Lieutenant Seymore Justice Patrol Report....
Addendum to Recruit Officer Alex Price...
I began my patrol in Texas, met up with Lieutanant Maggard and Recruit Officer Price, while they were at a standoff with a pirate named Cpt.Reynolds. Flying a Pirate Transport, he carried a full haul of Engine components from who knows where. This guy actually thought he could waltz into Liberty, past three cops and a naval vessel whilst flying a banned space vehicle. As Recruit officer Price noted, we eventually obtained and destroyed his cargo and tried to escort him out of the system. This man was a veritable fount of anger after this. Breathing threat and murder, he consistently promised retaliation. Finally, after my feelings were hurt no less than three times by his harsh words, I promised him that we would engage in battle next time we met.
Directly after this, we met up with a Liberty Gunship captained by Michael.Furndehold. He carried Liberty lawfuls in his hold, but upon Lt. Maggard's insistence, he relinquished them and we left him in peace.
I lost RO Alex Price for awhile, so I proceeded on to New York where I met again with Lietenant Maggard. I noticed he carried some Pineal Amulets. I wondered if he had found religion all of a sudden. He replied that they were picked up from a defeated pirate and that they served as some sort of good luck charm.
After a bit, we were once again united with Alex Price. We quickly encountered a Border Worlds Transport that was hauling enough weed to make an Outcast blush. Several attempts were made to halt the transport, but the pilot must have been sampling the cargo, if you know what I mean.
Soon after, we engaged said transport and that's when all--you know what--broke loose.... First, this transport was being escorted by a Mercenary named Johnny.Rocket. Second, guess who made good on their promise of retalition. That's right, Cpt.Reynolds. Apparently, payback time had arrived for him and much earlier then I had expected. Lietenant Maggard's ship was overcome almost immediately by Johnny.Rocket. Recruit Officer Alex Price was gunned down soon after by Cpt.Reynolds. That left me, in a Liberator, against an Eagle, a Borderworlds Transport and a Pirate Transport. Thankfully, the BWT took off with his Synthetic Marijuana. I guess stoned pilots don't like fighting. Of course, I was still outnumbered and outgunned.
I focused my attention on the Cpt.Reynolds. I wasted a lot of nukes on his ship, with little damage. All I had really was nukes and Debs. Seeing I was getting nowhere with him, I turned my attention on Johnny.Rocket. After several passes, I wasted his shields and hull to just a fraction of integrity. He made a run for it... I leaned on the Cruise disrupter button to finish him. He tried docking with a tradelane. I disabled it, but I was just a fraction of a second too late. The Merc was gone.
Realizing my target had fled, I turned back to face off against Cpt.Reynolds. He immediately disengaged and started fleeing as well. I gave chase for awhile and then Cpt.Reynolds offered a truce. I took stock of my situation....I had no bats left, only 5 nukes and I had to face up against a Pirate transport alone. I decided to swallow my pride and accept the truce. Next time, he won't be so lucky....