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Karst · (This post was last modified: 10-13-2023, 06:18 PM by Karst.)

Moretti;

Renegotiating production allocations.

Alright, I can see this will be a bigger thing. It might be for the best if we do some more serious planning in that regard. I'll have a look at the production lines and do some estimations. I'm sure the gearheads on-site will be absolutely thrilled to have some bureaucrat they have to explain everything to looking over their shoulders.

But you're right, we'll need longer term work done for our ship industry. I'll try to collate usage and attrition stats from whenever pilots bother to fill out after-action reports, crunch some numbers, and slap them on the appropriate desks.

Wish me luck. I doubt this will be fun.

~ Henry

Reeves · 11-11-2023, 09:29 AM,

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

Sender: Adjutant J. Royce
Recipient: Xeno Alliance Communications
Subject: AAR-12/833

After Action Report.

Interception of First Fleet taskforce in Ontario. Enemy force had unknown intent and were not cooperative in disclosing mission parameters upon interrogation. Engagement accordingly authorised by ALLCOM.

Liberty Navy Squadron:
[LN]-Alan.Jones Defender class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN
[LN]-Rachel.Baker - Defender class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN
46th|TFA-Shroud.01 - Defender class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN
[LN]-LNS-Fairfax - Defiant class gunship - DISABLED
[LN]-LNS-Daring - Defiant class gunship - DISABLED
[LN]-Rebecca.Cotton - Defender class superiority fighter - SPARED

Xeno Alliance Patrol Unit:
XA-Cobra - Rebel class superiority fighter - RETURNED
XA-Scarlet - Rebel class superiority fighter - RETURNED
XA-Gila - Rebel class superiority fighter - RETURNED
XA-Blacktail - Rebel class superiority fighter - RETURNED
XA-Phantom.29 - Rebel class superiority fighter - RETURNED
XA-FRS-Mourning.Star - Condor class gunship - RETURNED

REPORT: Engagement commenced in the vicinity of the Fort Severn ruins. Enemy force were not cooperative and prepared to fight, likely expecting resistance upon arrival in Ontario. Enemy force composition was indicative of a small force geared towards destruction of an irregular unit, not a structured militia. With Patrol Unit capability being underestimated, the enemy force was gradually eliminated starting with apparent op leader Alan Jones. The last ship standing was Cotton's Defender which had been struck by a Shredder launched by ALLCOM. The survivor was permitted to extract themselves under escort - Commander's discretion.

ADDENDUM: The crew of the Mourning Star, its captain, and Blacktail have been awarded the INDOMITABLE ribbon.

ADDENDUM 2: Excessive rumours regarding ALLCOM vaporizing a gunship. Requesting verification from pilots present.

Battle result: VICTORY

"Fear the White Star."

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Reeves · 01-14-2024, 06:10 PM,

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

Sender: Alliance Commander "Cobra"
Recipient: Xeno Alliance Communications
Subject: Deployment

Serpentis Wing.

Effectively immediately, redeploy from the Pennsylvania front to Leyte and start emptying the cargo of ships bound to or departing from Cordova. The Milford Wendigos will take over your role in Pennsylvania, so don't get all melancholy about leaving the Erieanites on their own.

Good hunting.

"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"

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mm33dd · (This post was last modified: 03-10-2024, 11:13 PM by mm33dd.)

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

Sender: Viper
Recipient: Xeno Alliance Communications
Subject: Heavy traffic.

Commander.

Transports full of platinum are passing by Colorado lanes, looks like something's going on in the Kusari border, I almost caught this Rheinlander... sending data. He was kinda lucky, lucky enough to get his ass saved by a Rogue gunboat and another gunboat from the so called 1st, working together... Such a time to be alive. My ship is pretty chewed, but it will be operational in no time.

[*]

Viper out.

