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Decrypting.... Recipient:Naval Operations Headquarters Sender:Kaisho-ho Kaori Yamamoto, 5th Major Fleet Date:01.07.827 A.S. Subject:Action Report 01/7 - Fighting for the Bridgehead Priority:Medium
To the Naval Operations Headquarters,
I hereby report from the front in Languedoc, where the 5th major fleet and assorted units have seen deployment according to phase two of Operation Kazan. Immediate entry into the system and with it the approach vector from the Tau region has been secured. Yet, as the Gallic war machine, taken by absolute surprise as expected, slowly springs into action friendly units have started encountering increasingly stiff resistance.
Since Nagasaki left the gate to Tau-23 behind and Akatsuki took a vanguard position, there have been several major engagements with Confederal units already. In these, adversary forces have displayed a will to fight that is to be expected from someone surprised and pushed into a corner, yet the shortcomings of their mindset are the same as they have always been. The Gaul presents itself as arrogant, unduly confident and as a victim of the same old superiority complex that has them see themselves above the Sirians no matter the missdeeds they have done. If nothing else, their ferocity in light of the situation is to be praised, yet it shows exactly why this operation must happen, and must be concluded swiftly. If left alone for not all that long the Gaul will be a threat to all of Sirius yet again and act upon his revanchist desires. And Kusari will suffer first and foremost.
Regardless of the initial application of our momentum, engagements over the course of the first few days have been mostly small scale and indecisive. Undoubtedly the culmination of combat so far has been the battle of sector 56 off of the tradelanes towards Nimes station. Both sides fielded several heavy assets and a number of light and heavy strike craft. Detecting enemy movements in the sector, our detachment of two battleships, one battlecruiser and a destroyer division encountered a similar enemy composition. Considering the odds and the importance of securing the immediate surroundings of the trade lanes, I decided to commence the engagement.
Over the course of the ensuing combat our heavy section saw extensive action and was eventually driven off. The remaining forces, supported by excellent fighter cover, managed to force the Gallic fleet to retreat eventually, wrestling a major victory from the enemy's hands. The nature of the engagement once again underlines the importance to counter the potent Gallic assets with a strong force of escort vessels around a core of battlecruisers, and makes a heavy reliance on battleship divisions a questionable choice for any commanding officer.
It is also to be noted that as altercations were at their peak, vessels belonging to what I assume is the security division of IDF actively sought the engagement and attacked our strike craft unprovoked. I know very well about the directives given out by the office of the admiralty regarding the treatment of civilian elements, and if it leads to the politicians winning their war without hampering the efforts to win mine, then I will gladly accept these restrictions. What I will, however, not stand for is supposed non-combattants opening fire on our forces and getting away with it. I will not trade the life of a Kusarian warrior for that of a vile Gaul. They have already claimed enough in the last conflict, so I suggest the politicians sort this out quickly, or I will have my units start actively seeking out IDF vessels so they won't have the chance to bite us another day. The incident has been marked in the radio logs.
On a sidenote unrelated to our engagements with the Gauls, as we returned to Nagasaki following the battle, we encountered a small wing of Chrysanthemums ineffectively firing at a friendly destroyer. I have no idea what brought them this far away from their holes, or what they thought they could accomplish, but they were disposed of quickly.
Kh. Kaori Yamamoto
Battleship Nagasaki
5th Major Fleet
Friendly detachment heading towards sector 56 Note: Early into the engagement, a stray shot damaged the camera array of command vessel Asama, leading to the inability to collect visual data on the engagement itself.
[29.06.2020 19:57:50] MNG|Miroslav.deGobineau: Kusari forces, this is Capitaine de Corvette Miroslav de Gobineau of Marine Nationale Gauloise. Who's in charge on your side at the moment?
[29.06.2020 19:58:25] [KNF]IKN-Asama: This is the battlecruiser Asama, Admiral Yamamoto speaking. What do you seek, Gaull?
[29.06.2020 19:58:31] MNG|Brumaire: CO: Your departure.
[29.06.2020 19:58:44] [KNF]IKN-Asama: Keep looking.
[29.06.2020 19:58:55] [KNF]IKN-Asama: Unless you wish to surrender.
[29.06.2020 19:59:02] MNG|Miroslav.deGobineau: We are offering you to retreat as we are starting to move on your positions. Otherwise, let it be a glorious battle.
[29.06.2020 20:01:28] MNG|Miroslav.deGobineau: Admiral Yamamoto, this is Capitaine de Gobineau. Remember the time when Conseil of Gallia helped Imperials to restore your nation? Maybe not. So, consider this as a warning, we also can dismantle it.
[29.06.2020 20:01:51] [KNF]IKN-Suzaku: H: You're awfully close.
[29.06.2020 20:02:30] [KNF]IKN-Takahashi|66th: CIC: Konnichiwa, Takeuchi.
[29.06.2020 20:02:33] [KNF]IKN-Asama: Perhaps you should care about dismantling the rotten parts of your own nation first. A great victory you did achieve, now cooperating with your former foes in your own rows.
[29.06.2020 20:02:39] MNG|JP.de.Gaulle: I was fired upon!
[29.06.2020 20:03:09] MNG|Brumaire: CO: You should perhaps not be concerned with your opponent's internal affairs, considering you are meddling in them
[29.06.2020 20:03:13] MNG|Brumaire: CO: Without reason or cause.
[29.06.2020 20:03:17] GDS-Reunion: CIC: Alright - madames and monsieurs, we engage them for Confederacy! For Gallia!
[29.06.2020 20:03:22] Argentolles: So this is what honour by Kusarian means? Attacking without declaration of war and declare it *after* you started a war?
[29.06.2020 20:03:31] [KNF]IKN-Hizen|66th: Tactics.
[29.06.2020 20:03:31] [KNF]IKN-Takahashi|66th: CIC: All ships move in and engage!
[29.06.2020 20:03:34] MNG|Brumaire: CO: Now, leave our space. And don't come back, lest we press to New Tokyo and burn your house to the ground.
