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

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To: BAF DIS
From: Lieutenant Vincent Greene

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Below is a recounting of a patrol conducted within Omega 3 yesterday. I have unfortunately limited recording of the engagement, and as such I have put a request out for additional data to other participants.

Myself, 2 Carriers, 2 Dunkirk, 1 Crecy, 1 CRN Cruiser, a Deimos and several fighters, accompanied by a mercenary "Ahura" in a Super Heavy Fighter, were conducting a probe of the forces in the vicinity of the shipyard, when we were attacked by a plethora of enemy ships, in multiple waves. Unfortunately, with the asteroid belt, the modular base "Falster", and the number of ships, we were forced to abandon our probe, while taking losses and our Capital ships were put out of action, though we did do some damage in return. In general, it was a poor engagement, that being said, I have no doubt in our ability to take the shipyard, due to our overwhelming military advantage in the system, they are just going to cause us some discomfort in the short term.

Firstly, the enemy composition was a curious one. For heavy ships, they had 3 Battlecruisers, one ALG, and two IMG. There also was a Hessian cruiser in the vicinity of the Shipyard, half way through the battle they were joined by 2 Gunboats, 1 Zoner Destroyer and finally a Red Hessian Battleship. Their snubs is where we faced the most issues, they had several fighters, backed up by several bombers, what is of note however, is that at least half of the fighters present were Gallic Royal Intelligence, I counted at least 4, it was a surprise to me that they had completely aligned with IMG, and IMG them, in this resistance. I have a brother who works for IMG, and I know for a fact he would not like to be seen to align with Gallia, I will attempt to pry him from their grasp when I next meet him, if I am given the opportunity.

We engaged their fighter force outside of the field, but were quickly drawn in to range of their heavies, which caused us considerable discomfort. Our Crecy charged in with us, and he found himself disabled quite quickly. Our capital ship support unfortunately could not come into range of the shipyard, and instead positioned itself above the shipyard, out of the field. Our fighters attempted to reach the capital ships, though we lost some in the confusion, most unfortunately. Red 2 in particular, had hit an Asteroid, and had to retire with engine issues, though he was otherwise unharmed. In the interest of our capital ships, we saw fit to target down an IMG Bomber craft, he ran to their base, but our fighters were able to destroy him before they could do anything to us. We then pulled back to the capital ships, but it was at this point the enemy started to gain a numerical advantage. Our CO was suffering from some issues, and found himself destroyed by a mine. One particular pilot from the enemy side was a certain "Vampire", under no circumstances must we engage him without support.

Our capital ships pulled away from the shipyard, and we were then assaulted by the Battlecruisers, it was at this point our CRN cruiser ally was focused down. It must be said however, their Battlecruisers were not a huge issue for our capital ships, it was our dwindling fighter count, and their ever increasing numbers -a Molly even arrived to support the IMG - that was our downfall. At a point, we engaged the RHA Cruiser, as we were under the impression that he had initiated the hostilities, though this is unclear, as the fight had started within near shipyard, and our fighters could not make out if he had shot first. We were joined by a Crayter Deimos, but he was singled out from the formation by several bombers and the two aforementioned Gunboats while we attempted to remove the RHA cruiser. By the time we were able to link up again, all was lost. Now, down to only 1 VHF, 1 bomber and the Mercenary SHF, we focused down both gunboats, and helped the capitals disable one of the enemy BC, and force another to retreat. All was however lost, and we were attacked by the Zoner Destroyer, the remaining enemy bombers and now a Red Hessian Battleship. Our remaining snubs made it out safely, however our capital ships were heavily damaged in the retreat.

List of identified participants;
Allies;
BAF|A-HMS-Stillwater (Bretonia Carrier, disabled)
BAF|HMS-Dover (Bretonia Carrier, disabled)
BAF|HMS-Orion (Dunkirk, disabled)
BRF|HMS-Westminster (Dunkirk, pulled out)
BIS-Saber (Crecy, disabled)
HMS-Pheasant (Pelican, disabled)
CRN|RNV-Oathkeeper (CR Cruiser, disabled)
CRN|Neophytos (CR Deimos, disabled)
BAF|Cdre.David.Reese (Templar, destroyed)
BAF|Red-2 (Templar, survived)
BAF|Lt.Vincent.Greene (Templar, survived)
BAF|Lt.Tom.Hartman (Templar, destroyed)
BAF|Cdr.Eva.Flameheart (Templar, destroyed)
BAF|Ens.Victoria.Miller (Templar, destroyed)
BAF|MN-George,Teeze (Challenger, survived)
[SIS]-Wobbly.Gobblin (unknown ship, survived)
BAF-Samantha.Windsor (Templar, destroyed)
Ahura (Osprey, Bomber configuration, survived)
Drake.Newport (Unknown snub destroyed)
Tania (unknown snub, destroyed)

Foes;
IMG|GPV-Aadarshini (IMG BC, disabled)
IMG|GPV-Biscayne.Bay (IMG BC, damaged but survived)
[ALG]-Erdbeben (IMG BC, heavily damaged)
IMG|Vampire (IMG VHF, survived)
IMG|Aland.Two (IMG VHF, destroyed)
IMG|Tobias.Knight (IMG bomber, destroyed)
IMG|Magnus.Ragnarsson (IMG bomber, destroyed)
[HH]Henderson's.Fist (IMG bomber, survived)
Homing.Pigeon (IMG bomber, survived)
GRI|Adrian.Gustin (Lynx & Cougar, both damaged but survived)
GRI_Force3 (Lynx, survived)
Michel.Touvier (GRI snub, survived)
[ALG]-Taifun (IMG gunboat, disabled)
IMG|Last.Hope (IMG gunboat, disabled)
[ALG]-Beta.A (unknown snub, survived)
Aland.1 (unknown snub, survived)
Golden.Eclipse (Molly Odin, damaged but survived)
CV-Corinth (Fearless Destroyer, survived)
[RHA]RHC-Hessen (Vidar, damaged and retreated)
RHB-Gewittersturm (Jorm, damaged but survived)
John-Bartlett (Arrastra, IMG, survived)


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My own guncam: Images
HMS Dover guncam: Images 2

Vincent Greene
Lieutenant
Bretonian Armed Forces

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