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[font=Times New Roman]This is Fleet Captain Samuel Fauk reporting. Been a while since I did this. Anyway, we had a busy day today and sadly I was only there for the first half of what turned out to be a fruitful battle. I led a raiding party into New York and it was quiet for a while. Fleet Commander Brass joined in and took command, and ordered us to attack a Liberty Assault Battlecruiser, callsign 'Tarabostes', defending West Point. A gunboat by the name of Saladin also was present. All three of them were shot down. Another gunboat by the name of Harbinger then joined the fray, and was quickly put down.

Saladin's destruction
Tarabostes burns
Tarabostes' killcam
Har-brung

By this time several pirate vessels began arriving; I fled the scene as soon as the capitals were destroyed because I knew I wouldn't last long against a fighter swarm. I returned to the Ravager and jumped into the Forsworn, returning to the New York jump gate to cover our force's retreat. By that time most of the pirate forces had been killed off and now the Navy was coming in to mop up. At least three of our fighters made it through to California before four Guardian class fighters appeared. I held them as long as I could to buy our ships time to escape. Ultimately I was overtaken when a plasma bolt struck the Forsworn's fuel intake system and destroyed my engines; I was forced to eject.

It seems the last remaining pilot in New York, Ashira Kogomi, fought like a hero. She downed several more fighter craft before being destroyed. Her actions deserve recognition.

*Incoming Transmission*
Subject: Combat & Status Report

Lieutenant Epps here,
After receiving reports of a group of Navy Vessels in New York, we set out with our small taskforce consisting of Myself on the Beta.4 , Fleet Captain Fauk , The Polyphemus and the Last Sunrise. Upon arrival in New York, Fauk immediately reported the presence of Multiple capital ships along some Snub Craft. Him and i engaged some of the snub vessels before the Poly and the last Sunrise arrived. What ensued was a giant ball of fire as Torpedoes where launched everywhere, Mortars were impacting in the enemy's hull along side Nova Rockets , slowly tearing them to pieces. After the initial impact of Navy reeinforcements and the Last Sunrise Arriving just in time, we managed to destroy multiple Capital Ship, Including a Dreadnought, 2 Battlecruiser and a Siege Cruiser. Included in the enemy casualties is also one Snub Vessel and a Rogue Gunboat that was in the Brawl. Fleet Captain Fauk's ship was critically damaged but his pod was tractored in , and after a short while, the Poly and the Sunrise began to pull out of the Battle. While the Polyphemus and the Sunrise made an escape, i stayed behind with the hopes of keeping as many enemies on me as possible to ensure safe return of our capital vessels. The Last Sunrise returned shortly after and with a bit of skill and a bit of luck, this is when we managed to destroy the second Battlecruiser. My Vessel was then critically hit and i had to eject, my pod being tractored in, but gladly the Last Sunrise was able to escape safely.

Epps Out.

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[:: Battlegroup Participants ::]

Lieutenant Robert Epps - Ship Destroyed , Pod Tractored
Fleet Captain Sam Fauk - Ship Destroyed, Pod Tractored
HFB-Polyphemus - Returned to Base
HFBC-Last.Sunrise - Returned to Base

*Transmission Terminated*