I bleed for the SA today. The patrol run started peacefully enough until AdmSirRed came into my scanners. He made threats to venture into Virginia. Brown responded and we stationed in Virginia to wait for the hostile to come in range. However Lt. Brown's internal equipment on his fighter went out of control, leaving me to handle the situation on my own. The LNS-Corregidor was ready for battle, its opponent however was a massive Outcast Dreadnought. I did what i could with what I had, using the Petersburg and asteroids as cover and keeping out of the dreadnought's line of fire. Finally the inevitable happened, the dreadnought's flak turrets knocked out all my guns, the truster, and even the shield was not regenerating anymore. I was left with 2 missile turrets and the forward gun. Just as i was bracing for total destruction and an honorable death, the pirate turned away and dashed to the jump hole. I pursued since the damage was done and the ship was past the point of no return. The pirate finally turned and opened fire on my ship. I must have blacked out since I found myself on the Petersburg's sick bay. The Corregidor lay in shambles all over the repair bay. So know my body aches and so does my pocket since HQ didn't reimburse the repair charges on it. The Petersburg cameras got pictures of the encounter and some nut took a picture of the repair bill too... thank heavens no other pilots were harmed.