SCRA Communications Centre

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ID: [color=#FFFFFF]Commandant Chun Ki Ling
Target: All SCRA Assets
Location: Staging post Alpha. **CLASSIFIED**
Encryption: HIGH
Priority: HIGH
Subject: Operation Garlic Defense.

Soldiers of the Coalition.

[font=Lucida Sans Unicode][color=#FFFF00]The War has begun.

[color=#FFFF00]We scrambled that what we had available. Major Forge and myself covering the Lithuania with Major Warner commanding. The Colonial forces, along with the unlikely allies in the Brigands and EDGE scrambled their forces to beat back the Gallic assault on Orkney and Tau-23. During the fight, the Order, Kusari destroyers and Outcasts all arrived for a piece of the action and the battle turned nasty, bloody and highly confusing however...

The operation was a success, again however disturbing information has come to light.

The four Valor's, assorted gunboats and fighter craft were merely a probing strike.

Classified information has reached the hands of Major Warner from the Gallic Gunboat "Serval-23" which was obliterated. The Gallic's have been planning this war for centuries, the number of their capital ships is vast. We will struggle to hold back this tide.

One can only hope that their main assault is centred around Bretonia and Kusari. If they continue with "small" strikes, like the one experienced tonight, against the Tau's - We may yet have a chance.

Equally, if the GRN turns it's full attentions to the Tau's - Then no matter what our tactics, we cannot stop the tide.

For now, bask in victory comrades. We earned it.

[color=#FFFFFF]Ling out.

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