Incoming Transmission Liberty Navy
First Fleet
Fleet Admiral Sophia Cleveland
Vice Admiral.
I apologise if I will ignore any kind of pleasantries and small talk in favour of coming straight to the point. Task Force Akhetaten is to immediately mobilise and prepare for special assignment. We know that the Task Force consists of the best of the best of the Navy in terms of covert operations.
Your assignment is as follows:
Kusari is seemingly preparing to escalate the tensions with either an invasion into Colorado through Galileo or by using their new Jump Drive technology. Both of these options require a massive amount of supplies. The admiralty board assumes that these supplies are being gathered somewhere in Shikoku. As you know, Liberty has moved Carrier Ohio to a somewhat secluded area near the Colorado gate and established a restricted zone while gathering ships and supplies there for our defence-fleet. Kusari, assuming they are smart, are probably doing the same.
Your mission: Enter Shikoku quietly and without being seen, find the staging and/or gathering point of their fleets and report back to command. It is important that none of your ships are being discovered under any circumstances. You might even wish to scramble their transponders to achieve our goal.
Command will deny any knowledge about this special assignment should word spread and this become public or your ships are being caught by Kusari.
Good luck, Vice Admiral and may god be with you all. In the name of Liberty.
Sophia Cleveland
Fleet Admiral
Liberty Navy
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Liberty Navy 46th Fleet Security Clearance: < Restricted: Recipient(s) Only >
Sender ID: ADM Aden Tanner
Recipient ID: FADM Sophia Cleveland CC: VADM Maria Uhmen
Subject: Chain of Command
Fleet Admiral,
I have been made aware of this communication by VADM Uhmen, and with all due respect, ma'am, One Fleet CO to another, in the absence of FADM Kemp-Smith, I hold operational command of every asset that falls under the Forty-sixth Fleet.
I will expect that in the future, you will coordinate with me before sending operational orders to my Executive Officer. Task force Akhetaten is Uhmen's command, but I am Uhmen's Commanding Officer, and only I can approve operational orders involving 46th| assets.
That being said, I would gladly join you in speaking with SEC-DEF if you believe that TFA should be reformed into a Joint Task Force. Let me know your thoughts on the matter, if you would.
Furthermore, I will approve your planned Operation as submitted in its entirety and will move additional Fourty-sixth assets to the border region in the event they are needed to repel any KNF or KOI assets from entering Liberty while this operation is underway.
My first thought when receiving those orders was to reach out to Admiral Aden Tanner, the commanding officer of Forty-sixth Fleet, in order to make certain that such orders have been approved by him before being posted by yourself.
I was surprised to find out that such was not the case. Regardless, though, I see that the Admiral has found the time to formulate a response before I could even inform you of this predicament, and he has covered me with everything he's said on the matter.
That incident aside, I fully expected that one day I'll be receiving such a transmission.
It is a secret to nobody that Kusari does not seek a peaceful resolution and they have repeatedly invaded our sovereign space and initiated hostilities against us and our people.
Task Force Akhetaten was founded many years ago, by none other than yourself, Fleet Admiral. Since then, it has grown in size and popularity. Not only that, but the task force has also been recognized by the Liberty Government and I've been given unique rules of engagement and the discretion to make decisions independently.
I haven't previously had this discussion with Admiral Tanner before, but the concept of Task Force Akhetaten becoming a joint unit between the First and Forty-sixth Fleets is an idea I cannot hide my excitement towards.
All that being said, I trust that the special assignment that you are assigning to Task Force Akhetaten is approved by Admiral Tanner and that I may begin preparations for what's to come.
In service to the Republic.
- LIBERTY NAVY
FORTY-SIXTH FLEET "Honor. Courage. Commitment."
NAME: MARIA----
SRN: UHMEN----
ID# 1312790 UM 00346----
DATE: 26/04/836----