Well this has been quite the interesting evening. I received a message earlier today on the usual 17th frequency from F.O. Anna Johnsons. Apparently the Valor Battleship "The Eglantine" was flying trough Leeds and she encountered it. The captain, who we all know is of good intent, brought the vessel there in order to speak with the Bretonians.
Sadly enough, no talk could arise because of some other Gauls who came by and attacked our Colonial craft as well as a BPA one. Johnsons' ship was blown up but luckily the captain of the Eglantine took her pod in and i've later came to recover it, as well as direct the captain. I'm still wondering why isn't that man joining the Council, but as long as he's by our side i don't mind.
:::Encrypted per C.I.S. Protocols:::
Access granted to:
Director of Colonial Intelligence (Aidan White)
17th Squadron
Head of the Colonial Military (Roger Anders)
Director, Commander, Fellow Agents...
There's another part of this story you should know - but i believe we need to keep it under closed doors until the circumstances change.
LeLouch D'Aramis, whom we all know, seems to have finally come into Sirius and, if i may add, very determined. He wanted to bring up the subject of nomad infestation and explain towards the other houses what is happening inside Gallia. After i managed to RV with the Eglantine in Magellan, i've also noticed a BPA Officer who was present.
Sadly enough, a rather unexpected commotion did not allow for the BPA Officer to be present in the entire time, yet we also met with LN Officers who seemed interested in what D'Aramis had to say. To skip over the unimportant details, i'll mention that in the end, a LN Officer, Alan Polstari, and I came on-board the Eglantine in order to discuss with D'Aramis. After a long debate and some flagrant statements made by the Gaul - as well as an astonishing unveiling of a former-infectee's body - we reached a conclusion. The threat that rises within the very heart of Gallia grows and there is now need for involvement from numerous parties. Thus, D'Aramis suggested we may have a meeting between him and representatives of the Colonial Republic, Bretonia, Liberty and the Order, for the purpose of finding answers to this dilemma. I myself find it quite an interesting opportunity but i leave it for you to decide.
Still, as i assume Officer Polstari is also reporting to his superiors, we'll probably receive word from the Liberty Navy soon, regarding this matter. If all goes well, all parties will be contacted and we could decide upon a meeting place.
Then again - i think i'm going a bit out of my league here.
Forgive my absence, it's been a rather eventful few days. With the numerous raids from the Outcasts against us and our friends from the IMG, along with the occasional Royalist scum, the Tau's have been keeping me quite busy. Finally am able to sit down and send this report. Lou Marcus is with me, and will sharing a report as well.
There is a matter to which I feel should be sent to all appropriate parties concerning the Outcasts and... Zoners of all people. During a routine run with fellow Colonials, we ventured into Orkney to engage the royalists reported to be in the area. What we did not expect to see were Outcasts in the area, though not surprising that those foul bastards would venture beyond their system to torment more people. Regardless, what concerns me are the following images:
What you see here, are two "Aquilon" class Zoner carriers assisting the Outcasts in the destruction of station named "Freelancer Tavern". Now, am I the only one disturbed by this? Zoners, who claim to be neutral and encourage freedom, are firing upon a station that for all intents and purposes, should be defending! Am I missing something here? Because this looks to me as a shift in Zoner ideals. Perhaps they are not as neutral as we all expected and hoped them to. If they are helping Outcasts, this is something we need to look into and investigate. If we can't trust the Zoners and have to worry about their involvement with the Outcasts, how can we feel safe docking on their Freeports in the Taus and dealing with them? I for one, will be undocking from the Freeport I was staying on and relocating to Hades.
For now though, I hope this message reaches you all safely. Now, I believe Lou has something to say. Lou?
:::Re-directing Transmission source:::
*Sips drink* Evenin' Ladies and Gentlemen,
I don't have anything quite as pressing as Chris's report, but important nonetheless in my honest opinion lads... and gals! During one of my routes through the Cambridge system, I encountered a ship on my long range scanners. Didn't think much of it, until I looked out the side viewport. I saw a massive ******* Zoner ship! Sorry for the harsh words, but damn! Haven't seen anything like it before. I cross-referenced through all my databases, and the only information I came up with was a word. "Nephilim". Don't know about you, but it scared the crap outta me! Got a picture of the ship too.
On a side note, for all my fellow movers, careful when hiring anyone from the company "Security Escort Service", if you don't have one of our own escortin' ya. I think it's a front for a cult of people who commit suicide by dive-bombing planets. Really strange. But yeah, got a automated system comm from one of their ships. After seeing the below image, I don't trust 'em to escort movers on even the most easy and basic of routes.
