I just love these days when things go your way. I decided to gear up and find something interesting, where I met up with Jean outside Java Station in Tau-23. We cruised a bit, and it wasn't long before we found an enormous stick floating in space. It was tagged IDF and had a smaller transport companion with it, who was apparently loaded with ore. The gentle persuasion didn't work, so we went with Plan B: shoot them. We knocked the Barge's shields down but then it shrinked and disappeared into the battleship. The companion of his was hugging said battleship, so we lost interest and stumbled upon a next threat: a GRN gunboat. The gunboat called in another royalist, a Lynx. After we engaged, the gunboat transformed into an explosion. The fighter was a bigger pain, as it was way smaller. Jean wanted to take care of it himself, but the fight was in the royalist's favor. I intervened, and the fighter ran back to it's battleship for hugs.
After that was over, we went back to Java Station for some repairs. That's all that happened for now. I heard the smaller transport died to an SMP bomber, heh.