Greetings fellow Order Agents, Mark Webb here just reporting from the Independent Worlds and down with the Crayterian Republic.
It is infact my first day down here since leaving from my Liberty Navy job role a few months ago. It is tough for me because my home is near by. Anyway let's stop talking about my past within the Liberty Navy for the moment. The reason I moved down to this region was to assist with the rescue of Vice Admiral Alexis Hunter. I understand this is the mother of Admiral Jeremy Hunter and well, she was one of my Admirals when I was within the Liberty Navy. I have full respect and honor for her and I wish all the best for Vice Admiral Alexis Hunter to be returned to her son as a human and alive.
So on my way into the independent worlds, I was receiving a transmission from the Tombstone, over a secure channel about a rescue mission. There was a heavily damage Order Osiris Battleship by the name of Amenhotep within the Pennsylvania sector and escorts were needed. With my expertise within Liberty space I was one of the first Order agents to arrive on the scene to move in and escort the Amenhotep out.
From what I could see it was a massacre, the my former Fleet were under fire from Auxesians but also Order were. My priority was to make sure the Amenhotep got away safety with her escorts. Not long after arriving the Auxesians where out numbering the 5th Fleet so I moved in and provided cover fire while the cruise engines where charging up.
Within a few minutes, more ships were turning up. Crayter Military also arrived and Hellfire Legion and more. While providing cover fire I had a really nice aim and shot down one of the Saffire from the Auxesian Battlegroup. Not too long after a Crayterian Warrant Officer shot down Weise. Things started to look promising for the Amenhotep and the fighter wings who came to provide cover. Along with the Tombstone, Phoenix Defiant Gunboat, and a Kansas Overlord Dreadnought.
During the fight, the Hellfire Legion started to open fire on the Liberty Navy. From where my view it looked like the Hellfire was supporting Auxesia to give them a better chance of stopping the Amenhotep getting to Coronado safely. *Takes a breath* Anyway continuing to provide cover fire, the wing was a mixture of Order Agents and Crayterian Forces while the Liberty Navy protected there own.
Not too long later a Auxesian Light Fighter appeared and minutes later the same ship was destroyed. A 5th member Carl Harrisford shot down Achlys. That is when the Hellfire Legion and Auxesians started to take down the Liberty Navy. The first that was shot down was the Phoenix Defiant Gunboat and it was confirmed to be [09.09.2016 19:58:13] Death: 5th|LNS-Phoenix was put out of action by A/)-Insurgent (Gun)..
Keeping the pressure on Auxesia as the biggest threat to Order, we continued to focus fire on our next target. There transponder was reading as Amanda Kingston. With precise aiming of cruise disruptors it was clear to have hit the engine as it started to explode and the kill was confirmed as Hellfire. A pilot from the Crayterian Forces.
The fight was no where near over, but by this time the Amenhotep and the capital ship escorts made there escort to California and the path was clear from the transmissions I received. But again, the fight was not over.
After seeing an antimatter explosion on the Defiant gunboat before the explosion, we knew that could be a threat so that is where our fire went to. Leading the fighter wing for both Order Agents and Crayterian Forces, our coordination and team work was surprisingly well. The 5th pilot Ethan Taylor managed to land a lovely nuclear mine on Insurgent, whom was a Cutlass bomber-class. Literally seconds later Ethan Taylor was shot down by a Hellfire Legion that goes by the name of [09.09.2016 19:59:47] Death: 5th|Ethan.Taylor was put out of action by [HF]-Curtis.Jackson (Missile/Torpedo)..
There was still lots going on and there were many fights happening, roughly five minutes after Ethan Taylor another 5th pilot was shot down. The confirmation is not too clear as what shot the pilot down but this is the readings I have [09.09.2016 20:06:53] Death: 5th|Mike.Anderson was put out of action by David.Wood (Wasp/Hornet)..
Roughly ten minutes after a Crayterian fighter was shot down by another unknown fighter. The fight was named Deadshot. Again we are unable to confirm what or who Deadshot is but here is the readings [09.09.2016 20:13:04] Death: CR|-Jasper was put out of action by Deadshot (Mine)..
From that moment it seemed like the Order Agents, Crayterian Fighters and Liberty Navy where being shot down rather rapidly. This was not a good sign, but our job was done. There was one target I had in sight though, Keeper Sapphire Raven. While I made that mistake another Crayterian fighter was shot down by one of the unknown fighters. This is what my readings show [09.09.2016 20:15:28] Death: CR|-Hellfire was put out of action by David.Wood (Gun)..
I knew from this moment on things were looking bad for us and that we had to get out. The Hellfire Legion where just sat lurking, these two unknown fighters were protecting Sapphire Raven, but looking at her burn on flames bought flames to my eyes and anger to my heart. I knew that this was the moment that Sapphire Raven would burn and be shot down with my final weapons. That is when one of the Crayterians took my fun and watched her explode with a touch of a cruise disruptor. The final touch was made by Blitz. The view was spectacular.
