Bretonian Armed Forces Defense Intelligence Staff (DIS) (iRP) (AO)

[Denime]

~~~~~~ Incoming transmission ~~~~~~
~~~~~~ Encryption: High ~~~~~~
~~~~~~ Source Ship ID: Denime ~~~~~~
~~~~~~ Destination: Bretonian Armed Forces DIS~~~~~~

Yesterday Ensign Tudor and I went on a routine patrol around the local Bretonian systems.

We met up outside Planet New London then went through the system, proceeding to the Leeds Jump Gate.

New London 1.
New London 2 - Kensington.
New London 3 - Southampton.

Upon entering Leeds we found nothing of concern.
Durham Border Station

Outside Planet Leeds there were a few Convoy vessels loitering, after a scan of their hold we found nothing incriminating so we therefore allowed them to continue their travels.
Convoy Vessels

We then made our way to the Dublin system - a known hot spot. We moved on towards the Essex.
Dublin 1

On the way there we found a ship named "Filin". A scan of his hold showed everything to be in order.
Dublin 2 - Filin

Tudor then made the suggestion of checking the dust cloud to get to the Edinburgh Jump hole, however we found nothing suspicious.

Edinburgh was quiet, no one around so we decided to head straight for Leeds to make a full round trip of our patrol.
Edinburgh.

We found a few traders in the Leeds system near the Edinburgh Jump Gate, however their names peaked our interest so we went in to investigate. It turned out they were only haulers with a cargo of gold.
Leeds 1.
Leeds 2.
Leeds 3.
At this time, Tudor and I began receiving system wide messages from one "Tony Montana" who was starting to get aggressive. On our way to planet Leeds we found another trader hauling gold.
Leeds 4.
At this point we were also receiving distress signals from HMS-Cambridge requesting immediate assistance at the co-ordinates "E6" in the Leeds system. Reports of multiple corsair contacts; including one "Tony Montana"...
As we rushed to the aid of HMS-Cambridge we briefly encountered a Zoner transport vessel which was clean.
Leeds 5.

We entered battle almost instantly and it was plain to see that HMS-Cambridge was in a very bad way, with over 10 pirate ships chasing her down Tudor and I engaged. I called for backup in the SKYP-3 comms channel but my requests were in vein. Unfortunately, in the thick of it Tudor's ship went down first in a valiant attempt to save both Cambridge and I. My persistent firing helped little against such a mass of force, merely five minutes after Tudor went down, so did HMS-Cambridge. Ten minutes after that, I was forced to eject. Mollys joining the battle against the corsairs and a few Convoy vessels which had joined the fray enabled us to barely escape with our lives.
Leeds 6.

While I am still a massive patriot and will continue the fight for Bretonia, I would not like to see something like this happen again. I found it an insult to be completely ignored while in a dire need of assistance. Next time, Tudor and I may not be so lucky - or HMS-Cambridge for that matter.

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