Gallic Royal Navy Transmission Center (iRP) (FO)

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ID: Comte Blaise Mersenne
ENREGISTREMENT: GRN-3305-81-C
ORIGINE: Dijon Station
DESTINATION: Sieges Sociaux, Royaux de Marine
CHIFFRAGE: Securite-S

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This is Comte Blaise Mersenne, submitting an action report for the 18th of Octobre, 733 A.G.S.


This report is of the utmost concern regarding contact with a Sirian incursion that is, to date, the most unusual encounter we have faced so far. A system-wide alert was disseminated throughout D'Intelligence Navale, detailing a wing of Sirians that managed to penetrate deep into His Majesty's Territory; of grave concern was the fact that they had encountered His Majesty Prince Joseph DeFrance and opened fire. Wasting no time, the knights of His Majesty's Royal Navy scrambled. I departed from Battleship Beauvray and immediately received sensor contacts approximately 13 klicks from my position and in the direction of Planet Tonnere. Between the release of the alert and my departure, it seemed that the Sirians broke off their attack momentarily; as I arrived, though, one of them ordered to go weapons free again and secure the Prince before further reinforcements arrived. The battle commenced shortly after, three Sirians against myself and mon Prince. These intruders, however, were not of the common rabble that typically trespass in His Majesty's Territory: they followed the orders of their flight lead without question, and operated in a coordinated manner similar to military protocol. This was truly an adversary we could not underestimate.


Fifteen minutes into the battle, monsieur Lumiere and recruit Blanchefort joined in to reinforce our position; timely was their arrival as mon Prince sustained damage and was forced to withdraw from the battle. Thankfully, the Marie'Elaya was within range and provided a safe landing zone. With mon Prince secured and out of harm's way, the Knights rallied and met the Sirians in equal combat. Interestingly enough monsieur Lalique, a Corse pilot and seemingly mon Prince's.....devoted fan, joined the battle as well. It was an intense engagement: each participant was equally matched and we fought at our best. Monsieur Blanchefort sustained critical damage and was forced to eject, but his life pod was successfully secured; he continues to display admirable bravery and determination in service to His Majesty. Despite the loss of one fighter, the tide of battle shifted to our favor. Monsieur Lalique managed to shoot down one of the Sirians, and I would lay claim to one more:

The final Sirian put up stalwart resistance, managing to survive long enough for one more Sirian to arrive. It had seemed that this battle would never end, though with each minute that passed His Majesty's Royal Navy wore away at the intruders. Yet, in the midst of this chaos, a brief but intense Ion Storm passed through Burgundy. My flight controls, sensors, and targeting went offline for five minutes before the Storm subsided. When I had regained control of my fighter, we were all scattered. The Sirians had managed to use the confusion to retreat and, despite our best efforts, we could not intercept them in time. Provided below is the final transmission of one of the Sirian pilots:

With the battle concluded, I had ordered that Burgundy be placed under lock-down until damage control could be conducted. All Knights returned to their posts shortly after, and it was six hours after this time that I had compiled enough data to begin this report.

Analysis: Of primary concern in this entire encounter were the Sirians that penetrated into Burgundy. Their coordination and discipline has never been seen in previous records archived by D'Intelligence Navale. Initially we are led to believe that they may be part of a military organization, perhaps conducting recon in advance to a potential invasion force. There are, however, key points that go contrary to this assumption:

-The Sirians that attacked did not have a uniform scheme of equipment.
-IFF frequencies that were decrypted did not contain the high-level algorithms that are normally found within a military transmission (Based on data supplied from first and second generation Junkers; data may now be out-dated)
-Vessel identification did not conform to pattern-analysis against archived samples (A similar shortcoming is also present as per the previous point)

Should the Sirians still follow some form of unified equipment issuance and muster, it would stand that the intruders would use a common fighter/bomber make and standardized cannons. From the scans that were managed during the battle, each Sirian used different craft model and cannon array; analysis of the wreckage from the fighter that I had downed shows a similar design scheme to recorded data of the "Eagle" Very-Heavy Fighter, though significantly reinforced and equipped with a heavier power plant.

The IFF frequencies that were analyzed were of a very low encryption, almost entire open. Similar matches have been correlated with previous Sirians that claimed no allegiance to any group or ideology that we have encountered. Typically, if these intruders were of a military, we would see a much higher degree of frequency encryption. Similarly, vessel identification, though uniform throughout the intruders that had attacked, also failed to follow the hardened encryption of a military standard.

Conclusion: We can conclude that the Sirians that had attacked His Majesty's Royal Navy are not attached to a Sirian military. The only reasonable conclusion is that these intruders may be soldiers of fortune, or some manner of guns-for-hire. Based on the short transcript provided, their intents were to perform a degree of reconnaissance and information gathering the likes of which have not yet been encountered. It is strongly believed that they may have taken patrol pilots captive for what I can only hope is questioning, and not something more sinister. I will look into the pilot roster to see if any pilots have failed to report in, and send the necessary messages to their families and next of kin. We must still ask the question of where this information is going, and who it is going to. I advise all Knights to be on full alert; identifications on each of the vessels will be provided to all personnel. Attempt to procure further scans on them and, if at all possible, interrogate them.


To the best of my abilities, I claim the contents to be truthful and accurate.

By my hand and eye,

Comte Blaise Mersenne


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