Priority: High
Encryption: High
Destination: Executive Commander Enrico Rossini, Boadicea (Junction) Station, Kansas, Commodore Jake Ryder, NTBS Belisarius, Kansas
Source: Captain Robert Crompton, Standard Patrol(Complete), NSTV Hinton, Kansas System
Subject: Mission Report
A rather eventful patrol, which began with a battle against another one of those stubborn Outcasts. For a change this one flew a Falcata rather than one of the blasted Tridentes. Until the point where I joined the combat against the Outcast, Lieutenant Alan Gresham and Lieutenant Henry Matthews were engaged in combat with it. Due to an electronics failure Gresham momentarily lost control of his ship and was shot down by the Falcata. Thankfully he escaped and a recovery crew was dispatched from the Belisarius. Upon arriving in the battle, the Outcast began making multiple attempts to escape via tradelanes to California however just before he eluded us Lieutenant Matthews and I managed to score a shot that shredded the Falcata to some floating scrap metal.
After this we ran into a Clydesdale and a Guardian, both of which were HDMS tagged. We were curious as to how they managed to get a Guardian, a highly guarded vessel which is not sold to civilians. They claimed to be of 'Danish' descent and having been taken out of stasis for the first time since the 23rd Century, from 'a dark corner.' I took their word as an attempt at humour. At this point, a 101st Outcast vessel, 'Vince Piccio', or to be more specific, a Sabre appeared and came within proximity to us. Also present at the time was a Lane Hacker Borderworlds DL Transport.
The '101st Outcast Sabre' Vince Piccio in the Foreground. Also visible is Lieutenant Commander Vayrn Wyard. Outside of the guncam's vision, to the right, is Lieutenant Henry Matthews.
Things were not as they appeared with this particular 'Outcast' vessel. Static and multiple haunting communications were transmitted from the vessel. We spent a while trying to work out what it really was, the intentions it had. Multiple theories, including pranks, LSF spy drones, Nomads and even a ghost ship were brought up but none of them truly fitted it (with the exception of the ghost ship theory)
For the most part the ship was non-aggressive, however a foolish iridium miner (piloted by another one of those bloody Harris syndrome infectees who plague the system) provoked the vessel and was destroyed after commenting on the vessel's weapons systems in the typical way that most infected with Harris Syndrome communicate.
At around the same time another ship, a Borderworlds Transport by the name of Siberia, a known miner, was flying around asking for directions to the backwater system that is Humboldt. During the lengthy round-about way in which we discussed the location of Humboldt, the mysterious Outcast vessel left of its own accord. The Siberia finally located the Humboldt jumphole of its own accord. After this we returned to Boadicea station to finish the patrol.
I would recommend an investigation into the electronics of all our vessels, to prevent malfunctions which resulted in Gresham's ship being shot down again. I thought such malfunctions were gone for good with these new engine tunings and overhauls but it would appear that they haven't been completely ironed out yet.
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