A good tandem with you, Breacon Sian. It is unfortunate I could not give you an insight of the Barrier pass. Nothing is lost, however.
Do not be too concerned about what that McCarthy might say. Your choice is excellent.
Males are generally too stupid to be taken seriously. They tend to believe the bigger it is, the better it will be. Overcompensation, perhaps...
Perhaps.
That said, Light Fighters are powerful tools in the right hands. Agility is their key aspect. Remember that next time you will execute the dance of Death.
If you are in need of some tips to increase your survival chances, I will try to help you. Not that I think you lack training; yet, since I was the most talented pilot of Kusari, and the most beautiful lady of that noble house for that matter too, I believe my assistance could be valuable.
Currently getting ready to spend a night on New London, and to have to bear with your despicable foreign culture. Which will probably be fun.
Probably.
It was Sanada Junko, the Goddess in the sky, signing off.
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To: Bowex InfoNet Priority: High Topic: Convoy report and debrief for 07/04/22.
Convoy Participants:
BES Johnson - Andrew Peterson BES MacGregor - William McCullough and Aaron Clarke BES Drake - Duke Peters BES Charles Hitchen - George Grenville
ExSec Quentin Pelham - Davis Pelham ExSec Sian Breacon Contractor John.Loo
Convoy Information:
This isn't going to be a long report at all as I don't have much time on my hands! Anyway, the Convoy started at Planet New London. We all loaded our transports with Super Alloy and after waiting a short while for the last transport to ready up, we moved on out to Rheinland! Our final destination was Planet Neuremberg, Munich! Sian took the job of scouting whilst I stayed towards the rear, making sure that everyone had got though safely!
We made it to Rheinland where MacGregor stopped at The Ring and sold his cargo and replaced it with a shipment of Side Arms. Meanwhile, the rest of the convoy moved to Munich where they sold all of their commodities and replaced them with ether Aluminium or High Temperature Alloy. We met back at The Ring and made our way to Bretonia.
Convoy Incidents:
The rear of our convoy was trapped by a lone Gateway Bomber under the name of Gateway)-GSR-Bombs.Away. He demand a small amount of money from BES Drake, however he was met by the shear firepower of the beautiful Shire. Just to make things worse for the Gateway, I too engaged the bomber increasing the firepower even more. Finally, Sian came down the lane and that Gateway bomber dropped like a fly. What a glorious moment. The Drake took minimal damage and we proceeded as normal! I have uploaded a chat log. There is chat from the Gateway, Local chat and chatter from our Shared Comms
ExSec Quentin Pelham Log Book Recordings Wrote:Bowex)Quentin.Pelham: Gateway, you'd better move on. Gateway)-GSR-Bombs.Away: what do we have here Bowex)Quentin.Pelham: Gents. We're getting pirated here Bowex)Drake: So uh....
Bowex)Quentin.Pelham: I would really recommend not doing this. Bowex)Johnson: Peterson: What?! Bowex)Quentin.Pelham: I will deal with him. Don't worry. Take the lane and go.
Bowex)Sian_Breacon: who and where? Bowex)Quentin.Pelham: Davis: You really do have some balls, gateway Bowex)Quentin.Pelham: This Gateway
Bowex)MacGregor: Clarke: Oi, Escorts. Time to shine, lads!
Bowex)Drake: Oohhh I can already see the pretty explosions about to happen.. Gateway)-GSR-Bombs.Away: iw ant some compensation Bowex)Johnson: Peterson: Ms Breacon, back to the O3 gate ASAP!
Bowex)Sian_Breacon: Copy that, whereabout are you Quentin? Gateway)-GSR-Bombs.Away: come on Bowex)Sian_Breacon: Copy, en route
Bowex)Charles.Hitchen: Didin't even see him on the scanners Bowex)Quentin.Pelham: Indeed. Touch the transport, and all my guns are lose *Davis Smirks* Bowex)Johnson: Peterson: What's the Gateway vessel in? Gateway)-GSR-Bombs.Away: 2mill you can afford it Bowex)Drake: Maybe if you beg I will give you some money... Bowex)MacGregor: Clarke: Give them hell, lads. Bowex)Sian_Breacon: Ah, this prick again Bowex)Quentin.Pelham: IMG bomber, Peterson Bowex)Johnson: Peterson: Is everyone clear?
