IMG| GPV - Guild Patrol Vessel: Registration and Report Center

[Jack_Henderson]

**** SENDER: Commander Elizabeth Hudson ****

**** TO: GPV Operations Reports ****

Short Operation Report:

Encounters:

• Encountered vessels: 6
  
• hostiles: 1 - CL}Vulpe.Felanis
  
• neutral: 4 - ZLPA-HUI-Cupcake, JM|-Sharp.Scrap-R1, JM|-Gear.Golem-R1, JM|-Honey.Badger-R2
  
• friendly: 1 - Lizard
  

Customs & Excise Enforcement - Anti Smuggling Operation:

• Smugglers Intercepted: 1
  
• Smugglers Identified and Reported: 1
  
• Smugglers Neutralized: 0
  

Combat Operations

• Armed Confrontation: 1
  
• Shots fire: 254, 2 missiles
  
• Damage (Friendlies): 0
  
• Losses (Friendlies): 0
  
• Damage (Enemy): ZLPA-HUI-Caupcake (heavy)
  
• Losses (Enemy): 0
  

Detailled Operation Report:

Commenced Routine Patrol at 0930 after Java sensors showed multiple unknown contacts.

Encountered Vessels:

• Lizard (IMG Hegemon Miner)
  
• JM|-Sharp.Scrap-R1 (Pilgrim Liner)
  
• JM|-Gear.Golem-R1 (Salvage Frigate)
  
• JM|-Honey.Badger-R2 (Collector VHF)
  

Checking the Niobium fields, a Hegemon miner named Lizard was found, accompanied by an empty Junker Pilgrim Liner JM|-Sharp.Scrap-R1, carrying the unknown transponder tag JM|.

The IMG miner claimed not to work under duress, still I decided to stay in the field to discourage any attempt of a potential criminal act. The Junker captain tried to buy ore from the miner, but claimed to have no money on him.

Consequently I warned the unarmored Hegemon commander to relocate to Java station, as the situation became more and more suspicious with the arrival of more Junker ships, namely JM|-Honey.Badger-R2 (Collector VHF) and JM|-Gear.Golem-R1 (Salvage Frigate).

The IMG miner moored to Java, as the situation became more and more suspicious, even though no crime was committed by the Junkers and none was alluded to.

The interrogation of the Junker vessel resulted in nothing special. They can be described as opportunists and that is not much of a surprise.

As an Outcast snub class vessel passed, I decided to escort the Junkers in order to discourage any hostilities and to see how they are with the Outcast enemy. Cali was not firing at them and the Outcast did nothing to harm them, which also comes as no surprise.

The three Junker ships headed off into the direction of the Tau 29 hole, when our sensors spotted a suspicious vessel, Pirate Train class, heading to Tau 37.

Encountered vessels:

• ZLPA-HUI-Cupcake (Freelancer Pirate Train)
  
• CL}Vulpe.Felanis (Contari Lance Cougar)
  

We changed course and gave chase, intercepting the smuggler near the T37 hole with Disruptor fire. It stopped and was scanned.

The scan found Blackmarket Munitions that are not explicitly listed as contraband, so I decided to question the commander and find out more about the destination for this cargo.

But instead of answering, the commander decided to make a run towards Cali, encouraged by the Contari Lance pilot. After several warnings and warning shots, we opened fire on the transport.

The ZLPA-HUI-Cupcake was damaged heavily before it docked at Cali and I ordered the Pioneer's Fate out of the station's gunrange. No hull damage was taken, around 200 shield batteries were used.

Later reports by Ms. Morrow claim that the ship was sighted in Tau 37 near the jumphole and chased by the transport Commander to the Omicron 81 hole which connects to Alpha. So my suspicion was correct.

After another patrol, I moored the Pioneer's Fate at Java.

signed:

Commander Elizabeth Hudson
GPV Pioneer's Fate

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