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----ID: Lt. Mike Ypsilantis----
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My congratulations to the honorable Vice Admiral Harper, you have been a great role model and friend, and being one of the first LN to greet me with a smile instead of a frown, I have always looked up to you. I send my blessings, for I know you will be a great Vice Admiral.
On to the report.
Battle of Solo's Crest
A massive battle occured today near West Point Military Academy. Reports flooded in of multiple Xenos, and I caught sight of them near West Point. Seeing their large numbers, I moved to Manhattan before they could engage. There I gathered all our forces and sent a mayday call to command. Then, we moved to West Point and engaged the Xeno threats.
The furious battle ensured. Unfortunately the Xenos quickly took the upper hand, first destroying the Black Dawn, then attacking the silent Nevada, which had been stationed there for in space repairs. The Nevada retaliated, but under attack from multiple bombers, I ordered it to flee before it was destroyed.
Meanwhile, we suffered loss after loss, and many of our LN officers fell in battle. While reinforcements were constantly pouring in, they were destroyed as quickly as they came.
However, things got even worse. The massive fighter and bomber brawl became so much more with the arrival of the third side, a large force of Outcast affiliated ships. First they came in small pairs, but soon, they outnumbered both sides, bringing in a missile boat and another gunboat.
By then, we had only scored a few destructions:
The battle raged on for ages. Gafwmn had come in his cruiser, chasing off the missileboat and destroying the other gunboat. However, he could not flee in time and the ship was destroyed by several supernovas.
And still, the battle raged. It was clear the unlawfuls had the upperhand, and they disregarded their former friendliness and temporary alliance agaisnt the lawfuls, turning on each other.
By now, only a few of us remained. Only Joe, Hobgl, and a few bounty hunters fought for Liberty. The occasional foolish Bounty Hunter Battlecruiser wandered in, only to be destroyed moments later by several supernovas and gunboat fire from a third outcast gunboat that had wandered in.
Then, Joe ejected from his burning ship, and so did Hobgl. Only I was left. By some miracle, few unlawfuls decided to attack me directly, and those that did quickly switched targets after seeing the pain it took to hit my fighter when they could easily hit bombers. However, my luck was soon over. A KOF joined the fight, and together we fought the swarm of enemies, but alas, to no avail. By some miracle, I had managed to take down Sidewinder when I crashed into his damaged ship.
However, my luck was over. Dismayed by the loss of Sidewinder, the Xenos turned and attacked the single Naval officer left, and the Outcasts followed suit. It was only a few minutes before a supernova hit my ship on the side, tearing through my hull, and I found myself crammed into my escape pod as I drifted towards nearby West Point.
Through the window, the remaining outcasts duked it out with the Xenos, however, it seemed clear the tired battered Xenos who had withered through hours of fighting could not fight the fresh outcast reinforcements. Sadly, I did not see anymore of those bloody unlawfuls kill each other since I was grabbed by a nearby Medical cruiser and turned to Mount Vernon Hospital.
For Liberty! ****End Transmission****
' Wrote:TDL Dark pretty much hit the nail on the head..