As a junior constible I realise my weapons are supposed to be limited and this is for good reason I understand, so I complied and had Clytemnestra remove both of her advanced splitters and the Lancer missile launcher, however I shortly found myself and my family being chased by Indigo Reaver, this man refuses to listen to any kind of reason and proceeded to try and kill us all.
after he hunted and killed me 2 times yesterday, and nearly killed me again today, I have personally deemed traveling without my weapons to be in a manner of speaking, "suicidal" I do not use my guns unless I need to but not having any at all just isnt smart when i seem to be activly hunted... maybe its because of my background... I dont know, if I run away I have to stay away which means pirate have free reign, if I am destroyed I cant afford to keep resuplying. if i keep having to run away I end up not being able to do my job propperly.
::File: LR-Big.Sexy.Beast
I was patrolling dublin after the BAF had just finished off the pirate vessel SpaceCraft once again, seriously I dont know who funds that guy but he needs to be stopped once and for all.
Anyway, I cought an odd sight, a Liberty Rouge Pilgrim slave liner exiting the Omega 49 gate, I followed and requested him to stop, of course he declined, I contacted the HMS-Lawrence who was in the system and gave him coordinates to an intercept path.
Things didnt go as smoothly as planned since my cruise disruptor's tracking system was faulty 12 CD's and non hit within 1500 - 2000m during the chase i scanned his hold reveiling the 3500 tonnes of Black market munitions.
The HMS-Lawrence caught up to us and the Liner stopped just next to the IMG Hood Battleship, I then managed to ask him where he thought he was going with his highly illeagal cargo. "jus' passin' though" he said, not wanting any blood to be shed I told him he is not to bring cargo such as that through bretonia and requested he leave our space at once, I escorted him back to the Omega 49 jump hole.
::File: Leeds Skirmish
I was on the lane back to the Derby from the dublin jump hole after escorting the Liberty Rouge out of bretonia, exiting the West Leeds smog cloud and found to my horror a Kusari Battleship ahead the lane heading in the direction of the New London gate lanes Where the HMS-Kent was under heavy fire from 2 Kusari Destroyers, 1 Hogosha Gunboat, and 2 hogosha bombers.
I moved cautiously keeping a large distance but the sight of Kusari once again attempting to destroy the people I want to protect I couldnt stand it, and so, I jumped into the fight my aim was to keep the bombers off the Kent for as long as possible, I successfully managed to cripple one of the bombers before the HMS-Kent finished it of with a shower of flak, then other bomber soon followed after I harrased it a great deal keeping its shields down, the HMS-Kent fired as much back at the Kusari battleship as it could spare and soon the Battleship was down leaving the 2 destroyers a bomber and a gunboat.
Slowly but surely more and more BAF pilots readied their ships and were in space, while the HMS-kent was lured up high by the Hogosha gunboat the 2 KNF Destroyers were approaching fast from below, i quickly informed him that 2 CA's were coming in from "6o'clock low", he respnded and a hail of plasma was sent down to the destroyers... 2 Joker's Thugs Thugs Wolfy ( a Roc Bomber) and Smirky ( a Libert Rouge gunboat) had joined in fighting for Kusari. i managed to make the bomber retreat leaving his gunboat friend behind, but with 2 destroyers still remaining and the Kent in bad shape, the gunboat was the least of our worries.
My older sister and a former pirate Alice Techler joined in for Bretonia to try and save me... she told me to run away many times but I couldnt just run away... i had a duty to perform and <strike>a vengeance to carry out...</strike>
after a long fight an Ion storm suddenly wiped out all communications, by the time my sensors were back online the Kusari were no where to be found... ,
after the fighting the HMS-Vesper located 1 Bretonian Fleet Admiral and 2 Cruiser Commanders in the hold of Jokers Thug "Smirky"'s gunboat, as the only BPA officer on the scene I asked that he released them yet he still denied he had them, I gave him one last warning, by this point many BAF pilots including the Battleship Kent and the Vesper Destroyer were on top of him, he called me a spy.. and i lost my cool a little... then the BAF officers began to notice my name and began talking... in the end I managed to negotiate the officers safe return in exchange for Smirkys immediate withdrawal from the area,
Shortly after I released the men on the Derby, thanking me profusley dispite my heritage... after the fight i was extremely exhausted and returned to my new home on Gran Canaria in Omega 49 with Ali-nee (Alice Techler)
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Incoming Transmission...
