Bretonian Armed Forces Defense Intelligence Staff (DIS) (iRP) (AO)

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Priority: Medium
To: Admiralty Board
From: Admiral George Richard Hall OBE
Location: HMS Norfolk, Cambridge System

Honourable Admiralty Board,

Five days ago I received the following transmission. The messages are apparently arranged by descending order for a reason unknown to me:

Transmission

[23.01.2016 19:57:26] #01 2016-01-18 00:01:06 SMT Cruvos: SOS! SOS! It's the BOWEX civilian convoy! We've being captured... ...cron... heta... port...
[23.01.2016 19:57:26] #02 2016-01-17 23:58:43 SMT XT-100: You helps - you dies.
[23.01.2016 19:58:57] #03 2016-01-17 23:58:31 SMT XT-100: Human subject: do not interfere, or die. Object "Lazurite" intended to be destroyed.
[23.01.2016 19:58:57] #04 2016-01-17 23:52:17 SMT Carrier_Lazurite: Date: unknown. Duration in a month. Reward quarantee.
[23.01.2016 19:58:57] #05 2016-01-17 23:51:27 SMT Carrier_Lazurite: Request: long-range support squad. Nuclear weaponary is advised.
[23.01.2016 19:58:58] #06 2016-01-17 23:50:15 SMT Carrier_Lazurite: Destination: Omicron Kappa. Planet Gammu. Subject: AI disruption. Local forces reinforcements required.
[23.01.2016 19:58:58] #07 2016-01-17 23:48:41 SMT Carrier_Lazurite: Priority alert class 12A. Type: jump proccess has been disrupted. Intervention required.

Hereby I request to send an agent with a Clydesdale to the Omicron Theta and Kappa systems, the prior being where the alleged Bowex convoy was attacked. I also suggest that the Bowex database is checked for any ships named "Cruvos" and, if there are any, their last destination. In case my request is approved, I would also require information of how to reach the two systems and if there is a station containing the word "port" in the Omicron Theta system and Planet Gammu in Kappa. I would convey the information to the agent, as I doubt it would be wise if I went there myself, not because of security, but rather because the southern fleets need someone to manage them.
In a different occasion I would be a lot less interested as our chances of saving a Bowex convoy in a system I do not know how to reach are negligible, but I have had previous contacts with the civilian Carrier Lazurite. By my knowledge they work for the Gauls. I caught them unsuccessfully trying to assist a Valor once, in Leeds. They admitted an intention to commit a surprise terrorist attack on Waterloo Station, but there was no evidence of that and I let them go when the captain informed me of a supposed very important Gallic scientists' meeting in the Edinburgh system. There I have not found any scientists, but instead a Vache named Tadius-5 carrying suspicious goods which later appeared to be involved in hacking the systems of a BMF Waran which was with me. The captain of the Tadius-5 claimed to be a certain Markus Tezaurus and not to be working for the Gauls, despite the obvious. I was commanding the Dauntless at that time. Her systems held firm and the BMF pilot regained control of his ship once I disabled the Tadius-5. A unit of the mentioned cargo should still be in the hold of the BMF|StarDust, in case an inspection is necessary. I must also mention that I thought I had lost a small contingent of marines aboard the Tadius-5, but later an exact replica of it appeared and returned the same. It is possible that my crew and I were under the influence of the cargo we had beamed in, so I still stand by my conclusion that it was an attempted Gallic trap. For the same reason I destroyed all the cargo but that mentioned unit. The marines were still there and lost all memory of what had happened, so I suppose I had not given the order to board the ship at all. This is all the evidence I have left, an Obstinate trying to defend its transport.
I did not consider this case important before, which is why it has taken me so long to report it, but today I put some pieces together. It is almost obvious that this is again a trap, but if we can get someone expendable to fall into it, we could study it from the inside, and determine how intense Gallic business and relations with the Omicrons are and what is their aim concerning that region. Ideally we can be one step ahead of them. Still, I find one thing rather blurry and I believe that it should be clarified before and if my request is approved. In case this is a trap and it is obvious that I will not go there personally, what are they intending to catch?

Yours sincerely,.....................................................

Admiral George R. Hall OBE

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