I undertook a short patrol of the New York system this morning, the system seemed to be quite quiet.
After patrolling both the space around the Colorado Jump gate and Planet Pittsburg I headed towards Norfolk Shipyard and then onwards to the Texas Jump gate.
As I exited the trade lane to the Texas system gate I noticed a trader being attacked by 3 outcast fighters, I quickly engaged and managed to take out 1 of the crafts in my first salvo, fortunately the trader was able to jump out in the diversion, as soon after 3 more outcasts appeared on the scene, a tense dogfight took place in which I managed to down another 2 of the outcasts ships, then thankfully with my missiles exhausted a patrol of guardians from the Navy arrived and lent their support to the fight.
With the arrival of the new ships it was easy to predict the outcome and we finished off the outcasts and secured the area, clearing it of debris ready for the flow of civilian traffic to begin anew.
After I was sure the area was secure I made the journey first to Norfolk to drop off the escape capsules I had managed to pick-up after the dogfight for interrogation and then proceeded onwards to West Point.
The space around West Point was clear so I carried onwards to the Ithaca Research Station within the badlands, unfortunately as I exited the trade lane my sensors picked up a Rogue Gunboat near the station which quickly closed in on my ship and fired upon me, luckily I was able to eject before I was torn to ribbons and after the gunboat had left the area I radioed the station to ask for pick-up.
I then boarded a shuttle to return to Manhattan where I am now submitting this report.
** End of Report **
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