Once again the day started off with a bang; several Xenos and pirates were attacking New York, and i responded with the full force of my weapons. Most of the Xenos were downed, but the pirates then swooped in after we had suffered damage from the Xenos, and wiped most of the lawfuls out. An Outcast destroyer and a 522 Battlecruiser were the main concerns in the battle, and we focused our fire on the Battlecruiser first. I was moving in for the kill shot on the Battlecruiser when i saw the white glow of the Navy cruiser's forward gun heading toward the battlecruiser. I knew the blast from the battlecruiser would vaporise my ship, and so i immediately ejected. Not one moment too soon, as i saw my bomber explode from my escape pod.
I was then stationed in Texas to enforce the Rhienland-Liberty trade embargo, and to stop general smugglers. The first law-breaker i caught however, was not a smuggler. He was a mercenary carrying dangerous Nomad weaponry. I asked him to halt, but he just continued on and ignored me. Noukon was last seen headed to New York.
Then, a brazen and idiotic smuggler entered Texas by the name of Weedalot. He has been caught many times with Cardamine and Slaves on board, but has never paid his fines, which totaled over $18mil. I asked him to pay the fines, but he did not answer and engaged cruise engines. I stopped him with some disruptors, and asked again that he drop the drugs and pay the fines. I then noticed a small fighter buzzing around, also carrying a small amount of Cardamine. Whilst i was distracted by this fighter, Weedalot attempted to escape again, and at this point, i realised he wasn't going to obey Liberty law, and i opened fire on him. The fighter, named Isoist, then proceeded to engage me. Whilst dodging his fire, and the fire from Weedalots turrets, i managed to land some SuperNova shots on Weedalot's hull, which put his out of commission. Seeing how quickly i took down Weedalot, the fighter quickly thrustered away from my ship, but i wasn't going to let him get off that easily. Unfortunately, seeing as he had an agile Raven Claw (obviously stolen from the LSF), he managed to outmanouver me and escape to New York. I encountered him a number of times during the day, and finally caught up with him back in Texas. He was ordered to pay the $4mil fine for smuggling Cardamine on two occasions, but he said he didn't have the money. I accepted the 400k that he offered me, on the condition that he turn the ship in to the LSF. I have not heard back from the LSF about a stolen ship being turned into their authority however.
I returned to New York, after the pirates in the earlier attack had been heavily damaged from the Manhatten defense grid, and there i found a low-level smuggler named Moby. He was smuggling artifacts, and was not willing to relinquish them to me. I proceeded to chase the target most of the way to West Point, but then got word of a pirate named Mindless.Murder assaulting Manhatten. I ended the chase, and returned to Manhatten, where i engaged and destroyed the obviously insane pirate.
Minutes later, i caught Moby undocking from Manhatten hauling Counterfeit Software. Once again, he failed to obey orders, however he made it to the tradelane before i could catch him.
I then got a request on the private communications system to help a transporter get a load of highly classified weapons to Fort Bush. DenverDream was the name of the transport, and we agreed to meet in Texas for an inspection of the weapons and ship. Everything checked out, and i successfully escorted the transport to Fort Bush with only a minor annoyance along the way (Isoist). From what i understand, the weapons are now being tested for possible use in the field.
I returned to Texas to do a system check, and was shocked to see Weedalot there with a full load of Caradmine! Once again, i politely asked him to stop, drop and pay. Naturally he started to run, I took down the tradelane to Housten, however he did a 180 degree turn and managed to make his way back to Bering. Luckily a Bounty Hunter was in Bering at the time, and engaged the smuggler, seeing as there was a 500k bounty on all Cardamine smugglers. Weedalot was destroyed, and all the Cardamine vaporised. I hope Weedalot gets the message that Liberty does not tolerate smugglers, however i have no doubt he will return and try it again.
On my way back to New York, TheTinticKid met me half way down a tradelane. He has been convicted of trespassing in Zone-21, and thought it would be best to give his cargo bay a quick scan. There i found a Nomad cannon equipped. I ordered he leave Liberty, to which there was no response. He proceeded to engage me, and so i fired back. He must have engaged some sort of cloak or hyper-drive system, because he soon disappeared from my sensors and there was no visuals on him. Another Navy officer, Frank Horrigan encountered him again in Texas about 10 minutes later, where he engaged the target. My comms systems started acting up soon after, and i do not know the outcome of the fight.
Lieutenant Rick Gunner then came on duty, and helped me with Moby, the repeat smuggler. As the Lieutenant's report states, Moby was destroyed after failing to comply with orders. Lieutenant Rick Gunner then took command after that, and went off duty.
Day Summary:
Xeno and Pirate attack on New York --ALL PARTIES BADLY DAMAGED, MY SHIP WAS VAPORISED IN THE EXPLOSION OF AN ENEMY CRAFT--
Nouken --NOMAD EQUIPMENT DETECTED-- --FAILED TO COMPLY WITH ORDERS TO LEAVE: LAST SEEN IN NEW YORK
Weedalot --SMUGGLER-- --DESTROYED--
Isoist --AGGRESSIVE SMUGGLER-- --FINED--
Moby --SMUGGLER-- --DESTROYED--
Mindless.Murder --PIRATE-- --DESTROYED--
DenverDream --CLASSIFIED WEAPONS TRADER-- --ESCORTED TO FORT BUSH SUCCESSFULLY--
TheTinticKid --NOMAD EQUIPMENT DETECTED-- --STATUS IS UNKNOWN, PRESUMED DEAD--
An interesting day, with a large range of different challenges thrown my way.
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