WANTED: U.S.S. Xarius

WANTED: U.S.S. Xarius is a Grey Huntsmen Bounty Agency public contract.

Synopsis
The brief states, ''"WANTED: U.S.S. XARIUS - 7,000 CREDIT REWARD. Outrider-class 'U.S.S. Xarius' was recently discovered to be involved with a drug smuggling operation led by the infamous sundust producer Tam Mora. After the U.S.S. Xarius had a falling out with Mora, its illegal activities were exposed to the Colonial Union Command Center through an anonymous tip. Xarius has since resisted arrest and destroyed all ships that attempted to apprehend it. Recent information has come had come in pinpoiting a possible location of intercept between the Xarius and a mercenary vessel called 'The Butcher', which is believed to have been hired by Mora to rid of Xarius. Infighting is expected. The Butcher is also wanted for unrelated crimes, and its contract may be optionally accepted in addition to the bounty on Xarius. Reward of 7,000 credits for U.S.S. Xarius, funded by the Colonial Union. Reward of 5,000 credits for The Butcher, funded by an anonymous requester."''

Objectives
The mission is received via long-range comms after accepting the Bounty Hunter's Contract. The accepting offers are either to destroy the U.S.S. Xarius and the Butcher, or accept the original contract paying only for the U.S.S. Xarius. To complete it, warp to the sector within five jumps and destroy the U.S.S. Xarius and The Butcher if both contracts are accepted. The reward is 1 C.U. rep and 7,000 credits for the U.S.S. Xarius and 1 A.O.G. rep and 5,000 credits for the Butcher.

Possible Components
The U.S.S. Xarius components are; Colonial Fusion Reactor, Main Turret, C.C.G. Hull - Military Grade, 2 ARX-CD, 3 ARX-SCP, ARC-TGT, ARX-JP, QDI-RCG, Beam shields, Adelaide Thrusters, Maneuvering Thrusters, Inertia Thrusters, and in its cargo ARX-CD. Its programs are Phalanx [Virus], Digital Coolant, Capacitor, Emergency Shield Boosting, Thrust Booster, Instant Antivirus, Onedrive, Barrage, and Detector.

The Butchers components are; Military-Grade Fusion Reactor, Main Turret - Military Grade, ARX-CD, 2 BKP-WPN-POWER, Research Pipeline Module, ARX-JP, Second Hull, Adalaide Thruster, Maneuvering Thruster, Inertia Thruster, C.C.G. Hull, and in it's cargo hold is ARX-SCP, Phalanx [ Virus], ARX-CD, and QDI-RCG. Its programs are 2 Capacitor, Digital Coolant, Emergency Sheila Boosting, Instant Warp Charge, Block Long Range Comms, Sitting Duck [Virus], Gentlemen's Welcome [Virus], Siphon Credits [Virus], 0x84B7A2 [Virus], and Warp Disable [virus].