~Lt. Commander Jack Malrone. >Reinstated to Patrol Duties.
Admirality,
I have been cleared out of hospital have already re-commenced my patrol duties.
>Possible Rheinland Agent ~ California.
My first patrol duty was, as usual, California. Everything was quiet until I hit the ice field near Willard Research station. A small vessel, GENKOLOSS, was detected engaging some Hackers. I moved to assist and found the target was flying a Rheinland fighter. After I'd finished with the Hackers, the target proceeded to engage me and I was forced to return fire.
>Rogue Gunboat ~ New York.
After finishing up patrol in California, I made my way to New York. En-route, the newly commissioned Liberty Dreadnought, Ft. Wenachee, came on comms for her maiden voyage. No sooner had I greeted the Captain did I come across a Rogue gunboat near the West Point <-> California trade lane. Callsign [SRB]Nemanja, the target wasn't happy to leave the area peacefully. I gave him several warnings, all of which he refused point blank to obey. The Wenachee was already touring West Point and diverted course to assist.
>Another Rogue Gunboat ~ New York.
Minutes after intercepting the first gunboat, another was spotted orbiting Manhatten. Paul_Donovan was apparently searching for Rochester - To get repairs. He allegedly ran into a minefield and was severely damaged. I ordered him to leave, else his ship wouldn't need repairing.
Later on in the shift, the same gunboat was taken over by some sort of terrorist, demanding twenty-five Navy hostages or he'd blow Paul's brains out. The clear directive is not to negotiate with terrorists - So I denied his request and started a search party. Before long, he came to us at Fort Bush. Babbling about blowing up Fort Bush, we were forced to neutralise him before he became a threat to anyone else. I managed to SNAC the gunboat moments before he crashed into Fort Bush. The resulting antimatter expansion resulted in the explosives on board having only (approximately) 15% of their full potential, meaning Fort Bush was only suffered minor damage.
>Assault charges ~ New York.
As I was talking to a person piloting an illegal fighter at Norfolk, a freelancer by the name SMGSterlin fired upon a civilian meters away from my ship. I ordered the immediate arrest of said freelancer and for him to be escorted to Sugarland immediately. He seemed confused as to why such action was needed, as he thought the civilian was infected with "LOL" syndrome.
Eventually, he complied and Sugarland found him innocent of assaulting a civilian vessel.
>"CEO" Jayce Brooks ~ New York.
As I was dealing with Mr Sterlin, the Wenachee and her escort had intercepted a fighter near Rochester, callsign Jayce.Brooks. Apparently the pilot wasn't too happy about her treatment by the Navy and wanted to file a complaint. I relayed to Mr/Ms Brooks that the only way to file a complaint was on Manhatten at the Navy's HQ. Jayce quickly retracted her statement and said that a liaison would be in touch.
>Xeno ~ New York.
XA-Stiletto had been picked up heading from Colorado toward Fort Bush. I went to intercept, along with officer Gowron. I offered him a deal that he release the civilian hostages and not bother us again. He seemed to accept the deal...for a while.
Approximately ten minutes later, the Xeno was spotted engaging some Ageria pilots. I ordered Gowron and another officer to take him out. Unfortunately, both officers failed and the task was left to me. The Xeno knew a thing or two about fighter tactics and was quite hard to hit. I managed to SNAC his shield, only to be hit by an ion pulse moments later. Myself and the Xeno were left adrift until backup systems kicked in. By that time, I'd lost the target on sensors.
I'll be reviewing how such a pulse managed to propagate after firing a SNAC.
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