May i first give a warm welcome to our new Lieutenant Commander David Hastings, you earned the promotion sir, and the traits Vice Admiral Hale talked about are always present when you are on duty. Congratulations.
Now down to business, the day started off with a few Hackers a West Point, then some smugglers, then some more pirates, and finally a huge Order battleship in New York to finish the day off with a bang.
The Lane Hackers Tsukasa, Pistolero and Crazy_Ferres all invaded West Point and were ruthlessly attacking lawfuls. Lt Commander Hastings and the LNS-Commonwealth were quick to respond, and the targets were successfully neutralised.
Then i proceeded to Texas where i found two embargo breakers. Named [STF]SuperShoe and Mitsuomi, they both failed to comply with orders to turn around or drop the cargo. However both managed to somehow evade me.
Next up i found Blackbeards.Pearl heading toward Planet Housten. After he refused to leave, i was forced to engage, and Captain Shad Wilson and Recruit Galen Anderson aided me to take him down. The gunboat captain was good, but not good enough it seems, as he was destroyed after a lengthy battle.
I returned to New York after an intruder was sighted near Zone-21, and it just so happened to be Mitsuomi, the previous smuggler who managed to escape before. He wasn't going anywhere this time, with a full load of Artifacts on board. He persisted to engage cruise engines, and failed all demands to stop and drop the cargo. On grounds of failing to comply with a Navy officer and smuggling, i destroyed the target and vaporised the artifacts.
Then i encountered a pirate who has been a real thorn in the Navy's side: [Maf]Cross.Country. This Outcast has personally destroyed my ship on numerous occasions with his excellent bomber handling skills. I hate to commend an Outcast, but he is truly a very good pilot. Double-checking my ejection system, i pursued the target, who had kidnapped a Navy officer. I ordered him to drop the Navy pilot, obviously he refused and began to engage me. Sweat dripping from my face, I engaged the Outcast and showed him the full brunt of my weapons. With his shields down, he was coming for a head on pass, and i armed my supernova. As he wizzed past, i managed to tag him with it and he was destroyed instantly. I double-checked my scanners to make sure he didn't somehow evade the hit, but he didn't...he has finally been taken care of. I wiped the beads of sweat from my face and bought the whole squadron drinks...when we were off-duty of course.
After getting my ship checked out by Missouri's engineers, i came across a smuggler by the name of AceofSpades. He was smuggling Cardamine, and managed to dock on Planet Housten before I managed to order a lockdown. Luckily he almost immediately undocked and after a bit of persuasion, he paid the $4mil fine.
Also, [Ipx]Fuzzy.Melon and Don_Stryker both broke the Rhienland trade embargo twice, and are to arrested as soon as possible.
The day ended with an Order Juggernaught named [THC]BigFatty illegally entering New York. The LNS-Milwaukee as well as numerous other officers came to assist when the Order ship failed to comply with any orders. He was carrying many Navy pilots prisoner, and refused to relinquish them to the Milwaukee, and as such, he was destroyed and all the Navy pilots were recovered.
Day Summary:
[THC]BigFatty --ORDER, KIDNAPPER-- --DESTROYED, NAVY OFFICERS RESCUED--
I look forward to see what working in the Navy will bring me tomorrow, and cannot wait to personally congratulate Lieutenant Commander David Hastings on his promotion.