At roughly 23:45 I was finally allowed to join the active rota of Rheinland pilots in service and was given a slightly under equipped Wraith fighter. Whilst the fighter has the most advanced fighter shielding avaliable, its scanners, weapons and armour are of lower quality.
This did not stop me from carrying out my first mission. It seemed strange that my first mission was a forward recon of the New York system, Liberty's home system, but I understood the reasons behind it and knew better to even think of questioning Command.
Travelling from New Berlin through to Hamburg I decided to head through the Hudson system, encountering resistance from civilian vessels including a republican convoy which was worrying. From here I headed into Texas using a little known jumphole that my father knew from his smuggler days.
Once I was inside Texas I used the debris fields to remain hidden from any passing Liberty patrols and it wasn't long before I used another jumphole to reach the New York system. From here I headed towards my first waypoint luckily Liberty Forces seemed to have gone to sleep and I avoided detection.
The first waypoint lead me to Norfolk Shipyard and the Battleship Missouri that was anchored near to it. I managed to snap together some information before I left for the next waypoint. Whilst I was heading for this waypoint an ionstorm struck and my craft was disabled for a short time, I did however, manage to get it back online before I was discovered.
Next I was able to gather some data on Westpoint Academy and Planet Manhatten, not long after that I recorded Fort Bush and Baltimore Shipyard. Then with my mission complete I left the New York system, flew through Texas and Bering before coming to Hamburg system where I remain.