This is the view I had while she was running for her life *Laughs*. From there I was being threatened by Hellfire Legion, that if I do not dis-engage they will fire upon me. From what I could see they were threatening me because I was a threat to these unknown fighters. From the view I had one was a Xeno Terrorist within Liberty the other was a Freelancer. I thought that time was the best to not start a fight, war or battle with Hellfire Legion and I dis-engaged leaving the few Crayterian forces alone. I felt so bad but the mission was already complete and the Crayterian forces would be okay. This was a bad choice I think, I am not entirely sure.
But on my way into the California system I was receiving a closed and highly encrypted message from John Sader, a former wing man of mine. It seems he was being more welcoming to me even with the uniform I were. John Sader informed me of Fleet Admiral Jack O'Neill, who was killed by a pilot named Romanov. He did not say much more but it was quiet suspicious, as he also said it was the same person who took Admiral Jeremy Hunters mother. This might be a big thing and might help us.
I am requesting authority to find out more and also to be moved to Liberty space where I will be closer to home.
Leaving California I was met up with Intercepter 5 who escorted myself into Cortez towards Planet Curacao. Upon reaching Planet Curacao there was a very interesting sight of a Corsair Cruiser. Here is a visual of this just to show I am not going crazy. *Laughs*
With this Corsair in my sight, an interceptor next to me and a dreadnought not ten minutes away. I reported it to the Commanding Officer of the Odyssey and informed him about it. Five minutes later the Odyssey appeared using a cloaking device and de-cloaked right behind the Corsair with his men and women already prepared for what was about to happen.
With this in mind, myself and Intercepter 5 made our way to Coronado like we were not involved but the confirmation of it is here.
Greetings fellow Order Agents, Mark Webb here just reporting from the Independent Worlds once more.
Yesterday was the start of my patrols within the Independent Worlds and I started off with my basic patrol of Coronado as it has been some time since I have seen this space. Never know what may have changed. Anyway I continue to make my way towards Barrier Gate Station to see everything was clear, then from there made my way back to the border of my home, Liberty. Once reaching the Cortez sector, I came across a Tia Stormclaw, she was a Sabre Very Heavy Fighter, Freelancer identification and affiliation was found and not long after. Tia Stormclaw said something to me which was rather weird. Let me just find the recordings of what was said.
*Opens up my PDA and searches through black-box archives*
Ah right, here it is.
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[10.09.2016 23:10:34] Tia.Stormclaw: Heh...
[10.09.2016 23:10:40] Tia.Stormclaw: Hello.
[10.09.2016 23:10:56] Order|Mark.Webb.: What so funny.
[10.09.2016 23:11:07] Tia.Stormclaw: The Order is funny.
[10.09.2016 23:11:18] Tia.Stormclaw: You shoot my ship then blame the Auxesians.
[10.09.2016 23:11:52] Order|Mark.Webb.: I shot your ship?
[10.09.2016 23:11:58] Tia.Stormclaw: Not you.
[10.09.2016 23:12:06] Tia.Stormclaw: That idiot on the Amenhotep.
[10.09.2016 23:12:06] Order|Mark.Webb.: I can if you like.
[10.09.2016 23:12:11] Tia.Stormclaw: You can try.
[10.09.2016 23:12:18] Order|Mark.Webb.: Try or suceed?
[10.09.2016 23:12:27] Order|Mark.Webb.: Succeed *coughs* my bad.
[10.09.2016 23:12:32] Tia.Stormclaw: We will see.
[10.09.2016 23:12:41] Order|Mark.Webb.: Then fire away
[10.09.2016 23:12:45] Tia.Stormclaw: come on!
[10.09.2016 23:12:49] Order|Mark.Webb.: Pesky little Freelancer.
[10.09.2016 23:14:02] Death: Tia.Stormclaw was put out of action by Order|Mark.Webb. (Mine).
I find it rather amusing as she did not last too long against my experience. Tia Stormclaw was destroyed by a well placed nuclear mine. From that moment I took a quick scan of the sector and I was reading something rather unusual.
From what I could see visually to what my scans were reading. The view I was seeing was a Outcast Storta Destroyer preparing to moor with Planet Curacao. Here is the visual evidence.
Before having this thing disappear on me, I took the initiative of getting all the scans and Intel on this thing as possible. Let me upload that for you also.
From there I started to make my way back to the Coronado sector to finish my patrol of at Sabah Shipyard. There was a slight problem though, I rand into a ambush which was set up by the battlegroup known as Auxesian. Here is a visual of what my scanners were picking up when I entered the barrier rim.
That is a confirmation I had six bogies tailing me. While they where tailing me I managed to get all the scans I could from each ship. I am still unsure if I got all six but here is what I found in my data banks.
