Stoat - A log

[Stoat]

Well, it's been busy these last few days. Omicron Delta is certainly not a place for the faint hearted. The system is crawling with Nomads and Corsairs. I'm amazed that the Freeport there has survived. I was just going to pass straight through the system, cutting through Tohoku and Hokkaido, before heading back to Bretonia, but I heard the Aeria Gloris challenging a ship at the freeport, so I headed over to take a look.

There was an outcast destroyer sitting well within the no-fire zone of the freeport, happily blasting ships to pieces. The Aeria was busy trying to persuade the ship to cease fire, but the only response from the destroyer was some gubbins about language difficulties! There were no Zoners in the area, so we could do nothing to stop him sadly, as we were certainly not going to violate the no-fire zone.

Then, in the midst of all this, we start to pick up system wide transmissions from a corsair goading the Aeria into a fight. The Aeria quickly set out from the no-fire zone, as I scouted ahead. It didn't take me long to pick up the ship on scanners. The Diablo Blanco. My god, it was a monstrous ship. A 'Legate' dreadnought, no less. I couldn't believe the size of the thing. As the Aeria moved to engage, I also dived in, confident that the dreadnought would concentrate its fire on the Aeria. I was able to deliver significant damage to the dreadnought, and we were able to destroy the thing in short order. I'll be looking forward to a share of that bounty!

The Aeria withdrew back to the Freeport, so I set off for home, heading through Tohoku, Hokkaido, Kyushu and the Taus. It was a dull trip. No bounties presented themselves. Even heading into Edinburgh was fruitless. These Gaians are never around when you want them to be! So I headed back to Leeds, and docked for a well earned rest.

A couple of days later I was headed for Rheinland. The bounties are always numerous up there. The Omegas were surprisingly quiet, but I soon found trouble in Stuttgart. Two Corsair gunboats were busy terrorising the local shipping at the New Berlin jumpgate. One of the boats, Tritium, was heavily fitted for anti-fighter work, so I dived right in, trusting in my manoeuverability to overcome them. Tritium was no match for me, and soon fell. Proteus Lominus was fully loaded with Cerberus turrets, and might have caused me greater problems, had his aim been worth a damn! As it was I was easily able to avoid his volleys, and even had him begging for mercy before I converted the ship into so much debris. I was even able to recover a number of passengers, a Cruiser Commander and several civilian piots. The civilians I took to Planet Stuttgart, the passengers and Commander I transferred to the RNC Bismark when he showed up in the system.

Like I said, it's been busy these last few days. I hope it stays this way.

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