The S/D Agency Files

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To: Directors
From: Sebastian Page
Subject: Report 006
Local Time: 13:17
Priority: Normal

Reporting from Sheffield Station.

Quite eventful so far.

I undocked from Cambridge, met with Crash in his new bomber, nice ship. He was under teh weather so he left early. to pass the time i patrolled through New London, Leeds and made my way to Manchester through the Hole.

When i entered Manchester i was jumped by some nobody Gaians and Mollys. When i was mopping these up i noticed chatter coming a Karadin saying something about a bounty. I quickly changed target to Karadin as he was flying a Viper equipped with Corsair weapons, a Corsair IFF and a Merc ID.

I was outclassed from the start of the fight so i concentrated mainly on circling him, must forward my thanks onto banjo for the lessons. I took shots at him when i could but he was quite maneuverable in that ship. There was no immediate threat as he could only turn fast enough to take my shields down, sometimes a bit of my hull, but not too often.

About 5-10 minutes into the duel, with 4-6 other gaian and molly ships trying to pick me off as well, i radioed for backup from S/D-Connor.McCloud. unfortunately he was 2 systems away in Cambridge. I managed to hold the aggressor until Conner arrived, this is where the aggressor took a more defensive stance with us. About another 5-10 minutes more fighting Conner fell prey to one of his own mines and needed to bail out. Left on my own again i concentrated more on evading and taking shots of opportunity.

After another 5-10 minutes of this a passing bounty hunter (BH-Minator-B) gave assistance with this merc. again the merc took a defensive stance to this new threat. after 5-10 minutes he fled to Leeds. we pursued .

When i entered Leeds i re-engaged Karadin with the merc and another participant (Plaktukas), i didn't ask who they where as i wasn't given much time to think with molly fighters and a gunship giving the merc support. we spent 5 or more minutes exchanging fire with the merc while evading fire from the gunship and support craft when the merc fled back to Manchester. we again chased the merc.

I entered Manchester again and reengaged the merc, he seemed to be more worn down at this stage and did not have as many ships engaging us to cause a distraction. with 3 ships engaging him he was nearly constantly evading and trying to flee. all escape options where blocked with well placed cruise disruptor from my peers, unfortunately i blew all my Missile, Cruise Disruptor and Mine ammo during the course of this fight.

Just before the end of the engagement i noticed that my angle to the ship gave me a perfect aim to shoot, as he was evading the other ships, leaving me a clear shot. a few hits from the buckshot and his hull buckled.

That last for quite a long time, and i doubt i would have survived that long without Banjo's advice and the documented training manual, thanks. After thanking Minature and Plaktukas for their assistance i returned to Sheffield Station for repairs. will take a few hours to get these complete.

My Logs are fragmented due to the damage sustained by the engagement, see attached for what was salvagable from the computer. Should anything else happen today i will amend this report.

Regards

Sebastian.

Video Log part 1
Video Log part 2
Video Log part 3
Video Log part 4
Video Log part 5
Video Log part 6

Scan 1
Scan 2
Target Killed




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