I would like to say, I am very lucky to see the Order Amenhotep and the Tombstone along with a defense wing from the Crayterian Republic. This was a scary situation and I done what was necessary to stay alive. They wanted me dead to make a statement from what I can gather. They knew I could be a threat so they wanted to see me gone, sadly that did not happen. All six Auxesians are confirmed to be shot down. Three of which where done by the crew of the Amenhotep and one was by myself. Keeper Sapphire Raven was shot down with a spectacular double cruiser razor from a Crayterian Defense Thanatos. The ship name was Zeus 169 and the sixth was destroyed with a mine malfunction.
Really would like to say my patrol ended here but it never. My Bastet Very Heavy Fighter had minimal damage so everyone made our way to Sabah Shipyard, not five minutes later a fighter swarm from an Outcast group known as National Council arrived and a pilot named NC Katana have a rather large ego, thinking he was very skillful and was capable of doing alot of damage along. I offered this pilot a one vs one to see if his ego was really what it was similar to me saying that I was the most skilled fighter pilot on the scene. Not two minutes in I was being shot by the rest of this pilots buddies and a Freelancer Falchion, I am unable to remember the marks or what his callsign was. I was shot down close to Sabah Shipyard but I am okay, I will be able to continue my patrols. I do have a problem.
My Bastet was shot down while being out numbered for a second time and I may need a replacement. I hope there are some here with us at Sabah Shipyard sir. Apart from that, this is all for now.
Yegg re-read what he wrote for what seemed to be the 100th time; it was distilled to so little, but it felt like so much. He sighed. Nomad encounters are never pleasant, but today...was different. Much more intimate, much more of a metal game of chess.
Yes, it came to a firefight; Yegg's thumb traced a circle, much like he did over the "Master Arm" switch in the seat of his Bastet only a few hours ago. It was tense; several parties involved, which Yegg had to manage. All he wanted to know was why it was there, why it swayed there, "communicating", if that's what one can call what Nomads do, in riddles.
Yegg rubbed his forehead. The report was so plain; so sterile. It didn't capture how his mind raced during the encounter, trying to call up staff lists, cross-reference previous Omicron space incursions, and trying to keep the lesser Nomad swarms contained.
Well, his commanding officer wouldn't want to wait any longer. He hit "Submit" with trepidation, but he knew going into any more detail would have clouded the issue. Order| Sortie Report Form
Reporting Officer: Ensign Yeggito Kebok Date of Sortie: 14-Sept-823 AS Location Origin: Omicron Delta, Outer Rim Encryption Level: LOCKED
[FL-ER] Sidhe, Order 2nd Fleet "Komnista", Penelope.Rodriquez[TBH]
Summary:
To report a concise report of Nomad contact in Omicron Delta. Nomad threat neutralized. However, the Nomad...communicated, if you could call it that, a riddle.
The "Geb" Assault Carrier "Neteru" arrived to suppress some lesser Nomad fighters that, as typically, did not seem to think for themselves. A freelancer was asked to stay at bay, and to divert back to Freeport 11; they complied. Then, of all ships, a Corsair arrived, but was warned to stay out of the encounter. Ensign Tevor decided to head back to Mu, as his Onuris was not holding up well to the lesser Nomad swarms.
Due to concern over the safety of those in the system, the Nomad was engaged. The Corsair pilot engaged the Nomad several minutes after. The Nomad was eventually destroyed.
As was inevitable with a 2-vs-1 encounter, the Corsair and I traded, accidentally, some shots. The Corsair did not relent, and pushed the attack onto me once the Nomad was neutralized despite breaking off my attack pattern. I called my defensive engagement, and traded blows until both of our ships were to damaged to continue. The bad blood of the dissolved pact between our two factions still remains, it seems. I retreated back to Mu for repairs.
Full debrief to follow at Taba.
Nomad Contact:
On patrol in Delta (false positive long-range scanner readings on a Core ship in the area). The K'Hara jumped from Minor to Delta, and met ~15 clicks NE of Freeport 11.
Assessment: The K'Hara believe we were hunting lesser Nomads in the relative safety of Omicron Delta. It was displeased.
2. [14.09.2016 22:22:09] K'Hara|Rati: **.. ~Ours/we~ seek -book keeper- / ~wielder~ of red and -rage- ..**
[14.09.2016 22:23:43] K'Hara|Rati: **.. (Amusement) ~Not a shelve~ rather ~singular book~ / "ours" seeking ~one of yours~ -maybe- ..**
[14.09.2016 22:25:54] K'Hara|Rati: **.. "Ours" seeking -young human-kin- / ~barrer of dragon fire~ / -seat of a warrior- ..**
[14.09.2016 22:28:28] K'Hara|Rati: **.. "Dragon's rage" -warrior of the Dragon- / "hers" is the ~book keeper~ / 'ours' is seeking "hers"
Assessment: The K'Hara seem to be searching for a singular person for a purpose. This person is someone with great knowledge ("bookkeeper"), young, and was a warrior who wielded "dragon fire". Cross-references to staff lists and weaponry manifests did not produce anything of note.
