Operational Logs From The Phoenix

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Status: Unable To Continue, Damage

Captains Report:

So a bunch of fracking Shipping hotheads decide to ram the Phoenix, and damage the main dish beyond all repair, so mission 120 is postponed, possibly for good. Money has been tight around here, and the left over
grant money for the Expedition is just not enough to repair the ship at the moment. Ive sent a message to the
Liberty Navy and LSF commands documenting their hostile actions towards another Libertonian ship, as well as
beginning to write up the paperwork necessary to take the offending Universal Shipping Incorporated ships to court. Hopefully I won't have to, but maybe. I don't know.

-Hamlin

Message sent to Liberty Navy and LSF Command:

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Comm ID: Owen Hamlin, Phoenix Research Vessel

To Whom it May Concern;

After intense planning for the first expedition of the new year, The Phoenix was un-mooring from Newark
Station, after loading up on the various scientific supplies required for the expedition to Cortez to document
the changing planetary features on the various moons of the Gas Giant. However, due to certain unforeseen
consequences, This expedition has been delayed due to un-forseen occurrences, in the shape of Universal
Shipping Incorporated Vessels intentionally ramming the Phoenix and damaging various of the delicate
scanning systems that where recently installed during a overhaul of the vessel to make the ship more
effective during long term research missions.
At 21:03:43 Sirian standard time the Phoenix undocked from Newark, to begin the mission to Coronado. At 1:04:53 a Universal
Shipping Incorporate ship named [*USI*]Chicago[S] flew by the Phoenix at high speed, 2 meters from the
front of the ship. The Science team (who is quite skittish) jumped and damaged one of the orbital drones
that was being function tested in Lab 2, which was planned to be deployed to the Gas Giant Salina to get a
accurate breakdown of the planets atmosphere. I got on comms and requested to know the reason why the
Chicago passed at such high speeds at such a close proximity to the Phoenix, be it when Manhattans orbital
traffic was so low. The Captain of the [*USI*]Chicago[S] was extremely rude, and then proceeded to
intentionally ram the Phoenix, causing a major structural fault which damaged the main scanner dish. The
captain of said ship even proceeded to say "You Deserved that" which is in my eyes a highly risky thing to
do, both for the safety of the passing ships and the safety of the crew on-board both the Chicago And the
Phoenix. The USI ships formed a perimeter around the Phoenix, and threatened to destroy the ship, even
after I had told them that the Phoenix is allowed to be in Liberty, as everyone on-board is a Libertonian
Citizen. These violent acts upon another Libertonian Citizen constitutes Assault, and they continued to insult
me and the members of the crew, as we proceeded to dock after a LSF officer stopped the Phoenix and
requested to search the LSF database for the Phoenix's clearance, which existed. At which point, the LSF
allowed the Phoenix to continue, which meant back to dock for un-forseen repairs. A full Transcript of
events has been included below, with the highlighted portions indicating the more important parts.
As a freelance Researcher that does work for the civilian population of liberty, we do not get much in the
form of money, just donations and grants. I fear that the repairs required to successfully repair the Phoenix
and replace the main sensor array is to much for our operating budget to allow, and as such I see no way
to continue our operations without a lawsuit against Universal Shipping Incorporated to pay for damages. As
such, with the release of information to the public about a Cruiser manned by libertonian Citizens but which
not originated from Liberty may be to much for the public to understand, much less the fact that a LSF
officer was on board may damage our relations with the houses, as they may think that we are nothing
more than a ship that spies on the other Houses. A suggested course of actions is requested.

Owen Hamlin

Picture of [*USI*]Chicago[S] Harassing the Phoenix
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.