Greetings to you people of Sirius, we want to tell you a little story about our present and past.
Lets start with where we were born 25 and 23 years ago. Which is the beautiful planet Marne in the Champagne system.
If this war against the monarchie tyrannique is over some day, you really should visit it.
But forgive me i didnt want to lure tourists here *laughs*.
Our childhood was a strange one.On one hand happy with a loving and caring family. But on the other, i tell you, its terrible to grow up in a war that lasts as long as you can remember.
So many friends and family have been wounded or killed over the years that i cannot even start to measure the pain we suffered.
And now we both took our place amongst those who stand up against la tyrannie. But dont wonder if you see us flying around in Sirius. We often carry soldiers disguised as tourists into Gallia. And our independent trader id gives us many opportunities to make contacts. Which we might really need later on. So we are some kind of undercover agents *laughs*. Sorry for my laughing but i never had plans to lead such a life.
But finding a man and marry in such times seems impossible.
Jeanne on the other hand seems to be born for this life. She always was the warrior from us two Dupont sisters. But maybe she tells herself in the near future.
Fleur
Ahhh i forgot something that means a lot to us and happened today.
As of now our little brother Henry Dupont joined the Council forces in active duty.
And due to the influence of us and our family he was assigned to us.
This is indeed very happy news to us.
Now we can put even more effort in the fight for our freedom and to live peacefully with our neighbours in Sirius.
Here the story of our deeds shall begin... Hopefully we shall find more, who are willing to raise the banner of freedom with us. And can soon bring good news of success to you our neighbours and hopefully friends.
At this point i also want to thank Marcus Quintaine from the liberty navy for his support and friendship.
We will always be grateful. Hope to see you again soon.
Yours
Fleur, spokeswoman of the Dupont family and freighter Captain
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Logbook Lieutnant-Colonel Fleur Dupont, first mission entry.
I will keep this entry formless for now and later will make a formal report to my superiours.
Sirius seems to be full of pirates. I did not even count 'ow often we got thrown out of tradelanes just to find ourselves under attack. But we 'ave been able to fight them off, for the most part, or negotiate a deal.
One pirate i remember 'ad a certaine amount of "rogue charm" 'e never told 'is name, but there was something about 'im, that women of 'is kinde must love i think.
After some conversation we could get away by telling 'im a joke. Gladly we flew away but stopped at the Jumpgate to listen to 'im as 'e talked to another trader, and we noticed that we 'ad much sympathie for that special pirate and laughed a lot as 'e talked.
Other pirates just demanded some kind of share from our potential profit and let us go, which was good as well. At least they didnt kill us. Which reminds me, that we need to buy ships with more defensive capacity as soon as possible. But i would say, that those pirates are no peril to the Council or Gallia.
Regarding our mission to make contacts and find possible allies.
First i intercepted a message from some kind of mining guild official who seemed to not be able to reach one of our Navy officers.. since when does the navy make business deals i ask myself. But anyway i took the freedom to try and contact this man. Without giving away my identity of course.
I really 'ope i can reach an agreement with them to help us in keeping our stations in space and our ships fighting. 'ow can the navy be so selfish and not give something like that to those who are specialised in that kind of work. I 'ope we are not going into some kind of fight over who is doing what *laughs*.
They keep the royalist scum at bay and we get the contacts.
Note to me: Maybe i should contact the navy and tell them about our mission.
Second we made good contacts with the liberty navy. We made a nice arrangement about some military vehicles we transported for them. Scanning them while doing so *laughs* the details i will deliver in person i guess. And they payed us well which makes us independent from Council money reserves.
They seem very trustworthy and even let us listen and speak on their channel. On a personal note thei all 'ave been very nice persons. I think i may even make some friends there, given time. Especially one named Chris Phelps was very helpfull and had some kind of charme.
Note to me: Stop keeping logs about 'ow attractive these men are and concentrate on your job.
Anyway, we delivered the vehicles and got payed and maybe gained a little of their trust. Which might come in 'andy in some later phases of our mission or if we run into trouble.
