cardamine throughout Kusari space, but they seem to limit its' usage within their own community, especially among men and children who do not fight or participate in their cultural rituals. I've often thought of requesting permission to join, because I think their struggle is a worthwhile one, but I wonder how others in the Outcast community would react. Come to think of it, I expect that Kaela Chavez wouldn't be surprised or care much.
 * Lena/Perabo
->Rumor #475465:
.Don't be too hard on Kaela. She doesn't like anyone from Kusari very much, especially after her parents were killed by a Kusari Navy raid on Cali base, back in 796 A.S. She obviously doesn't share my optimism and enthusiasm for your cause.
 * Lena/Perabo
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====Battleship Mississippi (Texas)====
->Rumor #132101:
The Xenos must be destroyed at all costs -- they make it difficult for non-Liberty corporations to do their jobs here. Perhaps if Liberty does not care about this problem, we will begin letting them take care of their own waste problems.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Michael Knopp
->Rumor #132102:
From Dortmund in the heart of Rheinland we bring MOX to this ship so that it can power its magnificent engines. Once we arrive and deliver the MOX we pick up the Toxic Waste produced in the ship's reactors and ship it back to Dortmund to be reprocessed into fresh reactor fuel.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Michael Knopp
->Rumor #132103:
ALG has had to take some of the profits gained from doing business in this sector to pay Bounty Hunters for protection. There are all manner of criminals in this system, and this last leg of our journey is usually the most dangerous. So a little protection from the Bounty Hunters is always welcome.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Michael Knopp
->Rumor #132104:
The Texas system at one time was just wide open space with a couple planets. All the crap you see in this system -- the dark matter clouds, the debris fields with the radiation -- it is all Ageira's fault. It all happened in one fateful day centuries ago.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132105:
The prisons here are revolving doors for the criminals. That is why if you want to get rid of crime, you have to kill the criminals. I don't know where you come down on the rehabilitation issue, but I think it's just a phony word used by politicians and corporate spin wizards.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132106:
If you're looking for Xenos, I recommend you check out the South Dallas Debris Field here in the southern edge of the system, hidden away. It's rumored that there's a Jump Hole leading to Hudson.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132107:
I used to live planetside on Houston. They're always going through some drought. Worked in the phosphate Fertilizer plant for a while as a supervisor for the LPI, then I switched to Consumer Goods. Let me tell you, I wouldn't buy any of that junk they produce in there. So here I am with the Guild, where I belong.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132108:
I don't like hanging around this base, but I can put my ear to the ground and hear where the navy is encountering criminals nearby. That way I can use my sources and the navy's sources to track down the scum I'm hired to kill.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132109:
I actually spent some time on the Huntsville a few years back, but I'm one of the smart ones. It is a downward spiral to stay in the crime business in Texas; sooner or later you're going to get a life sentence or you're going to get killed. I've never heard of a Rogue or Xeno retiring rich.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132110:
After the Dallas incident this system went to hell. I guess it was a bad idea in the long run to make one system the depository for all criminals within a House and a government test area.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Mississippi Bartender/Brad Walker
->Rumor #132111:
This system used to be the testing grounds for Ageira's Jump Gate projects in the early days of Liberty. After the Dallas got destroyed with about half of Texas, the government pulled stakes and left the system.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy/Mississippi Bartender/Brad Walker
->Rumor #132112:
The epicenter of the Dallas explosion was almost directly across the sun from us, between those two dark matter clouds. Rumor is that a Jump Hole was formed by the incident. That's when all the crime problems in Liberty started.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy/Mississippi Bartender/Brad Walker
->Rumor #132113:
We do the majority of the patrolling here in the system. We are commissioned with curbing the criminal activity in Texas, but it is almost an impossible job. Every time we bring one in, they are releasing two more for time served, and most of them are coming back.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy/Mississippi Bartender/Brad Walker
->Rumor #132114:
One of my ancestors was on guard duty aboard the Dallas on that fateful day. He and everyone else onboard was killed instantly. The ironic part was that the naval commander had recommended the ship be moved to a safe distance from the experimental Jump Gate, so the test didn't begin until they had repositioned the Dallas to twice the normal distance.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
->Rumor #132115:
If the Bounty Hunters and LPI weren't so damned easy to bribe, Liberty would have much less crime on her hands. But that's what happens when you hire a corporation to do the government's job, or when dealing with mercenaries.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
->Rumor #132116:
Many of the prisoners aboard the two penal ships in this system are petty criminals who don't deserve the sentence they got, but that doesn't matter to the LPI. They just want workers for their facilities, so they will arrest everyone they can.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy/Mississippi Bartender/Brad Walker
->Rumor #132117:
Once the government pulled out of the system, half the people in Texas lost their jobs. All the money here was government money, and overnight it was gone. Crime exploded three hundred percent within the first ten years.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy/Mississippi Bartender/Brad Walker
->Rumor #132118:
Did you know that there weren't any Jump Holes in Texas before the Dallas incident? The criminals in all of Sirius were helped more than they could possibly know. Texas is the crossroads of the criminal universe. If it weren't for the Jump Holes, we would have crime locked down to nothing.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
->Rumor #132119:
It is our pleasure to deliver the goods that keep this military installation operational. That way we know that they have every reason to track down and kill the murderous pirates who harass our shipping.
 * Universal Shipping/ William Barry
->Rumor #132120:
This ship requires that we bring supplies from Houston. These Commodities are necessary to keep the crew and ship maintained and equipped.
 * Universal Shipping/ William Barry
->Rumor #132121:
We ship excess Water, H-Fuel, and Oxygen to the Sugarland. We are a company dedicated to keeping crime at a minimum by making sure that the authorities have all they need to do their jobs.
 * Universal Shipping/ William Barry
->Rumor #134341:
Not too long ago there was a prison break by some Rogues from a Sugarland work convoy in the East Dallas Debris Field. They fled into the Pequena Negra Cloud, pursued by a Bounty Hunter named Annie Shorty Davis. She flew a nice rig called the Avenger. The Rogues eventually doubled back and escaped through the California Hole. Annie must have gotten confused in there, or maybe her ship was damaged by some enemy fire. Either way, she never emerged from that dark cloud.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
->Rumor #134342:
In 521, the supply ship Ft. Worth was approaching the Dallas Research Station from Houston when it was caught in the tremendous system-wide explosion that occurred during the failed Jump Gate experiment. The ship was far enough away from the initial blast that some people think it may still be floating out there in the Grande Negra Cloud. The Ft. Worth was carrying a full load of Jump Gate Parts.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
->Rumor #134343:
Somewhere in the Grande Negra Cloud, the main complex of the Dallas Research Station is rumored to still have some relatively intact pieces. There was a lot of Superconductor research there, so some storage containers may still exist.
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
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====Beaumont Base (Texas)====
->Rumor #131165:
Our legitimate cover business in Texas is mining Scrap Metal from the Texas Debris Fields and shipping it to Sugarland for recycling. We're providing a useful service to the Liberty government.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131166:
We bring in some of the stolen Diamonds from Rheinland and sell them on the open market in Houston. No way they can tell where they came from, is there?
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131167:
We provide a lot of the essential supplies for criminals in California and New York. It's just a quick trip through the Holes.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131168:
I've been poking around these fields for twenty years. Had a few radiation scares. Heard there's some great loot in those dark clouds, but I'm not going in there. Radiation's supposed to be lethal to even a decently shielded ship.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
->Rumor #131169:
Beaumont serves as a criminal supply center for many of the Rogue bases in Liberty. Consumer Goods, Pharmaceuticals, H-Fuel, Water, Food, and Oxygen are all shipped to Buffalo, Dawson, and Alcatraz.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131170:
The Outcasts stop here on their long Cardamine runs in from the Edge Worlds. I don't trust them a bit. They don't like any of us; we're just pawns to them. One day something bad will happen.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131171:
We have a problem here in Texas with the Xenos; those crazy bastards hate everybody. It doesn't make any sense. If they had dealings with us, we could both profit. But as it is, they run attacks on us. The Junkers could be good friends to them.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131172:
The income we get from hauling scrap to the Sugarland from the debris in this system goes into our Xenos account. The Xenos account is the money we use to hire Junker-friendly smugglers and pirates to attack the Xenos and defend us against their attacks. What a waste of money.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131173:
The Xenos are a small group and they are poor too. That's why they have no chance against us right now. Everybody owes the Junkers a favor or two, and we have plenty of money so we can buy protection as well. The problem is that the Xenos keep growing; seems like every third ex-con that walks from Huntsville becomes a Xeno.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #131174:
This is the farthest south you will find Outcasts in Sirius. We are near the end of the line at Buffalo, which is just on the other side of the New York Jump Hole in the Badlands.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #131175:
The Outcasts who get caught hauling in Liberty space end up on the Sugarland, so we run occasional raids on the prison transports sending our men into lockup. A lot of Outcasts, once sent to the Huntsville or Sugarland, get killed by Xenos. So LPI decided to put all of us on the Sugarland, and all the Xenos on the Huntsville.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #131176:
This system is home to a lot of Liberty Rogues. Most of us have spent about half our lives on either the Huntsville or Sugarland. I just got off the Walls myself a few months ago; I wouldn't be surprised if I were heading back some time or other. Going back isn't so bad -- it gets to be kinda like home. A lot of my buddies are in there pulling time.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #131177:
The Rogues can get to New York through the Jump Hole hidden in the same debris field this base is in. Also, there is a Jump Hole to California in the West Dallas Debris Field, though you have to be careful. Parts of that area are radioactive. There's another Jump Hole to the Hudson system in the South Dallas Debris Field. That about covers it.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #132122:
You can find good Scrap Metal in this system. As the radiation slowly dies down, more and more of it will be accessible to us.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #132123:
This is the crossroads of the criminal universe: Jump Holes to Hudson, New York, and California. Without this lovely lawless area of west Texas connecting them so conveniently, we'd have a much harder time operating in Liberty space.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #132124:
Though the Rogues try to be friends with the Xenos, the simple truth is that they are friends with no one and nothing but money and Cardamine. So if the Xenos start becoming too troublesome, we pay a few Rogues to go bag a couple.
 * Junkers/ Charles Cook
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Junkers/ David Abelt
 * Junkers/Beaumont Bartender/Troy Mullins
->Rumor #132125:
The Xenos in this system are a hindrance to our drug trade. They are rather fun to kill, though, because I know that they hate us so much. The Junkers will pay for proof of a dead Xeno, so I might as well make money doing it.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #132126:
There are many Silver and Diamond shipments in this system that the Lane Hackers give us information on -- well, perhaps give isn't the right word. The Lane Hackers are eager to trade their information for our Cardamine.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #132127:
Several weeks ago I dragged a Bounty Hunter through the edge of the Negra Pequena and watched his ship disappear into the darkness -- quite enjoyable. His last distress call was sent wideband, so I was able to hear the fear in his voice.
 * Outcasts/ Dee Starns
 * Outcasts/ Greg Baldwin
->Rumor #132128:
This system is my home, and this base is one of my favorite hangouts. You can get whatever you want at this base or on the Lanes picking ships for cargo. One day I'm going to retire with a mountain of Cardamine and Gold.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #132129:
I kind of like the Xenos. Truth is I almost joined up with them on a tour of the Walls, but I decided to join up with the Rogues instead. But the Junkers will pay me good money or Cardamine to kill Xenos, so if I see one flying solo, then I'll kill him. If there's more than one, I don't pay them much mind.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #132130:
I've served three sentences on the Huntsville. If you've served time there, you know the real name given to her by the inmates. We call the Huntsville the Walls.
