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**Erremnart** · (This post was last modified: 02-15-2023, 10:28 AM by Erremnart.)

☠ Incoming transmission.
☠ Signal source: Free Republic relay, Liberty
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Sender: Captain Virginia Belle
Recipient: Other LFR forces
Subject: Independent Worlds

Hey,

Repairs 'board the Roanoke are almost complete and we'll be fully operational again in a few hours. For now, I haven't received any news from Inverness so we will plan another reconnaissance flight.

After all, the Roanoke was originally classified as a heavy recon vessel. We'll let you know over the radio when we're ready to leave Leyte, giving all potential escort fighters and bombers time to prepare.

-Captain Virginia Belle

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Captain Virginia Belle
Task Force Phoenix
Battlecruiser Roanoke
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Reeves · (This post was last modified: 03-01-2023, 11:10 AM by Reeves.)

☠ Incoming transmission.
☠ Signal source: Free Republic relay, Liberty
☠ Opening video feed...

Sender: Alliance Commander "Cobra"
Recipient: Xeno Alliance Communications
Subject: Search and Recovery

Listen up.

An Order vessel named the Sekhet Aaru is derelict in Kepler. Find it and secure it. Ensure that only our partners in the Order are able to recover the vessel. Kill anyone else that tries.

Consider this a priority.

"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"

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Karst · 03-02-2023, 08:53 AM,

Moretti;

I took the White Sands out for an attempt, during which we used up a month's worth of anti-rad medicine in a few hours, with no luck unfortunately. "Kepler" isn't exactly specific.
Is that really all the information we have on this derelict? The White Sands' scanners aren't bad, but it's hardly an exploration vessel.

No noteworthy contacts, just a few friendlies: The Section 8 vessel Unto Nightfall and a Xeno with the callsign Zero, there for the same reason.

I guess we'll stock up on meds and try again.

~ Stracke

Karst · 03-02-2023, 05:04 PM,

Moretti;

The second attempt was a success. Or a mixed success, anyway.
Again with the White Sands, we ran a search pattern and this time rather swiftly found the missing vessel, a liner as it turned out. It was in bad shape, most systems offline, and worse still, we weren't the first to come upon them.
The Eidolon Wraith, always happy to make an inconvenient appearance, had found them before. They were accompanied by a freelancer gunship, callsign Uzume. It's unclear if they arrived together, but they later cooperated against us.

<file01>

Being alone initially, I obviously had no way to extract the derelict from the situation by force. I ascertained that virtually all of their systems were offline, and they would have to be towed or repaired. A short while after I arrived, I thankfully did receive backup, Phantom Zero and Section 8's Unto Nightfall arriving.

The Auxo seemingly suspected alien involvement, and it soon became clear why: The behavior of the crew, of which there were apparently only two members, was erratic and disturbing. They were apparently unaware of the Technocracy's existence, and asked for the date, upon which they revealed that their own computer listed as March 2nd, 825. Alien involvement in the situation became clear when a drone of the type seen occasionally, particularly around the Barrier border worlds appeared.
We were able to drive it away swiftly.

<file02>

Eventually, we received news that Blacktail and the Roanoke would be moving in, which would mean the upper hand against the Wraith and the gunboat. Before they could arrive though, the Wraith opened fire upon the Unto Nightfall, assisted by the freelancer.
However, before we could even really adjust to the combat situation, what appeared to be a Valor-class Gallic battleship uncloaked in the midst of it!
As Section 8 later informed me, this one was a well-known infected warship - more than that it seems, as it had what appeared to be Nomad tissue growing out of it visibly.

<file03>

With the situation quickly spiraling out of control, we decided to destroy the liner to avoid its capture by enemies, and bailed on the whole mess. Everyone made it out without significant damage.

<file04>

I'll be honest, I'm not sure what to make of the whole thing. I'm attaching the logs below, which I'll have to go through again myself if I hope to glean anything of value from the whole encounter.

I'm also forwarding this message to Section 8, per their request.

