So... Kelly gave me access to this terminal, she thinks it'll let me blow off a bit of steam, get a bit more normalcy in my head... She's bonkers, but hey thats the reason I love her. It seems like any day now the Order could bust a gasket and everything could go under, but thats why we keep things afloat, we both run Horus, and it goes deeper than being just a Military Battalion, its an extension of our dream, and our vision in the Order. Horus is like that, and its running well, at least if Fujimoto would get back to me from the Dragons... seems like their entire Shogunate is running around with their pants on their heads, all the while tripping over shirts they wear on their legs...
Those Kimonos never did rub off on me.
Besides the hum drum of running a battalion with your wife, life on Akabat is calmer than anyone would expect. Temperate climate, with good beaches. Hierlark was built not far from a beach, and it allows for some great views at sunset, me and Kelly have definately shared some good moments on that balcony. Its amazing the calm moments one can have in an area as demonic as the Omicrons...
Something in me sees the Order sweeping through the Omicrons, on some valiant crusade, but I know its not like that. Thats why I'm scared to have kids, to bring them into this kind of Sirius... I... I don't want to bring them into the Omicrons. Maybe one day when everything blows over, It will be like when I was a tween and Trent saved the colonies. I have to stick it through and win this fight for Kelly.
After the war? I'm not sure, the Nomads will never truly be gone in my lifetime, but I count on us pushing them back. And when we get that era of peace once more, I want to settle with Kelly. I'm not going through any repeats of Toledo, not at the hands of those demons... Man, the longer this entry goes on, the more bitter it gets... But I suppose this helps me, Kelly's right, this will probably help.
I think I hear somebody paging my office, urgh, daily patrol reports to fill out... Something this audiolog will never save my sanity from.
Things have been relatively quiet in Order space as of late, a good thing in my eyes. The Core invasions into the system have fallen stagnant, and the brave agents of Horus and the rest of the Order are fighting the Nomads in their fiercest state in years, yet my mind has been too far abuzz to even enjoy the calm.
Project Aubrey, something me and Kelly have been working on for the entire year and a half we've built Horus. We've finally got the supplies together to construct the listening outpost out in Sigma 13, and all we need is the final pieces for the reactor and we can begin... Supplies have been rough, I've even had to resort to stealing from corporations to get our supplies. I'm never keen against acting against fellow man while the Nomad threat is still present, but in this case, it had to be done. With the final supplies coming together, soon the base will be constructed... I hope it pays off as much as I hope, its up to me and the rest of Horus to keep this thing afloat the next few months while we build it up.
In other news, I've been paying more attention to news coming out of Liberty and the Independant worlds, I'm hearing a lot about a certain Battlegroup Auxesia...
I certainly remember them well enough, I remember even having a meeting with Sapphire Raven, and encountering her more than a few times. Call me strange, but I'm tempted to contact her again, she's an old face for me, someone I hated but accepted, even when she was in the Core. Maybe? I don't know... for all I know her battlegroup is ready to put a gun to my face. I might try, at this point I'd consider her one of the few friends left that's survived this hell...
A lots been on my mind lately, getting this outpost to fruition and success, along with old ticks nagging in my head. Its just one of those times all you can do is just be your most productive, the Omicrons are after all, a place where laziness will get you killed.
I've not even left yet, I'm currently sitting in the hangar of the Eidolon Wraith before I go, figured I'd get a terminal entry in before I go since I haven't had the chance to do one in the week I've been down here. The assignment went smoothly enough, hunted down the infectees last night, they were escaping Liberty. They put up about as much of a fight as the wild could, so... needless to say they're dead. Yet, my time with Auxesia has been a short era that I will not forget.
The people here are... mixed, needless to say. Auxesia has grown incredibly diverse since it was just Raven running through the Omicrons with a small group of friends. Auxesia is... developed. They have headquarters, a fleet, and the men, women, and power to get the job done. Another thing I also noticed was the liberal use of Androids and Cybernetics. Auxesia is, from what i've researched onboard the Wraith, a transhumanist organization. It's their firm believe in the artificial evolution of humans to improve us. I've yet to lose a limb, so I'll steer clear for now.
There were many notable people as well, mostly a brash Libertonian by the name of, William Foulke, I think. He was certainly a very loud, brash, and mostly annoying individual. I did have a talk with him last night though, while we have our differences, I feel like he's not the hardest person in the world to talk to. I'll probably have to get in contact with him again, depending on his cooperation he may be useful.
