-- Incoming Transmission --
-- Sender ID: Ensign Jennifer Kelly --
-- Sender Location: Planet Manhattan, Fort Bragg --
-- Subject: Patrol Report



Evening, High Command.

As you probably already know, this afternoon, Texas was assaulted by a heavy group of Rheinland Capital vessels, that even were supported by the Order in the last push through Houston.
As i was one of the first on the scene i will recount all the happenings since the beginning.

As i left West Point, to hookup with the current patrol, i was alerted and contacted by Ensign Arthur Crawler, one of the pilots in the patrol, that several Rheinland vessels were at the Hudson gate in Texas.

I immediately sounded the alert in the general Liberty Navy comms, and proceeded to the Texas system.
There, i found out that Ensign Barney Ross was being engaged by that same group, alone.
So i quickly dispatched all the guidance i could spare at the moment, asking for the other pilots to coordenate the capital support effort around Planet Houston, while i moved to support Ross.

There.. Well.. A sheer nightmare. Two Battleships, one Cruiser and two Gunboats unloading their ordinance against Ross. With some well placed CD's and a little distraction, me and Ross managed to gain some distance, while pulling the Rheinland group at a turtle's pace to Sugarland.

Thankfully, the LNS Carrier Impreza, managed to quickly divert, and headed to Sugarland to provide fire support and to give that group a bigger and more juicy prey. Still proceeding at a low pace, when the Rheinland group arrived at Houston, they have found already an organized defense, with Captain Zanders in command.

The Impreza however, got badly damaged and had to crash-dock for emergency repairs. I saw several layers of it's armor being ripped apart by the combined fire of the Rheinlanders.

But that was that. The Houston group quickly did a number on the Rheinlanders, and soon with the Integrity, a Liberty Navy cruiser, the fire started to consume the 'green turtles'.

Alas, a surprise awaited us. A small Order detachment awaited and they send their forces as support for the Rheinlanders. But even so, we stood our ground and completely annihilated all their capital hardware.

And then, one of my engines died out on me.. With less than nominal speed, i was in no shape to give my contribute to the effort, and i had to dock in the Mississippi, while watching the Liberty group totally wrecking the remains of the Rheinland/Order group. The engineers said i had forced the engines too much, but knowing that Ross, a fellow Navy Officer was alive after all that, heck, it was worth it.

And that concludes the afternoon happenings.

At late night, with two new engines in my Guardian, i went for a 'joy ride' per se. I wanted to see if the handling and the ship itself was in top condition.

Well.. In Liberty, the wicked never sleep, and the Navy is always alert. And so, as i joined up with Vice-Admiral Malrone group, Captain Zanders received information that several ne'er-do-wells were near the California Gate in New York.

We quickly moved to the spot and found a Hacker Gunboat, and two other hired hands laying waste to the lanes and traders coming from California.

As Captain Zanders ordered, we moved in and concentrated fire on the gunboat and soon, it was up in flames. And guess what, another surprise. A Red Bayonaise appeared in the scanners, and asked if the Hacker needed help. I quickly remembered the LCDB (Liberty Criminal Database) and that this one was a Bravo priority target.

As we quickly disposed the Hacker, Vice-Admiral Malrone ordered me to accompany him to check on the other two hired hands of the Hacker. As we arrived, they were shooting each other, and one Hayate quickly came out as the winner.

Not so long after, he moved to provide support to the pilot of the Bayonaise (that now i know is called Alan Moore, a known unlawful in Liberty), and for some minutes the battle raged on, even with support by a Rogue bomber that was also quickly dispatched by me.

I must note that this Alan called me cup-cake and even had the nerve to send me cash in the middle of the fight, probably as a distraction maneuver. This.. show of underestimating me couldn't be ignored.

Suddenly another surprise popped up. A Phantom with the name Nightsmoke which quickly went after Lt. Jack Will and managed to considerably shave off his supply of nano-bots.

But we persevered.

With a lucky mine, the Phantom was dispatched by Lt. Will, and that gave us a new boost of confidence and while we were ordered to focus fire on Moore, i went after him with a whole new sense of delivering some pain to him.

Which i succeeded. Then we went after the Hayate character, which proved to be a relentless fighter. Lt. Will was being the one targeted since the beginning of the battle, and i gave him all my bots for him to hold on a little while longer. The Vice-Admiral stood in the side lines at the moment since he had several electronic malfunctions due to a localized ion-storm.

Alas, the combat attrition was too much to bear, and Hayate was finally defeated by a mine of Captain Zanders.

With that, i went to Fort Bush for some paper shuffling and repairs, but not ten minutes after Lt. Will called for support against a Rogue Barghest that was selling what it seemed steaks. Probably one with too much blows to the head, or a scheme of sorts to harness targets of opportunity.

Well, with some good shots, he went down rather quickly and i decided to head to Fort Bragg to finish this report and to get some shut eye.

The camera-shots follows.


[color=#FFCCCC]**Opening Files and descriptions**

Turtle March to Houston.

The Moskau going down.

Impreza's sacrifice.

The Wallenhorst sounding off it's death beat.

Wallenhorst blow-out notice.

The Adlerauge getting the pointy end.

Adlerauge notice and Jarek's Bodyguard number One going down.

Jarek's Bodyguard notice of being blown up.

The Order support being overwhelmed.

One of our siege cruisers being destroyed.

The Order Osiris blowing up.

---------------------------------- End of the Texas Battle ----------------------------------

Hacker Gunship going down.

Hacker Gunship destruction notice and the Bayonaise already in the scanner range.

Scan of the Bayonaise.

An attempt on distraction. Not funny.

Liberty Rogue bomber destruction.

Red Bayonaise destruction. Cupcakes revenge.

Hayate's fight.

Hayate's destruction by Captain Zanders mine.

Steak's Shop scan near Manhattan.~

Steak's Shop going down.

**Closing Files**


With this, i bid you farewell and until tomorrow.

Salutations,
J. Kelly.

-- Transmission Ended --