Comm ID Fleet Captain Mori Tadao Target ID
The Hellfire Legion
Sir? Are you ser- I mean... Yes, Sir, I do. Thank you very much, Sir.
W-... ah.. right. I have an encounter - or a series of encounters - to report. Again, the Legion prevails.
We learned that several Libertonian capital ships were sitting around just waiting to be ambushed, and ambush them we did. While we never did find the LNS Epsilon, the RCMP Kitchener (what does RCMP stand for, anywas? Royal Coward Murdering via Poison?) attacked one of our men in California, but later fled to New York via the jump gate. This was intentional; the Battlecruiser fell right into our trap, arriving at the jump gate in New York just as our re-enforcements, including myself, did. The Legion offered the captain a chance to surrender. He refused, and thus the fate of the Kitchener was sealed.
We quickly moved away from the scene and headed toward Buffalo Base. We couldn't risk enemy re-enforcements arriving.
When we arrived at the base, however, we met several of our allies from the Vagrant Raiders. We soon learned that they'd been attacked by a mercenary in Magellan with little warning. With a bit more probing and questioning of our various allies, we discovered that this wasn't the only attack: The mercenary, one Johnny Blaze, had later attacked the Liberty Rogues as well, and was generally coming down the line towards New York causing problems and helping the Libertonian military. This had to be stopped before more men were lost... and stopped it was.
At this point, we were hearing reports of massive numbers of Navy ships scattered throughout the system, as well as mercenaries doing their bidding. We decided our next stop would be Fort Bush. It was a good choice. The moment we arrived, we were attacked by a Navy fighter. <strike>Initiate</strike> Lieutenant Bennington fought against it as we planned our next move. The duel was over in moments; the Lieutenant had performed outstandingly, and the Avenger was but wreckage.
We noted a gunboat sitting just over the Fort, its captain presumably scanning passing civilians. Of course, he wasn't willing to just let us go. We offered him a chance to surrender as well, informing him that he and his crew would be freed unharmed. He declined, and along with a passing police officer, engaged our forces. His loss.
We chose to move quickly away from the Fort, as the Navy was openly preparing for a counterattack. We spent quite some time flying around New York confusing them. They seemed to think we were still at Fort Bush when we were destroying military depots orbiting Manhattan, and that we were on the dark side of Pittsburgh when we were making our bombing runs against the Missouri. The Missouri sent out a distress call, of course, but we were gone by the time help arrived. We eventually caught several mercenaries in the employ of the Navy in orbit of Manhattan, while multiple Navy ships were inbound. We quickly began to mop up the filth.
Unfortunately, their backup arrived all too soon. The LNS Cape Horn, backed up by three competent pilots, began tearing holes in our ranks. My bomber was lost, and we hastily retreated. Our job was done.
