> "My hands are sore, arms are burning and my tools need some care after our overtime. I've been putting more time around Wolfsburg to assist Platform repair teams get these vessels into a workable condition. The Hessians have been more accommodating than I've known previously which is a good sign, although maybe that's there to maintain relations or out of respect. Or maybe Its out of my region of rationality."
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Fleet expansion: Phase 1
In line of our current goal to expand the capability of our fleet. We've been steadily consolidating our means to secure vessels left abandoned from the many conflicts of the dissolved Republic, Imperials and our local allies. Taking into account of what we have in stock and what the average salvaging and refurbishment operations are handling, our ability to build and maintain a capital force is becoming a clear reality. While we won't be able to maintain a large quantity, it should be offset by an all around crew that would have made adaptations to living long term on these warships along with our capability to supply and maintain on the move should allow us to reliably deploy these vessels when required.
Phase 1 consists of establishing a foundation for our capital ship force. We already have a respectable gunship force at our disposal and is highly favoured thanks to their ability to bring a respectable level of firepower when those damn Imperials and Cretins start knocking on our doorstep. But now that we have their attention it'll be riskier than ever to consider what targets to attack, we have to be ready to swing back with something that will give them second guesses on trying to think we're easy to push aside, augmenting our decentralised paramilitary with these vessels should allow us to compete with their primary fleets on a level they're not expecting.
It's cliché but it's a challenging reality in terms of our method, we're not going to get around to matching the level of production and numbers of our rivals, but with this sudden burst of tactical technologies becoming more accessible thanks to increased corporate pilfering of advanced alien technologies, what they've unknowingly leaked out of their supplies has fallen into our hands... I'll need to get in contact with these auxesians but this will be something for Phase 2.
> "How do you strike fear into the enemies like we face? The variety of them all seems to come down to one conclusion, resistance against the odds. It lingers, it turns to doubt, and respect and fear of what a capable opponent can do... This is the key."
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Fleet manifest
Von Claussen
The Von Claussen, as it has been deemed by the Platform assembly, is to be the flagship of the unified Platform with a federated command participated by all it's cells. This vessel is being supplied by Auxesia, how they managed to get their hands on such a frame I won't question. But the challenge of rebuilding the vessel has come under great difficulty, so in hopes of what will be a blossoming friendship, they have offered the vessel for our use as long as we can actually fix it... it's carrier background would suit our efforts well and its overall compact size not only requires less crew to maintain the vessel compared to its bigger Bismark brother, its much better suited for traversing the fields that we reside within and to enhance our mobile deployment ability for a snub-craft strike force in areas far from friendly installations such as the "Hamburg-Texas" aid corridor that lacks any reputable bases for reliable cover.
It's engine is cumbersome and not fit for purpose, I understand the Technocracy reliance to ensure this ship is able to traverse anomalous regions of space but this ship isn't capable for such an expeditions under the flag of the platform and will have to be refitted for wartime use. Prioritizing maintainability, redundancy and efficiency as key factors for its design. Our engineers and research teams of Severne
This ship will also likely host paramilitary command meetings along with being the formal representative vessel of the Platform in the terms of dealing with diplomatic missions with other militarized fighting forces. But this is all being floated in question...
The ship is still in the hands of the Auxesians located in Inverness and its current condition means that it must fly with heavy combat support to delay off any ships getting close to its defense perimeter which is currently inactive. We're already plotting an escape route in question, while the "Hamburg-Texas" corridor is the shortest route it will unfortunately light up everything on the liberty defense grid. Whats been resorted by our intelligence network is that the Vespucci passage is being considered... It will be a challenge to ensure the ship is masked but as long as we can time our screening forces correctly we can respond against incoming threats that are alerted by our passage.
"Desperation"
During the formation of the Platform, this was a new and rare sight for those serving within the paramilitary. This ship is one of the and advanced vessels in the Militia, a combined effort between the Platform Cells to produce a capable long range mobile support carrier for distant operations away from Bundschuh territory.
Originally this ship was under the hands of the Damnatio Memoriae before their integration into the Platform. Unfortunately the smaller size of this enigmatic cell left them incapable of servicing and operating the ship all by themselves, as such they approached the daring hearts of the Gloaming Flotilla to accept deployments and postings on the Desperation in return for this ship and it's 'Dead Men' crew to fulfill it's duty to the Platform. The ships have a combination of , but it's administration is maintained by the Platform as a whole.
