The alarm bells sounded, as usual pirates were spotted near the known "Pirate's Lane", the lane from Planet Mojave to NY JG in California. I prepped up the crew of my gunship to face the worse.
[font=Times New Roman]Wrong Choice Mate
Coming out of Virginia, I was in a perfect position to quickly deal with the pirates. Turns out, our friendly neighborhood pilot (Timothy.Hawk) was on scene, apparantly trying to wait for reinforcements before engaging the hostiles.
And lo' behold I was the reinforcement that Mister Hawk was waiting for... As per usual standard protocol, I gave the pirates one chance to escape with their ships intact. What amazed me is that they actually counter-proposed that I was the one who flee. I took the chance of an preemptive strike before they did the same measure. There were three of them and one was a bomber so we immediately targeted the enemy bomber.
One of the pirates, 'Exspes', fled and returned in what appeared to be a Rogue Gunboat. My crew did not flinch at the sight of it, we were prepared to use the techniques taught to us by Commodore Robinson a few days ago.
The result of the battle:
A pretty display of fireworks apparently stored in the Gunboat's ammunition cache. The last remaining pirate was dealt with by none other than Mister Hawk and an assisting Bounty Hunter.
For Freedom and Justice, [font=Palatino Linotype]Lieutenant Commander Remus Sius