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

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Message Class: Textual
Encryption: Assam
To: BAF DIS
From: Ensign Elizabeth Hall

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This report is about a battle that took place two days ago in the New London System.

I am sorry that I am starting my second report with an apology as well, because I need to apologize for writing it two days late. The tips of my fingers were singed in the action, but now they are better and typing hurts me less.

Commander Pria Y'berg and Ensign Hamilton Segway were on patrol when they met three Gallic fighters near Southampton. I was at the time available to answer their call for reinforcements. The commander was flying a Hussar, the ensign a Challenger, me a Templar and the Gauls a Lynx each. By the commander's orders, we engaged them. However, both the commander's ship and the ensign's were disabled by their own mines a couple of minutes into the battle and I picked their pods up, but and only I was left fighting. The enemy decided to leave me in a duel against a certain Jules Baudelaire, probably a novice they wanted to train, and use me as target practice. I was able to prevail, although barely. For some reason the enemy let me go, and to honour that, I did not tractor in Baudelaire's pod and instead let his wingmen rescue him. Then I returned to Planet New London. The control board erupted in sparks when my Templar withstood the final and nearly fatal hit, which singed my fingertips. Currently I am technically able to fly, but it would be painful and my performance would be reduced. Commander Y'berg and Ensign Segway are suffering from back pain due to the force of the ejection system, but they are otherwise healthy.

Allied Ships:
1) BAF|Cdr.Pria.Y'berg (Hussar; shot down; pilot rescued)
2) BAF|Ens.Hamilton.Segway (Challenger; shot down; pilot rescued)
3) BAF|Ens.Elizabeth Hall (Templar; heavily damaged)

Enemy Ships:
1) MRG|Eloi.Leclerc (Lynx; operable)
2) MRG|E-S.de.Belmond (Lynx; operable)
3) MRG|Jules.Baudelaire (Lynx; shot down; pilot not captured)
4) MRG|Felix.Dorian (A snub; not scanned; did not engage)
5) GRI_Force3 (A snub; not scanned; did not engage)

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Elizabeth Hall
Ensign
Bretonian Armed Forces

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Message Class: Textual
Encryption: Pranava Mantra
To: BAF DIS
From: Captain John Khatri

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This report is about a battle that took place two days ago in the New London System. It is being reported of so late because gathering the data took time.

The alarms sounded off as an alien fleet entered the system. I took command over the HMS Sovereign and prepared the ship to defend the capital's orbit. Before me were an Ishtar, an infected Obstinate called the Vatan, an infected Donau called the Albtraum and three unscanned snubcraft. I had a Crecy named the Pride to reinforce me. I was also able to gather three fighters, including Ensign Hamilton Segway from the active fleet. As that was all I could get, I ordered the attack and our ships moved forth. The timely arrival of the LNS Utah, an Interdictor, boosted the morale of my forces. The battle proceeded with uncertainty, until the bold sacrifice of the LNS Utah (I hope that it was a sacrifice, and not improper maneuvering), which approached too close to the Ishtar and the Obstinate and made them busy, buying enough time to my ship and the Pride to disable the Albtraum. We then focused on finishing off the Ishtar, which had already been heavily damaged by the Sovereign's and the Utah's fire. The Vatan was providing it minimal support. The Sovereign received damage in the engagement, but prevailed. The Sovereign and the Pride then focused fire on the Vatan. The ship was exuding an odd purple trace since the start of the battle, resembling the ink of an octopus, whose purpose I could not understand until I set the Sovereign's course to chase them. The "ink" hid them partially and it made us more difficult to aim or see whether the ship is fleeing or moving towards to ram. After having dealt them significant damage, I withdrew the Sovereign slightly, just out of the Vatan's range, and left the Pride to pursue them while my radar was scanning the battlecruiser. It had Nomad equipment, including two battlecruiser mortar equivalents and a cloaking device. Other weaponry was Gallic. With the scan complete, I drew the Sovereign in again and dealt the final blow to the Vatan with a Kinetic shell. Our light wing did not fare as well as our capital fleet and only Ensign Segway remained flying. At that moment a very random group of three pirate bombers attacked our fleet for no obvious reason, but they were shot down very quickly and easily. Then I harboured the ensign beneath my ship's turrets and our fleet returned to the capital's orbit. Two Interdictors arrived to reinforce us in the meantime, but as I was receiving no more fighters, I decided to let the enemy's roam free. They were a minimal threat anyways. Then I took the Sovereign to Kensington's drydock for repairs, where she still is.

Allied Ships:
1) BAF|HMS-Sovereign (Dunkirk; damaged)
2) Pride (Crecy; damaged)
3) LNS-Utah (Interdictor; disabled)
4) BAF|Ens.Hamilton.Segway (Templar; operational)
5) John.Snow (A snub; shot down)
6) Cole.Newman (A snub; shot down)

Enemy Ships:
1) K'Hara|Nergal (Ishtar; disabled)
2) Vatan (Obstinate; disabled)
3) Albtraum|Aoi (Donau; disabled)
4) K'Hara|Mat'Rok (A snub; operational)
5) C~Vennamis (A snub; operational)
6) C~Raphael.Azarola (A snub; operational)
7) ZeroGravity (A bomber; shot down)
8) Kondasz (A bomber; shot down)
9) Avanderian (A bomber; shot down)

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जॉन खत्री
Captain
Bretonian Armed Forces

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