Name: Beowulf Draconis, Chief of Special applications Dept
Call sign: Fenrir
Time: 2350 hours MST
On the subject of the person transfer to los angelus
Today was a difficult day for us, we where tasked with the escort of a prisoner, a liberty rouge leader by the name of valder, he was picked up at sugerland correctional institute and placed in the brig of the Bahamut, shortly after leaving sugerland the trade lane and jump gate where hacked and shut down the escort forces consisting of 2 ICO ships, the Bahamut and the Mojelnir, and 2 LSF vessels a gunboat and a fighter, the Chattanooga and Capt. carpenter. After dropping out of the trade lanes a rouge assault force engaged the ico convoy, crippling the Mojelnir, destroying the Chattanooga. Although the fighting was fierce a rouge destroyer managed to disrupt the Bahamuts systems with a new kind of EMP warhead, the Rouge vessel came alongside the crippled Bahamut and boarded her with combat harpoons and boarding claws. Though the marines onboard the Bahamut fought well they where overrun by the massive invasion of enemy borders, they penetrated to the cells and rescued their leader and 5 other prisoners. Although thy attempted to engage the other parts of the ship the marines managed to hold those sections and force the borders to retreat back to their vessel,
The rouge destroyer disengaged and fled but orded his forces to press the attack, the LSF fighter is to be commended for holding off 4 liberty rouge fighters and a destroyer at bay mostly by himself, tell the Bahamut could become operational again. The Bahamut then entered the fight and caught up to the rouge destroyer, the Bahamut guns made quick work of the vessel and her point defense with effective herding by agent carpenter made short work of the rouge fighters that where swarming the vessel. Routing the LR forces. However damage to ICO and her allies was extensive and it will take many months before we are operational again, to make maters worse the LR leader that we where transferring was not found after the battle and I do not fill we have seen the last of him.
Scene:
LPI sugerland approach
Liberty space Texas System
Bridge of the ICOS Bahamut.
The bridge of the Bahamut defacto flagship of ICO was alive with activity as she prepared for her docking with the LPI prison station sugerland. With nav-officers coordinating with the stations traffic controller. As The cube like exterior of the base loomed ever closer in the viewport the escorts where ordered to take up a perimeter. this is ICOS Bahamut to sugerland Actual, requesting docking Clarence.
Clarence granted Bahamut your cargo can be retrieved in bay 15.
understood actual Bahamut proceeding as directed. Out.
The hammerhead shaped vessel latched itself to the small outreaching mooring arm extending from sugerlands main body. Inside bay 15 the omnis crunching and scraping sound of metal on metal contact can be heard as the person vessel clamped into place. After several long minuets passed vented atmosphere filled the bay with a omnius white smoke that looked as if it had a mixture of hydrogen in it. From this venting gas stepped the bulbous soluet of an 8 foot tall humanoid. Each of his massive foot steps made a heavy thud and the vibrations could be felt in the floor of the station, red glowing eyes shined their eary light through the fog as the suiliute took the form of a man encased in a suit inconceivably thick power armor, the man had a massive 4 barreled 80 mm rotary assault cannon under slung on his right arm, on the mans thighs where two equally massive twin barreled guns of unknown origin, mounted on the mans left arm was what might be procived as a flame thrower, and finally strapped to the mans back has what looked to be a double bladed battle axe with chainsaw blades, The mans armor was colored sky blue with a faded yellow trim, He had a rather large wolf pelt draped over the left side of his armor along with varies other wolf apparel, he had a spread winged twin headed gold eagle emblazoned on his chest, he walked with an aura of a man who reviled in inflecting pain on anything that dared to get in his Path.
He emerged from the airlock collar with 5 ICO marines behind him. The marines looked vicious in their own right. Each dressed in white and gray winter and urban fatigues, equipped with a particle assault rifle and combat armor. The group moved across the bay to their prisoners while the man in powered armor met with the LPI reprasenitive. Gasses emerged from vents in the lower cheeks of the guys face mask. The man cracked neck the spoke with a voice that was masked by the suits intercom. Is this the prisoner we are charged with escorting for trail and execution?
The LPI officer obviously intimidated by the embodiment of condensed hate standing over him stuttered when he spoke. Yes the prisoner Felix Valder, is your primary charge, um uhis this necessary?
Those who underestimate find themselves as an open door to the enemies spear when the true hour of battle approaches.
.uhh, well the other s are minor bounties I trust your guild will take care of.
I only serve the emperors will, and in turn he guides my blade to the heart of his enemys.
