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[To: CIS Encrypted Communications Network]
[From: Cpt. John Major, Coordinator]
[Location: Hades, Tau-39]
[Subject: First Operation with Task Force Carentan]

As per Cmd. Ander's suggestions through 5.K.Y.P.3. protocols, we have been given permission to post our intel on this channel. Below is our first intel report, I hope it's useful for the Rapiers as much as it is for us.

(07-05-2013, 03:48 AM)Stolt. Wrote: A couple of hours ago, I launched our first operation as part of the Task Force Carentan unit. Agents Daniyal Altaf and Robert Wood had accompanied me. Our objective was just to have a small presence in the Taus, collecting a little bit of data from Gallic installations in the Tau-23 system. In the Tau-29 we were spotted by a Council IFF'ed vessel by the name lazado. The pilot of the vessel agreed not to disclose our location or presence in the Taus, we believe he was conducting trade as he headed towards the Freeport.

When we reached Tau-29 we conducted our reconnaissance of the area. We went over of the Indochine Outpost and collected some data on the station. RDA has their report for the station here, they've already conducted the analysis of the data collected.
Afterwards we headed over to a Gallic Battleship stationed in the system known as the Guillestre.

Unfortunately the battleship's encryption levels were very advanced and we weren't able to get any actionable data on the ship.

We then began to leave the system when we we're interrupted by an EFL employee, a part of its security division. We attempted to leave however the gallic civilian stalled us. I attempted to create an informant within the company but that didn't work out so well.

But that was not the worst of our problems. Two Nomad vessels then appeared, one of them was from the Keepers sect. Surprisingly they weren't violent, at least not straight away. They did eventually turn violent however when they started sending me telepathic messages I couldn't understand. Please note that I have already submitted myself and our other agents present to medical examination and we have been confirmed not to be infected. The Gallic Civilian seemed to admire the Nomad creature so I suspected that he may have been infected. However, the civilian did display signs of displeasure when the Nomad contacted him as well, complaining of headaches and what not so I believe he is not infected but simply misinformed of the Nomad threat.

We managed to collect a heat map of the creature for RDA analysis, so hopefully we'll get something new soon.

Agt. Altaf did lose his control during the mission and began to engage the Nomads but I ordered him to hold firing as the Nomads had not engaged us. He almost broke one of our Rules of Engagement for the Tau systems unfortunately. This does not reflect well for our first operation but I have been given assurances that this won't occur in the future.

When we did start to leave to prevent our infection by the Nomads, Agt. Daniyal Altaf's vessel was destroyed but I managed to tractor in his escape pods. We lost the Nomads at the Baffin system.

Although our first operation didn't exactly go as planned, we did manage to get the information we needed, and much more. So this operation, despite Altaf's vessel being destroyed, was relatively successful.That's all I have to report.

Signed,
John Major, Cpt./Coordinator

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(07-13-2013, 04:40 PM)John.Vincetti Wrote:

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::Sender: John V. Sheppard::
::Location: California, Willard research station.::
::Encryption: Liberty Security Force clearance :High Encryption::

Greetings agents and commanders, I'm sending in a report from my activites and observations in Tau-39 system. This mission was part of the Task Force Canteen's joint Intel-Gathering ops with the Colonial military.

Upon departing from Alert station, i was contacted by my CO Captain John Major, that I must take with me 3 experts from the LSF Intelligence unit. They were to assist with our co-op with the Colonials, and help co-ordinate our Agents in the sector, and exchange any information we gather with the Colonial Intelligence. They were masked as Civilian Passangers, so we don't risk the operation getting exposed.

On my way to Tau-39 I haven't met any resistance, i did fly near by some outcast fighter in Tau-23, but he didn't want any questions about what I was doing there, and honestly neither did I care to much for him, since this operation and safety of our experts was my priority.

Upon my arrival in the Tau-29 , I immediately set course for the Carrier Hades, keeping an eye and changing my course few times until I was sure I wasn't being followed. Upon docking at Hades, i turned over our people to the colonial Agents aboard, and they seemed eager to get to work. Also, with our people, I also delivered as-by requested by our Intelligence unit, 40 crates of Synth Paste to the Colonial personel aboard as gift and taste of liberty cuisine, and 10 packages of costum-made medicines for one of the members of our expeditionary team there, who need the medication for reasons I do not know, and don't need to know. But, during the course of the journey, the particular expedition member told me he had a rare-condition, and needs the medicine for that reason, if he doesn't take it once every 48 hours, his "symptoms " kick in.

