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

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Message Class: Textual
Encryption: Medium
To: BAF DIS
From: Admiral Sir George Richard Hall

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The System of New London was apparently a popular target during the last two days.
An Auxesian patrol spotted no less than three Order Osiris-class not far from the Planet itself two days ago. It might be that they had managed to sneak past the defenses using cloaking devices. As the Auxesians were only snub craft. there was little they could do, but they managed to keep the Order ships on the spot until I arrived aboard the Sovereign. I attempted hailing the Order ships, but I received no response. Then I ordered the Sovereign to engage. As the Order were apparently very uneducated about how to fight a Dunkirk-class, and as I received a couple of bombers' reinforcements, we were able to disable them all. The scrap metal should be recycled by Southampton, after which what cannot be recycled will be sent back to the Order as a warning message.

What could have been the reason of the Order's presence might possibly be the Nomads, although I received no information whatsoever from either of the three. Namely, the very same place was attacked by two Marduk-class yesterday. The Planet was defended by two carriers, the Black Claymore and the Holy Diver. The Nomads attacked before the Sovereign could arrive from Magellan, and the Holmfirth from Omega-3. The carriers were adamant about staying at their posts, and would not abandon them even under the threat of certain death. This cost us the Black Claymore, but the Holy Diver managed to hold out for long enough, and was quickly relieved by the Holmfirth and us. We would have benefited more if the Order simply informed us of what was about to happen, than if they sneaked three warships in, as they did. Nevertheless, we were still able to fight off both enemies with only one unit lost.

The Gallic Royal Navy Command might have, on the contrary, thought those battles had cost us more dearly, so they launched an attack from Leeds. Even more unfortunately for them, the Liberty Navy Command probably thought the same, and sent us three Overlord-class and a captured Osiris-class, as well as four snub craft. Despite this, their fleet scattered and routed at the sight of the Gauls and, although an Overlord and the Osiris managed to escape, two Overlords were disabled, and later a bomber of theirs and another of ours as well. By the time the Sovereign arrived from Magellan, the Gallic Royal Navy controlled the space around Southampton. Nevertheless, we met up with the Navy, boosted their morale, and headed forth. When we reached Southampton, we noticed that the Gallic fleet had dispersed, as out of three Valors and two Obstinates, only a Valor and an Obstinate were there, along with some snub craft. I decided that we should use the circumstance, which we did. The first Valor, the Ressentiment, was already heavily damaged when the second arrived, that one being the Royal Vauquelin. We were able to destroy the Ressentiment, but then we lost one of our own, the Osiris-class Amenhotep, which was cruised at by the Royal Vauquelin, which then immediately switched fire to the Odyssey, an Overlord-class. When their Valor's hull was about to breach, I ordered the Sovereign straight towards them, to draw fire from the Odyssey, which was having problems. This we did successfully, having managed to reach the Valor's blind spot at the bottom. The Sovereign's hull was bestowed the shower of the Royal Vauquelin's debris, at least one of which I intend to keep as a trophy. This left their Obstinate, the Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, alone against two battleships. I trusted the Odyssey was equipped well enough for the challenge after I halved the Lavoisier's hull integrity with two Heavy Mortar hits, but the Libertonian captain appeared to use cruiser tactics on a dreadnought. This prompted the Sovereign to engage again, in which we were successful. We managed to score several Heavy Mortar and secondary turret hits on its hull, as well as one by our Razor. This left little difference between the Lavoisier's remnants of hull and the nearby debris field.
The battle happened nearby a shipyard, which was a very convenient circumstance when we wanted to repair our ships. I have not yet been informed if the Amenhotep has been reassembled, but what matters is that a significant portion of the crew have not suffered any permanent injuries.
It is important to also note that Battlegroup Auxesia aided us against the Gauls with at least two snub craft.
Additionally and very worth a mention, a Junker pointed out to the vicinity of their Trafalgar Base to the battlefield, which, as it appears, has had some influence on our luck. Fortunately the commanding officer survived, for a difference. That would be me, of course.

Allied Units Disabled:

1) HMS-Black.Claymore (Invincible)
2) 5th|LNS-North.Carolina (Overlord)
3) [LN]-LNS-Florida.Keys (Overlord)
4) 5th|LNS-Amenhotep (Osiris)
5) BAF|Lt.Cdr.Victor.Steiner (Fighter/Bomber)
6) [LN]ESRD Fighter/Bomber
7) [LN]ESRD Fighter/Bomber

Enemy Units Disabled:

1) Sobek (Osiris)
2) unknown. (Osiris)
3) shadowkika (Osiris)
4) K'Hara|Innana (Marduk)
5) K'Hara|Saturnia (Marduk)
6) RNS-Ressentiment (Valor)
7) GRN|RNS-Royal.Vauquelin (Valor)
8) RNS-Antoine.L.Lavoisier (Obstinate)
9) Isere (Cougar)

Camera Shots:

Battle 1.1
Battle 1.2
Battle 1.3
Battle 1.4

Battle 2.1
Battle 2.2
Battle 2.3

Battle 3.1
Battle 3.2
Battle 3.3
Battle 3.4
Battle 3.5

Sir George R. Hall
Admiral
Bretonian Armed Forces

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