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--The Titania II - Local Uplink and Captain's Diary--

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<-Titania II at a full stop in Coronado->

Ship Technical Specifications:

|-->Original Namesake: 027 Titania II (B)
|-->Class: Phoenix Rev. B - Tactical Support Carrier
|-->Population Capacity: 760/1100 (Total)
|-->Armament: Six (6) 'Solaris' Anti-strikecraft batteries. One (1) dumb-fire flak battery
|-->Armour: Military Grade Armour Modification MK VII 'Titanium Veil' -Steel Deck Reinforcement/double layer deck bulkheads
|-->Propulsion/Power Plant: Six direct feed Fusion drives. Recycled Osiris Powerplant (H-Fuel Conversion)
|-->Shielding: 'Icarus' Class Modified Cruiser Shield
|-->Scanner Array: Modified Battleship Scanner Array - Additional Sensors Implemented. Uplink Services Enabled.
|-->Additional Equipment and Modifications: Five fighter capable hangar bays. Cloaking Technology (Active)

Additional Notes:
Bridge Layout rework - CIC relocated to deck B astern. Uplink data systems relocated to deck D. (Server room - Includes Tactical Intelligence Systems) Customised Armoury (Kinetic Weaponry only)

Additional Information and Background:

The Titania II is the successor to the original Titania I and was originally designed by the Liberty Navy. However the ship plans were only inacted during her service under various Zoner groups who had the finances and know-how to put the ship together. Amy Cromwell was responsible for the liberation of the schematics. These ships were named 026 Titania (A) and 027 Titania II (B). The Titania series was designed as a stealth support carrier and originally planned to operate far from the main base of operations. This includes the ability to service her escort screen and be able to remain self sufficient for long periods of time. This in itself was due to the vast distances between stations in the Omicron sectors. However the initial birth of the ship was no easy task and the project was riddled with problems, complications and delays. Even today her crew dubs the ship 'Ye old unreliable'. Amy Cromwell has been her commanding officer since the day of commission.

Titania I (A) was originally designed with the combination of a Jump Drive, Cloaking Technology and Extensive hangar bays. Though the project was scrapped due to volatile problems with the jumping technology. The engineers working on this prototype discovered that charging of the jump drive put excessive strain on the reactor, during testing this sent the ship critical. However the response team were successfully able to avert a catastrophic melt down. Therefore in the second variant, Titania II (B). The decision was made to focus on stealth technologies and use the additional space for added capacity on the ship and scrap the jumping technology completely. This included the addition of a larger cargo storage area and two additional auxiliary fuel tanks. The parts used for Titania II were stripped from the 'A' variant before the ship itself was scrapped. - This was in an effort to keep costs as low as possible and to avoid hardware waste, this project was vast running out of funds at the time. The various patchwork of technology does mean even today the vessel has significant technical problems.

Since her original launch date, the Titania II has since seen several factions and groups within Sirius. Recently undergoing a refit under the flag of Battlegroup Auxesia. Titania II has seen her fair share of action over the years, most notably in the Omicron systems. She was praised for her flexibility in Carrier attack formations against the Nomadic threat, even once or twice engaging directly along side her allies and has since survived every encounter. However in 820 A.S, the vessel was attacked in the Omega 41 system by a variety of Corsair vessels. Said attackers successfully destroyed the escort screen and Titania was forced to flee. She sustained critical damage to her engine systems and in addition extensive damage to various decks. The crew was given the order to abandon ship in the Omega 47 system and were successfully rescued by her indirect sister of the production line, ANC Warhammer. This heavy cruiser revisited the floating hulk in 821 A.S and towed the Carrier back to Coronado. The ship has since been refitted extensively for service under Battlegroup Auxesia.

Presently the Titania II is currently in a fully operational state and has been working along side other Auxesian elements as the Tactical Support Carrier during patrols. This vessel is also used as a temporary base of operations for the patrol vessels for whichever system they may be in due to her complete fighter craft service suite and extensive anti strike craft armament. This vessel is however vulnerable to direct capital vessels and therefore her captain keeps the ship well out of range of any heavy weaponry. Amy Cromwell has effectively deemed the ship her home and it's very rare she leaves the bridge of this vessel, even when doing so she entrusts it's command to first officer Elliot Jackson, a friend of Cromwell whom also has a brief Navy background and colourful history. Information Cromwell is not willing to disclose to anybody.

Personal Entry: A.Cromwell (21/07/823 A.S) 'Questionable Doubt'

The video feed casually flickered into life, the spacious bridge of the Titania II became clear on the screen. The lights were dimmed though, the time on the center console indicated 03:51.