Spoiler

~ Stracke

Reeves · 05-02-2023, 07:03 PM,

☠ Incoming transmission.
☠ Signal source: Free Republic relay, Liberty
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Sender: Adjutant J. Royce
Recipient: Xeno Alliance Communications
Subject: AAR-1/830

After Action Report.

Recent skirmish in the Texas Penitentiary System. I had been monitoring the engagement through comm-link with the Commander, so I'll go ahead and document this for posterity.

Liberty Navy Squadron:
1st|Lewis.Williams - Avenger class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN
1st|Aurelius Howard - Defender class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN
1st|Sunrider - Sunrider class strike fighter - SHOT DOWN
1st|Raptor-1-PC - Vulture class fighter/bomber - SHOT DOWN
1st|Raptor-94 - Patriot class interceptor - SHOT DOWN

Xeno Alliance Patrol Unit:
XA-Kelly.With - Prosecutor class superiority fighter - RETURNED
XA-Cobra - Rebel class superiority fighter - RETURNED

REPORT: Engagement commenced in the vicinity of the New York gate. Navy squadron jumped through with intent to engage friendly patrol unit. Freelancer research vessel operating under the codename "Wedge" likely informed the Navy squadron of the patrol unit's presence in the system but this finding is inconclusive. Commander issued the order to engage once more than two vessels were on scene and the other fighters quickly jumped through and joined in. Cobra had been their primary target during the opening minutes of the fight, before the squadron shifted focus to With for the remainder. Her Prosecutor suffered significant damage and returned to an affiliated hangar on Fontana post-engagement. The Avenger was shot down first, having suffered lengthy bursts of particle cannon fire. The Defender went down second, on account of a mine dropper malfunction that tore the ship open. The Sunrider was shot down third, once again by particle cannon blasts. The Vulture and Patriot were shot down in similar fashion. The Commander has formally issued Volunteer With.. with the Warrior, and Indomitable award. Volunteer With, please report to my office to receive ribbons for the same.

Battle result: VICTORY

"Fear the White Star."

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Virginia Belle · 05-11-2023, 01:28 PM,

☠ Incoming transmission.
☠ Signal source: Free Republic relay, Liberty
☠ Opening video feed...

Sender: Captain Virginia Belle
Recipient: Commander "Cobra"
Subject: Status Report

Hey,

Repairs to the Roanoke's shield generator have been completed as you wanted, Bossman. In the short term, it will work; but in the medium term, we'll need to get real replacement parts somewhere or preferably a completely new and shiny shield generator. For now, we've used civilian shield emitters to replace the burned out military ones, but even those will have a short lifespan thanks to the wattage we're pumpin' through.

The Roanoke is fully operational (within reason), but we all know she's long gone from being a regular warship. I've brought this up to LFR officials who looked at me like I was an idiot, but in the end, my ship passed inspection for now.

Nice battle report, by the way. You really stole their lunch money badly.

-Captain Virginia Belle

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Goliath · 05-16-2023, 10:27 PM,

☠ Incoming transmission.
☠ Transmission Type: Data Transfer
☠ Signal source: undefined_relay
☠ Opening video feed... [ERROR: DEVICE NOT FOUND]

Sender: Knight "Taipan"
Subject: ? ?

. . .data.transfer.initialized. . .set.proxy.IP:46.104.50.46. . .securing.connection. . .
. . .assign.transfer.priority:<HIGH>. . .
. . .registering.password.key:"FTWS1sdaSduB". . .
. . .file.formatting:<TEXT>. . .
. . .{cmd}>add.prompt.//if_correct:"Access granted, welcome user <BLANK>"
. . .set."<BLANK>".user(//example:"Taipan"). . .
. . .set.priority.users:<COBRA>. . .
. . .opening.file. . .

[The file contains a report of today's events, especially the incursion with Navy Forces and the LPI within the New York System. Most of the writing is done with little cohesion, yet it gets its point across with several audio recordings of the hostiles' last words, followed by a quick edit to include the explosion of their ships in the background. Intentional static was added for dramatic effect. The writing becomes more erratic as it describes the presence of a blue, otherworldly entity looming over New York. Overall the Xenos have won the day with minimal casualties, among them the new rookie, "Bevan Harrison".]