Priority: NORMAL
From: Constable George Ericson
To: New Scotland Yard
Subject: Patrol Report #5
Launched from New London Headquarters, and after a brief patrol, headed to the Leeds system. I saw a GMG transport in Leeds orbit and questioned the captain. Meanwhile, a freelance transport passed by at speed, heading for the lane to Stokes. I stopped the vessel, identified as Veritas, which was carrying Robotic Components. Excerpts as follows:
BPA)George.Ericson: Where are you taking that? Veritas: To Freeport X in Tau 37 BPA)George.Ericson: You cannot use the trade lanes or the jump gate to the north of here.
BPA)George.Ericson: Go around, through Edinburgh. And drop some off on Harris while your at it, they should pay well.
BPA)George.Ericson: Understood? Veritas: Is the Edinburgh path a suggestion or an order? BPA)George.Ericson: It's either though there, or back, I'm afraid. Can't allow you into Kusari-held territory. Veritas: I am a freelancer, this is not my war. BPA)George.Ericson: I'm not risking someone running supplies to the enemy. Veritas: Kusari's dont really like me, in fact the shoot on me at sight. Do not worry, I wont deliver anything to your enemies. BPA)George.Ericson: Very well then, just don't use the Gate to Tau-31, or the lanes there, and we'll be fine.
And not two minutes later, the destroyer BAF|HMS-Repulse catches him half way down the lane to Stokes!
Veritas: It does not make any differnce if I use the lanes OR fly the entire way by cruise engines. BAF|HMS-Repulse: You were told not to, I heard it with my own ears. BPA)George.Ericson: What part of "Go around though Edinburugh" did you not understand?
BPA)George.Ericson: The Gate to Edinburugh is clearly to the west, not here. Veritas: I would have been dropped out before it, the stations would fire my ship into pieces. BPA)George.Ericson: So! Veritas: Not the gate, but the jumphole BPA)George.Ericson: Where are you really taking those goods, eh? BAF|HMS-Repulse: Do you really think we're idiots?
BAF|HMS-Repulse: It's not like we don't know what we're doing. Veritas: Look, this cargo is very important. It needs to be delivered. BAF|HMS-Repulse: Then you shouldn't have taken a stupid risk. BPA)George.Ericson: It's not going anywhere now. Veritas: We are working for the same side, you are doing a mistake. BPA)George.Ericson: Because you intentionally tried to break the embargo... BAF|HMS-Repulse: Ericson, he's still your original case, we're here to privide the firepower if we need to. It's your call. BPA)George.Ericson: You have one chance, Veritas: Wait, I tell you the truth and we will talk about it. BPA)George.Ericson: You are to drop all your goods immeadiately, and return to the New London System.
BPA)George.Ericson: No ifs and buts... BAF|HMS-Repulse: I advise you to cooperate, after all you have a Destroyer sitting on your right side. BAF|HMS-Repulse: This thing is designed to punch holes in Battleship armour, that flimsy thing you call armour on that won't last a single hit. Veritas: These parts are not for the Freeport, they are for the outcasts. They need it to repair a cruiser which got damaged in a fight against kusari. BAF|HMS-Repulse: Oh, so you change your story now?
BAF|HMS-Repulse: Less credible. BPA)George.Ericson: I'm inclined to not believe you, and I don't care... Veritas: Use subspace communication, ask them BPA)George.Ericson: Last warning, drop and turn back. Now.
The ship complied with my orders and the cargo was dropped, the Repulse tractored in what it could carry, and the rest was destroyed. Then, I recieved a long range transmission from an Outcast vessel.
MNS-Aequalitas: Bretonian police, this is Commander Sotha Sil from the outcast guard, please come in. BPA)George.Ericson: Yes? MNS-Aequalitas: Commander Sil: You currently have a supply vessel in custody, the Veritas.
