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User ID: Keira Caffrey
Recipient: Bristol Constructions
Subject: Vespucci
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The Vespucci survey and salvage mission, led by me, commenced on the 10th from Cleveland Station. The convoy included the Falchion fighter escort, Samson, and two larger vessels BCV Fairbanks and San Nicolas. The mission’s objective was to assess the condition of Veracruz Munitions and Marshall Station and the Vespucci system in general. The mission was issued by Cleveland Station. Veracruz Munitions Chief of Engineering, Steve Lambert was aboard the San Nicolas.

The journey through Pennsylvania was uneventful, with sightings of independent miners and a Xenos patrol. The Kansas system was entirely devoid of activity, contributing to an unsettling atmosphere among the crew. The only things of note that our sensors picked up were wreckages adrift from the fighting still.

Upon arrival in Vespuccim on the 14th, we set course toward the Veracruz orbit, following the trail of wreckage until we reached the larger station pieces

Arriving in orbit we found things as expected; Marshall Station was completely destroyed and slowly dissolving into the planet's asteroid belt. The amount of impacts tells me it was quite sturdy so good job on whoever built that. Veracruz Munitions itself was powered down as promised, heavily damaged and as we later found out, devoid of much of its valuable cargo. The chief of engineering explained that the installation was immediately powered down when the Navy approached. All personnel from the installation was evacuated and as such it wasn't completely destroyed.

We approached and used the old Separatists codes trying to access the intact systems as we usually do when finding property belonging to them. Failing that, we took the ones we'd received from the Harmony element in Ontario. That even powered up one of the defense platforms that had been crushed into the station structure and almost overpowered the Fairbank's shields. Mr Lambert managed to shut it down before we needed to divert the craft or open fire ourselves.

With all that done, inspection of the station commenced. There really wasn't all that much left but most of the structure is still good. And while it's not comparable to Marshall or Bristol Bay, it's sturdy enough to serve as a base station for now. After scouting the immediate area, I gave the go ahead to BCV South Louisiana to bring in parts for repairs from out of system. We then had the personnel from Fairbanks moved into the sections we could seal and transfer air over already. There is plenty of ice in the belt around Veracruz that could be reused if life support is recoverable.

Top Level Damage report:
• Complete loss of section 3 - Weapons Manufacturing
• Hull rupture in section 2 - Life support - Provisional repairs in progress
• Damaged IFF system - Unable to reset, will require experts on site
• Unresponsive defense network - Mostly destroyed but receivers still operating - Related to IFF system?
• Restricted docking - Bay 2 is entirely inoperable at the current time, Bay 1 operating at half speed

Given the station’s condition and the absence of a functional IFF system, it is advised to limit investment until full operational capability can be restored. The mission’s success in securing the area and initiating repairs lays the groundwork for further development.

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