"Alright so i figured i should actually keep track of my escapades once again and i guess i'll start off with something i've...mostly kept to myself. I've quite possibly run into a relationship with an Ex Legion Pilot. His name is Aidan Reeves and honestly the subject of this entry is spot on for accuracy. I question my own doubt, sounds loopy but it's true - it's strange. My doubt about where i'm headed and the road i'm on leaves me questioning whether this can actually..you know..work. I suppose i have too little faith in myself to pull this thing together. He's probably wondering where i vanished off to also. Aidan practically lives on the Titania and it's surprising how well of a secret i've kept it. So far nobody knows bar a singular stranger and ourselves. "

"Gah. Hunt must be wondering where I've been disappearing to by now, i get he's kinda passive as far as attention goes but he can't have missed the fact my Carrier spent two weeks in Kusari for 'repairs'. Yeah right, repairs. More like really strange hotel room uh. Stuff. Things just kinda hit the road i guess, maybe i was too easy. Maybe i needed it? who the hell even knows at this point. I keep asking myself all these questions like i actually know the answers, hah. Yeah. Because i know stuff. Absolutely. All i want at the end of the day is to be happy finally, for once, I. -Me-. Happy. Yes, a far fetched light at the end of the tunnel type dream; but it's a dream i cling onto for dear life."

She laughed mockingly - at herself. Though her tone of voice suggested genuine concern about what she was getting into. Amy leaned back in the chair upon taking a pause, the screen she was sat in front of illuminating her body slightly, the darkness only barely masking the fact she was hardly dressed.

"Moving on, i ran into a stranger. Multiple in fact Yes, this is a vague statement but i actually went to the bother of keeping the conversation we had. I think her name was...uhh. Damn i can't remember. Brain is just mush these days, it's almost as if i've ended up with dementia early. Oh! her name was Maren. Now this is in itself is a mystery to me, we ended up having this long conversation about each-other. I feel kinda..bad to be honest. I sorta' rambled on about myself, i guess i just needed to vent myself from all this emotional crap i'm sitting on. Still it isn't fair to throw that onto somebody else, i really should apologise next time we meet. Or even If.

Black Box Recording - 17-07-821 A.S

"Now here comes the interesting part, there's supposedly something going on with Lennox - or at least a connection. That guy in Auxesia who defected or something from Order. I don't know too much about him and apparently there's some sort of on-going dispute between the two, for all i know the information i have could be false. To be frank, i'm kinda on edge with that guy around. I certainly don't like his rank considering his circumstance and i definitely don't like the rumors going about from where he came from. - The Order no less. I don't trust them at all. Let alone him. Not to mention, focusing yourself on tossing insults at people literally only renders you a god damned liability."

She paused again, taking a long breath to vent some of the anger being generated by the topic.

"That part seriously gets on my nerves. People get killed because of that and i'm getting sick of it, this isn't the Navy, we do things properly. I've not lost a single crew member on this ship and i'm not about to lose someone to stupid childish crap like that. - I'll be keeping a very close eye on that guy in addition to digging around for more detail. This ship doesn't exactly communicate with Hunt and Raven everyday so it's not like they'll notice passive digging. Besides, i'd like to know what exactly is going on. Gee. Hunt will get a shock supposing he finds out: me actually taking an interest to someone's drama?. This is certainly new, i'll admit. "

"Maren seemed nice, i suppose it was worth the cruise around, even worth seeing those two random Civilians babbling on about stuff. Made me laugh actually. I'd love being so simple and ignorant to the hell this world really is. Though as of my return from Kusari, the Titania has been prowling Coronado and Cortez, just keeping an eye on things before retreating back to the Barrier for concealment. I've been running solo scouting missions around the area, you certainly run into some amusing people - This much i've learned. No major signs of Nomadic activity though, what the hell are they planning i wonder...i suppose i'm excluding the Morph i ran into. Unarmed and asking lots of questions, i had pictures but it seems the data got corrupted. Damn this ship's power systems. Our main data server is having difficulties because the power keeps crapping out during a standard boot up sequence. Thus data loss. Was working on it most of yesterday and still no luck, this life is hard work and it's very toasty in here with the air conditioning offline. Everybody is suffering i suppose, not that me and Aidan mind the heat."

"Actually something just occurred to me. Supposing Hunt has been trying to reach me - or anybody for that matter. They'd need to hail the ship comm mast directly. I sort of...well. Shot my communicator..like..ten times. Stupid thing kept interrupting stuff. Oh well, who needs it right?"

