Date: 2010-06-03 Start Time: 00:30 SMT End Time: 02:15 SMT Location: New York System
I decided to launch my mission from the Junker base 'Rochester' in the New York system due to it's proximity to the popular hotspot of Planet Manhatten. Unfortunately the flow of traffic in New York was very low, and the only noteworthy activity was a lone Universal Shipping Fighter and a large unorganized group of ships afilliated with the Lane Hackers. The mission looked even more like it would fail after the flunky from Universal Shipping Docked at Trenton as soon as I flew within 10k.
About 1 hour into the mission, two Fighters from the Xeno Alliance, XA-Aquila and XA-Coral, appeared within long distance scanner range but made no interaction with me or anyone else. However, after another 20 minutes my luck was in, two Navy lapdogs arrived at Planet Manhatten: The Liberty Siege Cruiser LNS-Providence (Navy Guard ID), and Cpt.L.G.Darkwater (Navy ID) in a Guardian Very Heavy Fighter. It was made apparent that Darkwater was a cadet assigned to a training mission alongside the Providence.
Here are the Scans of their cargo and weaponary at 01:55 SMT: 01 - LNS-Providence - Cargo 01 - LNS-Providence - Weapons 02 - Cpt.L.G.Darkwater - Cargo 02 - Cpt.L.G.Darkwater - Weapons
The Navy lapdogs approached a Lane Hacker affiliated bomber 'The.Spirit.of.Doom' who's captain (Joe) demanded Darkwater hand over the Lane Hacker Pilots he was holding. The Xeno seized the opportunity and while the Lapdogs argued with Joe approached planet Manhatten, making their own demand for Pilots that Darkwater was holding. In the meantime a member of the Libery Marine Corps [LMC]Paul.Jackson (Navy ID) turned up.
Weapon scan of [LMC]Paul.Jackson at 02:01 SMT (Empty Cargo Hold): 03 - [LMC]Paul.Jackson - Weapons
The Providence requested that The.Spirit.of.Doom leave the system, upon refusal all three Navy ships opened fire upon his vessel. One of the Xeno Alliance used this window to ask me to hand over the Xeno Pilots that I has captured but he was distracted when The freelancer Emerald.Reever challenged his accomplice. During the run in with the Xeno, The.Spirit.of.Doom had been destroyed and the Navy focussed their attention on me. They told me to leave New York as they had with The.Spirit.of.Doom but I already had the scans I needed so I complied with their instructions. Suprisingly, they didn't attempt to escort me out of the system so I returned to Buffalo to get some much needed sleep.
