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Salutations, Armed Forces.

Yesterday's evening, the Judge Intelligence Service spotted two Valor class battleships and a Couguar class bomber moving to attack New London from Leeds. I took the Thunderer under my command and headed to Southampton Shipyard from Cambridge. When we arrived, I spotted them approximately 12K away from the station, on the brink of the scrap field. Meanwhile, most of the Judges were fighting against two Coalition gunboats in Manchester. Only Hone Nathan, a Commander of the Bretonian Police Authority, was with me, so we had to wait for the Judges to finish until engaging in full combat with two Valor class battleships and a bomber. Officer Nathan was bombarding the Tonnant, one of the Valors, while the Thunderer was performing evasive maneuvers and firing Mortars and Pulse Cannons, covered by Southampton, which they did not dare approaching less than 3.5K. The Thunderer received one Warwolf Forward Cannon hit to the hull, while the Tonnant received minor damage -- possibly one Mortar hit and a few Nova torpedoes or Supernova Antimatter Cannons. About ten to fifteen minutes later, the Judges had triumphed over the Coalition and quickly arrived to aid us. At that point, the Valors charged the Thunderer, which was still at Southampton -- probably because they thought that more of our reinforcements would arrive faster than their. The Tonnant was on the lead. The Thunderer turned and we were quickly able to land Cerberus and Bretonian Primary Battleship Turret hits on the Tonnant. Our bombers managed to shoot down their bomber, whose pilot was Remi Galliard, and to disorder their fleet, attacking the Obelix, the other Valor, which thus had to stay slightly behind, too far to hit the Thunderer. We maintained primary turret range to the Tonnant, only being targeted by them. The Tonnant did inflict significant damage to the Thunderer, but we managed to blast them before it became too significant. Near the end of the Tonnant, the Obelix managed to get in range to the Thunderer and add Cerberus and Warwolf fire, but it was too late. Most of their nanobots and shield batteries were depleted, while their hull integrity was 8/10. The Obelix was disabled as well. They were indeed brave and their captains were fairly competent, but they were no match for Bretonian engineering. At the end, the Thunderer was approximately 20K East from Southampton. We saved as many people as we could, most of whom are now scattered around war prisons. We haven't found the captains' pods. We tugged the wreckages to the Southampton Debris Field.
And then I decided it would be good if I had a cup of tea.

Summary:

Place of Event:

1) New London System, Near Southampton Shipyard.

Allied Ships Involved:

1) BAF|HMS-Thunderer (Dunkirk Class Battlesip, 4/10 of Hull Integrity, 0 Nanobots, 272 Shield Batteries);
2) BPA)Cdr.Hone.Nathan[SR (Challenger Class Bomber, Unknown Damage);
3) BPA)Waldorf.Salad (Probably a Bomber, Unknown Damage);
4) Constable.Treacher (Probably a Bomber, Unknown Damage);
5) Judge-Leam; (Probably a Bomber, Unknown Damage);
6) BlackBean;Salad (Probably a Fighter, Unknown Damage).

Allied Losses:

- None

Enemy Ships Involved:

1) RNS-Obelix (Valor Class Battleship, Disabled);
2) RNS-Tonnant (Valor Class Battleship, Disabled);
3) Remi.Galliard (Couguar Class Bomber, Disabled).

Enemy Losses:

1) RNS-Obelix (Valor Class Battleship);
2) RNS-Tonnant (Valor Class Battleship);
3) Remi.Galliard (Couguar Class Bomber).

Turret Camera Shots:

1) The Thunderer returning fire to the Tonnant;
2) Ongoing engagement;
3) The Tonnant's end;
4) The Obelix going down;
5) The Obelix engulfed by flames;
6) Carina, Regina, Imperatrix!;
7) Victory.

Signed: Admiral George R. Hall

Salutations, Bretonian Armed Forces.

A Valor class battleship was positioned near Southampton Shipyard this early evening, the R.N.S. Tonnant. I reacted about two hours ago, launching the Thunderer from Southampton. They were approximately 3.5K north to the Shipyard. An Interspace Commerce Mastodon, called IC|Springfield, was also present, hiding behind Southampton's command tower, probably in fear of being mercilessly shot down.
Unable to let the Springfield face such a fate, and determined to fend off any hindrance to the almost finished Agincourt project, I reacted quickly, after a brief talk with the Gallic captain, who claimed that the Gallic Royal Navy had salvaged the Tonnant from Southampton Debris Field.
The Thunderer, which was facing the Tonnant with her left side, opened the engagement with a Mortar and a Pulse, the latter of which being the only to hit. The Tonnant returned fire with a successful Warfolf shell, which was absorbed by our shield.
Primary and Cerberus turret salvos were exchanged immediately after. The outcome seemed favourable for Bretonia at that point. Wishing to capture the first moments of the engagement, I activated the ship's distance camera, which caused complete loss of power throughout the whole ship for a few seconds, probably due to aging systems, pressed hard by the combat conditions.
When the power was restored, it was obvious that the Tonnant managed to close down to about 600m - 700m to the Thunderer and our shield was down, while the hull was taking damage. Fortunately for us, the Tonnant had to turn upwards in order to avoid collision with the upper section of the first upper ring of the Southampton Shipyard - Kensington Shipping Platform trade lane. That made them lose about 600m - 700m distance. Our ships were now a bit more than 1200m apart. Additionally, the Tonnant had to stop firing their turrets while they were turning upwards, also showing us their wide bottom (not to be considered slang), which was very easy to hit. The next part of the battle was mainly consisted of competition at strafing and exchanging Cerberus turret fire and also a primary's from the Thunderer, due to two Cerberuses not using up all our energy replenishment per second -- while the Tonnant had four of them, more than enough.
When the second last shot hit the Tonnant, whose hull was still managing to hold together, her captain ejected. The Thunderer turned, so we could fire a Mortar in order to finish them off more gloriously. The Mortar, however, had not yet fully focused, so we had to wait for five seconds until firing again. The next Mortar hit the Tonnant's shield, but in another five seconds, we managed to fire a third one and penetrate their hull. Luckily for us, they did not fire during most of the mortaring. The Tonnant was now engulfed by flames. The Thunderer was 9.1K south from Southampton's command tower.
I decided it would be beneficial for us if we disassembled the Tonnant's wreckage, in order to gain materials and in order to prevent the Gauls from salvaging her again. However, I got a report of an ion storm incoming in three minutes, so I docked the Thunderer at Southampton and had a cup of tea.

Summary:

Place of Event:

1) New London System, Near Southampton Shipyard.

Allied Ships Involved:

1) BAF|HMS-Thunderer (Dunkirk Class Battlesip, 7/10 of Hull Integrity, 281 Nanobots, 1600 Shield Batteries).

Allied Losses:

- None

Enemy Ships Involved:

1) RNS-Tonnant (Valor Class Battleship, Disabled).

Enemy Losses:

1) RNS-Tonnant (Valor Class Battleship).

Turret Camera Shots:

1) Ongoing Engagement;
2) The Tonnant's Last Moments;
3) Victory.

Signed: Admiral George R. Hall