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[COMM-ID]: Commander Kingston, Alexander S.
[RECEIVER-ID]: Admiral Natalie A. Reaser - Liberty Navy Primary
[SUBJECT]: Transfer Aftermath - RE: New Directives

[PRIORITY]: Alpha - High
[ENCRYPTION]: ESRD Alpha

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Admiral...

We.. I failed.. Me and the whole bloody battlegroup. The Utah, Admiral Sader, and the rest of us..

We proceeded with the operation to transfer Rear Admiral Knight to Radford for more secure containment. All was fine until we hit Minnesota.. then things went south. Fast. The LSF were there.. deployed from Dartmouth I think.. They came at us with the Willow Grove, and six fighters to match our own. We did what we could, but they overpowered us. Tore our party to shreds.

Rear Admiral Knight is in their custody now.. We lost the bloody objective, and now they've taken away the only thing we could've used to help end this damned conflict. I'm sorry, Admiral. I failed you. We failed you, as well as Liberty.

The Utah is now sitting in drydock at Washington, put in for the damage we sustained in the fight. She's torn up, but I'm hoping we'll have her out and back in action in about a week's time. The rest of the group.. Admiral Sader, Ensigns Taylor, Walker and Sanders. Lieutenant Ross and Sunderland. As far as I know, they were picked up by SAR teams from Moorhead.

I didn't expect this. None of us did. I'm sorry for failing your directives, Admiral. Rest assured, I'll do my damnedest to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. You have my word.

On guard, and on point.

Commander Kingston, out.

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