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Evening soldiers, Callahan here.

Today was a good day for the legion.
Executive Commander Atheus, Pilot First Class Antares, Star Captain Mahnke, Star Captain Morton and myself went on a routine trip to the New York system.



It was rather quiet for the most part, so we decided to help lift the curtain of lies before the eyes of the citizens of Liberty, and we did so with a bit of success.
It seems that these days not everyone is a blind follower of the corrupt government, so we did manage to actually get some positive responses from the public. As usual however, the negative ones made up the bigger part.
While spreading the truth and informing the free men and women of Liberty of our cause, we ended up encountering a rather special officer of the Navy, going by the name "Clarence Harper".



It didn't take long for us to intercept him, and we were surprised to see the man stand his ground instead of running away.
Only few would have shown this bravery in such a situation, and we offered the man an honorable duel with one of us.
Harper picked Star Captain Morton, and the fight was entertaining to watch, to say the least.
After a few minutes of combat, Star Captain Morton finished off Harper's ship with a well placed Sunslayer torpedo, after which Harper ejected and had his pod take him home safe.

Afterwards we set course for the next checkpoint and were lucky to encounter an unescorted Liberty Assault Battlecruiser, the "LNS Quimby".
It didn't take long for the fight to start, and the gunnery crews of the Quimby did all they could to shoot our ships down, but to no avail.
It all ended with a huge explosion as the final antimatter charge buried itself in the ships reactor core.



Having suffered no damage worth mentioning, we went on with our patrol.
It was just as we had finished it and began to refuel at the Rogue Destroyer stationed near the West Point - California tradelane that we were greeted by another hostile IFF signature.
It was the Navy Dreadnought Arizona.
Its captain had been engaged in a "conversation" with us for the last few minutes before that, so we decided to do the diplomatic thing and pay the ship a friendly visit.

We encountered the Arizona at the California jumpgate and, once more, it didn't take long for the fight to start.
Oddly enough, a friendly mercenary of a group called "Overwatch Incorporated" offered us his assistance, and not willing to pass the chance of reducing another symbol of the Navy's military might to rubble, I accepted the offer.
We took on the Arizona and pounded it with all we had for several minutes.
A... I think it was a trader, well, the man going by the name of "Icharus Trask" opened fire on the Dreadnought aswell, which returned the favor.
Trask's Transport only lasted mere seconds, and I'm still amazed by the bravery of this man who, knowing he had no chance, came to our aid against that beast.
It shows that our earlier words were not for naught, and that we are getting more sympathizers to our cause every day.
Anyway, babble aside, it was a tough fight, and Star Captain Morton got caught by a full salvo of the Arizona's guns during a dive. I tractored his pod in and we continued to pound on the ship's hull.
After some more minutes it began to look like the Arizona's crew had lost hope in victory.
The gunnery crews weren't aiming as accurately, some turrets even ceased firing, so the ship was disabled without any further trouble.
At this point the mercenary arrived - a bit too late, but I decided to reward him for his effort and good will nevertheless.
All in all, a good trip.

Oh, and we also managed to pick up a flight recorder of the Arizona which got blown out during the fight.
Most of the data is fried, but here's a shot for your viewing pleasure.



On a further note, we did have a brief talk with the mercenary afterwards.
It appears that the "Overwatch Incorporated" mercenaries want to maintain good relations with our side of the law.
I think we might find them useful in the futre. Afterall, they weren't afraid of choosing a side, unlike most other mercenaries we've encountered so far.

What else... oh right. For fulfilling his duties on a daily basis flawlessly and displaying an exceptional amount of bravery in combat time and time again, I would like to recomment Pilot First Class Antares for a promotion to the rank of Lieutenant.

That is all. Star Captain Morton mentioned earlier he might do a follow-up report later today.
Callahan, over and out.

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