Leeds Resistance Forces - Comm Center & HQ

[JonasHudson]

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[To]: LRF Databank
[From]: Jonas Hudson
[Subject]: Situation Report
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Former Intel Vessels Converted to serve LRF

Resistance Destroyer Repulse

Initially, I acquired my Crecy class destroyer last year in the same fashion any BAF Captain would. In my case however, the Repulse was commissioned in absolute secrecy in order to be deployed to protect my SIS assets in Leeds (as well as serve as a backup position in the event of anything unexpected). The ship never went far but has been kept in active service, mostly staying station-side, augmenting hideout security.

I've decided to take direct command and quietly transfer it to independent operation. The entire program and crew was payed for and assembled by myself, and quietly. The ship is now firmly under my personal authority as an LRF vessel. We are now functioning to provide security, recon, and act as a mobile HQ. Once we are firmly established, it will also be able to conduct offensive operations. As with all of my combat vessels, I've outfitted the ship with capital quality armor, and a Cloaking Device. Everything is top of the line, but I'll be working for an eventual upgrade to its scanning technology.

In the future we'll try to add more cruiser/destroyer level ships, such as rogue stragglers from the various fleets around Sirius. For now standing orders will be to avoid engagements unless to protect allied supply vessels.

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LRF|Repulse Photolog

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Black Ops R&D Ship (science vessel)

Additionally, during the months before forming the LRF, I had been patrolling the Leeds, Edinburgh, Tau-31 and Orkney systems quite frequently. Patrols into Orkney in pursuit of GMS vessels lead me to a particular region where I detected several spatial anomalies that would materialize and dissappear again shortly after. They have become commonly known throughout Sirius recently as Baxter Anomalies. The Scientific Data acquired from studying such anomalies has apparently become quite useful in weapons research.

Realizing the oppourtunity, I then decided to convert an old Condor gunboat I'd been running as an SIS and traded it in for a Corvo Explorer vessel. I had it equipped with an anomaly scanner, armor, thruster and scanner upgrades, as well as a cloaking device. I commanded the ship during many missions to collect data on the anomalies using a particle beam infusion process. I'm no scientist, I leave it up to the survey team in our research corps I brought aboard to process the data. But, I now have stored a decent amount that should help in keeping us funded, and contribute greatly towards our aquirement of WMD's such as NEMP's. I initially had access to such weapons I acquired off the black market in the SIS, but handed them over to the service for use in New London's defenses.

The ship had been operating as one of my SIS assets, and is now also firmly under my personal authority. Our research vessel will operate behind the lines and will be under orders to gather scientific data from nearby systems for our new Project Ragnarok, our NEMP R&D project. The program will be administered from this vessel.

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Research Vessel X

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Cargo Piracy Transport

Finally, this old Bullmastif Pirate Transport I got last year to stage incognito raids from here in Leeds has been reactivated for privateering duty. I used the ship for a few raids but it has remained barely crewed and on standby as an additional supply vessel. The ship will be used to conduct cargo piracy raids against the trade lanes anywhere in Leeds and Tau-31.

The ship has also been retrofitted with some of the best stuff money can buy in Sirius, probably worth more than the vessel itself. Luckly though these ships have proven themselves to be quite formidable raiders and we'll make use of any of them we can get off the black market. In conjunction with this, I've made personal use of several pirate trains and a Bactrian that were refurbished to serve my intel operations base, and are now in use by the Resistance. These vessels are cheap and reliable, and plenty available on the black market. We should put them to good use.

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Pirate Transport

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All captains please keep an eye on our intercom, freighter servicing of incoming Black Market Munitions shipments and outgoing refugee shipments continues to go well.

Standing by,

Jonas Hudson
Leeds Resistance Forces HQ


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