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From: Sergeant Duncan M'guire
To: New Scotland Yard, BPA Headquarters
Subject: Patrol Report.
Good day gents,
Glad ta say my "vacation" is finally over. 5 months cooped up in New London Medical don't to anyone any good. And so, I'm happy to announce I'm back ta active service.
As for ma patrol, interesting yin.
Chased down a pair of hackers in Leeds, "glance" and Tyrian, who basically held me hostage fur what must have been 20 minutes. One thing I noticed is that they were nuts. Were goin' on about some Bretonia/Corsair alliance. Their reasoning was that they'd blown some corsair fool up who'd managed ta get his mitts on a new challenger, so they assumed the BAF had given 'em one. Utter rot as ye can see.
Had one o' the cannibal scum in the hold, and tried ta ransomed him ta get me to confirm their idea. As I couldn't, he was killed, what a big loss...
After a while, seemed they wanted someone higher up, so they used some gizmo to emulate ma voice, and called in support, which came in the form of BAF Lieutenant Robert Jones.
After askin' him the same far-fetched questions, they grew bored and attacked 'im. I'd have joined in, but I doubt ma debbie would have been much of a help. So I advised local traffic of the fight, and kept the folks safe.
Jones managed ta flee ta NL, but he was shot down in orbit, along wi another ship who tried ta help him.
Also, BH-Bellerophon-F was more than willin' ta blow ma ship up for a price from the hackers. Dirty merc. Suggest blastin' the eegit, or keepin' him outta Bretonia if he's for killing officers.
Hectic start, see ye all,
M'guire out.
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From: Sergeant Duncan M'guire
To: Commissioner Abigail Thorn, New Scotland Yard, BPA Headquarters
Subject: Application for SRD.
Greetings maam,
First of all, congratulations on the promotion, I'm sure ye'll do the BPA proud.
Secondly, I'd like ta apply for a position in the SRD.
Reason being, that the ships are gettin' bigger it seems, with gunboats being a regular thing to be seeing. And so I'd like to be able to fight the pirates who command 'em, for the good of Bretonian civillians.
I've had some practice with bomber tactics from my time training with the BAF, and plenty from fightin' them.
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From: Commissioner Abigail Thorn
To: New Scotland Yard
Subject: Accidents and Omens
Hello, everyone,
First off, I'd like to say that I hope I may do a good job in replacement of Sir Alan. I understand that he was a dear friend of most of you, and that his passing is a blow to all of us. As soon as light arises as to who is the culprit of the dastardly act, you can rest assured that all of us will see that this man is taken to justice.
At any rate, thank you all for your trust, I hope it is well placed.
On another note, I have edited the Passenger Licensing Policies to reflect the fact that we are attempting to protect people, not harass the men and women who move our citizens.
Onto dour matters, I do think this "nights_firo" needs a proper education on how a Breotnian Officer should act. If he doesn't listen, we should probably forward his designation to the BAF, and they can undergo military operations on the rogue.
Onto the Mercenary, hopefully we cab get the New Scotland Yard's Most Wanted be into the neural net, and get these mercenaries under control again. Afterall, they should damn well respect us in Breotnia, and pay the consequences if they do not. Greedy bastards, some of them are.
Happy to be with you,
~Abigail Thorn
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[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.
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From: Commissioner Abigail Thorn
To: New Scotland Yard
Subject: Patrol Report
Hello, everyone,
Today was a strange day. First, an LSF asked me if he could pass through Bretonia to visit a friend of his in the Omegas. I told him nicely to don civilian colors, then come on through, however, foreign Armed Forces aren't exactly welcome.
After this, I encountered a Corsair, a TK-421[HUN], in New London. Thankfully, he was quite docile, so I didn't have to educate him on Bretonian hospitality towards Corsairs, and he left without much of a fuss, Unfortunately, though, he seemed to have docking rights on Cardiff, which I will have to ask the IMG about.
With the Corsair gone, I looked into internal smuggling affairs. I encountered a SOLiDWiNGS, a man who was unlicensed to carry passengers who threatened me with foreign invasions, at which point I told him to ask the BAF what they thought about that. Needless to say, he paid the fine.
