Another good day for the legion. I received a high priority call from the XO, something about a Hacker gunship causing troubles, so jumped into my Sabre to assist. It's quite a haul from Ouray to California, when you need to avoid the crawling swarms of navy boys in New York, and by the time I got to the Cali-NY gate the Hacker GS had given Voss the slip. But there in its' place was a navy gunboat and Assault Carrier. I was joined shortly thereafter by Josh Quino, and after a short exchange, Voss, Quino and myself engaged the gunboat, hoping to put it out of action before the Carrier could call in reinforcements.
He was a tricky bastard, hugging close to the Carrier, but we did well in wearing it down. The best was yet to come, however. Voss had contacted Daniels aboard the Pandion, who made full speed through New York, hoping to jump into the fight without being spotted. The gunboat had stopped dodging, hiding under the skirts of the Carrier, when the Pandion jumped through the gate. Caught completely by surprise, the stationary gunboat didn't stand a chance as Daniels unleashed the full firepower of the Pandion upon it, and it vapourised in seconds. Then came the simple job of taking down the Carrier, which was achieved in short order, especially with the arrival of PFC Dale in his bomber.
Congratulating ourselves on a job well done, we headed the long route back to Ouray, Daniels opting to attempt to cut back through New York. As we jumped from Ontario to Colorado, we got the call we'd been worrying about. Several navy vessels were on the tail of the Pandion. We rushed to Ouray to restock, as Daniels brought the Pandion through the jump hole. Four navy vessels engaged as soon as the Pandion got close to Ouray. The single bomber was targetted as the primary threat to the already damaged Pandion.
The gunners aboard the Pandion were able to get the killing shot on the bomber, while Voss took out one of the fighters. The remaining two navy vessels fled.
Wainwright out.
All the old knives, that have rusted in my back, I shall drive deep into yours.
+-+Incoming Transmission+-+
+-+ID: PFC Sam Beumont+-+
+-+Subject: Patrol Report+-+
+-+[color=#FF0000]Video Link Enabled+-+
Beumont Here Again.
Made a rather long run tonight. Ran into a large confrontation between some Naval and
Outcast forces. I ended up poking the four Outcasts with a stick, and they ran into the
Badlands, followed by an IMG Fighter. Of course, it's pilot engaged, and the four Outcasts
swarmed on it like angry bees. I couldn't stand to watch a kind of massacre like that, so
I hopped in, and fought the Outcasts. A trio of Naval fighters followed me in hot pursuit, switching
targets between me and the Outcasts. Eventually, the Outcasts began to wither and die.
The first to go was an Outcast "Eagle" named -Nemesis-, who was taken out by a TF7 Fighter.
Next was a Outcast Sabre, named Red_Bull, who I took out. The third manage to get away using
unknown technology. The last fled to Buffalo, and the IMG Fighter and Naval fighters left me alone
to take it on. After a long and tiresome fight, I managed to score a mine hit on it, and it
accidentally hit a asteroid and exploded on impact.
***INCOMING TRANSMISSION***
Comm ID: Lieutenant Marco Sera, Hellfire Legion
Subject: Report
Message begins:
Well, it's been awhile since I've done one of these, so I'll do my best. We got a call from Dagon that he was under attack near the gate to California in New York. I tagged along with Voss to respond. Daniels arrived about the same time we did, flying the Undaunted. With our forces, we took down the attacking EDGE Orca with little difficulty.
We then began heading back to Ouray, but encountered a Dreadnought at West Point. I continued back to Ouray to grab my trusty Waran, but by the time I got back, the dreadnought had already been destroyed by the Ven'Gyr, which was commanded by Daniels.
We encountered two pirate vessels immediately afterwards, an outcast Sabre and a Rogue Barghest. They were taken down by the fighter wing quite quickly.
We continued to Manhattan, with the fighter wing flying directly to the planet while the Ven'Gyr and myself waited above the planet, ready to strike at the Battlecruiser stationed in orbit. The battle went quite well, with no losses on our side. A few Navy fighters showed up, and were engaged by the fighter wing. During the flurry, I returned yet again to Ouray to switch over to my Bayonette. I returned to find the battle still going on, but I was ordered to stay out of it by Voss. Intel indicated that enemy reinforcements were imbound, so we had to finish quickly. The Ven'Gyr let lose with several missile salvos, destroying one of the Navy fighters. The fighter wing hugged the Ven'Gyr's hull as she unleashed hell on the enemy forces. In the end, we achieved victory.
I was our only casualty, though the source of the fire that destroyed me is currently unknown. It didn't matter in the end, anyway. I was flying close enough to the Ven'Gyr that she could tractor in my pod and the wreckage of my ship. I was glad to hear that it could be repaired.
'Lo there, High Comm- Oh wait, i'm one of you now.
Err...
How the hell am i going to do this?
Frack it.
*Coughs*
Mission HF1301818-A debrief.
As i was heading to New York for the start of my patrol, i was cut out near Riverside, California, by an LABC with the transponder :: LNS-Europa :: and a Liberty Upholder with :: LN-Lifer ::
Fortunately, for yours truly, Voss was reviewing the Abaddon in California at the time and quickly ordered the destroyer to proceed to my distress signal, since i was being mortar'ed, or at least, the Europa gunners were trying that.
With the Abaddon slugging it out with the Europa, i quickly harassed it several times, and managed to distract it for quite some time, giving the Abaddon some time to breath, due to the diference of rating between ships.
With more shouts and typical Hellfire luck, one PFC, named Gregory Tessier came to our assist with a 3-Debilitator Sabre.