MNS-Aequalitas: Commander Sil: Is that information correct? BPA)George.Ericson: Yes, he tried to break the embargo. Twice. It seems he is now compling with our orders. MNS-Aequalitas: Commander Sil: This vessel is carrying important parts for my ship. BPA)George.Ericson: I am afraid the parts have been confiscated. In future, please inform you courriers to comply with Bretonian Law, and not to continue to break the embargo after being warned once already. MNS-Aequalitas: Cmd Sil: He told me about the situation, do you want to explain this? BPA)George.Ericson: He also lied about their destination. MNS-Aequalitas: Commander Sil: Do you really think he should everyone just tell he works for the outcasts?
MNS-Aequalitas: Commander Sil: I need that ship back here, please allow him to fly through. BPA)George.Ericson: I think you missed the part where I informed him of the proper route to access the Tau systems, and he was caught not two minutes later, again on the lane he was explixitly instucted not to use.
BPA)George.Ericson: Please forward any complaints to the Home Office. MNS-Aequalitas: Commander Sil: I do not here any answer? BPA)George.Ericson: Look, I need to land and write up some reports. Please direct any further enquires to the Home Office, or to New Scotland Yard.
So, there we go, a patrol of having people just not listen to simple instructions. Anyway, this concludes my report. Constable George Ericson
I left Gran Carinara early this morning and started my patrol in Dublin as usual. nothing to report until I recieved a global destress message, i quickly opened a secure line and asked for his location, the independant gold mine at F3.
I reached F3... and there I spotted a Kusari Explorer with all the same hallmarks as the known pirate vessel SpaceCraft only he thought he would get away with a name change... this SpaceCraft is now known as Mapoizi...
he had just pirated sombody and once again i found myself staring down his gun barrels, i had my older sister with me as she left home just a little after i did and as a merc.. was looking for work herself..
I asked the Kusari Explorer to leave the system so that no lives had to be lost and he declined of course and instead announced his intention to continue pirating regardless.. I scanned him reveiling a captured Bretonian Armed Forces Pilot, I asked him to give me the pilot, he declined again, so I offered a trade, i had to get that officer off him, i offered him 3 pirate pilots in exchange for the BAF pilot, he accepted and a transfer was made, keeping him busy i had Radio'd the Gunboat HMS-Trafalgar -who was on clean up duty Dundee- to help me with my possible troubles, he obliged and began to make his way to me that took him around 20 minutes.
before he arrived a Molly Gunboat appeared, a ship tagged as "Mollyus", unlike most mollys he didnt say a word and even more confusingly appeared to be on the side of this Mapoizi gunboat.... getting a little concerned i began to back away, Mapoizi began utering nonsence of "not returning for 4 hours" and that I "lost"... I had no idea what he was talking about, then to make matters worse a Corsair gunboat appeared looking to kill the Molly...
at this point the Trafalgar was in the system and on his way to me... before that the fighting started between the molly and corsair.... leaving them to punch each other out i stayed well back, mean while that Mapoizi gunboat fled the scene, then soon after that another Corsair gunboat appeared to help the first one take down the Molly... I didnt know what to do at this point, my sister was shouting at me and I was nervous, the Trafalgar had just reached my position by now... things just seemed to be getting worse.. I recieved a transmission from a BPA officer telling me to ask for reinforcements or the secret kind or somthing... and then an odd vessel with QCP| before its Designation contacted me an a very very odd accent i could just barely understand even with Clytemnestra translating for me,
the ship seemed to want to help so I told it to head for the dublin jump hole in leeds... Myself, Ali-nee and Trafalgar followed the gunboats into the Main Independant gold feild, as the Molly fled into the Leeds jump hole taking the 2 corsairs with him... with the molly cease fire hanging in the balance I called weapons free to assist him... the trafalgar started to attack the Corsair gunboat Alvarez.Cabrero along with myself and Ali-nee, soon its shields were down and taking lots of hull damaged... he protested and made clear his intent to disengage and so i let him leave and focussed on the last gunboat, the molly was safley away but the gunboat continued his hostile actions towards the Trafalgar.. a corsair by the name of [4K]:Abaddon, together the 3 of us made sure he'd respect the bretonian laws more thoughly on his next visit.
after this trafalgar recieved new orders and left the area, and ali-nee had gone back into dublin, Mapoizi re-apeared with two Falcata friends, Gamoushi and another whos tag I cant find... then another [4K] Corsair gunboat appeared, and then 3 different reaver ships appeared ALL after me, needless to say i retreated as they all attempted to hit Cly and me... but we were way too fast for them and made it to the battleship essex... they also had the cheek to call me a coward for running away.... during all of this i recieved injurtys amongst all the sharp maneouvers, I near lost consciouness returning home to Gran Carinara, thank fully a Junker Vessel Talesin was kind enough to tow me and Cly to Gran Carinara where a Zoner welcoming party was not to pleased to see me... however i needed to dock and fix our wounds.
