TARGET ID:Liberty Navy High Command SUBJECT:Patrol Report #OED-2903: Dense Traders and a Rogue ENCRYPTION:High PRIORITY:Medium
A few small items worth mention from the last few days of patrols.
First was an encounter at Planet Denver. A ship by the name of [color=#FF6666]Big_Limon was caught smuggling Nuclear Devices near the planet. I stopped him, and he seemed about to cooperate, but then took off. Unfortunately my Guardian, even with a bit of help from a nearby LSF agent, lacked the firepower to space his hull before he managed to dock on the planet.
Later the same night, I was maintaining overwatch at Norfolk and Zone-21 when Captain Alan Polstari notified me that there were reports of an unknown ship in **REDACTED**. I performed a short sweep of the system and was about to give up when he was sighted near **REDACTED** Shipyard. I chased the ship in question, a Zoner Whale called [GK]LC_5 through the gate back into Zone-21, and destroyed him within Zone-21.
Then, tonight I encountered a Humpback freighter called zonertrader sporting a pair of Flamecurse Rheinland Military guns. When I stopped him to have him remove the guns, he attempted to flee with his thrusters, a futile maneuver. After repeated warnings to cut engines, I spaced him.
Later, I teamed up with Lieutenant (JG) Rohj Teerin for a short and relatively uneventful patrol after we escorted the Sierra Nevada and a DSE vessel in a resupply mission. However, Teerin ran into a Rogue Barghest, Bryce.Spencer, near West Point. The Rogue was quite a coward, fleeing the area at the sight of us. He fled well above the system plane, with us in pursuit. We finally caught him attempting to take a trade lane after a merry chase. The battle should have ended there, as the Rogue was clearly outmatched, but a pair of secondary fleet gunboats showed up at the wrong moment and distracted us, which allowed the Rogue to escape via lane in the momentary confusion.