[An extra file has been attached under all recordings, likely unrelated yet still present.]

Lets dance Xeno

Henry...You next

??????????????????????????

SO BRAVE TO CHALLANGE A labc

An actual lead has to get out there and stand, contrary to someone.

(sigh)

...attachment.no#1...open.to.receive...

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Old Abe Crawholme · 06-17-2023, 09:53 PM,

Ol’ Abe here with another chapter of my spoke-book.

[Rustling of clothing; unknown objects]
“Ahh…”
[A loud thud, followed by a clink]
“A’right. Ah’ve got my whiskey, Ah’ve got my thread, an’ Ah’ve got my needle.”
[An unceremonious belch]
“Ah started my day off runnin’ the old stomping grounds, Coloradey. Silverton, Copperton – Durango – the works.”
[Unclinking of a bottle]
“I mosied my way down to Gunnison to pay my respects and found myself with three of them Free Republicans – that Snakey fella, a battlecruiser an’ some fella going by the sobriquet of Phantom.”
[Pouring of liquid; grunting]
“While we made our way on the trail to Ouray, that Snakey fella inquired as to my character, an’ the lady in the fancy battlecruiser started jawing about some kinda bad jerky. I’ll admit I may have chosen to arm a mine at this point – Big Jones always told me never t’ answer questions from a man with an unknown constitution.”
“Then all of a sudden, they started talkin’ ‘bout bras. And vanity. Th’ captain with a weak stomach is a bit of a Denver spitfire, but I’m fairly sure she called me a pretty boy. Much obliged.”
[Slow, rhythmic stitching]
“While I was ‘bout to evangelize the synthetics – I prefer the synthetic corduroys m’self – a bunch of Federales showed up fer a scrap. Unfortunately, the lady of the Roanoke sure ain’t lady luck, and I got dusted after Phantom, then Snakey.”
“Tha’s all fer now. Time t’ get jingled.”

Black Box

Thinkin’ On It: I’m wonderin’ what kinda bra the snakey fella uses. Snakeskin?

Karst · 10-13-2023, 01:09 PM,

To Ramsey Engineering;

Milk here. I'm bringing the Retribution in for her scheduled maintenance, and I'm also looking into upgrade options.

As I'm sure you'll recall, the Sky Lance Defiant-classes are normally equipped with has always been absent from ours. Something of a disadvantage we've always had to live with, but with Ramsey's capabilities quickly expanding, we might now be able to do something about without relying on the kindness of organizations with greater heavy weapons know-how.
I'm not really an expert by any means, but I've been looking into the options and believe an "Annihilator"-type rocket launcher might be a good fit for Retribution. Is that something you could manufacture within a reasonable timeframe?

Also, there's a strange wobbling the ship experiences at around 322-328 cruise. I don't know what's going on there, but I'd like a thorough engine check, too.

Keep up the good work,

~ Stracke

Reeves · 10-13-2023, 04:03 PM,

☠ Incoming transmission.
☠ Signal source: Free Republic relay, Liberty
☠ Opening video feed...

Sender: Alliance Commander "Cobra"
Recipient: Xeno Alliance Communications
Subject: Re: Ramsey Engingeering

I've requested Ramsey's representative to sit down and talk this over, Stracke.

He'll be available in a day's time, currently on Gore, presumably hazing greenhorns in the militia. This will require a renegotiation of our current production allocation at the workshop. Since our previous understanding was that we would be producing snubcraft with one of the assembly lines, and converting captured or otherwise "procured" gunboats using the drydock. I don't much fancy telling our engineers on the current assembly line to retool everything, because that would be absurd, so I'll have to haggle for another.

I realize I could just seek a temporary arrangement but that feels shortsighted. Odds are we'll need consistent gunboat production down the road if we're going to wage any kind of war in earnest. So consider your requisition approved pending negotiation.

"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"

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