Norman Radclyffe here. I wish to confirm Recruit John Smiths' report from yesterday about the hostage situation in California. I am not aware of the final outcome of battle, as I had taken alot of damage, however, I confirm that at least Eight hostiles were holing a Liberty Navy Gunboat hostage. For this reason we called in a Liberty Navy Battleship to help negotiate. However, it seems that Navy Command had other plans and shortly a Carrier and a Assault Battle Cruiser arrived aswell. At this point negotiations broke down, and we put our plan into action. The plan was to draw fire away from the hostages and get them out of the system. During this whole time, [HA] ships (three in total) were attacking the pirates. What happened to [HA] ships is unknown.
My guncam took a hit and was disabled so no footage to hand in.
Also, Affirm on no longer paying ransom to Hostage takers.
Speaking freely chief, I have a good feeling about Recruit Smith. He made some wise decisions on that day.