Just the thing we needed. With him, the Abaddon had a lot more of a breathing room, and with two quick orders, the bomber was dispatched and soon our focused fire wasted the Europa.
As the RTB was ordered by Voss, we met two outcast in Ontario. Needless to say, they were up to no good.
Even with my Sabre in a mild 'solarized' condition, Voss gave us the permission to harass and engage, which we did. The gunboat was forced to dock and the bomber was a quick work to destroy.
Bottom line, no ships lost for the Legion, only the Abaddon needing some repairs and guns refit.
One LABC and two bombers down.
Note: Permission to promote PFC Tessier to Major. I want him in my division. The guy has good skills and is quick to listen to orders. Voss already said yes.
Eyes only: Lord Commander Alan Markson,
Executive Commander Duncan Voss,
Grand Admiral Richard Wainwright & Grace AI.
Evening there, folks and.. Grace.
While i was doing my things around New York, i fancied luck into bumping one that was referenced as the probable owner of the 'disappeared' Ven'Gyr Mk II that gave oh so much to talk about, since it appeared into the Ouray scanners, blowing up nukes.
With some fancy talking, and good argumentative debate between a Junker of the Congress and a Bretonian lover-boy (You can imagine how that went), i conviced Mr. Finnegan to contact our Executive Commander in order for us to have access to the ship and to get the details of building up security regarding the Ven'Gyr MkII.
I know very well we can't have a Spyglass flying around unregulated and without all the pertaining security protocols, even being an old design and without some of the important equipment that normally flies with this piece of hardware.
About the political aspect of the gives and takes regarding making such deal, i'll leave up to you, fine people to square it out.
Duncan, expect a contact from him, soonish.
I'll upload the contents of the talk in the private network for your viewing pleasure, since at the moment, substantial interference is occurring within this field of scrap.
My first day in the glorious ranks of the Legion and it was quite an interesting experience. After I've setup my Sabre with the matching ID and IFF codes, I was called into the Magellan system. Some of those bounty hunters made some trouble there near our home.
We headed there and were ordered to engage them, to erase this threat. Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4
[font=fixedsys]Few announcements folks, I'm on leave for a week. I trust you can all hold down the fort while I'm gone. Before I do, some long overdue promotions and all that jazz.
Guy Daleto Lieutenant Sam Beumontto Lieutenant Marco Serato Major Josh Quinoto Major Greg Tessierto Major Jack "Peaches" Cassto Fleet Captain
Annnnnddue to their fine performances at Mactan earlier today, defense of Legion assets, yada yada and all that fun stuff, Lieutenant Sam Beumont and PFC Cristina Hunter are both being awarded the [color=#33CCFF]Veil of Steel, Sam Beumont is also being awarded the Spark of Promise for gunning down LPI ace El Espanol. Congratulations pilots, it's not every day two newcomers receive medals.
Wear 'em with pride. Now I'm off to go get hammered at some obscure bar somewhere.
Incomming Transmission...
Subject: Assualt on the Carrier: LNS-Manchester
Opening file....
Hey high command, Its Luara with the specs on the previous mission. Hope you didnt want any video files, they seem to have been fried, maybe some new LN tech.
Annnnyyyhoooo, Here is the report:
We had used a spy ship to scan the Texas system and discover that a certain Liberty Carrier vessel was sitting in orbit above Planet Houston. When we recieved this information the commander quickly rallied the troops to take it out. We grabbed the Incursus commanded by Voss, The Beta 2, The Beta 5 Piloted by little ol' me, Marco Cero, and Guy Dale both in their personal ships. All except Voss were equiped with Bombers, whether it a Warren or a Broadsword and gave the commander of the Manchester a fair warning and then engaged.
The poor ol' carrier didnt stand a chance, the Inccy, and the bomber squadron stayed well out of its effective range and sniped it. The Inccy, throwing mortars or the sweet little bombers, throwing Nova's it was incinerated in the name of the Legion. We had destroyed the enemy, mission successful, only one loss and things were looking green, or sooo we though. A few seconds later two Liberty dessies, The Warhammer and the Lake Eire. The Warhammer quickly swung around the Inccy and stuck it between the Lake Eire and itself, trapping it. The Inccy was disabled and will need to be retrieved and repaired, but not to big of an issue. As for the remaining bombers, we were quickly defeated by the fighter escort that was with the two capital ships.
We may have suffered losses, but I still believe we achieved what goal we were searching for. All ships will be repaired within a few days, have a pleasant evening.
Transmission ending....
When life gives you lemons..... throw them at your enemies!!!
I got called by Major Sera that his gunship, the Firebrand needed some bomber
backup above Manhattan. I arrived with my new Falcata, and saw Marco and Major
Quino, in his Sabre, next to a Siege Cruiser, The LNS-Lake.Michigan. There was
also a Keeper there. After a little pep-talk, we engaged it. After a small battle, me and
Quino destroyed the cruiser without Marco's help. His gun systems has a bit of a
malfunction, but it went down none the less.
This had unforeseen consequences though. The Nomad got rather angry, and engaged
my Falcata. With Marco's help, we managed to destroy the Nomad as well.
After this, I moved to Ouray and grabbed the Beta Four Waran Bomber, hearing that
a Dreadnought was around. We received backup in the way of Beta one and Beta 2,
and Marco switched to his Waran bomber as well. While patroling for it, I found a Xeno,
who proceeded to blow up an Outcast. After this, we found the Dreadnought, and with
the rest of the patrols help, we destroyed it. Sadly, it managed to get Beta 1 with a
quick Battle Razor.