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Sender ID: Itto Kaii Katsuo Shimoe
Receiver ID: Kusari Naval Action Report
Location: Battleship Nagumo, Kyushu system
Subject: Patrol of the Tau systems battle report (07-12-820)



It's been awhile since my last report, and until today most of the sorties involved only just some encounters with smugglers throughout all of our systems, and some escorts of various merchant vessels. Today however, our patrol to the systems bordering Kyushu provided a different story.

Nitto Kaisa Tetsuo Shimizu assembled a small wing of 3 fighters, which included me and a Kempeitai agent, callsign Aya.Sahmeimaru. The formation departed from New Tokyo to Kyushu, where long range scanners had indicated a possible presence of Junker's engine signatures.
We patrolled around the system in search of said signatures, but they eventually faded away before we produced any results. We found a vessel of denomination Ray.Walker heading to Nansei Research Station and we stopped him for questioning. Apparently the pilot was in some sort of passenger transport assignment and no irregularities were detected in his documentation. He was however in possession of some weapons of Dragon an GC origin, and an order to surrender those weapons was issued, which he complied.

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After we have left this pilot, Commander Shimizu led the formation on a patrol to the neighboring Tau a systems. We passed through Freeport 6 and Shinkaku Station in Tau-29 in no incidents or contacts.


However, when we entered Tau-23 system, we soon started receiving a strong stream of radio chatter, and found ourselves in the vicinity of a struggle between a lone Kusari Navy pilot of the mobile divisions, denomination Cho.Okamura, and several Junker and Outcast vessels. Immediately , Commander Shimizu went to aid the Navy pilot, and we engaged the pirate vessels. Guncam images do not accurately reveal all of the elements of the action, but the enemy formation consisted of several fighters and a gunboat.

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At the same time, short range scanners began detecting vessels of IMG, Colonial Republic and Gallic forces in the combat zone. The battlefield became a confusing stage of several dispersed engagements.
The commander focused our efforts on the Outcasts, and under fire form several different battlegroups, the pirates either were destroyed or fled. On that moment, I had lost visual contact with elements of the IMG, and GRN and CR vessels were few. During the conflict it seems there was several interventions by freelancers.

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At some point a wing of Order agents showed up.
With the pirates out of battle, the commander ordered our wing to engage the Order vessels.

The fight continued for a long period, and the defenses were getting gradually weaker. Images of the action are few, and only have one confirmed kill by Itto Kaisa Tetsuo Shimizu.

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The combat transited to Tau-37, and by then my Chimaera had sustained heavy damage. Commander Shimizu ordered the wing to return to Kyushu, but I was unable to fly away before the combined fire from the Order and freelancer vessels destroyed my ship. I was stranded for a few hours before the KNF could send a recovery ship to pick me up and bring me back to Battleship Nagumo in the Kyushu system.

I have not been able to contact the rest of the patrol to know the aftermath of the engagement.
I have suffered some light injuries, and I'm awaiting response to my request for a replacement fighter to be deployed.

This concludes my report. Katsuo Shimoe out.

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