Source: Alamo Base, Tau-45 System Comm ID: XA-Viper (Glenn Thacker) Subject: Status Report
Today's been a hell of a day, and I need a drink. Today, I decided to take my shiny new Kushan Freighter out for a spin. Copperhead's right about that ship, Zoner engineering is nice. Of course, this report isn't here just so I can rave about the Kushan. No, this isn't nearly as good as that. In fact, it's going to take the engineers here at Alamo quite a while to beat this thing back into shape.
I decided that I wanted to go stop some shipping, and thought that the Magellan system was a good place to set up shop. I set up right in the middle of the Trade Lane so I could get the drop on any traders that came through. After a bit of waiting, I didn't catch any traders, but a Lane Hacker Gunship piloted by Edward Morris found me sitting there. Knowing that I didn't have the firepower to even scratch his paint, I promptly hit the cruise engines and tried to get away as quick as I could. He managed to CD me several times, then fired swarms of missiles at me and stripped me of my mine dropper and half my turrets. After that, I managed to finally kick in the cruise, and got to the Magellan -> California gate and went through. He followed me, and managed to knock out the trade lane before I could get in, stripping off he rest of my guns in the process. I flew to a different ring and managed to jump in there, but since I lost my mine dropper, I couldn't close the door behind me. He entered the lane as well. Instead of letting him get the drop on me at the end of the lane, I dropped out early and tried to engage cruise. He managed to CD me a couple times, and blew my shield generator out. Finally, I managed to re-engage my cruise engines and ran for the Ontario jump hole. I tried a flyby of the Battleship Yukon hoping one of the Liberty Navy ships there would CD him for me, but it wasn't to be. He followed me all the way into the Ontario system. After I got into cruise, I sent a long range broadcast ahead to Ouray calling for some help. Fortunately for me, Diamondback and Lancehead were sitting at Ouray and scrambled their bombers to help me. After I got into Colorado, I led Morris right into them and used the cover to get away.
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