Name:Tom Lewis Rank:Major Subject:Vespucci-Magellan Report, 19th of January
Report Begins
A patrol began yesterday with a rendezvous at the Magellan Jumphole in Vespucci with the Last Sunrise, and a secondary fleet pilot, Amelie Lacroix as well as myself. We entered into a small skirmish with a Rogue Scylla-class destroyer which was supported by small craft. We emerged from that skirmish victorious easily. We jumped to Magellan afterwards to investigate, as we believed the strike force we encountered was a recon party.
Upon jumping, we encountered another group of criminals waiting for us, along with another Scylla class destroyer. Noticing that we were under serious attack, we scouted the surrounding areas to investigate, where we found more and more wings of pirates waiting for us, with Outcasts accompanying the Rogue ships. Even more outrageous, we encountered multiple Sarissa-class Battleships. We called for backup numerous times during our patrol to support us, as these ships were too close to Vespucci, and we could not leave these ships unchecked. Even a Commonwealth citizen joined us in a bomber to assist us in the defense. We discovered a criminal base in the vicinity, guarded by a large fleet of pirate ships. We defeated the defenders, and boarded the base, and found large stashes of Cardamine, as well as scientific-related data in the form of blackboxes, video recordings and notes. We salvaged most of the data, but did not confiscate most of the Cardamine onboard the base.
After taking what we could, we had a short discussion about what to do with the base, deciding to salvage the husk for parts, and afterwards, promptly returned to the Vespucci Jumphole in Magellan. To our great horror, we found a gigantic fleet of Outcast and Rogue ships, supported by what was no less than an Outcast Ranseur, preparing to jump to Vespucci. We immediately intercepted the fleet, and called for bomber support to deal with the monstrosity. After a prolonged battle, we emerged victorious.
The Last Sunrise took significant damage, and returned to dry dock to rearm and repair. We consolidated most of the scientific data and the cardamine, and have handed them over to R&D safely for analysis. A haz-mat team was escorted to the location of the base to dispose of the drugs still remaining.