Ok enough now *makes a pause* really that didnt feel like work. Actually, i feel like we are in some kind of adventure with charming rogues and brave pilots and haggling money counting traders.
Sirius is well worth opening to, we need to fight for it. *sighs*
Oh before i forget another personal note, Jeanne needs a fighter she is not a trader and not a diplomat. She was in a sour mood all day. I started to worrie a little. Really she needs another ship.
Henry did well with the Ravens Talon we bought for him. Im proud of his skills.
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Logbook Lieutnant-Colonel Fleur Dupont, second mission entry.
I will keep this entry formless for now and later will make a formal report to my superiours, as always.
We started to work for IMG without giving away our identities. We did this to better be able to evaluate their capacitys and the quality of their work.
We tested their ships of the Ravens Talon and Spatial classes. And both are impressive fighters i have to say.
We also tested the compatibility of Council and IMG technology, and everything worked as it should.
The people on the station Java seem to be all nice as well. And they even talked well of the fight of the Council in private. So it seems like they could be a good allie in our struggle against the Crown.
We flew some missions for them against a group named Outcasts.
As i later learned from a Freelancer, they are a group of drug dealers. More about 'im later.
Sadly the pirate i liked so much is one of them, which nearly resulted in a fight as we met per coincidence. But after some words 'e decided to leave. With the words that we never ever met. So i guess the next time we meet, it will be as enemy. Which makes me sad in a way, i 'oped we could become friends. But with such a violent person i guess it wouldnt have worked anyway.
*Note* no official report regarding the pirate, this is personal.
The Freelancer i mentioned seems to be selling all kinds of goods across Sirius. 'is name is Agmen. 'e seems to be very arrogant and teacherlike. Actually 'e was one of the first persons i met w'o really made me angry. But on the other 'and 'e gave us a loan with very good conditions. So now we can actually start to really work for trading companies and make a complete map of Sirius. And meet all the 'ouses out there.
Im really excited what awaits us next. 'e also told me about Aliens called Nomads who are in Sirius as well and 'ave been a great threat. Maybe this needs further investigation.
So in the end it was a positive encounter, despite the attitude 'e did show for the most time.
Trading in Sirius works very good and soon i can start to financially support our cause with the money we earn in Sirius. Which may not be our mission, but we will do what we can from 'ere.
Plans for the near future
Buying a so called Border Worlds Transport and trading mostly in Liberty, Bretonia and Kusari. I have good maps of those regions now. Thanks to Christian Phelps who leaded us through many systems as we made a mission for 'im. I decided to stay in contact with 'im, im sure liberty will be usefull to us, as they produce many goods.
*Note* and my personal impression says they are trustworthy friendly people.
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Personal logbook entry from Fleur Dupont.
Im 'appy to say that 2 of our cousins joined our fight in the last days. We gave them the callsigns January and August. The first one is Maxime Dupont and the other is his younger brother Xavier Dupont. Im sure they both will not disapoint the Council or our famille.
Im recording this to never forget this great moment or 'ow i felt at this day.
Maybe one day, when all this is over and the banner of freedom waves over Gallia, i will write a book about all i 'ave seen.
*breathes like close to tears* o' please great universe, let this moment come fast.
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*Notebook entry: Need to make report for superiours soon.*
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Logbook Lieutnant-Colonel Fleur Dupont, third mission entry.
I will keep this entry formless for now and later will make a formal report to my superiours.
'ello dear logbook *laughs* im working undercover now and managed to land with a stolen Liberty Rogues ship and ID on Kali station in Tau-23. Im evaluating their threatlevel to the Council and need to behave according to the local habits. Im starting to believe, that their drug dealing has some dark background, they themselves seem to be needing this drug constantly. I will try to look further into this in the future.
Maybe i can steal myself into the heart of one of them.. that would make it way easier to get along here..
If i can get myself to this *laughs bitterly*.
Before i managed to get into this station, live was quite as it always is in Sirius. We made good progress in expanding our fleet with more modern ships and withstood all threats the sector threw at us by talking mostly and sometimes with force of arms.
