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Comms ID: Constable Alastair Graham Hind, Bretonia Police Authority.
Subject: Patrol report #005, 09.03.818.
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Reporting of an enormous Corsair skirmish and a hostage situation that erupted beforehand.

I received a distress call from the BAF, reporting a few Corsair ships trying to lay siege to the Leeds defense line. Since they were outnumbered, I scrambled to assist.

By the time I got there from Dublin, a massive Corsair battlefleet consistent mainly of capital ships piled up near the planet, about 6 clicks from Battleship Derby. Two Osirises, two Corsair cruisers and two gunboats, accompanied by miscellaneous smaller ships was spotted; little could I do to make myself useful against such a might in my Hussar.

I attempted buying the BAF time to pile up by issuing arrest warrants and flying close to the Corsair fleet, as well as trying to lure them to the Derby as they attempted hitting my rather agile vessel. The Corsairs got tired of the attempted pursuit, so they relocated their fleet to the Stokes-Leeds lane, losing a gunboat to BAF Admiral Jones in the process.

The Armed Forces luckily had enough time to amass a reasonably-sized strike force, I don't know if I succeeded distracting the Corsair invasion force or they were simply afraid to face the Derby, but I like booking it as my own achievement.

What /is/ my own achievement however, is solving a hostage crisis that soon erupted. Republican Shipping signature 814 approached the trade lane, which the Corsairs were holding in their grasps. The BAF was getting ready to strike, but it the Corsairs were threatening to destroy the Rheinland cargo vessel. I complied with their demand and transferred multiple times the required sum to their bank account, so not only would they let go of the civilian vessel and the BAF would have a green light to commence the attack, but the greedy bastards they are, they would also get divided by being unable to decide how to split the money.

I have no idea how the fight ended as I outlived my usefulness with this notion and landed on Leeds to end my shift. I can only hope the Queen's forces were victorious.

Constable Alastair Graham Hind signing off.

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