COMM ID: [color=#99FFFF] Recruit George Lawson TARGET ID:Liberty Navy Reporting Terminal SUBJECT:Fight at Manhattan ENCRYPTION:Medium PRIORITY:Medium
Good evening,
I started my first patrol by launching from Manhattann where I came across a most unusual sight, a brawl was taking place near Manhattan, with Fleet Admiral Hale and Ensign Cahoone battling with a Order Osiris (Callsign: xX_Imotep_Xx) of all things. The LSF and several LPI and LN secondary fleet pilots were engaged with a Hacker, Nikolai.Diavolo. The Fleet Admiral departed to command the Durango in order to destroy this Osiris, leaving myself and Ensign Cahoone to keep the Osiris occupied until the Durango arrived.
Suffice to say the Osiris was quite keen to get rid of us and after a while we lost a Secondary Fleet pilot, Ian.Johnson to it's main guns and barrage of missiles. The Durango arrived shortly afterwards and proceeded to rip into the Osiris, which was destroyed in short order.
With that; we decided to observe the Hacker, who had made a run for Rochester base. Interestingly once we were in the immediate vicinity of Rochester the Hacker decided to put up a, admittedly feeble fight. However, once things went pear shaped he predictably docked on Rochester.
[font=agency fb]ID: [color=#FFFFFF]Captain Matt Smith Target:All Liberty Navy Officers Location:Battleship Missouri, New York Encryption:Medium Priority: Medium Subject: Knackered
A'ight lads,
Feels good tae be strapped back intae my Guardian. Responding tae reports of a massed Rheinlander attack in New York - I deployed fae the Missouri. Immediately, five [51st] pilots were on the scene, trying tae get scans on tha' Norfolk Shipyards.
They didnae get any scans.
Tha' first bomber was taken oot, that left tha' Wraiths. We were making some great progress up tae when a load of Pirate gunboats arrived. Seein' them as tha' bigger target, we proceed tae take 'um oot one by one till tha' Cloverfield arrived to deal out some damage tae tha' [51st] fighters.
Finally, once we thought everythin' was done.. Another Tridente popped up! It was promptly stopped and executed.
Yers truly got tha' winnin' shot on 3 o'tha gunboats.. However, it was a great team effort. Mah thanks tae Patrol.27, Untreue and Cooper n'Ashfield. An' anyone else I fergot.
Whiskys behind tha' bar when yer offshift lads n'lasses.
COMM ID: [color=#99FFFF] Recruit George Lawson TARGET ID:Liberty Navy Reporting Terminal SUBJECT:Fight at Manhattan ENCRYPTION:Medium PRIORITY:Medium
Good evening,
A patrol from yesterday. I launched from the Missouri and recieved a distress call from the LNS Oregon near West Point that two Outcasts were near the lanes. I headed with all haste towards West Point and came across the two Outcasts; callsigns Crazy.jebediah and Hans.Charine. They immediately started fleeing when I came in range and repeatedly stated that they had no intentions of pirating and that they were just looking for some money to buy basic necessities. Well, I didn't buy their sob story and contined the chase. I even offered them the chance to leave, without any unecessary bloodshed. They didn't take it.
Both outcasts foolishy tried to split up and flee. I didn't work, the Oregon intercepted Hans.Charine and I pursued and eventually destroyed Crazy.Jebediah after a furious dogfight. I returned to Manhattan where a rather large crowd of pirates had gathered. Then some Rheinlander Military wing showed up. The [51st].
Well, reinforcements arrived and we enaged the Rheinlanders. Though after a rather fierce fight I was forced to eject. Was picked up by some wreckage crews sent in after several hours later.
NAME: Jorzza Clark
RANK: Lieutenant Junior Grade
TARGET: High Command
LOCATION: Battleship Rio Grande
ENCRYPTION:Medium
PRIORITY:Medium
(//oorp: i lost all my guncam shots becuase fraps decided to freeze up -_- not happy bout it considering
but there are [LN] Officers to vouch for my actions)
Took off from the Missouri and RV'ed with Admiral Hale and Defmir. we where quickly joined by Cahoone.
we then proceeded into Alaska and took out a Order Osiris. Afterwards we went over to California, encountered a LH shipment to Alcatraz, but it was too late when we picked them up, also we all picked off a Tridente, that had a terrible gun crew. Headed back to New York, and once i thought it was quiet, and Hale saying he feels a wave of Pirates headed to Liberty. What do you know. It happens. but they were quickly disposed of. We got word that there was a Spyglass in Colorado so i switched to my Cup.....i mean Upholder Bomber and went to the Spy glasses location where the Integrity, and one of our Repair Ships. (as well as a LNS LSC). it was taken out quickly, there isn't a hull in existence that can handle the combined fire of 2 LSCs and a SNAC bomber. once the dust had settled we went back to Norfolk, oh and Cahoone had disappeared. presumed landed. i swapped back to my Guardian VHF and met up with a certain reservist. a IC convoy asked for a escort so we went to Kepler. RV'ed with them. i was in the forward recon position so i didn't see the HF who had been detected by the rear guard. Me and Hale made sure the Convoy was safe in NY. we went back to Colorado where i formed up with Defmir and intercepted a HF fighter and we then engaged it and it turned quickly into a storm and the HF was quickly reinforced by more HF and a XA. in this fight i was under constant fire by HF fighters. in the end the hull structure fell apart and i ejected the pilots module. where i was then picked up by search and rescue. so that accounts my actions until i started writing this report.
