I finally got the chance to put my Falcata through its paces today, and I have to say that I was quite pleased with its performance. Soon after I arrived at Mactan, I noticed a Behemoth come through the Leeds jump hole. Named Trav8r-01, it was hauling a load of gold. Despite its Zoner ID Tag, it was obvious that those goods were to be delivered to the corporations on Manhattan. The vessel paid me a sum of 1.5 million credits without incident. Target Scan Demand Paid
Shortly after, I encountered a Transport vessel, Han Solo. He apparently thought that he could complete the Boron run in under twelve parsecs. I showed him the error of his ways, and extracted a payment of 500 000 credits. On his way out of the Magellan sector, Han ran afoul of several Hacker patrols. With a swarm of a dozen Daggers after him, the shielding matrix on his Transport was soon overwhelmed. Since the Hacker ships were not listening to my orders, I fired a cruise disruptor, which distracted the Daggers and allowed Han to proceed out of sector safely. Target Scan Demand Payment Received
Later on, in California, I encountered a pair of Trading vessels. I fired a long range shot from my Supernova to disable the trade lane to Los Angeles right as they were about to enter. After a couple futile attempts to flee, both ships gave in to my demands. I demanded 1.5 million credits from Scotty Muldune, a Gas Miner, and 1 million from Harrison Mega Hauler, a Mammoth. I let them by after they paid me 1 million credits each, and as a gesture of good will towards our corporate enemies, instructed them in the use of the Local communications channel. Muldune Scan Harrison Scan Demand Communications trouble
A good day, especially for the ships first outing. At this rate, it will pay for itself soon.