.. Well you must be busy so I turn the custody of this..scum, over to your capable hands.
The man looked Valder up and down eyes of pure disgust hidden carefully behind enhanced optics.
You heard to judicator prisoner, get a move on, all of you in the airlock now.
Valder looked at the space marine draped in terminator armor with his own pool of disgust.
Listen to me liberty dog. I have allies and they will see to it I never step foot in a court room. If you know whats good for you, you will just drop me off at the next Freeport and forget all about me.
I am not the adaptius judicious. You will find I am not sorelenting. Get in the airlock now!
If Felix could set people on fire with his mind, his eyes showed that he was trying with scrap of will he had. Eventually he gave up and settled for spiting on the space marines armor. The massive marine looked down at the bio-matter marring his armor and gave the rouge a back hand with his power-assisted, armored glove. The poor Valder flew off his feet and was smashed hard agenst the bulkhead of the station and crumpled to the ground unconscious, his jaw and 2 ribs broken. Pick him up and take him to med bay, the res of you, in the ship! Now! the armored space marine strode back into the airlock, and to his vessel, his charges in tow.
After a short period of refueling the Bahamut disconnected from its umbilical and proceeded under impulse speed to the trade lane ring. The space marine strode unto his bridge and surveyed the activity.
What is the states of are group?
The Mojolnir is pulling rear security while liquid is running on are flanks.
Where is Chattanooga?
He is coming up on are port now.
Tell him to move to point
Aboard the LSFS Chattanooga the captain leaned with his hand clasped behind his head and his feet propped on his consol. Chattanooga relinquishing command to you, take point.
The captain prodded the helmsmans head with the heel of his boot, who in turn looked back annoyed.
You heard the lady. Get us to the front of the fleet.
The Chattanooga took point and activated the trade lane, the fleet entered the sub-warp field and proceeded through Texas at an extreme rate of speed. How long till we get there? spoke the gunboat captain?
ETA at NY in 3 hours and 23 minuets
Puffy, wake me when we get their.
The hours clicked buy at a snails pace as the endless hum of the field and the dull thud of rings passing echoed throughout the Bahamuts hull. The gunboat captain had long ago drifted to sleep and the crews of the vessels had occupied themselves with varies tasks. Suddenly the trade lane was cut and inertia came to a sudden halt. The gunboat captain flew out of his seat and made a sickly thud as the helmsmen gave a bit of a smirk. What the hell is going on?
Contact! IFF shows hostel!
Bring us about to face those contacts
Sensors confirm fighters 5 of them. Ok bring up the AA fire and focus on the cluster, what is the status of the fleet?
They are battered but good, the Bahamut is missing.
Missing? The hell? Ok coordinate fire with the Mojelnir, and tell liquid to get his butt in their.
You are cleared to engage liquid.
Capt Daniel Carpenter flipped on his targeting acquisition computer and activated his FCC.
It is about time.
His sleek and deadly ravens claw skimmed along the hull of the Mojelnir and then flipped around under her hammerhead bridge, and proceeded on a bisecting course to the liberty rouge formation.
The Chattanooga opined up with her tycaion cannons and created a field of AA fire in front of the rouge formation. The multi collerd pulses of condensed particles screeched through space to explode spectrally on the hulls of the rouge wolfhound vessels. Two of the wolf hounds where smited by the combined fire combined fire of the Chattanooga and the Mojelnir the rest screeched past the Chattanooga and weaved in-between the Mojelnirs AA fire these wolf hounds then dropped the spechel cargo 12 heavy anti-shipping torpedoes strapped on one shot launchers to there hulls. The 12 missiles bolted through space and slammed into the broadside shields of the guild destroyer. The first 8 ruptured the vessels shields as if popping a bubble the last four slammed into the hull of the vessel cracking the plate and warping the side decks. Disabling 2 AA turrets and forcing her to vent oxygen from the damaged decks like blood into space.
Torp hit on the Mojelnir, multiple impacts! Damage unknown!
Ok bring the Chattanooga about and we will kill the rest when they come around for another pass, where is the Bahamut? Liquid what happened?
They blew past me. I am on their six. Just try not to flash me with friendly.
The sleek ravens claw flew up quickly in the Mojelnirss damaged flank. It flew in-between the venting oxygen and weaved in-between the red repeating particle turrets firing on the turning wolf hounds, it ducked under the fire and proceeded after the wolf hounds on full burn shielded by the AA fire of Mojelnir.
The sunlight shining upon the liberty gunboat Chattanooga was suddenly eclipsed by the shadow of a Liberty rouge destroyer.
