▌SECTION I - PROJECT SUMMARY ▌SECTION II - REQUISITIONS
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PROJECT DETAILS:
SECTION IPROJECT SUMMARY
Originally commissioned as DHC 'Der Blauen Donau' in 825AS by Daumann Heavy Construction for housing Iridium mining operations in Omicron Delta, the ship was siezed by Federalist forces seeking to commandeer a way back to Rheinland space during the outbreak of the Imperial Coup. On successfully reaching Thuringia, the ship was quickly rechristened the 'Bifrost' and refitted for duty as a mobile jumping fighter squadron carrier to be used on the front lines.
The Bifrost served on several missions in support of Federalist forces as a carrier for fighter screens and for moving fleets into or evacuating out of trouble spots utilizing her jumpdrive. During the final siege of Thuringia, the Bifrost stayed in Weimar orbit with her drives on stand by in the case that the defensive lines were broken by the invading Imperial troops, but was ultimately unnecessary as "the Christmas Truce" broke out several days into the siege, ending the war in a war-weary reunification.
Now, the Bifrost serves as Flotillenadmiral Siegfried's personal forward operating base in support of long range UKORP and "Extended Logistics" missions. As a FOW, the Bifrost hosts multiple UBOAT remote control bays for piloting unmanned UBOATs including the U-66, U-33, and the U-42 - as well as hosting fighter wings.
SECTION IIREQUISITIONS AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT COMPLETE
"NOVASPEAR" CO-W3A ARTILLERY PLATFORM - acquired from AESIR SPECIAL PRODUCTION DIVISION 4x "REPEATER" W+7754KT Point Defense Cannons - acquired from AESIR SPECIAL PRODUCTION DIVISION 2x "Particle Pulse Accellerator Cannons" - acquired from AESIR SPECIAL PRODUCTION DIVISION MK2A CLOAK FIELD GENERATOR - acquired from AESIR SPECIAL PRODUCTION DIVISION MK4 JUMP DRIVE - acquired from AESIR SPECIAL PRODUCTION DIVISION WOTAN class LONG RANGE SCANNING ARRAY 4X HANGAR BAYS - Pelican Configuration "BUSTARD" Class Civilian Liner Chassis - Retrofit from DHC 'Der Blauen Donau' ENGINE REFIT - AESIR SPECIAL PRODUCTION DIVISION
>: BEGIN ENTRY COMMAND LOG - BDM|LV-Bifrost - Kapitän Lang Montag:
8340525
The original factory stock civilian model CE engines finally gave out during pre-refit assessments in drydock - I've arranged for a piece of the inner core waveguide to be scrubbed for radiation and displayed in the ready room as a piece of history.
Engine refits have been completed as of 01:35 today. Unfortunately, the Capital class HNP engines are still heavily waitlisted, prioritizing repair of ships still rendered immobile from the War. As such, we have recieved a salvaged VP engine array from three ELBE class vessels that were written off completely.
Calibrations have concluded without issue, and as of now - 20:21, we are setting off. We have received sealed orders from Flotillenadmiral Siegfried to be opened on reaching Freeport 14, Inverness - after transporting some supplies and personnel to Barrier Gate in Coronado, and conveying one Dr. Lucretia Herschel to the Starfliers installation in Inverness.
>: BEGIN ENTRY COMMAND LOG - BDM|LV-Bifrost - Kapitän Lang Montag:
8340525
As of 23:31:10 we concluded our final jump to Inverness with minimal time lost - our internal chronometer shows a 3 minute 14 second discrepancy with the universal time.
Dr. Lucretia Herschel disembarked without issue, and is now on board the Starfliers installation.
We've begun to decrypt the sealed orders, and will stand by near the Barrier Gate to complete offloading supplies while the crypto is disassembled.
>: BEGIN ENTRY COMMAND LOG - BDM|LV-Bifrost - Kapitän Lang Montag:
8340526
Flotillenadmiral Siegfried embarked from Barrier Gate station. Per the unsealed orders, we were to make for Liner Barbados to meet with a contact with a tip to the location of the remains of a particular ship located somewhere in quadrant F4 of Kansas. Safely navigating the Kansas hole resulted in some difficulty, given the amount of ship debris adrift - but locating the ship in question was a straightforward matter. It was a long process to locate and sample all remains on board without disturbing the wreck or leaving any indication of our search - the Flotillenadmiral insisted on overseeing the process himself. After some time, one of the sampled remains matched with the registry of Rheinland-Liberty war missing persons - their remains were carefully retrieved and stored in the viewing room, where the Flotillenadmiral insisted on being left alone.
We set return course to Frankfurt by way of the Pennsylvania-Texas-Hudson-Hamburg route, some stellar drift had occurred since the end of the war - our maps have since been updated.
In Hudson, we detected several ships at extreme range, and engaged our cloaks per standard protocol. When we noticed that they bore Technocracy IFFs and flew in what appeared to be a search pattern, we decloaked and inquired about their behavior.
Conversation revealed that they were part of a 'Task Force Prometheus,' a group of survivors from the Hellfire Legion which had joined the Technocracy after the Legion was destroyed by what we are assuming is a combined Libertonian and Bretonian taskforce - based on the remains we encountered. There were three TFA ships in total, all small fightercraft - two fighters and one bomber - which insisted that the systems of Kansas and Vespucci were of some import to them due to the remains of their former comrades. While we admitted to no intrusion, Herr Siegfried emerged from the viewing room in the middle of the conversation - and on debriefing, he ordered us to relay his sincerest apologies and the promise of a minor favor.
Thus mollified, the TFA vessels broke off and returned to base, and we returned to Frankfurt. On the way, we transferred the remains to a courier bound for New Berlin to be interred properly. We were also instructed to relay a private message to the private residence of a civilian family in the borough of Mitte.
Upon reaching the Schatten Drydocks, I ordered a full recallibration of our engine emissions - which are now pending.
>: BEGIN ENTRY COMMAND LOG - BDM|LV-Bifrost - Kapitän Lang Montag:
8340608
On orders of the Director, we sortied into Omicron Theta in support of battlegroup Balder as part of a larger operation against the Wild. There, we encountered a large Corsair fleet that was presumably also there to address the alien threat - the aliens were removed swiftly, and the Corsairs immediately turned to attack us. Due to the disorganized line of Corsair warships, The Balder and the Bifrost were able to focus down one of the lead Corsair cruisers while the stragglers caught up. Unfortunately, we were extremely outnumbered and the Bifrost barely managed to withdraw. The Balder was unable to disengage and was critically damaged.
After retrieving our fighter screen and resupplying the Director's fighter, we withdrew to Omega 41, and then back to Frankfurt. The Bifrost is currently undergoing maintenance at the Schatten drydock.