COMM ID:Lieutenant Richard Burns TARGET ID: Liberty Navy First Fleet HC ENCRYPTION:High
Good day, chaps
During a quiet patrol of the route from Texas to Colorado, I was met with the LNS-Odyssey of the fifth fleet. Admiral Sader invited me to join him as a scout on a mission deep into Kansas. There we discovered the location of a communications array, possibly used by the Hellfire Legion as the heightened rookie presence might suggest, located in sector-3D. We returned to New York via Pennsylvania after this discovery was made.
Admiral Sader also mentioned a purple nebula, and that I must avoid all contact with it. I do wonder, what is inside it?
[02.04.2017 23:35:04] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Greetings.
[02.04.2017 23:35:17] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Evening, Admiral.
[02.04.2017 23:35:28] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Anything strange lately?
[02.04.2017 23:35:59] [LN]-Richard.Burns: None at all. You are probably the first one in an hour to come by.
[02.04.2017 23:36:25] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Jeez. That must have been a boring hour.
[02.04.2017 23:36:34] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Well, there was this one freelancer, but he wasn't doing anything suspicious.
[02.04.2017 23:36:45] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Freelancer?
[02.04.2017 23:37:02] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:What was the name of the guy?
[02.04.2017 23:37:24] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Some Corvo gunboat. Didn't catch his name, but his ship is called The.Prometheus or something.
[02.04.2017 23:37:35] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: ???:I see.
[02.04.2017 23:38:07] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Been up and down the lanes from Norfolk to here all night.
[02.04.2017 23:39:04] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:God damn it McKenzie stop playing with that blody comm device.
[02.04.2017 23:39:09] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: McKenzie:Aye sir.
[02.04.2017 23:39:30] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Sounds like you have a misbehaving crew member there?
[02.04.2017 23:39:33] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:So when did they assign you to the texan area?
[02.04.2017 23:40:15] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:More like someone who accidentally pushed a button.
[02.04.2017 23:40:18] [LN]-Richard.Burns: As a matter of fact, I was assigned to New York, Texas and Colorado since I became a part of the fleet.
[02.04.2017 23:40:45] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:So you haven't been on the front yet?
[02.04.2017 23:41:13] [LN]-Richard.Burns: The front? You mean Magellan?
[02.04.2017 23:41:37] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Yes. Magellan, Manchester, Leeds and New London.
[02.04.2017 23:41:41] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:The front.
[02.04.2017 23:42:19] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Oh no, they wouldn't send me out there, at least I don't think so. Most of the other officers call me the tinfoil Bretonian.
[02.04.2017 23:42:33] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Barely anyone else flies a Liberator.
[02.04.2017 23:43:03] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:So you are from bretonia?
[02.04.2017 23:43:12] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Aye-aye
[02.04.2017 23:43:39] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:And how did you end up in liberty? Even better question how did you end up within the navy and not the Armed FOrces.
[02.04.2017 23:44:31] [LN]-Richard.Burns: When my - *pause* - I moved to Liberty after something happened. A little while later I applied for full citizenship and then -
[02.04.2017 23:44:33] [LN]-Richard.Burns: the navy.
[02.04.2017 23:45:13] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:So you lost someone?
[02.04.2017 23:45:29] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Who was it?
[02.04.2017 23:45:43] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Heh. You could say that. I know you expect the men in the navy to be hard, Admiral, but I would rather not talk about that.
[02.04.2017 23:46:39] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:So be it.
[02.04.2017 23:46:55] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Any Bretonians in the fifth fleet? I'm afraid the Odyssey is the only fifth fleeter I've yet seen.
[02.04.2017 23:47:16] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:*lights a cigarette* Well there were two.
[02.04.2017 23:47:35] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Ah.
[02.04.2017 23:47:35] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Both of them became MIA and then later presumed KIA.
[02.04.2017 23:47:49] [LN]-Richard.Burns: I see.
[02.04.2017 23:49:06] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Now. *smokes* How about we leave this boring place eh?
[02.04.2017 23:49:37] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Lets see if we find something intresting. We are on a mission to the Kansas system.
[02.04.2017 23:49:54] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:If ya want to tag along. I'm not stopping ya.
[02.04.2017 23:50:17] [LN]-Richard.Burns: I suppose it's better than sitting here and doing nothing.
[02.04.2017 23:51:08] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Well then. Set course to sector charlie 2. Rendezvous just outside the dark matter field
[02.04.2017 23:56:22] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Allright. I suppose we want to avoid your ship getting damaged by the radiation. Plus if we meet a thousand enemies.
[02.04.2017 23:56:42] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Aye, radiation damage is something Admiral Jones would have my plums for.
