To: Her Majesty's Most Diligent Interdiction Wing
ID: Gareth Silves
Subject: Potential Operational Concept
Origin: Tau-31
Hello lads, Captain Campbell,
I finally hauled my forsaken wreck of a Templar back from the edge of the Hokkaido cloud, only to find the mess we're now in. One report here is pretty hasty, all I know is it says not to head back to Bretonnia. Bah, I'll figure the details later. I also managed to log the operational notes from your communique with the Council Captain.
Final administrative point, congratulations Captain on coming to the head. You need any help with the paper work let me know. They groom us well for that in the army....
Alright, to business. My boat finally repaired I set off from Ainu, and got into a discussion with Lady Red of the GC, callsign [GC+]Lady.Red. She had just been shot up by the damned Gallic Navy. I won't bore you with the complete log, but suffice it to say she expressed interest in continued cooperation with us. This might take the form of supply exchanges. We do need drop points for the stuff Gallia no longer needs no? If the GRN continues to attack the GC, this could also lead to joint combat operations against the Gallics. Lady Red stressed she was not an elder, but a formal overture to the GC leadership might be due.
As much as I love that boat of a Templar, I put in all the way back to the Derby, where my Paladin had been sitting. I used my old BAF uniform and......a liberal use of language to get back to my faithful fighter without anyone raising a fuss. Only to find they went and scrapped the thing for some new model anyway. Anyway, I got a Paladin back, if not the one I went for in the first place.
I set into a patrol through Tau-31, 23, Orkney and into Languedoc. The quick lesson here was that the Languedoc jump hole is heavily guarded and turned into a choke point by minefields on both sides. This is not a good route in and out of Gallia. Their tradelanes are also heavily defended at all points, interdiction work will likely require at least pairs for success.
On my own for today, I headed back to Tau-23 to come across the friendly neighbourhood GRN, along with a couple of unidentified craft. On approach to identify I captured the following: 12
The Aliens, as the GRN officer called them, took off and I was left fight the Frog. System-wide chatter started coming in of an exchange somewhere else in the system, and eventually my combat with the GRN rolled over into a much larger fracas with the MNS Satan and two Outcast snubcraft engaged with two GRN Valor class battleships. We were hard pressed to start, so I continued to pressure the Lynx in order to let the Outcast Falcata go to work on the Valors. Lucky for us, two Maquis vessels joined in, one bomber class and one gunboat class. This tipped the battle and after that we made short work of the Valors. However, the battle had pushed us hard against the Battleship Guilestre and everyone had taken damage, so the Maquis and the Outcasts backed off for repair and resupply. I thought it best to do the same.
Comm ID: Fortunatus Wright, KBE Location:***scrambled***
What ho, my lords and ladies! Decided to take the St George back into Bretonia, now that the Admiralty seems to like us again. Time to keep my eyes open for some sneaky bastards trying to haul gold ore through to Gallia, thought I. No sooner than I got to Stokes did I run into one of those damned frogs, thinking to bully our lads in the BAF. Well, in fact he succeeded, a green ensign falling to the froggies damn guns. But I rescued the poor blighter, and then set in to teach a lesson in firepower to one with little between his ears. He didn't last long against the St George's gunners.
Bastard didn't have a drop of wine on him. I was most put out. Still, that's one for the Queen! Come join me on Leeds for a while. We can sink a few barrels. Seems my house is still standing, somehow. There's room enough, lads, before we ship out to Gallia to help the Black Guard.
To: Her Majesty's Most Diligent Interdiction Wing
ID: Gareth Silves
Subject: Bases, IDF
Origin: Tau-31
Well, well seems like I finally found some good hunting today.
That station that was wantonly broadcast over the neural net, the one in Tau-23 built by the Gallics and the IMG, I managed to take a look at it. Nothing went on but some internal IMG activity. Not really my concern that, but I've attached the flight recorder data. Second image just shows the refinery at the top of the frame in relation to Java Station. Mark the location and watch for Gallic shipments. The refinery is above the sun on the Z coordinate.
After that I stopped an IDF transport in Orkney, she was empty but spilling all kinds of filth against the Queen, then openly attacked me. It seems the IDF aren't content just to run, but will actively fight even in their trains. Note, this Gallic model was heavily armed for its size and configuration, but she still died well enough.
Finally, I took a short stop by the coordinates forwarded from the BIS for Seychelles Depot. She's definitely there. Damaged as I was, I could do little more than prompt them to put the shields up and waste supplies before retreating for repairs.
To: Her Majesty's Most Diligent Interdiction Wing
ID: Gareth Silves
Subject: Return
Origin: Tau-31
Right lads,
I know I've been a bit absent lately. I've heard some rumblings of a shift coming, and dealing with that has been keeping me glued to the finest piece of flat something that will pass for a desk. It seems the admiralty may be wanting a "proper" Lord Privateer to come around.
I'll be trying to keep more attentive moving forward, but things are still more a mess than normal. I will continue to answer trandtional communication, and where I can get the set tuned in I'll pick out your S.K.Y.P.3 broadcasts as well.
New targets added to the target list. If you see any UMAD miners out there, bring them down.
