Two unusual encounters to report, beyond the usual commerce strikes. The first is the matter of a Council pilot by the name of Lillith at the controls of a Tournez. Oubli's scanners placed her in orbit around around Leeds, and I roused my own Caracal to intercept. While systems trouble forced the pair of us to withdraw before the fight took a decisive turn, the presence of a Metal Service ship, particularly a recent model, in the hands of the Council's pilots is unusual.
The second matter concerns an unaffiliated Waran-type bomber flying under the name Grand Rose Petal. The pilot of said vessel was launching torpedoes at a patrolling Valor and giggling as I undocked from Oubli. Questionable sanity aside, the pilot fled when engaged. And continued to flee all the way to the New London jumphole on impulse power. Unwilling to waste any more time on a lunatic, I abandoned the pursuit and returned to Oubli, only to have her return and repeat the entire incident. While the pilot poses little threat in combat, she does possess the ability to be uniquely irritating. Eventually she withdrew.
Commerce raids are continuing without incident, though the damage was limited to a handful of depots this evening.