3. [14.09.2016 22:32:14] K'Hara|Rati: **.. "Keeper of the book" -is human-kin- / "Hers" in exile "ours" shall locate / -Tome return to great waters- (!) ..**
[14.09.2016 22:34:47] K'Hara|Rati: **.. "Greater form" is not -located- within ~this void~ / 'Khepri/Tlaloc' ~songs~ are 'heard' (joy) ..**
Assessment: The person the Nomad seemed to be searching for is in "exile". It seems that if she is located, it will allow them to return "to the greater waters", where a "greater form" is located. This could refer to many things; perhaps the universe beyond the Dom K'Vash hypergate, perhaps the gate-like structure found in Order Recon flights of Omicron Major, or perhaps another location, perhaps unknown, of Nomad civilization.
4. [14.09.2016 22:36:34] Order|Yeggito.Kebok: Nomad, the Order is tasked with keeping this space safe. You are in violation of that mission.
[14.09.2016 22:37:14] K'Hara|Rati: /The creature flashed from its blue hue to a redder tint, a series of buzzing filling everyone's ears
[14.09.2016 22:37:27] K'Hara|Rati: as if a hive of wasps had been woken and angered/
[14.09.2016 22:37:27] Order|Yeggito.Kebok: That's what I thought.
[14.09.2016 22:37:52] Order|Yeggito.Kebok: "Ensign Yegg engaged offensive, Nomad Threat".
Assessment: Proper protocols were followed to engage the threat.
Conclusion:
Due to this potential link between this "great power" and, if I dare think it, the Toledo Incident, I believe this should be investigated further by the Order Overwatch, no matter how remote the chance.
If there were records of any lost craft in Omicron space that match a description given by the Nomad, it may be a place to start.
Please let me know if there are any questions/concerns.
[Comm-ID]:MICAH TEVNOR/"PHOENIX"
[Recipient-ID]:Order Reporting Centers; Order Overwatch
[Subject]:Tau-23, K'Hara, IMG
{BEGIN TRANSMISSION}
Reports of a large battle within the Tau-23 system have been confirmed shortly afterwards the skirmish. The miners of the IMG claimed they were attacked be unknown Bretonian and Libertonian elements, including cruisers and even a Liberty 'Overlord' dreadnaught. These forces were joined be smaller 'blue ships' that slowly increased in size and number until completely replacing the unknown warships. Jack Henderson of the IMG identified these as Slomon K'Hara forms, and a battle ensued. The IMG pilots were assisted by various freelance ships, the Kusari Naval Forces, the supposed 72nd Outcast Rebel fleet, and even the Gallic Royal Navy. The combined efforts of the allied elements, the K'Hara were forced to retreat, where they disappeared after leaving scanner range. Many casualties were claimed. Attached below is the communication over the event.
Jack Henderson will be sending a more in-depth report to the Overwatch soon.
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[27.09.2016 18:28:04] Order|Phoenix: ?:"I just got reports of hostile...nonhuman activity in this sector. Is this accurate?"
[27.09.2016 18:28:19] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: Indeed. A lot of it. We had severe losses on all sides.
[27.09.2016 18:28:38] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Miners, back to Java. Get the transports undocked.
[27.09.2016 18:28:58] Order|Phoenix: ?:"I see. And the parties involved in the conflict with the Others?"
[27.09.2016 18:29:22] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: Wait, I will patch you through to a senior official.
[27.09.2016 18:29:47] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Jack: Greetings, Order pilot. This is Jack Henderson speaking. What can I do for you?
[27.09.2016 18:30:55] Order|Phoenix: ?:"Ah, quite nice to meet you. I got reports that there was severe human and non-human numbers in the system of Tau-23."
[27.09.2016 18:31:26] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Jack H.: Patching you into the convoy comms. They were eye witnesses.
[27.09.2016 18:32:13] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: The systems was attacked with a swarm of aliens... but we managed to survive
[27.09.2016 18:32:25] Order|Phoenix: ?:"Right. Do you know the parties involved?"
[27.09.2016 18:32:30] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: Our losses were... 5 ships, I think.
[27.09.2016 18:32:42] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Yes. I saw Bretonian gunships. A lot.
[27.09.2016 18:32:57] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: Also Liberty Cruisers...
[27.09.2016 18:32:59] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: And what were these others?
[27.09.2016 18:33:15] Order|Phoenix: ?:"Bretonians and Libertonian warships? This far out?"
[27.09.2016 18:33:16] IMG|Tom:Marsh: Liberty Battlecruisers
[27.09.2016 18:33:25] IMG|Tom:Marsh: Was there a Liberty Dreadnought at one point?
[27.09.2016 18:33:29] IMG|Rock.Blender: And something huge and blue.
[27.09.2016 18:33:36] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: I even saw an "Overload" class Dreadnaught...
