Council Debriefing Channel

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Intensité du signal: ██████████ 100%
Encodage: __________ ██████████ PLUS FORT

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Source: ________ Marne, Champagne
Expéditeur: ____ General Pierre LaFlamme Du Conseil ___ [C]
Destinataire(s): Council Personnel ____________________ [C]






Sujet: _________ Gains and losses

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Transmission entrée...

Mesdames et Messieurs,

Several things happened in the last few days, several milestones passed as both our civil war et the Sirian conquest of the Crown are still ongoing. I am bringing forward good as well as bad news, after that there will be further instructions regarding how to proceed from now on.

During the morning of 22nd of November the last shipments et preparations for our synchronised assaults were reported as complete. At noon Flotte Fierté was signaled to attack Gallic Royal Forces stationed at Saint-Quentin Space Colony et Haute-Seine Shipyard. At the cost of losing the majority of Flottille Fierté du Peuple et some minor losses from other flottilles we've managed to clear the space around those stations. In order to minimize structural losses boarding parties were sent to secure both of them, et managed to do so successfully. Since then the surroundings of that station cluster was secured, et the Frontier Picard was moved closer to Amiens.

The introduction of Flottilles Flamme et Insurgée Rouge to the Frontier Provençal was timed at two hours after noon, the two operations happened almost simultaneously. The two flottilles left the cover of Mer Mediterrainée to catch a GRN patrol by surprise et decimate half of the royalist defenses of Provance in one sudden move. This victory cost us the battlecruiser CLN Briaire, gunboats CLN Angoulême, CLN Carte Rouge et CLN Brilliant, several fighter wings, one bomber wing, et left the CLN Candide incapacitated, yet still intact. The remaining active forces of the two flottilles began their preparations to eliminate the RNS Arles et accompanying support forces.

However, victories et success aren't achieved everytime, sometimes what we gain somewhere, we lose it elsewhere. Shortly before minight an unusually strong ion storm hit our region, thirty minutes later the first reports came in about the Tau-31 gateway directly leading to Edinburght after that. The most recent intel suggested very low defenses around Issoudun, et despite our preparations to the assault of the drydock not fully complete yet, we saw that as an opportunity for a sudden surprise strike. Flottilles Rebelle Rouge et Aigle Bleu, however, met an overwhelming force, Flottille Lame Bleu, which was left at Le Boulou as backup, had to follow quickly. Flottille Rebelle Rouge was lost in the first clash against a force consisting the RNS Montmorency, the RNS La Riche, the RNS Vauqueline Royale et several accompanying battlecruisers, destroyers, gunboats, wings of snubcraft. Half of Flottille Aigle Bleu was lost during the retreat while Flottille Lame Bleu suffered fewer losses. Both eventually retreated to Perpignan, meeting up with the approaching Flottille Mer Bleu. Le Boulou Outpost was lost to the GRN advance, but the Vauqueline Royale successfully deserted during combat to join our side. That et other significant losses prevented the RNS Montmorency to advance any further. The RNS La Riche apparently did not take part in the pursue.

The above developments leave us with plenty to do. Flottes Fierté et Rapide estabilished themselves around the newly conquered stations, civilans et crew are still being checked. Haute-Seine will now function as the main repair yard within the system while some of the Saint-Quentin garrisons will be occupied by our marines. Traffic to Guise will be highly monitored, anything except GMS transports are to be halted and turned back. Both Flottes will prepare themselves for a direct assault of Amiens, I do not expect the Crown to let us take the planet without a fight.

The royalist defenses of Provence are spread out throughout the entire system, now alerted they are gathering back at the RNS Arles. Flottilles Flamme et Insurgée Rouge will try intercepting these individual patrols before they reach the battleship during this week, then will keep weakening the local GRN defenses with surgical strikes before making another push further into the system. If the RNS Arles stays where it is, it will be engaged directly, alternatively Cannes will be taken et reused as a forward operations base.

The remaining defense forces of Roussillon, Flotte Bleu, remains entrenched at Perpignan Spaceport to secure the evacuation of Toulouse et of the entire system. In the meanwhile we are rediscovering interstellar gateway anomaly connections. So far it seems the other exit from the system leads to Tau-44, while the third gateway appears to have vanished. If the link to Provence still exists, trying to find a way to house the residents of Roussillon in that system becomes an immediate priority, until then contact is made with the Crayter Republic regarding temporary refuge within their home system.

These are the recent events, et the tasks for the upcoming weeks, months. Immediate danger threatens Roussillon while victory is imminent within Gallia. We cannot lay back yet, we cannot stop now. Pour Gaule. Pour Liberté. LaFlamme out.

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