Quite the interesting flight i had today. Not a long one, but surely intriguing and... peculiar.
After a short patrol over Tau-37 along the IMG - an uneventful patrol, i might add - I came back into Tau 23. Surprisingly enough i found a group of KNF operatives engaging one-another. Aside from the fact that some of them had peculiar credentials and IFF transponders, i couldn't notice anything and i needed to RV with W.O. Raegan and F.O. Schwarz so i left the spot. Later on we proceeded into Tau 29 and suddenly found one of the KNF pilots who was fighting earlier. I'm inclined not to believe this but she claims she's an enemy of the KNF, while also fighting for Kusari. I wonder if this is similar to the Council.
Anyhow, the woman didn't wish to give too many details but she pointed out a name we may contact for it. I believe the High Command may wish to at least investigate this. Even if it might be nothing - it's worth to see if we can gain more allies. She shared the credentials of "Rear Admiral Sakamoto", in case we may pursue this.
Message Type: After-Action Report
CommID: Warrant Officer Shanda, Elizabeth
Location: Barrier Gate Station, Coronado System
25-05 Report
Ladies, Gentlemen,
today, it's up to me to hand in a report about the latest incident in Tau 37. I cannot really tell where the people who can't reproduce that well take all the pilots from, but while covering the backs of some IMG security pilots, we encountered damn load of Outcasts! I just couldn't help but have the feeling they found out how to clone themselves now.
Well, whatever, the identification protocols showed the Outcast ships belonged to the Contari Lance family thing, and they're known to be everything but easy kills. And probably that's why our combined strikeforce had such a tough fight with them. I swear, in that bunch of fighters, there were so many vessels that one easily could loose orientation. And while the fighting area drifted towards Freeport 10, it looked like we disturbed a little „party“ of these „Commonwealth“ Zoner folks living up there. I'll be totally honest: With their annoying chatter they made it even more hard to concentrate on our sniffer targets. However, it sounded like they had quite some fun recording all that. I'm not sure, but maybe someone in the administration should check out the Neuralnet and delete this kind of „entertainment“ material. Otherwise, I have to talk to them when I meet these guys the next time.
But even if it was difficult to aim at the right targets in that bunch of ships, I can confirm that the IMG and our guys got quite some kills to write on their boards! Sadly enough, I was shot down in the middle of the battle. I really have to say: Those escape pods are damn hard to shoot down! 'Cause I'm sure these 'Casts tried it more than three times until somebody picked me up.
However, guncam proof of several ships being shot down are attached to this file, in case anybody is requesting proof for any kill claimed this day.
seems like there's always something going on around the Republic. Mostly it's trouble, I guess, though. Long story short, while checking the systems of my Pytho together with Weapons Officer Davids, I received a message from Warrant Officer Stewart over the emergency frequencies. Couldn't believe it in the beginning, but he was talking something about a lightly armoured Outcast „Storta“ destroyer flying through Coronado. I guess something smells fishy with this one, as even the 'casts do not send out nearly unarmoured vessels usually. Maybe the „Sania1“ tagged destroyer had some kind of special equipment or something like that on board.
But however, I checked out the situation, and as soon as Davids and me arrived in Scanner range of Stewart I noticed that we had help from a 15th pilot, callsign „Moonbeam“. It did not take long for our bombers' weapon systems to charge, and thus quickly a fight started.
I blame a malfunction of his ship for this, but Warrant Officer Stewart's vessel has been disabled directly after the conflict began. No matter if it was a malfunction or not, I was that kind and picked his pod up quickly.
Even though we lost one vessel during the fight, I personally can confirm the complete destruction of the destroyer class capital ship. Through one of my SNAC projectiles. Looks like I can mark the first kill on my Pytho today!
However, guncam proof of „Sania1“'s destruction is attached to this file.
Good day to you all, my fellow pilots. I have a great victory to report for our cause.
I was preparing to launch from the Carrier Hades when I was alerted to a distress call from a [color=#0000CD]Unione Corse member, designation "[UC]-Eclaireur.4", in Tau-23. According to the call, an Outcast Storta-class destroyer, designation "Highway.patrol", was harassing him/her, and that bomber support was needed. It was at this point that Falcon and I responded in two Pythos, and engaged the Storta above the Tau-39 jumphole. After prolonged engagement, I began to run out of self-repair units, at which point Falcon kindly suggested I head back to resupply. Trusting he and the Corsican could hold off the ship, I arrived at the Hades quickly, and soon departed once stocked up on nanobots and shield batteries. Upon arriving near the Tau-23 jumphole, the Storta had jumped into Tau-39, and was still being pursued by both of my allies. I rushed to their aid, and after a swift series of attacks, the mighty beast lay dead.
