While I was away, the SA had another successful battle against the HF and their allies. That's the good news. The bad news is that in a skirmish later while on patrol, I got shot down again by a single HF fighter. It's frustrating and embarassing. Put simply, he had both the better equipment and the greater flying skill. The equipment problem should be taken care of soon... but it's clear that I need a lot more training, especially in dogfight tactics.
The worst part is, the guy doesn't even understand what he is doing. He somehow thinks that he has a legitimate cause for war against Liberty, all because of some grievance that happened long ago in the past...he seems completely sincere about it. It's sad that a pilot with such skill should use his talents to destroy all that is good, rather than to defend it. I wonder what it would take to convince him that we are not the enemy?
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