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ID: Dane Kinnaird
Rank: Fleet Captain.

Notes: This report is rated for Fleet Officers and above. Dissemination to Enlisted personnel is at the discretion of Squadron leaders.

Abstract: This report details the actions of Task Force Warhammer during its strategic assault on Liberty Navy assets in the New York system on the 11th November. The assault was commanded by Grand Admiral Calder aboard the Dreadnought HFB-Ven'Gyr; our other Capital Ships present were the Battleship HFB-Libertine, commanded by Fleet Admiral David Montero, and the Destroyer HFD-Abaddon, which I captained.

A majority of battle footage comes from the data recorders on board the Ven'Gyr, with notable supplements from the Abaddon.

#> The Battlecruiser Last Sunrise escorts the Cruiser Excalibur back to Vespucci for re-armament. (As per High Command redeployment orders.)

#> The operation begins with the lockdown of the Colorado - New York Jump Gate. Pinned by the Abaddon, an unsuspecting Liberty Carrier, the LNS-Manchester, is caught in a crossfire with the Ven'Gyr and is promptly destroyed.
#> Survivors deemed minimal. Negligible damage to the Ven'Gyr.
#> Reactor core detonation.

#> With the Battlegroup prepared, our Capital Ships jump to New York.
#> The Libertine completes the jump and joins the formation. It prepares to scramble fighters for the next phase.

#> With fighters our fighter cover joined by members of the Xenos, we begin our assault on Norfolk. The LNS-Colossus, a Dreadnought, attempts to interdict us, but is swiftly turned to scrap.
#> Multiple critical hull breaches confirmed.
#> In range of Norfolk's security perimeter, the Libertine begins a broadside barrage, and prepares its heavy missile launchers. Gunners aboard the Ven'Gyr lock on the LNS-Independence, a Gunboat.

#> The Siege Cruiser LNS-Liberator is spotted, attempting to outflank the assault formation. Torpedoes from the Libertine bracket the Liberator.
#> With help from the fighter cover, the Abaddon finishes off the weakened Liberator.

#> Another LSC launches from Norfolk Shipyard. This new vessel is the Choleriker, and its captain makes a grave mistake in bringing it too close the Ven'Gyr.
#> Detonating munitions cause a chain reaction, causing catastrophic damage to the Navy Cruiser.
#> The Libertine joins close formation with the Ven'Gyr.
#> A Navy Battlecruiser launches - the LNS-Harbinger. The Libertine locks the target and begins launching torpedoes at extreme range.

#> Causing confusion for gunnery aboard the Ven'Gyr, a Siege Cruier identical to the Choleriker launches from Norfolk and begins firing. See datalogs: [1] [2]
#> The prow and dorsal batteries of the Ven'Gyr sight the second Choleriker and open fire.
#> The hull of the Choleriker buckles and fails beneath the unrelenting fire of the Libertine.
#> In an amusing display, the Navy attempts to trick us again by launching a third Cruiser, also identical to the Choleriker. The Libertine has the last laugh.
#> High-explosive missiles from the Ven'Gyr cause the third Choleriker to rupture viciously, venting burning fuel.

#> A number of Secondary fleet Gunboats continue to harass our fighter cover. Concentrated fire from the Ven'Gyr punishes them for being distracted by smaller targets.
#> The Ven'Gyr scores a kill on an INTERPOL Gunboat as the Libertine brings its cannons to bear for another attack.

#> In the distance, a foolish Liberty Rogue is knocked off by a Xenos pilot.
#> With the first wave of defenders crushed, both sides regroup. A new hostile Dreadnought arrives, the LNS-Stronghold. The Libertine, the Ven'Gyr and the Abaddon bring the Stronghold into a murderous crossfire.
#> With its shields collapsing, explosions ripple across the hull of the Stronghold.
#> Unable to withstand the concentrated firepower, the Stronghold splits apart.

#> As reserve fighter squadrons are inbound on the combat zone, the Capital Ships come about to clear the defensive perimiter of Norfolk.
#> At this stage, the Ven'Gyr and the Libertine have both sustained damage to shield arrays and hull plating. The sudden arrival of the Primary fleet Dreadnought LNS-Cloverfield necessitates a tactical withdrawal from the combat zone. As the Capitals regroup in the Badlands, Hellfire interceptors note a number of friendly-fire incidents caused by the Liberty Navy.
#> Grand Admiral Calder issues orders as the Battlegroup prepares for the second assault.
#> With scouts reporting that the Cloverfield has relocated from Norfolk, the Battlegroup pincers in towards the station.

#> All Capitals target the Portland, and its shields begin to falter.
#> After a ferocious close-range firefight, a the Portland is left burning off the starboard side of the Ven'Gyr.
#> Fires rage on board the Portland as it drifts away from Norfolk. The Libertine executes the dying ship.

#> The next target for the Capitals is the Battlecruiser Harbinger, which has been harrassing our ships at range with its missile batteries.
#> The combined weight of fire causes heavy damage to the Harbinger.
#> Surrounded on all side, the Harbinger begins to explode.
#> The death throes of the battlecruiser send chunks of debris across the Norfolk perimeter.

#> A Navy pilot cries out in fear of the Legion's inescapabale wrath.
#> The Utility/Repair ship Lake Crescent, which had already provided emergency repairs when regrouping in the Badlands, returned into the thick of the fray to provide urgent supplies to Legion Capitals.
#> Grand Admiral Calder reasoned that the Legion had done enough damage for one day and if we continued we would be spread too thinly to continue fighting effectively. Gun batteries on the Ven'Gyr annihilatd the gunboat LNS-Enterprise as a parting gift.


Summary

Battleship Kills:
- LNS-Manchester, Carrier
- LNS-Colossus, Dreadnought
- LNS-Stronghold, Dreadnought
- LNS-Portland, Dreadnought

Cruiser Kills:
- LNS-Liberator, Siege Cruiser
- LNS-Harbinger, Battlecruiser
- Choleriker (1), Siege Cruiser
- Choleriker (2), Siege Cruiser
- Choleriker (3), Siege Cruiser

Gunboat Kills:
- LNS-Independence
- LNS-Enterprise
- [INTERstellarPOLice]#7

Legion Capital Losses:
- Nil.

Fighter kills and losses:

[11.11.2011 04:03:33] Death: LN-Timothy.Hawk was killed by XA-Machete (Gun)
[11.11.2011 04:33:32] Death: [HF]-Jason.Hughes was killed by LNS-Harbinger (Missile/Torpedo)
[11.11.2011 04:34:44] Death: Buratino was killed by [HF]-HFB-Libertine (Wasp/Hornet) {friendly fire}
[11.11.2011 04:37:05] Death: [HF]-Goran was killed by LNS-Harbinger (Missile/Torpedo)
[11.11.2011 05:02:03] Death: [HF]-Borgir was killed by LNS-Portland (Gun)
[11.11.2011 05:06:02] Death: XA-Machete was killed by [LN]-LNS-Cloverfield (Wasp/Hornet)
[11.11.2011 05:07:05] Death: LPI-Virgil.Samms[O] was killed by [HF]-Blaster (Mine)
[11.11.2011 05:17:03] Death: Shivan was killed by [HF]-Blaster (Mine)

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