Got a nice big stack of paperwork for you lot to process, and my tally for any awards you want to throw my way.
Starting off hot, we've got a Corsair gunboat who ran into one of our convoys.
Convoys (in no particular order) - 123456789101112131415161718192021
Niobium deliveries to Berlin - 12
Silver deliveries to Harris -
Copper to Denver - 12 Gold to Roppongi H-Fuel to the Mollys, keep them off our backs at least. Not that I'm a fan of them the now or ever.
So that gives a nice 21 convoys here, 37 from before and 5 from Ashley and Julia to give a grand total of 63, plus three supply runs to Arranmore and a couple of kills. Nice to see Sam's also getting out and about with you lads and ladies.
Kind regards,
Dennis Owens IMG|Hearty.Endeavour - Transport Division
Flight leader Eric Pearce here,
The usual mass report to keep up the morale and let the young lads see how it's done.
Edmond_Dantes - a delusional Pirate Eclipse I got the last shot on
While helping the Colonials take on some Marduks, managed to overload the electronics on the weaponry of a missile-Sabre chasing me alek - a weird little bomber who met his end by myself
That bunch of Mollys that attacked us - Ragnar and Alexandr were my kills here
The.Placeholder - one recorded kill on him
MNS-Bonanza - taken out not once (with little plating) but twice as more of a challenge
TheBlackPearl - chased him through to Orkney to his demise Orden's.Shadow - another Storta vaporised pentachoron - a rather annoying Tridente taken out on our own and with the Colonials TeatroMassimo - a Ranseur that a big bunch of friendlies took out ROUGHNECK - that Legate we were told about, took it out aboard the Savai'i and her crew
Some poor slaves dropped off on Java after the other defence pilots stopped them in '37.
My new tally:
3 escorts
14 caps destroyed
9 gunboats
16 snubs
If we call Placeholder a "high priority", that'd be 7 of them.
For the Guild,
Eric Pearce
Claire here,
Rather than overwhelm you with details, I'll simply keep my activities simple enough - mothering over convoys and looking after miners when the Corsairs come knocking. So here we go...
Got some Kills and a Smuggler killed....All to Dust..
Yeah Outcasts...
two Outcast Bombers...and a Cardamine Smuggler
Here Goes the Cardamine Smuggler
and dead
on the other Hand...we did Quite a Good convoy in Liberty, Supplying Oceana Station with Industrial Materials, after that...Taking some Good ol' Tea to Kyushu, I Earn "Three" Escort Runs...nice Work Chaps
~Yours Sincerly
Ronald Cross
***Incoming Transmission***
Current count: Ronald
snubs/gbs: 3||+1+1 = 6
Transport Killed: 1
Escorts: 4||+3= 7 Runs
Smugglers Caught: 1
assists: 5
Wow, this was a scare today. We were flying a Tau > Omega > Tau round when suddenly one of our BHG escort Bottlenose gunships suddenly crashed with lane speed into some object. It exploded instantly. Then a Nomad alienship uncloaked and gladly we were able to scatter and evade, but it was tense!
Lucky strike yesterday. We caught two slaver convoys within 2 minutes, and with the help of ALG transports we were able to swiftly take the survivors to safety.
The first transport group was GST-tagged. We destroyed the transport and were able to save about 3000 slaves while the others fought off the remaining attacker.
The ALG Thaya picked up the slaves, while the Liberty Rogue slave convoy was already heading in.
The Liberty rogue convoy was heavily armed and tried to protect the smuggling train with its human cargo.
The Pirate Transport tried to slip away when it was decided to disable his thruster, and the LR escorts engaged. The Pirate Transport was destroyed.
The Thaya returned, after having dropped off the slaves, to rescue the new slaves floating in space. It got under heavy fire by the Rogues. The Thaya fought back and the escorts defended the transport, taking out the attackers successfully.
