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VESSEL INVENTORY, CAPABILITIES, and ARMAMENTS MANIFEST (V.I.C.A.M.)
=== !! THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT IS *CLASSIFIED* TOP SECRET !! ===
=== PERUSAL BY PERSONS UNAFFILIATED WITH S.L.C. IS FORBIDDEN ===

• Vessel Designation: D575-G5-2
• Vessel Callsign: "USS Leave-Me-Alone"
• Registered Pilot: Virgil Heidegger, 37, CA/m

MANUFACTURE DETAILS

The "USS Leave-Me-Alone" - hereafter referred to as "the ship", because it is this officer's opinion that the name is deliberately irritating - is a hodge-podge of a vessel. The ship's base model is unclear; its basic chassis is nearly unidentifiable, whether due to heavy damage or deliberate obfuscation. The placement of its impulsor near the ship's rear indicates Earth manufacture, and that its original purpose was most likely as a civilian personnel shuttle. Earth-based manufacturers don't make shuttles like these anymore, though, and according to Coalition data files, they haven't for decades. This officer has been told that the ship is what would be lovingly dubbed a "rat rod" - looks are by no means the point of the ship, but rather, functionality. But knowing what we do about the ship and its pilot, it is doubtful that Mr. Heidegger had this in mind.

CAPABILITIES

Warrant Officer Davies believes the nearest match to this ship's design is that of the Steiner Shepherd, a light parcel ship from the early 2100s. There are certainly a number of outward differences in the design, likely due to heavy customization (and, in this officer's opinion, improvised parts replacement), but it could probably be safely assumed that the ship does not exceed the following capabilities.

• Impulsor: Rear-mounted, electric-ionized, max speed ~2000 meters per second
• Cruise Engines: Fossil-fuel-based afterburners (2x), max speed ~8000 meters per second
• Armor: Aluminum alloy (improvised?), no more than 5 inch thickness
• Shielding: Unknown (potentially destroyed/missing)
• Weapon Output: Makoto Arms KAIJU Mining Laser (1x), ~250 Joules per square cm

PILOT PROFILE

• Name: Heidegger, Virgil
• Race: [CA]ucasian
• Sex: Male
• Age: 37
• Occupation: Freelancer?

Virgil Heidegger, for all the things we know about him, has a past that can be optimistically described as "confusing." We don't know where he was born, or if he has any living family. He has a military service record, but there are so many holes in it that we have no idea how he got where he is. His service was, officially, 15 years under the Coalition Navy. Most Navy recruits only make it to 2nd Lieutenant in that time, but Heidegger somehow reached the rank of Colonel. If Lt.Col. Marston's data is in any way accurate - and he swears he cross-checked everything he could find, and Heidegger produced a genuine Colonel's Eagle that scanned as the real deal - our files may have been class-four redacted. Which means THIS file is in danger of the same for even mentioning that.

All I can say for certain is that, despite his appearances (and the condition of his ship), Heidegger is not a stupid man. As Lt.Col. Marston reported to us, his status as a Colonel of the Coalition Navy means he must have been doing something right for being only 37 years of age. Whether cunning or luck, we cannot be certain. Why Heidegger is not currently commanding a capitol ship of his own, or identifying himself as a Coalition officer, is similarly unclear, but is likely related to the reason why his service record is almost entirely missing. I swear, it undermines my post as a Records Officer that I have to say that.

Currently, Heidegger is operating as a civilian freelancer. Our records show that he is currently under contract to...well, some no-name ship dealer aboard Loye Station. Marston looked into him as well, and he's literally a nobody. His inventory is outdated, his sales are poor at best, and the deepest probes into his background reveal nothing more than a couple of divorces and a single felony citation for failing to declare perishable foods aboard his ship, two decades ago. God knows why Heidegger is working for this idiot. Convenient cover? A turn of bad luck?

Heidegger's only known cohort goes by the callsign "Lucia" - we don't have any records of her, and she's taken on the identity so strongly that she's apparently hacked her ship's VITALS data to display that instead of her actual pilot designation. Her presence complicates matters. Marston reported that her ship fired a weapon that, in his words, "was falsely identified as a Disabler missile," but caused an uncontained E400 reaction dangerously close to an asteroid belt. She clearly knows her way around the VITALS system, and the fact that Virgil keeps company like her means that his ship's data is most likely to have been falsified as well. Therefore, any Coalition personnel that spot Mr. Heidegger or his wingman, be advised: DO NOT ENGAGE.

SHIP MANIFEST

The "USS Leave-Me-Alone" - let the record show I HATE this name - is equipped with ordinary aluminum hull plating, an underpowered impulsor, a single mining laser, a ship's computer with a dead GPU, and a cargo bay mostly occupied by...what we can only determine is a severely misshapen hull reinforcement strut. The most likely cargo to be carried aboard the ship is the odd half-ton of junk merchandise. Heidegger is unlikely to be carrying anything particularly valuable, but the fact that this ship is somehow still in service despite being almost a century old indicates he has more street-smarts than can be formally stated in a military document.

ADVISED COURSE OF ACTION

Previous data suggests that the ship may be equipped with some hidden capabilities of which we are as yet uncertain. Exercise extreme caution if you are in his vicinity. It is highly likely he has a number of tricks up his sleeve.

--Records Officer Mai Adachi, SLCG "Temperance"