[27.09.2016 18:33:42] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: I did not know those... but the large alien ships... they were the worst! The blue shiy ones.
[27.09.2016 18:33:47] IMG|Tom:Marsh: Alien ships of roughly gunboat size
[27.09.2016 18:33:54] IMG|Tom:Marsh: then of battleship size
[27.09.2016 18:33:59] Order|Phoenix: ?:"Large, translucent, and blue? So the Others were a part of the attack..."
[27.09.2016 18:34:09] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: Oh yeah.. Actually 3-4 of those Big arse ones...
[27.09.2016 18:34:24] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Yes! Huge! Like... large as a base.
[27.09.2016 18:34:46] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: With shiney stuff inside them..
[27.09.2016 18:34:53] IMG|Rock.Blender: I also saw this kind blue ships, but much smaller. In size of very heavy fighter.
[27.09.2016 18:35:11] Order|Phoenix: ?:"What you ran into was a battallion of Slomon K'Hara vessels. The Bretonian and Libertonian warships..."
[27.09.2016 18:35:12] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: oh yeah.. like 50 of them i guess...
[27.09.2016 18:35:13] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: Yes, we had tons of those swarming all around the dense asteroid fields. Scary like... hell.
[27.09.2016 18:35:20] Order|Phoenix: ?:"Did they have identifiers on them?"
[27.09.2016 18:35:30] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: I... did not scan.
[27.09.2016 18:35:53] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: We all were too busy defending our arse i guess...
[27.09.2016 18:35:53] IMG|Rock.Blender: They were too far for my scanner.
[27.09.2016 18:36:02] Order|Phoenix: ?:"But they fired upon the mining convoy, yes?"
[27.09.2016 18:36:14] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: I mean... the targetting named them... to Epsilon Black or so...
[27.09.2016 18:36:31] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: But... that's just automated.
[27.09.2016 18:36:31] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: Yes they did literally attack the mining operation inside the fields..
[27.09.2016 18:36:42] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: Exactly. They targetted us!
[27.09.2016 18:36:56] Order|Phoenix: ?:"Were there identifiable vessels as well? Defenders?"
[27.09.2016 18:37:06] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: As far as my knowledge.. This has never happened before
[27.09.2016 18:37:11] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: On our side? Yes. Of course. We called all our allies.
[27.09.2016 18:37:16] Order|Phoenix: ?:"Agressors? Any Nomad Sympathizers? Outcasts?"
[27.09.2016 18:37:20] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: LIBERTY
[27.09.2016 18:37:35] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: The 72nd helped us!
[27.09.2016 18:37:55] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: Can you believe that? They were Outcasts, I can swear. They helped us fend them off.
[27.09.2016 18:38:07] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: Oh Yeah... There was a Maltese Battleship and a gunboat i guess...
[27.09.2016 18:38:24] IMG|Tom:Marsh: Kusari and Gallia got involved too
[27.09.2016 18:38:33] IMG|Rock.Blender: Kusari Cruiser and Battleship were aswell.
[27.09.2016 18:38:34] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: And... from what I saw... there were no... Outcast attckers against us.
[27.09.2016 18:38:54] Order|Phoenix: ?:"The 72nd Maltese battlegroup...and Gallic and Kusarian elements?"
[27.09.2016 18:39:09] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: Yeah....
[27.09.2016 18:39:25] IMG|Tom:Marsh: Also some Freelancers
[27.09.2016 18:39:43] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: Lets not forget the Junker Gunboat as well..
[27.09.2016 18:39:58] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: It's in the logs of the exploded miner... indeed!
[27.09.2016 18:40:25] Order|Phoenix: ?:"Seems everyone came to your aid. There were no...identifiable vessels, ID wise?
[27.09.2016 18:40:47] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: ID? You mean... KNF... and Auxesia...?
[27.09.2016 18:41:00] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Of course they can all be IDed by the guncam pictures and Java sensors.
[27.09.2016 18:41:18] Order|Phoenix: ?:"Battlegroup Auxesia? And they were assisting the convoy?"
[27.09.2016 18:41:33] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Mining operation. Yes. Definitely.
[27.09.2016 18:42:46] Order|Phoenix: ?:"And after the...skirmish...did the Guild members collect any...non-human remains?"
[27.09.2016 18:43:20] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: Ehm... I... do not know. The GRN destroyed everything they said. IMG did S&R. Rescued like 40ish
[27.09.2016 18:43:30] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: Ohh ! I kept my hull clean of those strange things.. I do not know about the others
[27.09.2016 18:43:59] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: We cannot risk Java getting infected...
[27.09.2016 18:44:09] Order|Phoenix: ?:"I see. And this has been your first contact with the K'Hara elements?"
[27.09.2016 18:44:31] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Jack: Only the Pioneer and an Outcast vessel collected survivors. The Pioneer is under quarantine.
