To: MNG | CC:OCI || From: The Blood Dragon Shogunate

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30th May 743 A.G.S.
Picardy system, Haute-Seine Shipyard

Sender: Capitaine de Corvette Miroslav de Gobineau, Division du Train
Recipient: Major Storgen
Subject: Tau-23 logistical operation

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Video-feed opens up with Miroslav de Gobineau in all his splendor comparable to a very humble and gentle bear is seen sitting in a small and cramped dimly lit office. There's several holographic screens on his side. There's also cup of hot chocolate and full ashtray on a table nearby. There also was a small picture frame on other side of a table. Several officers, one of whom was Miroslav himself. But those were not Royal officers, more like Conseil one. Miroslav is very calm but somewhat tired as it seems he was working too much these days.

Bonsoir or even konnichiwa, Monsieur Minamoto

I am Capitaine de Vaisseau Miroslav de Gobineau of Division du Train, at your service.

I might not be intelligence officer but I am head of logistical branch and thus I do have some valuable contacts, people-I-know, data and some personal experience with La Charite and thus I am the one who will give you all the valuable information we managed to get in two months.

So, let's start from the beginning. Internal layout of the station. In the attachements you will find image file of first Cluny-class trade port project that was submitted to Royal Buro that dealed with space building during those times. From that, we can see one very important breach possibility. Multiple breaches.

With a swift and quite elegant movement of hand, Miroslav pulls one holographic screen nearby and shows it to the video-feed. This was a blueprint of something that looked like a door. Of course! This is very famous Gallic door, Decocosmos La Porte 10001, the cheapest solution for airtight hatches used in space.

Spoiler

The hatches. They are very famous for being easy-to-break, a delicate piece of machinery that can take only one well-placed breaching charge, ri-i-i-ight there, you can see it, right there either on the top, above the moving parts, or in case if it's "big door" - right in the middle. Or if you want the 'sneaky' approach - you can 'hack' into the internal systems of the door using the datalogic-board located right where lock should be. Just pulse all the nodes with multitool until the blue light starts blinking. I did it myself, just don't forget to wear insulated gloves.

So, personell of station. The day when the invasion happened, it was middle of a weekly shift so the station was fully-manned with exactly 520 men and women. Unfortunately, we can't say such accurate number for the number of invaders. It's either 300 or 450 or maybe even more but it would be illogical to place more troops than there's crew but this station can be also used as 'staging ground' for Empire's snubcraft. We are not sure.

I hope this information will be useful and please, be gentle with a station, I think EFL would like to see their crew well and healthy. Remember the rules of engagement!

Sincèrement

Division du Train de La Marine Nationale Gauloise, Capitaine de Vaisseau Miroslav de Gobineau.

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Attachments: clunydessitsecretement.gng

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Transmission Terminée

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