**Incoming Transmission**
**CommID: Angel Baraja**
**SourceID: Planet Malta, Omicron Alpha**
**Subject: Patrol and Engagement Report**
My first assignment was to procure and outfit a Z Series "Sabre" fighter, and so I proceeded to Malta and purchased one from the shipyard, before heading out into space and to Omicron Beta to pick up some weaponary. Upon docking on Ruiz Base, I was alerted, by the Reapers of Sirius pilot Dante Todorio to the presence of a Bounty Hunter battleship that had somehow bypassed the defences of the outer systems and entered Alpha. Outfitting my ship with haste, I returned to Malta to link up with [101st] Rodrigo Morales, Raul Sanchez and the flagship MNS Alhambra, as well as Dante Todorio. The encroaching vessel fled Alpha into Tau 37 upon seeing the full force of the Outcast defences. Upon gaining permission to pursue and enter Tau 37, we followed the bounty hunter ship back to Freeport 10, where the target slowed and we engaged. The battle was tense and on more than one occasion I thought my ship was about to be blown to pieces, but my new and shiny Sabre held strong. Unfortunately Rodrigo Morales' ship was struck by an inexplicible control failure, and he was thrown into the bounty hunter vessel, just about managing to eject his escape pod. Raul was able to tractor him in quickly enough. Eventually the firepower of the Alhambra and combined efforts of the plucky Outcast fighters was too much for the bounty hunter battleship, and his ship lost life support to several decks and sustained heavy hull damage causing systems failure.
My image processing device picked up this image as part of the battleship is blown.
Damage report on my ship was minimal, minor damage sustained to my hull, but nothing that the boys on Malta couldn't fix.
My first day in the 101st has certainly been eventful, and I hope I can continue to serve the Orange Dream to the very best of my ability and defend my homeland with my very life.
Angel Baraja, signing off.
**End Transmission**
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
~H. L. Mencken