[27.09.2016 18:44:35] IMG|Tom:Marsh: We've been targetted before
[27.09.2016 18:44:41] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: Well... As per my experience.. They haven't been spotted in such large swarms in Tau23
[27.09.2016 18:44:51] IMG|Tom:Marsh: Though they didn't come into Tau-23
[27.09.2016 18:44:55] IMG|Tom:Marsh: (last time)
[27.09.2016 18:44:57] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: Often... before. However not so much with large vessels...
[27.09.2016 18:45:05] Order|Phoenix: ?:"So this is the first time such size has been seen in the system in question?"
[27.09.2016 18:45:19] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: The size of the attack... yes. Was large.
[27.09.2016 18:45:22] IMG|Tom:Marsh: It's the first time such a huge number has been seen by me anywhere
[27.09.2016 18:45:46] IMG|Dark.Chocolate: Luckily they were picked up on the long range scanners..... Else Java was doomed...
[27.09.2016 18:46:04] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anna: It looked bad... in the middle of it. I was on Java.
[27.09.2016 18:46:14] Order|Phoenix: ?:"Yes...you are all very fortunate."
[27.09.2016 18:46:40] Order|Phoenix: ?:"Anything out of the ordinary, save for these Maltese assistants?"
[27.09.2016 18:46:41] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Jack H: The Order will receive a full report of what happened once we have collected the material - as is standard.
[27.09.2016 18:47:58] Order|Phoenix: ?:"I have collected all I need for now. Thank you for your assistance in this matter."
[27.09.2016 18:49:51] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Jack: As I said, we will send you a report
[27.09.2016 18:50:40] Order|Phoenix: ?:"Very well. I just needed initial details over the incident. Thank you for your willingness to assist the Order in this."
[27.09.2016 18:50:42] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: We will also check all the shps for NOmad Material.
[27.09.2016 18:51:03] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: I am pretty sure that some tractored something. We would not want a danger for our operations there.
[27.09.2016 18:52:50] Order|Phoenix: ?:"Any discovery of non-human material should be quarentined and the Order informed."
[27.09.2016 18:54:13] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Jack: Yes. As usual, we will collect all of it and ship it to the Order.
[27.09.2016 18:58:27] IMG|Falling.Teardrop: Anyway, thank you for looking into the incident. Jack, off
Reporting Officer: Ensign Yeggito Kebok Date of Sortie: 22-Oct-823 AS Location Origin: Omicron Mu, Outer Rim Encryption Level: LOCKED
Parties Involved:
Order: Ensign Yeggito Kebok, Ensign Micah Tevnor
Other Parties:
N/A
Summary:
Security of Order space in the Omicrons is undoubtedly paramount to the Order's ability to fulfill its mission of preventing Nomad incursion into Sirius space. In this time in our history, central Order systems must be protected from not only Nomad influence, but also several factions of peers; namely, the Core and Auxesia.
The southern access points to Order space, through the Outer rim, poses several potential incursion points. Ranking the "danger" of a system by the number of jumps it would take to gain access to Omicron Mu, the map of the Sigmas, below, has been marked.
As we can see, Sigma 59 and Sigma 17 require one jump to gain entrance to Zeta, and have been scouted / patrolled to ensure the security of the space. The systems requiring an additional jump all funnel through these systems, and will be patrolled with a lesser priority.
Flight Report: Sigma 59 Patrol
Ensign Tevnor and myself, Ensign Kebok rendezvoused outside Taba Starbase in Mu, and accessed Sigma-59 through Omicron Zeta. This route is common knowledge for Order pilots, depicted in the flight manuals received during training.
The Jump Hole that connects Zeta and Sigma-59 is deep in a precarious-to-navigate asteroid field on the Sigma-59 side. This may limit the ability for larger, capital-size vessels from utilizing this point of entry. Our duo then proceeded counterclockwise around the edge of they system.
After passing over the hidden base of Samura, Yurasu Station, the wreck of the Uwajima can be located in the bottom-left corner of they system, tucked below a peculiar, obsidian-like planet of planet Toyohara. Ensign Tevnor was able to obtain a classified piece of weaponry from the wreck, which has been turned in to Order researchers at Alexandria.
The GMG stronghold of Niigata Star city, and its impressive, as well as beautiful, array of Solar Panels was also observed, with little in the way of traffic.
In the northwest corner, we picked up and very peculiar signal; it seems to be a covert listening post / communication satallite. It's the first I have seen in this particular configuration, and does not look like Order, or Nomad, technology. Given the history in this system, it may be GMG-related. Most curiously, thought, it gave a faint sound of bar music, a popular tune in Libery space. Ensign Tevnor took a closer look as well, not trusting his scanner.s
Locations of jump holes to Okinawa, Sigma-21 and Sigma-19 were also verified by sight, though cameras were unable to capture these due to interference.
Complete Navmap:
The coordinates of our recon flight have been uploaded and synchronized with existing data, to give an updated NavMap for the Order's Neural Net system.
