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Corvo Gotti · (This post was last modified: 06-08-2024, 07:27 AM by Corvo Gotti.)

Malta Hyperspace Starfleet

Sender: Don Corvo Gotti
Report: Status Report
Stardate: 06/06/834

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Salve, fratelli e sorrelle.

What an eventful few weeks it has been. In just under a month I've watched my family's operations expand almost exponentially. Porto d'Anzio's cardamine production has nearly tripled and my chief smuggler "La Volpe" has personally delivered over one hundred thousand units of cardamine into Liberty alone. From this newfound prosperity and with the aid of Starfleet engineers, I have commissioned and put into service the L'ombra del Corvo, a Sarissa-class battleship - Il Lupo Nero, a Hasta-class battlecruiser - the Sognatore, a Corvo-class explorer and an Aspis-class transport for my chief smuggler. As of yesterday morning I have also secured a Hegemon-class mining and hauling ship to aid in the maintenance and supply of our starbase assets.

* Don Gotti tenderly swirls his glass, aerating a faintly glowing blood orange liquid within - kept chilled by a single large ice cube. He brings the glass to his lips and savors the aroma for a moment before closing his eyes and knocking back the liquid. Whatever this seemingly alcoholic drink is, the Don appears to enjoy it greatly. He exhales a satisfied sigh as he slowly re-opens his eyes, and for a brief moment his damaged eye seems to glow brighter. *

All of this could not be possible without Commandantes Alpha and the rest of Starfleet. As the Gotti family grows, our gratitude shall see Starfleet repaid in kind. I have instructed Il Lupo Nero to patrol our neighboring systems and hunt down our enemies and traders foolish enough to enter our system(s) without paying proper respect. The L'ombra del Corvo has been tasked with protecting Omicron Alpha and assisting in large-scale engagements. Their performance thus far leaves room for improvement though I expect this to improve as their crews gain experience and automated systems aboard are replaced with our kin. The small size of my family leaves the L'ombra del Corvo, especially, in the unfortunate position of relying heavily on automation as we cannot yet fully crew such large vessels. An unexpected benefit of this, however, has emerged. As Ms. Gomez' report details, the L'ombra del Corvo suffered significant damage and was disabled during the recent craven attack of la sporcizia cannibalistica on our home. Capitano Francesco Gotti, my nephew and Gotti capo, detailed in his report that the L'ombra arrived to find our forces significantly outnumbered and to save Outcast lives, ordered his crew to the most heavily shielded sections of his ship, allowing automated systems and robotics to manage ship systems and regions most likely to be damaged or destroyed. Il buon capitano goes on to report aggressively engaging and drawing away three capital vessels, the "Diablo Gris", "Diablo Inferno", and the "Vizier", buying time for our forces to focus fire and reduce the savages' numbers. After destroying the "Diablo Inferno", Capitano Francesco reports the remaining two vessels disabled his ship and turned back towards the battle to find their compagni consanguinei falling in droves to their betters before being butchered themselves like the animals they are.

Capitano Francesco and his bridge crew suffered significant injury, while the remaining crew ordered to central, shielded areas of the ship reported few injuries and zero casualties. The good captain and his bridge crew have earned a few new scars but after three days of recovery, he and his crew have returned to their duties. I have instructed the crew of the L'ombra to log their experiences with ship automation going forward to see if there are other practical implementations we might use to safeguard the sons and daughters of Malta.

Per la gloria di Malta e il sogno arancione,

Don Corvo Gotti - Esploratore da Ricognizione

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BobMacaroni · 09-23-2024, 12:08 AM,

Malta Hyperspace Starfleet
Sender:Hector Harabero
Report: Expeditions
Stardate: 19.09.834

Buenos tardes.

As you know, the Starfleet has recently been reinvesting into more expeditions toward foreign and uncharted space. I have been placed with the mission of overseeing the exploration of the Omicron Pi system. Our forces have already added this system to the Maltese star charts, however further expeditions past the Planet Knossos have been neglected. As per the orders of Commandantes Alfa, I was given the command of five Asesino personnel, designated Asesino Pi-1 to Pi-5, for the dedicated charting of the system. We are currently operating out of the destroyer Cazador hidden within the Palau ice cloud, which oversees the security of our operations and provides a launching point for us.

Due to security and defense reasons for our home base, the Cazador, we operate only out of squadrons of three at most at a time. These are the results of our expeditions to Omicron Pi.

Expedition I

Expedition II

Expedition III

Expedition II has highlighted something of major interest... further investigation of the anomaly will comprise our fourth and final expedition. I wanted to report back everything I found thus far at the quickest available notice, as my squadron is currently operating out of the destroyer Cazador in the depths of the Omicrons. We return once every few weeks to Freeport 11 in Omicron Delta to purchase fuel and supplies and we are there now to send a secure communication back home to you. Our Cardamine provisions were well stocked at the beginning of the voyage, though recently our provisions have been running scarce. Expedition IV is to be commenced soon and once it is completed we will return to Malta. I will report our findings at the earliest available time.

Until then I will attempt to check in at least once every week as I have done previously. We will be forced to return to home in five weeks, when our Cardamine storages will begin to near depletion, if we have not yet returned sooner.

Arrivederci, fratelli.

Hector Harabero - Buscador

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BobMacaroni · 11-14-2024, 03:00 AM,

Malta Hyperspace Starfleet
Sender:Hector Harabero
Report: Expedition IV
Stardate: 13.11.834

Buenas tardes, hermanos.

We have returned from our expedition. It took longer than expected for everything to be sorted out, but now I am able to compile the finished logs of Expedition IV.

Together with the Asesinos Pi-3, Pi-4, and Pi-5 we set out for one final search of the Omicron Pi system, this time searching for the secrets of the Dolos Nebula.

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EXPEDITION IV

When I had returned to Malta, I found I had been badly burned when the mine cracked my ship. My ship tended to, I was able to compile everything I found. I sent the Artifact down to our scientists in the Starfleet Headquarters for examination, perhaps we may be able to discover something new from it. It may prove its usefulness in research and development.

That is all.

Arrivederci, fratelli.

Hector Harabero - Buscador

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