Communication channel opened... Encryption:Medium Origin: California, Battleship Yukon ID: Captain John Armada Subject: Patrol report
Greetings, High Command!
During my patrol on the 15th July, I met upon a tensed up situation between Liberty Navy Secondary Fleet pilots and Division 9 pilots in the middle of the tradelane between West Point Academy and Norfolk Shipyard.
Observing the situation and calculating the odds, I decided to order the Liberty Navy pilots to join my patrol and move on, as we were clearly outnumbered. Trying to keep the situation calm and civil, I initiated the tradelane sequence, just before one of the Division 9 pilots decided to disturb it and shut down our attempt to leave. They started saying odd things, such as "The light must fill the darkness" and "The Void awaits us", just before I heard Nomad voices in my head.
Then they began to engage us and we were forced to return fire and get dragged into a combat. I called for reinforcements on the emergency channel, trying to dodge the gunfire by three Division 9 ships directed at me, while chasing after another hostile ship. The combat turned into a battle, when more Division 9 ships and more Liberty Navy ships arrived, lasting atleast an hour.
We managed to shoot down atleast four Division 9 ships, but also lost two ships on our side. Two Division 9 ships could escape with severe damage. After this, I returned to Norfolk Shipyard, to get my ship repaired and to restock on nanobots and shield batteries.
Visual evidence could not be taken, due to both, damage caused to my ship's hull and systems, as well as the heat of the battle who didn't any distractions and demaded full focus.
Once the repairs and the restocking were done, I returned back on duty with a bomber-class ship and moved to West Point Academy, noticing a whole lot of National Council of Malta-ships, including a Maltese battleship. 5th|John:Sader and 5th|LNS-Washington, as well as a few other Liberty Navy ships were fighting said "NC"-tagged ships. I closed in and engaged the hostile Battleship, together with the 5th|LNS-Washington, destroying it soon. After this, I disengaged, withdrawing towards Norfolk Shipyard, to get my Fighter-class ship, only to return to the battle, re-engaging again. Meanwhile 5th|John:Sader and the 5th|LNS-Washington had withdrawn as well, returning in their Fighter-class ships as 5th|Markus.Hesselon and 5th|John.Sader.
We fought for about an hour and lost a few Liberty Navy ships, but managed to shoot down all the hostile ships and make Liberty a save space again. I returned to Juneau Shipyard, to get my ship repaired and to transfer a special object from my cargo into the hands of the Research and Developent Division.