This concludes the first of several patrols in the systems classified as a threat due to their proximity to Order space. Reports on Sigma-17 and Sigma-13 in process.
Fellow Agents, this is Mark Webb, I have good news....
I made my patrol from Omicron Mu and moved into Omicron Minor then moved to Omicron Delta where there was alot of traffic near Freeport 11. With this in mind, I made a very fast and swift sweep of the sector and came across an unknown installation... Activating my guncam, I took visual evidence of this installation. Visual Evidence is shown here. We were reading it under the name of Santa Rosa Depot. Sounds Hispanic to me, but surrounding the installation was alot of foreign ships. This is and was including enemies of ours. Auxesia Battlegroup and Buro der Marineintelligenz.
Next to the installation was a anomaly, but I am unable to inform you where it leads. Here is the Visual Evidence with it next to the installation. With this in mind, and picking up various hostile entities and enemies on my radar, I moved in and proceed the Auxesian ships that where near by, this one was important. If I am correct it is indeed the one who started the war.
Moving in to engage this pilot, I shortly engaged and was being fired upon by the BDM|Kmo-Geoff,Enfield, this made me out numbered and what I thought was out skilled, but I was clearly wrong. Hail.Almighty.Golanski, moved in and became a wingman to make the skill even and it was an even fight. Not three minutes later, we had a large vessel move in. BDM|MEC-Megalodon, this was a Core "Bullhead" Battlecruiser, sadly I do not have any scans or evidence of this as I was too busy trying to survive.
Hail.Almighty.Golanski infact had a malfunction with his power units and had to leave and return to safety, I continued to fight with honor and pride and managed to lay the perfect nuclear mine which hit the Auxesian. Let me just upload the evidence of this.
While the fight was happening, BDM|Kmo-Geoff,Enfield took heavy damaged for me and had to leave alongside BDM|MEC-Megalodon making Omicrons safe from these hostile ships. Confirmation of them leaving.
I made my way immediately back to Omicron Mu for safety as I did not want to risk flying with the large amount of presence in the region with no wingman. My damage report is minimal, we are okay.
A Report from this evenings patrol into the sigma's to rendezvous with our allies VWA,
I arrived late due to damage taken to my cloak disruption technology from previous encounters so it had to be refitted with a countermeasure until further notice. But when moving into Omicron Zeta I came across Agent Folge under fire by what some would see a Liberty Intelligence Officer, but me, I saw right through him, it was a Division Nine former Liberty Security Agent.
Knowing these pilots from my previous years within the 5th Navy Fleet, I had many encounters with Division Nine and their disguises. This is a visual of what I arrived to.
Shortly after, it activated it's cloaking mechanism which made us unaware of our location, Agent Folge informed me of a squadron within the Sigma's that he needs to rejoin, so I entered his wing and became a wing man until he rejoined the squadron.
But just before the infected managed to active the cloak mechanism, I grabbed a few scans just to confirm and inform our superiors and to update our data base of course.
Upon joining up with the special squadron, this Division Nine Agent was lurking and following us around trying to cause a distraction and make a trap. I saw the trap being made and I waited, I played the games the infected wanted to play and I waited for my chance to strike. Striking like a viper with venomous fangs, striking to the heart of a rat, killing it instantly. When I made my move, the attack did not last a few minutes. The pilot tried to make an escape and that was denied, watching him burn right infront of me.
Giving it the final blow, destroying it hopefully for good, but I can not be sure. But confirming the kill. Once I dealt with that successfully I went to rejoin this squadron but it appears I was unwelcome due to lack of discipline, but I see it as saving their sorry ass's from a threat.
Ah, seems like the connection is stable. Finally... Wo war ich... ach genau. I thought, even though Admiral Golanska was with us, it might be nice to make a short sum up about the little excursion we took yesterday through Omicron Iota... well before we got caught by Nomads and some infectees... The military talk I guess Miss Gollanska will inform you about.
The only other noticable happening was that we were followed by a pilot called {MaEX}-RV-Veganza. Who was searching for an infectee but further informations are missing from my side concerning this topic.
Oh and this ancient alien jumpgate in Minor... stay careful around it. There is some kind of radiance which killed the scanners and communication on open channels. Might be something our Science Division might want to investigate further.
So I think that was it... I will add the Visual Evidences I took and return to my job.
