Today we successfully obtained another large quantity of specialized materials needed for production aboard Phoenix Space Port.
We set off in a small convoy bound for Omricron-7. We were relived to have been welcomed by local friendly's on arrival and were quickly on our way back without incident. However, on our return to voyage to Zeta (\^/)Peleus, our gunboat escort, suffered a complete navigational breakdown and drifted off at high speed towards the Omicron Minor jump hole. Fortunately, the crew was able to regain control and soon docked at PSP.
We were not without escort for long however as the Destroyer (\^/)Tesaria was in the area and very eager to go on her first escort mission, and filled her duty marvelously! Well done!
Once again however, we we're left without an escort as the (\^/)Tesaria had to dock to make repairs. It looked like we wouldn't be able to completely fill our stock after all, but we had to put our disappointment to the side quickly. We had been monitoring two Zoner- vessels moving through deep nomad space, we suddenly we detected 2 Marduk Type nomads moving to ambush! We decided to launch the (\^/)Vagabond. Although lightly armed and armored, it is the perfect choice to preform undetected search and rescue (and surveillance) missions in areas with dense nomad populations.
We soon detected both vessels destroyed. By the time we were on scene, there was no trace of either vessel or survivors. I can only imagine where they were taken buy those Marduks, who had vanished as quickly as they had appeared, leaving only destruction behind.....
On our somber return Journey to friendly space we detected a Zoner fighter, who's pilot had presumably met the same fate as the crews of the vessels we had gone to aid. We we're able to recover a rare CODENAME weapon for the boys at R&D making the voyage not a total loss.
We traced the origins of the Zoner- ships back to Omricron-74 were we had the somber duty of informing high command of the tragic loss of two ships to the nomads. We also took advantage of our presence to calibrate our cloaking device at Livadia Shipyard.
With the (\^/)Vagabond positioned between Omega-7 and home we were able to safely dispatch the (\^/)Royal.Flush to complete delivery of our objective material. We encountered a large autonomous craft on our return trip but we were unable to conform its ability to function.
With another days work completed, we look forward to tomorrow, where we will do it all over again....