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This report is about a battle that took place two days ago in the New London System.

I am sorry that I am starting my second report with an apology as well, because I need to apologize for writing it two days late. The tips of my fingers were singed in the action, but now they are better and typing hurts me less.

Commander Pria Y'berg and Ensign Hamilton Segway were on patrol when they met three Gallic fighters near Southampton. I was at the time available to answer their call for reinforcements. The commander was flying a Hussar, the ensign a Challenger, me a Templar and the Gauls a Lynx each. By the commander's orders, we engaged them. However, both the commander's ship and the ensign's were disabled by their own mines a couple of minutes into the battle and I picked their pods up, but and only I was left fighting. The enemy decided to leave me in a duel against a certain Jules Baudelaire, probably a novice they wanted to train, and use me as target practice. I was able to prevail, although barely. For some reason the enemy let me go, and to honour that, I did not tractor in Baudelaire's pod and instead let his wingmen rescue him. Then I returned to Planet New London. The control board erupted in sparks when my Templar withstood the final and nearly fatal hit, which singed my fingertips. Currently I am technically able to fly, but it would be painful and my performance would be reduced. Commander Y'berg and Ensign Segway are suffering from back pain due to the force of the ejection system, but they are otherwise healthy.

Allied Ships:
1) BAF|Cdr.Pria.Y'berg (Hussar; shot down; pilot rescued)
2) BAF|Ens.Hamilton.Segway (Challenger; shot down; pilot rescued)
3) BAF|Ens.Elizabeth Hall (Templar; heavily damaged)

Enemy Ships:
1) MRG|Eloi.Leclerc (Lynx; operable)
2) MRG|E-S.de.Belmond (Lynx; operable)
3) MRG|Jules.Baudelaire (Lynx; shot down; pilot not captured)
4) MRG|Felix.Dorian (A snub; not scanned; did not engage)
5) GRI_Force3 (A snub; not scanned; did not engage)

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This report is about a battle that took place two days ago in the New London System. It is being reported of so late because gathering the data took time.

The alarms sounded off as an alien fleet entered the system. I took command over the HMS Sovereign and prepared the ship to defend the capital's orbit. Before me were an Ishtar, an infected Obstinate called the Vatan, an infected Donau called the Albtraum and three unscanned snubcraft. I had a Crecy named the Pride to reinforce me. I was also able to gather three fighters, including Ensign Hamilton Segway from the active fleet. As that was all I could get, I ordered the attack and our ships moved forth. The timely arrival of the LNS Utah, an Interdictor, boosted the morale of my forces. The battle proceeded with uncertainty, until the bold sacrifice of the LNS Utah (I hope that it was a sacrifice, and not improper maneuvering), which approached too close to the Ishtar and the Obstinate and made them busy, buying enough time to my ship and the Pride to disable the Albtraum. We then focused on finishing off the Ishtar, which had already been heavily damaged by the Sovereign's and the Utah's fire. The Vatan was providing it minimal support. The Sovereign received damage in the engagement, but prevailed. The Sovereign and the Pride then focused fire on the Vatan. The ship was exuding an odd purple trace since the start of the battle, resembling the ink of an octopus, whose purpose I could not understand until I set the Sovereign's course to chase them. The "ink" hid them partially and it made us more difficult to aim or see whether the ship is fleeing or moving towards to ram. After having dealt them significant damage, I withdrew the Sovereign slightly, just out of the Vatan's range, and left the Pride to pursue them while my radar was scanning the battlecruiser. It had Nomad equipment, including two battlecruiser mortar equivalents and a cloaking device. Other weaponry was Gallic. With the scan complete, I drew the Sovereign in again and dealt the final blow to the Vatan with a Kinetic shell. Our light wing did not fare as well as our capital fleet and only Ensign Segway remained flying. At that moment a very random group of three pirate bombers attacked our fleet for no obvious reason, but they were shot down very quickly and easily. Then I harboured the ensign beneath my ship's turrets and our fleet returned to the capital's orbit. Two Interdictors arrived to reinforce us in the meantime, but as I was receiving no more fighters, I decided to let the enemy's roam free. They were a minimal threat anyways. Then I took the Sovereign to Kensington's drydock for repairs, where she still is.

