Claes Leslie, -Commanders Log

[Hidamari]

Entry #1057
Date: 16/11/822
Subject: Still works?

Video feed plays of Claes, laying with her back against the headboard of her bed, gun metal grey walls surround her, Angelica playing at her right elbow.

"Been a while since I used this, guess i may as well now that I have the 'time'. Where to begin?" She asked in thought and scratched her head.

"Doc wants me to stop working for a while, to 'raise' Angelica.. Angelica is my daughter.. did I mention her before?" *Claes asks in an unimpressed tone, pointing the data pads camera at the baby next to her arm playing with a toy pistol and a Scimitar model.* "Cazzo who cares.. I have a daughter now, I think the last entry was after I cleaned out the family manor?" *She asks trying to remember a grin spreading across her mouth, "oh well if I try to look this stupid thing will stop recording, they raped me and all died for it" she clarified, "I could have aborted her but there was nobody I could trust enough at the time to help me do it.." Claes said with a quiet sigh, wondering what life would be like without Angelica, the thought actually made her feel closer to the baby as she didnt really want to imagine life without her anymore.* "I was going to give birth and then just throw it into space or something... Or just smother it, whatever... but when I finally gave birth there was something different, I guess I must have been sick afterall because I didnt get rid of her, and here I am all this time later and shes still alive." Claes audibly sighs "Anyway, enough of that, shes here now so... whatever" Claes scalded at herself, shaking her head.

"laamlamalmaa" Angelica could be heard gurgling while she played, "What else don't you know? .." she asked the camera trying to remember, looking up at the ceiling. "Oh.. right of course." Claes picked up the camera and turned it around "This... room.. " she stated showing it around still, "Is my room on board the Fenice D'Oro.. " She smiled but it quickly turned to anguish. "You remember La Falange D'Oro I mentioned before? yea? well I thought that was a pretty goofy name, The Golden Phalanx, and the ship was so screwed it was almost a total write off.. Eduardo worked some magic and managed to get it back working." Claes stated. "Not only did he get it working but completely remade the ship almost, into the carrier I had dreamed abou-" Claes paused being interupted by Angelica climbing up her arm into a standing position using her mother as leverage. "-dreamed about" she finished.

Claes leaned off camera shot for a few moments and then connected something to the datapad, "annnd... here she is.." A hologram of the ship is loaded into the log, "Beautiful isnt she?" she asked rhetorically in a proud tone, "And not only beautiful, but unique, shes the only ship of her class in the fleet... for now" She mentioned pausing for a second "but, we'll get to that later, Signore Garcia really pulled out the stops to get this done, we all did, constant supply runs for over six months, night and day.. then she was finished, The Golden Phoenix" Claes said with a big smile and a build up, Angelica wobbling next to her wondering who her mother was talking to. "buuut.. its broken... we almost got it fixed though.. Guess i'll move onto that next" she mentioned with a pained sigh.

"So, what happened?" Claes asked blowing a raspberry making Angelica laugh aloud, "haha.. you silly thing." she chortled to her daughter whom sat back down and continued to play. "who knows, one day the ship worked just fine, we were doing maneuvers in home territory when the ship just suddenly became much less responsive than usual, according to Capitano Ferreira." Claes explained, "Its lucky we were in home territory or this ship would most likely be destroyed, or worse, captured. not like anyone Id dare to keep on board would go down without a fight" Claes grinned wolfishly, "itd be suicide for anyone to board this ship with the amount of internal blast doors and automated defences there are on here." she explained making an overexaggerated shrugging gesture. "Anyway after a meeting with signore Eduardo Garcia, or 'Twichy' as he is known by the rest of the crew, obviously not to his face and not in my earshot either unless they want to get shot" Claes frowned to the left thinking about him and how odd he is. "I guess thats something else I need to say too.. well the meeting with Eduardo basically identified key issues that had gone unnoticed in the initial runs. causing a collapse of certain systems and an overwhelming bottle neck from the power core output." Claes explained making hand gestures with her free hand. "In the end it was decided that we need to redo the wiring on the entire ship, which would cost us far more than I could afford. which brings me to my next point" she mentioned coughing to the side for a second "scusa.."

"Right so, we are flat broke, the Ombra was due in with the last of the money we had, spent on food supplies and things for the crew, the crew we still have anyways. Its no secret that the Mosquitoes are falling on hard times, such is just the transient life of the maltese, sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets us.. but not yet, im not throwing in the towel yet." Claes growled with conviction. "In need of funding for our ship we turned to a recent emergeance of power, the Crimon Cross, they had heard of the Misericorde- uhm, thats the ship class of La Fenice D'oro- and were interested in helping" she explained reaching to the side to drink some water, putting it back after shed had a sip. "They were willing to help us and are currently doing so right now, if I were to step out of that door..." she turned the camera around to face the entrance to her quarters before turning it back, "...Then I would see hell on earth happening as hundreds and hundreds of technicians work around the clock to restore my ship, aaand i dont want to see my ship in such a state of disrepair so, im staying here until its done" Claes stated casually. "I met with their embassador, a cold person by the name of Erikasaria Espinosa, Signorina was quick to realise after my explanation of our circumstances here that we in the mosquitoes had nothing to pay their faction with for helping us" Claes said, swallowing a little and looking down as Angelica rubbed the scimitar on her leg as if it were a car. "So, as payment for helping them, she and the Crimson Cross as a whole will get full access to the technical specifications of the Misericorde class, so they can produce their own" she mentioned, her gaze looking down at her daughter for a second before continuing.

"Signorina Espinosa seemed impressed with what she had seen, and Im pretty sure the only reason I still have a crew left is because this is the only vessel of its type in service, Im hoping my crew dont abandon me once the ship is made more accessable to our captains and admirals of the Maltese Navy." Claes sighed in dread. "What else was there?.. Oh, right.. Eduardo.." Claes remembered, shaking her head she continued with a bit of a flat tone, "That man is always on edge, so much so that it makes ME nervous just being around him, I thought that was just the way he is because well, everyone has a story to tell, but no.. hes like that because for years under my command his family had been threatening him, and physically harming him repeatedly behind my back!" She shouted in disgust, Angelica stood up slowly and put her finger against her mothers lips, not wanting her to shout. "hm? whats the matter baba?" Claes asked her daughter, "mama ma" Angelica gurgled, Claes looked back to the camera, "so we went and /fixed/ them real good, nobody harms my property, or my family and gets away with it. mm! that reminds me" Claes said starting to laugh a little as her baby was playing with her lips while she spoke, "I got myself a boyfriend, though it seems so.. childish to say it like that.. well anyway his name is Horacio Agulla, hes the current head of the flight team on board Fenice D'Oro" Claes stated with rosy cheeks, "Or well rather he would be, if this ship would fly once more, hes a great guy, huge too in all aspects, haha.." she chuckled and kissed angelica on the lips, causing her daughter to laugh and sit back down playing.

"Hopefully in a week or two repairs should be complete, and then I'll be able to show people what this baby can do" Claes sighed. "I think thats everything, I'll try to keep a more up... dios mio Ange' i guess its poop time huh?" She grimaced at the vile smell filling her nose, coughing a little, "god.. I gotta go.." Claes said finally and turning off the monitor


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