While on patrol of the California system, the frieghter, [SA]-Porter advised that he was under attack by pirates and Helgast in the Honshu system. I rounded up Ensign E-mor and set course to assist. I did not arrive in time to prevent the Porter from being damaged and forced planetside. We did arrive at Planet Honshu and engaged the pirate Skylanzer and the Helgast fighter Mcneo. They fled using hit and run tactics to disable Ensign E-mor and frustrated my battery crews. I have ordered new rounds of point defense drills. We played cat and mouse for almost an hour before I was joined by [SA]-Joe Davis. We lost the pirate Skylanzer but tracked the Helgast fighter to Sigma13 where we destroyed him. I consider the engagment unacceptable and take full responsibility for it. On an unrelated subject, my chief engineer reports that our shield generator has developed a harmonic imbalance and needs to be repaired at a shipyard. We are enrout now and should arrive within the hour.
Cpt. Rhaegar
LNS Thunderbolt, Commanding
226th SOC, South Alliance
<span style="color:#CCCCCC">"BOLT FROM THE HEAVENS"
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"Nobody ever won a war by dying for his country, you win wars by making the sorry SOB's die for theirs!"