Jeanne is testing IMG equipment now in combat against the GRN as is Henry. Xavier is without mission right now and Maxime wanted to delve into the role of a trader. I 'ope thei are all well.
I 'ope i can soon meet Chris Phelps again. We made great progress in becoming friends. 'e really loves 'is Liberty nation and the more i am there, i 'ope we can win t'em as allies against the Gallic Crown.
I strongly suggest starting diplomatic contacts with them as soon as my intelligence on them is complete.
Their weapons and ships are of high quality and they produce a loot of goods we strongly need.
I dont know yet what we can give them in return.. but maybe they would support us in secret and give us what we need, so we can later repay them and stand at their side. I would love to finally meet Christopher aboard my ship the CSS Liberte in uniform and introduce 'im to our great and young nation. *laughs* I managed again to let my mind slip on this man...
I will try as soon as possible to contact the Council navy. They seem not to be aware of our presence or ignore us. But they should know of our mission since we can support them with maybe vital knowledge about Sirius.
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Logbook Lieutnant-Colonel Fleur Dupont, fourth mission entry.
Hello dear logbook i havent talked to you for a while, as many things 'appened and i didnt find the time.
I actually dont even know where to start. First some of the more important things.
I strengthened my friendship with Christopher Phelps and think i might even become a friend of Admiral Hale. 'e seems suspicious of my intentions and asked me some questions. But i could 'onestly say, that i want only the best for 'is Nation and Chris. Would i not be occupied fighting for my own nation, i guess i would join them in their fight. I 'ope this friendship will last and is not only a soap bubble, that may sparkle in the sunlight but soon will collapse.
We could even arrange, that the liberty ships wont stop us anymore to scan our cargo. Im really 'onoured by this and will by no means misuse the trust they place in me. Sure i will use the starcards i made to guide the Council but i will make sure, that they w'o follow after me will 'onour our growing friendship with Liberty as well.
I 'ave yet to give away my identity to them, but maybe i can do so in the near future. I 'ope they will understand w'y i could not act openly.
Im about to make a deal with the Union Corse regarding weapons they need to fight our common enemy.
I 'ope the Council Navy Admiral shares my opinion about this and we all come to a satisfiing agreement.
Another thing that really lets me look forward, is the IMG. I think we can come to an agreement with them as well. We talked about exchanging equipment and personell to learn from each other and maybe form an alliance. This too, would be a great benefit to our peoples and them as well.
We also did commission 1 Cruiser, the La Liberte my flagship, and 3 Gunboats La Revolution, La Confiance and La Resistance. We also tried them in battle and promptly ran into a clever trap the GRN set up for us. It was a sad moment and i will never again attack them near their bases. They 'ave fortified them so 'eavily we where really blown to pieces by them. We managed to get out there alive and repair our ships. And we learned a lesson there we wont ever forget.
While working for a miner of the IMG named Easy, which is a nice guy i think, i met a group of people called the Phantoms.. I dont know their intentions, but they talked like cruel people and then attacked everyone without warning. I need to learn more about them and the danger they are.
And i need to find out what the intentions of a group called Colonials is. As the Colonial seemed eager to make deals with him. And so to say was behaving like a little dog, who wants a snack.
Today i met Vice Admiral Du Lac aboard 'is ship the Triumphe. 'e seems to be a fine man, on a fine ship. Together we destroyed several GRN patrolls and even captured an Admiral for questioning. It was an 'onour to fight at the side of such an 'eroic commander. I 'ave no doubt, that the Council will win in the end.
After that we made manouvers with the CSS assembled and some solo working Capitaines. It really was a great day, full of learning and Victories.
With this said i will close this for today and make an official report soon.
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Logbook Lieutnant-Colonel Fleur Dupont, fifth mission entry.
This entry will just be for personal memories. I report directly to my papa now.
I really 'avent found the time lately to talk to you dear mission logbook.
As i could most of the time report directly to my papa now. 'e decided, that 'e is sick of only sitting in 'is office and sneaks out every now and then in 'is own craft *laughs*. I love 'im really much, and its great joy to fly alongside such a 'ero as 'e is.
