While doing my usual shift in Magellan, a trader with an escort came in, along with a non-concerned in the report Mercenary(not hired). After a long chit-chat about the politics of Lane Hackers, and the system about paying us for keeping it clean, when they pass through the system he decided not to cooperate and took the trade lane. However, he made the mistake to go alone first. I follow him immediately through the trade lane dropping a mine on the way, to interrupt the passage of his dear escort companion. While he was away i engaged the trader and showed him how we handle stubborn traders. "Handling"
Not long after we grouped with the fellow Lane Hacker William-Wallace(flying a LH gunboat), we started pursuing a very stubborn trader, who docked every time we hit him. Escaped once from Freeport 4, we follow him into Manchester, where he docked a station. While waiting for him to drink his coffee and come out, though, a Bounty Hunter showed up - S/D.Fireball - a bomber. After fighting him for a while, he obviously had called for backup, because not long after came S/D.Stix - a Gunboat(not a pleasant surprise for me, a light fighter...). Not long after William-Wallace's gunboat was destroyed, though i managed to tractor his escape pod, and with a bit of struggling i escaped with quite some sum spend for recharging my Counter Measures afterwards. Here are some of the remarks they sent to my computer. Fireball obviously was badly severely damaged during the fight, because he destroyed his ship on his own.