Magellan is more heavily guarded by the Hellfire Legion than Commander Totenkopt and I previously thought...
On two separate occasions, I found myself attacked by cruisers. One was the Goldenflame, the other the Ven'gyr.
When engaging my systems outside Freeport 4 after a previous scouting mission,during which I fled the Goldenflame, I was ambushed by two Hellfire fighters, their names being Iron_Crucifix and Denelo.Mori. They had been hassling a Liberty Battleship (Sir_Grumpy), who then disengaged, allowing me to face them alone.
Whilst I was outnumbered, and started the fight with only 14 shield batteries (due to unforeseen and unreasonable problems with those on board Freeport 4.), I was able to take Denelo.Mori out of the fight, getting the upper hand... just as the Ven'gyr arrived. I did serious damage to the fighter piloted by Iron_Crucifix before the Ven'gyr wiped me out as I tried to flee home.
I crashed full speed into the landing deck of Freeport 4, causing a fortune's worth of damage. I won't be welcome back there for a hell of a long time.
Despite the downbeat tone to this update, we have gleaned some important information. Firstly; the Hellfire Legion have better hardware than we first thought. Secondly; They don't really know how to use it, considering the damage that a lone scout was able to cause.
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