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LIBERTY NAVY PATROL REPORT
Ensign Darren Barnes
DEPARTMENT RECEIVING: LIBERTY NAVY PATROL ARCHIVE
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Below details the patrol report as logged by ENS. D BARNES as part of an organized response fleet in New York sector.
Received alert whilst based at Chadwick Station regarding hostile ships located near Colorado Jump Gate sector. After completing initial ship check, I contacted the capital ships leading the response fleet and was accepted into formation to assist the fleet. Due to the urgency of the response, I was unable to verify the specific requirements of the mission, and joined formation in my assigned bomber with anti-capital loadout. This would prove to be a significant error, and would be exploited by the hostiles once the battle commenced.
Upon landing in the sector with the LNS capital ships, the scanner lit up with multiple hostile contacts in ships not commonly found in the Liberty sector. I attempted to stay close to LNS-Saratoga to provide supporting fire and prevent isolating myself with the hostiles. Eventually, this would become unfeasible as the fight turned into a mix of both capital and subcapital ships lighting up the entire sector. I had engaged two of the bandits, and an exchange of fire took place where I managed to damage the hull of both but took significant damage in the process, depleting all nanobot reserves.
This became problematic when I was singled out by a very heavy fighter belonging to one of the Rogue pilots, who focused his sights in on me and was determined not to let me finish the fight. Whilst I was able to go up against him for a while, the additional armour and firepower of his heavy fighter proved too much for my bomber-class vessel to handle. I had now suffered critical hull damage and partial breach. I attempted to lead the bandit towards LNS-Saratoga rather than try to escape the battlefield, and this would prove to ultimately be futile. The bandit was able to score a direct hit on the engine bay, which exasperated the already partially breached hull, and my bomber suffered a catastrophic explosion to the starboard side of LNS-Saratoga. I was able to eject before the remaining ammunition cooked off and catastrophically destroyed the bomber, and was able to seek rescue and was returned to Chadwick Station whilst the fight came to it's climax.
Medical examination is still underway and I am hoping for a return to duty soon, although I will be requesting a change from the bomber-class vessels back to my preferred very heavy fighter class, due to my familiarity with the latter and it's reliability in these types of situations. I am hoping both of these will be completed within the next week, bearing no unforeseen circumstances arise between now and then.
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Ensign Darren Barnes
DARREN BARNES
ENSIGN, 1FLT
Liberty Navy
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