Naval Operations Headquarters [Message Dump]

[Yaoquizque]

Members of the Admirals circle,

The situation in Kyushu system has dramatically deteriorated.

As you know by now, an uprising planet-side, organized by the Imperials, overthrew the police forces maintaining Republic laws on planet Kyushu. Military personnel performing their duty in Naval Air Facility Atsugi and Sasebo Naval Dockyards could do little to assist State Police.

As situation went downhill on Kyushu hour by hour, I took the decision to give an evacuation order for military personnel planet-side. My objective was to buy as much time as possible by moving Battleship Nagumo to an interdiction vector on planet Kyushu's gravity well main entry point, so that as many assets as possible could be evacuated to New Tokyo system. The evacuation rearguard received the order to sabotage, destroy or wipe what could not be transferred.

Sadly, this evacuation order took significant time to be executed. Battleship Nagumo, already severely tested by the Tau 29 jump-gate Imperial attack, was dramatically damaged, forcing us to retreat sooner than I hoped to. This resulted in a part of our assets planet-side ending up being blocked on planet Kyushu.

As for Nagumo's battle-group... To be frank, we were lucky to lose our pursuers in Seiran dust cloud, our path to New Tokyo system blocked by the Imperials and their Farmer allies. The battleship is playing a hide and seek game with both Imperialist forces and Blood Dragons as of now. This situation cannot evolve in our favor.
The men and women under my command have admirably served during those terrible hours, but one cannot demand the impossible. This ever lasting tension will eventually take its toll on their courage and their vigilance.

What remains of Nagumo battle-group, trapped in Kyushu system, is in dire need in assistance, mainly :
- Evacuation and personnel transfer assets to replace Nagumo's crew. My men need some rest. They earned it.
- Construction and repair mobile assets, in order to patch up Battleship Nagumo and restore its offensive and defensive capabilities as much as possible.
- At last, supplies, so that we can consider maintaining our operations in Kyushu system. A bridgehead in the system is indeed vital to disrupt Imperial forces operations.

Those needs are most urgent.
Furthermore, I demand Admirals circle to redeploy key assets without delays. There is no time for petty struggles and endless discussions, gentlemen. My suggestion is to remove assets from both First and Fourth fleet to transfer them to Kyushu and Nagano system within the next thirty six hours. I'm certain Nishiyama Kenzo and Kobayashi Akuro will agree Honshu system, as well as the borders with House Liberty, do not raise major security concerns for now. Units belonging to those two fleets definitely will be more useful elsewhere.

That is all.

Ever vigilant,
Sakamoto Ryoma.

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