Reporting Officer: Commander Yeggito Kebok Date of Sortie: 21-Nov-823 AS Location Origin: Omicron Mu, Outer Rim Encryption Level: LOCKED
Parties Involved:
Order: Commander Yeggito Kebok
Nomad Contacts:
Vagrant "Kessereya"
Vagrant "Kapheria"
Auxesia Contacts:
Sapphire Raven
Auxiesa "Endurance"
Other Contacts:
Lithko, Neutral IFF
Summary:
Large amount of long-range sensor activity picked up from Meskhenet Station was the trigger to investigate. Trying to keep a low profile, I utilized the Bastet mk.II hangered at Taba, as it was recently equipped with a cloaking device, albeit one with a short duration of run-time. Trying to avoid detection, the system was patrolled counter-clockwise, looking out for any glints of hostile craft in the system's sunlight. Report Photo #1
Eventually, multiple hostile contacts were detected in the Pohnpei Asteroid Field, about 10km away from the Sigma-59 jump hole. Engaging the cloak once the hostiles were detected at 15k was too late, and while it prevented my ship from being targeted, my presence was known. Before the craft scattered, five (5) contacts were picked up. Two were Nomad, likely smaller craft, though the field's density, causing an obstructed view, prevented visual contact and verification.
The second set of craft were Auxiesian; the "Endurance", and the personal craft of one Sapphire Raven. Yes, the same Raven who tipped off the Core to our Iridium program several weeks back. Their presence, and thus proximity to Omicron Mu, was unsettling, but both Auxiesian ships turned for Sigma-59, and jumped through. Report Photo #2
Last contact was Lihko; as the focus was getting scans in before the Cloak Batteries were depleted, I did not get a full ship scan. As a neutral IFF, he may be a Freelancer. His name was seen in Omicron Delta system previously, but I have not made contact directly.Report Photo #3
[22.11.2016 01:55:24] Preparing to cloak...
[22.11.2016 01:55:28] Cloaking device on
[22.11.2016 01:55:29] Likho: Goodbye, Kapheira.
[22.11.2016 01:55:32] Sapphire.Raven: Order...
[22.11.2016 01:55:32] Likho: Until next we meet.
[22.11.2016 01:55:35] Likho: Under better circumstances.
[22.11.2016 01:55:40] Likho: Oh goddamnit...
[22.11.2016 01:55:43] Sapphire.Raven: Farewell, Ree-
[22.11.2016 01:55:44] Sapphire.Raven: Egh.
[22.11.2016 01:55:51] Sapphire.Raven: I suggest you move.
[22.11.2016 01:55:53] Vagrant.Kessereya: {::Endurance's and Sapphire's navigational maps blink with the coordinates of jump hole to Sigma-59::]
Deduction / Conclusions:
Based on the communications picked up, it seems that the meeting between the five parties was mutual; a lack of hostilities between Auxesia and the Nomad contacts was surprising (as they are, on public record, claiming to be protecting those in Sirius from Nomad threat), but the fact that all five scattered when the an Order Primary Fleet vessel was spotted lends evidence to the fact that the meeting, potentially, evidence of Auxiesian - Nomad relations.
The fact that the Nomad seemed to notify both Auxiesian vessels to the location of the jump hole, as in to aid in escape, also lends credence to the fact they could be working together.
I heavily suggest this "Lihko" character is investigated further. As he seems to be addressing the Nomad directly, hoping that the "meet again, under better circumstances", leads me to believe that they are seeking out direct contact with the Nomads, and are thus a high risk of infection.
Please let me know if there are any questions/concerns.
Reporting Officer: Commander Yeggito Kebok Date of Sortie: 25-Nov-823 AS Location Origin: Omicron Mu, Outer Rim Encryption Level: LOCKED
Parties Involved:
Order: Commander Yeggito Kebok
Civilian (AP Manufacturing) Contacts:
APM-Metalicus
APM-Insight
Core Contacts:
Core| "Needle"
Summary:
A high density of contacts out of Dabradau Station's sensors in Omicron Delta led the the scrambling of a VHF out of Taba. Once it was determined that these were Core ships, and they were heading to Lost, the mission was planned to identify the Core assets, and their approach to Iridium mining. To avoid detection, the cloak-equipped Bastet was used, and the mining field approached from above. Report Photo #1
The field was identified, visual contacts with the ships were made, and the cloak was engaged. Report Photo #2
Due to a cloak malfunction, visual obscuration was lost, but the Core did not engage. Report Photo #3
Scans were taken of the three craft:
The VHF, Needle, was utilizing four (4) ARCHANGEL main guns, and two Warrans. He was the only one to break the Core radio silence during the interaction.
The Miner, the APM-Metalicus, was a Bretonian freighter, though only utilizing two (2) mining arrays. A four-point mining array setup is twice as efficient when equally spaced. This shows that this operation is new to them, as their mining vessel was quite novice
The Transport, APM-Insight, was a standard Bison. Scans did not reveal armor, likely to maximize transport space.
The vessels were kept at a safe distance, and followed back into Delta. The tracking was terminated, and return to Taba was initiated. Report Image #4
Conclusions:
The Core, and the primary guild, are taking Iridium mining seriously. As opposed to a single miner working with a freighter, there are dedicated assets with an Escort. While it was only a single VHF at this time, they will likely increase their numbers after this encounter. Their route out of Lost took them through Delta, and then what looked like to Kappa.
Please let me know if there are any questions/concerns.
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