I have to say, its nice to be back on duty protecting Liberty's interests. Here's my report for the day.
To start the day off was a Rogue gunboat and a mysterious mercenary by the names Blackbeards.Pearl and Anthony.Ryans respectively. The power of the gunboat's turrets and homing ability of it's missiles meant my ship was soon overwhelmed. I am not sure as to the status of the Mercenary Anthony though.
After a new bomber was issued to me at Manhatten, i responded to a call that Corsairs were in California. The gunboat and bomber whizzed past me on the tradelane. As i was about to turn around, there were two Outcasts waiting for me at Riverside Station. With hardly a word the Outcasts engaged me. Ion storms prevented me to do much except dodge the incoming plasma-fire and hope that backup would come. However with most of the forces tied up with engaging the Corsairs in New York, i was on my own. My ship was once again destroyed and i sustained a minor fracture in my foot. In no way serious, but the doctors ordered me to stay in bed for at least an hour for the swelling to go down. Good thing they gave me some anti-swelling ointment or i could have been off-duty for days.
After pulling a few strings I acquired a new bomber and was back on duty after lunch. Soon after finishing my Beef sandwich, i tracked a Corsair Huntress, Chronoton, near Norfolk Shipyard. I ordered him to stop for a scan however he instead decided to engage me immediately. Shields failed immediately but after that I managed to dodge nearly all of his fire and land some SuperNovas onto his shields. The Dreadnaught-class Mini-Angel provided quick assistance in taking down the cruiser.
Unfortunately after this I lost my notepad somewhere on Battleship Missouri, as such there is a small void in the day.
Once acquiring a new notepad and finishing up some paperwork for my pending gunboat, i got back out there. There were some strange voices over the public comms system and i did a background check on the targets in question. Turns out that there were three SCRA pilots destroying anything and everything that came their way. Once i found them, i formed a strike force to meet at West Point and Captain Winston took things from there. Two ill-equipped bombers and an agile fighter were our targets. Massive Ion storms hit us and the fighter was impossible for my weapons to hit. I swapped to target one of the bombers instead. All targets escaped, but all of them were heavily damaged.
After Captain Winston retired for the day, I took charge of the forces in Liberty. Shortly after doing so, I was engaged by a Xeno and an Outcast in rapid succession. Thus my ability to give orders to other pilots was somewhat limited... I am however glad to report that both hostiles were destroyed with minimal loss of life.
Day Summary:
Blackbeards.Pearl --OUTCAST-- --TARGET DESTROYED AFTER MY SHIP WAS DESTROYED--
Risky.Venture, [RoS]______ --HOSTILES-- --MY SHIP DESTROYED, MINOR INJURIES SUSTAINED--
Chronoton --HOSTILE CORSAIR-- --DESTROYED--
SCRA| in New York --HOSTILE-- --ALL ESCAPED WITH HEAVY DAMAGE--
Gerald.Elliot --XENO-- --DESTROYED--
Basilisk --OUTCAST-- --DESTROYED--
As a quick end-note, Ensign Galen Anderson has performed excellent in his role as a Navy officer. He has thought on his feet when on duty and has always been there to back up any officer in need, no matter what the odds. I hope I'm not out of my place to recommend his promotion, but i believe he deserves it.
The paperwork for my new gunboat has been processed and requires the majority vote from High Command to get the ball rolling.