To: AFA Command and AFA Pilots
From: Ze'ev Barak
Re: After Action Reports / General Notes
First things first, today was a busy day for me, starting early, I oversaw the final accounting of our funds to transfer to The Autonomous Department of Management and Interstellar Navigation for the official deed to the Tau-42 system.
Later in the day, I received word from my contact *censored* in Hokkaido of a GC gunboat piloted by of all things.... a man. It indeed peeked my curiosity, and decided to check it out for myself. Upon arriving in Hokkaido, I decided it best to head for the cover of the KNF battleship stationed there. I monitored the system channel for some time, listening to this Ryu character. I must say, I wouldn't have believed it, a man, a former Dragon it seems, addicted to cardimine. Finally I had heard enough, opening the radio of my little stinger, I began to taunt this man, who obviously couldn't be much of a man. He responded with an attempt to lure me to Ainu to fight him. Not falling for his trick, I taunted him into a rage. He came charging to the BS, along with Ai.Takedo, flying a catamaran. Using the Battleship for cover, I engaged the Bomber, letting the KNF gunners to do their work against Ryu's GB. I began to wear down Ai's agile bomber, trying to stay behind her, suddenly for some reason, the Battleships gunners began firing on me as well as the GC's. The fight continued, and the gunners working on Ryu's gunboat got the better of him, and his gunboat's hull crumbled under their fire. This left Ai, and myself, both under fire from the battleship, continuing our fight, I slowly gained the upper hand again, wearing down her shields, and her hull, when a shot from the BS finally brought the drug addled womans bomber to an end.
Returning to Kyushu, I was hailed by the honorable Commander Akamoto of the KNF to help him work out his new wyrm light fighter. Ay that ship is fast, how I would love to fly one. While in Hiroshima with Akamoto and Lt Alex Sasaki, I received word of a patrol of QCR heading into Dundee with two high ranking officers as part of the patrol. As Akamoto understands fighter combat better than any man I have ever met, I insisted he take command of our patrol. I in my stinger VHF, and the two KNF officers in Chimeras. Upon arrival in Dundee we immediately made contact with the QCR patrol, made up of 3 fighters; Issak Brock of QCR in a Templar VHF, John Thomas of QCR in a Templar VHF, and Fortunatus Wright of QCP in a hussar LF. Unfortunately for us a random Britonians Cap patrol was in the area.
The fur-ball began, and the three of us concentrated our fire on John Thomas, feeling he would be the easiest target, while the Britonians seemed to think the same thing about me, and the three of them concentrated their fire on me. The fire from the QCR fighters along with the Britonians Caps began to worry me, and Akamoto recommended I get out of the range of the Caps guns, hoping the QCR fighters would follow, allowing us all out of the range of the caps guns, but only one of the QCR followed me, leaving Akamoto and Sasaki fighting with Thomas and Wright, while Issak Brock had followed me about 2.5k from the others.
Once away from the caps guns I turned on Brock, taking the opportunity to engage him one on one, away from his support. We went round and round neither one of us gaining the upper hand until on one pass I was luckily able to land 3 rounds of debs on his shields ripping them clean away, and dropping a nuke mine, which by fortunately was guided to his hull by the hand of our ancestors, instantly ripping it apart.
At this point I returned to the wing of Akamoto and Sasaki, and resumed pounding away at Thomas who was still trying to stay under the cover of the cap patrols guns. Unfortunately time was against him, and we slowly stripped him of his shields and armor, when Akamoto finished the dirty Gaijin off.
Finally we turned to Wright in his hussar. As he fought the three of us, he laid down a think layer of mines, which made flying difficult. Wright used this opportunity turn on Alex, and was able to drop his shields and land a mine on the poor boy.
Akamoto quickly recovered Alex's escape pod, and as I maintained fire on Wright, Akamoto made sure all the bats and bots from Alex's ship were destroyed before Wright could get to them. Slowly we tracked the little fighter, following the quick movements of the Hussar. Finally, fatigue must have gotten the better of Wright, when he turned to joust with me, and I used the opportunity to drop his shields, and land a nuke mine, blowing his ship apart.
This was indeed a good day!!
On a personal note, I have noted an increase in GC activity recently, and I fear this is a prelude to a new campaign against us. These women are a threat to the stability of the Kusari way of life. The bring Cardimine into schools, and are threatening to infect a new generation of our daughters. Watch your six's friends, they will be gunning for us, especially after that idiot, Gaijin, junker, tenacity announced a bounty against me. Be careful out there, and watch each others backs. Always remember, we are nothing without each other, as a single pilot we could effect nothing, but together depending on each other for strength and power, we have already accomplished more then I ever could have imagined. I am honored every time I fly with any one of you, it is flying with you all, that has given me the strength to stand and represent our cause.
Thank you all,
Ze'ev