COMM-ID: Eliza Valdez Subject: Languedoc encounter 02/06/826 Priority: High
Buenos dias, legionarios,
Yesterday a routine recon patrol into Languedoc to asses the system's mining activity and defenses turned into a hostile encounter with some unexpected Gallic locals. While I had predicted that Guillestre's departure from Tau-23 would lessen the Royal Navy presence in the neighboring systems, I did not take into account that their absence would be soon replaced by Gallic criminals and rebels that took their place in Languedoc yesterday.
The operation started with legionario Chavez taking vanguard and heading into the Languedoc system while being considerable distance ahead of me. Our RV point was to be the vicinity of the Aveyron Nebula. Once I made my jump into Languedoc I noticed that Chavez was not responding to my transmissions so I notified our forces on Cali that backup could be needed. Following initial plan I proceeded to 4C where our rendezvous was to be.
Upon arrival I encountered legionario Chavez under attack by both the SBS (some branch of the Corse mafia) as well as the Maquis radicals. Given the situation I quickly engaged the Gallics to ease off the pressure on Chavez. Sadly we were outnumbered at least two or three to one. Thankfully my call for backup was answered and our own reinforcements were on their way, but a system away. Their numbers slowly burned out the hull integrity of Diego Chavez's Sabre and before our backup had arrived the Gallics managed to take him down. An interesting thing to note is the Liberty Rogue cruiser that was present at the engagement. The ship remained neutral in the conflict, but its very presence does raise some questions that the Rogues would obviously dodge.
Roughly two minutes after Chavez was taken out Pyros, Serpentes and Rojo arrived. The enemy forces quickly lost any formation and split into two - the Maquis that jumped to Tau-44 and the Corse that stayed in Languedoc. With their tactical disarray and our now numerical advantage we quickly cleaned them out one by one. From the encounter only two of their ships managed to escape - one Maquis and one SBS.
Chavez has been successfully recovered but will need a new ship. Damage to the rest of our ships is minimal. The assumption that Languedoc will be left unprotected was wrong and we should adjust to this mistake. I've attached ship logs to my report.
[02.06.826 17:53:28] SBS~Grayson.Matthews: Yes, I believe so. Charging weapons. [02.06.826 17:53:29] Death: MNS-Anaranjada was put out of action by MRG|RNS-Mont.St.Michel (Gun).
[02.06.826 17:53:35] SBS~Grayson.Matthews: Ah, well.
[02.06.826 17:53:43] L\-Eliza.Valdez: Hmm.
[02.06.826 17:53:53] L\-Eliza.Valdez: Quite the situation we have here, eh?
[02.06.826 17:53:58] L\-Diego.Chavez: Indeed.
[02.06.826 17:54:13] SBS~Grayson.Matthews: Alright, let us sort this out.
[02.06.826 17:54:19] L\-Diego.Chavez: Silly gauls.
[02.06.826 17:54:27] SBS~Grayson.Matthews: Welcome to the playground of l'Unione, Outcasts.
[02.06.826 17:54:31] SBS~Maryse.Cadieux: Moving in, thought this might be a quiet day...
[02.06.826 17:54:43] [MQS]Violette;Cazal: We don't even know who they are.
[02.06.826 17:56:22] GMS|Angelique: Bonjour
[02.06.826 17:56:28] Kidagakash.Nedakh: Bonjour.
[02.06.826 17:57:15] GMS|Angelique: I wouldn't go in to the Nebula, if I was you, Outcasts, Maquis, Corse and god knows who else
[02.06.826 17:59:38] [MQS]Serpent.Colossal: No you don't! That's one of ours!
[02.06.826 17:59:41] [MQS]Serpent.Colossal: Defending Violette!
[02.06.826 18:00:25] [MQS]Violette;Cazal: Freelancer
[02.06.826 18:00:32] [MQS]Violette;Cazal: 10 millions for outcasts.
[02.06.826 18:00:49] Kidagakash.Nedakh: You want my help?
[02.06.826 18:00:52] [MQS]Violette;Cazal: Oui
[02.06.826 18:01:09] Kidagakash.Nedakh: Corse with you, I guess enough here.
[02.06.826 18:01:13] [MQS]Violette;Cazal: Non.
[02.06.826 18:01:15] [MQS]Violette;Cazal: We need help.
[02.06.826 18:01:27] GMS|Angelique: And now a strange Cruiser
[02.06.826 18:01:33] LR-Incessant.Nagging: Dixon: Good day sir. Are you willing to donate some creds to the Rogues Without Borders Fonduation?
