Battle damage has grounded my Dromedary for some time. The inability to fly out of Mactan is pretty annoying, but I have gotten time to relax here. The stories you hear in the bar are amazing!
It all started with an Outcast flying around Magellan. "Discordant_Melodies" was destroying the BHG in his Lane Hacker Gunship. Now that is a well-built ship! I flew out to greet him and offer my assistance, but he didn't need any. He offered to take me to Arranmore to hand in pilots. I hear the Mollys love to recieve Bounty Hunters... Don't know what they do with them.
We flew out to Arranmore through the jumphole network in Bretonnia. We encountered no resistance on the way to Dublin. We encountered a trader who appeared to be asleep or something in his Transport ship. A silly move I must say, but we left him at the Hood and continued to Arranmore. The minefield was no hassle thanks to my new shield that Looter gave me.
After some chat to our Molly friends, the Outcast and I left Arranmore to head back to Magellan. His advanced scanners picked up two contacts in Leeds. We set off to the jumphole to investigate this new presence. It turned out to be a single Challenger Bomber, piloted by a Bretonnian military officer. Discordant engaged the bomber and I flew evasively against the numerous Cavalier patrols that eventually drifted into the fight. The Challenger pilot realised that he couldn't destroy one of us, so he flew around defensively.
He must have called backup, as a few minutes later a Bretonnian Destroyer came in from New London. Discordant was holding his own against both targets and a swarm of lesser craft. I was not so lucky. My Dromedary was crippled by a Destroyer missile and I limped back towards Mactan. The two Bretonnians focused their fire on the gunship but couldn't destroy him.
My poor freighter was practically drifting back to Mactan, when I heard great news from Discordant. He had destroyed both the Challenger and the Destroyer! That Lane Hacker Gunship really is a great craft, good firepower and great agility. He thanked me for my assistance and promised assistance to us Hackers in future. We have a powerful new ally!