The Bretonians appear to have abandoned defense of their realm in favor of leaving it to paper-armored transports and mercenaries. Neither of which was quite able to stand up to the efforts of Daniel Neilsen and I. While I do approve of the new defensive strategy, it does take the challenge out of things.
After a brief stint on the lanes in Manchester, where we happened across a DSE transport that behaved sensibly and a so-called Zoner that did quite the opposite, in addition to a sleeping Hunter Gunboat, we progressed on to Magellan. While the lane traffic was comparatively quiet, we were able to pinpoint a Bretonian Heavy Fighter loitering around the Freeport, who was decent enough to come to us. The duel, fought by Neilsen while I kept an eye on a Hellfire Legion fighter in the vicinity, proceeded (surprisingly) fairly right up to the point a mercenary gunboat undocked from the Freeport and powered weapons.
With the aid of the Legionnaire, one Michaela Sandera, the Captain of the gunboat quickly diverted that power to his escape pod. Shortly afterwards Neilsen and I turned for home, leaving the heavy fighter to his dancing.
At any rate, EFL's prototype has performed better then I could have expected, and I will be certain to inform them of the success at the earliest possible opportunity.