Me and Cly started our patrol in Dublin as usual only after a few moments do I hear the sounds of a Molly cursing at a what sounded like corsairs... I got a radio message from Leo tou-sama saying that he wanted to come out on patrol with me again... I was very happy so I made my way to the Battleship Essex making sure Graves station was clear.
Making my way round to the Hood battleship where I found the Molly McCrae-san in his pirate bomber still arguing with a pack of corsairs that as of yet unseen, the Molly began to return to Arranmore and I met up with my father on the border of the Arranmore field.. then from behind us came the Corsairs that had been talking so loudly, I Identified 3 Corsair Gunboats, each with a Capital Armour 4 class hull integrity upgrade,
I was very nervous.... then a fourth Corsair Gunboat, andother [4K] tagged vessel, came from behind us again from the Omega 49 Jump hole, making it 4 gunboats vs Cly 'n' me, my dads Sabre, and the molly Pirate Bomber, the molly began to order us to get back out of the way, so we did, I immediatley radio'd for back up, roughly 10 minutes later Lucy Silsbury-dono came with a Challenger Bomber, and then the search was on to find them and help out the Molly McCrae-san,
I spotted the fight at H4 and called Silsbury-dono redircting her bomber correctly, I then hung back, wanting to help but not sure if I should, Silsbury-dono gave me the all clear and I engaged the gunboat [4K]:Abaddon keeping his shields low and deactive long enough for Silsbury-dono to get a few shots in with her snac, soon the molly went down and there was just the 2 of us against 3 Corsair Gunboats, still shadowing Abbadon keeping him un shielded I dodged and weaved but it was Silsbury-dono that was taking all the fire, and soon she was forced to eject, I tractored in her pod as all the gunboats turned their attention on me and Cly...
They made desperate attempts to stop us escaping one of them cruising ahead to intercept us... we flew right past him as his guns flailed in all directions trying to stop us, releasing also dozens of Cruise Disruptors, even still they didnt hit us very much, and we sustained only minor shield fluctuations, no hull damage. realising there was nothing more we could do, me and Cly made a hasty retreat back to the Essex battleship where I released Silsbury-dono and her wounds were attended to.
Cly managed to take short real time footage of the fight. it can be seen here
After being pushed out of dublin I made a quick patrol of New London where all was quiet after this I made my way to the Leeds Checkpoint at the Battleship Derby,
After scanning a few traders all seemed well and quiet untill a Liberty Assualt Battlecruiser came from the north of Leeds via the Stokes Lane, greatly surprised by this I requested him to halt at once, he declined and bypassed the checkpoint moving round the dark side of leeds heading towards the Magellan Jump Hole, I then re-thought it and requested politely for him to halt his ship and he did so next to the Jump hole, I then questioned him on his motives. I then warned him and told him never to come back, I felt nervous ordering around such a huge ship.
*chasing*
BPA)Kiriko.Hidamari: y..you there.....Blindside..... halt your vessel
Blindside: For?.....
BPA)Kiriko.Hidamari: please just stop, for a moment
*target stops next to Magellan JH*
BPA)Kiriko.Hidamari: what.....are you flying that thing.... here for?
Blindside: Passing through, had to pick up sum items in the tau systems
BPA)Kiriko.Hidamari:you do understand your flying a foriegn house navy ship here dont you? If the BAF caught you... you'd be in real trouble
Blindside: Thats y i was attempting to avoid public view
BPA)Kiriko.Hidamari: do not ever return to Bretonia in that vessel,
BPA)Kiriko.Hidamari: please go now you have your own war to fight
Blindside: i got wut i needed, and hav no need to return
After he left the area Cly connected me immediatly to Liberty Navy pilot Jennifer Bishop who happened to be in the California system, i informed her of his ship class and his tresspassing,
BPA)Kiriko.Hidamari: h..hello?....hello? can you hear me?