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
 * Liberty Rogues/ Michael Pierce
->Rumor #134344:
The Rogue fighter Prudhoe was making a Diamond run from Hudson to Beaumont when it was ambushed by a Xeno assault patrol. It fled into the Pequena Negra Cloud, with the Xenos in hot pursuit. No one has seen them since. People here figure they all died in there from the radiation.
 * Junkers/ Chris Lanius
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bill Munyon
 * Liberty Rogues/ Bob Frye
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====LPI Huntsville (Texas)====
->Rumor #132083:
This system is a Bounty Hunter's dream. Point your ship in a direction, start flying, and sooner or later you're going to run into somebody who is wanted for a bounty -- especially on the west side of the system. West Texas is a dangerous cesspool.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132084:
I like to patrol out by the Negra Pequena and the North Dallas Debris Field. You can find Rogues, Outcasts, Xenos, and Junkers in that area. There is a Jump Hole around there that leads to New York, I believe. Somehow a lot of the criminals find their way into this system from California in that general area, too.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132085:
The radiation pocket in the center of the West Dallas Debris Field will fry your ship quick. One of my favorite things to do is chase the scumbags I'm following into that area, and then I let the radiation do my work for me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132086:
IC pays me well to protect their interests in Texas. They don't have any people or offices here, but this is a very important system for them. The majority of the crime that goes on in Liberty goes on right here in this system. And since most of the stolen cargo is insured by IC& well, you get the idea.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132087:
I believe that an Outcast would rather die than go to prison. I don't know of any currently at this facility. I think that any Outcasts who do happen to get captured go to the Sugarland.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132088:
I've seen the Jump Hole in this system that leads to California. It is in the West Dallas Debris Field, just north of the radiation pocket.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Pauline Saab
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
->Rumor #132089:
I oversee the workers in the textile wing of this prison facility. The clothes you are wearing right now were made by convicts who work under my supervision.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132090:
This facility houses all the Xenos we apprehend in Liberty space. The Xenos are a relatively small faction, but their numbers are constantly growing. This place is where they do their recruiting.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132091:
Any Outcasts that are captured are sent to the Sugarland; if they come here they will die. Xenos hate Outcasts because they are so different and foreign. So any Outcast who comes will be killed within days by the Xeno population.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132092:
The convoys that run prisoners to this base from other systems in Liberty are under constant attack. Criminals are always trying to break their comrades out before they reach this base. Once they get here the apprehended criminals are here to stay.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132093:
All of the work done at this ship actually takes place onboard. If you were ever to find yourself an inmate on the Sugarland, you might be put on a work detail clearing radioactive debris from one of the debris fields in this system.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132094:
We don't do a lot of security patrols in his system; we leave most of that to the navy or Bounty Hunters. This is more of a corrections area for LPI than anything else. We are most concerned with keeping the prisoners here and putting them to work once they arrive, not necessarily catching them.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132095:
One of the patrols that we make in this system is the Trade Lane from Houston to the New York Jump Gate. There are too many attacks on that small part of Texas space to ignore.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132096:
The East Dallas Debris Field is where many inmates are transported from the other penal ship Sugarland to clean up the scrap. The radiation has died down quite a bit in that field since the Dallas incident, but it is still too dangerous for civilian workers.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132097:
Many of the civilians in this system have four choices: work for LPI on one of the penal ships, become a Bounty Hunter, work at Houston in the Fertilizer plants, or become a criminal. I chose working for LPI; it was the safest choice.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Huntsville Bartender/Larry Blanton
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Trevor Pruett
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Kathy Bateman
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tristan Sofen
->Rumor #132098:
This base receives Pharmaceuticals, Side Arms, and the usual supplies from Houston. While I'm here between shipments I get a chance to see the scum who harass our shipping concerns. They're behind bars or making toys in the factory.
 * Universal Shipping/ Aidan Williams
->Rumor #132099:
This is the only safe zone in Texas, behind the F-Zone boundary of weapon platforms and satellites controlled by the military. No Universal ship would ever be caught over there. That's criminal country.
 * Universal Shipping/ Aidan Williams
->Rumor #132100:
It is a wonder that anything arrives or leaves this system. Most of the criminals in Liberty reside in Texas. The navy and LPI do their best to curb piracy and theft within Texas, but it's not enough. All our shipments that pass through here are insured by IC, so I suppose it becomes their problem -- except for our pilots, who get killed in pirate attacks.
 * Universal Shipping/ Aidan Williams
->Rumor #134341:
Not too long ago there was a prison break by some Rogues from a Sugarland work convoy in the East Dallas Debris Field. They fled into the Pequena Negra Cloud, pursued by a Bounty Hunter named Annie Shorty Davis. She flew a nice rig called the Avenger. The Rogues eventually doubled back and escaped through the California Hole. Annie must have gotten confused in there, or maybe her ship was damaged by some enemy fire. Either way, she never emerged from that dark cloud.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Kevin Holmes
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====LPI Sugarland (Texas)====
->Rumor #132131:
We are a Rheinland company committed to disposing of all of Sirius' waste. Just think of the future when there will be no more toxic radiation areas in space, no more debris fields for criminals to hide in. All of Sirius will be clean, thanks to ALG.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Peter Brinkop
->Rumor #132132:
Our transports will pick up Scrap Metal from Norfolk and Baltimore in New York and bring them here to be used in the smelters, which will convert the scrap into alloys.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Peter Brinkop
->Rumor #132133:
We bring MOX to fuel the giant furnaces aboard this manufacturing platform from Dortmund, then take the Toxic Waste produced here back to Dortmund to be reprocessed into new MOX fuel pellets -- a highly efficient process that is more cost-effective than that used at LD-14 in Leeds.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Peter Brinkop
->Rumor #132134:
The largest concentration of Bounty Hunters in the system is hanging out around the North Dallas Debris Field. There is a Junker base in there, and where you find Junkers you are going to find other criminals too.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tara Woods
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker John Smith
->Rumor #132135:
If you patrol the Trade Lanes leading from New York to Bering and Hudson, you are going to run across Xenos. Those guys hate outsiders; anyone who is not Liberty is an enemy in their eyes. So if you have been hired to kill Xenos, just watch the foreign shipping convoys moving through.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tara Woods
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker John Smith
->Rumor #132136:
One of my buddies was chasing some Outcasts near the West Dallas Debris Field a few weeks ago. He tried to cut across the edge of the Negra Pequena to catch up with them, but he stayed in too long and bought the farm. Too bad, he was pretty good.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tara Woods
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker John Smith
->Rumor #132137:
Aside from Trade Lane activity, most of the crime that takes place in this system goes on west of the warning buoys that the navy put up to protect people from flying into dangerous space. Going past those buoys used to worry me when I was green, but now I don't even notice them.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tara Woods
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker John Smith
->Rumor #132138:
Rogues like to come into this system since there is so much shipping passing through. They come in from New York I believe, and run their sorties from the Junker base somewhere in the North Dallas Debris Field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tara Woods
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker John Smith
->Rumor #132139:
ALG hired me to kill all the Xenos and Rogues I run across, with a bonus for every Xeno. The truth is that Outcasts do a fair bit of pirating and raiding in this system, too. They probably drop their Cardamine with the Junkers and instead of going back home with empty hulls, decide to pick up some goodies on the way home.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Tara Woods
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker John Smith
->Rumor #132140:
We bring Scrap Metal to this ship from the Beaumont within this same system. If you wanted to haul scrap, you could always come by the Beau. She is tucked safely into the recesses of the North Dallas Debris Field.
 * Junkers/ Ronald Spitzer
->Rumor #132141:
Believe it or not, there is a large black market within the prison population aboard this ship. The only incarcerated Outcasts in all of Liberty are here. We sneak them small shipments of Cardamine to keep them alive. Their brothers and sisters look after them well.
 * Junkers/ Ronald Spitzer
->Rumor #132142:
The Xenos in this system make life difficult for us, but we fend them off by using our varied business contacts. Of course, it costs us money to do this, which is aggravating. Junkers shouldn't have any enemies; we want to be friends with everyone.
 * Junkers/ Ronald Spitzer
->Rumor #132143:
This ship produces the Basic Alloys that Liberty uses in Houston and New York, and all our labor is done by convicted criminals. That's how we offset the cost of their housing. Without LPI, Liberty would be overrun with lawlessness, and would not be competitive with the other Houses.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sugarland Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132144:
Our inmates are clearing the debris fields left by the Dallas incident. Many of the fields have pockets of radiation and are too dangerous to clean yet. The first one to get cool enough to begin clearing was the East Dallas area. It is still too hot for civilian workers, but our inmates do the job. We stock plenty of anti-radiation pills in the dispensary.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sugarland Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132145:
This ship holds all the captured Outcasts. Most of the Outcasts that come here end up dying for some reason we can't figure out, but some of them survive long enough to serve their time.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sugarland Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132146:
The other prison ship, the Huntsville, produces the majority of Consumer Goods in Liberty, although they're sold down on Houston. We manufacture the Basic Alloys. These ships were built to alleviate the overcrowding of prison facilities planetside in Houston.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sugarland Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132147:
I run the escort patrols around the East Dallas Debris Field. The work convoys we send out to clean the debris are vulnerable to prison escapes and criminal raids. That is the point from which they can most easily free their captured fellow criminals.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
->Rumor #132148:
We used to house Xenos at this base, but somehow they always managed to get to the Outcasts no matter how much we tried to keep them separate. In the end, the only way to stop the two factions from killing each other here was to put them on two separate ships.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sugarland Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132150:
Xenos attack the Outcasts and Junkers in this system, so sometimes they actually make our jobs easier for us. The Rheinland government, though, has been kicking up a fuss about the Xeno attacks on foreign shipping. The foreign corporations are pretty angry about it too, except for the Liberty companies that benefit from the Xenos attacking foreign shipping.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sugarland Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132151:
Even though the name of our company uses the word police in its title, I'm more of a factory manager than a law enforcement officer. I'm more concerned with squeezing all the production I can out of the miscreant workers here. Usually they are more inspired to work if I hold back their Food rations for a day or two. That always helps boost productivity.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Mike Weber
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Conrad Gernale
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Tammy Jones
->Rumor #132152:
From Pittsburgh and Ft. Bush we bring Boron for use in the Basic Alloy production aboard this ship. Of course, we make more money hauling Commodities here from Rheinland, but the supplemental income from these smaller runs is worth our valuable time.
 * Republican Shipping/ Christoph Höfler
->Rumor #132153:
We ship much-needed Commodities to this base all the way from Rheinland. It is a long journey but well worth it. Mining Machinery is brought here from Essen, and Copper is imported to this ship from the Ring.
 * Republican Shipping/ Christoph Höfler
->Rumor #132154:
There is no system in Rheinland with this much widespread crime and violence. And we certainly don't have any dark matter pockets like the ones found here. Also look at all the debris. This system is the armpit of Sirius.
 * Republican Shipping/ Christoph Höfler
->Rumor #132155:
Universal ships Basic Alloys to Pueblo, Colorado. On the way back we pick up Hydrocarbons from Los Angeles to be used in the smelting process.
 * Universal Shipping/ Wesley Randall
->Rumor #132156:
We ship Basic Alloys throughout New York from this base. Then we pick up Water from Manhattan and ship it back here. Texas always needs Water.
 * Universal Shipping/ Wesley Randall
->Rumor #132157:
Basic Alloys produced here are shipped to Houston; supplies are brought up on the return trips.