Bowex)Quentin.Pelham: Don't pay him. I have him. Bowex)Drake: I know how poor you are at gateway.. Bowex)Quentin.Pelham: Duke isn't Gateway)-GSR-Bombs.Away: dont mock me] Bowex)Quentin.Pelham: As I said, touch the transport and you're dead.
Bowex)Sian_Breacon: Seem's like we have a partt on our hands Gateway)-GSR-Bombs.Away: now pay up Bowex)Johnson: Peterson: Might be best if we hold in Stuttgart by the border station. Bowex)Quentin.Pelham: Ah. Defending then Bowex)MacGregor: Clarke: I'll take the role of escort for the purposes of this short trip.
Bowex)MacGregor: Clarke: Lane clear.
Bowex)Quentin.Pelham: How are you doing there, Duke?
Bowex)Johnson: Peterson: Mr Duke, I'd suggest making best speed for the battleship.
Bowex)Johnson: Peterson: Does anyone know what the bomber is armed with? Supernova, nova? Death: Gateway)-GSR-Bombs.Away was put out of action by Bowex)Drake (Gun).
Other Notes:
Everyone made it out fine! Well, except the Gateway of course! Yesterday was a good day. Oh, one thing to add. Is that Gateway dumb as... well yeah you get it.
Davis Pelham
Borderworld Exports Exploration and Security
Incoming Transmission from Planet New London, New London
09/04/822 A.S.
To: Bowex Infonet Priority: Medium Topic: Convoy Report and Debrief for 08/04/822 A.S
Convoy Participants:
BES Sian Breacon The Little Bird
BES Leeson Mr.Peterson
BES Sheridan Mr.Clarke
BES Killeen Ms.Cenncroithi
BES Charles.Hitchen Mr.Grenville
BES Quentin.Pelham Mr.Pelham
BES W.Churchill Mr.Jones
Alongside the honourable pilots of the 343:
Hien-Ichi Aramaki Kitabatake.K-Shoi
Looking up from the rift below the The Little Bird, the one that will be taking us to Leeds to help the boys in Red and Blue, I turn up the volume of the onboard comms receiver. *Right, ORDERS. Here's how we're going to run this - Peterson*. The ancitipation was tangible, almost weighing the ship down. The gents from the 343 were giving a good beating to the Frogs and now it's time to get some boys down onto Leeds. *Huzzah! Carina, Regina, Imperatrix! -Clarke*. Time to rock and roll. Thrusters up, into the jumphole.... boy these things give me the willies...
Emerging on the otherside, a quick *jumphole clear on the other side*, and straight into cruise to suss out the situation. The route to Leeds was clear, but.... Contacts! Two GRN fighters, and they look like they mean business. Move to evade, attempt to lure them away from the Convoy... Meanwhile, the convoy makes it's way to Leeds and starts dropping off our boys.
Engines killed. Thrusters on. Engaging.... slide, slide... breathe, just as Sanada-san showed.... fire, slide.... coolant leak? Coolant leak! Damn it! Ejec...*For Regina!!!* Explosion...
Meanwhile, on Leeds:
Thank Her Majesty! The Bowex lads have come to get us out of here! The Clydesdales are unloading marines... there that one! The Leeson! He's taking wounded, I'll take a ride with him. *GRN INBOUND! MAKE WAY TO LIBERTY* The ship rocked violently as it took off, and the Bowex convoy made for the Magellan system, bee-lining it in order to avoid the Frogs. The pilots chattered was echoing through the cargo hold... *Haul ass! They're on my tail!*.....*Clarke, if you attempt any heroics, I'll fire your corpse.*.... the tension was building, there were troops praying in the hold. some were singing, it was panic and madness.... Let's hope we get to Erie in one piece.....
Sian:
It takes more than a couple of Gauls and some empty space to kill this maiden! The Little Bird was torn up bad, the hull was a complete wreck. With mask up, auxiliary oxygen supplies and some duct tape, the Bird could fly and so I made my way out of The Leeds System towards Liberty space, Manhatten, and met up with the rest of the convoy. Boy, I was glad to see them all in one piece! *There's a man in orbit of Manhattan trying to sell us prostitutes, sir. -Saoirse*....Well, alive at least.
