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

[Thunderer]

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

Report on: Operation Warwolf

For me, the 24th of January started with a report of a missed chance to besiege and destroy the CGS|HQ, a core 4 terrorist installation in Devon Asteroid Field, New London System. The station had seven weapon platforms, but its hull had started disintegrating a day before. Unfortunately its suppliers were faster to react than us.
Considering that southern Bretonia was relatively well secured by our and allied defenders, I decided to dedicate a little more attention, at least temporarily, to the capital. I borrowed a few police drones from Cambridge and used them to monitor the CGS|HQ during the next two weeks. I also took care to set up two agents aboard Trafalgar Base, since that is where the CGS|HQ was drawing its supplies from, as a drone discovered. We used coded language to communicate, in case someone hacked the vital transmissions.
The agent's last message arrived yesterday, slightly belated, but it brought good news. After that, I sent a drone to monitor the CGS|HQ for the time being, and alerted our idle ships to be in the New London System today before 13:00 o'clock Sirius Mean Time.
After a good rest, I moved the Thunderer from Cambridge to the location and started the siege between 8:30 and 9:00 SMT today. More Armed Forces ships, mostly Dunkirks and Invincibles, arrived to the scene before the scheduled time, which pleasantly surprised me. As the target was managing to keep its hull integrity together and the weapon platforms were preventing us to approach close enough to land hits with more effective tertiary turrets, we were settled with usage of artillery only. For that reason I decided it was necessary to ask the Liberty Navy for a task force to assist us. We recieved an Interdictor and an Archer from them. I also contracted Bowex and Gateway to supply the fleet with some tea in order to keep the operation smooth and with as few stress as possible. Bowex merchants managed to sell me more than I asked for, but there was no response from Gateway. I divided the tea and other luxury goods equally over Her Majesty's ships. I wanted to share it with the Libertonians, but they did not seem particularly delighted about it, which I would soon be thankful for.
The hull of the CGS|HQ had already started buckling when, without any obvious reason, Prica_Srbija, an Archer-class, approached dangerously close to a weapon platform. The ship was mercilessly ripped apart within seconds, but we saved most of the crew. The Interdictor-class, the LN-CB69-Indefatigable, followed suit not very long after, and suffered the same fate. I am afraid that the explosive gasses had taken out some of the pods, but we saved a considerable number of the crew. Many were injured, albeit lightly, but two more died in the Thunderer's medical bay. Another major casualty includes the HMS-Outlander, an Invincible. The ship was lost seconds before the target was deconstructed. They approached a weapon platform, possibly due to a situation-caused arrogant sort of a stance. I assume that the captain wanted to compete at durability with the installation, placing Her Majesty's ship and its crew at stake. It did not go as planned. We managed to save all of the tea, but some of the crew are still missing. I hope that other ships are going to report them as found and uninjured soon. Other casualties include two strike craft. The pilots have been rescued.
I would also like to point out that the weapon platforms were impossible or at least very difficult to disarm. I have no insight in what technology was used in their construction, and I regret that we have not managed to steal it. Nevertheless, the day ended with our triumph, and I think that we should be satisfied. We have saved some of the CGS|HQ crew, most of them janitors, mechanics and other utility workers, or so they claim to be. If there were any high ranking members of their organization on board, they have either perished, or they are disguised and waiting to be identified.
The operation could have been executed with fewer losses. This is war though, and soldiers die. But today for a cause, and for a rightful one too. I have not yet thought of a better death. May their sacrifice not only be for today, but may it also teach us lessons that will enable us to prevent the same in the future. The recordings and relevant correspondence are in the attachments below the list of casualties. Most of the tea is safe in the Thunderer's cargo hold.
Long live Queen Carina the First.

Casualties:

1) HMS-Outlander (Invincible)
2) LN-CB69-Indefatigable (Interdictor)
3) Prica_Srbija (Archer)
4) Tavish.DeGroot Privateer (Challenger)
5) Bowex)Quentin.Pelham (Clydesdale)

Relevant Correspondence:

1) To: BAF Admiralty (Announcement of Operation Warwolf; confirmation of Agent Napoleon's legitimacy)
2) BAF Admiralty Board (Coded correspondence with Agent Napoleon)
3) To: All BAF and BPA Captains and Pilots (Fleet orders)
4) To: Children of the Great Spirit (Transmissions to the CGS)
5) To: Bowex and Gateway (Correspondence with the corporations)
6) To: Liberty Navy (Request for assistance sent to the Liberty Navy)
7) To: BPA (Information about the only known supplier; request for an investigation about Trafalgar's involvement)

Recordings:

#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8

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

Admiral George R. Hall OBE

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