--INCOMING SECURED MESSAGE-- **Priority: MEDIUM** **Message is TEXT-ONLY**
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ATTN: Liberty Navy Patrol Pilots
CC: Any higher powers out there...
SENDER: Recruit Micheal Vega
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SUBJECT: Temporal Distortion (or Some Kind of Advanced Decoy Technology)
To whom it may concern,
This is Recruit Pilot Micheal Vega addressing anyone who has seen the Rogue Pilot "Freddy". Be advised, that even though this pilot is not incredibly dangerous by the naked eye... A strange energy emanates from his ship... "Freddy" pilots a civilian "Eagle" Very Heavy Fighter with moderately powerful weaponry: however, the armaments on his ship is not the key to his strength and ability to shoot down naval pilots. When I engaged "Freddy", I was instantly caught off guard by behavior that is best described as "jumping around"... At first, I thought there was problem with my weapon guidance systems or scanners, but visual verification from two other parties revealed this was not the case...
It would seem that "Freddy" has managed to inherit some rather impressive technology that allows him to deploy a decoy (as far away as 4.5k at times) or "jump around" incoming fire, thus enabling him to take single pot shots from a safe firing position. Two fighter/bomber crafts were lost this morning due to this "technological advantage"...
During the engagement, data transfer checks were performed that showed no loss of data to/from Freddy's ship: meaning that this was not a simple nav/guidance latency issue...
Key Points:
1 - Freddy is not inherently a threat, but is very verbal and, if permitted to activate this distortion technology, he has a very large advantage in a dog fight.
2 - If you must engage this target, backup and/or reliable witnesses are highly recommended.
3 - Nuclear mines prove to be quite effective if they are available for strategic deployment along a "jump" route on at a "jump" termination spot.
4 - Keep cool... His weapons don't do much damage and leave plenty of time for Bots/Bats to be put to use.
5 - When in doubt, do not engage unless action is required/necessary.