-----SIGNAL DETECTED----- -----SENDER:Kyle Winters----- -----LOCATION:Westpoint Military Academy----- -----MESSAGE TRANSMITTING-----
Hello Command,
I bring to you some very grave news indeed, I am alive, barely, but sadly the Springfield is............no more. We were conducting a routine patrol through New York and decided to check out Pennsylvania as had received a message of potential piracy. The Springfield proceeded from Westpoint to the Pennsylvania jump gate and initiated the jump process. I had to leave the Bridge for a short moment and left the ranking officer in charge in my absence.
After having felt the ship come out of the jump sequence, something terrible happened, I'm still not sure what it was but all I remembered happening was a loud bang as the ship tipped to it's side then everything went black.
After a while I came to aboard an escape pod on the other side of Pennsylvania with my ranking officer that I had left in charge and two logistics personnel, No-one else was there, I have no recollection of anything other than I have already stated and have no idea of the status of the Springfield.
We managed to get to Planet Erie and be seen by a medical team. I have only just been able to send this communication now as was in a medical ward recovering. It's sad to say but I must assume the Springfield is lost and have commissioned the "Reconnaissance" to take her place and has been named 5th|LNS-Reconnaissance.
We will continue our search for the Springfield but my hopes are not high as no-one seems to remember anything about the incident or even how it was we came to be aboard an escape vessel. We have decided to conduct a search operation for her and will keep command informed on any developments.
