MESSAGE DESTINATION:Royal Navy Commande [font=Courier New]ENCRYPTION:HIGH IDENTIFICATION:Sous Lieutenant Fabrice Mignon SOURCE:Battleship Villeneuve, Edinburgh SUBJECT:Border Guarding and Escorting
Not every day in ze life of a Royal Navy pilot is glamorous. Today I did ze simple chores upholding ze law of our benevolent King. First I stopped and interrogated ze [color=#33FF33]Sirian trade ship that was headed towards our beautiful house, Gallia. Ze trade capitan was named " Rosie_Lee " and while she insisted she had ze correct paperwork, further investigatione proved otherwise. I pointed her to ze proper department to handle ziss issue and because she was courteous and cooperative, I saw no reason to resort to violence.
Later, ze Solar Engineering trade vessel: " (Solar)-Main.Sequence " came through ze jump hole into Orkney with a full delivery of Holotainment bands for ze troops. So I dutifully offered[color=#33FF33] to escort ze pilot to ze front lines in case any enemies of ze King were lurking about. Luckily ziss was a short and safe trip, so no problems were to be had.
Ziss day was much less eventful, but better for ze heart. Like a good glass of aged Cabernet after a hard day's work.
For ze King! For Gallia!
[color=#33CCFF]* Fabrice Mignon *
Sous Lieutenant
Gallic Royal Navy
Bonjour mes ames. I have more tales of victorie to share! I was part of a small wing of GRN bombers that ambushed ze sleeping HMS cruisers that were patrolling around Leeds orbit. Included in ze strike force were pilots: GRN|Gilles.Landuin and [154th]-Carabinier.2. Ze Bretonian slugs hadn't a chance against our nimble Cougars! While I joined in ze battle at ze halfway mark, I was happy to assist in turning ze tide in our favour.
First to meet his maker was ze clumsy and slothful [color=#33FF33]13th|HMS-Snake. For [color=#33FF33]he sank like ze serpent he is! Perhaps he forgot to consume his Paste this morning...Hon Hon Hon Hon Hon!!
Next, we turned our fire on ze equally bulbous HMS-Bristol. After a full serving of Gallic Antimatter, ze coward scurried home to ze Leeds Planet in shame.
With our task complete, ze strike groupe headed back to base in Edinburgh for some celebratory Wine and Cigars. Now it is time for moi celebratory nap! Au revoir.
For ze King! For Gallia!
[color=#33CCFF]* Fabrice Mignon *
Sous Lieutenant
Gallic Royal Navy
We were able to destroy 2 Bretonian warships in the Leeds system today. A Gunboat and a Battleship have been destroyed in a short time, while we had not a single loss on our side.
Ze Bretonian sirens rung out and all ze insects crawled out from their nests to try and challenge us. Kusari Exiles, BAF reservists, and other less-than-savory sub-humans with irrational grievances against ze King all poured in to gang up on our Royal squadron. Even ze habitually-reconstructed[color=#33FF33] 13th|HMS-Argosax arrived onto ze scene to provide us some joyful cannon fodder. Ze captain of ze Argosax used every under-handed trick in ze book to ram and attack ze mighty RNS-Rouge.Etoile. Unfortunately, behind ze grand exterior of ze Valor class warship is ze fragile body of ze beautiful Gallic femme. Of course, ze commander of ze Argosax has no trouble hitting a woman, and so he did until ze Rouge.Etoile was neutralized. For revenge, Jean Chatel and I thrashed his hull with many explosions until, within an inch of his life, ze Argosax commander cowardly sulked away to dock on Planet Leeds in fear and embarrassment.
At ziss point, the numbers of crooked-toothed tea-sippers was too many, and ze persistent yet hapless Meurtrier made it his life's goal to try and destroy moi. Remembering mon training from ze Military Academy, I executed ze famous and ancient Gallic battle maneuver known as ze "French Advance". With grace and precision, I French Advanced from ze Planet Leeds all ze way back to Edinburgh and to ze Battleship Castres. From there, ze Castres made short work of ze foolish Meurtrier and blew him to smitherines. Textbook French Advance. I even tractored in ze Cigars from his cargo and enjoyed one in celebration.
I responded to a backup call in Leeds about an hour ago. By the time I had reached the location, our forces were had already been shot down, only the Reaver Mercenary force having remained. I joined their assault and we blew a Bretonian Destroyer, followed by some weird, hallucination that we seemed to have. A Touketsu with only one weapon, holding it's ground against 3 Reavers. Never seen that before.
So after he died eventually, the two Reaver bombers retreated, and the remaining one and myself engaged two Corsairs. They both died, we split ways, I went home and had a drink.
First a short report on a suspicious Gallic Junker vessel named B-Train transporting goods through Dauphine. His words made me question his patriotism, so just to be sure, I had him pledge to me his loyalty to ze King. And [color=#33FF33]pledge he did.
The past two days have seen [color=#33FF33]so many raging battles against ze Sirian hordes in Leeds. Bretonians, Kusari Exiles, Mercenaries, Councilmen, Jokers,...all types of dastardly slugs have come to try and deny ze King's rightful claims. It would be fruitless to try and elaborate on every occurrence, so I shall just say that ze war is being won by His Majesty's finest forces as more and more Sirian corpses pile up in ze Leeds wastespace. I'll allow ze gun-cam photos to tell ze stories: 1♣ [color=#33FF33]2♣ 3♣ 4♣ 5a♣ 5b♣ 6♣ 7a♣ 7b♣
For ze King! For Gallia!
