Greetings, officers - Sentinel of the 17th reporting in.
As I was on a patrol this morning, in-between assignments, through the Taus, I encountered a pair of Junker transports with their cargo bays full of Cardamine. As it is standard i attempted to reason with them and have them drop the cargo, but they attempted to flee. Of course i caught up with them after they avoided me by flying in the NFZ Baffin and eventually took one of them down, whereas the second docked in the crowded Barrier Gate Station.
Later on, I RV-ed with some of our officers and as it happens, Warrant Officer Marks was already in a duel with a pirate flying a bomber. He honourably took down the enemy, yet strangely enough the blackbox records were somehow scrambled. I'm guessing the pirate's ship already had some damaged systems.
Right now, however, I've just returned from Leeds after an excellent encounter with the Gallic forces. It's my pleasure to report that two of their capital vessels, one Valor and one Obstinate, were blown to pieces by our Bomber squad and the help of the Athena.
It's somewhat relieving to spend time flying along Military Officers once in a while. The fireworks sure are fancy.