Liberty Police, Inc. Reporting Office

[El_Vlado]

Sender ID: LPI-Vladimir.Law[RO]
Location: New York System, Liberty Space
Ship type(s) used: LZF-9805 "Liberator" LF
Report type:
[x] Patrol
[ ] Trade
[ ] Embargo
[ ] Other: (Fill in)

Stops on your patrol/trade route: Planet Manhattan, Norfolk Shipyard, Fort Bush, Detroit Munitions, basically the system in a regular circular patrol pattern
Brief report/outline of your patrol:

Tonight there was a Very High hostile presence in the system, as well as smugglers plaguing the space. Lane Hackers (player faction) had a considerable presence and on attempt to intercept, 3 ships in a group fled into an asteroid belt. On pursuit after 5 minutes, they had vanished via a cloaking device on the border of said asteroid belt. On avoiding an ambush, I retreated back to the official spacelanes.

Similarly, IC|Cambridge, and other Interspace Commerce vessels refused to be checked, fleeing and engaging cloaking devices before I could properly check their cargo. One notable chase was when I was in pursuit of IC|Cambridge for 8 minutes after I found him following an encounter near Manhattan where the pilot refused to stop on radioing the message. When in pursuit, such messages were done and I turned my weapons on ready to intercept. Unfortunately I saw him heading into the asteroid field, and into Rochester Base: so at that time I disengaged due to the neutrality of the LPI to the Junkers, and the 5km limitation from such bases. I also attempted, and sometimes successfully, to interdict many other smugglers that were flying slaves in particular through the system. Again, the main contraband tonight that was being hauled was Slaves.

A group of Liberty Rogue (player faction), Lane Hackers (player faction) and other such hostiles as said before had a large presence, and some were threatening to attack. Many, due to the fact I was the only Officer on duty attempted to radio me onto a position. I ignored it as it was clearly an invitation to be ambushed.

Furthermore, to avoid being ambushed, I maintained a circular patrol pattern, interdicting successfully some vessels which had civilian pilots illegally, as well as Counterfeit Software. However, due to the lack of a Navy backup nor sufficient reinforcements, I could not successfully engage the large presence of hostile forces in New York. I ended my patrol by landing at Fort bush for some well-deserved Sunbucks after a hectic night in New York space.
Additional resources: I am yet to setup a consistent and reliable screenshot system besides using Print Screen and paint:)I'll be getting one in the next few days so I will have documentation at that time of what is encountered during patrols.

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