It's origin is questionable, It was once a hollow and empty shell of a vessel that was left adrift in the dark corners of space following the aftermath of the civil war, left abandoned during an attack by imperial forces in the tail end of the conflict. Once the ceasefire was called and many of the federalists had decided to recover themselves rather than the ship, some had decided the calling of this vessel was stronger, the Damnatio Memoriae immediately took the opportunity to re-pressurise the carrier to rally their familiars under their wing while keeping this fragile husk out of sight.
For a year then vessel had spent some time independently operating on an under-manned and under-maintained ship, quietly building up the hands to bolster the number of helmets in their crew. Once this ship could move under it's own power and several decks had restored their life support, volunteers were frequently rallying on the ship before facing deployment to their long range assignments.
As for this moment, the vessel is receiving its last maintenance check at the Hessian shipyard Wolfsburg before its deployment back to the Sigmas to ensure our rapid response against Imperial and Corsair operations.
"Eyes In The Dark"
This ship has been the silent eyes of Thuringia for some time. Keeping eager eyes away from the outpost of Tennsdedt that might threaten it's security. Years prior to the civil war, this ship was manned by pirates that took no better care of the vessel than they did to their prisoners and victims, components overworked past their grave and defiant against its own crew for cooperation, the Damnatio Memoriae supported her defiance to free her from the shackles of said pirate crew. The pirates on the other hand have been left to face the Void bare skinned just as they left her under their misuse.
While she quietly laid in defensive seclusion in what remained of Gotha, the crew worked tirelessly to restore her strength and to restore her resilience to withstand the trials of the Void. Engineering and maintenance specialists that occupy the vessel have taken great care to begin the process of ensuring her capability to travel into the most treacherous pockets the Sirius currently has to offer. Her weapon and defensive systems have recently been given the all clear for once but her engine systems are less than sub-par,
Although future plans for this vessel I have in mind to support our cell's operations within Earheart mean more work on the table, I must get in contact with Auxesia to see if an adaptation of our graviton based slip-space drive can be applied to vis vessel. Although we may be seeking a completely different hull configuration and by that time I want the vessel out of the hands of Wolfsburg... Not that it can be helped.
XU-701
One of a pair of vessels hidden by remnant federalists, a combination of seized assets and retrofit equipment was used to bring this vessel back up to some level of operation. This vessel was equipped with a modified power core compatible with a large amount of equipment and hardware utilized by the military. Thankfully this makes it easier to comb the ship graveyards from the Civil War if we're in need of spare parts and the general nature of this ship means the various equipment we can run is extremely versatile, although due to the lightweight nature of the space frame its not advisable that these ships these ships stay out of range against potential heavy opponents and use its agile nature to its advantage. Some discussion is arising to ensure that a launch bay is installed on this vessel as soon as possible, if its anything to learn from our own tactics is that leaving capital ships out there without attached fighter cover is suicide.
As of this moment, several repair duties are still taking place, even while the vessel is in transit, there still much work to do to ensure this ship is ready to progress to phase 2 as soon as possible with its sister ship. We've already made adaptations to our plans to equip this vessel with a disruption array against modified EM fields.
XU-702
The latter Hel of the pair, this one was disabled and forgotten during the opening hours of the Civil War and covering what ships she could from Hamburgs surface. She managed to limp away after taking a hit to her engines while trying to cover Bundschuh transports evacuating pro-democratic civilians and fighters to Bundschuh outposts and retreated into hiding within the Westerwald. Due to the limited resources of the republic at the time, it wasn't deemed sufficient for it to be repaired at the time.
As of yet, the systems that are installed are antiquated at best. While the weapon command interfaces are still usable, it seems we might have to see about hitting a Daumann transport bound for Oder shipyard. I won't be settling with 'civilian grade' fire control systems and bridge operations. So once those supplies come about, they'll need immediate installation once we can get the ship in at Wolfsburg.
I'll need to also see about applying our own technologies to this vessel. Its an advantage I have in my mind that I can provide to my allies. Its the least i can do for them in this war, they need ever advantage I can give against a numerically superior opponents and the seclusion they require to avoid unneeded conflict. Once again, a Phase 2 consideration.
> "The power of war is a dangerous consideration, to allow these weapons into the hands of anyone can cause considerable damage, but I have faith the crews intentions will stay true."
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