COMM IDCommander Thomas Logan (Acting Captain) Gunboat LNS-Black.River :Secondary Fleet TARGET ID:Primary Fleet Command, Secondary Fleet Command, All Liberty Navy Mobile Assets SUBJECT:Contact Report ENCRYPTION:High PRIORTY:High
Sirs,
I regret to report the downing of the Black River, to enemy action in Rhineland space. Detailed report as follows-
10-02 20:47 SMT Launched from Virginia, set course for Texas for patrol.
Contacted by fleet elements, requesting support for a Rhineland incursion. Senior Officer on duty was Captain Mathew Dragon, who flew an Avenger strikecraft for the mission.
Capt. Dragon selected Planet Houston as a marshalling point for our forces.
The Captain broke the force down into smaller units,
Alfa, consisting of fighters
Bravo, consisting of Bombers
Charlie, Seige Cruiser Levan, With the two LABCs in support, four Gunboats, with a fighter. Black River was assigned to Charlie group. Captain of the Levan further divided into sections Charle1 and Charlie2.
Initial force consisted of the following vessels- (* Indicates vessels known after-action status)
LNS-Levan: Seige Cruiser -*Downed by enemy fire.
LNS-Voidrunner: LABC -*Downed by enemy fire.
-Isa_Agamemnon: LABC -*Downed by enemy fire.
LNS-Big_Edison: Gunboat -*Downed by enemy fire.
LNS-Defiance: Gunboat -*Downed by enemy fire.
LNS-Black.River: Gunboat -*Downed by enemy fire.
[SA]-LNS-Ben.Franklin: Gunboat -*Downed by enemy fire.
-SSC-Pathfinder: Gunboat -*Downed by enemy fire.
Strikecraft- (Alfa and Bravo groups/ mixed fighters and bombers)
LN-Matthew.Dragon -*Downed by enemy fire.
John.Eagle -*Downed by enemy fire.
Hologram -*Downed by enemy fire.
Arronax -*Downed by enemy fire.
Jason.Char -*Downed by pilot error. Collision.
ZyreX -*Downed by pilot error.
Sabio -*Downed by enemy fire.
Elektek -*Downed by enemy fire.
Otto_Schmidt -*Downed by enemy fire.
maxkiet90[ITA] -* Downed by enemy fire.
The fleet moved through Bering, then into Hamburg. Within the next several minutes, additional Liberty Naval assets, and a Merc caught up with us.-
LNS-Fireway:Seige Cruiser[*registry entry not found] -*Downed by enemy fire.
LNS-Revenge: LABC[*registry entry not found] -*Downed by enemy fire.
LNS-Hello.Kitty: Dreadnought. -*Downed by friendly fire.
MM~"Merdon" -*Status unknown
At 21:19 I contacted LSF Deputy Director Christian Deus, and advised him of the mission about to commence, and advised heightened security at Libertys' borders.
At 21:29, LNS Voidrunner reported hostile contact, which we picked up an instant later.
At 21:30 Gunboat LNS-Ben.Franklin reported three hostile contacts.
At 21:30, LNS Voidrunner opened fire, downing hostile contact -VF)Malcolm.Arison. (Vessel class unknown)
At 21:35 , -Isa_Agamemnon reported sighting of a Rhineland Battleship.
Within minutes, many more contacts were detected. Below is a partial listing of enemy forces that arrived during the engagement.(* Indicates after action status, if known. Some scan data is missing, due to interruption in log transfer.)
Hostile Contacts
RNC-Stormholm: Rhineland Battleship (Inflicted fatal damage to LNS-Hello.Kitty)
[RM]-Maj.Verena.Higham - (Downed 2 Liberty vessels, including Black River)
[RM]_Lt.Hans.Putzkammer -*Downed by LNS-Hello.Kitty
[RM]-Hg.Albert.Keller -*Downed by ElekTeK
[RM]Fl.Karl.Hoch -*Downed by Liberty Forces(Downed 2 Liberty Vessels)
[RM]-Fl.Laura.Schoon (Downed 3 Liberty Vessels)
[RM]-Fl.Dominik.Mertins (Downed 1 Liberty Vessel, major assist in another)
[RM]-Koenigstein (Downed 3 Liberty Vessels)
[RM]-Blitz-1 -*Downed by pilot error
[RHA]-RED-21 (Downed 1 Liberty Vessel)
-VF)Malcolm.Arison. (-Downed by LNS-Voidrunner)
-VF)Daniel.Boehmer (-Destroyed in fight, cause unknown.)
