I came on duty at 1430SMT and undocked from Manhattan. As I undocked, a secondary fleet Carrier "Red_RoveR_ " detonated a OS&C liner in the trade lane. Newark and Long Island Auto Guns responded to the assault and the carrier was destroyed. It should be noted that the carrier did not have armour.
Freelance Smuggler fireflys Trojan Horse and Slim Jim docked manhattan from above the plane. I was unable to intercept but did get a scan of Trojan Horse.
I recieved a call from the Liberty Navy that an Outcast Bomber "BGF Fear" had been spotted. The San Quentin was first on scene, catching up with the bomber which turned to engage the "easy prey". The big stick gave the outcast a good hiding whilst its opponent failed to get a hit in. A small powercore malunction resulted in the outcast giving me the slip with a sliver of hull, no bats, no bots. The pilot was somewhat better with cruise disrupters than the rest of his weaponry, and managed to put 3k distance into me. He foolishly docked on Rochester whilst still in firing range.
I stopped off for a chat with the judges on Newark (remarking that it was a trifle quiet) when I spotted a Freelance Kingfisher Heavy Fighter engaging a lawful trader. Seeing this, Judge Von Goeben docked. Despite still being in my bomber, I engaged and destroyed the assailant.
Unfortunately, he came back. Not wanting to deal with zombies, I left well alone. Seems his friend Blackind94 was also similarly attacky and zombie-like.
TLAGS detected the smuggler Slim Kim heading for Pittsburg. I caught him with slaves on the undock. Despite me offering to fine him instead of destroying him, he refused to stop. I note that he has a green POLICE IFF. I pursued but got unlucky with a jumphole placing me well behind. Usefully though, his entire off-the-grid smuggling route was laid bare for me. Annoyingly I was disrupted by a tiny rogue ship as I pursued him placing me well behind. Shattuck had him, but lacked the firepower in his liberator to make a real dent. He escaped into Cortez.
An hour or so later, TLAGS detected him moving through Cali, then went dark. I had a policeman's hunch that he would move through Texas to the Jumphole in the badlands. With Recruit officer Shattuck, we intercepted the smuggler, now loaded with cardamine and destroyed the vessel.
With my ship coated in cardamine, I resolved to go and decontaminate myself and ended my shift.