Echoes of Harmony

[DarkTails]

After the vessel was towed by a responding SAR force behind the 5th Fleet assault force, the Discovery was interred at Norfolk Shipyard. The forces onboard the ship swiftly transferred control of the vessel to 5th Fleet security forces and Norfolk technicians. Alongside the boarding troops was the 5th Fleets R&D Director, Rear Admiral Nicole Prower. "Repairs to the main reactor are to be prioritized, I want this vessel operational for transfer to Juneau Shipyard for full repair and refit." The engineers and technicians moved swiftly to complete their focus while Nicole led NID operatives to secure the bridge, a secondary team sent to the ships internal blackbox. This warship holds incredible insight into the Insurgency, and one of it's elder halves, Battlegroup Harmony. Of great interest is just exactly how they returned this old warbird to action again with so few resources. Not only was this battleship returned to active duty, it excelled under the command of the Separatists.

Stepping onto the damaged bridge, Nicole approached the captains chair, a long worn out piece of furniture, and sat in it. Its a view she sees very often, but in this chair, on this ship, it was different. This wasn't the bridge she was used to, this was what Separatist and Insurgent officer saw when launching attacks on Navy assets. She wondered just how far a once proud navy officer had to sink to keep this ship operational. No doubt they believed in their cause, but the logistics behind operating a battleship in isolation for so long, no doubt many convoys that never arrived were a result of this effort. She knew full well the officer that used to claim this chair as their own was dead, she ordered it to be so, after the Delaware.

Nicole sat here for hours as her teams worked on breaking the internal encryption to the databases, a final act of defiance from this defeated ship and its fallen crew. "Admiral, we've broken the encryption." "Very good, begin downloading the ships databanks, I want all of it. The contents of this ships blackbox and databanks are classified top secret, I want security on all servers 24/7." "Ofcourse, Ma'am." Nicole watched as more NID forces boarded the ship, looking out at the trade lanes as the engines received their repairs, dozens, if not hundreds of personnel dedicated to this order. It would be their trophy, and this warship would see a total refit to see service within the ranks of the 5th Fleet. For now though, there was much to be done, and security onboard must be tight. No Insurgent sympathizer can be allowed near the ship to damage it or the precious information inside.

"Admiral, we've found something you would be interested in." Nicole took the datapad from the agent, inspecting it. Contained within this datapad were the most recent orders of this vessel, to hunt down the Battleship Harmony and destroy it for treason against the Insurgency, and the Battlegroup. Nicole only frowned, somewhere out there, Knight had managed to escape justice once more. "Battleship Harmony is still out there, and still a threat. Knight must be running out of places to hide. Deploy the reserve fleet and double patrols." "Admiral, surely one battleship outside any form of allied network doesn't present such a threat." "I am not concerned with the Harmony's threat as a warship, I am concerned with what it represents. Or rather, I am concerned by what we allow it to represent by failing to destroy it. Whispers of this battleship escaping can inspire belief that the Republic is incompetent. In time such whispers can spark another Separatist uprising, and that, Agent, is something I cannot have. Make no mistake, from now on failure will have consequences. Agent Nox, deploy our spies and reach out to our informant networks. We will discover the whereabouts of these criminals, and we will make examples of them."