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COMM ID: Commander DEGRANGE, Elisabeth
TARGET ID: ESRD reporting center; HIGHCOM
SUBJECT: Defecting vessel
ENCRYPTION: ESRD ALPHA
PRIORITY: Medium

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ESRD EYES ONLY
Report - 12 - February - 823

Greetings.

I have been instructed by the Fleet Admiral to post here every important news regarding the defecting vessel, The.Cincinnati.

First batch of information comes from Battlegroup Auxesia. Following continuous troublemaking from their activity in Liberty, Command authorized that the ESRD try an unofficial approach to this group's leadership in attempt to resolve this problem. I personally volunteered to uptake that duty. Even though it proved ineffective, in accordance with the recent notification from Command, I was able to retrieve some information regarding the fugutive vessel. Based on evidence from the then Vice Admiral Fieldson, I conducted an interrogation which proved to give us useful information, regarding the vessels, the network involved as well as their intentions.
Below I will attach the report along with the evidence used.

Recordings BAux The Cincinatti

17.01.2016 00:36:25] [LN]-ESRD|Guard: Perhaps. Having sorted out the first point, we may move to the second.
[17.01.2016 00:36:30] [LN]-ESRD|Guard: The Cincinnati.
[17.01.2016 00:36:33] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: The Cinncinati.
[17.01.2016 00:36:40] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Right.
[17.01.2016 00:36:41] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Well.
[17.01.2016 00:36:53] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: I only assisted for one reason.
[17.01.2016 00:36:57] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: To find out their hideout.
[17.01.2016 00:37:06] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Even if I was not there, they still would have got away.
[17.01.2016 00:37:27] [LN]-ESRD|Guard: What about this hideout?
[17.01.2016 00:37:27] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: What I tell you, must be kept secure, at utmost discretion.
[17.01.2016 00:37:42] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: As 'they' might have listeners in the Navy too, I'm not too sure.
[17.01.2016 00:37:45] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Basically.
[17.01.2016 00:37:51] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Maverick appeared to be... insane.
[17.01.2016 00:37:53] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Really unstable.
[17.01.2016 00:37:59] [LN]-ESRD|Guard: The ESRD only responds to the Fleet Admiral and the Director.
[17.01.2016 00:38:07] [LN]-ESRD|Guard: Noticed.
[17.01.2016 00:38:14] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: He ran off to a group called the Initiative, who claim to be people who wish to 'fight' the Nomads
[17.01.2016 00:38:20] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Reality; they're lead by a mad man, desiring power.
[17.01.2016 00:38:33] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: He wishes to 'unite' everyone by using a K'Haran superweapon.
[17.01.2016 00:38:37] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Destroying what stands in his way.
[17.01.2016 00:38:41] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Now.
[17.01.2016 00:38:48] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Here's some news concerning it.
[17.01.2016 00:38:55] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Originally, they ran off to an Outpost in Omega-9
[17.01.2016 00:39:51] [LN]-ESRD|Guard: Interesting..
[17.01.2016 00:39:57] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: But that Outpost was destroyed.
[17.01.2016 00:40:00] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: So their plans are set back.
[17.01.2016 00:40:13] [LN]-ESRD|Guard: Any names?

:: ACESS DENIED - CLASSIFIED INFORMATION: FOXTROT ALPHA ACCESS ONLY ::

