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COMM ID: Cadet Hélène Dupuis
TARGET ID: Liberty Naval Primary Fleet Reporting Center
SUBJECT: Flight report
ENCRYPTION: Standard
PRIORITY: Low

To the Admiralty and High Command,

My first 'patrol', if I may say so, started by acquiring my Executioner, which was drydocked in Richmond Military Academy, in Virginia. Actually handling a military grade ship, not the ones dumbed down in the academy, olr those old Defender models we often train with, brought quite a tingling feeling to my heart. I then made my way from Virginia system to Minnesota to meet up with Captain Baker.

It was intimidating to meet such a great hero of the Liberty fleet in person, but she's also just human like all of us. Understandably so, Captain Baker had a slight distrust towards my origin (nothing serious worth reporting, no xenophobia or racism), but she did seem to take a serious interest about my abilities and my motives.

Mentioning her recent injurings, I seem to have hit some kind of soft spot with her. She started asking me how far I was ready to go to serve my nation, Liberty. My reply was that I was in for the duration, that I didn't join in a whim, especially not considering I already knew about the multiple wars Liberty was fighting at once.

Baker didn't seem entirely satisfied with my answer, though, while understanding my motives. Metting with Lt. Commander Morse, she decided that she would bring me on some kind of pilgrimmage, to "show me the price of vigilance", as stated by herself.

Escorted through Z-21, we met with a Liberty Security Force agent comandeering a Siege Cruiser. Playful banter led from one to the other, I seem to have slightly offended the LSF agent with my misguided perception of the Security Force. Nonetheless, I swiftly apologized and he was quick to forgive me. After stating our reason for venturing into Z-21 and Alaska (reasonable demand due to my rookie status), I was given temporary access codes from my superiors and was allowed to jump into the system.

Closely following their lead, as I was already intimidated by the simple fact of being present in such a harshly regulated area of Liberty, as well as not wanting to be lost alone in the thick nebula of the system, I was escorted to Prison Station Mitchell, where I was explained that all of Liberty's greatest national threats reside here, and that only one of its prisoner had ever escaped its confines, President Jacobi, saved by the Freelancer Edison Trent and the Order during the Nomad Wars.

"Today, Jacobi has schools, hospitals and streets named after her", remarked Captain Baker, before escorting us to Ellesmere, where she stated that there was more to see. Ellesmere is a pain to navigate through. You can't spot the multitude of rocks and asteroids untilt they're right up your nose, and your radars are basically fried. I didn't know if it was because of the natural storms, or because of man-made interferences, and I don't really care to ask. Keeping visual sight of the Captain, we entered a system that I believe is named Omicron Minor.

There, we saw more rocks and more nebulas for a good while, but soon enough, we were stuck int he middle of a graveyard. Ships that I recognized of Bounty Hunter models, others that were more exotic, but oddly ressembled Liberty Fighters. There it was, though. The most horrifying sight I've had in my life.

"It used to be nothing but snow.", said Captain Baker. I had issues believing it. All I could see was a planet struck by catastrophy. She and Morse told me about the battle of Omicron Minor. How the Nomads came and destroyed it all. How the crew of the Isis, that I had first confused for a Liberty Navy capital vessel, fought to the last man died to get a few more transports out. Millions of people died. Only 10% managed to escape the massacre. "Where are their schools, hospitals and streets?"

Then nothing made sense to me anymore. If this happens right in our backyard, why are the Houses so divided? Why are we at war with Rheinland and Gallia? Nonetheless, my decision was made: I am still present, and I know I can do a change, a difference. If I give it all, I know I can change Sirius for the best. I have all the reasons in the world to fight for, and I will not give up on my House. Hopefully, my resolve will help me do more than "save a few transports", with all due respect.

We then made our way back to New York, but it seems that our little visit triggered a few sensors, as we were greeted by a few more LSF agents in Alaska, who questioned how wise it would be to bring a recruit in such restricted spaces. After comforting them, and shortly explaining our pilgrimage, we were back in New York, where I ended my patrol at West Point academy.

IN RESUME:
-Acquired "Executioner" Heavy Fighter
-Patrolled Virginia, Minnesota, Texas and New York, no signs of Pirate, Terrorist or Enemy activity.
-Entered Zone-21 and Alaska.
-Cruised through Ellesmere.
-Explored Omicron Minor.
-Return to New York.
-End of patrol, clocked in at a around 2 hours of activity.

Signing out,
Cadet Hélène Dupuis

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