Freeport 4, Hangar Crew Report Wrote:Dear Ms. Rivers,

We have concluded our examination of your craft and are glad to report the following results to you. Please forward our report to your high command, it contains important information on the incident.

--- Freeport 4, Hangar Team

Technical Report:

The crafts external hull was in good condition, external damage was minimal to non-existant. Signs of damage (singular, one hit) repaired by onboard repair systems (nanobots).

Sensors were operational and working at capacity. No errors.
Engines were fully operational and working at capacity. No errors.
Computer core was fully operational and working at capacity. No errors.
Reactor core was fully operational and working at capacity. No errors.

Energy grid was fully operational with the exception of a singular damage, more information following.


At first sight we found no apparent cause for the reactor overheat warning. We were able to replicate the error, however, as we started the craft's engines and initiated stand by mode in the hangar.

As we continued our examination we found a minor damage in the energy grid at a certain relay point. This point was neither directly connected to the reactor, nor to the on-board diagnosis programs and warning systems. However, we found that the damage at this relay point of the energy grid caused minor portions of energy to spring over to another nearby relay-point. And this second relay point was directly connected to the craft's reactor core and also to the onboard diagnosis and warning systems due to its importance.

During our testing we found that the energy portions that were springing over from the relatively unimportant relay point 1 to the very important relay point 2 had the potential to essentially short-circiut the relays. This would have caused an immediate reactor melt-down, resulting in the instant explosion of the craft.

The only reason this has not happened was that the buffers of both relay points remained intact, buffering the energy that sprang over between the relays randomly. But those buffers, which are installed between each relay and the next on both sides are made to last, and are optimised for low-amplitude, continuous fluctuations that are inevitable in every energy grid, but not for random and frequent energy spikes as was the case with the malfunctioning relay point.

Therefore, the buffers were eroded and in less than optimal state. We exchanged the two relay points, including buffers and tested the two malfunctioning ones further, to see how much more strain they could have buffered. After five minutes and fourty one seconds of (emulated) normal engine use (on standby mode in the hangar) the buffers and the second relay fried. We estimate that had the pilot flown for another thirty to fourty clicks in cruise speed that this would have caused an explosion of the craft.

Of course, we searched for a reason how such an unlikely series of events could have happened and we found the solution in the repaired hull damage of the craft. The location is exactly proximal to the first, relatively unimportant energy relay and it was the weapon's large calibre (and frankly bad luck) that a single shot hit the craft without shields at this specific location, in such a manner that it would not only damage the energy relay but also in such a particular way that it would affect a nearby, fully protected and buffered critical relay point.
Due to the repaired state it was difficult to determine the exact nature of the weapon that hit the craft but the sheer size of the repaired area spoke for a large calibre weapon such as cruisers or battleships use.

Of course, this raised a concern to us for the safety of other pilots flying such craft, so we interviewed the pilot and she confirmed our suspiciouns: The craft was hit by a gallic battleship stationed to guard a jumpgate in Edinborough system.

Under these premises, the situation makes sense. Small craft are not build to withstand large calibre fire and even though the initial examination raised concern, we are confident that there is no need for concern about the design or production of the crafts.
We believe that this particular incident was simply bad luck, and quite frankly, a lot of it. However, your pilot also was incredibly lucky at the same time for had she flown the craft only a bit further, the craft would have exploded violently and suddenly, chances of her surviving a sudden explosion like that are very slim.

The craft was repaired and is now operational again but we suggest that it is flown to next Navy Yard for a thorough and more in depth check up.

We have still not found the reason why the reactor over-heating alert went off, when there was no over-heating happening, but whatever the case your pilot is lucky it went off, even if faslely. We suspect it to be a related malfunction of the energy grid that was damaged.

:ata Packet::

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Admiral Jack Malrone

Good day,

I am pleased to announce the creation of the new Grizzly combat freighters that our engineers at -ERROR- have recently come up with to augment the Liberator's inability to provide adequate fire support.



Clitoris Class

This state-of-the-art ship packs 4 forward gun slots plus 4 gun turrets to provide a maximum of 8 guns shooting at an enemy. It sports a narrow and sleek profile which makes it hard to hit. In lieu with that, I can consider this ship to provide immediate and ample firepower in the face of being outnumbered.

Developments in propulsion systems have been tantamount to the ship's cruise speed that rivals that of the Light fighter, albeit a bit slower.

Several weapon's experts have tested that two Grizzly ships packed with Vengeance laser weaponry can -penetrate- a battleship' shields.

The full-capabilities of the Clitoris-class have yet to be unleashed, but I am certain that this ship can fill-in the demanding roles of both Interceptor and Fire Support.

For Freedom and Justice,
Captain Remus Sius

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RE: Liberty Forces Message dump - Reid - 08-06-2013

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COMM ID: Commander Kohaku Ueda
TARGET ID: Liberty Navy Admirality.
SUBJECT: Temporary Leave
ENCRYPTION: Low
PRIORITY: Low

Good morning Admirals

I'm happy to report that my time off of duty has helped me in what I needed to do. For now, I have returned to Liberty and am ready to return to active duty. Thank you for your time

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