SCRA Communications Centre

[jammi]

To: Fighter Corps CommNet.
From: Lieutenant Colonel Julio Quinteillia.
RE: Patrol log.

At roughly 21:30 my Revolution bomber was scrambled from Zvezdny Gorodok after Lieutenant Ronja Priia set off a red alert priority call. Given the fact that the call was personally authorised by Commandant Ling, I am shocked and appalled that so few pilots responded. As it happened, a trio of Corsair Legates were buzzing our peripheral defences in Omega 5. As we gave chase, they moved away to Omega 41, and then Omega 47 with the Lieutenant remaining in close pursuit.

We eventually caught up with the Corsairs in Omega 50, where they were attempting to loop around to Omega 52 - the back door to our home, so to speak. After being disrupted, we engaged the Legate that scans had revealed to have the least dense hull panelling. All three opened fire on us, resulting in three Revolutions facing off against three fully armed and crewed Legates.

Before long, our initial target was downed, with the remaining capitals' fire proving ineffective against our superior craft. It is unfortunate that the comrade-Commandant's ship had been clipped by the edge-shockwave of a battleship torpedo's explosion immediately prior to our target's destruction, resulting in his shield's being dropped. The resulting slew of debris that was sprayed over the area meant the comrade-Commandant's Revolution was struck a flurry of blows by the ruins. He was forced to eject due to the damage - I recovered his pod. It seems the only way a Corsair can down one of the glorious Coalition's pilots is by killing themselves first.

After exchanging a few shots with the remaining two, myself and the Lieutenant elected to fall back to friendly ground. The Lieutenant was clipped by heavy fire at this point, and also forced to eject. I tractored the second pod and made a clean break for Coalition territory. Both comrades were immediately turned over to medical staff upon landing. I believe they were fine, but I could not spare much time to check, I am afraid.

Viva los revolución!

FRIENDLIES:
SCRA|Commandant.Ling [DOWNED]
SCRA|Julio.Quinteillia
SCRA|Ronja.Priia [DOWNED]

HOSTILES:
Fist_of_the_Source_Star
Fist_of_the_north_Star
Fist_of_the_Elders [DOWNED]

To: Fighter Corps High Command.
From: Lieutenant Colonel Julio Quinteillia.
RE: Lieutenant Priia.

In conjunction with my above report, I would like to register an official commendation for the Lieutenant's actions. She was responsible for tracking and locating the hostile targets, fired the finishing shot on the Fist of the Elders and fought courageously. Considering the adverse conditions, our out-gunned situation and her junior rank, recognition may be warranted.

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