[UPDATED] - Cruiser callsign "Levatine", not "Leviathan"
I bring the Admiralty quite sad news today,
Yesterday, two of the Navy's medium Siege Cruisers were hijacked by the Hellfire Legion. The LNS-Oppressor and the experimental "Leviatine" were moving to assist a Dreadnought when they were ambushed by the Legionnaires.
Myself and the crew of the Indiana made our way to Magellan - The last known location of both cruisers. Seems the Bretonian Armed Forces were ahead of us, already targeting a HellFire destroyer. They had more than enough force to bring down the small battalion of legionnaires, so myself and the LNS-Double.Bass went on the search for the two captured cruisers.
A Maladorian Mercenary radioed in that he'd found one of the cruisers sitting "dead in the water" about twenty klicks north of the Freeport. A KoF escort and an Inspector of the Bretonian Police Force joined us in attempting to kick some life into the cruiser. I'll let the communication logs speak for themselves.
As you can see, a little ingenuity with the pulse cannons seemed to get the Oppressor restarted. That annoying reporter was the least of my problems as I got reports of a Corsair gunboat terrorizing California. Fortunately, an Iota gunboat came to assist in the escort, giving me time to heavily damage that gunboat.
Just as I thought everything was going according to plan, the Oppressor had more engine problems. At the -worst- possible time. Captain Mitchell managed to limp the ship to California Minor, where we made our stand. A few Hellfire ships, as well as several NTF fighters were spotted by the police station, exiting Magellan.
After a brief fight, the Oppressor decided to give in to the legionnaires and be captured. Although very reluctant to hand over a powerful cruiser directly to the Legion, I couldn't convince Captain Mitchell otherwise. I offered to move anybody who didn't want to join the Legion over to the Indiana. Due to damages aboard the Mitchell, this was only possible whilst moored. The Freeport in Magellan was chosen.
Despite my best efforts, both cruisers have been lost to the Hellfire Legion.