To: IMG Defence
Location: Java Station, T23
From: Herbert Vale
Subject: T23 Mining fields Patrol report
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1. Name and vessel type IMG|Dry.Run - Hydra class gunboat
2. Area of operation - T23 /Java station-Niobium mining fields/
3. Ships escorted - none
4. Hostiles encountered - Well, I was enjoying my first morning coffee cup, when a distress signal came from Jakarta - it seemed that a mandalorian fella - Sebastian somebody - tried to catch one of our miners in T39 and did not quite succeed. I woke the crew and we launched from Java. By that time the aforementioned Sebastian was already around the station. The sight of our tin can apparently was not to his liking, as he claimed not to be in the mood for busting a miner - his words, not mine, he he. As he was in a faster ship, I did not try to pursue... maybe I should have...wasn't quite awake anyway.
One other ship was present at the time - the Silver.Reaver!. Knowing our somewhat strange relationship as of late, I did not ask the lady for assistance, fearing the coin might flip the opposite way.
5. Casualties on both sides - none - no fight occured
6. Any other interesting encounter or event - After the Mercs went on their way, a Junker salvage frigate by the name of The_Raven's_D'light approached Java. The fella boasted quite proudly of being a cardamine smuggler of some succsess, but as he was not carrying any at the time, I let him hang around. We had an interesting chat, me trying to persuade him to change his trade from druggs smuggling to ore hauling, and him boasting about his cardi smuggling Barge/?!!!?/, which by the way he said was laying around engines offline somewhere in the T23 asteroid fields /maybe a recon mission is not out of the order here"grins"/.
After our talk I made a patrol run of the fields - nobody there, no pirates, no miners. First is good, second though - not so much.
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"Come on, people. We have a job to do, so let's be about it" - Lady Dame Steadholder Admiral Honor Alexander-Harrington, RMN A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind. The mind is the only battlefield that matters. Everything else is just ... fuss.
Lieutenant Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan / Admiral Miles Naismith/ "Always aim for the stars, boy. Even if you miss, you'll at least not end up shooting your leg"
Ascribed to General Count Piotr Pier Vorkosigan
<span style="color:#FFFF33">"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."</span>
Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear.
