Report: The Destruction of the San Francisco and my imprisonment.
Yesterday, at approximately 2100 hours, a call went out that the Harvester 24, AKA Prometheus, was in New York. Immediately I ordered that Hades be powered up, and we system jumped from Texas to provide support. After a few minutes of intense scanning, he appeared 12k away, and we couldn't get a sensor lock.
However, due to the advanced sensors that have recently been installed (I used turret view to look for him and found him. He's big.) we managed to find it, and started to move towards it.
I ordered weapons to be charged, and we engaged the ship, which promptly started to run. We chased it into the badlands, where sensors were limited, and from there back towards Rochester base. Just before reaching the base, Prometheus fired off several EMP mines, which proceeded to explode and seriously cripple our reactor.
I ordered an evacuation, as Prometheus reappeared (undocked) and was moving towards us. Life support had failed, and I prepared to go down with my ship as the reactor started to overload.
However, somehow (not actually sure how to be honest, there was more powergaming in one night than I've ever been subjected to in 2 years) I was taken by nanobots onto the Harvester ship. The San Francisco proceeded to go critical, but before the LPI could stop the reactor from doing so, the Prometheus released Nuclear mines onto the hull, which destroyed the ship.
I was then strapped to some sort of bio bed, and that damned machine started prodding around in my head. I managed to take control of it for a bit, and boy is that thing a mess. Whoever wrote it's program needs to go back to geek school, becuase it was more corrupted than... well... anything really. I have a few taser burns on my arms and legs where it shocked me, but I managed to get it to release me via the link it had shoved in my brain.
Well, I got picked up by a passing HF pilot who seemed to be nice enough, but when we passed Manhattan I threw myself out the airlock in a pod, and made a safe landing in the northern ocean.
All of my crew got off the San Francisco safely, I'd like to personally thank the Zoner Juggernaut Saronsen for it's assistance with picking up my crew.
My crew performed bravely and excellently under pressure. I would like to commend them for their actions that day, which helped save the lives of their fellow crewmembers. All of the fighters and bombers and most of the valuable equipment was also saved. I would also like to commend the LPI for their assitance in the matter, as without them I'm certain I would have died on that day, as would many of my crew. Finally, to the LSF for their assitance in dealing with this matter, I also thank you.
Another good note is that Navy engineers on board the San Francisco's wing ship the Siege Cruiser Golden Gate, managed to board the wreck and salvage Hades undamaged. This is good news, as we haven't got a second copy of Hades at the moment...
I am recovering on Manhattan, but don't plan on being down for long.
(And the next person who powergames me without talking to me first will die a slow and painful death)