Keep leading them they are almost at their apex. *alarm klaxons* what! Above!
The destroyer opens up with its particle batters at point blank, it volleys this fire with heavy laser fire, the ruby lances of condensed light speared the gunboat while the repeated volleys of navel fire pulverized the hull plate in seconds, the command bridge exploded from the vessel just before it succumbed in a ball of nuclear energy and hydrogen gasses. The destroyer shifted fire to the Mojelnir while the wounded vessel came about to exchange fire with the rouge vessel. Particle rounds and laser fire filled the tight piece of space that separated the two craft. But the rouge vessel knew where to hit the guild destroyer. She focused her fire on the com and power generation systems at the vessels aft section. The destroyers heavy lasers cooked armor plating in such a manner that it was liquidated and drifted off into space in shapeless globs.
The particle fire pockmarked the area surrounding the laser scorching, once satisfied that the destroyers shell was siffichuently cracked she followed up with a kill shot in the form of a navel gauss cannon and 6 torpedoes. The gauss round cored through the ships spine cleanly pulverizing anything that got in its way, killing the ships reactor on contact. The torps high yield explosive impact destroyed any reaming subsystems, killing all powered to the Mojelnir. Dead in the water with no power helpless to defend agenst the rouge destroyer.
(( OH KNOZE! shure looks like them lawfuls are in a jam! how can thay possably survive this? find out in the next episode of Freelancer: Discovery of a copyright infrengement))
If I die bury me with a rocket luancher, and a shotgun. I am going to have some house cleaning to do.
Damion Wolf
Havoc / Mjolnir
0500 MST
Defense Grid Failure
So it happened again. For only the second time that I can remember the defense grid around New York has fallen; and it went out with a bang. I recieved word about its failure and lonched immediatly with the Destroyer Mjolnir upon which I was directed to RV with Liquid and a host of law enforcement at the Institute of How to Kill People, also known as West Point station. There was an impressive roster of pilots there waiting to greet me, including the flagship Bahamut.
It did not take long before pirates began showing up. After they figured out where we were amassing they came in a wave of red icons. The Liberty Rogues were out in force and looking for blood. They got it.
The Bahamut managed to cripple the Liberty Rogue flagship, the Graviationi, and was the big hamer to LSF Fluid's mobile hammer of strike fighters. I was there because I look good.
My charming visage not withstanding, the Mjolnir's unusual weapon's loadout was instrumental in the battle. Before the Second Battle of New York was over I had clained three confirmed kills, one on a Liberty Rogue Gunboat and the other on a fighter and the final one on a Destroyer of the same class as the Graviation.
With Liberty's heart safe the motly crew that Fluid had assimbled was disbaned. A gunboat pilot then aproached me seeking employment. I put him through our questioinare then okayed him with Bahamut's captain then sent him to our Logistics Department for outfitting. His designation in our ranks, during his probationary period, is ICO-LP:Deathbringer.
For a time there was peace in the NY area, and across Liberty, however, I was soon called back into action as a KoF oppritive, Scotty, called in for emergency assistance in the Texas system. I arrived on-scene to find Scotty, Fluid and two other KoF security oppritives under heavy fire from what looked like the rest of the Liberty Rogues. I entered into the fight and began "culling the herd," so to speak.
Eventually the fight traveled to a debris field where Fluid and Scotty came under heavy fire from a gunboat and a fighter by themselves. I made best speed under boost and manaaged to destroyer the remaining stragglers as they fallowed me.
Unfortunantly I was not able to arrive in time to save Scotty's ship. I did, however, dismangle the Gunboat and caused the pilot of the other fighter to eject. The Bahamut and the rest of KoF chased down yet another pirate and managed to dispatch him without further incident.
In all the Mjolnir claimed seven confirmed kills that day and all but crippled the Liberty Rogues. It was a good day. We also, after the shooting stopped, picked up another member. He was slotted in as I was leaving, however, so his questionare will have to come later. Both of them have been made probationary members and been supplied with fighter class craft under my direct command. I hope they work out because we will need all the help we can get.
Damion Wolf "Havoc"
Loss Prevention Chief
Independent Co-Owners
<span style="color:#FF0000">RED TEAM LEADER</span>
<span style="font-family:Times New Roman">For us, overkill is not simply an excessive application of deadly force, it is an insurance policy. It is impossible to kill somebody "too much" but it is possible to kill somebody "not enough." Nobody, in wartime or in peace, has ever been shot in the back by a smoldering crater.</span>
Today was rough. It started out with myself parking the Mjolnir at West Point and scanning individuals who passed through for contraband. A number of ships were spotted and stoped without much incident. I engaged in polite conversation and gave the new recruites some more pointerrs. Except for the occasional stubborn smuggler or foolsih rogue all was quite.
