Had a pretty interesting flight today. Heard about some annoying pirates gunning down just about anything on the Mojave lane, as usual. On the way there from New York, I managed to get attacked by a Freelancer, callsign Exploder, in some freighter I didn't quite recognize. Anyway, he tried to engage me before I could jump, so I decided to see if his threats were able to be vindicated. And surprisingly enough, they weren't. After he lost a bit of hull he hit cruise and took off running.
After jumping through via the gate, I found a Liberty Gunboat named Gunshin preparing to attack the pirates, and I decided to watch and see how the fought. The pirates had a CA4 Lane Hacker Gunboat, a Gallic Civilian bomber (?), a Bactrian and a Mammoth. I figured I was heavily out gunned, especially when they destroyed the Gunboat in a short amount of time. Nevertheless, I decided that it was worth a shot, and it would at least keep them off the lanes. I began with the Mammoth, but right before it was destroyed, a group of Liberty Navy snubs appeared and began to engage the pirates as well, and since I knew I was outgunned, I didn't object. I killed the Bactrian, but their Bomber and Gunboat escaped.
With the pirates missing, I decided to turn my attention to the Navy group. It consisted of 4 fighters,
[LN]-Jack.Malrone, [LN]-Jake.Sanders, [LN]-Rohj.Teerin, and [LN]-Mikori.Lawson. Teerin and Lawson started on me as soon as I made my intention clear near Riverside, and I managed to take down Lawson with a minirazor rather quickly. With Lawson gone, Malrone jumped in, however I still managed to destroy Teerin, which left just me and Malrone. I managed to drift far away from Riverside, enough that the secondary cruiser patrols wouldn't bother us, and proceeded to give Malrone all I had. It proved to be more then enough, with him being destroyed, which incited Sanders to attack. Sanders as well couldn't avoid the minirazor shot I fired, and he went down as well.
Additionally, there were some freelancers with a tag of (SolaR[CB]- that lent their moral support to me, as well as donuts. Although they never fired, they supported me morally enough that I think they should be treated with some respect if they are encountered more. Anyway, that about does it. He takes a swig from a flask