I noticed this message during a scan of recent Neural Net activity, and thought myself obligated to throw my two sense in. My interactions with the LNS Brooklyn have been thankfully lacking, but there have been two instances where our paths have crossed, of sorts.
In the first instance, I was visiting Planet Manhattan on some personal business when I noticed a Navy Battlecruiser - the Brooklyn, firing rather indescriminately. Thinking some reason behind it, I immediately had my sensors officer do a system scan. The immediate area showed nothing that might constitute a threat - no pirates, smugglers, nomads, or anything in the immediate area. There were some traders etc., but I was mystified by the weapons discharge. At the time, I simply put it off as a weapon system test and put it out of my mind.
When I took off from the planet, however, the Brooklyn was no longer discharging its weapons, but rather, sitting rather ungainly in front of the trade lanes leading to West Point. While perhaps not blocking the trade lanes, I would hazard to say his choice of position was a rather poor one - at least one collision occured when a fellow came through the lane.
The Brooklyn's mystifiyng behavior only continued some weeks later, when I was running my usual trade route throug the Omegas. As is my habit, I scanned the upcoming Bretonian space in order to identify possible pirates. I was shocked to find that the LNS Brooklyn's signature popped up in the New London system! I even went so far as to ask the Brooklyn why he would feel his jurisdiction lay in Bretonian space, but got no answer.
Now. None of what I have presented is in any way damning, but does add to a fairly unflattering picture painted of the LNS Brooklyn. My concern as a trader is to avoid any complications of such an odd ship.
signed,
Jack Agincourt
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.
