Today, I was on regular patrol with Sub-Lieutenant Katya Vaschenko and Lieutenant Commander Luis Gellantra. We spotted an Corsair intruder passing through Omega-52 to reach Omega-5, thinking he could use our system as he pleases. Well unfortunately for him we positioned ourselves outside the Omega-5 jumphole, preparing for a surprise attack. Once he stepped into the Omega-5 system he also stepped into his own death. As he tried to desperately escape, a final shot from Comrade Katya destroyed the enemy gunboat completely.
At this point, Lieutenant Guang Jie, Lieutenant Commander Timor Khruschev, Lieutenant Viktor Sotskov and Captain Bjorn Thorvaldsson arrived, and they would soon be a vital asset for our team during the next encounter...
However, we were very slow in dealing with the target and thus reinforcements managed to arrive, one by one. Soon we were getting outnumbered but we could still handle the enemy force. Once we had won the skirmish and defeated the remaining reinforcements, more came out of the Omega-41 jumphole. I commanded for an aggressive attack and under that battle we destroyed many of their force as well. But, as expected they started sending in larger vessels when they began to understand they were loosing.
From nowhere an Osiris managed to enter the system, escorted by a gunboat and two Talaraca cruisers. How they managed to acquire these strange cruisers I don't know but what I did know is that they were firing at me and my comrades. We couldn't withstand the heavy firepower they delivered for long and we decided to retreat after destroying their smaller crafts.
Interestingly enough, one corsair managed to assist us by destroying his own ally!
I believe Comrade Katya's words summed up our battle today very nicely:
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