(( Delivering the experts))

After that business was concluded, I waited for a go-ahead from the Colonial navigational officer at Hades for launch, since we hade to make sure no visitors were poking around so my presence there wasn't discovered. As the operational procedure of this Task Force commands, I immediately started my voyage back to avoid any contact to blow my cower.


IMG has a strong presence in the sector, but I haven't seen any of their pilots, and hopefully haven't been seen.


Almost at Bretonian space, i was jumped by a wing of Galic fighters. I had no other options but to engage, and the ods weren't really at my favor.. Luckily for me, a Bretonian wing joined the fight, and we managed to subdue the enemy without them giving any reports to my presence there. I also managed to get oTwo of the Galic pilots escape pods, and after returning to Liberty, I handed one over at Willard research station, and am awaiting orders on where to deliver the other since, since he is a high-ranking Gunboat captain, and he might have some critical information. As far as I know, nobody noticed those pilots in my hold, nor noticed that I was there in the first place.. If we get some useful intel out of those Gallians, then I will call this particular mission a successful one.

PS : Any information we get out of those Pilots will be shared with the Colonial military.

(07-14-2013, 08:17 PM)John.Vincetti Wrote:

::Incoming Transmission::
::Sender: John V. Sheppard::
::Location: Tau-23, Carrier Hades.::
::Encryption: Liberty Security Force clearance :High Encryption::

Greetings LSF and colonial colleagues.

As it was planned, few hours ago we had our first joint operation in Tau's space.
Even tho it was meant to be a routine and clean intelligence-gathering ops, things didn't quite go as calmly as we anticipated. I met up with my CO for this mission, Captain John.Major, near the Barrier station in Coronado system, where we encountered some colonial patrols, and exchanged a few words with them. After the Captain was done filling me up to date with the nature of our mission, i landed aboard the station to stock up on supplies and shield batteries. As I my ship was at the local equipment dealers garage, I kept getting approached by what seemed to be random people, who wanted directions, then another one who wanted to speak with me, then a few girls with.. Different things on mind. And since barrier station is known for it's share of "unusual" people, i didn't really think much about it..

Five minutes later my ship was ready, and I once again met with Captain Major in space outside the Barrier Station, we got word that the colonial wing is waiting for us at Tau-23 near their base of operations there, Carrier Hades. We set course for Tau-23, and we arrived at site without any incidents, witch is good, since this area of space is not particularly popular as a safe heaven for lawful entities.

Upon meeting the colonial pilots callings Patriot who was a military pilot, and Sage who was an intelligence officer, we docked at Hades to pick up any last minute supplies we needed for this operation. Our first checkpoint was in Tau-29 sistem. Upon arriving In Tau-29 nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Approximately 2 minutes later one of the colonial pilots received an automated KNF distress call, and it was not long before all of our ships received the same signal. We immediately set course towards the signal to check out what caused it.. As we approached, we noticed a floating black-box that was emitting the signal. Captain Major tractored it aboard his ship, and then seemingly out of nowhere, 4 Contari Lance ships were around us, asking us to turn the black box to them. Naturally, we refused to comply, and after a short out-whiting argument, things got messy.. As soon as I fired my first missile, it jammed and destroyed my targeting systems,communications, as well as navigation, I was basically a drift. Since odds were not in our favor, Captain Major also got hit, and had to bail out of his ship, at that point i was trying hopelessly to provide assistance for the Colonial pilots, but with so many of my systems damaged, I couldn't hit an asteroid if it was 50 M away from me, let alone moving fighters. A minute or so into the fight Sage was shot down, and since my communications were down, I had no idea if Patriot managed to retrieve either the black box, or our pilots escape pods.. I was an easy pray for the CL, and was hunted down after I broadcasted a transmission that I had the black-box on my ship, witch was not the case, I was trying to pull them off the last CR pilot since he was the only one left who had a working tractor beam, and the black box. I was chased down into an asteroid field, where I was pinned down and destroyed.. Just as they were flying around my wreck to find the black-box, before they figured what was going on, Patriot tractored me in his hold, and managed to jump out of the system..

While inside his hold, I saw Captain Major firmly gripping the black-box, and Colonial Agent Sage also safely inside.

So, unless you count the fact that we lost 3 ships, it was a successful operation, since we retrieved the black-box that could contain some valuable info, for both LSF and Colonial Intelligence.

Also, i would recommend for further actions to be taken to observe the CL presence in Tau-29 , and investigation of that equipment dealer who sabotaged one of my missiles to detonate immediately after launch.

I've been given a post aboard Carrier Hades as a more-pernament LSF operative for future missions with the Task Force Caranteen under John.Major's command.

I'm sending data about our flight path, and where we encountered the CL now

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