Transmit to: SF Personnel
Comm ID: Admiral Firebird
(The discussions of a ceasefire were done in private, I was fully aware that no mention was made on our message dump or on the faction post. Reason being, KNF previously broke the original agreement and given that in the private chat I did say that the KNF were to make the announcement of its reinstatement before I would state similar in the SFs, the KNF never made such an announcement and I had no intention of being messed with a second time. I'm still awaiting that announcement in their message board before reinstating the original agreement ourselves.)
Congratulations on your raid into Kusari space, disrupting their supply lines and ship production abilities may help to encourage them to pull back from Bretonian space and worry about protecting their own territory. I would expect future raids to be more difficult particularly at penetrating the war front in the Taus.
(And for the spies of the KNF, your move on reinserting that agreement)
Transmit to: SF Personnel, SF Command
Comm ID: SFF-Ronny
Sadly, could only manage to gain some extra time in New Tokyo while Bluebelly was on his way to assist me. It actually took half an hour while I was trying to evade the shots of 3 bushido fighters, a knf fighter and an unknown vessel soon after the destruction of Photuin and Beta-5. Bluebelly managed to destoy one of the hostile vessels soon after his arrival, however having taken considerable damage while I was all alone there, my cockpit could not resist the decreasing pressure anymore and I had to eject. Bluebelly's situation is still unknown. Besides, a mercenary who declared himself to fight on our side was quickly urged to commit suicide by the bushido squad. It was probably because the merc was in a cruiser which didnt stand a chance against agile targets at all. Only thing to be consoled about from my side was that I managed to stay alive for likely an hour or more than that in the entire action, yet couldnt frag any targets sadly.
Sadly, in the end I was forced to insert the self-destruct code and eject, however, the enemy did not lay claim to me or my vessel in anyway. Overall, I began my patrol with long-range scanners showing my brothers in NT. I made all speed and made it with SF-Ronny still giving a fight. Due to the thick of the fight, communications were sporadic but we were able to "count coup" upon our foe with the demise of a Stinger fighter. For the Queen Mum!
In addition, I hired the mercenary but he has yet to contact me to dicker on price, though he left the fight.
Upon receiving a clear bill from Fleet Medical I returned to duty. Over the comms I received orders from Beta5 to engage enemy in T-31. Halfway to Holman station encountered Beta5 in a fight with several boggies. I engaged immediately and was able to dispatch 3. The heavy lifting for the destroyer (McFearson) goes to Beta5, I just got the last lick. Sadly, I was distracted and was forced to eject with 2 boggies still in the fight. In my last communication with Beta5 he had received help and was doing well.
Transmit to: SF Personnel
Comm ID: Commander Drake Kaiden, Beta5
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I was innocently making my way through Tau space, heading to a classified location. When suddenly I stumbled across a Kusari convoy, lingering menacingly around the place. I acted only through self defense, as they fired first. There were quite a few of them, and with the addition of a few mercenaries, DW, they made quite a formidable force.
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The Yamamoto seen in the above photograph docked for repairs as soon as it had sustained heavy damage. I then turned my attention to the Shumushu. A few minutes later the Shumushu was exploring Tau space, in seperate peices.
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Lieutenant BlueBelly then arrived, and worked his magic on the fighters. We were then left with DW-Mustang, who was putting up quite a fight. He scored a crucial hit on Bluebelly's craft, forcing him to eject. [QCP]Stark then showed up and aided me in the destruction of DW-Mustang's fighter, which ended up absorbing two antimatter rounds.
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I am now returning to Planet Leeds with Lt. Bluebelly and his escape pod in my hold after what was a highly successful strike on enemy shipping and supply lines.
Upon commencement of a new patrol was hailed by traders near Harris about a pirate in a Corsair GB. I engaged with no hope of destroying the vessel, however, my tactic was to distract until helped arrived or forced him to withdraw out of boredom. Fortunately, SF-Beta5 responded to my hails for assistance and we dispatched the braggart. Overall, it has been a very hectic day within my patrol routes.
Transmit to: SF Personnel
Comm ID: Commander Drake Kaiden, Beta5
BlueBelly and I sighted KNF forces in Tau-29. We made chase immediately and disabled one of their fighters, his wingman ran.
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We conducted a series on long range scans into Kyushu and determined Three KNF vessels to be on the other side. We estimated one light fighter and two capital ships. Upon arrival into the system we discovered that to be mostly correct, with the capital ships being a destroyer and a luxury liner.
BlueBelly engaged the Chimera while I focused on the Destroyer. The battle was going nicely until the cruiser started to employ the tactic of sheild running. He performed it twice, I have screenshots of the second time he did it.
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He can be seen here cruising from battle
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He can be seen here in the battle again. Notice the difference in my hull vs nano-bots to act as time stamps.
Once I noticed foul play was being undertaken I flew back and eliminated HikaruSulu with a well placed nova and ordered retreat.
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Lt. BlueBelly and I are now residing upon Planet Harris awaiting any Kusari forces that dare to enter Tau space.
Comm. ID: Cadet Photuin To: SF Personnel, Active combatants Location: Freeport 6, Tau-29 Subject: Increasing activity
Lots of fighting going on... Everywhere! No matter where you go, there's a war on. Even the Corsairs have people trampling over their homeworld, or so I've heard at the CRI Bar. Something's going on.
Cannot add much to Commander Kaiden's report other than my ship's recordings. Overall, we faced 5 KNF vessels and destroyed 3 with only minor damage to our vessels. For the Queen Mum!
Transmit to: SF Personnel
Comm ID: Commander Drake Kaiden, Beta5
Engaged UOG-Carbon in Tau-31 this evening, after he fired upon me and sprouted the usual freedom shout. Either he was asleep, or the UOG just aren't training their bomber pilots like they used to. He was destroyed on the second pass.
Edit:Ten minutes later another UOG appeared, in a Sabre, He met the same fate in the same time frame
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Also engaged a Corsair in Tau-31 who was playing dumb. He was playing dumb with 6 Bretonian pilots in his hold, they were safely extracted from the wreckage. Unfortunately I cannot recall his name. In-flight camera systems seem to have malfunctioned ((fraps closed itself >.<)) so no visual evidence can be presented for either engagement.
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