A shorter shift for me today, however it was no less dangerous than the last. I departed from the Mississippi and everything was quiet for a couple minutes. Sub Lieutenant Malrone and I made a secure comm to coordinate our efforts. He had a suspicion on a Captain Rhys Dallows that could have been smuggling. His suspicions were correct when I found the Captain smuggling cardimine (Guncam file below). I halted him, however he unloaded his cargo and tried to deny everything. I asked Sub. Lieutenant Malrone for assistance on this matter, as he was heading to the Mississippi as well. After a banter of words the smuggler tried to bribe us, saying that he'll pay us 12 million credits for 1 hour of free smuggling. We curtly declined his offer and added another crime to his list. He finally undocked as I told him his list of crimes and paid Sub Lieutenant Malrone a fine of 4 million credits after now Ensign Casper arrived on scene. After the smuggler, Ensign Casper, Sub. Lt. Malrone and I proceeded to Manhattan as per orders from Commander Winston. There seemed to be a dispute between him and a trader, however I continued patrolling New York due to the lack of importance in the matter. On my way back to the Mississippi, I found Captain Dallows with a cargo full of slaves. I ordered him to halt, but to no avail. I called LNS Dawn to intercept him at Norfolk, however I stopped him at the Texas gate in New York. I disabled his shields and ordered him to drop the slaves while the Dawn was on its way. He replied by shooting the slaves out of the airlock in hopes of killing them. I recieved the order to fire and we destroyed his ship. With the 5000 slaves out in open space, the LNS Commonwealth, LNS Dawn, Ensign Casper and I tried to tractor the survivors in and drop them at the Missouri. We were close to rescuing 900 slaves until the outcasts in the area managed to destroy the pods.
After the devestation caused by Captain Dallows, LNS Dawn, Ensign Casper and I were the only ones left on duty. We made several circuits around New York until we found Verillian, a well known outcast destroyer. We engaged the destroyer, hoping to eradicate this criminal until the Dawn was destroyed. During the battle, we saw a Bounty Hunter Gunship by the name of Felix Golden arrive and fired on Ensign Casper and me. We retaliated but the bounty hunter shot the Ensign down. I was alone with the cruiser and bounty hunter, however the cruiser gave me a chance to flee. I continued fire on both of them until I too fell to the Gunship's missiles. Yes, it was a surprise to all when a bounty hunter attacked a LN officer or any lawful ship. He claimed that Verillian had an "anonymous benefactor". Even the cruiser captain was awed, and I believe he open fired on his apparent "friend". I have taken guncam shots of the attack on Verillian and the firing on my ship by the bounty hunter. A BHG was believed to have entered the scene, but I have no proof as I was jetting toward the Missorui in my pod.
A bare wasp/hornet disabled my ship and should be no problem for the repair crews on the Missouri to fix. I would suggest that Felix Golden be put on the KOS list because of his firing on 2 LN officers.
