COMM ID:Lieutenant Alan Polstari TARGET ID:Primary Fleet Command HQ SUBJECT:Interdiction & Destruction ENCRYPTION:Medium PRIORITY:Medium
Greetings, sirs.
Today was an especially busy day with respect to interdicting transport vessels. My report as follows.
I began my work over Planet Houston in my Upholder, looking to enforce the oft ignored Embargo we have against Rheinland. My first prize of the day was a transport tagged as [color=#FF9900]EvGO, a Luxury Liner carrying Neon. It attempted to head to Hamburg via Bering, but I cut the trade lane and attempted to contact its captain. While I was finally able to get the vessel to turn around, it refused to follow further lawful orders to halt. I had meant only to fine the vessel, but instead had to order its destruction for failure to comply with my directives.
I was joined by Junior Lieutenant Hunter over Houston for a while, who assisted me with my duties.
Unfortunately that was not the last time I saw the vessel, as about 15 minutes later, while dealing with other vessels, I saw another vessel of the same make and tag arrive from the direction of the California Jump Hole. Interspace Commerce's insurance arm sure works fast, it seems. The vessel looked like it was intending to reclaim the cargo of its predecessor, so I ordered the remaining Neon destroyed and ordered EvGO to depart. It refused and hung around for well over 10 minutes while I was dealing with other craft. It then opened fire on me, depleting my shields and giving my vessel some hull damage. I evaded further fire and I ordered its summary destruction.
I took a break, leaving the rest to Miss Hunter. I resumed my patorl later that day after addressing chow and other items. When I returned Junior Lieutenant Hunter had moved on to other duties, but I was later joined on my patrol by Commander Sanders and Lieutenant Johnson. Several of the Mandalorian Mercenaries joined us as well, hoping to cash in on any bounties that might have been present. I regret for their sakes that nothing turned up that I think they would have been able to lay claim to, but their assistance was appreciated, and it was good to learn to work cooperatively with them.
Not much later Commander Sanders picked up a Cardamine smuggler, tagged as [XTF]Dreamrunner, near the Colorado Jump Hole in New York. I was able to join him and my "Peacekeeper" put an end to the vessel's run to Manhattan.
I was going to return to further Embargo duty over Houston, but Commander Sanders picked up several vessels operating in Alaska on LRS. We moved to intercept, and found several Zoner "Whale" Transports in a convoy carrying Scientists. They were ordered to halt, to which they complied, and then they were handed over to me and my "Peacekeeper" for summary punishment. Amusingly enough one of the vessels attempted to bribe me with eight (8) million Sirian Credits, but my answer was anti-matter meeting the matter of his hull. The results are given below.
Commander Sanders and Lieutenant Johnson departed after some time to other duties, and the Mandalorians returned to their own persuits. A while later on Recruit Reid joined me on patrol.
I regret that the following incident had to occur, but I caught the vessel tagged as (SolarR[CT]-Ashley.S exiting the Alaska system in Zone 21. I understand that the captain of this vessel is Lieutenant Harper's wife, but I dealt with it in the matter prescribed. The vessel was severely damaged as a result of its detour through hazardous space and most likely would not have been able to continue further without major assistance. I was able to call in S&R to recover the captain and crew of the vessel and have them returned to the Missouri to be processed. I believe that there may be several parties who wish to speak to the vessel's captain, Mr. Harper included.
The final major incident of the day was reported by Mr. Keller of the LSF. He reported a vessel tagged as Shar`ky being in violation of Zone 21, and also carrying several units of Counterfeit Software. Recruit Reid and I interdicted the vessel and terminated it with extreme prejudice. The visuals from the LSF are a bit sketchy, but they provide rough evidence of the vessel within Zone 21, and combined with Mr. Keller's testimony I considered this sufficient reason to act.
On a personal note, I would like to say that it's good to be back in the cockpit after that time in Med Bay. I have cleared with Medical that I am in sufficient healthy to pilot again, and have passed the psychological evaluation for returning to duty. I look forward to being of further service to the Liberty Navy, and hope that the actions of today reflect well on my continuing abilities to do so.
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