☠ Incoming transmission.
☠ Signal source: Free Republic relay, Liberty
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Sender:Luminary "Crimson" Recipient:Xeno Alliance Communications Subject:Heavy asset status report
Status of the two T-2419-U Archon-class improvised ironclads.
The Intrusive suffered minor damage to the outer hull, alongside a loss of all cargo compartments. The nature of yesterday's engagement made it so that most of the damage was superficial, until it wasn't. Thankfully, it's nothing that can't be fixed within a short time frame.
The Corrosion is an entirely different matter. Mining craft are not exactly designed to handle the kind of stress we were forced to operate under. Regardless, we've inflicted a lot more damage than we took. I cannot comment on the crew losses, as some are still MIA.
I'll make sure to get both of the ironclads operational for future engagements and salvage/rescue operations.
XA-Phantom.37: W-what?
TFP)-Rand.Savage: What-what? Never learned to greet people?
XA-Phantom.37: No.
TFP)-Rand.Savage: Ok, so when somebody says hello, or howdy like right now, ya say the same back. Howdy means how ya doin.
TFP)-Rand.Savage: Howdy.
XA-Phantom.37: H-Howdy sounds like horseshit.
TFP)-Rand.Savage: Well it ain't good to insult horseshit or howdys. Big cattle down there be raised by hardworking honest men and women.
TFP)-Rand.Savage: Just say howdy back, ain't that hard.
TFP)-Rand.Savage: It's cultured, separates friend from foe.
XA-Phantom.37: Y-you ain't a f-friend.
XA-Phantom.37: Only horseshit.
TFP)-Rand.Savage: You don't call strangers horseshit either. Lest ya want to be shot.
XA-Phantom.37: I-is that a threat?
TFP)-Rand.Savage: Yes. You should learn to behave.
TFP)-Rand.Savage: Howdy.
XA-Phantom.37: Horseshit.
TFP)-Rand.Savage: Git out of ma asteroid field boy!
XA-Phantom.37: I-it ain't yours.
TFP)-Rand.Savage: Roids are mine. Out!
XA-Phantom.37: N-not a chance.
TFP)-Rand.Savage: I asked politely.
XA-Phantom.37: Fangs out.
TFP)-Snake.Bane: Initiate Owen reporting.
TFP)-Rand.Savage: Get this fucker off my ass
TFP)-Snake.Bane: That's not nice.
TFP)-Snake.Bane: Got it.
Death: [Classified] was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
TFP)-Rand.Savage perished at XA-Phantom.37's hands(99%)
ZDV-Dominica: Porter: Oh.
Death: Whitefang was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
XA-Phantom.37: T-they started it.
XA-Phantom.37: I finished it.
ZDV-Dominica: Porter: You got deets on them?
☠ Incoming transmission.
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Sender:Adjutant J. Royce Recipient:Xeno Alliance Communications Subject:AAR-41/836
Priority update.
Effective immediately, standing truce with Promethean elements in Pennsylvania is suspended. All Promethean units are to be treated as HOSTILE unless operating within ten (10) klicks of Pinnacle Station. Pinnacle is hereby designated FREEPORT status for all non-occupation forces.
No deviations authorized.
Be further advised: Promethean command cohesion is assessed as degraded following recent joint action with friendly Order assets. Said operation resulted in the confirmed KIA of Promethean Fleet Admiral Marjorie Ward.
Command is monitoring the situation for any transfer of recovered materiel or data to the artificial construct designated MEGIDDO. Current assessment rates this as LOW PROBABILITY given that the subject is confirmed to have self-terminated prior to asset destruction, rendering involuntary extraction unlikely.
Contact was established at approximately 19:30 SMT in the vicinity of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. What began as a standard intercept of LSS patrol assets escalated over the following ninety minutes into a sustained multi-wave engagement against a consolidated Liberty bloc response comprising Liberty Security Service gunships, Liberty Navy interceptors, LSF strike assets, 46th Naval elements, contracted bounty hunting vessels, and late-arriving Liberty Police bomber support. The engagement is recorded in three distinct phases below.
