Rude interjections by the captain of the gunboat-class vessel known as SMGSterlin, notably demanding that the envoy drop all his cargo and leave Liberty space, has led Admiral Hale and I to deem this captain a possible threat to Liberty. Exercise caution when dealing with this vessel and do not hesitate to remove the captain's commission if he acts with hostility.

Lord Canning advised Admiral Hale of the dangers that the rogue organisation known as Queen Carina's Privateers pose to any shipping into and out of Kusari. This was accepted by us, and we agreed not to lay any blame on the Bretonian government for the acts of its wing of rogue pilots.

Any and all convoys heading to Kusari along the designated route to Kusari, if the Kusari government finds approval with the terms that we have proposed, will consist of no less than three mammoth medium transports and one escort fighter. Whilst the combat prowess of the mammoth is well-documented, it appears that we may have to prove to any pirates who attempt to take an opportunity to disrupt our operations anywhere in sirius that our navy is still far beyond anything that any force, organised or otherwise, can match.

If this information is leaked in the same way that my transmission to the Kusari government was leaked, someone will find themselves serving time on Sugarland. I guarantee it.

The mission objective was to assess the defensive capability of our Rheinland foes by scanning their installations for their weapons loadouts and the status of their internal systems. This information was required as suprisingly, our information on the Hamburg system itself was quite outdated. A confrontation was not to be sought, though that part didn't go quite to plan as the Rheinlanders took great offense to our baiting.

Reaching a location directly below planet Hamburg, one strike craft pilotted by commander Casero was assigned to perform scans on the facilities in orbit above the planet. Without recieving so much as a nod from a passing 'agent' of Rheinland, Alex managed to gather all the required data. Returning to the pack below Hamburg, our task force proceeded to its next target, Alster Shipyard. We arrived below the waypoint without incident, and this time, ensign Stevenson went to gather the required scans. I also asked him to provide data on the productive capacity of the shipyard. On a small note, I ordered Ralph to destroy the storage depots around Alster, which may provide a small delay in their production line.

It was then that things became tense. The Rheinland agent from earlier reappeared whilst Ralph was gathering his data, and initiated her vicious attack. However, this was not a problem, as ensign Stevenson had the situation under control. In fact, he would have managed to incapacitate the vessel were it not for a Rheinland gunboat that arrived in the nick of time. At this point, things were certainly not under control. Our wing, which had been standing by out of range at the time, moved to intercept and relieve the ensign, which we did in short order. However, not before more Rheinland reinforcements arrived, causing a cut-throat skirmish to break out.