ENCRYPTION: MAXIMUM PRIORITY: HIGH TARGET ID: First Fleet Command Staff; Naval Quartermasters Corps. SUBJECT:------ SENDER ID: Fleet Admiral Rachel Baker.
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Effective Immediately the Gunboats LNS Bull Run and LNS Bunker Hill have had their hulls striken and subsequently transferred to the Bretonia Armed Forces at Southhampton Shipyard where they will either be stripped for parts or pressed into service by their new owners.
Naturally, the names of those ships have been reassigned to the Bretonian gunboats that will be replacing them in our service.
It has been brought to my attention that due to apparent contractor oversight some of the newer gunboats that have entered service are in fact unfit to serve with our armed forces.
I have received reports citing numerous operational concerns, including reactor leaks, malfunctioning targeting systems, misfiring weapons, sub-par armor plating, and numerous other issues on several of our supposedly "cutting edge" gunboats.
With that in mind, it is my recommendation that we move to acquire several new Gunboat type vessels from the Bretonia Armed Forces so as to maintain our military capabilities while our current-gen gunboats are cycled through the shipyards for inspection and refitting.
It simply astonishes me that ships in such a...depressing state, were allowed to leave our shipyards and enter service with the First Fleet, let alone any of the other fleets serving our Republic.
I will be making a formal inquiry with the Department of Defense, and I will be recommending that they review their contracts and replace any company found to be at fault for this outrageous situation.