Allied Ships:
1) BAF|HMS-Sovereign (Dunkirk; damaged)
2) Pride (Crecy; damaged)
3) LNS-Utah (Interdictor; disabled)
4) BAF|Ens.Hamilton.Segway (Templar; operational)
5) John.Snow (A snub; shot down)
6) Cole.Newman (A snub; shot down)

Enemy Ships:
1) K'Hara|Nergal (Ishtar; disabled)
2) Vatan (Obstinate; disabled)
3) Albtraum|Aoi (Donau; disabled)
4) K'Hara|Mat'Rok (A snub; operational)
5) C~Vennamis (A snub; operational)
6) C~Raphael.Azarola (A snub; operational)
7) ZeroGravity (A bomber; shot down)
8) Kondasz (A bomber; shot down)
9) Avanderian (A bomber; shot down)

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This report is about a battle that took place three days ago in the New London System. It is being reported of so late because gathering the data took time.

I was in command of the Sovereign and protecting the New London orbit when an alien fleet appeared in front of us. It was made up of a Marduk, this one of the previous generation of the species, as well as a new generation Marduk, a Siris and some Nomad snubcraft, including a Commune one. There was also an Outcast Sarissa lingering around, called the Santa Maria. Originally I did not know whose side they would take.

I assembled a fleet consisting of the Sovereign, a BIS Crecy called the Repulse, a Crayter Hydra the Kadabra and some snubcraft, including a number of bombers and a few mercenaries, of Forlorn and independent.

As soon as we moved in to engage the Nomad fleet, the Outcast warship opened fire upon the Sovereign. When I reminded them we were allies, the captain confirmed that we were, truly, his target.

My strategy was to support our bombers from long range and use the Sovereign as bait so that the enemy would divert less attention to the bombers. Unfortunately the Crecy and the Hydra were caught in the middle of them and were put out of action. Despite this, the strategy worked in the end, and all of the Nomad ships were disabled as well, thanks to our fighter and bomber superiority. The Sovereign was heavily damaged, but space-worthy. All mercenaries, both those shot down and still flying, were paid two million credits each after the battle.

Allied Ships:
1) BAF|HMS-Sovereign (Dunkirk; heavily damaged)
2) Repulse (Crecy; disabled)
3) CR-"Kadabra" (Hydra; disabled)
4) Snubcraft, census not done, presumed numerically superior (Light casualties)

Enemy Ships:
1) K'Hara|Nu-Mus'Da (Marduk Mk I; disabled)
2) K'Hara|Islin (Marduk Mk II; disabled)
3) K'Hara|Esar'haddon (Siris; disabled)
4) Snubcraft, census not done (All disabled)

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This report is about a battle that took place yesterday in the New London System.

The Sovereign, with me at the helm, was protecting the orbit of our capital planet when I received the TLAGs net report of Nomad ships, again, in Manchester. I assembled a fleet consisting of the Sovereign, a Dunkirk the Hubble, an Overlord the Alaska, a Crecy the Coventry, a Thanatos the Eris, three of our snubs, one Council snub, three mercenary snubs and two Auxesian snubs.

The alien fleet eventually came to us and it was comprised of one Ishtar, one Siris, one gunboat of the infected forces and some snubs. I did not count those, but I can say that they were outnumbered. There was also a GRN Cougar nearby, which sided with the Nomads, a Gaian Claymore which sided with us and a Corsair Murmillo which originally stood by side.

I attempted to communicate with the Nomad fleet and turn them on the Corsair and the Gaul, but that bore no result. Then I ordered the fighters, all except the BAF ones, to clean up their snubcraft. As the Murmillo was still staying by side, I moved the Sovereign towards the enemy and took the Coventry with us to assist. The Eris I left nearby to monitor the Murmillo and open fire at them should they side with the Nomads. The Hubble and the Alaska I left in the New London orbit to protect the planet should any Nomad ship break through our first layer of defense. Then I also sent our own snubcraft at the enemy. The Corsair decided to open fire at the Nomads, so I ordered our capital ships out, hoping that the Nomads and the Corsair would neutralize each other. Our light wing destroyed the infected gunboat and the Nomad cruiser, and the Murmillo managed to disable the Ishtar without receiving damage.