[02.06.826 18:01:47] GMS|Angelique: How much more chaotic can this get? [02.06.826 18:01:49] Death: L\-Diego.Chavez was put out of action by SBS~Marie.Cartier (Gun).
[02.06.826 18:02:05] LR-Incessant.Nagging: D: I don't see nomads just yet.
[02.06.826 18:02:10] Kidagakash.Nedakh: What about 20 mil?
[02.06.826 18:02:23] [MQS]Violette;Cazal: We need help
[02.06.826 18:02:30] SBS~Grayson.Matthews: Defending l'Corse.
[02.06.826 18:02:35] LR-Incessant.Nagging: D: Sure sucks to be ya.
[02.06.826 18:02:50] Kidagakash.Nedakh: 20 millions for help is good I guess.
[02.06.826 18:02:54] [MQS]Violette;Cazal: Oui
[02.06.826 18:03:07] Kidagakash.Nedakh: Well. What about 30?
[02.06.826 18:03:11] L\-'Rojo': Muitiple hostiles
[02.06.826 18:03:15] L\-'Serpentes': Yep.
[02.06.826 18:03:21] L\-'Serpentes': Opening fire.
[02.06.826 18:03:22] LR-Incessant.Nagging: D: Yo 'cast gal. Got this covered?
[02.06.826 18:03:25] L\-'Rojo': Hold on eliza, on my way
[02.06.826 18:03:36] Kidagakash.Nedakh: Oh, already 40. [02.06.826 18:03:36] Death: StyleR was put out of action by SBS~Grayson.Matthews (Gun). [02.06.826 18:04:16] Death: [MQS]Violette;Cazal was put out of action by L\-'Serpentes' (Gun).
[02.06.826 18:05:05] L\-Eliza.Valdez: Don't let them escape alive
[02.06.826 18:05:15] L\-'Pyros': Hola Amigos
[02.06.826 18:05:27] L\-'Pyros': Seems like I came at the right time [02.06.826 18:05:37] Death: [MQS]Eleonore was put out of action by L\-Eliza.Valdez (Gun).
[02.06.826 18:05:44] L\-Eliza.Valdez: Head for Languedoc
[02.06.826 18:06:13] L\-'Serpentes': Next?
[02.06.826 18:06:17] L\-Eliza.Valdez: And now for the Corse.
[02.06.826 18:06:26] SBS~Grayson.Matthews: Ah.
[02.06.826 18:06:31] SBS~Grayson.Matthews: Upset, oui?
[02.06.826 18:06:33] L\-Eliza.Valdez: Weapons free, they'll pay for shooting Chavez.
[02.06.826 18:06:40] L\-'Pyros': Time to clean up
[02.06.826 18:07:10] L\-'Pyros': Weapons online
[02.06.826 18:08:06] L\-'Rojo': weapons primed [02.06.826 18:09:34] Death: SBS~Alice.Bonaparte suffered a self-administered loadout error (Mine). [02.06.826 18:09:41] Death: SBS~Maryse.Cadieux was put out of action by L\-Eliza.Valdez (Gun).
[02.06.826 18:10:43] L\-'Serpentes': Who's next, eh?
[02.06.826 18:10:56] L\-Eliza.Valdez: The real question is what is a Rogue destroyer doing here?
[02.06.826 18:11:06] L\-'Serpentes': Frankly I could not give less of a damn.
[02.06.826 18:11:13] LR-Incessant.Nagging: D: Smart man.
[02.06.826 18:11:17] L\-Eliza.Valdez: I hope he wasn't dealing with the Corse.
[02.06.826 18:11:30] L\-Eliza.Valdez: I don't like seeing our allies dealing with our enemies.
[02.06.826 18:11:32] L\-'Serpentes': Rogues aren't smart enough for dealings.
[02.06.826 18:11:51] L\-Eliza.Valdez: If he's smart he'll deal with the Brigands.
[02.06.826 18:12:02] LR-Incessant.Nagging: D: Does he really like getting shot at?
[02.06.826 18:12:11] L\-'Serpentes': Do you?
[02.06.826 18:12:12] LR-Incessant.Nagging: D: That was the plan.
[02.06.826 18:12:30] LR-Incessant.Nagging: D: Mate I'm gettin' shot at just about enough.
[02.06.826 18:13:30] L\-'Serpentes': Right.
[02.06.826 18:13:32] L\-'Serpentes': So.
[02.06.826 18:13:35] L\-'Serpentes': Back home?
[02.06.826 18:13:43] L\-'Rojo': System is clear.
[02.06.826 18:13:49] L\-Eliza.Valdez: Si, let's go.