At one point Takuma, a cruise liner, entered with a load of artifacts. I stopped the ship and questioned its pilot. They said the artifacts were for the musium at Manhattan. I calle din the LSF and was ordered to escort the luxury liner out of Liberty until it can get clerance for theillegal cargo.
We got word that something big was happening some time after that. I gathered the ICO that were present at Manhattan and went out by myself to get a new weapon system for my ship. I was invited to talk with a known pirate under terms of safety and, so, I met with them.
Upon meeting with them it became known to me that this was a trap. A concerned citizen warned me. by that time, however, I was in the Nomad system with two Osiris class Battleships, one Corsair Gunboat and a Corsair Very Heavy Fighter. I was engaged by the gunboat but managed to talk my way out of hurting him.
In the mean time my compatriot, Bahamut, had organized rouglhly nine people, including TheWise, to come and get me out of the fire. I managed to rejoin them without hincident but was warned of an impending attack on Liberty.
We gathered every lawful and mercenary we could and held station at the mouth of the mine field. it must ahve been thirteen ships of all classes on our side including an Assautl Carrier, a Liberty Dreadnaught, three gunboats, myself, and a myriad of fighters and bombers.
The tension grew as we waited and then finally they attacked. When they came through the gate we sent our fighters and bombers and gunboats in after them to soften them up. It was to no avail, however, as three Osiris Battleships and two Cruisers, with Gunboat and fighter/bomber support, came straight at our line. The Assault Carrier blew apart under the fire of all of their ships and bombers. I was the next large ship to go but I managed to deal dispraportionate damage to an Osiris and outmanuver it before being forced to retire via explosion.
My engines were destroyed and the reactor gutted, leaving me to drift through gthe mine field. Eventually the explosions stopped and I was left to drift. There are many casualties and wounded in my small crew, including myself. The last thing I heard before shunting all remaining emergency power to life support was that the Liberty Rogues were coming to assist us.
It is a grim day indeed for Liberty. As of right now I am still adrift and await recovery. Thankfully this craft is farely robust but we are running on minimal life support right now and no emergency beacons.
Damion Wolf "Havoc"
Loss Prevention Chief
Independent Co-Owners
<span style="color:#FF0000">RED TEAM LEADER</span>
<span style="font-family:Times New Roman">For us, overkill is not simply an excessive application of deadly force, it is an insurance policy. It is impossible to kill somebody "too much" but it is possible to kill somebody "not enough." Nobody, in wartime or in peace, has ever been shot in the back by a smoldering crater.</span>
Damion Wolf
Havoc / Mjolnir
2250 MST
Kill on Sight... For Money
Derelect[Merc] is to be killed on sight whenever he is spotted. He destroyed two members of ICO including the Logistics Department and made off with our supplies. There is, as of right now, a 50mil reward for his death and for the safe return of all that we lost including three of whatever items are desired, no matter the value.
Name: Derelect[Merc]
Reward: 50 mil pluss bonuses (for full completions), 10 mil one-time kill, and 1 mil repeat kill (with screen shots)
Objective: Kill him and return our stuff to us.
Stuff:
1 JADE Code Name
1 ONYX Code Name
1 GUARDIAN Code Name
2 EXCALIBER Code Name
1 Level 8 Armor Upgrade
7 Advanced Cargo Canners
8 Improved Debilitators
4 Costa Del Cids
4 Buckshot Turrets
5 Paralyzer Missile Launchers
2 Firekiss
There may be more but this is what we can remember. Contract is considered complete if all items listed are returned and his death is achieved. Screen shots are required as proof of his death. If all items are returned then the one who did it can have three items of his or her choosing no matter the value. If the items are not retrieved then the value of his life is a 10 mil one-time objective.
The one-time 10 mil kill bounty is open to all lawfuls. The 50mil bounty is open only to those who we know we can trust. This bounty is also open to anybody who'se reputation can be varified by ourselves or the persons listed above. The contract is not open to ICO personnel or any who have targeted us for KoS.
The target is flying a Reinland Military gunboat and runs alot. And, like any good bad guy, he whines a lot, too. He has also demonstrated a lack of honor or consideration for other members and, while he tries to hide behind "rules," he has blatantly broken them by killing somebody while they were docking. He has also been seen lying repeatedly and has openly attacked lawfuls without provocation and committed acts of piracy and terrorism, all of which are against his ID.