[color=#33CCFF]* Fabrice Mignon *
Capitaine
Gallic Royal Navy
I was patrolling the Burgundy system when I came across a transmission from a member of our most esteemed Gallic Royal Police. He identified a target known only as "Remy.Laroux", an apparent Council Battleship class vessel that somehow managed to sneak out of the rat hole that is Champagne.
We heavily damaged it before the ship seemingly disappeared in front of our eyes, screaming something about how angry it was that we were attacking it with 4 bombers. It was only 2 at the onset, before back-up arrived in the form of Salomon Christophe, a Cougar, and the Boursin, Ile-de-France Security Escort vessel.
[font=Courier New]This is the audio log of [color=#33FF33]Salomon Christophe, stationed aboard Battleship Castres. Today's patrol was marked by one key event in the front line system of Leeds. As I began my patrol I was hailed by the Valor class Battleship RNS-Roubaix. The Captaine had identified a target and required the assistance of a bombing vessel. Upon rendezvous our target had escaped and pursuit was not an option as multiple targets presented themselves near Planet Leeds. Two of these targets shrunk in fear of our combined patrol immediately and left the area, but one seemingly non-hostile vessel remained in proximity. The vessel, as the video data below will display, has been identified as a Junker. Unfortunately I do not have video data of the Formal Identification of the vessel, but the Captaine of the Roubaix's scans showed the person of interest to, in fact, have Formal Junker Identification. This individual, named Angus_Themopyle, immediately engaged the Roubaix with little to no warning and for seemingly no cause or reason. At this time Bretonian automated pilots were in significant number, and the Roubaix was having significant targeting interference (I believe the boys in the Research and Development department refer to this interference as L.A.G. though I do not understand why). This lead to our falling back to Edinburgh to deliver this report. From this we have learned a lesson, trust no Sirians, regardless of how seemingly non-hostile they pretend to be. For the King, for Gallia. End audio log.
This is the audio log of sous-Lieutenant Salomon Christophe stationed aboard Battleship Castres. Today marked a small victory for the GRN in Dublin with the destruction of the[color=#FF0000] HMS-Snake. I was alerted to its position by a team of Gallic Royal Navy freelancers (GRN)Pete, GRN)Romanu). Upon reaching the system we were joined by another freelancer by the name of GSS-Savantis. We were all sufficiently equipped to deal with said threat and made quick work of the Snake. A few Molly pilots were also in the area being a bit of a nuisance, but understanding the importance of the report I fell back to Edinburgh to submit it immediately. Video data of the destruction of the Destroyer will be included in the report. It should also be noted that all 3 mercenaries involved in this fight were useful and should be considered assets to the GRN, however, they do not fully understand the hierarchy of the Gallic Royal Navy and their subordinate position. I would recommend reminding them of their lower position relative to GRN officials when in combat situations. For the King and for Gallia, we fight. End audio log.
*transcript of audio log*
REPORT SUMMARY:
Destruction of 13th|HMS-Snake (Bretonian Destroyer)
Location: Dublin System
This is the audio log of sous-Lieutenant [color=#33FF33]Salomon Christophe reporting from Battleship Castres as chief officer aboard the RNS-Charlemagne. First I'd like to express my satisfaction with the Perilous class gun boat, as the designers of Gallia are certainly the finest. Today's patrol was marked by 3 events:
The First event occurred in the Tau-23 system. A potential recruit, by the name of Inego, and I were assigned to a fighter patrol in the system and upon reaching the Java Station area, Outcast targets were identified. With the help of nearly an entire fleet of IMG fighters, the two Outcasts were routed to Tau-37 and pursuit was not given. The two outcasts have been identified as [XTF]Phoenix[R] and MNS-Beliago. The IMG support was greatly helpful and they should be noted for their cooperation.
The second event occured in Tau-31 during a patrol aboard the RNS-Charlemagne. A Bounty Hunter Battleship by the name of BHG|Minerva was passing through the system, and upon detection I ordered the ship out of the area. The Captain of the Minerva obliged and left via the Leeds jumpgate. I would be interested to know what a Bounty Hunter Battleship was doing in Gallic space. I surmise that the Bounty Hunter ship was hired by Bretonia to bolster their defense in Leeds.
The third and final event in the report also occurred in the Tau-31 system. Two hostile targets were identified as one Bretonian Battleship named HMS-Enterprise and one Bounty Hunter gunboat by the name of JonnyBravo[37]. A nearby freelancer by the name of Sang_Royal responded quickly and offered his help. It should be noted that the term freelancer does not well describe this person of interest, as Sang Royal is a Valor class Battleship. How he got the connections to attain such hardware is beyond me, but his help was certainly welcomed. As I engaged JonnyBravo[37], Sang Royal engaged the Bretonian battleship. I was sufficiently equipped to deal with the gunboat and dispatched him with limited damage to the Charlemagne. Communication with the Sang Royal ended soon thereafter and its fate is unknown to me. I have heard rumours recently that it was severely crippled after destroying multiple Bretonian targets including the HMS-Argosax. If this is so, may the crew be remembered for their sacrifice to Gallia. Video data of the engagement with the Bounty Hunter gunboat will be included in my full report. For the King and for Gallia, we fight. End audio log.
*Transcript of audio log with section division for convenience*
SUMMARY OF REPORT
1) Tau-23: Engagement and withdrawal of Outcasts: MNS-Beliago (Transport) and [XTF]Phoenix[R] (Bomber)
2) Tau-31: Non-Hostile encounter with BHG|Minerva (Bounty Hunter Battleship)
3) Tau-31: Destruction of JonnyBravo[37] (Bounty Hunter Gunboat) and encounter with HMS-Enterprise (Bretonian Battleship)