[LN]-Jennifer.Bishop: Yes, you're speaking with Bishop, what do you need?
BPA)Kiriko.Hidamari: a Liberty Assualt Battle Cruiser has just flown past the Leeds Checkpoint and entered Magellan, a..are you aware of this?
[LN]-Jennifer.Bishop: No, what is the Identification name?
BPA)Kiriko.Hidamari: Blindside, He seems to think its ok to swan where ever he likes... *sigh*
*several minutes later*
[LN]-Jennifer.Bishop: It's been dealt with.
she responded and I trust intercepted him, she radio'd me back several minutes later informing me that it had been dealt with..
returning to the checkpoint we spotted a smuggling vessel carrying scientists, he said he was taking them to Cambridge, with his smuggler ID'd ship i didnt trust him, and so i escorted him to the planet cambridge where he did drop off his cargo as he said he was going to,
i then returned back to Leeds just too late to stop a blockade runner heading down the stokes lane with a full hold of Gate Late Parts, this Captain Jack made no attempt to stop, ibroad cast a warning to him... i began to feel a little sick as my illness began to creep up on me so i headed home to my family on Gran Canaria.
The Bretonia Police Authority are pleased to promote Miss Kiriko Hidamari to the rank of Constable and give her an official AFO license due to her admirable actions against the 4Saken Corsair group.
Her bravery and skill in a desperate situation is worthy of much commendation.
we started a patrol run around Dublin as usual, for once, it was oddly quiet, me and Cly made our rounds through all the Fields and then exited into the Leeds system via the jump hole, ariving at the Derby we spotted a trader heading to the North of Leeds, moving towards the Stokes lane, I stopped him and scanned his hold, it revieled a large quantity of Boron... i asked him where he was taking it, and he eventually responded saying "LD-14" to make certain this was the truth I escorted him to Refinery myself.
on our way back we travelled into Manchester to drop off some mollys and other Prisoners at Newgate Prison... the mine field there really give me the creeps.... i dont like it... and Cly cant detect the mines, just the odd field they seem to project.
after this we recieved radio signals that a 4Saken Gunboat was touring New London today, instead of Dublin, since Dublin was so quiet. according to bandwidth frequency scanners he had a friend, although the other ship was unknown... we began the search for the two vessels... we checked all the trade lanes and then on the way back after checking the Lane to the Dublin Gate we spotted them both... 2 Corsair Gunboats, the immediately moved in for the kill on Cly 'n' Me...
I was a little affraid, he said "surrender or Die!" I suddenly yelled, i dont know if i was just so scared but i yelled "HA!" at him and they both began to try and kill us, Cly connected me to the emmergency frequency and we broadcasted a signal requesting assistance and the location we needed it, we recieved no further communications, for 4 long minutes we dodged and weaved our way round, past and through the gunboats, we were slowly luring them into the battleship Suffolk, and it worked, they began to take masive shield damage as Suffolk-san fired a couple of dozen pulses into them, and just at that moment the HMS-Redoubt Destroyer appeared on scanner range, and we felt much much better, and the the HMS-Nestor Gunboat showed up also, we were very happy to see reinforcement come... after they arrived the battle didnt last very long and both boats were completely destroyed.
Cly managed to capture realtime footage of the fight which can be seen here
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Incoming Transmission...
Priority: LOW
From: Junior Constable Anthony Baker, Planet Leeds
To: New Scotland Yard
My first day on the job? The most exciting day of my life.
Flying an ultra speedy light fighter is such a rush after using the dreary old tractors and occasionally the family Starflier. A trader friend heard I was joining the BPA so he sent some funds over. His name is Gabriel Marquez, nice guy if you want someone to chat with.
Anyhow, I picked up my ID and got the rest of my essential equipment, including those beautiful blue and red lights. I met one of the most interesting people, Constable Hidamari. She helped me learn the ropes and get my equipment. I think I'm going to have to have her try some tea one day, she is really missing out.
We scanned a couple traders in Leeds and also ran into a KNF and Molly patrol. The Mollies were accompanied by a gunboat so we were forced to retreat.