anyhow
Laters
Clark Out
COMM ID: [color=#99FFFF]Lieutenant Jacob Beumont TARGET ID:Liberty Navy SUBJECT:Patrol ENCRYPTION:Medium PRIORITY:Low
Beumont here.
Went out for a quick patrol tonight, and found trouble at Fort Bush. A Xeno Eagle by the name of Pangolin popped out of the tradelane and starting shooting wildly at me. I retaliated, and managed to drive it off before it escaped using some sort of tech that allowed it to disappear into thin air next to Baltimore. I went on to find an AI Ship being fired upon, and it was carrying a large amount of friendly pilots. However, since it followed my orders to the letter, I let it go after I took back the allied pilots. In that time, an Outcast bomber showed up and threw a few verbal insults my way, and I gave pursuit due to it holding on to several civilian pilots. I caught up with it and halted it, but after repeated attempts to get it to stop, I opened fire. Right before I had the killshot, I let it go due to it dropping all of its Pilots, and that it was nearly dead. I also collected a fine that was sent to an armory in Virginia via wire.
I went back to Manhattan to find a ship named High-Berry stocked full of Cardamine. Unfortunately, even after said transport dropped cargo, an overzealous Navy Gunboat by the name of LNS-Mardig opened fire, and ignored my order to hold fire. For this reason, I let the transport off without a fine, and due to LNS-Mardig's rash action, gave a verbal warning to the Gunboat captain which he proceeded to call '**', and flew off in anger. Sadly, the Transport with the cardamine didn't take the hint, and tried to pick up Cardamine and fly off. I managed to snatch a guncam of it with more cardamine. I gave pursuit, however it dropped the cargo in mid flight, proclaimed itself to be innocent, and proceeded to evade arrest until it got away due to a Cruise Disrupter malfunction.
I landed on Manhattan to drop off the pilots, and exited to find High-Berry back again with Cardamine. I gave pursuit once more, and the same routine happened. He drops in in mid flight and docks on a lawful base with some sort of advanced coding. At this point I was joined by Agent Silverwolf outside of Pittsburgh, because I managed to stop it. We opened fire after its refusal to be arrested, but it docked on Pittsburgh while under our fire.
<div align="right]Sender ID: LPI-D.Dusentrieb[S]
Sender Location: Planet Manhattan, New York System
Greetings Navy command, capital captains and officers,
this is LPI Sergeant Daniel Dusentrieb speaking. I am here to request informations about a specific group that showed up in Liberty. They seem to be from Rheinland and enemies of the Rheinland government. The events some weeks ago when Unioners and Hessians attacked Liberty showed that the enemys of our enemys are not that trustworthy. But I am unsure about the new group as they appear to be not hostile so far.
Today I have encountered multiple ships tagged with "RV^".
Here is a small communications log:
[01.12.2011 20:06:43] RV^Joachim.Wagner.: Volksfreiheitspartei. The People's Freedom Party.
[01.12.2011 20:07:21] RV^Joachim.Wagner.: We are not taking part in any international war, mein Herr.
[01.12.2011 20:07:32] RV^Joachim.Wagner.: The only "war" we wage is against the "Gottkanzler."
[01.12.2011 20:07:42] RV^Joachim.Wagner.: We wish to return Rheinland to a true democracy.
[01.12.2011 20:07:59] RV^Joachim.Wagner.: If we can be of any use to Liberty, we would be glad to cooperate!
[01.12.2011 20:09:53] RV^Joachim.Wagner.: We do not resort to "piracy" unlike many other revolutionaries in Rheinland.
[font=agency fb][color=#FFFFFF]COMM ID:[color=#99FFFF]Commander Angelina Dimitrova/LNS-Endurance TARGET ID: Fleet Admiral David Hale SUBJECT: Return to Active duty ENCRYPTION:High PRIORITY:High
Admiral after a short time in the reserve unit and teaching capital tactics at West Point to recruits. I realized that the reserve fleet is not for me. After flying a few patrols of course.And I here by submit my request to the put back in to active duty from the reserve status back to the active status.
With Respect Angelina Dimitrova
Dimitrova out .
