COMM ID:Ensign Orion Thorne TARGET ID:Liberty Navy Command ENCRYPTION:Medium PRIORITY:High
Greetings Command,
Yesterday at roughly 9:48 Sirius Mean Time while patrolling around the New York system, I encountered a Rogue "Scylla" class Destroyer running the name: Desperado. The coordinates of the ship upon encountering it were 3D on the trade lane route from Planet Manhatten to Fort Bush. As I awaited for proper backup to arrive to deal with the situation, the ship began to fly towards the Jersey debris field. I followed the craft until it stopped a little ways away from Rochester. By the time it had stopped I picked up two new hostiles on my scanners: (C~Vennamis and (C~Basilisk of The Commune. The attached is the communication log from them.
[08.02.2018 09:51:12] Desperado: hello pig
[08.02.2018 09:51:19] [LN]-Orion.Thorne: Hello
[08.02.2018 09:52:06] Desperado: do you like my guns?
[08.02.2018 09:52:20] [LN]-Orion.Thorne: Yes, they're quite impressive
[08.02.2018 09:53:28] Desperado: give me 10 million
[08.02.2018 09:53:37] [LN]-Orion.Thorne: For..?
[08.02.2018 09:53:48] Desperado: for your life
[08.02.2018 09:54:11] [LN]-Orion.Thorne: hah.. That's an offer that's hard to refuse
[08.02.2018 09:54:29] Desperado: yes
[08.02.2018 09:54:47] [LN]-Orion.Thorne: You know..
[08.02.2018 09:54:47] Desperado: jack give me 10 million
[08.02.2018 09:54:57] [LN]-Jack.Edison: Why?
[08.02.2018 09:55:10] [LN]-Orion.Thorne: You're a pirate, why are you mugging a navy officer instead of say.. a trader?
[08.02.2018 09:55:11] Desperado: or i'll kill you
[08.02.2018 09:55:12] (C~Vennamis: Would you look at this.
[08.02.2018 09:55:32] (C~Vennamis: Looks like things are getting hot in here.
[08.02.2018 09:55:48] [LN]-Orion.Thorne: Looks like they are
[08.02.2018 09:56:04] [LN]-Jack.Edison: Stay away from that Scylla
[08.02.2018 09:56:05] Desperado: you not have a more time
[08.02.2018 09:56:18] [LN]-Orion.Thorne: However both me and my partner here haven't opened fire. And we haven't threatened your life or asked you to leave
[08.02.2018 09:56:27] Desperado: give me money now
[08.02.2018 09:56:48] [LN]-Orion.Thorne: Hold on
[08.02.2018 09:57:05] [LN]-Orion.Thorne: 10 million is kind of pricey.. don't you think?
[08.02.2018 09:57:06] Desperado: prepare to die dirty pig
[08.02.2018 09:57:24] (C~Vennamis: Basilisk do you think we should toast the officers?
[08.02.2018 09:57:36] [LN]-Jack.Edison: Into formation now!
Once [LN]-Jack.Edison arrived, we escaped to wait for reinforcements. However as we made our way back, we encountered an Outcast Dreadnought under the name: [OC]-"Sharpy". Upon arriving back near Manhatten, we were joined by: 5th|LNS-Warspite, [LN]-LNS-Maryland, and [LN]-Anna.Brown. At least one more hostile showed up before we engaged them. During the fight my ship was severely damaged and eventually, destroyed. However shortly before destruction, I managed to eject myself from the ship.
If command wishes, I have guncam footage of the fight itself, as well as a few minutes before the fight. The footage also includes my scanner logs of all the ships involved.
Signed,
Orion Thorne
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