[29.06.2020 20:03:34] Ayane.Takeuchi: Konnichiwa fellow warriors. I'm ready to engage.
[29.06.2020 20:03:35] CLN-Independence: Croix: Pour le Confederacie!
[29.06.2020 20:03:36] [KNF]Nk.Mei.Isogai: Consider it a surprise game of hot potato
[29.06.2020 20:03:40] [KNF]IKN-Hizen|66th: Moving in to engage.
[29.06.2020 20:03:41] IKN-Uwajima: Gallia surrender or die
[29.06.2020 20:03:42] [KNF]IKN-Asama: It is of my house‘s concern when you have brought immeasurable trouble and suffering to us once already.
[29.06.2020 20:03:42] CLN-Normandy: All power to engines, moving to engage.
[29.06.2020 20:03:46] Ayane.Takeuchi: Roger that. Moving in aggressively. Opening fire.
[29.06.2020 20:03:46] [KNF]IKN-Hokuzan: CO: Engage enemies must be destroyed!
[29.06.2020 20:03:47] MNG|Lemoine: Send them back to Kusari, opening fire.
[29.06.2020 20:03:48] [KNF]IKN-Asama: Something I will never let happen again.
[29.06.2020 20:03:49] MNG|Miroslav.deGobineau: We'll speak after our guns be silenced. Battlegroup, engage the enemy lines.
[29.06.2020 20:03:49] [KNF]IKN-Hokuzan: CO: Engage them all!
[29.06.2020 20:03:51] [KNF]Nk.Mei.Isogai: Hai, ready to fire
[29.06.2020 20:03:52] [KNF]IKN-Takahashi|66th: CIC: All hands to battlestations, open fire at will!
[29.06.2020 20:04:00] MNG|Miroslav.deGobineau: No remorse. Shoot on sight.
[29.06.2020 20:04:02] MNG|JP.de.Gaulle: *battle mod*
[29.06.2020 20:04:02] IKN-Uwajima: no surrender then die
[29.06.2020 20:04:07] GDS-Reunion: CIC: All units - open fire!
[29.06.2020 20:04:13] GDS-Reunion: CIC: Code red! Repeat, code red!
[29.06.2020 20:04:15] Argentolles: CIC: Target acquired. These peasants shall burn for violating our borders.
[29.06.2020 20:04:20] GDS-Reunion: CIC: Engage hostile forces!
[29.06.2020 20:04:24] Argentolles: CIC: Opening fire. All batteries - maximum firepower! Turn them to dust!
[29.06.2020 20:05:54] Ayane.Takeuchi: Weapons back online.
[29.06.2020 20:05:57] Ayane.Takeuchi: Opening fire. [29.06.2020 20:06:43] Death: CLN-Normandy was put out of action by [KNF]IKN-Hizen|66th (Gun). [29.06.2020 20:06:50] IDF|Olivier:Nizan: Visual on hostiles
[29.06.2020 20:06:56] IDF|Olivier:Nizan: Moving to engage. [29.06.2020 20:08:24] Death: [KNF]IKN-Takahashi|66th was put out of action by Argentolles (Gun).
[29.06.2020 20:10:06] [KNF]Ni.Shin.Kusanagi: Joining fleet
[29.06.2020 20:10:11] [KNF]Ni.Shin.Kusanagi: Opening fire at hostile ships [29.06.2020 20:10:54] Death: Argentolles was put out of action by [KNF]IKN-Hokuzan (Gun). [29.06.2020 20:11:28] Death: IKN-Uwajima was put out of action by CLN-Independence (Gun). [29.06.2020 20:11:34] Death: MNG|JP.de.Gaulle was put out of action by Ayane.Takeuchi (Gun).
[29.06.2020 20:12:05] Ayane.Takeuchi: Got one.
[29.06.2020 20:12:16] Ayane.Takeuchi: Moving to take care of the rest. [29.06.2020 20:13:06] Death: CLN-Independence was put out of action by [KNF]Ni.Shin.Kusanagi (Missile/Torpedo). [29.06.2020 20:13:14] Death: [KNF]IKN-Hizen|66th was put out of action by GDS-Reunion (Gun). [29.06.2020 20:14:11] Death: MNG|Miroslav.deGobineau was put out of action by [KNF]IKN-Asama (Gun). [29.06.2020 20:14:56] Death: MNG|Lemoine was put out of action by Ayane.Takeuchi (Gun). [29.06.2020 20:15:43] Death: MNG|Brumaire was put out of action by [KNF]IKN-Hokuzan (Gun).
[29.06.2020 20:16:55] Veuthey: moving in [29.06.2020 20:16:55] Death: GDS-Reunion was put out of action by [KNF]IKN-Asama (Gun).
[29.06.2020 20:17:04] Ayane.Takeuchi: Not clever.
[29.06.2020 20:17:07] Ayane.Takeuchi: Prepare to be destroyed.
[29.06.2020 20:17:23] [KNF]IKN-Asama: All hostiles neutralised. Units, damage report.
[29.06.2020 20:17:59] [KNF]Ni.Shin.Kusanagi: This is Matsu 1, all systems are green, got several damages but we'll survived
[29.06.2020 20:18:50] [KNF]IKN-Suzaku: H: This is the Suzaku, we suffered some damage. All systems are still a go. [29.06.2020 20:22:18] Death: IDF|Olivier:Nizan was put out of action by [KNF]Nk.Mei.Isogai (Gun).
[29.06.2020 20:22:39] Ayane.Takeuchi: I'll let you have this one if you desire.
[29.06.2020 20:22:47] [KNF]Nk.Mei.Isogai: Hai, arigato
[29.06.2020 20:22:53] [KNF]IKN-Asama: Good work, warrior. Look at him run
[29.06.2020 20:24:49] [KNF]IKN-Suzaku: H: Do you need help? [29.06.2020 20:24:55] Death: Veuthey was put out of action by [KNF]Nk.Mei.Isogai (Mine).
[29.06.2020 20:25:06] [KNF]IKN-Asama: What in the name of hell...
