=LSF= Operational Data Network

[John.Vincetti]

::Incoming Transmission::
::Sender: John V. Sheppard::
::Location: Tau-23, Carrier Hades.::
::Encryption: Liberty Security Force clearance :High Encryption::

Greetings LSF and colonial colleagues.

As it was planned, few hours ago we had our first joint operation in Tau's space.
Even tho it was meant to be a routine and clean intelligence-gathering ops, things didn't quite go as calmly as we anticipated. I met up with my CO for this mission, Captain John.Major, near the Barrier station in Coronado system, where we encountered some colonial patrols, and exchanged a few words with them. After the Captain was done filling me up to date with the nature of our mission, i landed aboard the station to stock up on supplies and shield batteries. As I my ship was at the local equipment dealers garage, I kept getting approached by what seemed to be random people, who wanted directions, then another one who wanted to speak with me, then a few girls with.. Different things on mind. And since barrier station is known for it's share of "unusual" people, i didn't really think much about it..

Five minutes later my ship was ready, and I once again met with Captain Major in space outside the Barrier Station, we got word that the colonial wing is waiting for us at Tau-23 near their base of operations there, Carrier Hades. We set course for Tau-23, and we arrived at site without any incidents, witch is good, since this area of space is not particularly popular as a safe heaven for lawful entities.

Upon meeting the colonial pilots callings Patriot who was a military pilot, and Sage who was an intelligence officer, we docked at Hades to pick up any last minute supplies we needed for this operation. Our first checkpoint was in Tau-29 sistem. Upon arriving In Tau-29 nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Approximately 2 minutes later one of the colonial pilots received an automated KNF distress call, and it was not long before all of our ships received the same signal. We immediately set course towards the signal to check out what caused it.. As we approached, we noticed a floating black-box that was emitting the signal. Captain Major tractored it aboard his ship, and then seemingly out of nowhere, 4 Contari Lance ships were around us, asking us to turn the black box to them. Naturally, we refused to comply, and after a short out-whiting argument, things got messy.. As soon as I fired my first missile, it jammed and destroyed my targeting systems,communications, as well as navigation, I was basically a drift. Since odds were not in our favor, Captain Major also got hit, and had to bail out of his ship, at that point i was trying hopelessly to provide assistance for the Colonial pilots, but with so many of my systems damaged, I couldn't hit an asteroid if it was 50 M away from me, let alone moving fighters. A minute or so into the fight Sage was shot down, and since my communications were down, I had no idea if Patriot managed to retrieve either the black box, or our pilots escape pods.. I was an easy pray for the CL, and was hunted down after I broadcasted a transmission that I had the black-box on my ship, witch was not the case, I was trying to pull them off the last CR pilot since he was the only one left who had a working tractor beam, and the black box. I was chased down into an asteroid field, where I was pinned down and destroyed.. Just as they were flying around my wreck to find the black-box, before they figured what was going on, Patriot tractored me in his hold, and managed to jump out of the system..

While inside his hold, I saw Captain Major firmly gripping the black-box, and Colonial Agent Sage also safely inside.

So, unless you count the fact that we lost 3 ships, it was a successful operation, since we retrieved the black-box that could contain some valuable info, for both LSF and Colonial Intelligence.

Also, i would recommend for further actions to be taken to observe the CL presence in Tau-29 , and investigation of that equipment dealer who sabotaged one of my missiles to detonate immediately after launch.

I've been given a post aboard Carrier Hades as a more-pernament LSF operative for future missions with the Task Force Caranteen under John.Major's command.

I'm sending data about our flight path, and where we encountered the CL now

** Sending File **
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**File Sent**

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