A couple of days ago, I missed out these two felons below - Outcast_Gunboat:Shadow: and Michael Furndehold. The latter was quite humorous when he suggested we work together in a piracy scheme. Unfortunately, in both cases a peaceful resolution couldn't be achieved.
>Today's Patrol.
Today's patrol was slightly different, with a flood of smugglers coming our way.
It started in Colorado, after I'd passed a Rogue near the New York jumpgate. Two transports whizzed past me back towards the New York jumpgate. Both MilneR and Sheepleader had choc-full loads of Counterfeit Software.
Surprisingly, after ordering him to stop about five times, MilneR powered down engines at Fort Bush. He didn't speak much before somehow docking at Baltimore shipyard. His friend, Sheepleader, soon followed suit. We chatted a little before they decided not to undock with the software and pay the fine.
>Pirates ~ Colorado
Almost immediately after dealing with the two software pushers, I got a distress call from traders in Colorado. Seems two pirates were looking for a little "tax" from them. I disable one of their craft, with assistance from Director Wolfe and seriously compromised the other.
>More smugglers in New York.
After a small break in activity, I thought to head back to Manhatten to catch up on paperwork. No such luck when I came across a silent Artifact smuggler. I forcefully cut his engines and disabled the tradelane he was about to enter.
He remained silent as I questioned him. Being the suspicious man I am, I re-scanned his hold and found that over six hundred of the artifacts were gone. I started scanning all the transport ships around and found that "JonnyC" had transported the artifacts to "Desmos". It was too late to order a lockdown of Manhatten and Desmos managed to land.
Things heating up, I disabled JonnyC's shields to get his attention and reiterated the order to jettison all the artifacts. One thing lead to another and eventually both ships were destroyed. However, contacts advise me that their company has many more ships at their disposal, so keep on the lookout for these two.
>Slaver ~ California.
Another Navy officer advised me of a "mio-cid" currently flying through California. By luck, I stumbled across him next to the Yukon carrying a full load of slaves. He told me that his craft wasn't fitted with any escape pods - Probably to maximise slave capacity. As foolish as this was, it also meant the slaves couldn't be safely put into space. So, I requisitioned a transport ship from Captain O'Conner to come and meet us at the Yukon for transfer.
In the meantime, I calculated the slaver's fine and problems arose when I told him that he had to pay it. Immediately, he fired on me and headed straight for Planet LA. I returned fire and destroyed the craft before it reached the atmosphere. By some chance luck, nearly all the slaves were able to make it to the hypothetical escape pods and clear the ship before she blew. O'Conner was mere minutes away and I started beaming in as many slaves as the Indiana's hold could fit. A tense few minutes proceeded, but unfortunately five hundred of the slaves perished before they could be beamed aboard.
The rest of the slaves are now being housed and found work on Planet Housten.
After an eventful day, I finally managed to sit down and write this report.