Comm ID: Kingston, Ensign Alexander S. (Navy Patrol Epsilon 2-6) Target ID: Primary Fleet Patrol Reporting Center Subject: After Action Report for July 13th, 822 A.S. Encryption: Medium Priority: High
Hello again Liberty Navy Command, Ensign Kingston reporting in,
I apologize for getting this to you late, but the terminals aboard Philadelphia Station have continuously failed to read my ID tags. Maybe just a programming error, but they work now, so...
What I had planned to be my patrol began with some small refits of my fighter, and once those were finished, I undocked the Battleship Missouri only to find the L.N.S. Firebolt, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Ben Cohen, finishing it's release from Norfolk. We quickly formed up and proceeded towards West Point Military Academy, where we encountered several Liberty Rogue vessels and one massive Maltese heavy dreadnought, designation 'M.N.S. Nightmares'.
Along with several other Navy ships, including the Battleships Magellan and Durango and the Battlecruiser Mount Hood, Admiral Morse coordinated the attack against the enemy forces, wherein all enemy capital vessels, including the Maltese heavy dreadnought, were destroyed, and no enemy snubcraft returned to base.
Once the incident was concluded, I landed aboard West Point to quickly rearm and repair before continuing on what I had hoped would be the beginning to a proper patrol. Alas, this was not the case. Reports from Freeport 4 had detected two Gallic 'Valor'-class battleships, and they were preparing to lay siege to the station.
Acting on what I believed to be initiative, Lt. Cmr. Cohen and I began to move out towards Magellan, along with the Carrier Tetra*, Battleship L.N.S. Cloverfield and the cruiser L.N.S. Integrity. Once we jumped through the gate, me and the Firebolt were sent forward to scout for enemy positions, and nearing Freeport 4, we found the two battleships stated in the report.
Once we reported their confirmed presence, the Cloverfield, Integrity and Tetra* all continued forward to begin what would become a rather fierce and long drawn battle. Before the battle, however, two ships appeared to aid us against the Gallic vessels, Liberty Police Captain J.D. Masket and an unknown LSF vessel simply titled 'Prowler'.
The Cloverfield and Tetra* cloaked, and proceeded towards the two Valors' back flank, where they revealed themselves and reigned heavy fire on the lead vessel R.N.S. Tonnant. With their flank torn to shreds, the Integrity, Firebolt, Captain Masket, I and 'Prowler' all rushed into the fight. The Tonnant took inconceivable amounts of damage, but the Gauls had to have been aware of the tactic, as they struck back at the Tetra* and Cloverfield with the majority of their arsenal. Within the first several minutes of the fight, the Cloverfield was knocked out of action and the Tetra* was absolutely obliterated. With the loss of both heavy capital ships, our remaining vessels seized the opportunity to avenge our fallen comrades.
With the Tonnant on it's last legs, our first target was to take it out of action, thinking that without the more experienced unit, the other Valor wouldn't fight as effectively. We poured as much of our energy into the Tonnant's hull as we could, the heavy battleship couldn't handle the stress anymore, and with one final blast from my Vengeances, the ship collapsed and it's drive core detonated, blowing the mighty ship to pieces.
Once the Tonnant was down, everyone focused fire on the second Valor, who put up more of a fight than the Tonnant did. We poured tubs of energy into the Valor, its shields and hull absorbing every impact and its guns dealing even more. In time, we eventually cut the ship down into pieces. In the fight, my ship took several severely damaging hits from the second Valor, but my hefty nanobots held my ship together.
After rescuing what crew we could from the Tetra* and Cloverfield, me and the Firebolt moved back towards West Point, where Lt. Cmr. Cohen put his ship in for repairs and Admiral Remus Sius was waiting. Sius and I conversed, when we got reports of another Maltese capital vessel in the Pennsylvania system. Sius and I investigated, along with a LPI Officer. Once we reached Philidelphia, the LPI officer proceeded towards Bethlehem, where he encountered the Outcast vessel. Sius and I investigated, and to my astoundment, before us sat the M.N.S. Nightmares, the same ship that was put out of commission just southwest of West Point not 2 hours before.
As the officer and the Nightmares' commander 'Cole' began conversing, my ship began it's occasional spouts of technical problems, including engine and weapon shutoff, comm static, and cruise engine malfunctions. I had managed to finish my ship diagnostics before our forces, which slipped in as I was running diagnostics routines on my ship, opened fire on the Outcast vessel, taking it out quickly and cleanly.
Once the Nightmares was dealt with for the second time, our forces moved out to West Point, where Admiral Sius began tracking three unknown contacts in the Texas system, with the help of another Navy pilot. According to the Admiral, they were headed for the California Jump Hole in Texas, so he ordered me and the Battleship Magellanto California to intercept.
After several minutes of updates and repositioning, the unknown ships were confimed in Pennsylvania. The Magellan and I proceeded through the nearby jump hole to Pennsylvania, where we encountered an Outcast Tridente jumping in mere seconds after us. A small weapons exchange occured, and the Tridente flew off, unknowingly towards Admiral Sius and the rest of the Navy forces.
The Tridente, knowing its only path to Niverton was blocked, it charged in and tried to dock, smashing into the side of the station. With that, I broke off from the task unit, my ship's engines beginning to act up. With Admiral Sius' approval, I proceeded towards Philadelphia Station, where I'm sending this report to you now.
This patrol report is definitely the longest and most detailed I have uploaded to you. Hopefully the details in this report will prove useful in the near or distant future.
Safe Flights,
Ensign Alexander Samuel Kingston, Liberty Navy Primary Fleet
*A small notice, but the name 'Tetra' is a shortened form of the Navy Carrier of whose name I cannot remember for the life of me. I apologize for butchering their name, and they preformed admirably.
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