GalSpan Report Database

[Mantrid Brizon]

Name: Alexander Chase
Rank: Captain
Ship Name: Lynx
Ship Class: "Titanic" Heavy Tanker

Title: First pirate encounter.
Report Body: So after delivering another load of food supplies to the Crayterians on New Hope East, I decided to fly to Sabah Shipyard. Once there, I bought up a large quantity of their toxic waste, which I'm certain they appreciated. Originally I was going to take it to the Texas system, but opted instead to head further out and sold it for a considerable profit at Alster Shipyard in Hamburg. There, I bought Ablative Armor Plating for a pittance and began the return trip directly back to Sabah Shipyard. Taking only jump holes and admiring the view, I made it all of the way back to Coronado. That's when it happened.

On my way past planet Curacao, a ship came up on my scanners. The Captain, Hausser_Ferdinand, said only one thing, and "STOP!" doesn't make me feel comfortable with complying. As I wasn't sure the direction of the ship, and I was so close to planet Curacao, I thought my best course of action would be to turn around and quickly moor. As I did, I turned right into the direction of the hostile ship. Without enough time to scan him, I had to rely solely on a quick glance as I passed within 3k of his ship. It was at least an RA-4 "Hellhound" Gunboat, but the gentle hump at the front of the silhouette made me believe it was most likely a "Scylla" Destroyer. They fired a cruise disruptor but missed entirely, as my full cruising speed of 350 m/s took the Lynx right past the port-bow of his ship. He fired again, turning to face Lynx. The second shot also missed, but his 3rd found it's mark.

Unfortunately for him, I was within 2K of the mooring fixture. Having received permission to dock as soon as I saw him appear on my scanners (as a precaution), I made it safely into port. As I did so, I wished him better luck the next time, then insulted his intelligence. After waiting in port for less than half a Sirius hour, he was gone and making his way into Bretonian space. Lynx then departed from the mooring point of planet Curacao and I made it safely to Sabah Shipyard. In fact, Sabah Shipyard is where I wrote this report.

GalSpan might need to be on the lookout for more Rogues in the future, now that they have seen our Merchant Division's ships.

End of report.

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