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Comms ID: Junior Constable Alastair Graham Hind, Bretonia Police Authority.
Subject: Patrol report #002, 23.08.818.
Encryption: [color=#FFFF00]Medium.

Patrolled Leeds, London and Edinburgh, although most of my patrol if you can call it that was conducted in Leeds.

As London was all quiet to the degree of not spotting a single freighter around, I proceeded to patrol Leeds, where I noticed an Interspace vessel immediately, attempting to engage the trade lane towards Stokes, which we all know is Kusari territory. The ship was designated as [color=#FFFF00]ICV_Autumn_Hymn.

Upon my first warning to cut his engines, he immediately complied and disengaged the trade lane sequence. I scanned his hold, determined him to be in possession of a cargohold worth of Boron. Upon asking him of his destination, he replied with naming LD-14. Since Bretonia was in no dire need of security at that moment, I decided that instead of turning him around, I would escort him to his destination.

The Interspace vessel complied with every single order I gave. We used no trade lanes and took a short detour to avoid Kusari patrols which could have threatened both of our lives. Eventually, we reached LD-14 without being engaged by the rice... I mean Kusarians. The vessel's captain was so appreciative of my escort that he even gave me a million credits, which I refused with the instruction to give it to the Anvil if he was to make a donation.

We parted our ways back near Leeds, where he headed to Edinburgh.

A smaller Kusari attack consistent of rookies and a faint Kusarian designation that my sensors picked up forced me to stay above Leeds though, seeing that no Armed Forces personnel were present at that point.

Just as the assault was repelled, a transport vessel flown by a Kusarian [color=#FF0000]spy and traitor as we later determined, the Greg showed up on sensors. The spy in control somehow managed to obtain a Bretonian Percheron-class transport, but the Bretonian designations for it he failed to do so. That made me suspicious, so I brought the vessel to a halt.

It took him several tries to even get him to stop. A mild ion storm was interfering with our sensors, which lasted until the end of my shift, making my task to apprehend him even more difficult. As I suspected, his cargo was full of military vehicles. The spy eventually admitted working for the Kusari government (as the comms logs will soon show), taking the vehicles to the Nagasaki.

As I was trying to get him to turn back and drop his cargo hold, Junior Constable Bethany Clayworth arrived, lending me a hand. Even the presence of two constables however, couldn't prevent the spy from attempting a landing on Leeds.

The fool thought he could avoid us by hiding on the most heavily militarized planet in Bretonia. I called the border guard troops on the surface, who began apprehending the vessel immediately. I recommend adding him to the list of known spies and smugglers, just in case.

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At any rate, upon my return to Leeds orbit, I noticed how the unidentified signal we detected earlier did not vanish. With two vessels at hand now, me and miss Clayworth flew off to track him down. As again, my suspicion was correct. Kusarian signal, destroyer class. We picked up the IKN-Natsutsuki 14 clicks below Leeds, making a run for it as soon as we were in sensor range.

We pursued the destroyer almost until Stokes and even though two police fighters hardly would have been a challenge to a fully armed Imperial destroyer, he kept fleeing. We failed to apprehend the vessel due to the massive ion storms still being present, which the Kusarian captain used to his advantage, getting away successfully.

We returned to Leeds, where the HMS-Shannon, a destroyer assumed guard of the area. Upon the arrival of Her Majesty's fleet to secure the area, we returned to Leeds.

On the final note, allow me to share a theory I developed regarding this misfortunate turn of events.

I suspect that the IKN-Natsutsuki was the one responsible for the recruit Chimaera attacks on Leeds, serving as the cover for the Greg to smuggle the military vehicles to the Nagasaki undisturbed. Little did they know that Her Majesty's police is ever vigilante! May not be our modus operandi, but we still managed to prevent the Naval Forces from getting a considerable amount of supplies, thus saving hundreds of Bretonian lives.

Junior Constable Alastair Graham Hind signing off.

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