[29.06.2020 20:25:11] [KNF]IKN-Asama: Are these wenches insane?
[29.06.2020 20:25:12] Masakari: Morioka: Yes, if would be great. Targets are too small for our weaponry.
[29.06.2020 20:25:20] [KNF]Nk.Mei.Isogai: Anyone left?
[29.06.2020 20:25:22] [KNF]IKN-Suzaku: H: Let's get rid of these pests.
[29.06.2020 20:26:10] Ayane.Takeuchi: GC has come, interesting.
[29.06.2020 20:26:19] Ayane.Takeuchi: Need my assistance?
[29.06.2020 20:26:45] Ayane.Takeuchi: Cruisers, stand back. We got this.
[29.06.2020 20:26:47] Ayane.Takeuchi: Opening fire.
[29.06.2020 20:26:53] [KNF]Nk.Mei.Isogai: I'm on standby if needed
[29.06.2020 20:27:00] [KNF]IKN-Asama: Feel free to take this off the destroyer's hands.
[29.06.2020 20:27:07] [KNF]IKN-Asama: The point defence seems to be too slow.
[29.06.2020 20:27:47] [KNF]'Chishiki'|66th: Alright, well, I don't like what I am seeing. [29.06.2020 20:27:51] Death: GC-Blossoming.Winter was put out of action by [KNF]'Ronin'|66th (Gun).
[29.06.2020 20:28:55] Ayane.Takeuchi: I am dissengaging. [29.06.2020 20:29:06] Death: GC-Hanako was put out of action by a hostile vessel. [29.06.2020 20:29:23] Death: GC-Kirisame was put out of action by [KNF]'Ronin'|66th (Gun).
[29.06.2020 20:29:30] Ayane.Takeuchi: What a slaughter.
[29.06.2020 20:29:49] [KNF]IKN-Asama: Well...uhm.
[29.06.2020 20:29:52] [KNF]IKN-Asama: Good job?
[29.06.2020 20:29:57] Ayane.Takeuchi: Indeed.
[29.06.2020 20:29:59] [KNF]Nk.Mei.Isogai: I would say so
[29.06.2020 20:29:59] [KNF]Ni.Shin.Kusanagi: Who knows. Huh
[29.06.2020 20:30:05] Masakari: Morioka: Well done, pilots. Thank you for the assistance.
[29.06.2020 20:30:17] Ayane.Takeuchi: Intelligence is honored to assist.
[29.06.2020 20:30:19] [KNF]IKN-Asama: After this episode, all units, rearm and repair. You are dismissed.
Squished bigly ~Champ- Thanks, you're a champ. "What's the word for when it feels inside your heart that everything in the world is all right?"
Comm ID:Hattori Masanari Recipient: Kusari Naval Office Topic:Languedoc Offensive
Konbanwa.
The strike into Gallia has so far been fortuitous, however recent skirmishes have been a tug of war with each side claiming victory in these short bouts.
As much needed heavier ships are becoming more common among the Kusari actions, we stand a much greater chance against the considerable amount of battleships fielded by the Gallic forces. However some of the battleships we have encountered have mistaken their size for invulnerability, and they were swiftly reminded of their mortality.
I have attached the casualties from both sides from the skirmishes I had the honour to be apart of today. My own destroyer requires immediate repairs from spending too much time in the vicinity of a Gallic Battleship.
[02.07.2020 18:27:03] Death: MNG|L'Audacieux was put out of action by IKN-Blackmoon (Missile/Torpedo).
[02.07.2020 18:27:19] Death: Fumeur was put out of action by Ayane.Takeuchi (Mine).
[02.07.2020 18:30:29] Death: L'Ambitieux was put out of action by IKN-Destroyer.Ayanami (Gun).
[02.07.2020 18:31:40] Death: GDF-Tredion was put out of action by IKN-Anzu (Missile/Torpedo).
[02.07.2020 18:32:56] Death: Isaac.Duloffre was put out of action by Maori.Sahara (Gun).
[02.07.2020 19:36:06] Death: RNS-Grenoble was put out of action by IKN-Hirosaki (Gun).
[02.07.2020 19:38:38] Death: [KNF]IKN-Asama was put out of action by MNG|J.P.de.GaulIe (Gun).
[02.07.2020 19:38:43] Death: IKN-Hirosaki was put out of action by MNG|Ressentiment (Gun).
[02.07.2020 19:43:10] Death: EF|Kaga was put out of action by GDS-Reunion (Gun).
[02.07.2020 19:44:41] Death: MNG|J.P.de.GaulIe was put out of action by [KNF]IKN-Suzaku (Gun).
[02.07.2020 19:45:00] Death: IKN-Ashikaga.Yoshino was put out of action by MNG|Miroslav,deGobineau (Gun).
[02.07.2020 19:45:46] Death: [KNF]IKN-Suzaku was put out of action by MNG|Ressentiment (Gun).
After a brief stay on the Nagasaki, I intended to return back to the Akatsuki and get ready for the next task. On the way there, a Valor-class of the Royal Enclave was encountered, sitting well above the the first tradelane segment not under our control yet.
Their Captain was quite talk active, mostly we exchanged arguments where I repeatedly met the old-fashioned delusional Royal Gallic propaganda and mindset. Nevertheless, this was no waste of time, as I could witness this Valor and a Remembrance belonging to the primary fleets of the Confederal Defense Forces sit next to each other, openly not minding each others presence.
The Valor's Captain even spoke about unification, a doubtful claim but interesting nevertheless. Exact words are attached below, as well as a picture of the two Warships peacefully sitting quite close to each other.
Ii. Umakai Miwa
Battlecruiser Akatsuki
Yanagi Strike Wing
[09.07.2020 16:39:56] GRN|RNFS-Chant.du.Cygne: LeBeau: Kusarian, you seemed to be missing one detail. You have united the people of Gallia. We now have one cause.
[09.07.2020 16:46:29] GRN|RNFS-Chant.du.Cygne: LeBeau: One golden age has gone. Now, thanks to you, perhaps we can begin another.
