A squadron composed of myself, Lt. Sawyer, Davis and a few other [LN], 5th| and LPI- pilots formed at Manhattan primarily to patrol the premises. The Orbital Spa and Cruise ship Breezewood was able to give us some insight on the conflict at Rheinland. We did of course advise them to cease their activities in Rheinland given the civil war but its up to them whether they want to follow that advise or not. Either way, they gave us some fairly helpful intel. Apparently the Federalists are relying more on insurgency styled tactics due to their lack of capital ships so the Imperialists clearly have the upper hand. I'll have someone on administrative assistance relay this intel over to the LSF and ESRD in case its more useful to them.
Afterwards, since there was a reporter around, we held a short flyby for all the spectators at Trenton, Newark and the ships passing by. I had the squadron load up on countermeasures and we deployed them while flying in formation around the Manhattan docking ring to give everybody a good show.
***GUNCAM FOOTAGE***
Sincerely,
Vice Admiral D. Redding, 1st Fleet, Liberty Navy [LN]