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☠ Signal source: Free Republic relay, Liberty
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Sender: Alliance Commander "Cobra" Recipient: Xeno Alliance communications Subject: Red is the new orange
I'm curious how a battleship can ever constitute a "recon" operation, given its absolute lack of any subtlety. But that's besides the point as far as I'm concerned.
Huntsman, I like the name, but if I'm being honest I don't even remember giving it to you. You were probably a forgettable individual up until this point. The name's drawn from an old pre-colonization spider, massive things, size of crabs rather than spiders. People found them terrifying for that specific reason, the fact that something so terrifying could be so large and in your face.
You might not have thought much about it when you were doing it, but the Outcasts are widely hailed as some of the finest pilots in the sector. At this rate though, I'm not so sure about that. Going toe to toe with one and not only coming out on top, but still being hungry to tear apart more orange stars is quite the achievement.
I'm impressed, so I've taken the liberty of painting a symbol across the side of your ship. Make it a thing of infamy through deeds.