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Origin: California, Battleship Yukon
ID: Captain John Armada
Subject: Patrol report

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Good day, High Command.

I'm writing this patrol report one day delayed, as I was just released from medical treatment in the hospital, given to the incidents happening during my patrol on 28.06.

I started my patrol at planet Manhattan, noticing a bretonian transport ship named "ORDOS". It was already engaging the trade lane sequences, as I got close enough to scan and detect above 2000 slaves in his cargobay. Unfortunately, with the distance-difference, I could not keep up, and lost him at West Point Academy, I tried to reconstruct and figure the smuggler's possible route, and made my way to Norfolk, with no success. My visual evidence ended up fried and useless, for this will be explained later, within this report.

When I reached Norfolk, I noticed an LSF-Siegecruiser speaking to another smuggler, carrying 2500 units of Black Market Ammunition in his cargo. The smuggler didn't pay the fine, the LSF-Cruiser decided to destroy both, the ship and the contraband. At the same time, yet another transport ship just left the tradelane from West Point Academy, and when I scanned it, I could see 2000 Political Refugees stuffed into the cargo bay. At the same moment, the trader decided to simply jettison them all into space, and shoot them, coldblooded. It happened so fast, I could not even make visual evidences on this. The LSF-Siegecruiser, me and a Liberty Navy Battleship decided to destroy the mass murderer's ship and take the pilot to prison.
My visual evidence upon the name and the ID of said trader, ended up fried and useless, for this will be explained later, within this report.

After this, I decided to continue my patrol through New York, moving a full circle back to West Point Academy, while a [LN] fighter joined me in this patrol. Upon reaching West Point Academy, we noticed an Outcast-fighter, trying to provoke us. Soon enough, a second Outcast-fighter appeared and both engaged us in a combat. Returning the fire, defending ourselves, the enemy soon received reinforcements, by another Outcast-fighter. A little later, the Liberty Navy Battleship appeared, assisting us in the combat. Both sides kept receiving more and more support, a Cryer-fighter and the LSF-Siegecruiser on our side, and two more Outcast-fighters on the enemy's side joined in.
The combat turned into a battle, and the Outcasts dragged us into the Badlands, where we were "welcomed" by a pirate and a Rogue-bomber, but not without receiving support by an ESRD-Navy fighter. We kept fighting hard and brave, shooting down one after another, until only two Outcast-fighters, me and two other Liberty Navy fighters remained. The Liberty Navy capital ships withdrawed from the Badlands, sticking close to the Norfolk-Texas Gate lane. Our stocks upon nanobots and shieldbatteries were empty and our ships damaged, we kept fighting those Outcast still, while three Hellfire-fighters appeared, who have been waiting for the best opportunity to engage us. They did, without further hestitation, destroying my ship first, then an other Liberty Navy-fighter. The last man standing, picked our escape pods up and withdrawed successfully.

He set us down on Norfolk Shipyard, where we have been transferred to medical ships and been moved to planet Manhattan, receiving medical care in the hospital. While recovering, I took care of requesting a new ship, doing all the paper work.

That's all for now.

Signing off,
Captain John Armada