[09.07.2020 16:46:39] GRN|RNFS-Chant.du.Cygne: LeBeau: We will start by claiming what few territories your House holds.
[09.07.2020 16:46:52] GRN|RNFS-Chant.du.Cygne: LeBeau: Or, perhaps, whatever we deem worthy of leaving intact.
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Decrypting.... Recipient:KNF Combined Fleet General Head Quarters Sender: Vice Admiral (Kaisho) Enomoto Kunio, 1st Major Fleet Date:19.07.827 A.S. Subject:Status Report - Matsumoto Advances Priority:Medium
To the Combined Fleet General Headquarters
On the aftermath of Operation Kazan, the First and Seventh Major Fleets led by the Matsumoto and Hamamatsu respectively have been committed to a lightning assault into the North corridor into the Confederacy of Gallia territory. The Shock and Awe strategies devised for the operation by Fleet Admiral (Kaisho) Hyong Shunso office have proved surprisingly effective on the enemy, who was used to covering large quantities of star systems with minimal forces necessary for criminal deterrence. Much like the Rheinland Military did upon us on the first and second invasions of Honshu, so did we upon the Gallics.
At this point in time, our projected goals for the Lorraine system have been mostly achieved. Defenses orbiting Planet Metz have been successfully pushed away from orbit, and engaged with relentless assaults from units of both our fleets. Reports indicate that our main opponent in the system, GDF Epinal Fleet was considerably beaten up, but has managed to retreat to a second line of defenses alongside GDF Venissieux fleet, in Burgundy. A weakened and under-supplied Luneville Guard Station was overrun and scuttled, and survivors taken as prisoners. So far, Naval Intelligence has produced nothing of note from their interrogation.
We have advanced deep into Lorraine and went across into the Burgundy system. Several civilian installation have come into range in the rear system, and target assessment requests sent to CFGHQ have marked Roanne Production Facility and Chateau Salins Station to be strategically important enough to be neutralized by KNF units. After assault and eviction of any people on board of the stations, both were successfully scuttled and should be out of our minds for the rest of the campaign. Vandoeuvres Space Colony, while having some logistical importance to economical network of Gallia, was too much of a civilian interest to be taken action against. units from the 7th Fleet have been tasked with patrol and observation to preserve it's status as an unoccupied, open station.
We have received the latest intel from KNI and KOI operations in the Burgundy system, and I can safely say one of our greatest challenges lies ahead of us. As I mentioned GDF Epinal has managed to pull away from combat, and has reached the lines of Avallon/Dijon Station, a considerable defense emplacement in orbit of Planet Nevers. Adding to that the presence of GDF Venissieux, an unknown value force to their defenses, could make the sector a though nut to crack. I hope to have several proposals for an operation against this force as soon as the next CFGHQ meeting occurs. It is likely that we will have to consider parallel operations to bypass Nevers and secure Alesia and the corridors to Ile-de-France.
At this moment, our forces retain good manpower values, and 7th Fleet forces have been keeping up with our advance and supporting our back. Occasional action by the 66th Advanced Battlegroup has also secured our flanks, and I'm sure they will be an asset for key operations depper in the enemy lines.
Ka. Enomoto Kunio
Battleship Matsumoto
1st Major Fleet
I'm all but certain I had an unusually active first patrol. Over the course of approximately two hours inside New Tokyo, Honshu, and Shikoku space, I was involved in several different engagements with Blood Dragon and Golden Chrysanthemum craft. I scored three registered takedowns across all engagements, and witnessed allied craft score a further two.
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[01.08.2020 22:29:11] Death: Ariel.Rhiza. was put out of action by [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto (Gun).
[01.08.2020 23:11:30] Death: bd]-Junko.Miyahara was put out of action by [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto (Gun).
[01.08.2020 23:40:39] Death: [RDA]Ryuu was put out of action by The.Infighter (Mine).
[01.08.2020 23:54:31] Death: Mauve.Blossom was put out of action by [KNF]Nk.Ayako.Nishimura (Wasp/Hornet).
[02.08.2020 00:20:29] Death: GC-Triad-4 was put out of action by [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto (Mine).
The most interesting of these encounters was the Dragon pilot Miyahara in high orbit above New Tokyo. Disabling their Katana to the point where it was no longer combat capable took considerable effort, to the point where I was unable to return my Wyvern to the Yamaguchi for repairs and had to instead perform an emergency landing at Shibuya Spaceport, not far from the main New Tokyo docking ring.
Although levels of unrest within House space proper were well beyond what I had anticipated, the actions undertaken by our patrol wings today have hopefully helped to quell it once more.
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Decrypting.... Recipient:KNF Home Fleet Head Quarters Sender: Itto Kaii (Lieutenant), Seok Naoki Date:02.08.827 A.S. Subject:Activity Report - New Tokyo region Priority:Low
I come forth to bring my report from the latest activites as part of Ginza patrol, in the New Tokyo and surrounding systems.
Me and my patrol were ordered to scramble to assist an KNF officer engaged by GC terrorist cell in south New Tokyo space. Other wings such as Fuji were also in the air, but we didn't manage to reach the combat area before the officer Ishikawa was rendered combat inoperable by the concentrated GC assault on him.
Soon we set on doing a search for the assailants who had fled the scene, and our patrol managed to glimpse a large GC vessel (callsign GC-Tsutuji)making it's getaway to a remote area in the Chiba Field. We were however unable to intercept it, as we were ordered to redirect our efforts in assisting Fuji-2, who had engaged the GC assassins in unmonitored area in Honshu system.
Ginza patrol was the next to arrive in the combat area, and we moved in to assist. Combat was tense and dangerous for our pilots, so there was little time for detailed intel gathering on the hostiles. Records show that Fuji-2, Ginza-1 (myself) and Santo KaisaM. Hattori were in combat with GC elements with callsign GC-Kirisame , Ariel.Rhiza. and GC-Yumi. My vessel was disabled during the combat, after Fuji-2 had managed to take down the Kirisame and was taken down by the Ariel.Rhiza in turn. After action reports indicate that M. Hattori with the assistance of Nito KaiiKyōko Kishimoto managed to neutralize the remaining hostiles in the area and withdraw safely back to regular patrol areas.
