Operation: Banjou

[Gas Miners Guild]

Operation: Banjou is the next step in securing Guild dominance in the Sigma systems and ensuring its prosperity for years to come.

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Planet Saigon, Sigma-21

Operation Briefing


The pristine colours of an untapped environment make the Sigma-21 system of utmost importance to the Gas Miners Guild.

Of particular significance is the uninhabited Planet Saigon, located between sectors 4 and 5 D and first charted by The Guild shortly after the Sigma Ion Storm of 823 A.S.

Basic preliminary scans indicate the planet possesses essentially habitable conditions as it is, with the potential for drastic improvement with a relatively minor terraforming effort, the likes of which would be dwarfed by the current ongoing efforts with Planet Miura. The exact atmospheric and mineral conditions of the planet must be determined with the use of more powerful sensory equipment, with The Guild's T-520-GS Bishamon gunships possessing more than enough processing power to achieve this.

It is certain that a landgrab of Planet Saigon must occur with great haste in order to secure the planet and the Sigma-21 system.

Battleship Daishouri

Basic Plan


The Battleship Daishouri has already been redeployed from Sigma-59 to a nebula containing asteroids in Sigma-21 which is located a short cruise from the planet. This will act as a covert and secure forward operating base in the system from which reconnaissance and survey expeditions will launch. Although Saigon is top priority, the rest of the system must also be properly explored and documented.

Security and secrecy is key, to avoid provoking similar attempts in the system from any prying eyes that may be attempting to further their own interests in what is rightly Guild space. Interlopers who intend to threaten the sovereignty and independence of the Gas Miners Guild will not be tolerated. It may be prudent to collaborate with friendly forces in the system, an avenue which will be explored internally before making any external contact on the matter.

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Execution

Missions will be organised to fully investigate all planetary bodies and zones of interest in the system, as well as chart any wormholes detected. Speed and efficiency will be key when carrying out these tasks in order to minimise the risk of detection and tipping The Guild's hand. Any overtly hostile ships encountered, such as Corsair vessels, should be swiftly terminated as and when possible. The potent diagnostic equipment of Bishamon gunships will be key to collecting the required data, aided by the speed all GMG ships are designed with in mind. Generous fighter escorts will be assigned to these valuable and sensitive ships at all times in order to ensure the safety of the vessels themselves and their sensor telemetry, in particular utilising newly developed T-493-VHF Benzaiten very heavy fighters.

When further information has been acquired, it may then be deemed prudent to establish either a planetside or orbital facility in order to oversee the colonisation of Saigon. In the interests of hastening these projects, modular fabrications may be manufactured beforehand and moved into place in order to cut down the time required to have any such constructs quickly operational and defended.

The appropriate mobilisations will now be ordered and confirmed. This channel will be further updated as the project progresses.

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