PHASE ONE — INITIAL CONTACT AND FIRST LIBERTY RESPONSE 19:30 — 19:55 SMT
Coalition Forces:
XA-Cobra - Rebel class superiority fighter - RETURNED
XA-'Massasauga' - Rebel class superiority fighter - RETURNED
Florence-Hellsreach - Defender class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN, RECOVERED BY MILITANT SAR, RETURNED
Florence-One Eyed Joe - Defender class superiority fighter - RETURNED
ZCV-Gauntlet - Fearless class Q-ship - DISABLED, RECOVERED BY ZONER SAR
The Accord - Fearless class Q-ship - DISABLED, RECOVERED BY ZONER SAR
Skyline's Severance - Lich class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN, RETURNED
Caliban - Valkyrie class superiority fighter (freelancer) - SHOT DOWN, RECOVERED BY ZONER SAR );-- Misconfig - Interloper class gunship - DISABLED
Liberty Bloc Forces:
LSS|Vrihedd - Defiant class gunship - DISABLED (Phase One)
LSS|Moonhawk - Defiant class gunship - ACTIVE
LSS|India-7 - Defender class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN
LSS|Oregon-7 - Defender class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN
=LSF=Fort Sill - Defiant class gunship - ACTIVE
Maverick-1 - Defiant class gunship (LSF) - ACTIVE
LN-Jeremy Madison - Patriot class interceptor - SHOT DOWN
ICV-Utilsbor - Bottlenose class gunship (contractor) - ACTIVE
Mlns - Bottlenose class gunship (contractor) - DISABLED
PHASE ONE REPORT:
Coalition lead elements XA-Cobra and XA-'Massasauga' intercepted LSS patrol vessels Vrihedd and Moonhawk on approach to Bethlehem. Florence insurgent assets and Zoner warships ZCV-Gauntlet and The Accord responded to the contact signal and moved to reinforce. Lane Hacker vessel Misconfig arrived independently and engaged in support of coalition forces before being disabled by =LSF=Fort Sill with assistance from contracted bounty assets.
LSS|Vrihedd was put out of action in the opening exchange. Liberty reinforcements including Fort Sill, Maverick-1, contracted bounty hunters Mlns and ICV-Utilsbor, and Liberty Navy interceptor Jeremy Madison arrived in successive waves. ZCV-Gauntlet was overwhelmed by concentrated gunboat fire and disabled. The Accord was similarly put out of action by combined LSF and LSS fire. Mlns was disabled and Jeremy Madison was shot down. Skyline's Severance sustained critical damage and broke off to recover. Florence-Hellsreach was shot down but recovered by militant SAR and returned to the line. Freelancer Caliban was shot down during the closing exchange and recovered by Zoner SAR, returning to the field in Phase Three.
Phase One ended with the coalition holding the field at significant cost to its capital-weight assets.
PHASE TWO — ESCALATION AND ARRIVAL OF 46TH NAVAL ELEMENTS 19:55 — 20:30 SMT
Coalition Forces:
XA-Cobra - Rebel class superiority fighter - RETURNED
XA-'Massasauga' - Rebel class superiority fighter - RETURNED (multiple resupply runs)
XA-FRS-Corrosion - Ironclad class patrol boat - DISABLED, RECOVERED BY XENO SAR
XA-Phantom 37 - Longsword class strike fighter - RETURNED
Florence-One Eyed Joe - Defender class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN
Florence-Supercobra - Defiant class gunship - DISABLED, RECOVERED BY MILITANT SAR
Syndic - Inquisitor class gunboat (independent xeno) - DISABLED BEFORE ENGAGING, RECOVERED The Illusionist - Thor class bomber (unaffiliated, actions incidentally favorable) - SHOT DOWN OFF RADAR
Liberty Bloc Forces:
=LSF=Fort Sill - Defiant class gunship - DISABLED
LSS|Moonhawk - Defiant class gunship - DISABLED
46th|Koana Tahupotiki - Defender class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN
46th|Fletcher - Defender class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN
46th|TFA-LNS Akhetaten - unidentified warship - ACTIVE
46th|Vincent Jackson - Defender class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN
ICV-Utilsbor - Bottlenose class gunship - DISABLED
Santa Venera - Bottlenose class gunship (contractor) - DISABLED
Arbalest - unidentified Liberty bomber - WITHDREW
PHASE TWO REPORT:
Following a brief resupply interval, XA-Cobra and XA-'Massasauga' returned to the engagement zone. XA-FRS-Corrosion and XA-Phantom 37 arrived to reinforce the thinned coalition line. Florence assets Supercobra and One Eyed Joe continued fighting; Supercobra was disabled by Maverick-1 and Moonhawk shortly after Phase Two commenced and recovered by militant SAR. One Eyed Joe sustained persistent connection degradation and was eventually shot down by 46th warship Akhetaten.
46th Naval elements arrived in force: Koana Tahupotiki, Fletcher, and Vincent Jackson entered the engagement in succession. All three were shot down. =LSF=Fort Sill, which had survived Phase One, was finally disabled by The Illusionist with coalition assistance. LSS|Moonhawk was subsequently disabled by XA-FRS-Corrosion. The Illusionist was subsequently driven afield and shot down beyond scanner range; final disposition of crew unknown.
Independent xeno vessel Syndic arrived in an Inquisitor class gunboat and was disabled by Maverick-1 before establishing a firing solution, denying any meaningful contribution to the engagement. Bounty assets ICV-Utilsbor and Santa Venera were both disabled. Legionnaire vessel TFP)-Blackjack arrived as a third party hostile to Liberty forces and engaged Navy and LSS assets before being shot down by combined LSS and 46th fire. Liberty Police bomber Arbalest made a late approach, assessed the tactical situation, and withdrew without committing to a full engagement run.
