While I waited for my patrol ship to be finished, I completed a few basic flight training exercises.
A Kusari Explorer called U.S.A was under repeated attack by Navy patrols, so I'm assuming he has some sort of record. I wasn't exactly equipped to do anything about it, though, so I left it to the patrols.
Just after I returned to New York from picking up my Liberator, I saw one of those... blue things near Manhattan. As I recall, the official procedure involving them is to call the LSF, so I did. An agent of theirs arrived to deal with it, so I got out of the way.
I probably still need more in-depth training, but other than that I'm almost ready for duty. Unfortunately, word hadn't gotten to the base yet that I was cleared for a mine dropper, so I'm not quite fully-armed yet.