 * Universal Shipping/ Wesley Randall
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====Planet Houston (Texas)====
->Rumor #132040:
ALG ships valuable components to this base from our facilities in Dortmund. This includes Ship Hull Panels and High-Temperature Alloys.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Stefan Lipps
->Rumor #132041:
The ship-building supplies we have brought to this base are also shipped to other locations within Liberty. Both Norfolk and Baltimore have need of our Ship Hull Panels and our High-Temperature Alloys.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Stefan Lipps
->Rumor #132042:
The Xenos in this system make themselves a constant problem to us. The fools do not understand that without our goods Liberty could not make the ships to protect her. More aggravating is that Liberty authorities do not seem to take the Xeno threat seriously.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Stefan Lipps
->Rumor #132043:
From Ft. Bush and Denver we bring Pharmaceuticals to this base. From that point on Universal and Republican ship our medical goods throughout Liberty and the rest of Sirius.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Benjamin Clark
->Rumor #132044:
It is a good thing that we do not have to spend much time within this system, since it is filled with all manner of scum. Other shipping companies take over and ship our Pharmaceuticals from here, leaving them with the risk of piracy.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Benjamin Clark
->Rumor #132045:
The Outcasts bring their dreaded Cardamine to this system and then on to New York. At Cryer we are working on a synthetic form of Cardamine that will not lower worker productivity and will be relatively non-addictive.
 * Cryer Pharmaceuticals/ Benjamin Clark
->Rumor #132046:
This base provides us with a great deal of the Construction Machinery we use in all our operations in New York. From this base we ship to Manhattan, Pittsburgh, Norfolk, Ft. Bush, and our Baltimore Shipyards.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Asst. Andy O'Brien
->Rumor #132047:
Deep Space Engineering builds all the greatest of Liberty's technological marvels. From the Jump Gates and Trade Lanes that enable high-speed travel throughout the Sirius Sector, to the luxury liners that bring her joy, we are Liberty construction.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Asst. Andy O'Brien
->Rumor #132048:
The majority of our operations are found in New York, yet Texas is where you must come if you are looking for heavy-duty Construction Machinery. This makes us vulnerable to attacks from the pirates and thieves that litter this system.
 * Deep Space Engineering/Asst. Andy O'Brien
->Rumor #132049:
This base being primarily a Commodity producer means that it is a tempting target for the criminals in the area. So I patrol the Trade Lanes nearby, hunting for the scum who waylay shipping.
 * Bounty Hunter/ Kyle Herring
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sandra Russell
->Rumor #132050:
We offset the cost of housing Liberty's criminals by putting them to work making products for the good citizens of Liberty. If you are on the Sugarland you will be working in the scrap smelters; if you are on the Huntsville, you will be making Consumer Goods.
 * Bounty Hunter/ Kyle Herring
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sandra Russell
->Rumor #132051:
The Outcasts come in from the California Jump Hole and then head for the Junker base in Debris Field One. Before they leave the system, they do a bit of pirating themselves. You'd think they wouldn't care about pirating with all the money they make from Cardamine.
 * Bounty Hunter/ Kyle Herring
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sandra Russell
->Rumor #132052:
The Xenos are strong in this system; they harass foreign shipping resources on the way to New York from Rheinland. The Rheinland government and her corporations are displeased with the lack of action from LPI, so oftentimes we get hired to reduce the Xeno population in the system.
 * Bounty Hunter/ Kyle Herring
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sandra Russell
->Rumor #132053:
There are all manner of debris fields in this system for the outlaws to hide in, but you have to be careful if you go in, because some of the debris areas contain radiated fields that will cook you and your ship before you can escape.
 * Bounty Hunter/ Kyle Herring
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sandra Russell
->Rumor #132054:
If the Outcasts are going to attack a prison, they will attack the Sugarland. That is the only prison that houses them, and truth be told, there aren't many Outcasts there at all. Most of them fight to the death when cornered. The ones who are captured usually die within the first month of incarceration for some reason. Some of them manage to survive, though.
 * Bounty Hunter/ Kyle Herring
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sandra Russell
->Rumor #132055:
Some of the finest quality Diamonds are brought to this base from Beaumont. We also ship Cobalt here. The income we receive from selling these goods allow us to re-supply our base from here with Consumer Goods, Oxygen, H-Fuel, Water, Food, Pharmaceuticals, Side Arms, and Engine Components.
 * Junkers/ Larry Gormley
->Rumor #132056:
Our base is nicely hidden within this system. A lot of shipping come through Texas, which means there is a lot of piracy, too. That just means we get to take part in the shipping of goods in Texas. If you want to do business with us, look for our base in the North Dallas Debris Field.
 * Junkers/ Larry Gormley
->Rumor #132057:
We supply the underclass of Houston with its vice of choice: Cardamine from Beaumont. You were surprised? Everyone has bad habits; we just make it easier for them.
 * Junkers/ Larry Gormley
->Rumor #132058:
Our battleships have been patrolling this system since the catastrophe with the Dallas. At first we patrolled this system to protect citizens from going into deadly radiation areas caused by the failed Ageira experiment, but now we patrol to curb the piracy in the lawless area of the Forbidden Zone.
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Mick Toeson
->Rumor #132059:
My patrol wing flies through the southern part of the system, along the edges of the South and East Dallas Debris Fields. Our route then takes us along the western edge of the Grande Negra. A ship can only last a few seconds in the dark matter of the Negras.
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Mick Toeson
->Rumor #132060:
All our patrols originate from the Mississippi. Some patrol the Trade Lane to the Bering Jump Gate, and others fly through the North Dallas Debris Field and along the southern edge of Pequena Negra looking for criminals where we suspect Jump Holes may exist.
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Mick Toeson
->Rumor #132061:
Fifty percent of the population living within this system has either served time at an LPI facility or is currently incarcerated. We house all of Liberty's prison population on the Sugarland or Huntsville, or within the penal colony planetside.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Nathan Green
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Mary Gruszka
 * Liberty Population/Houston Bartender/Henry Foster
->Rumor #132062:
We've got permanent residents at the prison here. They are the ones called NCRs, or no chance for rehabilitation. In other words, they are going to be staying in Texas for the rest of their lives.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Nathan Green
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Mary Gruszka
 * Liberty Population/Houston Bartender/Henry Foster
->Rumor #132063:
There is a Junker base in this system, and that's where you are going to find a lot of the criminals that haven't been dragged to one of our prison ships yet. But it's just a matter of time.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Nathan Green
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Mary Gruszka
 * Liberty Population/Houston Bartender/Henry Foster
->Rumor #132064:
We offset the cost of housing Liberty's criminals by putting them to work making products for the good citizens of Liberty. If you are on the Sugarland, you will be working in the scrap smelters; if you are on the Huntsville, you will be making Consumer Goods.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Nathan Green
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Mary Gruszka
 * Liberty Population/Houston Bartender/Henry Foster
->Rumor #132065:
If it wasn't for LPI, Liberty Police, Inc., Liberty would have been bankrupted by the sheer cost of housing all of her prisoners. But they were smart enough to privatize their department of corrections, and that is how we were formed.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Nathan Green
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Mary Gruszka
 * Liberty Population/Houston Bartender/Henry Foster
->Rumor #132066:
A lot of the original LPI employees were police that had worked for the state. When the police went private, the pay decreased, so we had to make up for the shortfall, if you know what I mean. Fortunately, we have a little more latitude than we did as employees of the government.
 * Liberty Police Inc./Lt. Nathan Green
 * Liberty Police Inc./Sgt. Mary Gruszka
 * Liberty Population/Houston Bartender/Henry Foster
->Rumor #132067:
Republican ships goods from this base to the heart of Liberty: New York. Mining Machinery is sent to Pittsburgh and Ft. Bush, and Cobalt is also delivered to Ft. Bush. Manhattan receives Silver and Diamonds that have been transported from Rheinland.
 * Republican Shipping/ Noah Weiss
->Rumor #132068:
We bring Engine Components and Silver to Los Angeles from Houston. It's a long stretch for us to get to California, but at least there aren't any Xenos there.
 * Republican Shipping/ Noah Weiss
->Rumor #132069:
Republican ships Copper to Pueblo, and we return with Superconductors and Super Alloys bound for the Oder Shipyard in New Berlin. One day Rheinland will manufacture all of our necessary materials.
 * Republican Shipping/ Noah Weiss
->Rumor #132070:
Many of the Commodities traded here are shipped to Rheinland. From Houston we ship Pharmaceuticals to New Berlin, and Optical Chips to the Alster Shipyard in Hamburg.
 * Republican Shipping/ Noah Weiss
->Rumor #132071:
We ship a wide variety of raw materials and finished products needed by Liberty industry from the New Berlin system: Mining Machinery from Essen; Copper and Silver from Bonn; Diamonds from New Berlin; and Cobalt, Engine Components, and Copper from the Ring.
 * Republican Shipping/ Noah Weiss
->Rumor #132072:
All the Fertilizer produced here is bought and shipped by Synth Foods to destinations around Sirius. Most of the Fertilizer makes its way to Stuttgart to support Synth Foods' largest operation to date. Food produced there is then imported into Texas to cheaply feed the burgeoning prison populations there.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Sam Potter
->Rumor #132073:
The Fertilizers produced at this base will be flown by us to the biodomes of Freeport 2 in Bering. From there we ship the Food back to Houston, to augment the Food imported from Stuttgart.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Sam Potter
->Rumor #132074:
We promote commerce in Liberty as well as Rheinland and Kusari. We will ship Fertilizers from this base to Denver and Los Angeles, and then ship Food back here from Los Angeles.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Sam Potter
->Rumor #132075:
Everyone needs Fertilizers, even the Kusari. That's why our transports ship the Fertilizers from this base to Deshima in Shikoku.
 * Synth Foods/Dr. Sam Potter
->Rumor #132076:
Our shippers in New York return with Side Arms from Detroit, Super Alloys and Superconductors from Trenton, and H-Fuel and Optronics from Ft. Bush.
 * Universal Shipping/ Robert Khul
->Rumor #132077:
Houston and its orbiting prisons are the primary Consumer Goods manufacturing locations for Liberty, with the distinction of being the cheapest producer in the entire Sirius Sector, thanks to our free prisoner labor. Consumer Goods are distributed by Universal throughout Liberty space from here.
 * Universal Shipping/ Robert Khul
->Rumor #132078:
The Consumer Goods industry needs various raw materials. On return trips we'll deliver Polymers and Optical Chips from Los Angeles, or Optronics from Ft. Bush.
 * Universal Shipping/ Robert Khul
->Rumor #132079:
Just came in with a load of H-Fuel from Ft. Bush. We'll head out in the morning to make the delivery rounds to the Huntsville, Sugarland, and the Mississippi.
 * Universal Shipping/ Robert Khul
->Rumor #132080:
Universal services all police and military bases in Texas. Only thing we bring back down is Basic Alloys from the Sugarland Smelter. They use them in the Consumer Goods and Construction Machinery plants here.
 * Universal Shipping/ Robert Khul
->Rumor #132081:
Our convoy just moored a few hours ago. We ran a load of Silver in from Bonn. Rough run, that was. I think we'll try the Bering system next time. Sometimes we run Diamonds. That's even more intense. Those criminals can smell it like a pack of dogs.
 * Universal Shipping/ Robert Khul
->Rumor #132082:
We ship Pueblo-produced Super Alloys and Superconductors all the way to New Berlin. Try to pick up a load of Engine Components and Copper at the Ring for the return.
 * Universal Shipping/ Robert Khul
->Rumor #134341:
Not too long ago there was a prison break by some Rogues from a Sugarland work convoy in the East Dallas Debris Field. They fled into the Pequena Negra Cloud, pursued by a Bounty Hunter named Annie Shorty Davis. She flew a nice rig called the Avenger. The Rogues eventually doubled back and escaped through the California Hole. Annie must have gotten confused in there, or maybe her ship was damaged by some enemy fire. Either way, she never emerged from that dark cloud.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sandra Russell
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====Ryuku Base (Tohoku)====
->Rumor #133423:
Welcome to the end of the world. I hope you brought supplies with you. We always need Food and Pharmaceuticals. Side Arms are also prized. An unarmed warrior does not garner much respect in this bar.