"Wings out, guns forward"
-"Viper"

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**Goliath** · 03-15-2024, 12:01 AM,

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

Sender: Knight of Labor "Midian"
Recipient: Xeno Alliance Communications
Subject: Ontario Security

[A battered Midian stood before the camera. An array of sophisticated tools intended for video and audio editing were neatly arranged on a wooden table. The majority of the video message lacked any solid context for about ten minutes, merely showcasing bloody hands wizarding away and editing all that has transpired in Ontario.]

[His departure from Fort Ramsey. A fiery arrival in the middle of combat against impossible odds to rescue one Fighter (XA-Mourn) from the Technocracy's hands. Caught between hammer and anvil, Midian fought with frenzy one technocrat after another while slowly depleting his resources until his Longsword finally caved in from the wounds. All of it while broadcasting the LFR's ideals for everyone to hear.]

[Attached to this message were a series of messages and confirmed kills. Either the target's last words or a nearby individual's gossip.]

"A/)-Kourai.1: Moving in after 3."

Next!

"Ametrine.: Affirmative, powering up weaponry, one might need support I've heard.
Ametrine.: Give me the call. Analyzing target patterns,
Ametrine.: Affirmative, setting target on Midian. Commencing attack run."

I liked those odds.

"A/)-Nightshade: I suspect Ametrine's got the last one covered."

She did not, in fact, have it covered.

"Cherry.Blossom: C-Come on N-Nightshade!"
"A/)-Nightshade: Ugh. Fine."

I failed our Republic.

"..."
-"Midian"

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|nfrared · (This post was last modified: 03-23-2024, 07:15 AM by |nfrared.)

Hey. I don't know who to forward this to exactly... It's going to all sound a bit nuts. Or you will perceive it as the genius I think it could be. The following is a classified request to LFR High Command.

CLASSIFIED REQUEST

I'm Jimmy Predsman, I used to work for the XA logistics before I got locked up. I've been out of slam a couple of months now and a lot has changed. I don't have much hand in combat these days, but I'm the guy that makes sure you've got enough Black Market Munitions to go around when you're stuffing those hellfire rockets into those pods on your ships.

And now that I'm out, I've been looking for new opportunities to advance the Liberty Free Republic. And I think I've found one.

It's no secret that Toronto Station has been abandoned for some time, or that the Junkers have parked up a Sally in the wreckage to deter others from scavenging the station to pieces. I've done a few fly-bys of it now and can see the main hulk of it is picked clean of any useful modules. While it could be repressurized eventually, it is beyond the Free Republic's resources to attempt such a thing.

However there is something of use that may have been overlooked as station debris, something the Junkers have left to drift away. The orbital refinery has drifted several clicks from Toronto Station, and is currently in a degrading orbit around Planet Huron. It appears to be largely intact, if inactive. Calculations suggest it may last another few months before entering the upper atmosphere and being destroyed.

I propose a heist. Using the current orbit trajectory of the refinery, there is a possibility it could be towed out of its current geostationary orbit and through the Georgian Ice field to Blezard Valley with a pair of hegemon mining vessels or similar transports with high inertia capabilities, ships that are able to shunt ice asteroids out of their way or break them up as to not cause too much damage to the refinery during the tow.

Then it could be used to process the spoils of unrefined ore we normally reluctantly jettison or blow up.

While the surface mining of Blezard Valley will take time to establish and configure, and would take months, perhaps years before significant yield is achieved, this goal is secondary to the main purpose of stealing the refinery. Choosing Blezard as a location for the Refinery simply means it will eventually process ore from multiple sources and won't need to be relocated again.

Immediate use could be made of it processing unrefined ore that is often seized by our activities from foreign entities. The situation of having to dump or destroy these high value goods would change if we were in a position to process the ore into salable ingots to more easily fence.

Additionally, Blezard Valley has long been a veritable goldmine of untapped resources, and the only reason Deep Space Engineering had left it alone was because of our immediate presence. Let us seize what they could not, and in time reap benefits from that as well.

