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Comm ID: Admiral Soren
Origin: Flagship Ableben

My last report was grave. Outlining the increasing tensions between The Brotherhood and the Asgard Warriors. This one is of disappointing news. The tensions between The Brotherhood and Asgard Warriors have finally escalated to a state of war. The Ableben arrived at Freeport 9 today, from a recent refitting at Livadia, to find one Brotherhood Osiris Battleship, one OPG Corsair Dreadnaught, one OPG Gunboat, and several fighters and bombers from both organizations.

Seeing as how two battleships had more combined firepower than the Ableben, I sent a message to the Caedo, which arrived quickly. Our odds were much better, but not good enough. Seeing as how it was the Corsairs initiating this incident, I put in a call to a nearby Outcast bomber, Esperanza Larez, of the 101st. We were also answered by a Mandalorian mercenary bomber, Ranov'la Aran. Outnumbered 7 to 4, we weren't in the best of conditions. That was when a Zoner Battlestar, Skull, appeared from the direction of Omicron Gamma. He agreed to help us.

Even though we were still at 7 to 5 odds, and the Corsairs had a third battleship of their own on the way, I felt slightly more secure so I restated the same order that I had when first finding the Corsairs in such proximity of Freeport 9. For them to leave the area immediately. Since they had been given 5 minutes before, I only gave them one more minute to begin moving out. This was also because I wanted to avoid the Corsairs bringing any more support as they had done once, and because they had one Osiris on its way. We flanked around and above Freeport 9 to reduce any stray shots hitting the station. All five of us opened fire on the OPG flagship, Torquemada. At the same time, both the TBH Osiris, the Torquemada, the OPG's gunboat, Kiwi, and the two bombers opened fire on our flagship, the Ableben. This bode ill for the Corsairs, as the Ableben had considerably more armor than all the other battleships in the area. The Torquemada quickly fell to the Caedo and Ableben's combined firepower of 32 turrets.

We quickly turned to the Brotherhood's flagship and destroyed it as well. The gunboat, the gun master of the Caedo counted, fell within 10 seconds of being targeted. One of the bombers fell shortly afterwards. This left the Corsairs with one fighter, one bomber, and an independent Corsair in a Titan. We began to fire upon them when a third battleship, an Osiris, appears in the area, directly behind the Ableben. Now, being a ship that relies more on firepower and armor than speed, turning around wasn't quick business. But our armor was capable of withstanding the attack until we could return with our own weaponry. The third battleship also fell to the Caedo, Skull, and Ableben. Arriving on the scene at that point was the Zoner Expeditionary Battlestar 565. Not able to do much more than fire on the remaining two fighters, for the last bomber had fled. An Elder of the Corsairs, Lucendez, fled the area as well, after he was left alone with no one but an independent Corsair.

Having lost no ships to the attack, the Ableben and Caedo took up defensive positions around Freeport 9.


Later today we brought in more ships to Theta for defensive positions. Among them was Supreme Commander Korrd's flagship, the Iluvatar. General Ripper's bomber, GaGygion. Captain Lancer's Skyhawk, Lieutenant Maku's Vaar Gunboat, Lieutenant Deker's Vigr Gunboat, and Midshipman Czaria in his fighter.

Both Lieutenant Maku and Deker followed Commander Alarien to Omicron Kappa, where they engaged a Harvester Cruiser. Harvester 10. After following it to Delta, there the cruiser was finally destroyed. The three returned to Theta and joined the defensive formation around Freeport 9.

I'm sure many more reports will be added to this in the following weeks. For now, Admiral Soren out.

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