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133424:
Things are more complicated than they seem in Kusari. Samura would have you believe that we are nothing more than common criminals trying to destroy the Kusari way of life. Nothing could be further from the truth. Many of our secret friends in the government have quietly amassed power in the shadow of the corrupt bureaucrats that feast at Samura's table. Our day will arrive soon.
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133426:
We coordinate all our attacks in Kusari space from here. There are Jump Holes to Honshu and Hokkaido just south of our base here. From Hokkaido, we can access Kyushu and Shikoku. You can reach Tokyo using either route.
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133427:
The GMG has been invaluable in providing financial assistance and training to the Blood Dragons. At first they were reluctant, but once the government forced them to pay a reparation tax for the 80-Years Wars, they changed their minds.
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133429:
The battle of the Chugoku Gate has been a long and bloody one. We have lost many of our warriors to the Naval Forces. But they are tiring, while we grow stronger every day with new recruits from the disenchanted youth of Kusari, yearning for a better future for our people.
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133430:
The Golden Chrysanthemums are a bit unorthodox in their methods, but share our vision of a new Kusari. We do not espouse their heavy use of Cardamine, however. That drug is evil, and will prove their undoing.
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133432:
Samura's plan was to open Hokkaido to gas mining in order to compete with the GMG, a partner whom they have exploited for centuries. I assure you that Hokkaido will not be a good place for Samura to do business for many years to come. The GMG will make sure of that.
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133434:
It has been difficult to voice our opinion in Kusari, as the Hogosha apply pressure to anyone in the media who dares report anything favorably about us. The Hogosha are merely following Samura's orders.
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
->Rumor #133436:
Our movement is very old, dating back to the Sakura Coup in 321 AS. On that fateful day the Shogun Hideyoshi was toppled by the military, which was backed by Samura. Our ancestors were the Shogun's royal guards. They fought bravely but fled the palace when it was clear that Samura had won the day. The Blood Dragons were thus born, a group dedicated to cleansing the cancer of Samura from Kusari once and for all.
 * Blood Dragons/Kyoto Bartender/Umakai Marusa
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====Kanagawa Depot (Tottori)====
->Rumor #132997:
I'm on supply duty. We're to pick up our basic needs for Kagoshima, just across the Jump Hole in Kyushu. I was an unemployed farmer in Kyushu before I joined up. Samura was good to us through all the tough times -- until Synth Foods came along. Then, everything changed. Now I'm here with these criminal thugs.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Hideo Yokoyama
->Rumor #132998:
We seem to have lots of weapons and supplies. We also have very accurate information on targets that need to be hit, and they aren't always Synth Foods. I don't know where our leadership gets the information -- it is not my place to know too much.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Hideo Yokoyama
->Rumor #132999:
The Kanto Field gives us a good position from which to launch attacks against incoming Synth Food convoys from Shikoku. We will be victorious and force them back to Liberty. I've heard, though, that some Alliance members are also attacking Kishiro ships, which puzzles me.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Hideo Yokoyama
->Rumor #133000:
We Hogosha are legitimate businessmen. Don't believe any of those rumors about us stealing supplies from bases and all. As a matter of fact, I just came up from Tokyo with basic necessities. There's nothing evil in that, is there?
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133001:
We help the Farmers Alliance by selling supplies and weapons for their base across the Hole in Kyushu. They're not exactly an inspired lot. Seem to be pretty much spouting the company line, if you know what I mean.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
 * Hogosha/Kabukicho Bartender/Watamoro Kyubei
->Rumor #133002:
We know the holes pretty well in Kusari space. The Hole in this field goes to Kyushu, and then a quick jaunt gets you to Shikoku. In the other direction, it's pretty much a straight shot to Honshu through the Chiba Field. Watch out for those Blood Dragons, though. They can be nasty, especially if you're running Artifacts for us.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133003:
We have a little deal with the police -- no drugs, no problems. Some of the young Bosozoku object to that. They usually get a one-way ticket out of a garbage airlock in short order. The Golden Cs are a different thing. We can't control those zealots. Misguided feminists, that's what they are.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
 * Hogosha/Kabukicho Bartender/Watamoro Kyubei
->Rumor #133004:
We are Samura's hired muscle. When something unpleasant needs to be done, we're the ones to do it. In exchange, they keep the police off our backs and make sure that Artifact smuggling is not taken too seriously in Kusari. We've had a long and profitable relationship and see no reason to change our ways.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133005:
Our main business is Alien Artifacts. For some reason, the rich elites of Tokyo and Manhattan have always had a fondness for these toys. We used to get them from the GMG, who were the middlemen between us and the Corsairs. They got greedy, like they all do -- started charging too much. So when the Hawaii opened, we bypassed them and went directly to the source.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
 * Hogosha/Kabukicho Bartender/Watamoro Kyubei
->Rumor #133267:
We will never let the Junkers into Kusari space. For one thing, there is no junk. It was too precious for Kusari industry to ever throw away. The Junkers harbor many criminals that create problems for the other Houses.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133268:
They're sending me on the Artifact run to Leiden tomorrow. I don't like going there. Those Lane Hackers are drug addicts, and the Liberty Rogues smell badly. The GC will also show up sometimes, which can be dangerous for us. There have been Hogosha "accidents" in the cloud near the base.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133269:
The Blood Dragons want to restore the ways of the past. That is not the direction that Kusari should follow. The Hogosha is accused of many things, but we are just the messengers. Kusari society itself must change from within. That is difficult for our culture, where the nail that sticks up gets hammered down.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
 * Hogosha/Kabukicho Bartender/Watamoro Kyubei
->Rumor #134330:
The Kobe Maru was making its weekly Artifact run across the Shikoku system when it was ambushed by the Blood Dragons. The ship is presumed destroyed, and its whereabouts are unknown, although it's been rumored to be drifting somewhere in the Shiun Cloud.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
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====Wakasa Base (Tottori)====
->Rumor #132997:
I'm on supply duty. We're to pick up our basic needs for Kagoshima, just across the Jump Hole in Kyushu. I was an unemployed farmer in Kyushu before I joined up. Samura was good to us through all the tough times -- until Synth Foods came along. Then, everything changed. Now I'm here with these criminal thugs.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Hideo Yokoyama
->Rumor #132998:
We seem to have lots of weapons and supplies. We also have very accurate information on targets that need to be hit, and they aren't always Synth Foods. I don't know where our leadership gets the information -- it is not my place to know too much.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Hideo Yokoyama
->Rumor #132999:
The Kanto Field gives us a good position from which to launch attacks against incoming Synth Food convoys from Shikoku. We will be victorious and force them back to Liberty. I've heard, though, that some Alliance members are also attacking Kishiro ships, which puzzles me.
 * Farmers Alliance/ Hideo Yokoyama
->Rumor #133000:
We Hogosha are legitimate businessmen. Don't believe any of those rumors about us stealing supplies from bases and all. As a matter of fact, I just came up from Tokyo with basic necessities. There's nothing evil in that, is there?
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133001:
We help the Farmers Alliance by selling supplies and weapons for their base across the Hole in Kyushu. They're not exactly an inspired lot. Seem to be pretty much spouting the company line, if you know what I mean.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
 * Hogosha/Kabukicho Bartender/Watamoro Kyubei
->Rumor #133002:
We know the holes pretty well in Kusari space. The Hole in this field goes to Kyushu, and then a quick jaunt gets you to Shikoku. In the other direction, it's pretty much a straight shot to Honshu through the Chiba Field. Watch out for those Blood Dragons, though. They can be nasty, especially if you're running Artifacts for us.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133003:
We have a little deal with the police -- no drugs, no problems. Some of the young Bosozoku object to that. They usually get a one-way ticket out of a garbage airlock in short order. The Golden Cs are a different thing. We can't control those zealots. Misguided feminists, that's what they are.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
 * Hogosha/Kabukicho Bartender/Watamoro Kyubei
->Rumor #133004:
We are Samura's hired muscle. When something unpleasant needs to be done, we're the ones to do it. In exchange, they keep the police off our backs and make sure that Artifact smuggling is not taken too seriously in Kusari. We've had a long and profitable relationship and see no reason to change our ways.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133005:
Our main business is Alien Artifacts. For some reason, the rich elites of Tokyo and Manhattan have always had a fondness for these toys. We used to get them from the GMG, who were the middlemen between us and the Corsairs. They got greedy, like they all do -- started charging too much. So when the Hawaii opened, we bypassed them and went directly to the source.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
 * Hogosha/Kabukicho Bartender/Watamoro Kyubei
->Rumor #133267:
We will never let the Junkers into Kusari space. For one thing, there is no junk. It was too precious for Kusari industry to ever throw away. The Junkers harbor many criminals that create problems for the other Houses.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133268:
They're sending me on the Artifact run to Leiden tomorrow. I don't like going there. Those Lane Hackers are drug addicts, and the Liberty Rogues smell badly. The GC will also show up sometimes, which can be dangerous for us. There have been Hogosha "accidents" in the cloud near the base.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
->Rumor #133269:
The Blood Dragons want to restore the ways of the past. That is not the direction that Kusari should follow. The Hogosha is accused of many things, but we are just the messengers. Kusari society itself must change from within. That is difficult for our culture, where the nail that sticks up gets hammered down.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
 * Hogosha/Kabukicho Bartender/Watamoro Kyubei
->Rumor #134330:
The Kobe Maru was making its weekly Artifact run across the Shikoku system when it was ambushed by the Blood Dragons. The ship is presumed destroyed, and its whereabouts are unknown, although it's been rumored to be drifting somewhere in the Shiun Cloud.
 * Hogosha/ Hiroshi Yamazaki
 * Hogosha/ Ichiro Watanabe
 * Hogosha/ Junichi Wada
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====The Shrine (Unknown)====
->Rumor #486416:
.A new face around? That is surprising, we don't see many... newcomers. Are you surprised? Don't be. Sit down and have a drink.

Would that be the search for freedom that brought you here? Regardless, I've been on the search for it for my whole life from the early ages. Born as a slave I could not but rebel against the oppression, to fight to have my own life and the freedom. I've been to many places around Sirius. From houses to distant worlds where only zoners would dare to live on their own. Despite many claiming they have freedom and could make you free. It's all lies. Like an annoying advertisement flashing through your eyes, burning down your mind. I've learned one thing over the years: freedom is not a commodity, not a medal. You can't buy it, you can't earn it, you can't force it even. You are promised one but still you are a slave, it's only a matter of how you word it, the meaning remains the same. Be it physical chains on your arms or depts you are pulled into, or duty regulations forcing the specific mindset upon you. Think forced upon stereotypes and you are but a prisoner of the narrow minds, a slave again thinking the way the power that be have decided for you.
 
So where would one find it among the stars and places beyond but not in solitude?
 * Mercenary/ Helen
->Rumor #486417:
.Do you still think to fight them? Know this, you stand at very doorstep into their homeworlds, the very heart their of existence. What you have seen here is just a beginning. Beyond this place there is much more you cannot possibly imagine. If the thoughts to keep up the fight still linger your mind I would adivse you to turn away and flee while you still can. We cherish hospitality here but ask the same in return. Embrace your destiny, the very one that has led you to this place, stay and learn to become a part of ours and their union. Make no mistake, a chance can be offered once in a lifetime.
 * Mercenary/ Helen
->Rumor #486419:
.I remember when I first set foot in this place, searching for the spirits which tend to our dead, not for my own sake, but for that of my father. When I was a little girl my father told me of the great spirits soaring in the skies above Malta, how they cared for our dead and tended their every need in the afterlife.
