Today I completed my first patrol in a Navy Ship. Having recently earned my Executioner, I took it out to the Ontario system for a few training runs, during which I was contacted by the HMS-Enterprise. After we established that this Cruiser class vessel was not permitted to escort in Liberty systems, he asked me to protect his charge, BMM-DarkMaxi, in his place. Other than a disrupted lane halfway to Detroit Munitions, there wasn't much need for escort at all, let alone that cruiser.
Later I was flying back through the California system, I arrived at Mojave and witnessed a large explosion. After a moment, the smoke cleared and I saw thousands of slaves floating in space, and nobody else around. My best guess is that the slaver tried to dock with a Liberty Station, only to be destroyed by its turrets in the process.
My patrol was cut short when I was engaged by a HellFire Legion Sabre. I outmaneuvered him for a good 10 minutes, only to get podded just before a Navy Gunboat showed up.