Message to; Captain Jan Richthofen
CommID; Commander Nikolai Varnava
Sir, being the best pilot doesn't cut it if you don't have a ship to fly at the time. While I was on the Krivak and found out about Voronov, I was hoping to catch him before he made it to the Kerensky's Honor. Unfortunately I made a bad judgment call and he had already made it to his ship. I would of gladly went after him, but any ship I owned were in the other hanger and I didn't make it in time to catch him before he left Omega 52.
A bad call on my part, sir. I apologies for it. Varnava out
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To: Commander Varnava
Comm. ID: Captain Richthofen
Message Begins//
Downright pathetic. You're smarter than that and I expect more from a ranking officer of the Coalition. This would never have happened in the fascist, but disciplined and capable, military that I once served in. You should have been able to prep a bomber for launch in less time than it takes a lone, untrained lunatic to ready an entire gunboat.
I expect you to don your <Classified> uniform and have the traitor erased from existence. At first he appeared to be mentally ill, in need of medical attention, which is most likely still the case. However, he has now been identified as most definitely a traitor and a danger to all those around him. Criminally insane. The punishment is death, of course. I'll leave you to decide how he dies, but see that it is done. Kill him whilst he sleeps for all I care. This is your mission, and yours alone. Call it a measure of your competence and loyalty.
Now, as to your punishment. You will be demoted to Lieutenant Commander, effective as of this very moment. Fortunately for you, we believe in second chances... after all, everyone makes mistakes. Of course, such a strange error from such a talented individual makes one wonder whether it was an accident at all. You get the benefit of the doubt... this time. Next time I won't be so damn lenient. I assume you've done your homework on what happened to Mr. Trotsky.