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SCRA Encounters in Dublin:
1. Mining Operation Downs SCRA Fighter
An IMG Mining Operation (2 IMG miners [Mafic, Hegemon], 1 Molly Miner [Spatial]) were attacked by a Volkhan Very Heavy Fighter craft. The Hegemon retreated with the ore while the small miners were engaged and fought back. With the help of an IMG Core Defence Eagle and great bravery of the miners, the SCRA was destroyed in the mining field.
2. SCRA Counter-Attack against Hood
About 30 minutes after the first incident, the expected retaliatory strike took place. It did not meet any of our mining operations in the fields because it was predictible.
Three SCRA vessels, one of them a Hessian Odin, entered the Hood perimeter where I confronted them. The odds were not in my favour but I stayed out there to gather information because I realized that Hood guns were not set to fire, as I had expected.
I am not happy about the Odin class ship being used against us, since we have good or at least never hostile relations with the Red Hessians and so this comes as a unpleasant surprise, personally. Perhaps the Hessians should be informed about the use of their equipment. I have all the material that is needed for such a move.
The encounter was rather short, I intended to emergency-dock but had already pushed my luck too far. The ship tumbled into the dock and will be down for some hours for urgent repairs. The miners remained unhurt and docked during the short fighting.
Evidence Files:
File #1 : Me, asking whether they are loyal to Volkhan or Katz, thus taking unnecessary risks.
File #2 : The attack is staged 450 meters from Hood
Let's make sure Hood shoots at all of these bastards. Katzians, Volkhanists... I don't care any more. If they can't keep their house clean, we should not pay the price for their shortcomings in all diplomatic areas. I am sick and tired of asking SCRA pilots first who they are loyal to and thus take risks for Hood Defence Personel mainly, because they need to find out whether we deal with hostiles or neutrals.
I'd advise the IMG Directors to make a swift and brave move to mark them as enemies and thus put pressure on the Katz followers to clean up. I'd advise to set them all to hostile at least as long as we cannot be sure that the ships we encounter are really not hostile. It should be their job to tell us, not ours to risk our lives in finding out.
Jack Henderson, Dublin Hood, out.
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