RK-Theodor.Osterkamp[K] (-Downed by [RHA]-Red-19 )
Paul.Bommel (-Downed by [RHA]-Red-19 )(Downed 1 Liberty Vessel)
Leopold.Dilz (-Downed by -Isa_Agamemnon)
Peter.Kranz- (-Downed by LNS-Revenge)
Konrad.Fleischer (-Downed by John.Eagle) -2140
Konrad.Fleischer (-Note same Transponder ID. Vessel with this name downed by LN-Mathew.Dragon)-2141
Konrad.Fleischer (-Note same Transponder ID. Vessel with this name downed by Elektek)-2144
Konrad.Fleischer (-Note same Transponder ID. Vessel with this name downed by LN-Mathew.Dragon)-2146
Konrad.Fleischer (-Note same Transponder ID. Vessel with this name downed by Black River)-2152
Otto'Ketzer'Bachmeier (-*Downed by Liberty Forces)(Downed 3 Liberty Vessels)
[RHA]-Red-19 Downed 2 of the Rhineland Military Vessels, with no kills recorded against Liberty Forces. This should be noted for possible future use.
The fire became quite intense, as we were swarmed by groups of Rhineland strikecraft. Our losses mounted very quickly. The below data is difficult to read.
21:39, LNS-Voidrunner was downed by enemy fire.
21:44, LNS-Revenge was downed by enemy fire.
21:45, Strikecraft "Hologram" was downed by enemy fire.
21:46, LNS-Fireway was downed by enemy fire.
21:47, -Isa_Agamemnon was downed by enemy fire.
21:49, [SA]-LNS-Ben.Franklin was downed by enemy fire.
21:50, LNS-Big_Edison was downed by enemy fire.
21:50, Strikecraft Otto_Schmidt was downed by enemy fire.
21:52, Strikecraft Arronax was downed by enemy fire.
21:52, LNS-Defiance was downed by enemy fire.
21:52, LNS-Levan was downed by enemy fire.
21:52, Strikecraft Sabio was downed by enemy fire.
21:53, Mission Commander LN-Mathew.Dragon was downed by enemy fire.
21:54, LNS-Hello.Kitty was downed by friendly fire, after heavy close contact with RNC-Stormholm.
At 21:54, LNS-Black.River sustained fatal hits,resulting in shield and then hull failure. Engine reactor lost containment, and I was forced to give the order to abandon ship.
21:55, -SSC-Pathfinder was downed by enemy fire.
21:55, Strikecraft ElekTeK was downed by enemy fire.
A neutral, civilian vessel was at the site of the battle, transponder tag [+]-Centre.of.Healing . This vessel, under personal risk to life and ship, rescued many of the crew of several downed ships, saving many lives.
After ordering evac of the ship, and clearing the scene of the battle while under fire, we have been recovered by Liberty Forces, and were brought to Battleship Mississippi, then on back to San Jacinto. I regret to report the following casualty figures. Out of my crew of 35, 7 are unaccounted for, and an additional 9 are confirmed killed in action. Still debriefing my remaining crew, which may better determine the status of missing personnel.
Casualty List
M. Adams, Executive Officer, [color=#FFFF33]-Wounded
D.Minor, Bridge Officer, -Wounded
M. Swaim, Gunnery Officer, -Wounded
J.Davis, Gunnery Officer, -Wounded
R.Mathias, Gunnery Officer, -Wounded
L.Scott, Systems Maintainance Officer, -Wounded
E.Hamilton, Gunnery Officer, -Missing In Action
J.Kitel, Gunnery Officer, -Missing In Action
V.Barrington, Medic, -Missing In Action
H.Kimble, Chief Engineer,-Missing In Action
S.Grey, Engineer, -Missing In Action
T.Kennedy, Engineer, -Missing In Action
X.Vard, Systems Maintainance Officer, -Missing In Action
A. Bellington, Gunnery Officer, -Killed In Action
I.Harland, Gunnery Officer, -Killed In Action
P.Townsend, Gunnery Officer, -Killed In Action
G.Lyman, Engineer, -Killed In Action
B.Parker, Engineer, -Killed In Action
F.Dell, Marine, -Killed In Action
O.Reed, Marine, -Killed In Action
R.Arden, Marine, -Killed In Action
J.Goslin, Marine, -Killed In Action
A recovery operation is being mobilized, slated to commence [**REDACTED**]. Hopefully additional crew can be recovered. I am told several of the downed ships may be recoverable, and consquently repairable. I'll await the results of that mission before I attempt to have Black River stricken from the register. Although I suspect the primary purpose of the recovery operation shall be the larger hulls that were lost.
Liberty has had a devastating day. We've lost a lot of good people. I need a few days off, gotta tend to my wounded, rec for replacements, and go get my missing people back. I hope the recovery mission is successful.
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