Much has developed since my last log. Early yesterday, I completed a patrol of the house Liberty Systems. I started at Norfolk, then ran up to Virginia and back down to Colorado. Shortly after, I was called to Galileo as reinforcements for a decoy operation gone south. There were multiple fighters in the fray. The decoy operation attracted much more criminal activity than expected, and our forces were forced to withdraw from the sector. Luckily I didn't sustain too heavy of injuries.
I went back out on patrol and found a remnant Insurgency fighter causing trouble near Manhattan. I encouraged him to leave Liberty, but was required to use lethal force to dispatch the pilot. I followed him towards Detroit, where he disabled my Defender and put it out of action. However, the Insurgent was then discouraged from coming near Manhattan and ended up leaving the area. Looks like I have a lot of combat skills to still learn.
My Defender is fully operational and ready to deploy at a moment's notice.