The BAF then caught wind of a Counterfeit Software smuggler in Leeds, who was dispatched by them when I just entered the system. Sadly, though, they caught another, and I, with help of a White Tiger, dispatched the uncooperative fool with ease.
After this, I returned to New London, and it's rain.
Bloody weather,
~Abigail Thorn
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[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.
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From: Commissioner Abigail Thorn
To: New Scotland Yard
Subject: Patrol Report
Hello, everyone,
Some days are just nicer than others. I first met a pirate, a Falcatta by the name of [PFF]~, which I escorted out into the Omegas. A nice thing, really, he seemed unwilling in front of the Norfolk. Thankfully, though, I persuaded him peacefully, with a little passive persuasion from the gunners behind me.
After this, the BAF were all in a hub-ub about someone. Apparently a Silent-Night took something from them, and five of them were hunting him fervently. Unfortunately, they did not catch him, and left to fight some Hessians in the Omegas. They returned victoriously just as I dispatched a Mercenary by the name of Lawless who, ironically, did not adhere to our laws.
After this, the BAF retired and I lectured a few men, some IMG, some independent, on the Laws of Bretonia and where to find them. Silly enough, I had to repeat some things, which isn't all that surprising. Overall, I think I spread some wisdom around, which was nice, really.
After this, holy hell, I found a Corsair Cruiser outside Cambridge. Running to my SRD, I reached the ship just in time. After chasing off a Praetorian that was harassing a trader, and the Corsairs and I engaged in niceties. Thankfully, the ending was happy, and a BAF, [WT], and [ASF] assisted me in fighting off the brutes. Attached is a gun-cam picture of the Cruiser exploding.
[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.
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From: Chief Constable Joshua Cooper
To: New Scotland Yard, BPA HQ
Subject: Patrol Report
Ladies, gentlemen,
just a short subsequent entry for yesterday's evening patrol through Bretonia.
After boarding the Loricate in Edinburgh, we set coordinates to Southampton Shipyard where the Loricate was to receive some new armour platings. Everything went according to plan, and a few hours later, the mechanics had finally mounted what they called a Capital Armour Class VI.
Upon undocking, the scanners immediately took up a Corsair's signature, but there already was a squad of BAF pilots fending him off, so we left for Cambridge. Word had it there was quite some traffic over there.
After the jump, and upon entering Cambridge orbit, the usual scan-and-go began. A few minutes later, a Luxury Liner, Firewind was about to leave orbit with quite some VIPs aboard. Upon questioning his destination he said something about bringing those people to the Sigmas.
When I told him about the passenger licensing, he re-docked the mooring fixture and began telling me there was no such thing. Stoically, I kept on telling him that we, the BPA, distribute those after the transfer of the necessary credits.
Unfortunately, that captain seemed to have... a few difficulties understanding what I said. He accused me of being a pirate, of extorting the fee from him and the BPA being a illegal entity. Needless to say, I tried to convince him of the contrary, but he refused to listen and quit our conversation after a few discourteous comments.
Also, I'd like to highlight that the Wanderers Brotherhood, WDR, are quite often found transporting passengers or VIPs, but bring those back to Bretonian bases after being questioned about the destination. I told them about the possibility of acquiring a passenger license, but unfortunately, they do not seem interested.
And, finally, there was a last offender of the passenger transport laws - this one, [MTC]Maconia-1 was his callsign, did not stop for our conversation, but headed straight to the Omega-5 jumphole.
After jumping, I managed to contact him on his personnal comm channels via the Cambridge Line Satellites - he told me he had transferred the credits for his license to a certain 'Richard' of the BPA. Also, he claimed to fly towards New Berlin, whereas the long range communications information gave his position as somewhere within the Sigmas.
I suggest we watch out for this one, as he seems to have no qualms lying to a constable in duty - and kidnapping those Bretonians!
After a long night, the Loricate landed on Cambridge for a short resupply. We'll head back to Edinburgh today.
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From: Commissioner Abigail Thorn
To: New Scotland Yard
Subject: Patrol Report
Hello, everyone,
Two good days in a row is a surprise. First, I did an average patrol around Bretonia, and found nothing out of the ordinary. I heard, however, of a fight in Edinburgh, and I moved to divert traffic away from the BAF's engagement. On the way, however, I met a Molly Sabre, by the name of Lucky.Charms. The BAF made short work of him, though, as they returned to Leeds.