[17.01.2016 00:40:37] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Their 'spies' are marked by Phantom-1, Phantom-2 - so on, so forth.
[17.01.2016 00:40:48] [LN]-ESRD|Guard: Oddly familiar.. damn.
[17.01.2016 00:41:23] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Yeah...
[17.01.2016 00:41:31] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: We're keeping a very close eye on them.
[17.01.2016 00:41:36] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Infact, they're our next plan.
[17.01.2016 00:41:42] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Once our ship is repaired.
[17.01.2016 00:41:47] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Operations can begin normally.
[17.01.2016 00:42:00] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: I'm going to assume you want this Capital back to Liberty.
[17.01.2016 00:42:08] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: But they're inevitably going to edit it.
[17.01.2016 00:42:11] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: They've already tried.
[17.01.2016 00:42:16] [LN]-ESRD|Guard: Or destroyed.
[17.01.2016 00:42:21] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: They tried to goto the Corsairs, then... uh.
[17.01.2016 00:42:24] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: No.
[17.01.2016 00:42:30] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: It's still around.
[17.01.2016 00:42:33] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: But.
[17.01.2016 00:42:39] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: We can ensure it's destruction if really need-be.
[17.01.2016 00:43:46] [LN]-ESRD|Guard: Interesting.
[17.01.2016 00:43:53] [LN]-ESRD|Guard: Is that all you know?
[17.01.2016 00:44:05] [LN]-ESRD|Guard: Anything else?
[17.01.2016 00:44:06] A/)-Sapphire.Raven: Besides :: CLASSIFIED: FOXTROT ALPHA ::, and their ships, and where they are right now? Not really.

This interrogation proved a real treasure in terms of information retrieved. The plausibility of this information may be doubtful, but taking into account the pressure the Liberty Forces were putting on them, they might have used this as a "trump card" to help them maintain their status quo with the Liberty Republic.

Some sensitive information however, has been made available to the Fleet Admiral only, at their own request.

The other case is about a freelancer by the name of Inge Wexler than contacted the navy regarding a sighting of this vessel out in the omicrons. Her report involved some sort of an organization named the "Blackguard" that I believe has contacted the Navy relatively recently. Bellow I will attach the relevant recordings.

