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[Langolier]

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Recipient: [FL-ER]

Subject: Rescue

Message:

Good day fellow freelancers. Well, this certainly turned into an eventful day! As you already know from Cpt. Nathan Z,'s report, a distress signal was sent out by Lead Engineer O'Brian earlier today from aboard the Sidhe. At the time, I was in the Manchester system on a routine patrol around Nebula Complex, our newest business contractor. The signal was weak, but I was at least able to pinpoint it to the New York system, and got there as fast as my Talon would carry me.

Once in New York, I began trying to contact Jimmy over local comms, but I wasn't getting a response. I began a search along the trade lanes to see if I could pick up the Sidhe on my scanners. After arriving at West Point from the Cali gate, I took the lane to Manhattan, then to Ft. Bush and finally to Norfolk Shipyard, but still no sign of him. Then all of a sudden, I began to pick up the distress signal again. It was clear enough this time that I was able to hear the sector location. D6, in the heart of The Badlands. I immediately took the lane from Norfolk back towards West Point, and once I was close enough, I left the lane and headed in. I made it to sector D6, but my scanners were having a hell'uva time with all the electrical interference in that damn cloud. I couldn't see him, although the signal was still coming through sporadically. So I began a search pattern of the area, hoping to get lucky. But, wouldn't you know it, not long into the search, I began to lose power to my ship and then my comm system went out! I must have passed into an area with an extremely high level of interference.

After a couple of minutes, my systems began to come back online, one at a time. Once my comms were back up, I picked up the message from the A/)-Bird.of.Passage. Apparently they had picked up Jimmy's signal as well, and had joined in the search. Thankfully they, and Nathan, found the Sidhe. Once I arrived, the Auxesian ship left the area to resume their duties. As you may be able to tell from the communication logs, it was pretty intense out there. It seems that the local Rogues had picked up the signal as well, and were doing their best to disrupt our rescue attempt. I provided cover for Nathan while he worked on Jimmy. Being that close to Buffalo Base, the place was crawling with those thugs, so I had my hands full to say the least. Luckily, Nathan was able to get Jimmy coherent enough to form up with him after power was restored to the Sidhe, and we began making our way, very slowly, towards the inner system jumphole a few thousand klicks away.

Soon thereafter, the [LN]-LNS-Mount.Hood, who had apparently been nearby and picked up our comm signals, showed up and put an end to the Rogues little party. The Mount.Hood then escorted us to the jumphole, and once on the other side, made sure we made it back to Norfolk in one piece.

Once at Norfolk, we all docked and waited for word on Jimmy's condition. The doc's say he should be fine, just cuts and bruises mostly, and a mild case of radiation poisoning. I joined Nathan in the bar for a couple of Liberty Ales while my ship was being patched up. Once it was ready, I bid Cpt. Z. farewell and went to check on Jim before heading out. I poked my head in the door and saw a nurse next to the bed, checking all the readings from the various medical gizmos that are attached to him at the moment. He was out cold, but the nurse said he is stable and there shouldn't be any long term effects.

Due to the high level of electrical interference, and the subsequent loss of power to my ship, all of my comm logs were lost along with all but 3 guncam photos.

I would like to extend my personal gratitude to the captains and crew of both the A/)-Bird.of.Passage and the [LN]-LNS-Mount.Hood. Your assistance was greatly appreciated.

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Cpt. Jack Burton
[FL-ER]Leviathan