COMM ID: [color=#99FFFF]CAPTAIN Rachel A. Baker TARGET ID:FLEET ADMIRAL HALE, NAVAL HIGH COMMAND SUBJECT:ELLESMERE RECON REPORT ENCRYPTION:High PRIORITY:High
Captain Rachel Baker here, reporting in.
Admiral Hale, Sir. As I'm sure you'll soon be aware, today I ordered a Reconnaissance mission into the Ellesmere system. I know I should have waited for an official go ahead, but I believed it was important to gauge the intent of the Security Forces, who seem to think it okay to threaten the people on their side. As the ranking officer present in the field, I authorized a group consisting of three Guardians (myself, Lieutenant Clark, and recruit Wilmott) to enter the Ellesmere system and conduct recon operations. We had no intent at provoking hostilities with our own government, we only aimed to gauge the response. If anything, we were there to test the Liberty Security Force's defensive capabilities, which we did.
Upon entering the Ellesmere system, we were almost immediately detected, which is good. We altered our flight trajectory and turned back to the Alaska Jump Hole, where we stopped our ships. The Security Forces made...well, actually, they began to say a bunch of things, it seemed like every agent there had something to say, it was a bit confusing. In any event, they ordered us out of Ellesmere, and we complied, in order to prevent the situation turning volatile.
While you'd think it ended there, it certainly didn't. The Security Forces chased us through the Alaska system firing disruptors at us. Our three Guardians against their -TWO- Assault Battlecruisers, a Gunboat, an Upholder bomber and several fighter craft. Now, it seemed to me as though they meant to either arrest us or kill us, despite the fact that we complied with their order to leave Ellesmere. They chased us to Juneau and then proceeded to block the Zone 21 Jump Gate.
I called in assistance at that point, as I genuinely feared that the Security Forces intended to turn their guns on us. While I can understand their need for security and privacy in Ellesmere, I do think it a little extreme that they continued to pursue us with such force after we complied with their order to leave.
Would they have pursued us with this force into the public view, had they failed to stop us at the Zone 21 gate? I do not know, but the entire situation was FUBAR.
I realize now that I should perhaps have waited for an official go-ahead. In any event, Wilmott and Clark did exceptionally well in controlling both their mouths and their trigger fingers in this situation, And I'm glad that I was able to pull us out of the mess without a firefight.
I have guncam footage that can be uploaded should the Admiralty Board require it.
Captain Baker, Signing Out.
Rachel salutes the monitor, nodding as it fades to black.
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