 
I could not help but to feel reluctant at the idea that my father should float in the cold void. I was skeptical of the nature or even existence of those spirits. I put my doubt into centuries old tradition much to disgrace among my family. Yet I saw this place were we stand now in my dreams the night my father died, this place where he would be safe I thought. I brought him here and entombed him. Don't ask how I found this place. He is safe here, by my side, and here I shall remain until I too pass into the realm of the spirits. In doing what I did I broke the traditions of my family, and became an outcast among outcasts. I can never return to my home, and I can never face my family again. But if I was presented with this situation once more, knowing full well what the end result would be, I would gladly suffer this torment again. Through it I have archived more than I could have imagined, with all my doubts now gone, vanished as my mind became clear open to see the whole picture.
 * Outcasts/ Alexa Hernandez
->Rumor #486420:
.My ancestors had the long standing traditions running for generations, have always took them rather literally. To them the spirits were more of a symbol, a sign of greater will they can aspire to become as well. It is ironic that none of them had any contact with these beings nor did they actually were looking for. Myths that many kept as such, and I wondered why wouldn't anyone want to understand what is truly out there. It appears my straight-forward approach has attracted a dumbfounded reaction and sometimes even outright negative replies telling me to go no further on the subject. My ancestors, they also had another quality running as well: they were incredibly stubborn, and so was I too. At the end I was cast out, exiled from the society for trying to solve this mystery on my own, against the will of my parents and almost everyone I knew of. I remember them saying I would only find death shall I continue this path, perhaps now they do believe I am dead. But I am more alive than any before.
 * Outcasts/ Alexa Hernandez
->Rumor #486421:
.Have you spoken to Kyle yet? He was one of the top pilots of the Order, was once. He is sometimes hanging around this level but mostly stays in the upper ones where he has a sort of laboratory. Kyle has a deeply troubled past, torn between what he believed is right and his immensive curiosity, almost an animal hunger to learn more and more. It is sad to see his life has become only this, I wish to help him. Kyle is one of the brightest minds I have seen. And I think he has finally found his home here at last. Sometimes I can see hapiness and childish smile behind that facial mask of his former personality he has yet to find a way to put away.
 * Outcasts/ Alexa Hernandez
->Rumor #486422:
.Recognise the uniform then? Yeah that's right, look around here, we all come from somewhere. I'm a Corsair, well; I guess I was a Corsair as much as anyone can change the nature of who and what they are. I found this place some time ago, but I guess just like you I didn't know what I was looking for exactly. I just followed my senses and eventually found it, and to my suprise the people here you see.
 
I flew missions out of Gamma and Cadiz, was posted to Yaren for a while, I even fought against the Nomads once or twice; my whole life was like that of any other Corsair: do your duty, and seek honour and glory for yourself and your people. Same thing everyone heard thousand times. But it never sat right with me, I always felt like there had to be something else, it just all seemed... a waste. Repeating in an endless cycle, locked in a single slid view point. I'd spent all my life taking things from other people, their ships, their money, husbands, and wives. Daughters, sons...
 
And then what?
 
...and then one day I started asking questions, instead of shooting first I asked who they were; and they told me, more than that, they showed me. To my surprise I saw not only that but most importantly the reflection of myself and where do I stand in this life. My whole life on the palm, my past, my present and the possible future had I not stopped for a moment to think. I shuddered. Never the truth was so... real. No lies, no fancy, just pure truth to realize what I was and what I might have been. Spent my whole life taking things and I discovered that is all the whole human race is doing: it's taking from each other, killing, stealing, lying and stealing more. And then we stole this place too, this part of space - my friend, this is someone else's home. But none of that happens here, none of that happens with them, they don't kill each other, and they don't steal from their own kind. Everything they do is for the benefit of their kind, for each one individually and everyone as a whole. I work for something else now too, something bigger than myself and something most Corsairs could never understand. If you have come this far you were looking for that something too - and they can show you, if you are willing to listen and ready to accept.
 * Corsairs/ Romano Mendoz
->Rumor #486425:
.Have you seen the Dream too? I saw this place in my dreams when I was still doing research at Cambridge. A collegue of mine has brought me an artifact that was supposedly still working as evidenced by EMX scanning. Yet that one, just like the others, remained dead as a stone to any attempts to analyze it further. All the years of study and still nowhere close to understanding of what we are dealing with. And then suddely a flash. A dream it was. I've spent many years searching and now I have finally found this place. And my peace among the other seekers you see here too. All of us have different stories to tell, but we share one vision, a vision of the better future for us all, for humanity and the benefactors who built this place to lead us towards the farther stars beyond this cradle leaving our prejudice and hatred behind.
 
Tell me, wanderer, can you imagine a corsair and an outcast in one place talking to each other peacefully? Not anywhere else but here. I now think that we all came here guided by those whom some call them the Nomads. Alexa, the outcast, call them the spirits or something like that. They bear many names in different cultures throughout Sirius, but none of those names reflect their true nature. Talk to others here, they might share a bit of their insight too. Some are still uncertain of making the next step towards their destiny, but time is irrelevant here for we all will become a part of the greater form of life, a next step of the evolution of us, humans, as specie.
 * Scientist/ Peter
->Rumor #486426:
.You must still be amazed by what you have seen outside. All I can tell you is that there are other places like this one, nobody knows where they are nor have means to reach them. I studied this place for years, there must be systems like this one, each having a specific purpose, but it tells nothing of their location or how to find gates that presumably will lead into them. I do have a theory though they are locked out for now, still lying dormant unaware of what is happening around, time may trigger them, but when I do not know, may in a few ages, may be thousands or even millions of years will have to pass.
 
If you go looking around for longer you'll find large crystals with strange mechanisms inside, the radiation was too high for me to stay around with my ship, but I suppose those are cryogenic devices. This may be the place they, the Nomads, have originated from. But if my theory proves right this is only one of several out there. Begs for question: how many are there actually?
 * Scientist/ Peter
->Rumor #486427:
.Oh yes, we were able to figure out how to get very essential basics out of this place but we have only figured so little. I wish I had come here sooner.
 
This whole station used to be fully automated I believe, and those small oddly shaped artifacts you've seen lying around apparently were various tools. They don't work anymore though and I can't figure out exactly why. I do have a theory though, if my assumptions are correct then perhaps a telepathic signal would awaken them. These devices are simply shut off but I am positive they can work if activated again. But none of us here are capable of anything like that. This station, you see, it isn't dead, rather left in dormant state, either ignoring our presence or it doesn't consider us a threat so far. I might sound crazy but it's alive too in a certain sense, but nothing like programmed artificial intelligence you might think of, this one is actually a complex living organism largely based on crystalline formations, a non-carbon life form. I can only hope we did not disturb it much, but I am eager to find out how we could communicate to it.
 
As you can see this whole place presents immeasurable scientific significance. But I am afraid others would misuse it or proceed without caution, instead of researching it they'd pillage this whole place apart to find something of value. It's a delicate matter and while at it we'll keep low profile.
 * Scientist/ Peter
->Rumor #486428:
.Do you have doubts, wanderer? I had more than doubts. See this battered uniform, does it look familiar to you? It is standard uniform for the Order, my fellow human friend, the one I once proudly wore into the battle to fight for what I told and thought was right. See those shiny medals? Think they are about honor and valor as it is engraved on them? I thought so too and wore them with dignity. But no, they are not, and now it is only a memory of those times when my mind was clouded to the reason and I was reluctant to think past beyond the prejudice, to make a step and pass beyond the threshold of misunderstanding, that seemingly vast abyss of hatred between us and them. I made it, stepped into the cold void with arms open wide only to find there is another world likes of which we have never seen nor we able to comprehend. And then have no doubts anymore. For studying the very nature of my enemies, for attempting to understand them, divulging into forbidden arts my fellow wingmates mockingly called me the Fallen angel. But one has to fall into emptiness, have the true courage hit the depth of the depthless well of unknown only to rise high above all that divides us for so long. I sought the knowledge and found it nowhere else but here, the revelation you cannot possibly believe in at first. But stay here, my friend, you will learn in time too. Pieces of puzzle will match, forming a perfect picture, it will come on your own for it is only your mind capable of realizing the whole. I am ready for the final step. Perhaps, we will meet again.
 * The Order/ Kyle
->Rumor #486429:
.This place is none like the other. Before I came here not in a dream I would possibly imagine to see an outcast and a corsair having a friendly talk. It is fascinating how Alexa and Romano are actually had come to this despite everything I have ever known of the famous Blood feud between the two nations that has divided the edge worlds forever. And I have seen a lot of bloodshed there, enough to once ask myself: "Is this I am fighting for?". It haunted me for years on. Despite all the heroism I have witnessed in my days of duty it always struck me how eager are we to hurt each other. One day on a reconnaissance mission I went off the planned course, eventually HQ considered me MIA and for weeks I have traveled out there all alone, watching my enemy from afar. The first thing I have noticed that not a single one of them have ever opened a fire on their own. I have watched the battles from the distance, each time I've seen little more details I could not have noticed in a fight. How they are helping each other, how reasonably they approach to various combat situations. Sometimes I even think they knew I was there but haven't paid attention to. Finally I have amassed volumes of data from those encounters. And then I sat down analyzing it, meritiously, piece by piece, trying to understand how they think, and for every conclusion I had there I have caught myself unintentionally comparing them to ourselves as a whole. It is not any belief that has led me here but the understanding of what they are and I realized this is what I truly want to learn.
 
Now I have the determination, the one I lost long time ago, wandering from one place to another. Alexa is helping me with the lab when she is not mediating, her excellent knowledge in chemistry is often coming helpful. The most caring person I've seen.
 * The Order/ Kyle
->Rumor #486430:
.I believe this station could be a conduit, a communicaton node perhaps. On a far side of this field there are some kind of cryogenic structures embbed the into asteroid formations. By the looks of it many other asteroids chunks here held such inside but only a few intact are left now. If you want my theory I'd say the Nomads once were held inside these cells, but it appears something or someone has awakened them and all we got here are empty shells, but this structure is intact and I believe it holds the answer. Large portions of it are still blocked, perhaps somewhere deeper archives could be found, if we could find and decypher the records we might be able to reconstruct the events and understand what they are.
 
A few weeks ago Romano has brought me components from those cryogenic cells he was able to salvage from. Surpringly though it seems they weren't exactly meant to merely hold the Nomads indefinetely but rather were designed to modify their biological structure, a program perhaps left by Daam K'Vosh. Either way these evolutionary capsules were opened prematurely long time ago and I can only wonder what the Nomads were designed to be instead. Unfortunately anything I've got so far doesn't tell me what they were transforming into, these technologies are far beyond our level. Peter has some intersting theories too, I would ask him as well.
 * The Order/ Kyle
->Rumor #486431:
.See, once a long time ago I was a low-life criminal, attacking medical shipments in Liberty, doing slavery too, drugs and whatnot. Everyone had to make their own for the living with means available, just like you do. But tell me, did you trust anyone before this moment? I did, I had a belief that we can be better than what society makes us, but each time I put my trust into people I cared about... I was betrayed. I learned to sense lies, every little one out there. Everyone lies. Governments lie, people spreading it whever they go, lying to each other and carrying over again and again, your friends lie too. Has the honesty became a commodity so rare? Has the truth became a contraband in this world so that you have to give up and trade lies and deceit instead?
 
And so I trust myself only. I saw the vision like the others here, it is the only belief I have left and the only one I can trust.
