It was an eventful flight today. Agent Curse and myself set out on a patrol today with the intention to gather some information for the 343rd and their operations in the nearby systems. After checking over our vessel's controls and weapons, we headed out into Tau 23. Nothing was seen of importance so we carried on into Tau 37. We encountered an IMG mining convoy moving past the Freeport, we didn't have the time to stop and talk so we simply greeted them and moved on. We flew through Nagano, Rishiri and Hokkaido before entering the capital - New Tokyo. We carefully avoided any patrols by flying off of the lanes. Once we had reached the Kyushu Jump Gate, we picked up Naval Forces in the immediate vicinity. After jumping through we made our way to Tsushima Depot. Two minutes passed before the Naval Forces patrol arrived. It resulted in the throwing of insults towards each other, not very productive but since we were outnumbered 4 - 2 it bought us some time. Before long a lone 343 pilot arrived on scene. It appeared that he had a relative in the Naval Forces, something we will have to look into. I doubt he will cooperate freely, but we can make him talk.
The battle commenced and the first to fall was a joint explosion between Agent Curse and a Naval Forces pilot. A mine had detonated after a disruptor had triggered it. I quickly tractored in his survival pod before they could and carried on with the specified target. The 343 pilot was being targeted by the enemy and I managed to get myself into a duel. After a while I was called back to help finish off his target. Unfortunately I couldn't bring him down quick enough as the 343 pilot did get shot down. I was offered a duel and it was agreed that there was to be no use of nanobots or batteries. I'm not sure if the Republican was being cocky because he had less than half of his hull when starting the duel. Nevertheless, it was an honourable act and after I had shot him down I allowed the remaining Naval Forces to collect their fellow soldier. I left and headed back to Tau 23.
After re-fueling and handing Agent Curse over to the medical division, I headed back to the hangars to set off again with my next patrol partner. It was Agent Wisdom's first patrol and his performance was most excellent. We questioned a miner in Tau 23 and found out he had only encountered sniffers in the area. We suspect the Gauls have been directing their power towards Leeds. We can't be sure though. We scouted out the system and took some updated photos of the Gallic Royal Navy "Valor" in the system. I will be sending those directly to the Taisa.