*They are beautyful women just waiting to make all your dreams true*. The pilot was going for the hard-sell it seems. Despite the salivating over drugged monkeys, it was company time, and the boys had a job to do. The plan? Well, half the convoy had to dock for repairs after the scrap with the GRN, so half of us continued. Clarke and Saoirse on a return trip to Leeds to drop off those that couldn't get out in time; myself and Grenville to Ontario to pick up some Military vehicles to drop off for the boys in blue.
On the return journey, we were intercepted by two...Lane Hackers, you know the "geek in the pink" types? They wanted a 2.1M donation for the School Science project... not a lot could be done about it, two bombers were circling our beaten up fighters and the transport. Grenville's gunners are good shots- but those weren't good odds. Reluctantly wiring through the 'donation', we preceded through, met up with the others and journeyed home for some R&R.
A good day to be Bowex. See y'all on the flip-side.
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Incoming Transmission from Tower of London, New London system
10/04/822 A.S.
To: Bowex InfoNet Priority: Medium Topic: Convoy report and debrief for 09/04/22.
Convoy Participants:
BES Johnson - Andrew Peterson.
BES Quentin Pelham - David Pelham.
ExSec Sian Breacon.
ExSec Junko Sanada.
Independent Contractor Alex.Freeman.
Convoy Information: This contains details on two rather fragmented incidents - the first was a scuffle that occurred near Planet New London's orbit, the other a rather more sedate run into Rheinland with a load of Gold Ore. The initial incident was responded to by Mr Pelham, Ms Sanada and Ms Breacon; after the threat had been dispatched myself, Mr Pelham and Ms Sanada departed in convoy formation. Ms Breacon returned to her station on Planet New London. Mr Pelham also clocked off upon seeing us safely through Omega 3, leaving myself and Ms Sanada to proceed to New Berlin alone.
We arrived in New Berlin without delay or incident, making a nice change from the standard fare in the Omegas as of late. Upon reaching Planet New Berlin, I happened across another of our independent contractors - Alex.Freeman - a fellow in a Shetland. After exchanging pleasantries, I invited him along for the trip home - travelling in force is always preferable to alone, after all! From New Berlin we both departed with a cargo of Rheinbeer with Ms Sanada on point. From there, we took the cargo to Koeln, where Uncut Diamonds were collected from our friends over at Diamanten Vorposten. The run back home to Waterloo was again uneventful, at which point we parted ways amicably.
Convoy Incidents: Ahah, now here is where things get interesting. When I initially departed from Planet New London orbit, I passed the Enterprise Liner Echidna (flashing a Freelancer IFF) who was attempting to line up with the trade lane to Dublin. Normally that would be ordinary enough, but the lane had it logged as a hostile and was merrily (if ineffectually) popping away; a slight aside, but I do wonder what Ageira were hoping for those little pea-shooters to accomplish? Whatever it was, they're clearly failing. I digress. The chap also saw fit to aim a threat my way, so I didn't hang about to see what he wanted.
With Enchidna hot on my heels, I took a sharp right and set course for the Tower of London. My cargo was there, and the defence grid looked appealing. But lo and behold! What should happen, but the Shetland Gateway)-GSV-Mojave jumping through at that exact moment? I didn't even bother sassing the poor chap this time around. Of course, the liner arrived, dropped the lane he'd just emerged from and then disabused all present of any misconceptions about his good intentions. Needless to say, from my position on the sidelines I suffered a slight "engine malfunction" that sadly prevented me from assisting while said Gateway vessel was extorted for $3m.
After an extremely short tussle the Mojave was badly mauled, the captain coughed up and then in poor grace moved on. With the area clear of bystanders who could've been hit in the crossfire*, and the pirate fleeing back towards Planet New London, I ordered the freshly assembled ExSec taskgroup to intercept and bring the bugger to a halt. From there, I parked the Johnson behind him and proceeded with an impromptu decommissioning and recycling routine. Ms Sanada put the fatal hole in his hull, and we all had a hearty chuckle at said villain's expense. Well, all save the Johnson's chief engineer, who was swearing like a sailor at the battering his baby had just taken.
*Another very good reason I hadn't intervened! I wouldn't have wanted the Mojave to be placed in danger by my fire while engaging the fiendish pirate! Naturally!
Andrew Peterson MBE
Trade Combine Manager
Borderworld Exports
I was called to help with an issue near Dublin gate. Two gunboats and a Gallic transport that magically turned into wrecks as soon as I showed up.
More or less.
