Communication channel opened... Encryption:Medium Origin: 5th Fleet Training Grounds | Fort Severn ID: Lieutenant Commander John Armada Subject: Patrol report
Greetings, gentlemen of the High Command.
Yesterday when I started my patrol, I moved to Manhattan, noticing a ship with the transponder-sign "Granjero[TBH]", moving towards Colorado Gate. I followed that ship to Colorado, it was moving via cruise engines, off the trade lanes, towards Ontario Jump Hole. Demanding the pilot to stop, I was ignored first, so I repeated the command. He complied and cut his engines. Granjero{TBH] got a Corsair ID, piloting a Pirate Train, with his cargo full of 4200 pieces Black Market Munitions.
I've called Lieutenant Commander Webb to assist me here, in case he was trying to escape. Lieutenant Commander Webb arrived in his bomber, taking charge to handle the situation. Granjero[TBH] tried to to bribe us in order to be allowed to keep moving with his cargo. Without any success in his attempts to do so, he dropped his cargo, and was fined five million credits for piloting a prohibited ship, smuggling 4200 pieces of contraband and the attempt to bribe. He was allowed to proceed with a warning to stay out of Liberty.
Lieutenant Commander Webb called 5th|LNT-Brookshire to get here with a transport ship, to gather the contraband. 4147 pieces were secured by the transport, the rest by me. It was returned to Detroit Munitions. After that we returned to our patrol, where Lieutenant Commander Webb noticed a Rogue Gunboat named "Ten.Files". He was chasing it through California to Pennsylvania, where the Rogue moved to sector A4, straight up to A2. I made my way to this position but they were too far away, and no sign where they could be. Unfortunately, his ship got destroyed, but I could notice the explosion from the distance and get his escape pod. The Rogue Ten.Files managed to escape, while I moved to Norfolk to set down Lieutenant Commander Webb, in safety, on Norfolk.
I moved to patrol in Texas then, where I encountered the pilot "Ash.Collins". Chasing him to Minnesota Jump Gate, he then turned and engaged me. The situation in this combat was equal on both sides, I managed to dry out his shield batteries and partially also his nanobots. Lieutenant Commander Webb returned with a new ship, asking my location. He arrived in short time and replaced me in that combat, and managed to shoot down Ash.Collins. The escape pod was taken and set down to prison. After that I finished my patrol and returned to Fort Severn.
