Today's event began at Hesperia, where Colonel Sahega, myself and strikecraft Crimson 1 departed to investigate a Maltese disturbance in the Pennsylvania system. We encountered a pirate while en-route near the gate to the Pennsylvania system, attempting to extort funds from a Universal Shipping transport. The pirate was promptly engaged by our forces, which had been joined by Crimson 2 while en-route. The transport was knocked out of action, but the pirate was deleted, around the time the Maltese disturbance flowed through the Jump Gate.
The fight didn't take long to start, and soon our four were pit against their three initially, which consisted of a Tridente ((C~Catamaran), a Waran ((C~Assassin.03) and a Sabre ((C~Basilisk). Soon, two more wings arrived to support them, being another fighter ((C~Diamond) and a Touketsu ((C~Vennamis), but with the gunship having been destroyed, our efforts became simpler, especially with Admiral Smith entering the AO. Diamond and Assassin fell not long after, leaving the Sabre and Touketsu remaining. Basilisk managed to engage cloak and scurried off, the bomber being handled by Crimson 2. By determination, it managed to retreat to Buffalo where it made an emergency landing.
En-route back to Hesperia, a Naval vessel was located heading towards California. The LNS-Arctique was soon surrounded by our strikecraft, now with the addition of Executive Commander Dalgaard, the Last Sunrise inbound to provide muscle. However, the cruiser elected to open up on our ships before the Sunrise could arrive, straying into the Detroit field. As the Sunrise arrived, the cruiser soon found itself under heavy fire, and eventually couldn't take it anymore, falling to the Sunrise's guns.
After that, we made out way back to Hesperia. All in all, a good day with no losses.
[02.01.2018 13:01:21] Death: []|-Undead was put out of action by [HF]-Crimson.1 (Gun).
[02.01.2018 13:14:51] Death: (C~Catamaran was put out of action by [HF]-Crimson.2 (Gun).
[02.01.2018 13:23:11] Death: (C~Diamond was put out of action by [HF]-Crimson.1 (Gun).
[02.01.2018 13:28:18] Death: (C~Assassin.03 was put out of action by [HF]-Crimson.2 (Gun).
[02.01.2018 13:57:03] Death: LNS-Arctique was put out of action by [HF]-HFBC-Last.Sunrise (Gun).
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