[02.04.2017 23:56:58] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:I doubt that liberator would survive for too long. So how about you dock on the Odyssey?
[02.04.2017 23:57:18] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Aye.
[02.04.2017 23:57:42] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Allright we will open the hangar for you.
==
[02.04.2017 23:58:36] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Welcome aboard Officer.
[02.04.2017 23:58:48] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Nice boat.
[02.04.2017 23:58:59] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:And old.
[02.04.2017 23:59:11] [LN]-Richard.Burns: But not obsolete. [03.04.2017 00:03:24] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: //sorry got stuck in the hole
[03.04.2017 00:04:42] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Well the odyssey is a good ship.
[03.04.2017 00:06:30] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:And its a rare ship.
[03.04.2017 00:06:57] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Its not part of the overlord class shipss
[03.04.2017 00:07:10] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Monument?
[03.04.2017 00:07:17] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:No.
[03.04.2017 00:07:21] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Venture.
[03.04.2017 00:07:39] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Aye
[03.04.2017 00:07:43] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Allright. We are cleared from the asteroid field.
[03.04.2017 00:07:52] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Lovering shields for you to launch.
==
[03.04.2017 00:08:27] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Kansas, huh.
[03.04.2017 00:08:31] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Aye.
[03.04.2017 00:08:35] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Kansas.
[03.04.2017 00:09:02] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Ever been here?
[03.04.2017 00:09:18] [LN]-Richard.Burns: No sir. Not even an updated nav map.
[03.04.2017 00:09:57] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Well. Its not the most pleasant system to visit.
[03.04.2017 00:10:14] [LN]-Richard.Burns: That much is quite clear.
[03.04.2017 00:10:34] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Full of traitors, terrorists and other criminal filth.
[03.04.2017 00:11:16] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Oh. You see that purple nebula there?
[03.04.2017 00:11:35] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Aye, what is it?
[03.04.2017 00:11:41] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Keep your distance from it.
[03.04.2017 00:11:49] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Right
[03.04.2017 00:12:38] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Allright. McKenzie. Lets go silent 2.
[03.04.2017 00:12:58] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Emcon alpha and radio silence.
[03.04.2017 00:13:11] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:lets only use secured comms.
[03.04.2017 00:13:21] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Aye-aye
[03.04.2017 00:13:42] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Lets head towards Sector C7
[03.04.2017 00:14:43] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Wich academy where you training on?
[03.04.2017 00:14:55] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Richmond or West point?
[03.04.2017 00:15:12] [LN]-Richard.Burns: West Point, but I would have preferred Richmond.
[03.04.2017 00:15:19] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Why,
[03.04.2017 00:15:35] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:West point is better.
[03.04.2017 00:15:51] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Personal preference I suppose.
[03.04.2017 00:15:53] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Avoid that gigantic asteroid.
[03.04.2017 00:16:25] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:ITs full of hidden weapon platforms.
[03.04.2017 00:16:42] [LN]-Richard.Burns: I see a docking bay.
[03.04.2017 00:16:58] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Yes. Its a base.
[03.04.2017 00:18:03] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:And a hostile one.
[03.04.2017 00:18:29] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:To be honest thou. Richmond is better at training marines.
[03.04.2017 00:19:30] [LN]-Richard.Burns: The general stereotype is that West Point trains rookies, Richmond trains Aces. This is of course not true in reality.
[03.04.2017 00:19:45] [LN]-Richard.Burns: But admittedly it nearly had an effect on my choice.
[03.04.2017 00:20:35] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Well for me west point was the only choice.
[03.04.2017 00:20:52] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:An old friend of mine was there.
[03.04.2017 00:22:16] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:So when i finally enlisted i chose West point.
[03.04.2017 00:23:39] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Strange thing. Once we visited Richmond.
[03.04.2017 00:23:51] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Back when we were cadets.
[03.04.2017 00:24:44] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:The so called aces there got their ass kicked on the football match we had. And later well what happens when a bunch of -
[03.04.2017 00:25:13] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: --young people get together...well they will drink.
[03.04.2017 00:25:40] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:And sometimes they argue and well. We all know what happens next.
[03.04.2017 00:26:12] [LN]-Richard.Burns: *Richard nods*
[03.04.2017 00:26:43] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Well we ended up in a nice fight.
[03.04.2017 00:27:26] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:And it was a shame for the fools from RIchmond.
[03.04.2017 00:28:39] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:When you beat up a bunch of marines despite recieveing a worse hand to hand combat training.
[03.04.2017 00:29:31] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Unfortunatly because of this we had to spend the rest of our month aboard West point without getting a leave.
