He lets out a deep sigh before turning on the recorder.
Log #1, Ouray Base.
ID: XA-Machete, Didacus Jules.
It was one hell of a fight, I'll tell you that. But I'll begin with noting that his is my first log since rejoining the Serpentis Wing. I look forward to once again be carrying forth the shining torch of freedom in the darkness that is Liberty.
Back to the fight then. I can't honestly tell you exactly how it started, however I arrived just as gunfire began to light up the skies outside Ouray. The Liberty Navy had brought a dreadnought to Ouray space, together with one bomber and two gunboats, the [NG]-Assault1 and [NG]-Assault22. To the rescue of our base came the Hellfire Legion, with the [HF]-HFB-Ven'Gyr at its spearhead.
Fighting was fierce, as the Navy brought in many reinforcements. Gunboats, cruisers and the like came pouring in together with a wing of =LSF=. After a while, the enemy dreadnought was defeated and the Ven'Gyr pulled back. However with many gunboats keeping our relatively small fighter group pinned down, we made little progress. When yet another dreadnought came along, the Ven'Gyr moved in and neutralized it, holding back as many enemies as it could, and destroying several gunboats. Yet still their overwhelming numbers kept us from getting the upper hand. The few of the Hellfire Legion that was with us had to pull back, as even more gunboats and cruisers arrived.
I stayed behind giving us some time to launch a strike wing, and that is where Lachesis and Racer joined up with me.