I disembarked from the Mississippi, checking the long range sensors for any pirate or smuggler activity. I however, found a ship in distress in the Grand Negra cloud. The ship in distress was Gneisenau, claiming to be attacked by Xenos in his Container ship. Ensign Gunner along with a couple bounty hunters and I began to search the dark matter cloud. This was all a ruse however, stating that he smuggled slaves off Houston, and was heading toward Malta. I sent everyone back to key points in the system in an attempt to interdict the smuggler, but to no avail. I was able to take evidence of the rescue team trying to find him in the cloud.
I returned to Planet Houston, after Gneisenau left and found a smuggler by the name of "NudeTrader" who had a cargo bay full of slaves. I ordered the smuggler to stop twice, refusing the first request. I opened fire, blowing out his shields and by that time, he cut his engines and awaited for the slaves to be transferred. He was destroyed however, by the Battleship Mississippi before the transfer was complete. I was able to take some of the survivors in the blast back to Houston.
After I resumed patrol, I stumbled upon a Phantom/Outcast force preparing to attack New York. I was attacked by an Outcast Destroyer, along with 3-4 other phantoms. I was forced to retreat and asked for backup. We were unsuccessful in destroying the threat.