I finally got the chance to upload this, so I hope I haven't missed much. Anyway, a recap over the last few days. I started off on Mactan, where I got my training shuttle, so being the utter dunce I was- I instantly went for a high-profile mission to get rid of some undesirables from the field. Needless to say, that ended up being ill-advised to say the least.
After that fiasco, I quickly got a replacement shuttle and set off for Alcatraz instead. Since I had to get all buddy-buddy with the folks there anyway, I thought it was the more logical thing to do. Sure enough, the missions there proved to be much more manageable and I soon enough got more comfortable equipment such as the "Cball" missile launcher which allowed me to tackle some larger challenges.
That hasty retreat aside, I soon enough was very welcome at the Rogues and Outcasts alike, so the rest of those missions were spent to upgrade my ship, not to mention to finally hack my transmitter to guard and erase the old callsign for the new one.
After that, I went to the Pennsylvania system to get my reputation sorted with the Junkers, but as I was doing a mission I encountered a Vigilantes Dreadnaught of all things.
Actually, funny thing is that I ended up completing the mission anyway, since the target was right next to the California Jumphole.
After I did, I instantly tailed the hostile ship as it moved through the field, over to Minor and then off to Magellan. Note, the ship's comms were completely silent throughout the encounter.
I broke off the persuit as it was leading me too close to installations with hostile patrols and base-fire.
I returned to Penny and after a few more hours, I had the finances to to scrape up this thing.
I am currently on Leiden though. Hopefully will be able to update this with something a bit more interesting next time.