She ended the transmission laughing, clearly amused at her own crazed impulse attack at the poor device.

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Personal Entry: A.Cromwell (05/08/823 A.S) - 'New Developments'

"Dear digital diary...
Yeah okay that was too weird. Not doing that. Anyway since my last entry a whole bunch of stuff happened and even as I compose this, I'm sitting here binging on Ice Cream." She waved the spoon at the camera, grinning. "Aidan keeps bringing me nice things. What can I say, I guess I'm lucky - Or maybe just the type people adore? I don't know. The guy is off his rocker for so much as talking to me. Nice to have him around - seriously. I don't know what I'd do without him."

"So i ended up going to Delta prematurely. There was an IRG meeting which, as you could have guessed, was an absolute mess. Once again Nesrin was at the heart of the shenanigans which unfolded - I swear, that one is nothing but a god damned liability. I do have communication copies but it's so badly fragmented I don't know what use it'll be. I'll upload it anyway but Titania got smacked by an asteroid which bent the comm tower causing all of this. You know, I hate the Omicrons with a passion. All the trouble I have seems to originate out there, maybe there's an unlucky charm somewhere on my ship I've not found yet. Who knows."

Communication Node Recording 29.07.823 A.S

"Interestingly enough, a Corsair showed up through that and it didn't want to shoot us. I was genuinely surprised. Anyway, despite this little incident, everybody got clear in one piece despite some radiation poisoning with one or two people. The decontamination dealt with it however. I actually managed to get the drone to take some pictures for me and amazingly enough it actually worked properly for once. Delta is actually a pretty system, I have to admit. Well; that's when there's no Nomads around right? right."

-Titania II at full speed enroute to the meeting point-

-Titania II outside Freeport 11: Auxesian vessel Eidolon Wraith and IRG assets visible-

"Nice isn't it. The Titania is certainly a pretty ship and she can certainly haul ass when the situation demands. The poor little drone outside was struggling to keep up!" She laughed, taking a bite of Ice cream with the spoon "Anyway, we were graced with the presence of the Eidolon. Surprising as I thought that thing lived in Honshu these days, to be brutally honest I stopped keeping track of fleet assets that aren't directly assigned to my carrier. I mean come on, why should I care what these people do. I have enough to think about as it is!"

"On a more personal note now that I've covered the important Battlegroup events. I feel sort of..sad. I mean i spoke to Sapphire today, but it was on a personal note. Even touched on the past a little - it stung me, but I believe I managed to hide it well enough. Kept the conversation rolling. Yeah I dealt with that well - She seemed to think I'd be the type to pester her about the announcement she was going to vanish despite being back. Honestly why would I. I've been in her position before and seriously it's hard work balancing both work and yourself. Tiring too. I mean she's supposed to be on maternity leave and yet she's back doing stuff for the Battlegroup. I think it's commendable, I truly do. I knew how hard it was balancing my job and raising two kids at the same time on my own. I'll upload the conversation we had. Might as well add something to it. I suppose as a side note - I actually learned something about Raven. Surprised to be honest..."

Communication Node Recording 05.08.823 A.S

"Well. I guess that's all i have to say right now. I'll leave an image as the end point for this entry. Bye!"
She waved the spoon on the screen

-Bird can be seen in her mobile disco in the distance-

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Personal Entry: A.Cromwell (08/08/823 A.S)

Before the camera appeared a rather frustrated and exhausted looking figure. Amy didn't seem like she'd had the best couple of days, the whole motion of sitting down was filled with rage. As she sat down, various scars and grazes across her face became visible - also a large bandage across her shoulder. Though for once she wasn't dressed in her usual attire, instead she wore a black tank top and trousers as opposed to her short-shorts and shirt - Probably because of the injuries. There was no sign of her usual weaponry either.

"You know what. I've about had it with people around here. The past couple days have been an absolute nightmare, I'm so paranoid about things now I've been going over all of the ship procedures. That takes hours, by the way. Ugh. Why can't we get people who aren't completely off the rails to help us fight the Nomads, seriously. Is that too much to ask? - I need a break. Look at me. I've not slept in 48 hours and the paperwork in here is building up from all the travelling. Not only that, I got into a scrap in Coronado today and as a result I got my Jackdaw all busted up. My first officer keeps pestering me when I keep telling him I'm fine. I just slipped up is all, I'm exhausted for gods sakes. It was to be expected eventually. Ugh whatever."

