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The Seeking of Catch 23

Little is understood of the Erisian Liberation Front and their motives, but one thing is clear: that they waive respect of Bretonian law. Tonight, an ELF vessel held innocent pilots captive in a ploy to draw our beloved Cambridge into Chaos. However, the vessel soon found itself overwhelmed by the show of force from law enforcement, brought together through contempt of ELF's actions.

Present in the system to defend Bretonia were the [SF] Battleship Sierra, accompanied by my own Gunboat as usual. Also on hand were two fighters from the [IND] Escort Wing, the sso| flagship Hand of Payne and fighter escort, Admiral of the Bs| DBoy (sso| and Bs| hostilities were set aside) and also a [Mandalore] Bounty Hunter looking for some action. The ELF vessel had truly stepped out of it's depth and so had decided to hide-out amongst the vast vacuum that is our home.

The hunt spread out across all of Cambridge, searching every exit point known on our Navigation systems, leaving almost no rock unturned. The ELF vessel Catch 23 had no intentions of giving it's position away though, eventually buying so much time that the search patrols had to return. Bs| and [Mandalore] forces left the system to continue their own work along with Battleship Sierra returning to dock as it seemed ELF would not rear it's head on this occassion.

How wrong are assumptions were though, as the Catch 23 set sail for our home planet! It must've been hidden in deep space somewhere... Meanwhile a Helghast Gunboat tried to use the distraction to wreak some havoc of it's own. I happened to spot the Gunboat on entry of Cambridge, and moved to engage in what would become a vicious showdown 20k from the Omega 5 jumphole.

The slugging match rolled on for tens of minutes deep in the ice fields, my only advantages being the home territory and good fortune to have packed nanobots and shield batteries beforehand, they were necessary after the preliminary assault by the Helghast gunboat, catching mine in the back with a furious battery of turret fire. Perseverance paid off in the end, the Helghast finally falling to a lack of repair supplies leaving my Gunboat bruised but functional.

All the while, Catch 23 had made it's approach on our planet. Quick reacting [IND] Escort Patrick Boone flew against the Cruiser bravely, but could not dent its gargantuan shields. Boone fearlessly battled on but could not help succumbing to the terrifying firepower mounted on the ELF Cruiser. I raced back to protect the planet and caught sight of Catch 23 roughly 8k behind Cambridge Research Station, with no choice but to engage.

The Cruiser devoured my Gunboat's shields in practically no time, despite me trying to unbalance it's aim with evasive attacks. A quick blast of nanobots brought my hull back to full as I drew the Catch 23 towards the planet, where SNS Payne was racing to reach. As soon as Payne reached combat range, the battle was turned, Catch 23 buckling beneath the weight of Payne's ferocious arsenal. I provided support fire and tried to draw that of Catch 23's weapons whilst the Hand of Payne administered judgement on the ELF vessel. It could not pull away for long before being torn asunder leaving Cambridge in peace once more.

I paid SNS Payne $4 million credits for the somewhat impromptu duties in Cambridge. Another welcome expense for the protection of Bretonia.

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