**Incoming Transmission**
**CommID: Angel Baraja**
**SourceID: Planet Malta, Omicron Alpha**
**TargetID: Commander Mia Bonello, Corsica**
Re: Patrol and Engagement Report
I recieved a call to duty whilst resting on Malta from Raul Sanchez, detailing three pilots that had assaulted Outcasts then evaded destruction. Their last known whereabouts had been by the Tau 37 jump hole, so I guessed they'd have gone through there. Undocking from Malta in my Sabre, I engaged cruise and moved toward the hole. Proceeding through the hole, I patrolled and searched for the assailants in Tau 37, eventually coming across them in the rock field by the Tau 23 hole. Upon entering scanner range I sent out warning transmissions to the pilots, informing them I was under instruction to search and destroy following their assault on Outcast personnel. They pleaded innocence but I knew their guilt. Engaging, I quickly shot down the first pilot *DD*-UNNUR-, who was followed soon after by his comrade *DD*_Rob_D. The final assailant was one *DD*Lone*, piloting a Lane Hacker gunboat, though his identification displayed did not match. As much as I tried to inflict damage on the gunboat, I could barely dent his hull with my guns, and I did not possess the required equipment and weaponary with which to take down a larger vessel such as that. After a time I broke off from the fighting and moved back to Alpha, unable to cause enough of an impact on the gunboats hull. I suppose had I carried on for a longer while, I could have eventually whittled down the vessel enough to cause life support malfunction.
Unfortunately I do not have any visuals from the skirmish as my image capturing device was knocked out by a direct hit from gunfire. I will have the Malta techies order a replacement as soon as possible.
Upon returning I debriefed with Raul Sanchez and returned to my berth on Malta, and am now awaiting further orders.
Baraja, out.
**End Transmission**
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
~H. L. Mencken
