After hearing reports of pirate activity in New York, I powered up the Indiana's engines and went in search of them. One of them, Paladin, was being very vocal over the system comms system. This proved to be his downfall, as I was able to track these transmissions and pinpoint his location. He was at the California jumpgate, pirating anything and everything that came through. When he saw me approaching, he attempted to flee, however I disrupted his cruise engines. He must've took that as an act of aggression and proceeded to open fire on the Indiana. However, we had the clear advantage, leveling the pirate's shields in under a minute, with our shields still at near-maximum strength. The pirate took evasive action to try and confuse the Indiana's gunners, but our gunners were smart and cunning, catching onto the pirates evasive patterns and pummeling him whilst he tried to escape.
After a while, two new contacts appeared on sensors, MD-1032 and Siik. Both enemy bombers proceeded to engage me as I was about to put Paladin out of his misery. A nearby bounty hunter knew there were bounties on the enemies of Liberty, so he decided to help me out. The first bomber went down with little effort, however the remaining bomber proved to be more difficult.
The exotic bomber design meant our gunners were guessing at where to place the targeting beacon, resulting in low hit ratio. I ordered the gunners to switch targets, back to Paladin, who was suffering heavy damage from the weapons of the Hunter bomber. In a matter of seconds, the Paladin was destroyed, leaving MD-1032 the only pirate left alive.
With the Indiana suffering heavy damage from the skirmish, I engaged the cruise engines and plotted a course for Norfolk shipyard to get her repaired. Moments after I left, the remaining hostile bomber was destroyed by the Bounty Hunter.
I suggest that MD-1032 be placed on a Hostile Mercenary list of some sort, and that he is not to be trusted or approved for Legal work within Liberty.