Melbourne Station

[AshHill07]

Subject: Termination of the Melbourne Project and the Decommissioning of Melbourne Station

Over the weekend much debate was ongoing behind the scenes. The Melbourne Project was taking up a lot of time and money from a budget that was only just able to take the strain. The decision was made to leave the base as is, until a Dreadnought Class vessel (Namely the LNS California) returned to Norfolk for its monthly overhaul to take the base apart before returning to the front. Apparently this was not necessary after all, as hostile forces seemingly decided to attack the base shortly after the crews were removed. Naval forces, including some Secondary Fleet Core vessels engaged and destroyed the hostiles that didn't flee, however as the majority of the equipment on Melbourne itself had already been stripped out, it didn't fare to well. Although the weapons platforms were still intact, the base core itself had been torn apart (The platforms have since been dismantled and returned to the Liberty Navy).

Although it is a shame the base was destroyed, it has pretty much been falling apart for the past 2 months anyway, they've essentially done the job for us at this point. And although it is sad to see the base go, it did its job for almost 2 years, and that's better than any of us at SFC|HC expected.

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\\ CDR David Roberts \\ CAPT Steven Eversman \\ VADM Ash Hill // RDML Chris Murray // CDR Mick Connors //
\\ SFC| Patrol-7 \\ SFC| LNS-California \\ SFC| LNT-Century // SFC| LNS-San.Francisco // SFC| Patrol-5 //