To: "Beau" Source: Ari

[Shush Muppet]

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[Personality Core Online]
Hey Beau, it's Ari again. I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to decompile the files. There are several layers of encryption I'm having to crack. At any rate, I have another piece. This time a brief audio snippet.

09.25.818 A.S.

UNS-Providence: "[REDACTED] , we just lost planetary defense platform Gamma. The defense grid is down to 50% strength."

[REDACTED]: "Copy that, Providence. Orders sent to Salvation and Revenant to strengthen the left flank. Maintain position and fire-pattern. Do not let any of the larger entities get within firing distance of the planet or transports."

UNS-Retribution: "Here they come again! 3 o'clock, right flank! Small ones up front with at least a half-dozen mediums trailing behind. Bombers by the look of them."

UNS-Brimstone: "Eris preserve us! They're going after the transports! All fighter squads, focus on the bombers! Repeat: target the bombers!"

UNS-Purgatory: "Contact! Unknown entity de-cloaking, Grid E-2!"

[REDACTED]: "Copy, Purgatory. We see it. Looks similar to the one that took out New Tokyo. Designating: Target Alpha"

UNS-Salvation: "Sensors are showing a massive power surge within Target Alpha! [REDACTED] , it's preparing to fire on the planet!"

[REDACTED]: "All units, engage Target Alpha. Repeat: Target Alpha is now Priority One. Terminate with extreme prejudice."

UNS-Salvation: "Affirmative, [REDACTED] . Salvation and Revenant moving to engage."

UNS-Revenant: "Saratoga, where's our #^@%!#& fire-support?!"

LNS-Saratoga: "Sorry, Revenant. Navy Command has ordered us to fall back to protect the e-vac transports.

UNS-Revenant: "Those transports are dead either way if we don't stop this thing from firing!"

LNS-Saratoga: "Revenant, I have my orders! Clear this channel, now! Fighter wings, continue to defend the transports. That is an order."

Black-Leader: Brimstone, we're getting torn-up pretty bad by these snubs. Lost Black-2 and Black-7. We can't protect the bombers long enough to get them within torpedo range.

UNS-Brimstone: "Copy, Black-Leader. Bomber squad has been recalled. Regroup and form a defensive screen around Salvation.

UNS-Providence: "Detecting odd power fluctuations from Target Alpha. Something isn't right. It's almost like...

[REDACTED]

UNS-Providence: "SALVATION!! BREAK OFF!! IT'S A TRAP!!"

UNS-Salvation: "Helm, full-power to engines! Emergency stations! Get us-*static*"

UNS-Retribution: "No..."

UNS-Purgatory: "[REDACTED] ! We lost Salvation! Repeat: UNS-Salvation is down!"

[REDACTED]: "Confirmed, Purgatory. All units, UNS flagship Salvation is K.I.A. RNS-Ragnarok is moving up from Secondary Fleet to replace her."

UNS-Retribution: "Sensor spike! Power discharge! Sensors confirm pattern is consistent with Class-N anomaly!

[REDACTED]: "Retribution, please confirm. We do not see it."

UNS-Retribution: "Grid G-4. Anomaly travelling at 2,500 units-per-second. It's headed for the planet!"

UNS-Providence: "We've been tricked... "

UNS-Brimstone: "They lured us away from any intercept path!"

UNS-Revenant: "Helm! All power to engines, get us between that anomaly and the planet! DO IT NOW!!!"

[REDACTED]: "Alert! Incoming projectile headed for planet surface! All ships, move out of planetary orbit and brace for impact!"

UNS-Purgatory: "Revenant, what are you doing?!? You won't be able to get there in time! Break off and retreat!"

UNS-Revenant: "I have family down there!!! What am I supposed to do, just let them die?!"

[REDACTED]: "Revenant, you are ordered to retreat."

UNS-Revenant: "Say again, [REDACTED] ? You're breaking up!"

[REDACTED]: "Captain, you will comply or face court-marshal."

UNS-Brimstone: "Visual contact with anomaly! All hands, brace for impact!"

RNS-Ragnarok: Kontakt!

LNS-Saratoga: BRACE!!!- *static*"



















[REDACTED]: "-one hear me? Please respond. Repeat: Report Status. Blackwood Defense Fleet, do you read me?"

UNS-Revelation: "[REDACTED] , this is UNS-Revelation, Tertiary Fleet. Sir... we've lost the planet. They... they glassed it... The e-vac transports... everything is burning."

[REDACTED]: "God help us... All ships, retreat to rendezvous Epsilon. Repeat: Retreat order Epsilon.
*heavy sigh*
We lost Manhattan."

Commentary:
The ship designated as UNS-Revenant from the audio transcript is the source of this recording.

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