Today I ordered the Lieutenant to disengage the Cruiser from the docking port of West Point. I then received orders from the LNS-Indiana, Gunboat to proceed to Manhattan. He told me, "There is an Order ship behind Planet Manhattan. Send backup immediately." It was a fast trip from West Point to Manhattan. We immediately detected a hostile 11k from our position.
I went over the top of the planet and when I got near I saw a Resheph Recon Cruiser. The Indiana told it to leave as I arrived. Scanners showed that the vessel was commanded by an AI named Andrew. There war also an Outcast which was told to leave by the Midway, LABC. It was weird the comms picked up a message from the AI. "Download complete." It was odd that it was download data from Manhattan that close. I asked it what was he doing, he said, "I'm download non-classified data about the Order from Liberty, we are stealing what you stole from us."
We were able to make the ship comply. The Indiana told us to escort it on the way to Norfolk where it was to be boarded by Navy personnel. About half-way through the journey, scanners picked up a hacker GB, The.Spirit.of.Doom. The Indiana left us to deal with it. With only us 3 left, the Resheph engaged cruise and was able to get away. LNS-Indiana called for help as he was engaged by 4 hostiles: the Hacker, one of Joker's thugs, and 2 freelancers. Midway already went to his rescue.
Meanwhile I gave chase to the Recon Cruiser until we got to Z-21 where it performed a maneuver which worked to perfection, for him of course. When I got to the scene, the Midway was taking heavy damage. I joined in to try to keep some of the attackers from Midway. Alas, the hostiles were too fast for my guns.
The Midway was destroyed. The hostiles turned their fire on me and soon I too was destroyed. My crew and I managed to bring the ship close to Fort Bush. I could see from my escape pod, the Indiana outnumbered 4 to 1. He managed to call for reinforcements. Me and my crew were tractored by LPI pilots before joining the battle.
This bounty on Liberty Navy ships has got to stop.