Laura Huntington
Tau Defense
Current count: Laura
snubs/gbs: 71
caps: 42
Interception: 4+2
high prestige: 41
Most recently, as reported by Ms. Huntington, the IMG and Colonial Military intercepted slave convoys and rescued roughly 8000 people from their fate on Malta. I will include the ships, which were shot down by me in this report.
Furthermore, while securing a mining operation in the T23 system, I took care of an Outcast, who threatend to cause trouble - He burned.
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The first of two convoys covered in this report started in the Taus and went to New Berlin, over Bretonia, because Colonial Movers were part of the convoy. Additionaly, the Transports received extra protection from two BHG Bottlenoses, as well as Colonial Military fighters.
The group encountered an obstacle in Cambridge, where a Corsair cruiser tried to catch up with the transports, however the attempts made were without success, due to excellent performance of the escorts.
The second convoy went up to the Taus again, shipping Silver Ore to Planet Harris. Even though the aforementioned cruiser was present within Bretonian space we were not interrupted by anything.
Lastly, I intercepted a cardamine smuggler in T-23 and made her jettison all of her illegal cargo in T-29. Even though the pilot protested at first, she decided to comply under the pressure of a Council cruiser.
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Signed,Raymon Lister
>>>CLOSING CHANNEL<<<
>>>DEACTIVATING CONSOLE<<<
// Stats: Total - 148, Cap - 27(2), Snub -121(11), H.P. - 57(11), Sec. - 27(5), Inter. - 3(1)
Okay, just a little convoy action to report back on. We started up a mining operation in Tau-23 and amassed our transports at Java. We then decided to spice things up a little by going to Planet Denver with the Niobium Ore rather than the usual route we take to New Berlin. Here is a shot of us together, outside Planet Denver after a successful convoy:
We were also given a tender by the Gateway shippers, asking us to deliver some Ship Hull Panels to their base. So this gave us the chance to fly through the infamous New York system. Sadly, we found no resistance in that system and we carried on to Cortez with ease. We then came into possesion of some Ship Hull Panels which we later delivered to the base. This is a picture taken outside of Oceana Shipping Platform in Cortez with two of the IMG convoy outside it:
IMG|Falling.Teardrop and CR|-CM-Bewildered.Scout had to leave early for some reason and could not make it into that picture but they were there and did deliver some Ship Hull Panels like the rest of us did. Must be some sort of secret between those two...
I have two Tau Space interceptions to report, one cardamine and one slave incident.
First, "Graciela.Darkheart", an Outcast Pirate Train smuggling vessel was trying to sneak through T23 with a full load of cardamine. I stopped the vessel and forced it's captain to release all drugs without much hassle.
The second incident was a considerably bigger operation. A Contari Lance convoy was spotted heading towards the T37 jumphole; I stopped all transports just before they were able to jump away. One of their cargo-vessels held close to 5000 slaves, the Trieste. I quickly proposed a deal, that was focused on freeing the persons onboard the Outcast transport. Luckily the Maltese agreed and two armored Guild Transports began securing the human cargo - IMG|Bonus.Runner and IMG|Hearty.Endeavour. The complete incident went without a single shot fired, which indicates a full success.
Quote:CL}CT-Trieste: Luke: A dramatic turn of events.
CL}CT-Firenzuola: This makes quite the role-reversal.
CL}CT-Trieste: Luke: What might you want?
IMG|Raymon:Lister: I am only interested in the Slave transport.
IMG|Raymon:Lister: And I propose a deal.
IMG|Raymon:Lister: I'll let go the Neon shipments unharassed, if you agree on letting go the slaves.
CL}CT-Trieste: Luke: *sighs*...not in any position to negotiate. My escorts appear to have deserted.
CL}CT-Firenzuola: Renato: I value that proposal, si.
IMG|Raymon:Lister: So we do agree on that, very good.
CL}CT-Firenzuola: I suppose you are going to wait for a transport to pick them up?
IMG|Raymon:Lister: Exactly.
(...)
