Belligerent Duck

The Belligerent Duck, or simply Duck, is a Crusader Industries Mercury operated by pilot Alexandria Dougan and hacker Mas Houlan, outlaws with outstanding warrants from the UEE Advocacy.

Dougan had renamed the ship, previously called Razor's Edge, to infuriate the infoagent she had won the ship from.

Identification
Easily identified by the unique white design painted on its hull and the stylized "eye" painted on it's main hatch. Favored by the duo for its potent combination of firepower, speed, and maneuverability, the "Duck" has become nearly synonymous with their exploits. The Mercury's proclivity to data running, its built-in onboard encryption protocal, and any number of home-brewed booby traps, make successful extraction and seizure difficult by design.

Field Report
A generous traditional cargo capacity plus data banks with on-board encryption protocol, and liberal use of maintenance access bays are Dugan and Houlan's bread and butter. A roomy, fully loaded and modular interior hull means Dougan and Houlan can hole up inside the Mercury for long hauls. The ship can land in even the most precarious zones. Dougan and Houlan are even suspected of smuggling contraband in and out of QuarterDeck.

Assessment - Engage ship at your own risk.

2948-08-22
"Dougan and Houlan have reportedly robbed a laboratory facility on Terra owned by well-known weapons manufacturer Behring Applied Technology. They are presumed to be somewhere within Terra, or a connecting system. They should be considered dangerous and should not be engaged under any circumstances."

- Advocacy Alert

The outlawas have garnered 46 warrants between them. They used their ship to escape from a private hangar in the Behring complex. A Behring Security Sabre pursued, hailing with the threat of shooting down the Duck. Dougan was able to distract the Sabre with missiles forcing them to fire flares, buying Houlan enough time to use distortion cannons to disrupt the Sabre's power supply. Maxing out the thrusters for all they were worth, Dougan sped the Duck away from Behring’s headquarters. However, rather than angling up to leave the planet, she angled the ship towards the nearby mountainous island range. There, she lowered the ship down into a small alcove cut into the beach beneath a rocky outcropping. Diverting power from the Mercury’s shields and thrusters, Houlan booted up their reg-spoof so that they would be able to fly around incognito. Having to scrap the planned rendezvous, they contacted allies via mobiGlas and prepared to go on the run from the Advocacy, heading for Banu space.

2948-08-23_16:47
"ALERT! The Crusader Mercury designated: Belligerent Duck was reportedly spotted leaving the planet Terra. Planetside infoagents put the ship en route to Hadrian."

- UEEA Good Citizen TipLine

2948-08-23_21:34
"Thanks in part to your assistance, interceptors engaged the culprits and cut off their route to the Hadrian jump point. Unfortunately the Mercury escaped."

- UEEA Good Citizen TipLine

2948-08-24_14:02
"ALERT! The Crusader Mercury designated: Belligerent Duck has been identified by Citizens at Port Olisar, near Crusader in the Stanton System. It is thought to have left the station within the last two hours."

- UEEA Good Citizen TipLine

2948-08-24_13:02
"ALERT! The Crusader Mercury designated: Belligerent Duck has been identified by Citizens at Port Olisar, near Crusader in the Stanton System. It is thought to have left the station within the last two hours."

- UEEA Good Citizen TipLine