Farewell Highwayman. It's been a pleasure working with you. I think one of my first sorties with the Hackers was done with the LostHighway.
On another note, Phate and I teamed up again for some piracy. We both flew our Pirate Transports, its been some times since I've had the chance to use the Calamity for anything other than transporting goods. We teamed up with Wisp-Weaver, a Lane Hacker piloting a gunship, to be our escort.
Our first target we found in Manhattan, it was Magic, a Container Transport hauling Niobium. He was reluctant to surrender his entire cargo load to us, and instead offered to pay a sum of four million credits. We accepted that offer and let him go without any further violence. Magic Scan Making the demand Credits received
Our next target was Mustakrakish(rus), flying a Bumblebee and hauling Luxury Goods. We were unable to decipher any of his comm transmissions, and after he ignored our demands we were forced to destroy him. Unfortunately, a large portion of his cargo was destroyed in the blast. We still recovered some goods however. My sensor scan doesn't show the vessel's destruction, but with his hull at critical levels, you can extrapolate what happened next. Target scan Making the demand Last Chance
After that, we proceeded to Colorado. Phate monitored the lane to Denver, I monitored the lane to Pueblo, and our Gunship escort monitored the New York jumpgate. Eventually, another trader fell into our system-wide trap, and Phate was able to empty another Bumblebee of approximately 1700 Luxury Goods. The Hackers at Leiden will certainly appreciate them.
Following that, we returned our Transports to base, and I got in my fighter. We had received word that some of our newer recruits were under fire from the Navy. While we were unable to prosecute the Navy, we did have an incident with a trade ship, by the name of Magix. We pursued him, and he refused our reasonable demands. He was within sight of the Manhattan docking ring, and under the eyes of the Navy, but even that did not save him from our wrath. After his refusal of our final demand, the target was vaporized. We scavenged what we could from the cargo. The LNS-Ithaca, a Dreadnaught, pursued us, but we lost it in a debris field. Magix Scan Demand Target Destroyed
Later, on my own, I encountered a Prisoner Transport, by the name of Kronos. He refused my demand, and decided to open fire on me. Realizing he was outmatched, he went for the Trade Lane to escape. He got through, and decided to taunt me once he did. I quickly caught up with him, and stripped his shielding down. Thinking that I would merely damage his hull to show I was serious, I dropped two nuclear mines. Not enough to destroy a transport certainly, but enough to make the Captain reconsider his actions.
Someone must have altered the payload of those mines, as those two hits caused the Transport's hull to rupture. I extracted what prisoners I could from the wreckage, and got them to safety. Kronos Scan Demand Target Destroyed
In California, I encountered a Heavy Tanker hauling Beryllium, however it was able to escape by docking at the Border Station outside the Magellan jumpgate. It later undocked, but I decided that continuing an engagement would be futile as it could easily escape with stations present.
Later, in Manchester, I encountered a Mercenary by the name of Reznor hauling a load of 20 Cardamine. The Mercenary pilot gave up the Cardamine without much fuss, and I brought all 20 units of it back to Mactan with me. I did notify the Mercenary pilot of our bounty on Bounty Hunters, but unfortunately he did not seem too interested. I wasn't expecting that he would be, considering he flies a Manta, but it was worth a try. Reznor Scan Demand
I also brought out the Interrogation vessel for one of our new recruits, Von Hammerstein. After that, I proceeded to train him in some of the basic and more advanced flight techniques. He appears promising, and I look forward to working with him in the future.
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