XA-FRS-Corrosion was disabled by 46th|Akhetaten and Santa Venera during the closing minutes of Phase Two and subsequently recovered by Xeno SAR. Phase Two ended with the 46th warship Akhetaten as the primary remaining Liberty capital threat.
PHASE THREE — FINAL PUSH AND FIELD CLEARANCE 20:30 — 21:00 SMT
Coalition Forces:
XA-Cobra - Rebel class superiority fighter - RETURNED
XA-'Massasauga' - Rebel class superiority fighter - RETURNED
XA-Phantom 37 - Longsword class strike fighter - RETURNED
Florence-Hellsreach - Defender class superiority fighter - RETURNED
Florence-Predator - Defender class superiority fighter - RETURNED
Caliban - Valkyrie class superiority fighter (freelancer) - RETURNED
Skyline's Severance - Lich class superiority fighter - RETURNED
Fukuhir - unidentified Xeno fighter (independent) - RETURNED
-[X]-Saddam-[X]- - unidentified Xeno fighter (independent) - RETURNED );-- Error-599 - Orchid class light bomber (Lane Hacker) - RETURNED, SPARED
Liberty Bloc Forces:
46th|TFA-LNS Akhetaten - unidentified warship - DISABLED
46th|Sierra - Defender class superiority fighter - SHOT DOWN
LSS|Vrihedd - Defiant class gunship (returned) - DISABLED (second engagement)
LSS|Asterion - Defiant class gunship - DISABLED
Lotus - unidentified vessel - DISABLED
Maverick-1 - Defiant class gunship (LSF) - WITHDREW
PHASE THREE REPORT:
Coalition forces consolidated and re-engaged for a decisive final push. Lane Hacker Error-599 arrived independently, engaging LSS and 46th assets with notable aggression throughout the phase. Allied freelancers Caliban and Skyline's Severance returned to the line. Independent Xeno pilots Fukuhir and Saddam joined the engagement.
LSS|Vrihedd returned to the field and was disabled a second time by Error-599 with coalition assistance. LSS|Asterion arrived with full battle complement and was engaged and disabled by Error-599 and Caliban, with XA-Cobra delivering the final assist. 46th warship Akhetaten, the most persistent capital threat of the engagement, was disabled by Error-599 with assists from Fukuhir and Skyline's Severance. 46th|Sierra was shot down by XA-Cobra. Unidentified Liberty vessel Lotus was disabled by XA-'Massasauga' and Phantom 37.
LSF gunship Maverick-1, the sole surviving Liberty bloc vessel, withdrew from the engagement zone. The field was declared clear at approximately 21:00 SMT. Lane Hacker Error-599 was permitted to depart without further engagement by order of XA-Cobra, the senior XA officer present, in recognition of her contribution to the coalition effort.
CONSOLIDATED OUTCOME
Coalition losses:
ZCV-Gauntlet - DISABLED, RECOVERED BY ZONER SAR
The Accord - DISABLED, RECOVERED BY ZONER SAR
Florence-Supercobra - DISABLED, RECOVERED BY MILITANT SAR
Florence-One Eyed Joe - SHOT DOWN
XA-FRS-Corrosion - DISABLED, RECOVERED BY XENO SAR
Caliban - SHOT DOWN, RECOVERED BY ZONER SAR
Syndic - DISABLED BEFORE ENGAGING );-- Misconfig - DISABLED
Liberty bloc losses:
LSS|Vrihedd - DISABLED (twice)
LSS|Moonhawk - DISABLED
LSS|India-7 - SHOT DOWN
LSS|Oregon-7 - SHOT DOWN
LSS|Asterion - DISABLED
=LSF=Fort Sill - DISABLED
LN-Jeremy Madison - SHOT DOWN
46th|Koana Tahupotiki - SHOT DOWN
46th|Fletcher - SHOT DOWN
46th|TFA-LNS Akhetaten - DISABLED
46th|Vincent Jackson - SHOT DOWN
46th|Sierra - SHOT DOWN
ICV-Utilsbor - DISABLED
Mlns - DISABLED
Santa Venera - DISABLED
Lotus - DISABLED
--- TFP)-Blackjack - SHOT DOWN (third party, hostile to Liberty bloc)
Withdrew:
Maverick-1 (LSF) Arbalest (LPI)
Coalition forces stood their ground in orbit of Bethlehem for the duration of the engagement. All primary Liberty bloc assets committed to the field were put out of action. The engagement is assessed as a historic coalition victory despite the loss of both allied Zoner Q-ships and three Florence-affiliated hulls. All Xeno and allied capital assets confirmed disabled rather than destroyed; SAR operations concluded without incident.
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