That is all I have to report for today. I wish you all safe flying, Military and Mover alike.
This is Flight Officer Sayyid al-Faaris, logging off.
Analysis of the jumpdrive mounted on the TAZ Carrier proved inconclusive, and no new territory was mapped given the fairly well-known exit point of Delta. On a positive note, personal funds never do hurt...
Patrol of the Tau sector interrupted by a Jacques Fontaine of the Royal Navy. A patient set of hands on my controls spelt his Lynx's demise.
Accompanying a Guild convoy through Rheinland did not yield any noteworthy surveillance.
A later sighting of the Coalition-crewed Kronos previously named the Hammer in Bretonia will likely mean a reminder about their operational guidelines. Soon after I was set upon by a rather idiotic Molly. Rather than pay a toll, I simply removed the 'booth'.
Agent Sage, ending report.
Commander Anders from Sabah once more,
Since we have managed to fully repair the Ganymede (significantly with materials from the Deimos) and had it under my direct command, another heavy asset in the Fleet has been most useful. Our new home has had a Royalist- and Maltese-associated group and station removed, and more recently a rather overconfident and unprotected Valor was crippled in Leeds alongside the Bretonians.
As I said, simple enough. Commander Roger Andersanderanderanderanderanderanderander
I forget how cold Pecos is...
Down here again after escorting a shipment of pretty clean Cardi that we acquired from a Junker - he wasn't needing it any more. Kudos to David on the Calypso for his reckless charge, not bad for a Mover. Anyway, should be enough to stop some of those unlucky sods from falling over and losing their organ function.
Decided to get the old names scraped off my ships what with the new Eros coming in, so I'll be under some of my own callsigns. Don't worry, I'll be sure to let the nuggets know it is me in there.
Also down here checking on Connors. He's still been flying after handing the nuggets' reins over to me, but has managed to do himself quite the number. Usual cardi interception, except we managed to pierce the fuel tank on the smuggler's busted old Firefly just as the idiot disrupted Chris' shields - sent him jarring straight into a rock and mangled up his cockpit. He's in the medbay for a while. Word is something similar happened to his old man back in his prime...
Frost out. Callsign - Shotglass
Susan coming in from Tau-23,
Quite the messy situation Jackson and I ran in on, with Royalists, Council, Dragons, miners and Outcasts all around Java. For whatever reason, the Dragons really disliked the Council and damaged them, but not before we'd thumped away at the GRN a bit. Our snub cover demolished theirs, with the last one deciding to chase me closely enough to catch my mine payload. Jackson can chalk that one up though. What surprised me was a woman in the command of a Zoner homeship charging in on our side! Although it didn't quite work out there, the Council arrived and we blew the Valor near Sanday.
Rather a nice little operation, I thought.
Earlier today, I was moving to interdict Gallic shipping in my Pytho, when an EFL escort, callsign "EFL|Accompangner.1", engaged me whilst the transports escaped. Without warning, a Chrysanthemum IFF, Outcast ID Sabre, callsign "Soulfrost", engaged me in battle, aiding the EFL ship. Eagle of the 49th came to my aid, and together we managed to force the EFL ship to retreat, and destroy the Sabre. Unfortunately, the Gallic merchantman managed to escape in the ensuing skirmish. That is all for today's report.
Signing off.
Good evening, everyone.
As per my assignment, I managed to fulfill my task of conducting reconnaissance behind enemy lines yesterday, particularly in the systems of Omicron Alpha, Omicron-80, and Lorraine. Overall, no major threats, save for ones already known, were detected on the route to Gallia. Peculiarly, I found a base orbiting Planet Carinea in the Siniestre Cloud, which my IFF showed as "Nuevo Amanecer". I am unaware of whether or not such a base is within our databases already, although it never hurts to assume otherwise. The rest of the run went without incidence. Attached are map scans for Omicron Alpha, Omicron-80, and Lorraine.