[03.04.2017 00:30:45] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:McKenzie report.
[03.04.2017 00:31:00] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: McKenzie:No sign of the signal yet.
[03.04.2017 00:31:04] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader: Damn it.
[03.04.2017 00:31:39] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Allright lets go to Sector delta 3
[03.04.2017 00:32:20] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:So what are your plans?
[03.04.2017 00:33:02] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:I mean for the future? Military career up to the rank of Admiral?
[03.04.2017 00:33:18] [LN]-Richard.Burns: I've gained a new outlook on life since what happened way back when. I didn't really make any plans, to be honest.
[03.04.2017 00:33:42] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Helm lets dive down into that asteroid field! [03.04.2017 00:35:39] [LN]-Richard.Burns: A relay.
[03.04.2017 00:36:11] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader: Damn.
[03.04.2017 00:36:46] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Allright lets mark this area.
[03.04.2017 00:36:55] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Windows. Implying there are people inside.
[03.04.2017 00:37:33] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: McKenzie:There are no life signs aboard.
[03.04.2017 00:37:48] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Hmm.Maybe they only board it for maintanence.
[03.04.2017 00:37:57] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Plausible.
[03.04.2017 00:38:04] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Its most likely a storage area for replacement parts and other materials.
[03.04.2017 00:39:02] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Well well. Maybe we could use this satelite to our advantage in the future.
[03.04.2017 00:40:29] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Well then lets move out. The pensylvania hole is not far. And if there are AI's aboard they could have warned our enemies
[03.04.2017 00:41:06] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Aye
[03.04.2017 00:42:33] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:McKenzie. Lets go Silent 1.
[03.04.2017 00:42:40] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Engage cloaking device
[03.04.2017 00:44:33] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:jump to pensylvania.
[03.04.2017 00:45:09] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Allright. Now we are good.
[03.04.2017 00:45:26] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Well. We did not find what we came for.
[03.04.2017 00:45:38] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:But we found something just as much usefull.
[03.04.2017 00:45:43] [LN]-Richard.Burns: What did we go for, though?
[03.04.2017 00:46:27] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader: Don't know too much, and you will be forced to forget less.
[03.04.2017 00:46:54] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Fair enough.
[03.04.2017 00:48:03] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:And what made you join the first fleet itself?
[03.04.2017 00:48:51] [LN]-Richard.Burns: I met a few pilots while I was working my previous job.
[03.04.2017 00:48:56] [LN]-Richard.Burns: First fleet pilots.
[03.04.2017 00:49:10] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:I see.
[03.04.2017 00:49:29] [LN]-Richard.Burns: What's the old saying... Birds of a feather flock together?
[03.04.2017 00:49:35] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Something like that.
[03.04.2017 00:49:39] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Aye.
[03.04.2017 00:50:22] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:i remember the day i sent my application request to the 5th fleet.
[03.04.2017 00:51:02] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Freshly graduated from West Point.
[03.04.2017 00:51:41] {X-Hunter}: greeting there big boy
[03.04.2017 00:52:10] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:And as in many cases i've seen more actual combat than my cadet comrades.
[03.04.2017 00:52:42] [LN]-Richard.Burns: My training was actually done after I enlisted.
[03.04.2017 00:53:19] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Well i enlisted into the navy and sent my application to the 5th fleet just before i graduated.
[03.04.2017 00:54:19] [FL-ER]Alex;Martin: Hey there officer
[03.04.2017 00:54:22] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Good day freelancer, please hold for a routine inspection.
[03.04.2017 00:54:27] [FL-ER]Alex;Martin: Of course
[03.04.2017 00:54:43] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Where are ya headed?
[03.04.2017 00:54:50] [FL-ER]Alex;Martin: Denver, then Ames
[03.04.2017 00:55:05] [FL-ER]Alex;Martin: Got a supply contract that needs working
[03.04.2017 00:55:32] [LN]-Richard.Burns: Aye, don't drink and fly, I see that alcohol! *chuckles* Safe skies.
[03.04.2017 00:55:41] [FL-ER]Alex;Martin: I won't officer *chuckles*
[03.04.2017 00:56:42] [FL-ER]Alex;Martin: Greetings Odyssey
[03.04.2017 00:56:53] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Hello there.
[03.04.2017 00:58:31] [LN]-Richard.Burns: I'll resupply and service the ship on Norfolk. Have a good day, Admiral.
[03.04.2017 00:58:47] 5th|LNS-Odyssey: Sader:Well then. Good hunting.
Safe,
Richard Burns
Lieutenant, First Fleet
Liberty Navy