Capturing the refinery and utilizing it for stolen ore is just phase one of this plan, I would also need to make several trips in atmosphere-rated freighters to Huron to collect compatible surface-bound mining equipment abandoned by DSE. We may also need some quantities of Counterfeit Software to reactivate the refinery and resync the mining equipment once it is in place. Such a venture is the long term benefit of this idea but is not the main pressing reason for this proposition.

This heist could pave the way to providing resources directly to Fort Ramsey and allow the Xenos to refine hijacked ores without external assistance, or even those mined locally such as the Copper deposits in Coronado. This would provide a steady income to a faction that has long had to toil and fight for every resource, every gun, every scrap of asset. We could finally birth our own enclosed economy, unreliant on external influences of those that think they are our betters.

And so I come forward to the Liberty Free Republic leadership with this idea, seeking sanction and permission to proceed, and perhaps some assistance to perform this plan.

I may no longer hold the rank I once had in years gone by and am currently designated as a Volunteer. That said I have great and proven experience in days past of similar escapades for the Xeno Alliance. I await your response humbly, but hopefully.

All hail the Liberty Free Republic!

Jimmy Predsman,
Logistics Volunteer.

Shard - The Faceless One

|nfrared · (This post was last modified: 03-23-2024, 10:07 AM by TheDoctorXI.)

A routine patrol from Ouray to Fort Ramsey to blow the dust out of my Havoc's engine bay this shift turned fruitful as I intercepted a Freelancer IFF'ed Pirate Train full of Industrial Materials in Colorado. It said it was bound for Freeport 53 but with all the new stations popping up recently I decided to run some protection just to make sure it was going where it said it was going, and escorted them to their destination.

No threats were issued, nor required. I did however request a small donation to the Free Republic coffers for the protection we offer, and was not disappointed.

For the Free Republic!

Regards,
Jimmy Predsman, Logistics Volunteer.

Proof

Shard - The Faceless One

Karst · 04-03-2024, 07:05 AM,

Everyone;

I've received a report from one of my crews, who were working salvage in Ontario on the White Sands. They met with a Bristol ship that was scouting out the area, apparently they're considering setting up shop. Obviously, that might lead to competition with 53, which might conflict with our agreement to protect their market position. I don't know if they're planning to further pursue this, but the crew suggested that they could send a message up the line. Maybe there's an agreement that can be worked out.

So if there's a message from Bristol about this, don't be surprised.

Spoiler

~ Milk

Virginia Belle · 04-27-2024, 04:17 PM,

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

Sender: Captain Virginia "Ember" Belle
Recipient: Other LFR forces
Subject: Roanoke status

Hey,

Ember here. We have managed to scrounge enough resources to get a few fighters and bombers into Roanoke's hangar bay. As per my deal with the Commander, these birds are to be piloted by the Alliance personnel should the situation in Ontario get too dicey. You're free to board my ship anytime we moor at Ramsey.

By the way, we have new Bristol neighbors in the system. They've set up their shop near Huron so the greasers and Rogues may become more aggressive once they find out 'bout it.

PS - Does anybody know a reliable group who could take a look at our cloaking device? It's pretty old and faulty by now.

-Captain Virginia "Ember" Belle
FRS Roanoke

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Levenna · 04-27-2024, 05:27 PM,

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

Sender: Christopher Beltran
Recipient: Xeno Alliance Communications
Subject: After Action Report / Navy Deployments

Beltran reporting.

Caught a patrol of three Liberty snub fighters near Norfolk Shipyard. Casualties as follows:

Liberty Patrol
Marcus.Henderson - BDR F-8 "Defender" - [Destroyed]
[LN]-Darren.Barnes - BDR F-10 "Avenger" - [Destroyed]
[LN]-Jack.Boehm: - BDR F-8 "Defender" -[Destroyed]

Xenos Alliance Forces
XA-Christopher.Beltran - XAF-337M "Rebel" - [Damaged, returned to base]

The Navy seem to have stepped up their patrols recently. To that end, I'm requisitioning a Condor class gunboat in order to keep them from getting too adventurous. Regardless, I'll continue doing my job.

"Bad timing. My specialty."
- Christopher Beltran

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