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[Eduard]

Bonjour.
This is Forlorn d'Autoine speaking.

I am here to present you with a report regarding yesterday's events.
But, before I being, I suspect you're all aware of the Station which was recently built in proximity to the Iota Jumphole, oui?

Allow moi to make it clear for you...

Yesterday I decided to commision les Malediction for a patrol until it's long range scanners managed to pick up some distress signals coming from what it seemed like, the said station.

I grouped up with some members of the independent secondary fleet and the member of the primary fleet known as monsieur Tigris Euphrates.Our force being composed of mon Resheph class cruiser ,,Malediction", a bomber from the primary fleet, and a zoner Corvo class cruiser ,,The.Grunt" and the Liberty Dreadnought ,,Hellbringer" both under Order control

We approached the said station with caution being prepared for the worse.When we arrived, we noticed a number of independent CORE agents battling a fleet of nomads.We then decided that the nomads was our top priority and thus, we didn't engage the CORE and instead, we followed the retreating nomad fleet trough the jumphole

I dare say it was a mistake as the nomads were waiting for us though we managed to mobilize quickly and head into the asteroid field where our ships' sleek profile held us an advantage

A number of skirmishes followed after as the nomad fleet composed of 2 Marduks took advantage of the Weapon Platform's range and thus, we were forced to use long range weaponry most of the time.Order primary fleet agent Tigris Euphrates' bomber was destroyed in the meantime as he made the error of getting too close to the said ships.His escape pod was recovered after the fight.A nomad bomber was destroyed in this skirmish

A nomad cruiser joined afterwards, probably to draw fire off the Marduks so they could retreat and thus, our attention was set onto it and then, the Marduks took advantage of this and posed a minor counterattack.The Hellbringer was thus, damaged and The.Grunt was destroyed by the nomad cruiser as it strayed too far from our battle group.I managed to destroy the nomad cruiser shortly afterwards thanks to the Malediction's capable agility and mon crew.

Fortunately, the Marduks fled and so, I have regrouped with the Hellbringer and returned back to Zeta.

I must say that we were assisted by the independent fleet of the CORE which offered valuable help for our forces in that skirmish.Also, I am not aware of the origins of the space station which lies in proximity of Iota Jumphole.I assume it's of CORE origins as when we arrived at the sight of events, members of the independent CORE fleet defended it, though I have heard chatters while we were on our operation that it could be of AI origins.Whatever it could be, it holds a magnifique defense point against the nomad threat

This was Forlorn d'Autoine.Au revoir

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King Eduard is the greatest