Comm ID: Kingston, Ensign Alexander S. (Navy Patrol Epsilon 2-6) Target ID: Primary Fleet Patrol Reporting Center Subject: Patrol Record for July 8th, 822 A.S. Encryption: Medium Priority: Medium
Hello again Liberty Navy Command, Ensign Kingston reporting in.
Before I started my patrol, I was required to fix some issues my fighter had been plagued with for the last few days. After I had discussed it with the head engineer aboard Newark, where I was stuck until my fighter was fixed, we found the problem and corrected it swiftly.
I undocked from Newark, and took the trade lane to West Point, and from there to Norfolk. As I neared Norfolk, my scanner lit up, showing a vessels tagged as [HF]-Jordan.Lancaster~. I checked my scanner to see if he was still there, but no sign, so I continued up to Fort Bush, where I stopped to check my ship's systems for full functionality.
About halfway through my diagnostics check, the same ship from before, [HF]-Jordan.Lancaster~, showed up, traveling the lane from Norfolk for Fort Bush, but cutting just short of the second-to-last lane pod. He then began to converse with me about my flee from him, and other nonsense I didn't quite understand from his point of view. I broke off the talk, and continued with my duties, finishing my diagnostics sequence before traveling to Manhattan.
Once I arrived at Manhattan, I came across a trader, FL-Trans.01 (Note: Untagged), whom I stopped and proceeded to cargo scan for contraband. Sure enough, the trader was carrying one unit of Artifacts, one unit of Synthetic Marijuana, and one unit of Stabiline, in addition to other bits of legal cargo. As I was scanning, the Hellfire Legion ship from before appeared on my scanner, accompanied by two others, [HF]-Stoneheart and [HF]-Thomas.Lewis. I ordered the freelance vessel to drop it's illegal cargo and pay a fine of 3,000,000 credits, 1,000,000 per unit of contraband. Once he had done that, I let him go on his way, and the [HF] ships flew off and left the Manhattan grid.
I landed aboard Trenton, where a friend of mine, Liberty Police Recruit Off. Chance Parker, assisted me in safely destroying the contraband. I thanked him for his help, and we parted. I undocked and took the trade lane to West Point, where the same [HF] ships from before had cut the lane and were, at least as I presumed, loitering and causing a disturbance. I asked why they had stopped me, and they proceeded to lecture me about the current state of Liberty and the political reasons of their presence. About 15 minutes they kept me there, where they eventually let me go. They proceeded on their way and me on mine. I took the rest of the lane to West Point, and then to Norfolk, where I have docked on the L.N.S. Missouri to submit this report in full.
The three ships have no doubt caused trouble for Liberty in the past. I would've attempted to deal with them, but with the problems my ship was facing and my vastly outclassed armament, I was forced to use words.
I hope we get these guys and make them pay for their crimes.
Safe travels,
Ensign Alexander S. Kingston, Liberty Navy Primary Fleet, Designation: Epsilon 2-6.
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