Ladies and gentlemen, yesterday was a glorious day for the Legion...
We assembled a taskforce consisting of initiates Hendrick and Aristan, Lieutenant Markson, The Terkalakhan recon drone, and Fleet Captain McKinsey.
Hoping to intercept a navy convoy or a secondary fleet battlecruiser, we settled in beside the Mojave/New York gate lane. The action was slow, finding nothing but a lone civilian mining vessel which we told to move along, and the usual traffic of freelancers.
After about twenty minutes, we finally got something big on scanners - a Siege Cruiser, even. Going by the name of LNS-Tyrant, the captain seemed to not be afflicted be any sort of horrid diseases or mental disorders. Since it was evident he wouldn't open fire with a blood curdling scream of "ENAGABUNG!" we decided to attempt to capture the vessel.
We ordered the Tyrant to power down its engines and be taken into custody, but it stalled until a Bretonian battleship which repeatedly called us "hackers" of all things decided to waltz in, along with the primary fleet gunboat Indiana under Jack Malrone, and a couple other secondary fleet vessels.
Luckily, Grand Admiral Raisu was on standby with the Ven'Gyr, and proceeded at full burn towards the area.
Captain Malrone was just as clueless about the Bretonian warship as we were, which was about to open fire on the Ven'Gyr before it mysteriously turned tail and ran.
A CSV by the name of "NavyShip" arrived on the scene packing nothing but flashpoints which proceeded to engage the Ven'Gyr, thus sparking the battle.
Ven'Gyr quickly mopped up the secondary fleet vessels, including a battlecruiser, several gunboats, and assorted fighters, the Indiana somehow managing to evade her Firelance cannons. After these were cut through, we switched targets to the Tyrant's engine array.
The Tyrant barely managed to limp to New York, but didn't get much farther as we knocked its engines out with a well placed mortar shot. The Indiana stood down, Malrone being one of the brighter primary fleet members, and let ustow our prize back to Magellan.
Ultimately, while Ven'Gyr took moderate damage, we had no major losses, and captured a mostly intact siege cruiser - a victory the likes of which have not been seen since the days of Aethelu.
The Tyrant is currently undergoing refit and transponder changes outside of Mactan, and her crew is being interrogated onboard the Ven'Gyr as we speak.
In addition, Initiates Sam Fauk, Peter Hendrick, Luara Aristan, and Royce Lambert are all promoted to private first class. Well done, all of you.
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[color=#FFFFFF]Priority:High Encryption:Full Destination: <strike>Lieutenant</strike> Star Captain Alan "Taneru" Markson
Source: Unknown
Subject: SAD
Pilot, you have been selected for the S.A.D. - The Special Operations and Armed Reconnaisance Division. If you are receiving this message, it means you are the best and the brightest; one of the finest the Legion has to offer.
Report to Leniex at once, briefing room SO-07 for your new assignment.