Other sortie later on by Ginza patrol on the New Tokyo system responded to the sighting of a LNS warship in orbit of New Tokyo, allegedly on a mission of diplomatic nature (scans 1 and 2. Ginza-2 was launched and together with several other officers on patrol (Nk.Ayako.Nishimura, Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto, Sk.M-Hattori, and 'Ronin',|66th), questioned the Libertonian captain and proceeded with the escort of the vessel with the envoys back to Liberty. Upon receiving the information that the intrusion into New Tokyo space had been granted by a Commander.Tokugawa, we requested the contacts of such officer and tried to get answers from the individual.
Commander Tokugawa was taken aback by our persistence in maintaining Kusari space controlled and secured, and after much pressure to reveal details of why a (by his words) "classified" operation had overtly allowed LNS vessels waltzing into New Tokyo mooring points without a word to KNF, he eventually yielded his credentials as an officer for a KOI department dubbed "Division of Fire", under a callsign Embers. I'm sure the Admiralty or the KNI will make diligence to check with KOI and ensure this kind of communications breakdown doesn't happen as often in the future.
In the meantime, I recommend keeping a vigiliant eye for similar movements by singular LNS vessels in the future.
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Decrypting.... Recipient:6th Major Fleet Nagasaki command, Combined Fleet General Headquarters Sender: KNI Karasu.no.Kage Date:02.08.827 A.S. Subject:Reconnaissance report, Dauphine battlefront Priority:Medium
Today the Kusari Naval Intelligence conducted recon operations beyond the "frontline" of the 6th Major fleet in Dauphine. Focus was on the strategic objective of Fourchambault Shipyard and the gateway to Ile-de-France system.
Patrols around the Planet Privas sector and the Shipyard are varied and of moderate strength, but there are several vectors of approach that remain thinly defended from local forces. An assault on the Shipyard from outside the tradelane approaches seems viable, except for a single factor described below.
Continuing towards the Ile-de-France gateway, security exponentially increased to such levels that even our recon detachment would risk interception and trouble. Our teams found out that the Gallic Defense Forces have set the De Grasse Fleet on watch of the gateway, and it is providing remote support to the defense of the Shipyard. Both De Grasse fleet and the Shipyard are bolstering defenses of the Gap Station Line, keeping it strong against our frontal assault by the Nagasaki Fleet forces.
It is still unknown what force composition is operating on the other side of the gate to the next system, but if we wish to disable the Shipyard, and consequently weaken the Gap/Pamiers force, we need to take measures to neutralize De Grasse's fleet first and foremost.
Meanwhile, our main units are holding a line of attack on the Gap station, although many times we have seen the GDF forces taking the initiative and sallying out to push our forces into more defensive stances... (1, 2, 3 ) I have no idea who is overseeing those operations, but that is with them....
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Decrypting.... Recipient:Naval Operations Headquarters Sender:Itto Kaii, Ayane Takeuchi Date:02.08.827 A.S. Subject:Patrol Report — Dauphine Front Priority:Low
Kon'nichiwa honorable Kusari Kaigun,
My so-far experience under the Naval banner has given me sufficient material to express I did not make a mistake. My understanding of intelligence agenda has been kept therefore not lost as I conduct mainly assassinlike missions. The opening stage of the dauphine and burgundy front is the phase when I've finally flown as an Itto Kaii of the Kaigun. Today's move en route for the dauphine ended up in a skirmish where we achieved a triumph.
I initially departed from the Nagasaki's battlegroup towards the northern parts of the Dauphine system to conduct a swift patrol protocol. To my surprise, I failed to detect any hostile vessels, as they've been seemingly preparing themselves in the background for what is anticipated to occur. Upon my arrival to the D-5 sector, I detected several heavy battleships accompanied by destroyers and battlecruisers. Their weak point was fairly obvious as they lacked snub craft which can be crucial for survival. They were already facing our fleet comprised out of battleships down to fighters. Hostile vessels lastly decided to defend their space. In the meantime, as our fleet arrived at the hostile location to viciously strike them. I went towards the sector E-6, relatively close to the Akatsuki as I received a call the battlegroup spotted intruders contained out of several fighters. With some damage suffered, we had successfully disabled them and returned back towards the sector D-5 where are fleet was located at. Therefore, a major skirmish took place in the vicinity of the Gap Station, as we aggressively pushed the confederal units. The operation was a success with a clear victory, where we took some damage albeit the fact they've been apparently somewhat prepared.
The confrontation had ended, and I immediately returned back to the Nagasaki's battlegroup for further instructions. I attached the Combat Log of hostile targets that have been neutralized. I had to request minor repairs for my Wyvern to further resume my operations under the Kaigun. Sayonara until the next patrol report.
[02.08.2020 17:00:58] Death: MNG|JP.de.Gaulle was put out of action by [KNF]Ii.Ayane.Takeuchi (Mine).
[02.08.2020 16:46:46] Death: GRN|Maurice.Cornett was put out of action by [KNF]Ii.Ayane.Takeuchi (Gun).
[02.08.2020 16:58:01] Death: CDF|-CLN-Paris was put out of action by IKN-Matsuyama (Gun).
[02.08.2020 16:56:09] Death: MNG|La.Concorde was put out of action by IKN-Shinano (Gun).
[02.08.2020 16:55:00] Death: GDS-Le.Citronnier was put out of action by [KNF]IKN-Takahashi|66th (Gun).
[02.08.2020 16:52:19] Death: Bamako was put out of action by IKN-Tottori (Gun).
[02.08.2020 16:36:35] Death: GRN|Alice.Marie was put out of action by [KNF]Ni.Kyoko,Kishimoto (Gun).
[02.08.2020 16:57:24] Death: GDS-Reunion was put out of action by IKN-Matsuyama (Gun).