I then followed Clarku-san in his ugly bomber to meet with Barnettu-san in Rheinland. The poor darling was afraid to come home alone. Looks like women are the most courageous in your house.
It is true however Clarku-san kept bullying his transport by bumping it. I can testify if required. Strange morals...
Headed to Kusari and then to the Taus. I wanted to destroy a cruiser there but Clarku-san ran away in panic to Edinburgh jump hole. It will be for another time, I suppose.
Reached Dublin, where we did a race. That was hardly interesting however, since Clarku was using a Bomber.
The transport successfully returned to New London and everybody took some rest.
That is all.
Incoming Transmission from Planet New London, New London
12/04/822 A.S.
To: Bowex InfoNet Priority: Medium Topic: Report.
Report Details:
This is going to cover three separate incidents, one from yesterday that Junko already partially covered, another one from yesterday that was just odd and one from today that is absolutely wonderful.
Right, well I had just finished another convoy, the memory of which has since been lost in the haze of the melee that broke out on the deck of the MacGregor, when I received an emergency scramble for bombers as two Gallic Royal Navy gunboats were escorting an IDF train from Dublin, through New London and to the Leeds jump hole. Nearly forgot to mention the two lads who made the report. They were Norman O'Connor, a Freelancer in one of those tiny Renzu scouts and Commissar, who piloted a Sunburst freighter.
Having decoupled from the mass of bodies that littered the deck, I hastily made my way to the other side of the hangar, fired up the Director's lass and made way for Southampton while plotting a quick intercept course. I got word that the scouts were closing in on the vessels and Junko had joined them, but that the train was not stopping. After a short chase, I successfully intercepted it and found that it was carrying POWs to be shoved into labour camps, as well as some mining machinery they would work with. What with the delicate nature of the cargo, my intention was to make the transport drop them and for one of the nearby Shires to safely transport them to New London. However, the Gaul, in its barbaric nature, opened fire on us and attempted to run.
That proved to be most useless for them as we made short work of their ships and had the POWs back in London by dinner. Additionally, we pried the mining equipment they were attempting to smuggle out to Garlicland from their cold froggy wrecks.
Right, then the second incident happened while I was on patrol and I received another report from a Freelancer outside New London that there was a Corsair Battleship named El.Llobregat demanding goods and money from people in Manchester. I coordinated some scouting efforts by Norman O'Connor to inform a small group I had mustered of its movements. We waited for the opportune moment and jumped, shouting battlecries for our beloved Queen. The cannibal, awe struck and terrified by this display of might, quickly powered his jump drive and fled. Last contact spotted him in Stuttgart.
I just want it stated for the record that I was most certainly not afraid to go to Rheinland on my own, that Blackwood indeed rammed me, and that Princess seemed to be most pleased by my tour through Kusari. I even had to show her the way a few times! The race was good fun indeed, a nice opportunity to show some company spirit and let the lady win - I nearly had her there, at the start of the race even with my bomber I was in the lead.
That out of the way, let me get to the events of today. During a routine maintenance check, I caught wind of an emergency scramble for bombers by the BAF|HMS-Harbinger, one of our fine "Invincible" class Carriers. Turns out, it was being bombarded by hallucinations and all the things Nomads usually do - oh and yes, there was a big bloody jellyfish right above Southampton Shipyard. I don't know if I can adequately describe how humongous it was, but I will let the picture tell the tale.
As is clockwork in these encounters, the Harbinger's captain started acting strangely and gave into the hallucinations, but one of the chief officers managed to issue orders and maintain crew efficiency. The jelly, displeased at actions of sane humans, decided it's had enough and it would destroy the carrier.
As if. After a prolonged chase and a daring battle where our own BES Sassoon fell, I landed the killing blow on the jelly in the name of Carina.
Incoming Transmission from Planet New London, New London
13/04/822 A.S.
To: R&D Administration Priority: Medium Topic: Submission of application for R&D test-pilot
Greetings and well met!
My name is Sian Breacon, an ExSec trainee.
I have developed a fondness for Light Fighters in ExSec operations; they offer a speed, versatility and small profile that complements the... bulkier vessel that comprise the ExSec fleet. These qualities allow the craft to carry out operations larger vessel may find challenging.