 * Liberty Rogues/ "Incognito"
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====America Base (Vespucci)====
->Rumor #464322:
.Welcome to the Hacker Guard headquarters. On America, we've got several working departments. The Research & Development section requires special clearance for entry. The rooms are filled with prototypes and samples of alien technology yet unseen. And the last thing we need is a breach of security. Beyond that, it's a nice collection - most Libertonians would be green with envy. Not that many people would get to see what's in there, of course.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/America Bartender/Damien McLaine
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Anthony Squire
->Rumor #464326:
.The relocation and disassembly of Phoenix was one of the most complicated logistics tasks we've ever performed - simply towing the large parts over was not an option, the Sonora is too dense. During that operation, half a dozen unauthorized ships were instantly vaporized by the Ravager. We simply couldn't take any chances.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Andrew McBrown
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Jonathan Frances
->Rumor #464330:
.If you ever get chased over into this system, your best chance is to notify the Ravager to power up, send a message to the HQ and make your way to Monterrey. There we've got a few unpleasant surprises for any troublemakers that would try to cross the Lane Hackers. Interrogation chambers included. Never run to Leniex - it's supposed to be top secret.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/America Bartender/Damien McLaine
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Andrew McBrown
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Anthony Squire
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Jonathan Frances
->Rumor #464331:
.There's a Jump Hole in the southern part of Vespucci. Nobody uses it, really. Our scans have confirmed that the system beyond it is occupied by the Unioners - Rheinland criminal group that mostly attacks Republican Shipping convoys crossing the Independent Worlds between Rheinland and Liberty. No attempts to contact them have been made so far.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/America Bartender/Damien McLaine
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Andrew McBrown
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Anthony Squire
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Jonathan Frances
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====Dreadnought Ravager (Vespucci)====
->Rumor #464326:
.The relocation and disassembly of Phoenix was one of the most complicated logistics tasks we've ever performed - simply towing the large parts over was not an option, the Sonora is too dense. During that operation, half a dozen unauthorized ships were instantly vaporized by the Ravager. We simply couldn't take any chances.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Ravager Bartender/William Langle
->Rumor #464330:
.If you ever get chased over into this system, your best chance is to notify the Ravager to power up, send a message to the HQ and make your way to Monterrey. There we've got a few unpleasant surprises for any troublemakers that would try to cross the Lane Hackers. Interrogation chambers included. Never run to Leniex - it's supposed to be top secret.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Ravager Bartender/William Langle
->Rumor #464331:
.There's a Jump Hole in the southern part of Vespucci. Nobody uses it, really. Our scans have confirmed that the system beyond it is occupied by the Unioners - Rheinland criminal group that mostly attacks Republican Shipping convoys crossing the Independent Worlds between Rheinland and Liberty. No attempts to contact them have been made so far.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Ravager Bartender/William Langle
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====Fort Leniex (Vespucci)====
->Rumor #464323:
.This station was assembled only recently, using a lot of base components and resources moved here from Phoenix Shipyard - there's not much left at the deconstruction site now. We can't invite Junkers into this system for obvious reasons so we have to do the dirty work ourselves. It's rather boring, to say the least. But we don't want this place to look like New York, you know.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Fort Leniex Bartender/Lawrence Davids
 * Lane Hacker Guard/George Kincaid
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Mario Wade
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Nathan Sparks
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Robert Calhoun
->Rumor #464324:
.Monterrey serves as a fallback point during enemy invasions. When there's an emergency, invaders will have a hard time bringing heavy firepower to Monterrey because the Sonora Field is very dense. We wouldn't be the Lane Hackers if we weren't smarter than that - we've cleared a narrow passage in the asteroids so even the largest ship can squeeze through if its captain knows the way.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Fort Leniex Bartender/Lawrence Davids
 * Lane Hacker Guard/George Kincaid
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Mario Wade
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Nathan Sparks
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Robert Calhoun
->Rumor #464325:
.Rumor has it that a certain commander of the Fate's Hand is an orthodox believer of the cause, an incident on the frontlines made him communicate in the form of poetry. First impressions always showed him to be a sympathetic, understanding man, but turning around and having a second glance at him really showed what he was - a merciless, calculating machine. Though his death was an untimely one, the successor of the Fate's Hand paid the 'Singing One' tribute by having his ultimate work published and spread around liberty as propaganda, and as a symbol that defined the Fate's Hand.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Fort Leniex Bartender/Lawrence Davids
 * Lane Hacker Guard/George Kincaid
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Mario Wade
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Nathan Sparks
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Robert Calhoun
->Rumor #464326:
.The relocation and disassembly of Phoenix was one of the most complicated logistics tasks we've ever performed - simply towing the large parts over was not an option, the Sonora is too dense. During that operation, half a dozen unauthorized ships were instantly vaporized by the Ravager. We simply couldn't take any chances.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/George Kincaid
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Mario Wade
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Nathan Sparks
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Robert Calhoun
->Rumor #464330:
.If you ever get chased over into this system, your best chance is to notify the Ravager to power up, send a message to the HQ and make your way to Monterrey. There we've got a few unpleasant surprises for any troublemakers that would try to cross the Lane Hackers. Interrogation chambers included. Never run to Leniex - it's supposed to be top secret.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Fort Leniex Bartender/Lawrence Davids
 * Lane Hacker Guard/George Kincaid
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Mario Wade
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Nathan Sparks
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Robert Calhoun
->Rumor #464331:
.There's a Jump Hole in the southern part of Vespucci. Nobody uses it, really. Our scans have confirmed that the system beyond it is occupied by the Unioners - Rheinland criminal group that mostly attacks Republican Shipping convoys crossing the Independent Worlds between Rheinland and Liberty. No attempts to contact them have been made so far.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Fort Leniex Bartender/Lawrence Davids
 * Lane Hacker Guard/George Kincaid
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Mario Wade
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Nathan Sparks
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Robert Calhoun
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====Monterrey Base (Vespucci)====
->Rumor #464327:
.We're currently cleaning up the remaining parts of former Phoenix Shipyard that was quickly deconstructed and vital parts quickly moved to a secure location. We made sure noone knew before it was too late. All the self-confident explorers are left with long faces - they're never gonna find the new construction site. Or maybe they will, but noone will hear from them again. But with all the new ships we've deployed, I hardly think some sneak would make it halfway to the Fort - even if they knew its location already.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Daniel Plainview
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Dwayne Matthews
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Herbert Pinewood
 * Lane Hacker Guard/James Paulsen
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Monterrey Bartender/Torres Livingston
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Patrick Neilly
->Rumor #464328:
.Thanks for the fresh Cardamine. I heard it prolongs your life. That means more exciting and enjoyable things that I can try out. Maybe I'll live long enough to witness the terraforming and colonization of Guadalajara, who knows.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Daniel Plainview
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Dwayne Matthews
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Herbert Pinewood
 * Lane Hacker Guard/James Paulsen
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Monterrey Bartender/Torres Livingston
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Patrick Neilly
->Rumor #464329:
.We've been stuck on asteroid bases for decades. The biodome gardens on America changed that a bit, at least we have a place at our headquarters to chill out. Before that, flying to purchase supplies from nearby independent bases was all the shoreleave we could get. Visiting Curacao or Los Angeles was an eternal temptation, but we're good at going undercover.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Daniel Plainview
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Dwayne Matthews
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Herbert Pinewood
 * Lane Hacker Guard/James Paulsen
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Monterrey Bartender/Torres Livingston
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Patrick Neilly
->Rumor #464330:
.If you ever get chased over into this system, your best chance is to notify the Ravager to power up, send a message to the HQ and make your way to Monterrey. There we've got a few unpleasant surprises for any troublemakers that would try to cross the Lane Hackers. Interrogation chambers included. Never run to Leniex - it's supposed to be top secret.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Daniel Plainview
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Dwayne Matthews
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Herbert Pinewood
 * Lane Hacker Guard/James Paulsen
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Monterrey Bartender/Torres Livingston
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Patrick Neilly
->Rumor #464331:
.There's a Jump Hole in the southern part of Vespucci. Nobody uses it, really. Our scans have confirmed that the system beyond it is occupied by the Unioners - Rheinland criminal group that mostly attacks Republican Shipping convoys crossing the Independent Worlds between Rheinland and Liberty. No attempts to contact them have been made so far.
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Daniel Plainview
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Dwayne Matthews
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Herbert Pinewood
 * Lane Hacker Guard/James Paulsen
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Monterrey Bartender/Torres Livingston
 * Lane Hacker Guard/Patrick Neilly
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====Battleship Petersburg (Virginia)====
->Rumor #131709:
ALG ships MOX from the Dortmund facility to the Rio Grande on a periodic basis. Toxic Waste is then transported back to Rheinland for disposal.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rick Schutz
->Rumor #131710:
We get attacked frequently by Xenos on our runs through Colorado, Texas, and the Independent Worlds of Hudson and Bering. They are one of the few criminal factions that attack out Toxic Waste shipments. We are friendly to Liberty, so I don't understand their hostility.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rick Schutz
->Rumor #131711:
ALG handles all of the MOX delivery and Toxic Waste disposal for Liberty Navy battleships.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Rick Schutz
->Rumor #131712:
I'm heading out on a run against the Xeno base in the Silverton Field in a few hours. We don't get that big a bounty from IC and the government for Xenos. Now Outcasts, that's another matter.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131713:
A good way to catch Xenos is to fly into the Copperton Field, then take the Jump Hole to Kepler. Watch out on the other side, swarms of them in that cloud. Their base is real close. Never seen it, but you can feel it.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131714:
The LPI doesn't have the guts to come into the fields very far. First sign of trouble, and they're hightailing it back to Denver. That's where we come in. Since a lot of us are Rogues who did time in Sugarland or Huntsville, we know where the Jump Holes and bases are. Guild rules are that you tell no one or you may have a little "accident" out there.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131715:
Liberty space is the training grounds for all Bounty Hunters. As a Hunter becomes more and more accomplished, they will begin to move out towards the edges of Sirius. Only the very best should be going up against Corsairs and Outcasts.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131716:
Got me a Rogue ace the other day by the name of Buford "Tex" Wilson. He'd been shooting up a lot of ships along the Trade Lane to the Galileo Gate during the past few weeks. The LPI cornered him once, but he just shot his way out of it. I was patient, waited in the Alamosa Field near the Galileo Jump Hole. When he came through, blammo! That bounty will set me up for a while.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131717:
Bounties used to be for bringing back the offender dead or alive. Somewhere back when the Lane Hackers started itching old Ageira and IC, it changed to dead only, please.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Ben Carlson
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Sol Laskowitz
->Rumor #131718:
I'm stuck running Trade Lane patrols. We do all of them that fan out from the ship. Pretty boring work, not what I signed up in the Navy for. I hear they put you on the Galileo and Kepler patrols when you've proved yourself a bit. Don't want any greenies out there.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
->Rumor #131719:
We're always bailing out those LPI losers, especially in the Alamosa Field. I don't know why they don't just let us take over security. They can focus on running those prison factories, since that's what they seem to really want to do.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy Guard/Richmond Bartender/Conrad Gernale
->Rumor #131720:
We're supposedly here to watch out for Xenos, but I think that Liberty wants to keep a close eye on Pueblo -- all that top secret stuff there that Kusari and Rheinland are always trying to find out about. Guess the Trade Lanes and Jump Gates are a big deal -- a mystery to me.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy Guard/Richmond Bartender/Conrad Gernale
->Rumor #131721:
I hear the toughest systems for the navy are the Independent Worlds between Texas and Hamburg. Colorado is pansy land -- just some stupid Rogues and Xenos.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy Guard/Richmond Bartender/Conrad Gernale
->Rumor #131722:
We run two patrols into the fields from the Rio Grande. One goes into the Copperton Field, the other into the Alamosa. Usually the bad guys hightail it out of there when we show up, but not always. I killed me twelve Rogues and twenty Xenos so far since being posted up here -- no Lane Hackers yet, though. They don't stick around as much as the others.
