Comm ID: Hudson Ravis
Location: West Point Academy, New York System
Priority: Medium
Encryption: High
Subject: Patrol Report, February 16, 821
Well then, I was released from the hospital last night. Everything seems to be working as intended, at least for the time being. I can't say I haven't changed over the past month; having a broken arm and leg alongside a hole in your stomach affects your mental health, but I digress.
I started off from Norfolk Shipyard this afternoon at roughly 17:20, where the engineers onboard managed to find my Liberator still parked there and equipped the ol' thing with some odd, new weaponry. Enforcer VI's, definitely strange things, not the Vengies that I was hoping to use. After a bout of combat testing, I can't say that they're too great, but, whatever.
After undocking, I was greeted with a comms channel invite to a channel consisting of Primary and Secondary officers alongside a few Bundschuh activists. Nonetheless, there appeared to be quite a bit of rejoicing, and apparently I missed a lot of good ass kicking. Unfortunate, but I'll be ready to stomp the faces of Rheinlanders in the next time we decide to have an incursion into Hamburg, hopefully.
Afterwards, I passed by a Mammoth named Decebalus carrying a load of Counterfeit Software. Along with the cooperation of nearby Navy assets, I managed to tail him all the way to Bering, where I cornered him and demanded a fine as well as the jettisoning of his cargo. The transport halted, and then suddenly began firing upon my Liberator. I took immediate action and returned fire, but my Enforcer VI's were unable to do even minor damage to the heavy transport shields of the vessel. Thanks to the Liberator's superb design, I was able to dodge the majority of weapons fire and lost no nanobots or batteries during this encounter, but had to continue to dodge due to the lack of sustained firepower that I had onboard. Eventually, a hired gun working for the Navy, a Montante with the designation Chaton, jumped through to Bering and assisted me in firing upon the ship with his six Solaris gunboat turrets. Having taken considerable damage, he jumped back to Texas, only to be greeted by the Battlecruiser Concord and a very angry Admiral Sanders. He stopped after realizing his chances of surviving were slim and dropped the cargo after negotiating with Admiral Sanders.
This concluded this encounter. Guncams will be attached below.
The next encounter I had was with a Camara named Rehnuhdren, who I managed to snap a cam shot of his hold before he landed on Houston with a load of Cardamine. The smuggler undocked later and tried to play me off, stating that he did not have any Cardi and that I needed to "get some glasses". After presenting evidence and threatening to have his docking license revoked, he tried to run away, but failed to as my Interceptor sped by, disrupting his cruise as he tried to flee towards the Puerto Rico jump hole. With the assistance of the Concord again along with the Upholder Dave.Harison, we managed to squeeze the fine money out of him and sent him off with a stern warning. The warning did not work, as I caught him holding slaves in a Hegemon an hour later above Fort Bush. He disappeared before I was able to snap cams. I guess some people never learn.
This concluded this encounter. Guncams will be attached below.
The last notable encounter of the day was when I received a report from a group of DSE security ships that there was a DSE-aligned Mastodon in California that was loaded up to the brim with slaves by the name of Lackiff. I immediately grabbed my Upholder and responded as fast as I could while the security wing disabled the trade lane long enough for me to arrive. After a debate about the morals of slavery, he coughed up the fine and released the slaves to a nearby Universal transport, who was compensated in the end.
This concluded my patrol. Guncams will be attached below.
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