A fairly uneventful day, I guess its a good way to start things out though.
today we decided to base our patrols out of Manchester's Newgate prizon, I dont think Cly likes there, her lights start blinking beacuse of all the mines, not to mention they look really creepy..
We did a few skirmishes for the warden and put a couple of mollys behind bars... I hate going inside the prizon.. its horrible, and.. i get called names... anyway after we had finished here we made our way to Shefield bounty hunter base, and slowly made our way along the lane headed towards to birmingham station. then Cly detected a Large power signature approching us from behind, revieling the HMS-Ocean Battleship, we nervously said hello and he aknowledged before slowly heading off towards cortez, Me and Cly continued down the lane and we met a Junker Salvage Frigate, it left the lane before reaching birmingham coming from the cortez lanes, we knew somthing was up and raced to get to him, the ship started to head behind the planet and we just managed to get him in scan range, Cly scanned him reveiling a full hold of Counterfit software, we chased him asking to stop
Dean-IV: no way!
he said, we fired a couple of Cruise disruptors at him and stopped him, then he began to open fire on us, Cly managed to dodge well enough and we returned fire, however only lowering his shields to 50% at max
we requested for him to stop and searched the radio waves for assistance but I could not find anyone available... we chesed him up until the Leeds jumphole where he entered Magellan and dissapeared.
after that we had a relativley quiet patrol of New london, Cambridge, Leeds, Newcastle and finally Dublin before we decided to head home to Gran Canaria..
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Incoming Transmission...
Priority: MEDIUM
From: Junior Constable Anthony Baker, Graves Station
To: New Scotland Yard
My second patrol was much more eventful than the first. Although Bretonia was a rather quiet place when I took off from Leeds I still found a few people traveling through.
The first was an unidentified target that had come up on Newbury's scans in Poole. I contacted this ship and found out that he was simply passing through to New London. I asked for him to meet me at the Poole jump hole in New London. He complied. As soon as he came through the other side I scanned him and found four nomad organisms on board. I informed him that they were illegal without a license. He complied wholeheartedly and handed them over to me and went on his way.
After I had delivered the nomads to Cambridge Research Station I contacted a friendly Bretonian Gunboat patrolling Dublin. We chatted for a bit before I headed home to Planet Cambridge. On the way there however the chap contacted me again and said there was a pirate in Dublin spewing profanity about him and the queen. I told him to try to keep the peace. When I arrived I saw a pirate bomber at about 50% health. I assumed that the gunboat had come under attack. Before anymore damage was done I broke up the fight and told the pirate to head to Omega-49. He seemed willing to head that way but he suddenly changed direction to the Molly base in the minefield. I couldn't follow him with no defenses so I simply warned all traders and other ships in the area of the threat of piracy. I then guarded Graves Station before docking there and writing this report.
Another good patrol. Glad I got the experience of dealing with pirates peacefully!
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Incoming Transmission...
Priority: NORMAL
From: Constable George Ericson
To: New Scotland Yard
Subject: Patrol Report #6
As I launched from New London, I learnt that the BAF were dealing with a corsair in the Dublin system. I proceeded to Planet Leeds to monitor the embargo. Two ships exited the lane from Stokes, ComradeKamow, A Rheinland Train with ALG identification but no IFF, and Yvan's_Worker-001, a Freelancer ID'd Borderworlds Transport.
As I was informing them of the correct route to reach the Tau systems, ComradeKamow let slip that he had illegally transported Military Vehicles without a licence. To which he insisted that no such licences existed, and made for the Edinburgh lane. I again stopped him, and he accused me of "aggressive behaviour to neutral traders". Quite ironic, as he then preceeded to raise his voice to me as I was explaining the proper procedure to aqquire a licence.
I suggest we keep an eye on him, he didn't seem to be the cleverest, and his attitude was sub-par. If he is found in possession of Military Vehicles in the future, I recommend him being put under arrest.
I then found a Zoner Gunboat with Junker Congress identification, .:j:.JunkerTank. He was carrying no cargo, and I had no evidence of him using the Tau-31 gate, which he denied, so I let him go. Seems some Zoners will sell their ships to any old riff-raff these days.
After all that, and a minor raid by Kusari fighters, I headed back to New London.