At approximately 0900 Standard Time, I came in contact with a vessel belonging to the newly-declared hostile entity known as the Natio Octavarium. Said vessel was holding position on the trade lane route towards the Saga (Tau-29) jump gate, most likely attempting to disrupt incoming and outgoing trade or supplies from and into the system. Upon a short conversation I engaged the vessel and managed to cripple it and render it harmless as it lost most of its weaponry systems. Unfortunately, the pilot managed to escape and cruise back towards Tau-23, I persued regardless and after a lnog chase I arrived in Tau-44 at what seemed to be the Natio Octavarium main installation. Preliminary analysis indicates that the station is not very defended. A Crayter installation was also present near the entrace of the system.
[03.08.2020 12:04:18] NO-F-Jerry.Rawlins: Well, what have we here?
[03.08.2020 12:04:29] NO-F-Jerry.Rawlins: Not what I was looking for, but more what I should be, most likely.
[03.08.2020 12:04:30] [KNF]Tokai-1: What do /we/ have here?
[03.08.2020 12:04:52] [KNF]Tokai-1: You're unneedingly bold with your action, freelancer.
[03.08.2020 12:05:12] [KNF]Tokai-1: Or whatever it is you wish to refer to yourselves as.
[03.08.2020 12:05:50] NO-F-Jerry.Rawlins: Well, orders are orders. Shall we get to it?
[03.08.2020 12:05:55] [KNF]Tokai-1: We shall.
[03.08.2020 12:09:12] [KNF]Tokai-1: Poor thing.
[03.08.2020 12:09:26] NO-F-Jerry.Rawlins: Well, I don't suppose we can talk surrender now, can we?
[03.08.2020 12:09:37] [KNF]Tokai-1: Interest me.
[03.08.2020 12:10:02] NO-F-Jerry.Rawlins: Well, that's better now. We'll have to do this again some time.
[03.08.2020 12:10:13] [KNF]Tokai-1: I do hope you reconsider your actions.
[03.08.2020 12:10:24] NO-F-Jerry.Rawlins: Well, as I said, orders are orders, aren't they?
[03.08.2020 12:10:25] [KNF]Tokai-1: Perhaps next time you wouldn't make a joke of both yourself and whoever you represent.
[03.08.2020 12:10:49] Ship is out of range
[03.08.2020 12:12:59] NO-F-Jerry.Rawlins: Well, I give you credit for not giving up the chase. If you're following me all the way back to Canberra, I'll buy you a drink
[03.08.2020 12:13:16] [KNF]Tokai-1: Canberra?
[03.08.2020 12:13:44] NO-F-Jerry.Rawlins: Canberra Star City. It's a modest place, but everyone needs a place to hang their boots.
[03.08.2020 12:14:07] [KNF]Tokai-1: I see. So this star city you speak of would be your hideout?
[03.08.2020 12:14:23] NO-F-Jerry.Rawlins: I wouldn't call a city in space a hideout.
[03.08.2020 12:15:08] [KNF]Tokai-1: A crayter installation.
[03.08.2020 12:15:47] NO-F-Jerry.Rawlins: Well, it was good fighting with you. We'll have to do this again sometime.
[03.08.2020 12:15:57] [KNF]Tokai-1: I still require that drink.
[03.08.2020 12:15:59] 2020-08-03 12:16:01 SMT Traffic control alert: NO-F-Jerry.Rawlins has requested to dock
Another day, another report of insurgent activity in and around the home systems. I was scrambled from the Yamaguchi herself to respond to a Kishiro distress call in the vicinity of the Honshu jumpgate, along with Nito Kaii Mitsue Ohru and a member of the reserve fleet operating under an anonymous codename. We arrived on the scene just as the Kishiro escort fighter was engaged in earnest, and I am pleased to report that all three hostiles were destroyed in short order.
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[04.08.2020 21:36:38] Death: GC-Meian was put out of action by Kishiro|Daikon (Mine).
[04.08.2020 21:42:58] Death: Ariel-Rhiza was put out of action by Imperial.Navy.Fighter (Mine).
[04.08.2020 21:49:22] Death: bd]-Junko.Miyahara was put out of action by [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto (Mine).
As the first battle was winding down, however, a second Blood Dragon emerged from the direction of the Hiryo Cloud, and was promptly engaged by our reserve fleet asset. Unfortunately, the Dragon succeeded in disabling our comrade-in-arms' ship and fled the scene before it could be pursued.
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[04.08.2020 22:02:24] Death: Imperial.Navy.Fighter was put out of action by }|{-Keibetsu (Gun).
Following this, I returned to New Tokyo itself along with Nito Kaii Ohru, where a further Chrysanthemum ship was spotted stalking not far from Shinagawa itself. It offered little more than a few words of banal conversation before being engaged and destroyed.
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[04.08.2020 22:16:45] Death: GC|Hajimari was put out of action by [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto (Mine).
Finally, the surviving Dragon from Honshu returned during the latter part of my engagement with the Chrysanthemum pilot, and a lengthy exchange followed -- the details of which are attached below. The pilot proved themselves to be as well educated as they are well trained in handling their craft, for both Ohru-san and myself were forced to pull back and eject within the vicinity of Shinagawa's patrol wings following a fierce engagement. I am, however, informed that Itto Kaisa Hayashimura finished what we started, and thus the final chapter of this patrol was somewhat salvaged.
[04.08.2020 22:16:53] }|{-Keibetsu: Seems your colleague's racking up quite the bodycount today.
[04.08.2020 22:16:58] }|{-Keibetsu: Impressive.
[04.08.2020 22:17:02] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: Something like that.
[04.08.2020 22:17:07] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: She has been since she started her service.
[04.08.2020 22:17:21] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: The Wyvern is treating me well, it has to be said.
[04.08.2020 22:17:39] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: She surpasses me in flight ability many times.
[04.08.2020 22:17:44] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: I am proud of this new pilot.
[04.08.2020 22:17:47] }|{-Keibetsu: Perhaps that's something you should work on, then?
[04.08.2020 22:17:51] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: You're too harsh on yourself, Ohru-san.
