Bretonian Armed Forces Defense Intelligence Staff (DIS) (iRP) (AO)

[Thunderer]

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Priority: High
To: Bretonian Armed Forces Defense Intelligence Staff
From: Commodore George Richard Hall
Location: H.M.S. Macduff, Newcastle System
Subject: Battle Report

I'm afraid our defenses in Leeds are getting weary. Our defeat yesterday could serve as a proof.

I ordered three of our Dunkirks, which were all we had, including two bombers, to make an equilateral triangle around planet Leeds docking ring. Distance between each ship was no more than three clicks. The Dunkirks were H.M.S. Illustrious, from the secondary fleet, and H.M.S. Juggernaut and H.M.S. Thunderer, both from the primary fleet. A huge Gallic fleet, comprised of four Valors and two cruisers, could quickly be seen from our posts. I saw only one cruiser of theirs, along with a Molly Scylla, but other eyewitnesses claim there were two Obstinates and two more Scyllas. We were shortly engaged by all of them. At first, everything flowed as planned, but still inexperienced captain of the Illustrious considered charging into the whole fleet a good idea. Their fleet was now, after disabling the Illustrious, all crushing onto the Juggernaut. The Thunderer, not yet having received any serious damage, managed to flank them and inflict it to a Valor, which will later be the only one down, disabled by the Juggernaut. However, the Juggernaut, seeing all possible ends as fatal, now turned and rammed the mentioned Valor, crumpling her bow as it was made of butter. Sadly, that also made the end to the Juggernaut. Not after that, two more Valors uncloaked at the Thunderer, one in front, and the other one behind. My ship was severely damaged by the initial attack, but I managed to direct her towards the front Valor's top blind spot. The other one stopped shooting, as she was hitting her ally more than the Thunderer. I managed to cause a lot of damage, but the cruisers swarming around us proved to be fatal. One of two bombers which remained, a Colonial one, was shot down. Our forces were utterly crushed.

Abandoning Leeds and turning it into an enormous minefield would be a good idea. Before that, please send a message to Southampton. Tell them to boost their shipyards to maximum capacity. We need our three Dunkirks repaired.

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