It seems due time to report on my progress since joining the Lane Hackers.
With the helpful Lane Hacker induction procedures received from Professor Hunter, my Robin Hood-like activities against the corporations of Liberty, and their blindness to materialistic wealth began 123456789. Due to the unusually high levels of adrenaline involved in some of these operations of idealistic equality, many encounters were unsuccessfully documented. Regardless, the sums of these activities have netted the Lane Hackers approximately 30 million Sirius credits to date. I have to thank most of the traders in Liberty for their apparent distaste for experiencing transitions into a higher entropy state - as they usually sensibly donate a sum of money in order for us to fight the good fight. There were a few tragic incidents however where rather dull witted pilots refused to even jettison some of their cargo and thus inevitable tachyon condensation of their hulls followed; allowing the circumstances...
Perhaps with the activities of two new Lane Hacker Recruits, Mr Sloan and I, attention gained from the wretched bounty hunters was a matter of time. Indeed one overconfident employee of Cryer attempted to assassinate Mr Sloan (who was then flying a Dagger light fighter) right outside Mactan Base! Mr Sloan managed to hold out against this bounty hunter's Raven's Talon - IR-7 Civilian Very Heavy Fighter until my arrival, even dropping the bounty hunter's shields by the time I had arrived. With Mr Sloan's Dagger, myself in a Bactrian, and the trusty Lane Hacker patrols from Mactan base, this Cryer bounty hunter was eventually confiscated of his ship. Today it was my turn to have a close encounter. This time I was nearly prey to the Bounty Hunters' Guild. After taxing a silver miner in Humboldt, I was making best speed to Rochester Base to rid myself of this so-called-precious-ore when I was ambushed by bounty hunter "Adam.Smith" near planet Mojave. He denied my escape through the tradelanes, so after a tiresome effort of making my way to the New York jumpgate on thrusters, and gaining distance between him and myself using my new nuclear mines, I escaped with a "gatescape" into New York with barely 15% hull remaining. This has taught me the lesson to be aware of players especially when they lack faction call-signs!
Apart from the run ins with bounty hunters, my Bactrian often was chased by the various "Securities" of Liberty. From these experiences, I have to conclude that the Bactrian possesses certain characteristics.
1. It is adequate for transport piracy
2. It is formidable in escaping the majority of pursuers and capturing escaping transports
3. It is terrible at dog-fighting
All I can say is that with the funds raised whilst in the Bactrian, I look forward to settling into a Scimitar - Series CX Border Worlds Light Fighter when I become a Technician.