Recordings Inge Wexler

[31.01.2016 21:21:02] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: ??: Howdy.
[31.01.2016 21:21:07] Inge.Wexler: Hello.
[31.01.2016 21:21:50] Inge.Wexler: Can I help you, officer?
[31.01.2016 21:22:03] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: ??: Yes indeed.
[31.01.2016 21:22:08] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: ??: Follow me.
[31.01.2016 21:22:13] Cloak Disruptor engaged. Cooldown: 30 seconds.
[31.01.2016 21:22:15] Inge.Wexler: as you wish.
[31.01.2016 21:22:43] Cloak Disruptor cooldown complete.
[31.01.2016 21:24:23] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: ??: So, how's it going Wexler?
[31.01.2016 21:24:33] Inge.Wexler: Going alright, I've had better days.
[31.01.2016 21:24:54] Inge.Wexler: I guess I know what this is about.
[31.01.2016 21:24:59] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: ??: I see.
[31.01.2016 21:25:13] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: :: Voice scrambler offline::
[31.01.2016 21:25:27] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: Elisabeth DeGrange: You guessed it.
[31.01.2016 21:25:58] Inge.Wexler: Wasn't too difficult I suppose.
[31.01.2016 21:26:10] Inge.Wexler: Not everyday a Navy vessels comes to look me up in Bretonia.
[31.01.2016 21:26:41] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: DeGrange: Yeah, Lexington picked up your signal and I shortly set out.
[31.01.2016 21:27:13] Inge.Wexler: Sorry about the Carrier, I suppose.
[31.01.2016 21:27:27] Inge.Wexler: Let's see if I can pull this information back up.
[31.01.2016 21:27:31] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: It did it's duty.
[31.01.2016 21:28:55] Inge.Wexler: Right. The information, from your message it seemed like you were already aware of which vessel I was speaking.
[31.01.2016 21:29:33] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: DeGrange: Indeed we are. Sadly we're not much aware of it's intentions or where's it going.
[31.01.2016 21:29:58] Inge.Wexler: I can only help so much with it.
[31.01.2016 21:30:10] Inge.Wexler: it was pure luck I ran by it while performing an escort job.
[31.01.2016 21:30:13] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: Anything helps.
[31.01.2016 21:31:04] Inge.Wexler: heh... my comms are a mess, a lot of things went down at the time.
[31.01.2016 21:31:16] Inge.Wexler: As for the location, it was Omicron Delta.
[31.01.2016 21:31:55] Inge.Wexler: Freeport 11, to be a bit more exact, it seemed to use the place as a safe harbor.
[31.01.2016 21:32:21] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: Mhm, a bit against zoner regulations.. though I'll make sure of things alter..
[31.01.2016 21:32:57] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: Did it mention anything regarding it's next move, or anything like that?
[31.01.2016 21:32:57] Inge.Wexler: "Mav" seemed to the one handling the vessel comms.
[31.01.2016 21:33:00] [LN]-LNS-Normandie: I'm basically doing false flag right now
[31.01.2016 21:33:15] Inge.Wexler: let me dig through what I managed to catch.
[31.01.2016 21:34:15] Inge.Wexler: are you familiar with a man going by the name 'joker'?
[31.01.2016 21:34:24] Inge.Wexler: seemed to have a brief chat with him.
[31.01.2016 21:35:02] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: A blackwatch thingy?
[31.01.2016 21:35:18] Inge.Wexler: Blackguard rather, they seemed to like each other
[31.01.2016 21:35:32] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: Interesting..
[31.01.2016 21:35:47] Inge.Wexler: He seems familiar with the operations of this 'run-away' vessel.
[31.01.2016 21:36:32] Inge.Wexler: oh this is interesting
[31.01.2016 21:36:51] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: Did he mention anything about where its going or so?
[31.01.2016 21:37:15] Inge.Wexler: and I quote: "Mav: We're attempting to be front line of the Nomadic threat. So if you're on the same page, see what about...
[31.01.2016 21:37:23] Inge.Wexler: making an alliance or friendly of some kind"
[31.01.2016 21:37:26] Inge.Wexler: end quote.
[31.01.2016 21:37:33] Inge.Wexler: That was to these Blackguard people.
[31.01.2016 21:38:00] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: Interesting.. most interesting..
[31.01.2016 21:38:08] Inge.Wexler: He didn't mention a place where he'd be heading.
[31.01.2016 21:38:37] Inge.Wexler: But as far as I can tell he seems to enjoy the Omicrons, considering there are enough Nomads to be found
[31.01.2016 21:38:41] Inge.Wexler: if that is truly what he's there for.
[31.01.2016 21:38:57] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: Well if the nomads is what it's after, then we'll just need to get the nomads to him, mhm.
[31.01.2016 21:39:48] Inge.Wexler: I don't have much beyond the chatter between him and the Joker figure of the blackguard.
[31.01.2016 21:40:00] Inge.Wexler: where they mumbled about friendship and chasing nomads.
[31.01.2016 21:40:10] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: Don't worry, leave that to us. Pretty fine job nonetheless Wexler, must say.
[31.01.2016 21:40:19] Death: Security.Force was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[31.01.2016 21:40:50] Inge.Wexler: Just job I had wasn't that worthwhile, this seemed to give the trip to the Omicrons more purpose.
[31.01.2016 21:41:22] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: DeGrange: Pretty generous of ya. I'll see to you getting a reward for it.
[31.01.2016 21:41:40] Inge.Wexler: That would be appreciated.
[31.01.2016 21:42:23] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: And that counts for more information on the future.
[31.01.2016 21:42:29] Death: console.killer was divided by zero.
[31.01.2016 21:42:40] Inge.Wexler: I'll see what I cna gather.
[31.01.2016 21:42:44] Inge.Wexler: can, even.
[31.01.2016 21:43:03] Inge.Wexler: Soon I have another run to the Omicrons, we'll see what we can find.
[31.01.2016 21:43:18] [LN]-ESRD|Hunter: Good to hear. Let me know if anything.

The plausibility of this information is slightly doubtful too, however considering the money oriented nature of the freelancer, it has high chances of being quite useful. Either way, considering this "Joker" from the Blackguard seems to have relations with Maverick O'Howel, we must allow a meeting with this individual as it may prove as another way into finding out more about the ship and the network it is involved.

I am ready to handle this task if needed as well as provide a full report afterwards.

Commander Elisabeth DeGrange, over and out.

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