[font=System][color=#FFFFFF]***** End Transmission*****
[font=agency fb][color=#FFFFFF]COMM ID:[color=#99FFFF]Commander Angelina Dimitrova/LNS-Endurance TARGET ID:Liberty Navy High Command SUBJECT: Battle report ENCRYPTION:Medium PRIORITY:High
Afternoon fellow colleges and members of high command. As I was during usual inspections on the fleets that were stationed at planet Houston. The base received a warning about Rheinland military force in Texas. The enemy strike group consisted of 3 Battleships and 4 cruiser class vessels. As the Siege Cruiser Endurance flew in Orbit the Texas defense forces have already been regrouped and ready to attack. There was no Admiral from the Primary fleet to take command of our force. I took command of our fleet.
Soon enough we were told that the Rheinland fleet has out flanked us and blocked the New York gate. To respond fast to this because I didn't want for Rheinland to receive any more backup. So I took what we had and we wen't to face them. I took the Liberty to offer them to surrender themselves but my offer was meet with a mortar on the shields of the Endurance. Well shortly after that the battle wasn't that long the after a nice coordination and organisation we managed to crush the Rheinland armada completely with minimal losses.
Also I will like to report that in the heat of the battle. Our sensors detected some what a strange signal. A LIbretonian Siege Cruiser but it was carrying Hellfire Legion IFF signals.
COMM ID: [color=#99FFFF]Fleet Admiral David Hale TARGET ID:Liberty Navy personel SUBJECT:SCRA ENCRYPTION:Medium PRIORITY:Medium
Hale here.
Ladies and gentlemen of the Navy, today has brought up a confusing set of circumstances.
At approximately 2130 hours SMT, Commander Jasmine Greenson on board the LNS-Loveland recieved a report from scouts in the Magellan system, reporting a large SCRA force of fighter and bomber class vessels led by the cruiser CPW-Radek.
They were intercepted in Colorado, having been tracked by our scouts for some time. They attempted to disguise thier intentions, claiming to be present for the signing of a non existant treaty. This clear and blatant lie roused Commander Greenson's suspicions, and she ordered the crew of the Loveland to battle stations.
The Liberty Navy force, consisting of Captain Joshua Ashfield, Commander Angelina Dimitrova and the mercenary Untreue were lightly outfitted for recon duty, and were only on scene due to a series of training manuevers being conducted from the Loveland.
Greenson's attempts to resolve the situation without a pitched battle failed, and the SCRA opened fire, targetting the Loveland. The crew of the Loveland and her escorts fought bravely, destroying the cruiser CPW-Radek before being overwhealmed by the number of bomber and fighter craft fielded by the SCRA.
The Loveland's reactor went critical at approximately 2200 hours, destroying the ship. Fortunately the majority of the crew were already on board their escape pods, owing again to the quick thinking of Greenson, upon the realisation the situation was hopeless.
Any leader in a time of war understands and acknowleges that any force will sustain losses. However that does not soften the blow. The following men and women are believed to have gone down with the ship, and are missing, presumed dead.
Ensign Anthony Tucker
Ensign David Halton
Junior Lt. Sarah Freeman
Junior Lt. Freya Davis
Lt. Samuel Thomas
Warrant Officer Frederick Olsen
Chief Warrant Officer Alice Dufresne
Navyman Apprentice Alan Southern
Navyman Apprentice Helen Gretchen
Navyman Kimberly Weaver
Navyman Arthur Smith
Navyman Sarah Acosta
Navyman Howard James
Navyman Susan Price
Petty Officer Third Class Matthew Underwood
These men and women gave their life in the service of Liberty. Their sacrifice is not to be forgotten nor diminished by time. I find it hard to express the loss this inflicts not only on their friends and family, but on Liberty as a whole. They lived and died as brave men and women, and fought to the last in the service of their country.
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Following the destruction of the Loveland, a number of Hellfire Legion fighter craft arrived and unexpectedly engaged the damaged SCRA vessels, allowing the crew of the destroyed Loveland time to escape. Captain Ashfield, Commander Dimitrova and the mercenary Untreue also used this opportunity to escape the situation.
Commander Greenson suffered minor injury, and is currently being treated on board the Rio Grande along with the rest of the crew.
My commendations to Commander Greenson, Captain Ashfield and Commander Dimitrova for their swift and decisive action. Their bravery and courage minimised our losses, and allowed us to strike a solid blow against the SCRA, with the destruction of the Radek.
COMM ID: [color=#99FFFF]Ensign Reginald Lewis TARGET ID:Fleet Admiral David Hale SUBJECT:SCRA ENCRYPTION:Medium PRIORITY:Medium
Ensign Lewis here, sir.
From that little incident.... that would mean a renewed state of active interception and hunting regarding Coalition targets? If so, I'd like to make a suggestion. Down in Rhienland, they know the Coalition rather well, and the Westfalen databanks and the POWs we captured there might give us some clues.
I will be keeping my eyes open. We cannot let more people die to terrorists.