From: Recruit Officer Tom Fiddle To: Newark Station Subj: Patrol Log #1
Patrol Log #1, 20180323, Fiddle here.
My shift and, subsequently, my first flight as a part of the primary force began by linking up to the TLAGSNET array. Commissioner Chun-Mai Dawn decided it was necessary to accompany me with my first flight and we started off by taking up position near the transit junction of Battleship Missouri, where we encountered a LNT vessel by the callsign ''5th|LNT-Kanata''.
I had been briefed earlier today about the plague of accidents revolving around poorly maintained ships, so given that the LNT in question was empty, we had the ship halted and proceeded with brief them regarding a guidance and docking light sequence checkup. You can obviously imagine that the pilot in question was not amused by this. Especially when we were informed that the Bison class ship does not perform planetary landings and as such isn't equipped by default with such lights. Something the Commissioner wasn't quick to tell me over private comms as I was proceeding with the drill.
That brief moment of amusement was enough for her, as I was swiftly left to fly solo. I returned my attention to TLAGSNET and proceeded to move back to Planet Manhattan. Along the way there, I had the chance to perform a similar procedure on a freelancer Gull transport. Theirs seemed to be equipped correctly, so the encounter was very brief and enjoyable.
By the time I reached Manhattan, I realized that it was not a moment too soon a Junker ship by the name of ''Skyman'' was approaching the planet from a very odd angle. I informed the docking crew to restrict the docking procedures just in case and demanded the ship to cut their engines, but I didn't even need to bother with a scan to realize it was an artifact smuggler as they were flying a Pirate Train class vessel.
[23.03.2018 15:33:51] You are allowed to use this.
[23.03.2018 15:33:51] 2018-03-23 15:33:54 SMT Skyman's docking rights have been removed by LPI-Tom.Fiddle[RO] for minimum 120 seconds
[23.03.2018 15:33:56] LPI-Tom.Fiddle[RO]: Hold it!
[23.03.2018 15:34:07] LPI-Tom.Fiddle[RO]: Stop your engines or I will open fire.
[23.03.2018 15:34:14] LPI-Tom.Fiddle[RO]: You have been caught breaking the law.
[23.03.2018 15:34:17] You are allowed to use this.
[23.03.2018 15:34:17] OK Removal of docking rights reset to 120 seconds
[23.03.2018 15:34:39] LPI-Tom.Fiddle[RO]: To all support craft, a smuggler is near Manhattan.
[23.03.2018 15:34:41] LPI-Tom.Fiddle[RO]: Need backup.
[23.03.2018 15:34:44] 2018-03-23 15:34:48 SMT : Skyman is attempting to disconnect from the server
[23.03.2018 15:35:10] Death: Skyman was put out of action by LPI-Tom.Fiddle[RO] (Gun).
Amusingly enough, the captain - no doubt after realizing their mistake, tried to engage an impromptu cloaking device, which made them easy to liberate from their ship of choice. The rest of the procedure went as standard. The whole area around Manhattan was declared a crime scene and the captain of a Siege Cruiser came to my aid in delivering the confiscated cargo to our laboratories on Manhattan.
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Not ten minutes later, TLAGSNET picked up two more smugglers in the California system: "GenX-AchillesRage"
"Firefly"
These ships seemed to be more equipped than the last, so I contacted the local lawful forces and we staged a trap at the gate. The assistance came around in the form of the "LN-Enterprise" - a LABC class ship as well as the same LNT transport - the "5th|LNT-Kanata" from earlier that day.
This did not go well for the smugglers, as they had the poor decision to destroy their own cargo the moment they realized what had happened. After being told to surrender, they both decided to resist arrest and were swiftly torn apart by our group.
I am sad to say that there was also a small encounter with a Hellfire Legion ship that we picked up on Tlagsnet as a vessel with potential civilian hostages, but my recording device seemed to have decided to take a mandatory break by that point and the footage of the rest of the patrol, including the incident at the Zone-21 field with a Junker ship - is lost.
That concludes my flight report.
Fiddle signing out.