Comm ID: Ensign James Farley
To: Southern Alliance High Command
Subject: Archive of Engagements
Prefacing this message, I haven't been able to transmit any battle reports recently due to some neural net complications. However, my communications board has been repaired, and I'll now transmit the recent data reports generated from my ship's console over the past week.
February 24th, 816 A.S.
Just wanted to make note of a few engagements that occurred today while I was on patrol. This will be brief and to the point:
Our first engagement occurred just outside Rochester Base. Engaged an Outcast named Carlos Ortega.
To follow was another Outcast named DireWolf. He was swarmed by Liberty vessels just out of Manhattan orbit. Poor choice on his part.
Next, having received notification that multiple vessels had penetrated a high security area, I was ordered into the *censored* minefield and through the gate. Due to the dangerous situation, I made quick work of the two vessels who refused to leave the area.
On the way out, Lieutenant Commander Diehardt and I ran into another vessel who refused to leave. We were making progress, when he self-destructed and caused severe damage to Lt. Commander Diehardt's ship. I quickly tractored his escape pod and returned him to Norfolk Shipyards, where he made a full recovery.
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February 22nd, 816 A.S.
Comm ID: Ensign James Farley
To: Southern Alliance Command
Today was a busy day in Liberty. Below are the three major skirmishes that occurred while I was on patrol.
Engagement 1 - Independent Xenos
Engaged Xenos "Ichtan" and "The_Oracle." They were being pursued by =LSF= agents, Ichtan having just murdered a New York civilian. When they jumped to Colorado via Jump Hole, =LSF=Internity pursued. =LSF=Liquid and I piled through the jump hole right after he did, and we were joined quickly by [SA]-Chris.Miller.
A smaller group broke off to pursue Ichtan, but he managed to dock with a nearby Xeno base. However, The_Oracle was not so lucky. Below are saved sensor readings from the firefight.
A group of =LSF= and [SA] members poured down on Rochester Base, having been tipped off that Falcata agents were active there. Upon arrival, we engaged Falcata.002, and Falcata.004 docked before we could get any shots on him. Soon, Falcata.CMD, a Destroyer, joined the battle. Falcata.004 undocked, and it was now a full fight. However, after the death of =LSF=Major~Disaster, we were able to eliminate all targets.
Soon after the second engagement, I came to understand that two Outcasts capital ships had made their way into Zone 21. A large group of Liberty forces were waiting inside Z21, while two smaller vessels made our way into Zone 21 to search for the Outcasts.
I was the first to spot the pair, along with a RepEx transport. The transport fled the scene, and I closed to under 10k with the Outcast capital ships. They approached me at normal speed, without cruise. I avoided coming any closer than three kilometers of the Outcasts, while also avoiding the occasional Nomad patrol.
Unbeknown to the Outcasts, a fleet of about seven Liberty vessels including a Liberty Carrier and Cruiser was closing in quickly on my position. As soon as the first sight of three or four Liberty craft trickled onto scanners, the Outcasts began to flee. In the fight, I lost the data on the first Outcast as he made quick haste away from our position. However, I was able to disrupt the cruise of the one known as "Miguel-Fernandez." I kept him occupied for a few minutes while the Liberty forces were in firing range.
With a hailstorm of fire raining down on him, the vessel didn't last long. Within no time, she was scrap.
February 21st, 816 A.S.
Upon undocking from Battleship Missouri, I announced on the New York communications channel that I was beginning patrol. As if to test my wits, I received a static covered message, but one that came from an Outcast IDed source, announcing that he too was going on patrol.
I couldn't help but take him off on his offer.
The Outcast was known only as "Basilisk," and I caught him on my close ranger scanner as I arrived at Fort Bush, via trade lane from Manhattan. Closing in on him, I followed him into the trade lane to Norfolk Shipyards.
En route, I ran into a downed trade lane and immediately engaged the hostile contact. At first, the fighting was about even, until I started to warm up to his style and figure out his moves. After about ten minutes of fighting, his supply of nanobots and shield batteries was beginning to falter. He resorted to completely avoiding any contact while his shields were down.
As the engagement continued, the LNS Luna entered the New York system and came to my aid. The gunboat was a welcome sight dropping out of the trade lane right on top of us. The rest of the fight was brief, and as I caught the Outcast in a head on run and dropped his shields, the LNS Luna sent a volley right through the hostile's hull, leaving it in scraps.
I returned to Battleship Missouri with the LNS Luna and retired for the evening.
((First report, first real engagement that I was able to complete. Was a lot of fun!))
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