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[SergeantSausage]

TARGET ID: Liberty Navy Reporting Center
SUBJECT: PR 06/21/823

This is Lieutenant Reed Icarus, 1st FLeet.

Had quite an eventful shift today. Certainly more entertaining than chasing trade regulation violators all day.

Received reports of rogues buzzing the lanes near West Point and scrambled my fighter. I assisted Lt. Hirlerman in hunting them down, but they disappeared into the badlands. Eventually a Lane Hacker poked their head out and we pounced on them. He ran into the Badlands but we pursued and I scrapped his Falchion. He was assisted by another Lane Hacker and we gave chase; however, we were unable to do much to him as his heavy fighter was much more maneuverable than our Guardians. We chased him all the way to the Pittsburgh Debris Field, where he escaped aboard a Rogue Destroyer.

In the meantime, we received reports of Legion capital ships near Manhattan, so we approached to aid Naval forces in the area. I switched out my fighter for my Upholder and decloaked behind the largest of the Legion ships, a cruiser, and I eventually managed to score the kill with my antimatter cannon. Lt. Hirlerman scored the kill on the gunboat. We then chased down a bomber who was attempting to aid the Legion vessels and I dispatched him with my cannon.

I returned from Manhattan to West Point behind Ensign Dagnino, and we discovered yet another rogue bomber. We both pursued him and Dagnino did a wonderful job of pounding the guy's shields and hull down, allowing me to scrap him with my cannon. I feel kind of greedy, though. Dagnino could easily have scored the kill on that one if I hadn't interfered.

Had a run-in with a 5th Fleet officer who insisted that I should follow his orders. I declined.

A Xeno Camara was spotted but evaded our ships several times.

A hegemon carrying an illegal number of delegates tried to slip by, and refused to stop when ordered. Admiral Jones gave the go ahead to open the damned thing up. The survivors were transported back to Manhattan aboard the LLS Fort Wayne.

Shortly afterward, two outcast sabres and a rogue Scylla were spotted, but the outcasts took the Scylla down for us. We then engaged the outcasts, but the Legion showed up once more, engaged with superior numbers and routed our fleet. Several ships were lost on all three sides.

I figured now would be a good time to file my report, while I'm waiting in the medbay to be cleared for further flight duty.

For what it's worth, I was impressed with Ensign Dagnino's ability as a pilot. Not just his flying ability, but his grace under pressure and behavior during combat as well.

Lieutenant Reed Icarus, out.