She fell quiet, resting her head in her hands, revealing the back of her hands were grazed also.

"I thought that..well. Everything was okay. But it really..really isn't. Two incidents in one day are seriously pushing me to breaking point - I've been on station for god knows how long. I can't sleep. I've had Nesrin damn near drag me to hell and back and Foulke managed to put himself in the infirmary on the Eidolon - Again. Infected Agents and Order are crawling out of the wood work and today I discovered an Order Battleship was in Coronado! - Thank god for Hunt. "

"I would never have known, Titania won't survive a direct engagement with a Battleship. Old girl doesn't have it in her..why does nobody tell me anything for gods sakes!. We've moved deeper into the Barrier, but it's seriously costing us running at full capacity around the clock. Around 4 am we had a main turbine failure. Blew it right out the side of the ship - cooling system couldn't keep on top of the amount of energy we're using here. Just as I was drifting off to sleep too, so once again I'm up and composing this entry. " She sighed quietly "I think I'm going to ask Aidan if he can help me run things around here. I can't do it myself - There's no denying this anymore."

"Anyway. Yesterday we ended up rolling into Kansas, it's funny how things that start off simple turn out to be a shambles. So that was fine, we ran into this mad scientist who didn't seem to make any sense at all. I couldn't figure it out, eventually I vanished off from the bridge to chill out while Nesrin sat and spouted foolish suggestions. - Figured it would be better than ordering CiC to wipe that know it all outta the sky. Yes, I've gained a bit of a hatred for that one recently. Especially considering an incident that happened later, I'll get to that soon...Don't worry about that.."

"- So that was fine. We tailed it around, Raven popped some warning shots etcetera. So not long after; Foulke suddenly vanishes off comms and we had to send out a system wide search party. Honestly the guy cracks me up, for a military going guy, he's certainly easily influenced by the Nomadic entity we're trying to extinguish. We found him, sure. But now he's supposedly in a coma. I'm totally against that one even flying near me now. If he's that easily influenced then I don't want to know. Got enough to worry about without adding that liability to the list. - Though it does leave me with concern, Kansas, as much as I hate to admit it. Does things to people, legitimately it does. I've seen people go in there and never come back. I don't dare linger in there with the Titania. System scares me a little actually.."

-Titania II in a defensive pattern around the Eidolon Wraith and supporting ships (Target vessel in close proximity)-

"Anyway. We managed to recover Foulke in the end, this entry is going to be sort of large so I'll see about adding the communication log later. Later that day a new Initiate brought something to my attention. It was in fact a vague transmission from Nesrin - as annoyed as I was at the time. I took lead and led myself and the Initiate out to Omicron Kappa. What an escapade that was, had to track Nesrin like I used to with Hunt.

-A Cromwell (Codename Katana) in Sigma 17 on the trail of Nesrin Khan-

"It felt a little nostalgic actually, but didn't have time to think about it. We got there and the Order shows up, very convenient isn't it. Following a brisk conversation we left in a hurry. Though I admit I might have blown a gasket on the way back. But can you blame me? The amount of crap this life has thrown at me recently is relentless. But seriously I don't know what's up with her recently, but somehow Nesrin is even more unbearable than she usually is. Despite this I followed what I do best, protocol and precision. I personally ensured we outran the other Order operative deliberately hunting us and also made a backup plan if things went south. I do believe the Initiate would have followed my instructions to the letter, this at least I take some comfort in supposing I was killed in action at the time.."

Communication Node Recording 08-08-823 A.S

"She seems to think I need help. But whatever. I'm past caring, despite what happens I won't let her do something to endanger the Battlegroup. I just simply will not allow it. She can shove her pride and ego. I act according to my own personal rules and my ability to keep people from getting killed - I'll do that till one of these Nomad scumbags somehow gets lucky and blows me outta the sky. Ohoho..I welcome it. Come and get me you abominations..please just erase me from existence, I'm tired, I'm in pain and just completely demoralised from everything that's happening. - But I know that I wouldn't give up in such a situation. I'd fight to the last round, bet your life on that, Nomad. "

Amy paused, gazing toward the shadows behind her and nodding. Clearly being spoken to by someone, she rubbed her wounded shoulder carefully before returning her soft gaze to the camera

"I hope when I die and someone goes through this diary, that they don't need to fight. Get into conflict or have to deal with anything that I have. I hope that this is a legacy to all the good I tried to do..even though now. At this moment. I sincerely doubt I make any difference at all.."

She got up and quietly left the room, the camera shutting itself off soon after.

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