How strange it is to be accessing this channel again... and perhaps stranger not to be doing it from the bridge of a Dreadnought.
Alas, times change.
Due to a particularly annoying ion storm which seemed determined to follow me around my patrol like a rabid dog, I had some issues managing to set up my new fighter. Luckily, I had some assistance and finally managed to get my ship in space to a sensible standard.
Except for one particular little nag. Do we in Liberty sell a Class 4 shield... anywhere? I've been looking everywhere for one. I even went into Virginia and pinned down the equipment dealer there. He had nothing.
It's crazy, a passing trader suggested an excursion to Bretonia (completely out of the question, I shudder to think of the state of my patrol wing by the time I got back) but no one knew of anywhere inside our house that could sell such a mundane piece of equipment.
I will try Willard Research station on my next pass by the California system, for now, I did a quick few passes around New York, scanned a couple of traders heading in the direction of Texas and helped a civilian pilot with the location of Pittsburgh. All in all, a quiet day.