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LIBERTY NAVY PATROL REPORT
Lieutenant Darren Barnes
DEPARTMENT RECEIVING: LIBERTY NAVY PATROL ARCHIVE
-- Begin Report --
Today began as any other day, you log your ID in the flight plan system, review the orders for the next patrol, run through any outstanding maintenance reports then complete preflight checklists. For once, it actually seemed I was getting a patrol outside of Liberty's back yard and potentially out to Colorado to check out the northern quadrants. Some may say not the most exciting, but more often than not New York and it's immediate surroundings are the hot spots where the top brass wants you to patrol the most.
After completing all of the above, I started out heading to Colorado. Before I even left Norfolk I had bumped into a pilot from the 46th Squadron who seemed to have just been introduced to a newer Bomber class Navy ship, practically identical to the one I had just left behind in order to get back to my trusty heavy fighter. He was talkative, so I checked in with him and we discussed what was going on in Liberty space currently. After a brief weapons check, I accompanied him to Detroit Munitions so he could pick up his new service pistol and other gear. We then went past Fort Bush, onto the typical Manhatten sight seeing tour to see if we could locate any of the usual civilian traffic, although this proved to be uneventful.
This unexpected interaction meant my scheduled trip to Colorado would have to wait, as New York was once again the place to be, it seemed. We encountered a Liberty Navy 1st fleet Cruiser, I forget the name of the vessel but it's always a pleasure to watch one of those things fly by. Man I'd give anything to be trusted as captain of one of those things. One day Barnes.. One day..
My assigned patrol time was getting close to expiring, so I did a quick recap past West Point and Fort Bush, then returned back to Norfolk Shipyard before I got in trouble with the crew chief for not sticking to the assigned routes and time allocations. Luckily he didn't seem to think anything was out of order upon my return, and I had still completed a decent patrol zone that I could attach to my report.
Next patrol, I hope I get assigned to Colorado again and manage to complete a patrol out there. Sometimes you just gotta get out your comfort zone and see what's outside the norm, a change of scenery from the usual New York/Texas/California zones is always a welcome change.
-- End of Report --
Lieutenant Darren Barnes
DARREN BARNES
LT, 1FLT
Liberty Navy
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