ENCRYPTION: TOP SECRET
SENDER: Lt.Commander - Libby Harrison
SOURCE: REDACTED
RECIPIENT: Admiral Van-Leer
SUBJECT: New Patrol Procedure
Salutations Admiral,
After lengthy discussions with Smuggler Patrol Commander - VANGUARD, it has been decided that I shall be allowing the non Raptor vessels to partake in helping to capture Smugglers aswell as their normal duties. So patrols of both sets of Armada squads will be seen together to bolster each other, and Commander VANGUARD will relay to the operatives of raptor Squad, the new protocol directive.
Initially we were not going to merge the squads, but it seems only fitting to do this whilst we have a situation within Pennsylvania and the Zoners who are being stubborn. I also mentioned the Zoner capital ships, which as far as I am aware have not been sighted since Vanguard and the other officers reported it.
As the Pesticide operation comes close, we are detaching Argonaute within Pennsylvania to help with the deployment of vessels and resources and will use her as a mobile command unit. Vessels will resupply and get rest aboard the Argonaute whilst patrolling within the Pennsylvania system. We will hopefully deploy Argonaute later today, to initiate the operation and will keep you informed of our progress.
I will also be requesting extra pilots who should be on leave to be on standby in case it all kicks off whilst we are doing our patrols. I will be asking more commanders to bring more ships into the area, if we have a increase in activity that may be a threat to us.
Also I am lead to believe that those Zoner capital vessels within Pennsylvania have actually refused to leave the area, so we will initiate extra patrols also to hunt them down and force them to leave, and if they don't we will be following your orders to engage the vessels.