The mission in Liberty seems to progress better than expected. I 'ave a meeting with admiral 'ale together with Christopher Phelps to speak about the danger, the Gallic Royal Navy poses to Liberty. They really seem to know only little about Gallia. And i will gladly give them the information they need.
I guess if the mission i fly together with Chris, into Gallia, succeeds i will tell admiral 'ale w'o i really am. And why i know all these things i will tell 'im.
I 'ope i dont go to jail for this... but even if i do, it will be worth the try. Maybe Chris will visit me there every now and then *laughs*.
Ah Chris, 'e is such a good man but always so serious... actually i really wonder, why i like 'im so much. 'e always seems so concerned, sarcastic and sad. I wonder how this all will play out in the end. Maybe i can give 'im new fire and a brighter look on the world. People always seem to get into better mood once they are with me for a while.
Pirates.. i dont know, some i would directly invite to my ship, just to once see one outside of 'is cockpit.
Polaris for example, or a guy named Blue Raven i met recently. Others are just really nasty and dont even try to talk a little.. like they are afraid of me, a girl who just happens to be attracted to these bad guys *laughs*.
I promoted Xavier to Capitaine and gave 'im command over our base of operations in Gallia. Its a battleship named "La Superiorite". A really fine ship and great to look upon. I 'ope 'e makes us proud while commanding this ship.
The promotion was due to 'eroic conduct in the battle against the GRN we 'ad recently.
They outnumbered us and we managed to inflict the same damage on them as they did on us. The La Liberte was in need of heavy repairs so was the La Confiance. We could destroy one of their Cruisers and Gunboats as well. Xavier did cover our tactical retreat, as Jean was feeling ill and we needed to get out there. 'e was fighting alone in 'is bomber for over 10 minutes against the 4 remaining GRN ships.
With that 'e really earned this long overdue promotion. Im very proud of all our pilots, we really did well against superiour numbers.
With this i will close for now, and 'ope that we will be successfull in the future as well..
Please Universe, let my wishes for a better Sirius and Gallia come true.
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Hello dear logbook. I think i need to talk to you about all the things that happened lately. Its just wonderfull i have to say.
Christopher Phelps came with me to gallia.. Ok its just a mission to gather information on the GRN but really he came with me. I believe this is the start of a real relationship to Liberty.
This is our opportunity to gather the supplies we need so desperately and i fully intend to grap it.
Hihihi i was so glad we even spend the night togeter.. i really hope he doesnt think we are married now or something like that.
I really like him but i dont believe that a relationship over this distance with both having such a time consuming job can really work out. Maybe he stays in Gallia.. then i would think about it again.
Anyway, we need liberty and i will do everything i have to in order to continue to stay on friendly terms with them.
Oh i forgot.. i talk so much of politics because i was voted to become presidente.. isnt that wonderful?
We held the first democratic vote after the restructuring of the Council. Yes a restructuring..
We merged the 2 most active groups into one, to form a new and more effective Government.
And it was a huge piece of work.. but we managed it and i believe it has become something really good now. We grew together very fast and the new gouvernment is very effective.
Our own neural net is very active and full of information about us and what we stand for.
Really it has become something bigger than its parts.
I even have my own honour guard now. I promoted a charming Enseigne who showed great abillities in his fighter to become my bodyguard. *sighs* But actually the promotion of Quentin Chasnial hasnt made my life easier.. not by far. I should have taken someone not that charming.. he really grew on me and it seems he is hunted by someone.
Why oh why do i need to have someone close to me, that should be my guard and start to like him that much. I dont know what i can tell Chris about all this..
All the success with becoming presidente and forming le Conseil but my private life is more difficult then ever.
I believe that these 2 men are both not good at sharing *chuckles* maybe i find a solution somehow...
And im really proud of my brother Xavier. He managed to achieve some good victories over the GRN and GRP while the fleet was under his command. Really i will award him with a medal some day.
With that i close for now... talk to you soon.
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