[04.08.2020 22:18:24] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: Hai, perhaps and yet, I rather engage in diplomatic combat than ship to ship.
[04.08.2020 22:18:47] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: Ohru-san is a staunch adherent of words being weaponry in their own right.
[04.08.2020 22:18:50] }|{-Keibetsu: I'd assume combat is often inevitable in your.. "Line of work".
[04.08.2020 22:18:52] }|{-Keibetsu: Is it not?
[04.08.2020 22:19:09] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: Yes and no.
[04.08.2020 22:19:33] }|{-Keibetsu: You won't always have the luxury of only having to spectate miss Kishimoto here doing your job in your stead.
[04.08.2020 22:19:34] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: Often times I have a squadmate who would act as the combat person.
[04.08.2020 22:19:41] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: Hai, I am aware.
[04.08.2020 22:19:56] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I have faith in my colleagues-in-arms.
[04.08.2020 22:20:30] }|{-Keibetsu: Sounds like that faith may be a little misplaced, based on your colleague's words.
[04.08.2020 22:20:57] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: Well, there are others in the Naval Forces, apart from me.
[04.08.2020 22:21:03] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: She has faith in them.
[04.08.2020 22:21:10] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I believe the right spirit is worth more in our line of work than any amount of bloodthirst could ever be.
[04.08.2020 22:21:43] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: After all, these skirmishes will hardly define anything, in the grand scheme of things.
[04.08.2020 22:21:50] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: This civil conflict has spanned centuries.
[04.08.2020 22:22:08] }|{-Keibetsu: And it will continue as long as it has to.
[04.08.2020 22:22:14] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I have no doubt about it.
[04.08.2020 22:22:19] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: Hai. That is the case.
[04.08.2020 22:22:30] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: But such is life.
[04.08.2020 22:23:16] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: My point is that two entire strike wings could clash against one another and it would be, more or less, inconsequential.
[04.08.2020 22:23:27] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: At least insofar as these isolated skirmishes go.
[04.08.2020 22:23:35] }|{-Keibetsu: Hmph. If you insist.
[04.08.2020 22:23:39] }|{-Keibetsu: I believe every victory counts.
[04.08.2020 22:23:48] }|{-Keibetsu: And, frankly, even every single life lost on the battlefield.
[04.08.2020 22:24:04] }|{-Keibetsu: These are still men and women, Kishimoto.
[04.08.2020 22:24:17] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I am aware. I am not trying to demean or belittle their accomplishments.
[04.08.2020 22:24:39] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: If anything, I'd rather as much as anyone that our differences could be settled in one swift, decisive motion, once and for-
[04.08.2020 22:24:41] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: -all.
[04.08.2020 22:24:59] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: But, as much as we like to pretend otherwise, that isn't how the world works.
[04.08.2020 22:25:45] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: Humanity as a whole has only knelt to one ruler during all these centuries in Sirius -- the credit. In that way we've-
[04.08.2020 22:25:49] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: -changed little from our forebears.
[04.08.2020 22:26:09] }|{-Keibetsu: Says she who enlisted in the Naval Forces, the Hogosha's very own pet military.
[04.08.2020 22:26:12] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: The only exception might be the Gauls, but even then vengeance seems like a poor replacement.
[04.08.2020 22:26:29] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I am a recent transfer. Police work has been my choice up until now.
[04.08.2020 22:27:22] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: The Naval Forces has a proud tradition separate from Imperial institutions in its own right.
[04.08.2020 22:27:24] }|{-Keibetsu: I don't really see the difference. Police or Navy, you're fighting for the wrong cause. A corrupt government not worth
[04.08.2020 22:27:25] }|{-Keibetsu: defending.
[04.08.2020 22:27:44] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: One dynasty is as good as another.
[04.08.2020 22:27:57] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I will never understand your fixation with one singular bloodline, to tell you the truth.
[04.08.2020 22:28:10] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: What does it matter who sits on the throne as long as our people are fed and our House prospers?
[04.08.2020 22:28:46] }|{-Keibetsu: Does it truly prosper? I see our house diving head-on into an unjust, unnecessary war.
[04.08.2020 22:29:14] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: There is nothing unjust about a premature strike for the good of Kusari.
[04.08.2020 22:29:29] }|{-Keibetsu: A premature strike against whom? The so-called "Enclave"?
[04.08.2020 22:29:31] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: The Gauls' influence on Sirius has been a cancer ever since they broke through their self-inflicted quarantine.
[04.08.2020 22:29:38] }|{-Keibetsu: They are the ones at fault for the glassing of Leeds, aren't they?
[04.08.2020 22:29:49] }|{-Keibetsu: Instead you've simply chosen an easier-to-best foe.
[04.08.2020 22:29:54] }|{-Keibetsu: They're no honour in this war.
[04.08.2020 22:29:58] }|{-Keibetsu: No just cause.
[04.08.2020 22:30:00] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: If you truly believe they extradited all their previous Royalists to the so-called Enclave, you are nothing short of naive.
[04.08.2020 22:30:09] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: The ones lurking in the Taus are the scapegoat few for the guilty many.
[04.08.2020 22:30:33] }|{-Keibetsu: And so you attack the very same Gauls who - in part - overthrew their King and rebelled, instead?
[04.08.2020 22:31:15] }|{-Keibetsu: Or do you only attack, say, the Duchy?
[04.08.2020 22:31:20] }|{-Keibetsu: From what I've heard, that is not the case.
[04.08.2020 22:31:22] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: Gallia was allowed to grow and prosper, once. It culminated in the burning of a world.
[04.08.2020 22:31:42] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: As much as we may have our differences from the other domestic Houses of Sirius, none of our neighbours have ever-
[04.08.2020 22:31:48] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: -sought to stoop to such atrocities.
[04.08.2020 22:32:11] }|{-Keibetsu: And yet here you are, invading a house already in shambles, looking to do.. What, exactly?
[04.08.2020 22:32:14] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: The Gaul is cut from a different cloth to any Kusarian -- indeed, any Libertonian, Bretonian, or Rheinlander.
