Flight Officer Anders, reporting in on the lengthy battle in Languedoc today.
Initially picking up the message from Sam Owens after he'd landed the
CR|-CM-Dazed.Navigator with a group of Refugees on Toulouse, the
CR|-Perun[K229] and I made our way through the Orkney minefield. A Maquis fighter was taking on an officer,
GRP|Bg.Mauvais.Renom, but was
destroyed before we had a chance to assist.
We were soon engaged by
GRN|Leon.de.Valois and
GRN|-Julie.Bonheur, the 'diplomats' from what Uncle Roger has told me. They do seem to know how to fight, which dragged the conflict on for around three hours of intense flying.
Throughout this time, our side also consisted of
CR|-Eclipse, CR|-Echo.One[49th], CR|-Zirnitra[17th], CR|-WO.Nikola, CR|-Ruoska[49th], CR|-Ved'ma[FF166]. The Gauls brought in
Le.Renard.Arctique,
GRP|GR-Blanc-22 and
-69 the
GRP|RPGB-Versailles, the
GRP|RPC-Valliant.II. A Gaian joined in against us for Gallic credits, a
Stephanie.Tallow.
Several Corse were around to watch, but left after risk of a diplomatic incident when they were also given an offer of credits for our heads.
Neither side took significant losses, and eventually everyone moved on while I had an honourable duel with Marechal Bonheur. We seemed evenly matched, and since the ion countermeasures in Gallia don't seem to be as effective as the Sirian ones, we called it a draw and allowed each other safe passage to our respective bases as is the custom there. From this encounter, and her intentions with this War Convention, it seems she has some sense of - for lack of a better word - 'honour' compared to those Navy boys.
Overall, things could have gone much worse.
Signing off,
Susan Anders
Callsign - Erudition