IMG|Bonus.Runner: Barrett: in position
IMG|Bonus.Runner: Barrett: sorry, best i could muster on such short notice
IMG|Raymon:Lister: Trieste, begin transferring the slaves.
IMG|Java.One: But, hurty hurty.
IMG|Bonus.Runner: Barrett: Still 225 to go
IMG|Hearty.Endeavour: Well, looking to help where I can, but as long as they are safe.
IMG|Raymon:Lister: Okay we need some more cargo space here.
IMG|Bonus.Runner: Barrett: get an annapurna here! *shouts*
IMG|Hearty.Endeavour: I've got it, Barrett.
IMG|Raymon:Lister: Bonus Runner, bring these people to safety.
IMG|Bonus.Runner: Barrett: sure Lister, heading there now
IMG|Bonus.Runner: Barrett: Java, this is bonus. get ready for some work
CL}CT-Trieste: Luke: Hold is empty.
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Over the time since my last report I partook in several engagements within the Tau and Omega regions.
Two larger engagements in the Taus [T37 - Freeport, T39] ended in an IMG/CR/BHG retreat, however we managed to take out numerous enemies while the battles lasted, including a Storta Cruiser and a Tridente Gunboat along several fighters.
Furthermore an Outcast Gunboat attempted to harass the Omega 7 mining areas. It was swiftly taken out by a wing of IMG bombers near Freistadt.
Additionally, I took out a smuggler as well as an Outcast Tridente near Java station on my regular patrols.
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For reference
As outlined in the linked transmission, this report also covers the retrieval of the XB1-Aigaion from Planet Baja.
The initial situation of the cruiser was:
1.) Damaged Engines
2.) Inoperate Shields
After the exact location of the Aigaion was verified, a small wing consisting of a CR pilot and myself flew to the coordinates to guide the battlecruiser to Sabah station, where its shield and engines underwent rudimental repairs in order to prepare it for its flight to the initial destination - Jakarta. This was later changed to Singapore as Jakarta's capacities were at their limits.
In a large operation including IMG, CR, UC, ALG, BHG and even Order assets the cruiser was carefully moved into the Taus.
Several times the shield and engines failed, leading to peculiar situations in open space, with the Aigaion extremely vulnerable. However, no hostiles were encountered until the convoy reached T23.
As the damaged cruiser flew around the hot zone in the east part of the system, an Outcast Sabre disrupted the convoy, causing almost a complete halt of the Aigaion.
The crew of the Euryphrasia found a quick solution: Towing the battlecruiser with the Thanatos while all escort ships keep the Outcast busy. With success, the plan was applied; both cruisers reached Jakarta undamaged, while Outcast opposition was held back near Java.
After a quick change of destination to Singapore and an incidentless further flight, the XB1-Aigaion was brought to the Singapore Shipyard Drydocks.
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Signed,Raymon Lister
>>>CLOSING CHANNEL<<<
>>>DEACTIVATING CONSOLE<<<
// Stats: Total - 156, Cap - 28(2), Snub - 128(11), H.P. - 60(12), Sec. - 28(5), Inter. - 5(1)
Just returning from a fight that offered me a point blank snac into a Eclipse bomber of the Samarrans after they inflicted damage on a CR battlegroup in Orkney. Glad we could take out at least a few when they were retreating.
At least they got bloodied as well.
Also quite a few messed up killcam messages, so be happy and claim with me!
Laura Huntington
Tau Defense
Current count: Laura
snubs/gbs: 71+3
caps: 42+4
Interception: 6
high prestige: 41+5
Not that much activity lately due to strong ion storms that damage components. General activity has become reduced a little, and we can only fly safely with the Active Defense Monitoring Ion Neutralisation system.
Still, a few convoys took place that I am proud to report.
Convoy activity:
Smuggling:
We also did a short dropoff at Bruchsal. This has of course never happened.
Some Corsair activity has been spotted in the Omegas. Mainly bombers were necessary to trash the pirate presence, but there seems to have been a steady increase in activity. We keep our eyes peeled for trouble.
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