For more detals contact myself or BlackDragon0083.
Damion Wolf "Havoc"
Loss Prevention Chief
Independent Co-Owners
-
POST EDITED
<span style="color:#FF0000">RED TEAM LEADER</span>
<span style="font-family:Times New Roman">For us, overkill is not simply an excessive application of deadly force, it is an insurance policy. It is impossible to kill somebody "too much" but it is possible to kill somebody "not enough." Nobody, in wartime or in peace, has ever been shot in the back by a smoldering crater.</span>
Com ID: Capt. Daniel Carpenter
Callsign: =LSF=Liquid / Fluid
Transmitted to: ICO
Gentleman your ships have been of great assistance in dealing with threats in times when Liberty's resources have been stretched to thin. However I must point out that this is assistance is not a mandate to police Liberty. The LPI polices Liberty, the SA defends her borders and the LSF gather intel, Black Ops and support the Navy and police as required.
Concerns have been voiced from the Navy Admirality that you are "Policing" Liberty and take issue with this. While your support is appreciated unless directly requested for aid then continue with your own private concerns and operations.
Liberty's border systems Bering, Hudson, Magellan, Cortez, Kepler and Galieo remain lawless and daily traders walk a tightrope of death. It might be a wise move to bring law to these systems while the goverment forces work to maintain control within its own borders. In this way you may alleviate the Navy's concerns.
I also note the posting of a bounty offered to lawfuls and unlawfuls in your records. This is unacceptable, regardless of the heinous crime commited by your target. An organisation such as yourself should not publically announce they will fund pirates and assasins and hope to remain as a credible lawful company. In no way should you associate yourselves with bandits.
Capt. Daniel Carpenter
LSF Fighter Combat Instructor
"Transmishin started."
this matter has been taken care of. intell has been gatherd and futher actions agenst the pupetmasters will be discused. but for now this bounty is closed. and all support for the death of merc diralect has been withdrawn.
liqued i can not speak for the rest of ico on this. but i will tell you that i will do what i have allwase done. even if that means doing it by myself. liberty is my home. i will deffend it to the end, nomatter what. i will not tolerate lawlessness within her borders or out. i do belive my coworkers have a different stace so ill let them speck on the direction of the compony, but i will contnu to operate in the smae maner i allwase have becuse my pride will allow no less.
"Transmishion termanated."
If I die bury me with a rocket luancher, and a shotgun. I am going to have some house cleaning to do.
Com ID: Capt. Daniel Carpenter
Callsign: =LSF=Liquid / Fluid
Transmitted to: Captain finrer
Quote:liqued i can not speak for the rest of ico on this. but i will tell you that i will do what i have allwase done. even if that means doing it by myself. liberty is my home. i will deffend it to the end, nomatter what. i will not tolerate lawlessness within her borders or out. i do belive my coworkers have a different stace so ill let them speck on the direction of the compony, but i will contnu to operate in the smae maner i allwase have becuse my pride will allow no less.
While I appreciate you enthusaism to defend your home I must make note that rogue vigilantes will not be tolerated. From your transmission I gather that you have been drinking and will dismiss your comments as drink fuelled rage against the system. You endanger your ship, your crew, yourself and innocents in this condition and I must insist you consume some stims to restore your sobriety.
Let me re-iterate. Libertys police are the LPI, Our Navy is the SA and our Special Forces are the LSF which I am proud to call myself a member. These 3 organisations are the goverment's forces in Liberty. I do not deny your right to pursue criminals. Good luck to you I say, but I must insist you follow any directives layed down by the current establishment. This situation is still under discussion with ICO executives and the LSF Director is currently busy examing the latest intel gathered on the artificial lifeforms named Cylons that have appeared in the sector. Once he has time we will discuss this in a calm, rational and sober manner.
Capt. Daniel Carpenter
LSF Fighter Combat Instructor
[\JG/]Rakghoul
listens to the decrypted signal...and rubs his temple...
"This can't be good".
I do like the idea of ICO covering the edges of liberty space.THey have proven their dedication to the Liberty region. I would under stand LSF's point of view, if my guild ships had not been destroyed time and time again in Liberty systems, by rogues (strange though as they are supposed to be neutral).
You really think there is a need for 5 or 6 LSF officers at Newark while LH and LR are killing and pirating Traders in Texas ?
... well I guess time will tell. ICO let me know how Jupiter Guild can help. We will do whtever we diplomatically can.