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
->Rumor #131723:
We're pretty sure that the Xenos have a base in the Denko Cloud in Kepler. They won't let us go take a looksee though. They say the radiation levels are too high. That sounds like a bunch of political red tape to me.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy Guard/Richmond Bartender/Conrad Gernale
->Rumor #131724:
The navy patrols the Independent Worlds of Galileo and Kepler. We split duties with the Kusari armed forces. They cover the northern half of the Trade Lanes; we do the southern half. It's kind of dark and spooky up there -- no suns. All those dark clouds make the baddies hard to see.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy Guard/Richmond Bartender/Conrad Gernale
->Rumor #131725:
The Lane Hackers and Rogues both have bases somewhere in Galileo, probably in those dark matter clouds. Kusari won't let us go take a look though. Says it's their responsibility. Hey, Liberty was the one that paid for those Trade Lanes up there. Kusari didn't have to put up a cent for the Galileo route.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Debra Thompson
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cynthia Harrison
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Will Dobson
 * Liberty Navy Guard/Richmond Bartender/Conrad Gernale
->Rumor #131726:
Universal supplies all Liberty Navy bases with essentials like H-Fuel, Food, Water, Oxygen, and Pharmaceuticals. On the Rio Grande, these come from Denver.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jon Spinner
->Rumor #131727:
Universal brings in Side Arms from Detroit. We get attacked by Xenos on occasion in the Silverton Field.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jon Spinner
->Rumor #131728:
We deliver some supplies here, then continue with H-Fuel, Water, and Oxygen to the Pueblo facility just down the Trade Lane.
 * Universal Shipping/ Jon Spinner
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====Radford Station (Virginia)====
->Rumor #131945:
We're here to pick up this ship's Toxic Waste for shipment to our Dortmund reprocessing facility in New Berlin. You'd think Liberty would take advantage of all this potentially valuable material, but they were throwing it out in the debris fields of Texas before we started our program.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131946:
Running MOX in from Dortmund is pretty risky for us in Liberty. The criminals would love to get their hands on it, especially the Xenos. At least there aren't any of those annoying people in California.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131947:
California doesn't offer us much in the way of useful Scrap Metal or Toxic Waste, outside of this ship. Nothing like the other Liberty systems. Liberty has been very profitable for ALG, which is helpful for our company, as BMM has locked us out of Bretonia.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131948:
I'm pretty new to the Bounty Hunters Guild. They call me a "reformed" Rogue. Spent ten years in Sugarland rolling Sheet Metal. Now I'm out here hunting my old comrades down. At least it's legit work. I can live on a real planet instead of inside a stinky rock somewhere out in an asteroid field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131949:
I just got back from Cortez. Did an assault patrol into the Corcovado Field. It's crawling with Rogues. We got a bunch, but there were plenty more. They should send the military in there to clean it out. Its like a rat's nest.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131950:
This is a good spot for hunting Hackers and Outcasts, probably the best in Liberty space. They all collect in the Tahoe Cloud to the west of the Lane. Happy hunting!
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131951:
The navy guys don't give us access to a lot of this ship. Guess they're suspicious of a lot of the Guild members; a lot of them have done time in Texas. I don't blame 'em, some of the Hunters can be pretty rough looking.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131952:
Bounty Hunters have a difficult job and we certainly aren't a very popular group, but the best of us are the finest pilots in all of Sirius. Many will look down upon us, because most of our ranks were once criminals, but that is their mistake. It is just as honorable to fall and rise again, than never to fall at all.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131953:
I'm a second-generation Bounty Hunter. My dad was famous; he made it all the way out to the Edge Worlds before gettin' toasted by those Outcast bastards. Me, I'm going to hunt them down till the day I die. I'm gonna stuff that Cardamine down their throats until they gag.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131954:
I just got out of West Point last week. This is my first assignment. I'm patrolling the Lane between here and the Cortez Gate. So far it hasn't been as interesting as I thought it would be.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131955:
We could clean up all the Independent Worlds like Cortez and Magellan in a flash if the other Houses would just let us base our battleships there. Guess they're afraid we'd annex them eventually. Not much there to exploit as far as I can tell.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131956:
Our toughest patrol in the system is the Tahoe Cloud circuit. We usually see somebody in there. Tough to track them down, though -- short visibility and lots of asteroids.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131957:
The Outcast smuggling route goes right along the Trade Lane in the Tahoe Cloud for some reason. We've caught a few that way. Guess they can't resist the temptation to snag some cargo.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131958:
We handle the west side of the Trade Lane to the Magellan Gate, LPI, the east. In my opinion, we should handle everything in there. They wouldn't know what to do with a Lane Hacker or an Outcast if they caught one.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy Guard/Radford Bartender/Chris Logan
->Rumor #131959:
I just got reassigned from the Mississippi based in Texas. We were in Hudson chasing down Xenos and Rogues. The Rheinland Military doesn't help at all in that area. Guess they're broke.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131960:
I'm doing patrols into Cortez. We usually just hang around at the Gate, but sometimes we venture down to Curacao. After that the convoys are on their own. I call it the "Cortez gap."
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131961:
We could clean up this second if the Guild would just tell us where the Jump Holes are. We know one is in the Tahoe Cloud, but have been unable to locate it. New York doesn't let us vary our patrol routes as much as we would like.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy Guard/Radford Bartender/Chris Logan
->Rumor #131962:
I don't know what they're doing on that research base Willard. I hear it's something with those Alien Organisms they ship in from Sigma-17.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy Guard/Radford Bartender/Chris Logan
->Rumor #131963:
I'm bringing in a load of Pharmaceuticals and Food from Los Angeles. A typical Liberty battleship has a lot of people to take care of.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
->Rumor #131964:
Just making a quick stop by the bar while they unload my ship. I do the Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel run from Los Angeles to Willard Research Station once a week. I drop most of it here. They don't have much storage, so they need pretty frequent visits.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
->Rumor #131965:
I'm based in Detroit. Just making my monthly rounds to all the police and military bases to deliver Side Arms to the new recruits. At least there aren't any of those pesky Xenos in California.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
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====Richmond Station (Virginia)====
->Rumor #131945:
We're here to pick up this ship's Toxic Waste for shipment to our Dortmund reprocessing facility in New Berlin. You'd think Liberty would take advantage of all this potentially valuable material, but they were throwing it out in the debris fields of Texas before we started our program.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131946:
Running MOX in from Dortmund is pretty risky for us in Liberty. The criminals would love to get their hands on it, especially the Xenos. At least there aren't any of those annoying people in California.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131947:
California doesn't offer us much in the way of useful Scrap Metal or Toxic Waste, outside of this ship. Nothing like the other Liberty systems. Liberty has been very profitable for ALG, which is helpful for our company, as BMM has locked us out of Bretonia.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Alan Zelsman
->Rumor #131948:
I'm pretty new to the Bounty Hunters Guild. They call me a "reformed" Rogue. Spent ten years in Sugarland rolling Sheet Metal. Now I'm out here hunting my old comrades down. At least it's legit work. I can live on a real planet instead of inside a stinky rock somewhere out in an asteroid field.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131949:
I just got back from Cortez. Did an assault patrol into the Corcovado Field. It's crawling with Rogues. We got a bunch, but there were plenty more. They should send the military in there to clean it out. Its like a rat's nest.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131950:
This is a good spot for hunting Hackers and Outcasts, probably the best in Liberty space. They all collect in the Tahoe Cloud to the west of the Lane. Happy hunting!
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131951:
The navy guys don't give us access to a lot of this ship. Guess they're suspicious of a lot of the Guild members; a lot of them have done time in Texas. I don't blame 'em, some of the Hunters can be pretty rough looking.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131952:
Bounty Hunters have a difficult job and we certainly aren't a very popular group, but the best of us are the finest pilots in all of Sirius. Many will look down upon us, because most of our ranks were once criminals, but that is their mistake. It is just as honorable to fall and rise again, than never to fall at all.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131953:
I'm a second-generation Bounty Hunter. My dad was famous; he made it all the way out to the Edge Worlds before gettin' toasted by those Outcast bastards. Me, I'm going to hunt them down till the day I die. I'm gonna stuff that Cardamine down their throats until they gag.
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker David Stowlot
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Frank Boltz
->Rumor #131954:
I just got out of West Point last week. This is my first assignment. I'm patrolling the Lane between here and the Cortez Gate. So far it hasn't been as interesting as I thought it would be.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131955:
We could clean up all the Independent Worlds like Cortez and Magellan in a flash if the other Houses would just let us base our battleships there. Guess they're afraid we'd annex them eventually. Not much there to exploit as far as I can tell.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131956:
Our toughest patrol in the system is the Tahoe Cloud circuit. We usually see somebody in there. Tough to track them down, though -- short visibility and lots of asteroids.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131957:
The Outcast smuggling route goes right along the Trade Lane in the Tahoe Cloud for some reason. We've caught a few that way. Guess they can't resist the temptation to snag some cargo.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131958:
We handle the west side of the Trade Lane to the Magellan Gate, LPI, the east. In my opinion, we should handle everything in there. They wouldn't know what to do with a Lane Hacker or an Outcast if they caught one.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy Guard/Petersburg Bartender/Jay Richards
->Rumor #131959:
I just got reassigned from the Mississippi based in Texas. We were in Hudson chasing down Xenos and Rogues. The Rheinland Military doesn't help at all in that area. Guess they're broke.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131960:
I'm doing patrols into Cortez. We usually just hang around at the Gate, but sometimes we venture down to Curacao. After that the convoys are on their own. I call it the "Cortez gap."
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
->Rumor #131961:
We could clean up this second if the Guild would just tell us where the Jump Holes are. We know one is in the Tahoe Cloud, but have been unable to locate it. New York doesn't let us vary our patrol routes as much as we would like.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy Guard/Petersburg Bartender/Jay Richards
->Rumor #131962:
I don't know what they're doing on that research base Willard. I hear it's something with those Alien Organisms they ship in from Sigma-17.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain William Paris
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Jan Spanik
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Justin Kreen
 * Liberty Navy Guard/Petersburg Bartender/Jay Richards
->Rumor #131963:
I'm bringing in a load of Pharmaceuticals and Food from Los Angeles. A typical Liberty battleship has a lot of people to take care of.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
->Rumor #131964:
Just making a quick stop by the bar while they unload my ship. I do the Oxygen, Water, and H-Fuel run from Los Angeles to Willard Research Station once a week. I drop most of it here. They don't have much storage, so they need pretty frequent visits.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
->Rumor #131965:
I'm based in Detroit. Just making my monthly rounds to all the police and military bases to deliver Side Arms to the new recruits. At least there aren't any of those pesky Xenos in California.
 * Universal Shipping/ Ben Harper
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====San Jacinto Station (Virginia)====
->Rumor #132101:
The Xenos must be destroyed at all costs -- they make it difficult for non-Liberty corporations to do their jobs here. Perhaps if Liberty does not care about this problem, we will begin letting them take care of their own waste problems.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Michael Knopp
->Rumor #132102:
From Dortmund in the heart of Rheinland we bring MOX to this ship so that it can power its magnificent engines. Once we arrive and deliver the MOX we pick up the Toxic Waste produced in the ship's reactors and ship it back to Dortmund to be reprocessed into fresh reactor fuel.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Michael Knopp
->Rumor #132103:
ALG has had to take some of the profits gained from doing business in this sector to pay Bounty Hunters for protection. There are all manner of criminals in this system, and this last leg of our journey is usually the most dangerous. So a little protection from the Bounty Hunters is always welcome.