I'll have to keep this relatively covered up from the Grand Admiral and Hellion, this isn't exactly something I should be doing. I felt a need to check on an old friend... There's not many of us left in Sirius, the circle of people I know gets smaller by the day. It's important that I keep up with those that are still here, before something happens.
In other news, I've heard lately that Hellion coordinated the initial construction of Aubrey. That's music to my ears, once I get back I'll have to get the rest of the project in order. This base will have to be well hidden as well, access only to Overwatch and Horus personnel for now. Aubrey is a milestone in the history of the Order however, our best personal eyes and ears into Rheinland alongside the Vereinigte Widerstandsarmee. Aubrey is going to be my biggest occupation for now, I'll probably be spending a fair amount in the Sigmas for oversight...
Maybe its time to start dying my hair, grey hairs at 30 are to be expected with this position.
So, Raven has contacted me again, specifically concerning the entire hellhole that Liberty has recently turned into.
She asked me to meet her in Coronado, lucky me the Order already has plans to head down there after hearing about the lost Liberty Navy vice-admiral and possible signs of the wild in play. So, I was headed down anyways, but I'm rather glad she contacted me, things have gotten a bit... odd around here.
As long as I have been an agent in the Order, the entire fight is getting to me recently... Horus sends its men into combat every day, only for less and less pilots to return back on sorties. Currently the Razgriz is down to one fighter squadron left to send out, and I'm not willing to send those lads out to die.
The dream thats burned in my heart the past years is, dimming down...
Lets just see what Raven is up to down in Coronado first, maybe it may be something to re-ingite this spark.
I'm at my wits end, I'm in the dark and feel like a knife is against my back.
The Razgriz has been sitting in orbit of Jericho in Coronado for weeks now, awaiting any signs of response from the Oathkeeper and Admiral Hunter. The Razgriz has been unable to access any Order databases ever since we arrived here, after speaking with Raven... I feel like theres been a mole somewhere, and that only drives my anxiety up higher. I may contact Raven again if I don't get a response from Admiral Hunter soon, but what am I to do with an Order operation going on in this space?
I don't know, what am I to do? Take an Osiris and turn tail in a system where a mass of the Order fleet is gathering, hell I wouldn't even know how many Order ships are coming since I've been cut off from Order access.
I'll just maintain orbit here, the crew don't know yet what is going on... the crew of the bridge don't even know, I'm the only one here who regularly accesses any databases. All the others, just use the personal databases aboard the Razgriz for things like journals and reports. They can't know for now, and if I ever do get a response back from Admiral Hunter... then we will see.
But what if we don't? It's likely then I'll contact Raven again. The Razgriz isn't going to be lost in my lack of cleaning up my trail.
...
All I can do is wait for Hunter, I wouldn't dare contact Kelly, or Aelita. Even Golanski seems to have cut off access to me... Somethings up, and I'm standing in a dark room, with beady red eyes staring from every corner.
After talking with Hunt today, we formulated our own plan for this, even though it may havhe its kinks. The current plan is to take the Razgriz into the Inverness system and have Auxesia intercept under the guise of simply crossing the system.
Its from there that the Razgriz takes the offensive stance, firing on the Arktos and making my men believe in a real fight going on. And as much as it pains me to do it, I may have to take a few hits for this ship in the process... The Basilisk wing of Auxesia will be setting off Nova torpedoes in the Nebula near the Atum to hint at the destruction of the ship, and from there we tow the ship before the Order intercepts.
This plan has its kinks, not gonna lie... The Atum Battlegroup could represent a problem in response time, so there may not be time to tow the ship away. If I can, and depending on circumstances... We may need to move slightly out of the Overwatchs operating area, so as to stay under their snuff.
Magellan or Kansas could work, due to the ties Auxesia has there and how the system is out of the operating area of the Order
Well... Its time for one of the biggest changes of my life now.
For so many years, I had served with the Order, for nearly 9 years since I ran after that night at University. Today that all changes... I've got my escorts ready and Auxesia should be ready on their end. It will be as simple as encountering them in Magellan and letting it roll out from there. The men aboard will know nothing, and the Order will never find me.
But, you never know. Things change, just as they are now.