I began my patrol on planet Stuttgart. The skies were clear, and I took off. When I got to orbit, I proceeded to Planet Baden Baden. The area was clear. Guncam 001. On my return trip to Planet Stuttgart, I encountered a Red Hessian. As soon as I drew near, he fled. Guncam 002. I pursued, but he escaped. My sensors must have been damaged during take-off. I switched my Wraith for a Snubnose bomber, and continued my patrol. Upon taking off from planet Stuttgart, I did a sensor sweep for a test, no hostile contacts were detected within a 10K radius. Guncam 003. I continued my patrol into New Berlin, with no hostiles. Guncam 004A passing Trader gave me a tip about a Hessian presence near New Berlin, I did a sweep but I came up empty. Guncam 005. I did a sweep around the trade lanes, and I discovered a Hessian gunboat. I pursued it to another tradelane, unfortunately he had backup waiting. I got scans of their ships and IDs - I was heavily outgunned. Guncam 006 Guncam 007 Guncam 008
At this point, I would like to apologize to High Command for using resources. I knew the odds were terrible, but I engaged all the same, without backup. However, while I waited, innocent civilians were being robbed, murdered, and terrorized while I waited, and I could not help myself. I engaged. 2 of the Gunboats hung back and continued to terrorize innocents, while another engaged me. A while into the fight, a DHC escort came and assisted me in the fight. I believe he was piloting an Eagle, I never got time for a scan. My guncam malfunctioned at this point - I only got brief glimpses recorded of the fight. We managed to destroy 1 fighter. Now included are the glimpses from my guncam, including the picture of the destroyed fighter. Guncam 009 Guncam 010
My snubnose sustained heavy damage, but luckily we were able to later tow the chassis to Oder shipyard. It is undergoing a refit at the moment. Again, my apologies for engaging without backup, but I could not stand by vhile innocent civillians were being terrorized by the Hessians.