 * ALG Waste Disposal/ Michael Knopp
->Rumor #132104:
The Texas system at one time was just wide open space with a couple planets. All the crap you see in this system -- the dark matter clouds, the debris fields with the radiation -- it is all Ageira's fault. It all happened in one fateful day centuries ago.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132105:
The prisons here are revolving doors for the criminals. That is why if you want to get rid of crime, you have to kill the criminals. I don't know where you come down on the rehabilitation issue, but I think it's just a phony word used by politicians and corporate spin wizards.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132106:
If you're looking for Xenos, I recommend you check out the South Dallas Debris Field here in the southern edge of the system, hidden away. It's rumored that there's a Jump Hole leading to Hudson.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132107:
I used to live planetside on Houston. They're always going through some drought. Worked in the phosphate Fertilizer plant for a while as a supervisor for the LPI, then I switched to Consumer Goods. Let me tell you, I wouldn't buy any of that junk they produce in there. So here I am with the Guild, where I belong.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132108:
I don't like hanging around this base, but I can put my ear to the ground and hear where the navy is encountering criminals nearby. That way I can use my sources and the navy's sources to track down the scum I'm hired to kill.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132109:
I actually spent some time on the Huntsville a few years back, but I'm one of the smart ones. It is a downward spiral to stay in the crime business in Texas; sooner or later you're going to get a life sentence or you're going to get killed. I've never heard of a Rogue or Xeno retiring rich.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Robert Bass
->Rumor #132110:
After the Dallas incident this system went to hell. I guess it was a bad idea in the long run to make one system the depository for all criminals within a House and a government test area.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy Guard/San Jacinto Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132111:
This system used to be the testing grounds for Ageira's Jump Gate projects in the early days of Liberty. After the Dallas got destroyed with about half of Texas, the government pulled stakes and left the system.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy Guard/San Jacinto Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132112:
The epicenter of the Dallas explosion was almost directly across the sun from us, between those two dark matter clouds. Rumor is that a Jump Hole was formed by the incident. That's when all the crime problems in Liberty started.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy Guard/San Jacinto Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132113:
We do the majority of the patrolling here in the system. We are commissioned with curbing the criminal activity in Texas, but it is almost an impossible job. Every time we bring one in, they are releasing two more for time served, and most of them are coming back.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy Guard/San Jacinto Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132114:
One of my ancestors was on guard duty aboard the Dallas on that fateful day. He and everyone else onboard was killed instantly. The ironic part was that the naval commander had recommended the ship be moved to a safe distance from the experimental Jump Gate, so the test didn't begin until they had repositioned the Dallas to twice the normal distance.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
->Rumor #132115:
If the Bounty Hunters and LPI weren't so damned easy to bribe, Liberty would have much less crime on her hands. But that's what happens when you hire a corporation to do the government's job, or when dealing with mercenaries.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
->Rumor #132116:
Many of the prisoners aboard the two penal ships in this system are petty criminals who don't deserve the sentence they got, but that doesn't matter to the LPI. They just want workers for their facilities, so they will arrest everyone they can.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy Guard/San Jacinto Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132117:
Once the government pulled out of the system, half the people in Texas lost their jobs. All the money here was government money, and overnight it was gone. Crime exploded three hundred percent within the first ten years.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
 * Liberty Navy Guard/San Jacinto Bartender/Jamie Larsen
->Rumor #132118:
Did you know that there weren't any Jump Holes in Texas before the Dallas incident? The criminals in all of Sirius were helped more than they could possibly know. Texas is the crossroads of the criminal universe. If it weren't for the Jump Holes, we would have crime locked down to nothing.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Bradley Madden
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
->Rumor #132119:
It is our pleasure to deliver the goods that keep this military installation operational. That way we know that they have every reason to track down and kill the murderous pirates who harass our shipping.
 * Universal Shipping/ William Barry
->Rumor #132120:
This ship requires that we bring supplies from Houston. These Commodities are necessary to keep the crew and ship maintained and equipped.
 * Universal Shipping/ William Barry
->Rumor #132121:
We ship excess Water, H-Fuel, and Oxygen to the Sugarland. We are a company dedicated to keeping crime at a minimum by making sure that the authorities have all they need to do their jobs.
 * Universal Shipping/ William Barry
->Rumor #134341:
Not too long ago there was a prison break by some Rogues from a Sugarland work convoy in the East Dallas Debris Field. They fled into the Pequena Negra Cloud, pursued by a Bounty Hunter named Annie Shorty Davis. She flew a nice rig called the Avenger. The Rogues eventually doubled back and escaped through the California Hole. Annie must have gotten confused in there, or maybe her ship was damaged by some enemy fire. Either way, she never emerged from that dark cloud.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Peter Joss
->Rumor #134342:
In 521, the supply ship Ft. Worth was approaching the Dallas Research Station from Houston when it was caught in the tremendous system-wide explosion that occurred during the failed Jump Gate experiment. The ship was far enough away from the initial blast that some people think it may still be floating out there in the Grande Negra Cloud. The Ft. Worth was carrying a full load of Jump Gate Parts.
 * Liberty Navy/Captain Carol Weathers
->Rumor #134343:
Somewhere in the Grande Negra Cloud, the main complex of the Dallas Research Station is rumored to still have some relatively intact pieces. There was a lot of Superconductor research there, so some storage containers may still exist.
 * Liberty Navy/Lt. Cheryl Benson
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====Freeport 14 (Yukon)====
->Rumor #133201:
To the west are the Sabana Fragments. You can get to Omega-41 from there -- a good idea if you are trying to avoid the Corsairs. They are still all over, since this is their space, but you won't be going through the Corsair home system.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133202:
I've been contracted by Cryer to come down here and kill a few Corsairs for them. Their base, Atka, got hit a few weeks ago. Usually it's the Outcasts who hit Atka, but this time it was the Corsairs. Corsairs, Outcasts -- it doesn't make any difference to me.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133203:
Head for the cloud south of here and you will find Artifacts, but that's not why I go there. The cloud to the south hides the Jump Hole to Omicron Gamma. If you do go in there, get ready to fight or you'd better be good at hiding. No matter what you do, don't stay in there too long, because it's just a matter of time before your number gets punched.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133204:
I have come to this place looking for a Corsair named Jardin. He is an infamous killer and pirate. Many say he cannot be stopped, but if anyone can drop him, I can. He is just a man, and a man can die, no matter how tough he is.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133205:
My brother joined the Bounty Hunters Guild a few years ago. He's not tough enough to take on Corsairs yet; he should still be popping Rogues. The idiot sent me a message telling me he was ready for the big leagues in southern Sirius. I'm trying to find him before he gets killed.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133206:
I was a Red Hessian for many years. I became pretty good at killing Corsairs, so I decided to get paid for it. Besides, I had grown weary of piracy. I became a Hessian for political reasons, before they sold out.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
->Rumor #133207:
Sigma-17 is the next stop between here and the Junker bases where we offload the Artifacts marked for Rheinland. You'll find the Jump Hole in the Orinoco Cloud. The other distribution point for our Artifacts is aboard the Hawaii. The Hogosha on that ship will fence our goods into Kusari.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133208:
The Napo Cloud in this system is filled with Artifacts, but the Zoners here know better than to try and get them. Artifacts are Corsair business. The objects we get from that cloud have been funding and feeding the Corsairs for centuries. You had better be a good friend to us if you decide to go there.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133209:
The Hole that leads to our home system is in the Napo Cloud. Unwanted intruders who get taken alive have it worst of all, we keelhaul them. Try to imagine being in a vac-suit lashed to the outside of a ship that's headed into a Jump Hole.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133210:
We get many of our basic supplies from this base. The biodomes here provide us with the Food we consume throughout our space. Corsair leadership has decided that the next step for the Corsair Brotherhood is to build our own biodomes so we will never have to worry about Food again.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133211:
The Side Arm you see me carrying came from Yanagi. It's a Rheinlander piece, because I'm an eastern Corsair. The western Corsairs get Detroit weaponry from Bretonia. The Yanagi Junkers supply this base with Engine Components, too. We use those at Tripoli.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133212:
Felix, of my sons, was killed at Cadiz fighting the Hessians. His brother, Cesar, died during initiation. Cesar was a good pilot and a strong man, but his sensors were damaged. He trusted them instead of his own instincts.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133213:
Just between you and me, I'll kill the occasional Zoner if he's alone and there are no witnesses. Why pay for something when you can just take it, eh? They shouldn't be here anyway. This is dangerous space for anybody, even you. You should be very careful around here, especially with that nice ship and all of your cargo.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133214:
You can't kill anyone onboard or in the immediate area of a Zoner base. That's why the Bounty Hunters are still breathing here. I would like nothing better than to walk over to a Bounty Hunter and eliminate them with my Daumann Devastator.
 * Corsairs/ Josefina Ferrer
 * Corsairs/ Manuel Llorens
 * Corsairs/ Maris Guzman
->Rumor #133216:
The biodomes we invested in here have paid off in spades. Everyone in this part of space comes here for Food, and we get the profits. Well, us and Synth Foods, of course. We ship Food to Atka in Sigma-17 and Freeport 5 in Omega-41.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133217:
We get many of our goods from the Junkers at Yanagi. Our boats haul Engine Components and Consumer Goods from there.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133218:
We ship the Alien Organisms found in this system to the Cryer base in Sigma-17. Cryer also needs our Polymers, and we return with Pharmaceuticals.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133219:
Our brothers in Freeport 5 send us Polymers, Fertilizers, and Consumer Goods. It's a Zoner's duty to help other Zoners where we can. This is a dangerous part of space; only by sticking together can we make it.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133220:
Don't ask me where the Jump Hole is that leads to the Corsair homeworld. I've said too much already. The Corsairs would cut my throat if I dared to utter where the entrance to their system is. Just stay away from the Napo Cloud. I mean & it isn't in the Napo Cloud, it's ... I'm a dead man.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #133221:
The Artifacts that you can find in this system are not worth taking. We don't touch them; they are Corsair property. If you think differently, I recommend that you make sure you aren't behind on your policy payments to IC.
 * Zoners/ Ivan Parks
 * Zoners/ Sam Ralston
 * Zoners/Freeport 9 Bartender/Ruben Walton
->Rumor #134313:
Jesse Casas was truly an original. Captured as a young Corsair on his first mission to the inner house systems, he spent years imprisoned in Vierlande. He eventually renounced his Corsair vows and joined the Bounty Hunters Guild. Flying the Rebel, Casas used his intimate knowledge of the pirate ways to full tactical advantage. He finally met his demise somewhere in the Napo Cloud in 791.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134314:
In 550 AS the Bretonian government chartered the exploratory/research ship Fearless to explore the fringes of the mysterious edge nebula. After several years spent crossing the outer Omega systems, they discovered Omicron Theta and its sole planet, Pygar. Upon completing a brief survey of the planet and retrieving several strange Artifacts that were sent back by courier ship to Cambridge, they continued on into the mysterious clouds that traversed the eastern end of the system. The Fearless was never seen again.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
->Rumor #134319:
"Lucky" Logan Conner was one tough nut, as anyone will tell you. He would take on an entire patrol of Corsairs, picking them off one by one. Based out of Freeport 5 to be close to his favorite prey, he liked living life on the ragged edge. His luck finally ran out in 780, when he ventured too far from the safety of the Gredos Cloud in the Corsairs home territory of Omicron Gamma. A mass of Corsairs pursued him back into the nebula. It was rumored that they didn't actually dispose of Conner on the spot, but merely disabled his ship and let him die a slow death by asphyxiation.
 * Bounty Hunter/Hunter Brooke Carter
 * Bounty Hunter/Tracker Gina Utaki
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