The next day, as I was patrolling Tau-29, a Shukensha that claimed to have helped the Movers appeared, notably using a cloaking device. After conversation, it was clear that the inhabitant of this ship was an artificial intelligence, that identified itself as "ADAI". I talked to David Tennyson before about his encounter with it, and the description seems to match. It seems to have a personality of sorts, particularly one of extreme pride, and a general disdain for humans, though more from a slight irritation at what "she" believes is our so-called stupidity. When I asked about her motivations, she described her desire to add more parts in order to develop her "Quantum Core", a device the basically acts as her brain, and has the ability to perform actions on other systems. As a precaution, I have done a complete system wipe of any electronic devices on my person, including the shipboard computer. I don't want it taking over anything without me knowing. So far, its intentions are not the most hostile we've encountered. The encounter ended on quite amiable terms. I have attached a log of the events to this report. In the future, it'll be wise to treat it with the utmost caution, and slowly, we may begin to evaluate its usefulness.
Prior to shipping out to the Tau region, I felt it was necessary to get a handle on my Nyx fighter. I managed to join up with a small patrol consisting of the members listed above, both of the Warrant Officers roughly being new to the Colonial Military, like myself.
We started our patrol in the Coronado system. Our first encounter was an Outcast fighter who Sierra and Warrant Officer Mercer escorted out towards Tau-29, while Warrant Officer Chamberlain and I patrolled around Barrier Gate and Pecos, looking for anything or anyone that may cause unwanted trouble.
From there, Chamberlain and I regrouped with the others at the Baffin Jumphole and proceeded on a long distance patrol around the Tau region. Our first stop was the Rousslin system where we encountered a single Council Redemption, the CLT-Jean.Bart, I believe was the hull name. Upon ensuring Rousslin was clear from any aggravated threats, we proceeded into the Tau-29 region. Everything in system was surprisingly quiet as we made our patrol, near the end and upon our return, we crossed paths with an artificial intelligence cruiser that soon left without igniting any hostilities, despite Warrant Officer Mercer, and Agent Sierra's hatred for the machines.
Once the cruiser had disappeared from our sights, the patrol moved off towards Baffin, once more into Coronado, and then out into Cortez where the patrol split into two teams. Team one, consisting of Agent Sierra and Warrant Officer Chamberlain, and Team two, consisting of Warrant Officer Mercer and I. The teams went separate ways ensuring that both tradelanes to Manchester and California were secured. Of which, they were. (Mercer and I encountered a rookie patrol of Hackers which were quickly dispatched of.)
Upon returning to Coronado for a second time, Sierra decided to give us a tour of Colonial held space, and territory previously held by the Colonial Republic. He showed us a couple of key locations within Coronado in which I took this image with my gun cam. After this, we proceed our towards Tau-29 once more. It wasn't long until we found ourselves in Tau-39 with Sierra and Mercer discussing what happened during the Colonial Exodus. Personal details that I'll exclude here.
Upon making our way back towards Coronado, we encountered a Gallic transport that refused to drop it's cargo and demanded that we left Gallic owned space. The transport was quickly removed from service.
The patrol eventually made it's way back towards Coronado without much of a hassle and turned in for the night. I... myself... will now be heading down to the new bar that just opened up.
>>Playing Audio<< I...won't bother going into detail about the previous patrol, I mean, Ms. Langley has that covered, right?
The only thing worth mention is that I've left a Gallic Cruiser Commander, Gunboat Captain, and two fighter pilots in the brig, here on Sabah Shipyard....anyway, that's not what this message is for.
What I really wanna say is how beautiful Coronado is, and how I think that it's definitely a home worth defending...even if you all were forced here by...absolutely horrendous circumstances.
I'm glad that I came here from Liberty, and I'll... cease to exist, before I allow what happened in Tau 44, to happen in Coronado. That's a promise.
This is my new home, and that means more to me than any of you know.
Anyway whatever, I better stop running my mouth, huh?
Went on my first patrol and was accompanied by Warrant Officer Lazarus Mercer, I took the initiative of acting CO, Mercer complied. We went straight for 23 and began there, quickly moving over to 37 for a full scan all the way down to the Alpha Hole. Not much resistance until that point, a few 'cast patrols here and there but we took them without much of a problem. I decided to take the risk and jump to Alpha, luckily the Malta Defense Grid wasn't really heavily manned at the time and we only came face to face with a few small patrols at first, they were dispatched to hell quick enough.
Though they had alerted their heavy guns, Malta defense replied with a dreadnought patrol, we cruised around their defense grid for around 5 or 10 minutes before returning to 37, no damage sustained. We continued the patrol to 37 and to 29 from there and back to Coronado. Nothing major in either system, just some Royal Navy patrols which we took care of.
Both of us reported back to Sabah, no damage. Although we did collect quite a bit of loot, enough salvage to make sure a few of our fighters keep flying for a while.
Westridge out.
receiving data stream..data file clean..
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