Well today was a might bit interesting. For future convenience, I will allow this report to be used in any charges the government of Liberty wishes to pursue. There was an issue with a Gateway shipping vessel today, the Gateway|-GSV-Uruz.
Not long after starting my patrol today, Wicks asked me to head to the Colorado gate and keep an eye on the traffic moving through there. In sort order one of them Gateway vessels showed up, however it was a Rheinland manufactured container transport. Now Liberty law forbids Rheinland built vessels in our space, so I coordinated with Wicks and Morse and explained the situation to the captain.
The vessel was ordered to pay a fine for violating Liberty laws, one million credits. The ship complied. I instructed the captain that he must leave Liberty space, and he could pick between leaving through Kusari or Bretonia. The captain decided to leave through Bretonia. We traveled along the lanes to the California gate, passing Morse and picking up Wicks on the way.
We passed a Rogue (who remained about 5K away) moving through California, but it was chased off and later destroyed by Wicks. The Gateway vessel moved very quickly through California, my ship was barely able to keep up. When I caught up to the vessel at California Minor, the captain said that he had to repair and refill his regeneration pools (which were full at the time). He docked on the planet and instead sold his cargo of alien organisms.
After this Wicks arrived, and the transport captain claimed that he was not there to drop the cargo off and he needed repair supplies because he was moving through Gallic occupied territory. These supplies, if he needed them, could have been obtained on Freeport 4 or at an earlier location. Note that he did have full regeneration supplies when he arrived in Liberty space and took no damage during his stay until after this point. After the ship launched we explained that it was not cleared to dock anywhere in Liberty space with a ship of that manufacture. At that the ship captain started flying towards the Magellan gate and refused to stop or listen to any instructions we sent it.
A battle started shortly after that. The captain refused to stop his vessel despite numerous orders to do so. Wicks ordered the vessel's shields to be removed, that was done. The Gateway ship continued to try to leave and Wicks gave the order to put her down.
In summary:
The Gateway ship, the Gateway|-GSV-Uruz, entered Liberty space through Kusari. It violated Liberty law by entering Liberty space using a Rheinland manufactured vessel, a fine was issued. The ship was ordered to leave Liberty space with Navy escort. It violated protocol and docked on California Minor to sell its cargo. It refused to answer our questions and instead attempted to flee through the ice fields. It was asked to stop multiple times. Uncooperative, the vessel was destroyed on Wicks' orders.
