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Yesterday, while I was out on maneuvers aboard the Menzies, there was an incident at Canberra Star City involving the Crayter Military. As you know, Canberra is a residential facility housing most of Natio Octavarium's civilian population. Last census placed the population around 30,000 people. Natio Octavarium operates the station as neutral port and maintains a no-fire zone around the station to protect the civilian population. The CR Olympia, a Deimos-class Dreadnought, violated that no-fire zone to destroy a civilian freighter in front of two Octavarium ships. The station sustained minor damage due to the Olympia's use of Flak Cannons in close proximity to the station. Fortunately, nobody was injured and the damage has already been repaired.

Needless to say, Minister Kane and the rest of the Octavarium Government is furious. He sent a message to the Crayter Military, BCC'd to me, demanding an explanation and asking the whereabouts of FADM Richard. FADM Xander's response was surprisingly hostile considering he was addressing someone who is supposed to be an ally. One good thing did come from this, though. FADM Xander did confirm that FADM Richard was arrested by the Crayter Intelligence Service on charges of treason.

Any lingering doubts about a coup in the Crayter Republic can safely be put to rest at this point. The new government seems intent on following its own agenda, regardless of any agreements made in the past. The situation is quite disturbing to say the least, and we should keep a closer eye on matters in Crayter space. I don't think this situation is going to calm down any time soon.

To: Crayter Military | From: Natio Octavarium

In Her Majesty's Service,

Lady Sarah Mountbatten, Agent
Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service

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[To]: SIS Defence Intelligence Staff
[From]: Jonas Hudson, SIS
[Subject]: Patrol Report
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Status update:

The project in Edinburgh has been coming along well. With limited staff, we are maintaining the station there, but have been having more difficulty than we anticipated in getting some more advanced systems online. We still can't service ships other than basic repairs. However, we have established safe and well charted supply routes to the base, which is far from the security of any trade lanes. That is a positive start to keeping our flag in the occupied territories. I have activated and outfitted a number of Freelance/Privateer transports using old used civilian ships to supply the base, and are standing by for increased operations.

Today I met up with Skirka, and after sorting out some paperwork we went on a patrol of some areas that border Bretonia. He helped me chart some areas I had not yet traversed, and we rendezvoused with Agent Statham in the Cortez system. There we encountered a triad of Auxesian ships (two fighters and a gunboat), and asked them about their recent encounters, and in particular about any engagements they've had with Gallic forces. They did describe a recent engagement where they claimed to have destroyed a Gallic capital vessel and gunboat support craft inside New London. They also mentioned that they had become aware that the Core had been making deals and engaging in serious diplomacy with the Kingdom of Gallia. We'll be following up with them for more details if they can provide them.

Hoping not to arouse any suspicion ourselves from the Auxesians, we departed Cortez and made a long run around via some back routes to the Newcastle system. Unfortunately, we were attacked by surprise by some criminal bounty hunters, and forced to evade them by escaping to Scarborough Station. A report (LINK) was sent to the BPA and BAF CC'd to SIS regarding the engagement. They were Freelancers sporting the tag [tCS], I have no more information on their group identity. This lead me to the conclusion that we should soon draw up a bounty list ourselves for our agents and assets to use. Aside from obvious organizations we are at war with, there are individuals and now even an organization of mercenaries that have proven they are dangerous to the agency and should be designated for termination.

The only other issue to raise is that we should move to acquire some Mk 1 Cloaking Devices to provide to agents for patrol craft that still don't have access to the technology. When on patrol there are sensitive areas that we can't afford to be detected or compromised in, and making sure all of our ships are equipped for stealth will greatly decrease our odds of detection. I move that we create a fund asap to cover their provisioning.

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Standing by,

Agent Hudson
Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Bretonia

Today I took the Party Van to the Zurich system to follow up on reports of a direct connection between Gallia and Rheinland. I can now confirm that the information is accurate. Aside from the star itself, the system contains a number of points of interest. The Gauls have built some infrastructure and two space stations in the western half of the system. Gallic Naval patrols are sparse and tend to consist of single fighters. I destroyed two of the more distant patrols and captured their pilots for later questioning. I found no signs of modular stations anywhere in the system.

Natural features
Glarus Cloud
The jump hole from the Cologne System deposited me at this location. The cloud appears unremarkable, and is located well away from Gallic infrastructures. I encountered no patrols in this area. I wouldn't count on it, but it's possible that the Gauls haven't discovered the jump hole yet.

Valais Cloud
This large cloud is located in the eastern half of the system. Like the Glarus cloud, it appears unremarkable.

Planet Avers
This ringed gas giant is orbited by two moons, Cresta and Ramsen. There is no Gallic presence here, and the three bodies appear to be of no more than scientific interest.

Bern Field
This is more properly an asteroid belt than a field. It is located in a close orbit around the system's primary.

Vaud Cloud
I was unable to get any readings on the composition of this nebula due to it's unusually high sensor scattering qualities. From within the cloud, I was unable to get any reliable information on anything outside my own hull. If we can ever get a scientific team here, something in this cloud could be exploitable for improving stealth technology.

Manmade Structures
Zurich-Picardy Jump Gate
This jump gate appears to be of the standard Gallic design rather than a hypergate. No Ageira-made standard gate has that kind of range, though, so differences in Gallic gate design would appear to be more than cosmetic. Either that, or Ageira is holding back information about the true capabilities of Jump Gate technology.

Oerlikon Stellar Observatory
This appears to be a purely scientific station under EFL administration, employing about 1500 personnel. Located near by was a powerful orbital telescope. The Gauls are likely as interested in this system's unique qualities as we are.

Unknown Station
During my exploration of the Vaud Cloud, I stumbled across a large station complex of some kind. In fact, I nearly crashed into the station before I saw it. Due to the nebula's sensor scattering effect, I was unable to get anything other a visual scan. I wasn't even able to get a name from the station's IFF beacon, nor who controls it. Internal scans likewise came up blank. I know I was spotted by the station's crew, as they opened fire on me. I'm not sure how efficient their sensors are compared to my own. It's possible they learned as little about me as I did about them. I would not assume that to be the case, however.

ATTACHMENT: SIS.SM/PV.FLIGHTREC/8251208-GA.ZUR

In Her Majesty's Service,

Lady Sarah Mountbatten, Agent
Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service