***Torren flops down against his command chair after switching the piloting to auto, en route back to base. He turns on his recorder and looks into the cam***
The Bretonian influence keeps advancing into our operations. Today, BMS long range detection traced a Bretonian Mining & Manufacturing vessel in operation around the Niobium field of Tau 23 and I moved to investigate in my armored transport, having just got back from supply missions to one of our stations. I found the scoundrel buzzing around in a mining freighter in the southern quadrants of Tau 23 and ordered it to stop and release its Niobium ore that we discovered on board her.
The spineless sap refused and fled towards the extreme operational edge of the system where it made for a unknown warship of Libertonian design. Upon approach, I again ordered the BMM pilot to release his cargo and he continued refusing. A brief firefight ensued, but much to my dismay the warship's docking auto defense turrets came online and targetted my ship and I was forced to break off. I circled about a moment and watched the Bretonian dock with the unknown vessel.