While that was happening, and while the Gaian gunboat was helping us clean up the Nomad snubcraft, an incident occurred. The Auxesian ships, now probably more of them than there were at the start, stopped pursuing the Nomads and diverted fire to the Gaian gunboat. The captain informed me of that, so I gave a system wide order (since they were now far from the Sovereign) to all Auxesian ships to stop firing at any Gaian ships. The Auxesians directly refused my order and stated that the Gaians shot first. I repeated my order to both and demanded that the feud is resolved later, diplomatically, but my words fell on deaf ears. After that I received the standard escape pod SOS message after ship destruction, this one coming from what used to be the Gaian gunboat.

There was no time to resolve the incident on the spot, as we were in pursuit of the Murmillo. They stopped near Southampton and made a stand against the Sovereign there. It was a valiant one, but unsuccessful. The Sovereign received medium damage. Then the fleet returned to Planet New London.

Allied Ships:
1) BAF|HMS-Sovereign (Dunkirk; damaged)
2) Hubble (Dunkirk; did not take part)
3) LNS-Alaska (Overlord; did not take part)
4) BAF|HMS-Coventry (Crecy; effectively took no part)
5) =CR=FV-Eris|283 (Thanatos; effectively took no part)
6) GG-W-Raven (Claymore; disabled by Auxesia and a mercenary)
7) Various snubcraft: BAF, Council, mercenary, Auxesian (Very light or no casualties)

Enemy Ships:
1) Vagrant.Daeira (Ishtar; disabled)
2) CNS-San.Salvador (Murmillo; disabled)
3) [Callsign not recorded] (Siris; disabled)
4) Black.Lotus|Aoi (Gunboat; disabled)
5) Snubcraft; number and names not recorded, but clearly outnumbered; includes Punisher|FL.BlackSword, a Cougar (All disabled)

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Conversation with Gaians/Auxesia:

Good evening, DIS.

As long I and those under me get to lay waste to the enemies of Bretonia, my rank is of no matter.

For Bretonia,

This report is about two skirmishes that took place today in the Cambridge System.

I apologize for any lack of detail, but I am writing this while laying down. My back is injured because I had to eject at one point. My fingertips have not yet healed completely, and I revived some of the wounds while fighting today.

Firstly I received an SOS from an independent merchant ship, a Serenity called the Cabrakan. They were being extorted by a TBH Praetorian. I arrived from New London and shot the Praetorian down. Immediately after that a TBH Titan entered range and started firing at my Templar. My ship was damaged, my fingers were in pain and the pilot was too skillful for me, so my ship was shot down and I ejected. The Cabrakan had refused to leave to safety, and they picked my pod up. Allegedly reinforcements arrived shortly after. I had damaged the Titan well, and I hope it helped them overcome it.

I was back on New London and doing a spine X-ray and had just had my fingers bandaged again when I received another call. It was Commander Y'berg, and she reported Corsair fighters in Cambridge orbit. I jumped into a new Templar post haste and headed there. There were two TBH Titans targeting the Commander's Challenger, but she was being assisted by a mercenary fighter and a reservist Templar. I pleaded her not to engage due to my battered shape, but since she insisted, I did so. Her ship was soon shot down, followed by the mercenary. I noticed the Corsairs were dropping mines too often, so I applied my Train CD. One of the fighters, a certain Jose Artigas, was then disabled by a mine from his wingman. I would like to mention that Artigas had the same surname as was the callsign of the Titan that had shot me down earlier. I then asked the reservist, a certain Ben Porter, to duel the remaining Corsair, as maneuvering was painful for me. He did not seem keen on helping a lady, so I had to do it myself. This one was overusing mines as well, so I countered them with my CD, and had him blow himself up with his own mine.

My new Templar is not heavily damaged, but the control board is bloody because my bandages could not hold themselves, and I would like to ask for someone to clean it. Also, if it is not too much, I would also like to ask for a week's leave, so my wounds can heal.

