Hellfire Legion Message Dump (AO)

[Echo 7-7]

Fleet Commander Kinnaird here. I've been bogged down with paperwork lately but today I got to take my Prosecutor for a spin around Liberty. Let's just say I was acting as a flotilla rearguard for the relocation orders.

Now, I wasn't in the mood for mucking around, so I went for a lightning flyby of the Newark perimeter. I found a pair of Navy fighters idling there, as well as a number of Freelancer bystanders. I crossed my fingers and dived into the fray, hoping that the Navy wasn't suddenly about to acquire some extra hired guns.

Those Navy boys certainly weren't expecting me. *[1]
I jumped on the fighter called Dougas, but he bolted for the Newark docks. *[2]

The other fighter, LN-KnowYourEnemy, told me to "knock off".
I knocked him off. *[3]

That Dougas guy emerged and started firing. He almost took me by surprise, but he was extremely clumsy. He brought some Freelancer buddy who was about as mute as himself. *[4]
What a funny guy, right? Well I wasn't joking. *[5]
I slowly quartered his buddy, JazzCat, but he ran at the last moment. *[6]

A Secondary Fleet LABC arrived at that moment, the LNS-Douglas. I'm sure it's a ship we've wrecked before. Fleet Commander Dale grouped up with me at that point, and we locked on to the Navy Upholder that was with the Battlecruiser. Strike one George.Orwell, courtesy of Guy Dale. *[7]

At that point the two of us split up. LNS reinforcements were likely inbound and we were running out of time. Fleet Com. Dale went to recon the California system while I returned to Ouray to restock. Dale got no readings, while I picked up multiple bogeys on Long Range Scanners and went to investigate. I found a pair of Navy ships, a Guardian (LDF-Mobius.1) and a Gunboat (LDF-TangSeng), ripping up a Xenos Starflier Squadron in the Copperton field.

I could not let this injustice continue, and engaged the Navy ships. *[8]
Strangely, the Gunboat ran off, leaving the fighter to my tender mercies. Sadly for him, I was not merciful today. *[9]

Fleet Commander Dale reported no major contacts in Ontario, either, and helped me sweep Colorado for the remaining Gunboat, but it was to no avail. I called for a general RTB and we headed back to Vespucci.


All in all, a good result. I scored three fighter kills, and Fleet Commander Dale got one too, and my fighter barely has any scratches. For my efforts, I have been awarded the Purifying Flame.


Salva nos ab infernis.

---

There was a sig here, once.