To: Supreme Commander Thastus, Executive Commander Kaine, Grand Admiral Mori
From: Aaron
This situation is critical. Yesterday, after I completed the maiden flight with the Sopho, I headed to Magellan System, for delivering a report. I got to Omicron Minor, where I saw that The Order was fighting off a combined fleet of the Liberty Navy and the Bounty Hunters. I was asked if I can render assistance, I agreed. With this occasion I can say that the new breed of targeting computers are a very good improvement, and we managed to take out the opressors, which weren't very strong in numbers. After that, I excused myself for leaving, and I set course to Alaska system. I flew for a great deal of distance, then I saw something... odd. I could not notice that there was increased activity of the nomads, but when I reached the jump gate to New York, I saw something... delusive. A large nomad fleet, comprised of 3 battleships, 6 cruisers and many smaller support vessels were rallying near the gate. But the intriguing part was that around 10 Bounty Hunter destroyers and 3 full squadrons of Hammerheads entered formation with the Nomads. I killed the engines, to avoid detection, and I requested a full scan using the ship's advanced sensors. Before the scan was complete, I saw that a Liberty Fleet was coming through the gate. 2 Liberty Dreadnoughts, 4 cruisers and their supports vessels quickly started to engage the Nomads. In a very strange language, the Bounty Hunters said something to the Nomads, then opened fire on the Liberty Fleet. I wanted to use the opportunity to flee, but one of the Dreadnoughts made contact with the Sopho. The one at the other lend of the line was the Liberty Admiral Michael Frost, my uncle! He requested help, adressing to me as 'unknown vessel'. I replied, and when he saw who was commanding the ship, we had a little chat, and he promised that if we defeat the Nomad fleet, he will grant me safe passage through Liberty. I engaged the Nomads, But we were outnumbered and outgunned. I sacrificed Sopho's shield to save Admiral Frost on several occasion, and we managed to take out 2 Nomad Battleships, all Nomad escort ships and most of the Bounty Hunters. The 3 remaining Bounty Hunters Destroyers and the Nomad Battleship tried to run, but I used the Cruise Distruptor mounted on my ship to stop them. The Liberty Fleet suffered unbearable casualties, Admiral Frost had been forced to transfer the flag to a nearby cruiser, and to scuttle his Dreadnought because it was boarded by the Nomads, and it's crew killed. The remaining Liberty ships retreated, but Admiral Frost remained to help me in destroying the rest of the enemy. Before the enemy was destroyed, they sent a quick burst of data, which I received and kept it safe from my uncle, which didn't learned of this, because his cruiser sensors were damaged. The message was heading to Magellan, and was brief and conclusive. It sounded like that:"To all ships proceed with the plan. We need Drake Thastus alive." Thanks to the Admiral's Cruiser Forward Gun, we destroyed the fleeing enemy without sustaining further damage. We jumped to New York, and I saw that the Navy was constructing a huge mine field, to prevent any possible Nomad invasions New York. When we got through, the mine field was completed. Because his cruiser was badly damaged, It had to be towed. The Sopho suffered superficial damage, and was still able for action. I invited my uncle onboard the Sopho, and headed to West Point Military Academy, where I obtained the escort pilot license. When I was entering the station, I was stunned: "Oh my god! I haven't been here since I was 19... I grew up here... how much a man can change in 5 years...". When we arrived inside the station, the Sopho was receiving assistance and repairs, I headed to a window, which had a view to the Alaska Jump Gate and the surrounding mine field. Then, suddenly pink explosions inside the mine field. The same pink colour the nomad ships have. By judging the strength and the numbers of lights, it looked that the entire nomad fleet entered that mine field. I ran in the fighters bay, my uncle was following. Each one took a defender, we went as fast as we could to Norfolk Shipyard, where the Sopho was docked. I cancelled all repairs, and rushed with the cruiser to the mine field. I was right, at least 200 nomad battleships and escorts poored into the mine field, and were destroyed, and they were still sending ships through the gate. The mine field was collapsing, and in desperation, my uncle called my father, Admiral John Frost, onboard the Rheinland Battleship Kvasir, which was stationed near Manhattan. He rushed his battleship to the incident, his timing was perfect, when he arrived, the Nomads just broke through the mine field. The Kvasir targeted the opening where all the Nomad ships were rushing, and with it's massive guns started pounding the enemy. I think they run out if Battleships, because the Kvasir in 5 minutes of action destroyed 20 Battleships or so. After a brief discussion with my father, I learned that Freeport 4 was kept under siege by the Nomads. He couldn't help me lifting off the siege of Magellan, but he gave me tactical info that he gathered with his battleship long range sensors. I rushed to Freeport 4, I engaged the Nomad Battleship and it's escorts, and lifted the siege. Moments before it's destruction, the nomad battleship made a transmission which I received and successfully decoded: "We failed with this mission. The Legion's new ship is stronger than we thought. We must destroy the ..." the message was interrupted because the Nomad ship exploded. After that, the Freeport commander summoned me to his quarters, but I refused. Here is the heavy stink of treason... Sir, do an inquest, and do it fast... your life is in a great danger...
The Sopho is currently docked in Vespucci, in Phoenix Shipyard, as it is being repaired. It will be fit for action in about 2 days, but during the previous engagements, the ship lost the formidable Outcast Inferno weapons. After the repairs will be completed, the ship must make a trip to Omicron Alpha, to purchase and mount the weapons lost during the fights.