Finally, there's a privateer outside our wing by the name of Hone. Work with him if it's to your benefit, but don't trust him too far until we have a better idea the kind of man he is.
Sender:Christine Scherbatsky Location: Planet Marne, Champagne system, Gallia To:Privateers, BAF High Command Subject:Well done. Encryption:High Priority:High
(08-29-2013, 12:27 PM)andreo009 Wrote:
....Incoming Transmission....
...Opening Channel...
..Streaming..
.Decrypting. ID: Jeff Bloom
Encryption: High
Priority: High
Subject: In response to recent events in the Tau systems
Good day Captain Scherbatsky.
In light of recent events, admiralty has seen fit to offer you the chace to redeem yourself and wipe the new stains and accusations from your reputation.
Since you are one of very few shipcaptains who have ventured this far from Bretonian controlled territory, your assignment is simple:
Provide us with evidence of 3 successful kills/piracies within a week as of now
To prevent any misunderstandings we are sending you this certified QCP Info package. Read it carefully upon receival.
Should you have any issues with joining the ranks of the privateers then you may always use the bases of the Council as staging points to attack Gallic targets in Gallia. You will find little trouble with the Bounty Hunters Guild there.
A word of warning:
Should any complaints about unauthorised actions reach our ears again ... then I trust the consequences won't be too hard to imagine.
Personally, I'm sure you will grasp this new opportunity with both hands and have little questions concerning the above.
Upon completing your task forward a mission report to the QCP| message dump and/or a copy to my desk. As of then we will consider this matter settled.
Good luck.
For the Armed Forces Admiralty Board
Commodore Jeff Bloom
.Decryping Complete.
..End of Stream..
...Closing Channel...
....Transmission Terminated....
Greetings,
3 kills or 3 piracies within a week... Hmmm. You gave me this task and I did it.
First one was kusari freighter "Kamome" in Kyushu system. I told him to stop but as usual trader he tried to ran. Then I stopped him and asked him for 2,000,000 fine. But I don't know if he had injured head, he told me something about ID and ID rules... He was insane and didn't pay, then I destroyed him.
Next time I found really "BIG" target, in Kusari again. Samura Industries factory on the way to the Okinawa. Okinawa Jump Gate was near and then we demanded few credits for this large thing. But he called us fools and then he said we are supid. That was good enough and we opened fire. Barge was damaged and he tried to be nice. "Sorry" he said, but it was too late. In the he was insane and he started talking something about RP and we should leave him when he said "sorry".
Next target was in Gallia Kingdom... Provence system...
Long range sensors detected two transport ships. First transport was "Pachyderme" and second transport was "Ryujiin". I found Kusari train first and I stopped him near Dauphine jump hole. I disrupted his cruise engines and asked him for small donation. He refused and he tried run to the Dauphine, where I catched him. Gaul's Ryujin was destroyed behind the hole, where Brigands helped me.
Fortunatus pushed hard on the door to the Craven's Nest. Hinges squealed in protest as the door was slowly forced open. He looked sadly at the scene that spread before him.
Where had they all gone? His companions, his wingmen, his friends. Sir Andrew Stuart, Sir Jack Fraser, Finn Hopkins, Lord Sir Reginald Notworthy III, Reginald Notworthy IV, Nobby Preston, Maggie Hacket, Josephine Monson, Victor Henderson, Earl Grey, Sir Marty Mindry, Sir Arnold Rimmer, Michael Greaves, "Salty" Bob, Alain Tessier, Reginald Dobson, Thomas Witte, Arthur Wilson, Lord Thaddeus J Smithington-Smythe, Nathan Hargreaves, Martin Barclay and all the others he had flown with, drunk with, laughed with.
This was truly a sad day. He left the door open on his way out. Maybe someone would find this place and breathe new life into it.
Gallic Metal Service Miner... Going from Kyushu to Gallia... Paid me some credits.
Few Froggies tried their skills.
I had to destroy Samura transport, which was flying to Gallia.
Pirate in London - Eliminated with help of Jack Sparrow...
Mollys and Communist swine in Dublin...
'Casts... Of course nothing new... Some are clever, some are dumb.
Pirates and Freelancers who refused to pay or tried to kill us.
And little IMG in Big Spatial who hit me with Nova...
I took IMG ore and delivered it to Denver in Colorado... Profit around 30,000,000 Credits!!!
I found large Liberty fleet... I followed them... 'Casts and Rogues.
After a fight =LSF= did something unexpected.
Well I was expecting it, but still I wanted to see that fire show!! And I found how nice they can be to guests...
I'm sorry, if it's short... I'm just tired after a hard day. Who wouldn't be...
ID: Hamish Williams
To: Her Majesty's Most Diligent Interdiction Wing
Subject: Periodic Report
Origin: Tau-23 - Cali Base
I am currently in residence at Cali. This is a fall back position for me, as I had hoped to make my way into the Gallic territories. Unfortunately, while my local contacts knew there are jump holes into the froggy worlds, they do not know of a way through the mine fields that surround them.
As of this time, I am making friends and influencing people and taking out the occasional (//npc) convoy. There must be a way in, since the convoys still travel. Unfortunately, shadowing them is not viable since the escorts take offense to me hanging off their tail.
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