Eventful day today, cram packed with pirates, smugglers and illusive Phantoms.
Weedalot was the first smuggler to start the day off when he was caught smuggling slaves out of Housten. Unfortunately he escaped, and then escaped again...and then again. His ability to pass through a tradelane whilst it was down perplexed me, and this was the reason he was not caught the first time. Currently there is a $12mil fine on his head.
Moon-Curser was caught soon after hauling Cardamine, and he too managed to speed right pass a downed trade lane. He managed to deliver the goods, but he paid the $4mil fine after undocking. Later on in the day however, he was caught with Light Arms, and failed to admit where they were headed.He is wanted for questioning.
In Texas i also encountered a Zoner in a Talarca cruiser carrying a Nomad. He too failed to stop, but escaped to Bering carrying the Nomad entity. I only hope he knew the Nomad was on-board his ship, and it didn't somehow sneak aboard.
A few Outcasts then came along to try and stop us doing our job, they regretted the day they encountered Jack Malrone on the battlefield. Myself and an automated LPI unit engaged the two Outcasts, and both were successfully destroyed.
After that, i got advanced warning of a Mercenary carrying Nomad Weaponry entering Texas. Fortunately, the Mercenary came straight to myself and the LPI unit. I asked him about the Nomad weaponry, and he immediately opened fire, leveling my shields. I scrambled for the shield batteries, and we engaged the target. The Mercenary named 'Merc', a very original name i know, was destroyed and the Nomad weapons vaporised.
A battle erupted around Manhatten orbit, and I ordered all officers to respond. A number of pirates had started to engage a [KoF] stationed outside Newark, and all available officers had responded to the distress call. A large battle ensued, and lawful officers were being destroyed one by one. We almost destroyed one of the pirates when another swooped down and killed the assaulting officer. My ship was destroyed by an apparent SuperNova shot to the hull...when i was behind the assailant.
After my backup ship had been launched an annoying Hacker in an Arrow by the name of Arielle Miller engaged me at West Point. The new ship appeared to have a few bugs in it at first, and as such, i requested some backup to take out the annoyance. The target escaped into the Badlands.
Another Hacker was encountered at Fort Bush, where he somehow hacked into docking protocol and managed to dock at Fort Bush. A complete search of Fort Bush commenced, and they are still searching for the target.
Andy_TNY was then found exiting the jumpgate to Alaska. I engaged him on sight, and he was then stupid enough to fly straight into the mines around Zone-21...mercenaries truly are a stupid bunch.
A smuggler, Scarecrow, was then seen very soon after entering Zone-21, and was nullified also.
Minutes later, SunDog and Triple88A, a artifacts smuggler and a Corsair respectively, were caught entering Zone-21. With backup i engaged the two, destroying the smuggler, whilst the Corsair escaped back through Alaska. I do hope the Nomads get him.
Spray was also encountered around Zone-21 and in Alaska, and he was carrying Nomads. He escaped whilst we were distracted with the Corsair and smuggler. He is wanted for intensive questioning. Day summary:
Weedalot --SMUGGLER-- --ESCAPED; $12MIL FINE OUTSTANDING
Moon-Curser --SMUGGLER-- --WANTED FOR QUESTIONING
Don Perro --ILLEGAL CRUISER, CARRYING NOMAD ENTITIES-- --ESCAPED, WANTED FOR INSPECTION OF SHIP AND PSYCHIATRIC EVALUTATION
Triple 88A --CORSAIR, TRESSPASSER-- --SUFFERED HEAVY DAMAGE, BUT ESCAPED--
Spray --ELUSIVE TRESSPASSER-- --ESCAPED, WANTED FOR QUESTIONING
It was certainly a busy day, and on the most part a successful one. Ship camera still damaged from the siege on the unknown station yesterday, and recovering data is going to take a while (//Interent is being dodgy, upload feature not working//).
Sub.Lt. Jack Malrone
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