However, I've found on multiple occasions that our available Hussar craft are severely out-matched in terms of both maneuverability, speed and firepower when compared to similar craft used by other houses, not to mention the Frogs! These are crucial factors to the effectiveness of these craft. I would like to propose a project to design and refine a new Light Fighter that can compete with those of other manufacturers. It would be a cost-effective investment to investigate and engineer an improved Light Fighter: it would plug a gap in, what I believe to be present, both the ExSec and Bretonnian forces in general and if shown to be superior to those of rival entities, may prove to be a profitable research venture.
If you agree with my proposal, please do contact me. I am more than keen to help test these developments to the little bird; I do believe my experience in flying the craft would prove beneficial to the research and design process.
Subject: Convoy Duty
Begin Recording... This is Captain Richard Cardas of the BES Fisher.
I and two colleagues, Captain Peterson of the BES Johnson and James Calhoun from ExSec completed a haul from Tower of London Station to New Berlin approximately twenty minutes ago.
The cargo taken was approximately 9000 tons of Gold Ore mined from the fields of Dublin.
We encountered no resistance on the way, save a few Junkers, two who may have been smugglers.
The return voyage was similarly uneventful, bringing several thousand tons of small arms back with us to support the war effort
Incoming Transmission from Planet New London, New London
18/04/822 A.S.
To: Bowex InfoNet Priority: Medium Topic: Convoy report and debrief for 17/04/22.
Convoy Participants:
BES Lancaster - Alex Freeman.
BES Fisher - Richard Cardas.
BES Farnham - Henry Michael Feldridge.
Convoy Information:
This report covers two parts of yesterday's ore haul. The first one includes hauling ore mined by mister Fred Wight of BMM(callsign BMM-Fred.Wight) to Tower of London. Initially it was only me and mister Cardas who shipped all that ore. With help of mister Henry, who joined us a bit later, we've been able to completely fill the Tower of London. What an accomplishment.
The remainder of ore has been exported to New Berlin. Upon entering Stuggart system we've encountered Order fighter wing, apparently travelling through system towards Liberty(at least they claimed they're heading there). However, we've been able to proceed further into Rheinland space and finally reached Planet New Berlin. With mister Henry taking a break on New Berlin me and mister Cardas headed back to Bretonia(of course, our cargo holds were full, but I was a bit tired after all these ore hauls, so I can't quite remember what we shipped back. This what happens when you don't have coffee machine installed onboard).
Convoy Incidents:
We had a few incidents, but neither was too significant with an exception of one. As always, we've met some Junkers along the way. One was even asking about our destination. Of course we haven't told him anything. I don't trust these Junkers...usually they are a precursor of some troubles.
Anyway, back to business. We've also encountered Gateway vessel, callsign Gayway. It taunted us during ore delivery to ToL...we taunted back. However, we kept it civil. There was no registered incidents of fire exchange. But if any of these Gateway bastards thinks he can [REDACTED] with us and get away unpunished, I-
Sorry about that, lads. Let's continue with report, shall we...
As I mentioned above, we've encountered Order battlegroup O'Rhu, apparently heading to or from some assigment. We've spotted one of their strikecraft going through the Stuttgart gate as we approached them. I've expressed my concern about going into what could potentially be a combat zone, but mister Cardas assured me that the Order isn't a threat to our convoy. With that being said, we've jumped into Stuttgart with mister Henry on point in his Shire. As mister Cardas said, Order pilots had their own business and allowed us to move along, all while attempting to negotiate with local Rheinland forces for passage. Apparently, these talks haven't led to a desirable result, but it seems they've managed to get through anyway. As we entered New Berlin we saw a Rheinland battleship heading to Stuttgart. Guess these Order lads tipped off the entire Rheinland fleet. Well...that's not our business anyway. I'm fine with such encounters as long as our convoy is safe.
When we finally reached New London system we've encountered that Gateway vessel once again. However, since it was heading to Cambridge, there was no taunt exchange. We've safely reached New London and called that a day.
Incoming Transmission from Planet New London, New London
18/04/822.A.S.
To: Peterson Priority: URGENT Topic: Form KL47K Request
Sir,
I have been the target of a Heinous harassment from The captain of the Lancaster: Freeman. Repeatedly, he has claimed to have been "unable" to determine my gender, and has claimed that "the time's of the month" have determined the efficiency of ExSec duties.
I formally request a KL47K form, to make my complaints official, and request that it be processed in due accordance with most haste.
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