Liberty Navy 46th Fleet Security Clearance: < GRANTED >
Sender ID: Ensign Andrew Simmons
Vessel ID: 46th|Andrew.Simmons
Subject: Report - 122.830 | Patrol Report
For the attention of command,
This is Ensign Simmons submitting my first official report to the 46th Fleet. I have to say, the front line active duty is about a thousand times busier than the reserve duty shifts ever were.
Operations started off quite normally with our patrol rendezvous outside Norfolk. Standard part of the patrol run saw us handling trade security duty. The first couple or so ships that we ran into across the lanes were more or less in order, however given enough time and traffic, the improperly handled ships stick out.
During our Texas patrol leg we ran into a civilian super transporter call signed "Talice", with mismatching and improperly configured identification transponder. The ship was also illegally carrying a full load of marines and military equipment, seemingly bound for somewhere in the edge worlds, in improper storage at the front of the vessel. I'm not exactly sure how they were carrying that much material or manpower without any cargo pods, which are necessary components in the traditional series of "train" cargo ships. With the help of LSF callsign B-22 we got things in order. The captain of the vessel was fined about 500 thousand for his negligence and ordered to unload his cargo and personnel at the nearest station, which by this point we were in Bering, so Bristol Bay was the dropoff. Might want to send someone to check in on that. With their cargo relieved of stress the ship was let free to continue in the direction of Rheinland space.
Next note of significance was Admiral Kemp-Smith signing on to the battle network and assuming control of operations. Something big was coming up, and we executed a series of jumps to safely rendezvous with the LNS Anchorage. Under such authority, and with the assistance of a Bounty Hunter, callsign "Cinder", we all proceeded onto what amounted to be a very extended patrol throughout most of Liberty, though without any luck in finding what the Admiral was hunting for.
Patrol operations ended within the Manhattan Grid, fighter element of the patrol group standing down at Trenton for refueling.