Allied Ships (1st Skirmish):
1) Cabrakan (Freelancer Serenity; escaped unharmed)
2) BAF|Ens.Elizabeth Hall (Templar; shot down)

Enemy Ships:
1) Antibiotico[TBH] (Praetorian; shot down)
2) Artigas[TBH] (Titan; damaged)


Allied Ships (2nd Skirmish):
1) BAF|Cdr:Pria.Y'berg (Challenger; shot down)
2) BAF|Ens.Elizabeth Hall (Templar; damaged, space-worthy)
3) Ben.Porter (Templar; space-worthy)
4) Ah_Muzen_Cab (Sutinga; shot down)

Enemy Ships:
1) Jose.Artigas[TBH] (Titan; shot down)
2) El.Machete[TBH] (Titan; shot down)

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Filing a report in regards to a skirmish in the New Holland system, with request for further action in relation to some of the enemy participants.

I will attempt to be as detailed as possible, however it must be noted that my ship was shot down, and the black-box that was retrieved by post-battle clean up teams does not contain perfect information.

Our small group that was intercepting the vast influx of smugglers following our annexation of the planet, was attacked by a combined force of Corsairs, Mercenaries and Zoners, We were badly outnumbered in the snub department, this is due to anti-smuggling operations dividing our forces, or so I am told.

Below is a list of participants. In this list you will find certain mercenaries, and also Zoners who require further action, it must be made known that these individuals are engaging in open hostilities with her Majesties forces, and should be treated as hostile in the future. I make this request because for a large portion of time, the mercenaries and indeed the Zoners were loitering around the planet, and we could have fought them before the Corsairs arrived, potentially giving us an advantage in the following battle.

The battle started when the 3 TBH Corsairs entered within range of the planet, and immediately hired the 3 Forlorn, though this seemed more premeditated. At the start of the skirmish, only 3 of our 5 snubs were present, and we were forced to fight 2-1, by the time our 2 snub reinforcements had arrived, we were already down a Gunboat, and our bomber was soon to follow, though the bomber took a fighter with it. Myself and Everett were able to damage one of the Forlorn, but meanwhile our 2 other fighters that had arrived were swarmed by the 4 other snubs, now joined by a Zoner Roc, a Zoner Camara, and 2 other unknown ships, likely Freelancers or Zoners. Needless to say, our 2 reinforcements did not last long, and myself and Everett were next. I attempted to receive cover from the Thunderer, and she was able to take down one of the Forlorn for my delaying efforts. The Thunderer was then swarmed by the remaining snubs, able to take down one more Forlorn and heavily damage another.

I again strongly urge action be taken against these mercenaries and Zoners who attacked us.

Allied Ships (5 snubs: 3 VHF 1 HF 1 Bomber, 3 capitals: 2 BS 1 GB):
1) BAF|HMS-Thunderer (Dunkirk; disabled)
2) BAF|Vincent.Greene (Templar; shot down)
3) BPA)Ins. John.Steiner (Templar; shot down)
4) BAF|Lt.Cdr.R.Ree (Templar, shot down)
5) James.Everett (Paladin; shot down)
6) BAF|Eva.Flameheart (Challenger; shot down)
7) HMS-Erebus (Churchill; disabled)
8) BAF-Sabre (Dunkirk, left unscathed, did not provide meaningful assistance)
>>All 5 snubs destroyed, all but 1 BS incapacitated.

Enemy Ships (11 snubs: 8 VHF 1HF 1 Bomber 1 Freighter):
1) Forlorn|-Troy.Augustin (Unknown VHF, shot down)
2) Forlorn|-Ian.Norris (Unknown VHF, shot down)
3) Forlorn|-Sanada.Junko (Colonial Republic Nyx, heavily damaged)
4) El.Sombrero (Corsair Fighter, survived)
5) Jose.Juarez[TBH] (Corsair Fighter, survived)
6) El.Comisario[TBH] (Corsair Fighter, shot down)
7) Javier.Soto[TBH] (Corsair Fighter, survived)
8) Voncloud. (Zoner Roc, moderately damaged)
9) John.Silverstone (Zoner, unknown ship type, likely Camara Freighter, survived)
10) Daniel.French (Potential Zoner, unknown ship type, survived)
11) Alistair.Berrington (Freelancer, unknown VHF, survived)
>>3 snubs destroyed, 2 damaged.

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