Council Debriefing Channel

[Thyrzul]

Bonjour mesdames et mesieurs,

It has been a good while since my last report on this main channel, yet I feel obliged to let you all know about my experiences of the recent days. Various events, some of which I could barely consider normal, have been happening in these days. I will attempt to stay as brief as possible.

In the last few days I was commanding the CLT Valse d'Amelie along our commerce route between Liberty and Bretonia, just as usual. Even the pirates along the trade lanes here and there, now and then, were usual as well. What wasn't usual, was the increased presence of those strange creatures commonly called "Nomads". I have never seen them this much around yet, they were kind of a frequent sight in both Liberty and Bretonian space.

On one occasion, right at the lane junction at Planet Mojave in California system, they adressed us as well. I was afraid of both of their possible action and the possible reaction of Caporal Fillon to them, so - knowing that he had bad experiences regarding telephatic communication in the past as well as being our primary gunner - I asked Mademoiselle Aubrac to get the caporal off of the bridge, and get Caporal Bisson to replace him, in order to prevent anything stupid happening on our side. On top of this, our lucky moment was that when the Nomads stated they will not hurt us, referring to a past act of kindness which they do not forget. Strangely I cannot remember any positive encounter with any of them, so I am still unsure about whether they meant me and my crew or the whole of The Council. Anyways, our relief at that moment cannot be described by mere words.

On an other note, the Trade and Supply Division made such an increased amount of income from our Sirian routes lately that Division Lead considered expanding our trade fleet in Roussillon with additional tradeships and haulers. This would mostly mean the contruction of several more ME-UH "Vache"-class vessels on Toulouse, and maybe uprgading some of the old ones into a ME-UH Mk II "Pachyderme". These plans however are not cent pour cent sure, and may be subject to change.

C'est tout for now. Au revoir, mes amis. And of course: Pour liberté, pour democratie, pour Le Conseil!

C'est Sergent Croix signing off.

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