After this, I entered Edinburgh, only to find one BAF engaging a lone Molly, at which point IO left the ensign be. I did sight, however, a civilian heading to the Shetland. Knowing that Gaian piracy was rather high on that stretch of space, I followed the fellow, meeting two Gaians, one by the name of Patricia.Crimson, and one by the name of Ariana.Winston. The Gaians weren't cooperative in any way, shape, or form, and so I sought to remove them. A hunter by the name of BHG|Simon.Black came to assist me, and we thought the Gaians the worth of combat training.
[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.
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From: Sergeant Duncan M'guire
To: New Scotland Yard, BPA Headquarters
Subject: Patrol Report.
Greetin's,
Sorry 'bout the lateness of the report, I've been having a few problems with getting a link ta send this.
As for the report...
Seems that the BAF were 'aving some sort of mission in mind, as when I launched for my patrol, there were a fair few o' them around. After patrolling a few systems, taking some pirates to prison and such, got a call of a Zoner in a corsair capital in Leeds. He was apparently on some sorta diplomatic mission fae the zoners to cryer. BAF done the escorting. Had an autopilot malfunction when chasing down a pirate called "DooM" but should be fixed by now.
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From: Captain Benford Calvert
To: New Scotland Yard
Subject: Patrol Report
Greetings Everyone
Well today was a rather quite day as the BAF were out in full force and had scared all trouble makers away. I had a nice chat with a fellow by the name of "Rouge". He seemed very interested in what is happening in Newcastle.
Farewell
Calvert
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// In the recently posted faction feedback I noticed I was listed as a captain. Is this true? I wasn't notified of a promotion and I didn't even know the rank existed.
Superintendent Benford Calvert (OBE)
Captain James Calvert of the Darrowby
Captain Libertas of the Hearts.Delight
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Incoming Transmission... Priority: NORMAL From: Junior Constable Geoff Iffrey To: New Scotland Yard, BPA HQ Subject: First Patrol Report
Greetings Everyone,
I had a relatively bland first day. My patrols were uneventful, with a few
passing traders here and there. At least at first...
Eventually, i came across someone by the name of Sir.Darkrai. His ship
was suspicious, so i flew over to scan him. I caught a quick glimpse of
what i thought was Counterfeit Software, but he was out of range before
i could confirm it. He jumped to Tau-31, i didn't follow.
Later, he came back right up to Leeds, this time with a simple load of
gold. I followed him to LD-14, where he dropped off the gold in lieu of
a load of MOX. You won't believe what his response was when i asked
where he was taking it.
He literally listed Bretonia's enemies, and claimed it was for one of them.
I ordered him to drop it, but he refused, making the observation that i
had no way to stop him. Except for my CD's, which i used generously
as we made our way on impulse speed all the way to the Tau-31 gate.
He took off, i didn't bother to follow as he obviously had no intention
of obeying any request i could make. I was occupied with trying to
figure out who he reminded me of anyway.
It just recently hit me. From what i know about this particular terrorist,
as i've never had any personal experience, he acted uncomfortably
similar to Walter Leblanc. He either has an obsession, is a close
acquaintance to, or is a relative of the terrorist. Whichever it is, he's
trouble.
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From: Sergeant Duncan M'guire
To: New Scotland Yard, BPA Headquarters
Subject: Patrol Report.
Giid day gents,
Encountered that Sir.Darkrai that Geoff found in Leeds, with a load of gold as Geoff mentioned. He done the same thing, went through the Tau-31 gate with a load of Mox. I was sadly unable ta stop the blighter...
Got a message from a White Tiger, AirAce, 'bout a slaver. Suspect moved through Salisbury and eventually Poole ta make his escape to Gran Canaria. Sadly I don't 'ave any solid evidence such as scanner logs ta prove the claim.
Also found two other smugglers, a... "Convoyer", zoner advanced train, carrying massive quanities of counterfeit software. He escaped before ah could take him down. And a "Lithan" who wis carrying a load a' light arms to Tau-31 and beyond. See attached scanner logs.