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

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ID: Lieutenant Rachel Furlough
Encryption: Standard BAF
Priority: Low
Subject: Patrol Report

Sirs

I am currently recovering onboard the Suffolk. A routine patrol through the Leeds system proceeded without incident, until I heard some garbled reports of a corsair vessel spotted within New London. I immediately jumped to the system and swept the lanes in an attempt to locate the vessel.

Finally I located it in the immediate vicinity of Southampton shipyards. An Imperator gunboat, and very heavily armoured. I immediately put out an emergency call for backup and proceeded to attempt to delay the vessel's escape. This proved unsuccessful and I had to engage. The Nova torpedoes we have proved almost useless against the gunboat. The tracking systems locked on, but the gunboat was easily able to evade the torpedoes. After taking fairly heavy damage, backup finally arrived in the form of Inspector Page of the BPA. With his assistance, we were finally able to prove a realistic threat to the gunboat and it's crew.

Switching our attack vectors was proving successful, and we nearly took the gunboat down, but our supply of hellfire missiles ran dry literally seconds before the gunboat's hull was breached. It was able to repair before we could bring our SNACs to bear. The inspectors Challenger took a fatal hit shortly thereafter, and he was forced to eject. His pod was collected by a passing Bowex trader, but I am unsure if the Inspector was lucky enough to avoid injury.

Myself, I continued to press the corsairs, hoping more backup was on the way. However, before any asstance arrived I was caught out by an unexpected manoeuver by the corsair, and my Challenger also took a fatal volley. My pod ejected successfully thankfully. As for the corsair gunboat, I have no further information.

I can only apologise for the loss of my Challenger. A loss I know we can ill afford. The doctors here say I will be returning to duty within 48 hours.

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