[04.08.2020 22:32:28] }|{-Keibetsu: Are you truly trying to say your government fears another Gallic invasion? Have you seen the state that house is in?
[04.08.2020 22:32:30] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I would not presume to guess at the grand strategy envisioned by my superiors.
[04.08.2020 22:32:46] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I can only hope that the threat of a resurgent Gallia -- however many years, decades, or more that might take -- will-
[04.08.2020 22:32:50] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: -be put to bed once and for all.
[04.08.2020 22:33:06] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: That is the hope everybody has.
[04.08.2020 22:33:11] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: Honour is one thing, but against a people who have proven willing to crack worlds, one does not wait for them-
[04.08.2020 22:33:18] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: -to reach their apex once more before seeking to strike them down.
[04.08.2020 22:33:26] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: It must end. Now and forever.
[04.08.2020 22:33:57] }|{-Keibetsu: Instead, one invades. Alienates, antagonizes, provokes an entire House.
[04.08.2020 22:34:02] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: They share little love for you as well, if they even deign to notice you. Remember that.
[04.08.2020 22:34:24] }|{-Keibetsu: Even if you succeed, you'll have to deal with millions of what you'll inevitably call "Terrorists".
[04.08.2020 22:34:39] }|{-Keibetsu: But no matter.
[04.08.2020 22:34:49] }|{-Keibetsu: I'm happy to watch Kusari crash into whatever defence the Gauls can muster.
[04.08.2020 22:34:53] }|{-Keibetsu: We'll be here.
[04.08.2020 22:35:01] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: Of that I have no doubt.
[04.08.2020 22:35:01] }|{-Keibetsu: Let's see on how many fronts you can fight a war at once.
[04.08.2020 22:35:37] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I am little more than a fresh transfer. Whatever will be will be; I have no say in the strategy of it all.
[04.08.2020 22:35:50] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I have faith in my superiors and my House.
[04.08.2020 22:36:17] }|{-Keibetsu: It's misplaced. But don't worry. That realization will hit the entirety of this House before long.
[04.08.2020 22:36:50] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: If nothing else, Kusari has a habit of surviving whatever intransitive conflicts and internal struggling we foist upon her.
[04.08.2020 22:37:32] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I am confident that the spirit of the Kusarian people will live on, one way or another, but I am afraid my convictions-
[04.08.2020 22:37:37] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: -might be a little moderate for your tastes.
[04.08.2020 22:38:03] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: I doubt anything we could ever say would change the mind of a Dragon.
[04.08.2020 22:38:26] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: No, but stubbornness and conviction are not negatives in their own right.
[04.08.2020 22:38:48] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: The fact that we are even able to have this conversation speaks volumes.
[04.08.2020 22:39:11] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: Hai. I did not expect this.
[04.08.2020 22:39:34] }|{-Keibetsu: We're only having it because you showed.. some combination of honour, mercy and foolishness in Honshu.
[04.08.2020 22:40:00] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: A ship disabled is as good as one destroyed. I am satisfied with the man-hours that will be needed to bring your original-
[04.08.2020 22:40:03] }|{-Keibetsu: I would have turned that Wyvern of yours into a burning heap of scrap metal if I didn't feel like I owe you a chance
[04.08.2020 22:40:06] }|{-Keibetsu: at a battle you can win.
[04.08.2020 22:40:08] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: -Wyvern back to flyability.
[04.08.2020 22:40:37] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I admire your spirit, but your airframe was one harsh manoeuvre away from total collapse.
[04.08.2020 22:40:46] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: At least you had enough sense to recognise that and leave promptly.
[04.08.2020 22:41:08] }|{-Keibetsu: Do I need to point out that your ship is in similarly poor shape?
[04.08.2020 22:41:08] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I get no enjoyment out of shooting down hole-riddled craft merely trying to wriggle free.
[04.08.2020 22:41:17] }|{-Keibetsu: It'd take me a mere minute or two to reduce it to dust.
[04.08.2020 22:41:46] }|{-Keibetsu: Much like it would've taken you seconds to take me down, before.
[04.08.2020 22:41:56] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: I know. I was, in truth, banking on Ohru-san to chip in somewhat should this come to blows.
[04.08.2020 22:42:35] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: If this conversation comes to an end in a fire fight, I will not let you engage Kishimoto.
[04.08.2020 22:43:18] }|{-Keibetsu: You will not let Kishimoto engage, or you're somehow hoping to stop me from engaging her?
[04.08.2020 22:43:34] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: Hai.
[04.08.2020 22:43:46] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: I will stop you myself or attempt at least.
[04.08.2020 22:44:19] }|{-Keibetsu: Presumably the latter.
[04.08.2020 22:44:24] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: Who knows.
[04.08.2020 22:44:37] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: At least she will have enough time to depart. Of that I am sure.
[04.08.2020 22:44:45] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: What happens after that, I have no care for.
[04.08.2020 22:44:53] }|{-Keibetsu: One downed Wyvern is just as good as any other.
[04.08.2020 22:45:11] }|{-Keibetsu: Though I'll admit, if your judgement of your own skill is correct, I would much rather down a more skilled opponent.
[04.08.2020 22:45:17] }|{-Keibetsu: But I'll settle for you, if it comes down to it.
[04.08.2020 22:45:42] }|{-Keibetsu: Perhaps you've only lured me into a false sense of security, and are in fact perfectly capable of dogfighting.
[04.08.2020 22:45:54] }|{-Keibetsu: I'd be a fool to just believe my enemy's claims word for word.
[04.08.2020 22:45:58] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: Now that would be a twist, wouldn't it?
[04.08.2020 22:46:06] [KNF]Ni.Kyoko.Kishimoto: Humility is one step removed from lying.
[04.08.2020 22:46:12] [KNF]Ni.Mitsue.Ohru: I assure you, in the last three years I have had very minimal amount of combat.
[04.08.2020 22:46:31] }|{-Keibetsu: Reckon it's about time that changes, then.
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