PROJECT: SNOW WHITE

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⧫ Alexandria Research Station
⧫ Omicron Epsilon
⧫ 05/14/826
⧫ FROM: DIR Curtana
⧫ SUBJECT: Project SNOW WHITE

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Start of Project Overview

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During Operation RED RIDING HOOD (Wedjat Operation 9982-034), Provisional Battlegroup SAVIOUR was assisted in exfiltration of the TAU-117 System (Otherwise known as "DRAKE") by one Gallic Royal Navy Richelieu-Class Battleship (VALOR design, differs from the Council's REDEMPTION design through the presence of a massive forward gun dubbed WARWOLF) named Eglantine. WEDJAT Archives list the Eglantine as one of three major capital assets deployed in the allied operation called FALLEN GRACE. Due to Nomadic Interference (Considered at this time to be of low threat, due to number of infected present and killed, and continued actions of the Gallic War Machine) FALLEN GRACE failed, ending with the destruction of the Crayter Vanguard Carrier Rubicon in Leeds following a kamikaze attack on the Royal Navy Flagship Chant du Cygne, resulting in its subsequent destruction. Heavy Asset Eglantine was still heavily damaged and low on fuel and power, leading it to hide within the CORTEZ System, deep within the Roatan Ice Cloud, surviving on covert deliveries from sympathizers within Gallia. During Operation RED RIDING HOOD in August of 823 AS, Eglantine used half of its remaining fuel reserves to reach the TAU-117 system and assist Battlegroup SAVIOUR in final evacuations after Nomad Forces threatened to overrun their position. Due to its manner of entry, Eglantine's main gun has been damaged and requires repairs, as well as a restoration of both its hull and inner components, including a complete conversion from an Oil-Based reactor core to either H-Fuel based or, with Overwatch Permission, installing three of the remaining four IRG Power Cells procured by Former Director Ellie Hunter before her disappearance. Furthermore, due to the vast hangar bay of the Richelieu class - which I am told is far smaller than the Charlemagne class - the Eglantine can be used as a long range carrier. While OPERATION: ARMAGEDDON is set to acquiring us a Carrier, the use of the Eglantine would be invaluable. Due to the manner of who carried out its retrieval - Task Force 117, or MAGUS - Eglantine has been given to the command of Colonel Natsumi Hideyoshi of the Fourth Battlegroup. Currently Eglantine is referred to in official communications as Asset STANDARD-BEARER. Currently the STANDARD-BEARER is under heavy refit in deep space using the Dreadnought Berth - Coden-named DAEDALUS BELIAL - left within the Wall of Seth following the completion of all repairs to HORUS-Class Dreadnought Thebes. As the survival and continued existence of STANDARD-BEARER has been classified under SIGMA Level clearance and rumors and information regarding STANDARD-BEARER has been suppressed by the CIS following the success of RED RIDING HOOD.

As of now, repairs to STANDARD-BEARER are at 56% Complete. Hull Integrity is sitting at 87%, Life Support is fully operational, but weapons systems are at 10% efficiency due to multiple overloaded systems and a loss of critical parts we do not have. A new reactor and subsequent power grid is required, as well as repairs to the WARWOLF Forward Gun. Thankfully, Colonel Hideyoshi managed to procure access to Minato Harbor to acquire all necessary parts left by Battlegroup OBLIQUE following the flagship's destruction. Asset OUTREACH has been deployed and is currently taking catalog of all materials left behind due to the OBLIQUE's defection. Fortunately for the power grid upgrades, STANDARD-BEARER had been acting as the de-facto headquarters of the the Royal Navy's former Office of Naval Intelligence, or ONI. At least partial schematics have been retained onboard the Valor, which has thankfully allowed us to work on upgrading the grid to handle the output of three IRG Power Cells. Coupled with tricks learned from IRG during Project TONITRUS, we are certain that OSD can do most of the refitting in-house. Unfortunately repairs have gone slow due to a need to gut some manner of the innards of the vessel, removing unneeded sections that ONI had used in its existence. Due to the need for a Long-Range carrier that can carry more than your standard Osiris, it has been decided to refit STANDARD-BEARER into a pseudo-Charlemagne class, as detailed by Agent MARTYR. As such, further reports and notes will refer to STANDARD-BEARER as a Charlemagne II instead of a Richelieu. In this vein, we are also updating the ONI CIC to Order specifics and adding enhanced carrier assistance software and hardware. MARTYR has been fine with this, though I have reported his obsession with ending Gallia almost on par with our hatred of the Nomads. This could prove both useful and dangerous for the Order, and as such I now will put forth the notion that his XO - one Eclaire "Tonnerre" de Wynter be tapped as permanent Commanding Officer in worst case scenario. Though MARTYR, his twin sister BRADAMANTE, and de Wynter - who has chosen the callsign SUCCUBUS - all maintain a strong love of Gallia, it is my belief that SUCCUBUS has a greater understanding of our mission and objectives following the three's induction into WEDJAT and subsequent training at CITADEL BABYLONIA, under Commander Rika "KID" Hunter. KID has informed both Colonel Hideyoshi and myself of this.

With the three involved in Project: SNOW WHITE, there is one last thing that the Order Science Division is interested in perfecting the Cloaking Device that had been installed on the original C.V Osiris during the First Nomad War (800 - 801 A.S). Unfortunately, with the disappearance of Caspar Orillion and the Fall of Minor, much of the early data on the Osiris Cloaking Device is long gone, and we have only limited scans of the IRG cloaking devices that allow perpetual stealth. This is the main reason the OSD will be installing three of our four remaining IRG Power Cells onto STANDARD-BEARER, in hopes a perpetual cloaking field can be achieved. Due to the size and signature of a VALOR, the ability to perpetually cloak and remain hidden for surveillance and covert operations would be invaluable to our Outer-Omicron activities. It is also the hope that a perpetual Cloaking Device can assist with the exfiltration of Heavy Assets unharmed - the loss of Battleship Canaan harms our operations in its former area, and a replacement Osiris has not been completed by Sicca Shipyards yet. In this vein, equipping STANDARD-BEARER with, as KID would say, an "infinite cloak" would ensure multiple avenues of escape for STANDARD-BEARER, should we save someone who then turns around and shoots us.

With this said, there are seven (7) major Project Objectives that must be completed, which are as follows:

⧫ Complete Power Grid Upgrades - COMPLETE
⧫ Install all three (3) IRG Power Cells - COMPLETE
⧫ Repair WARWOLF Forward Gun - COMPLETE
⧫ Overhaul Weapon Systems with parts from MINATO - COMPLETE
⧫ Overhaul original OSIRIS CLOAK Design - CONCESSION - ATTEMPT ABANDONED
⧫ Refit STANDARD-BEARER to "Charlemagne II" Custom Configuration - COMPLETE
⧫ Upgrade former ONI CIC to Wedjat/Carrier CIC - COMPLETE
⧫ Complete Space Trials and ensure all systems are functional - IN PROGRESS


Seven Dwarves for the Princess.

We have a lot of work to do, if STANDARD-BEARER is to become fully operational in this war. As such, in discussions with the rest of the Science Division, we will begin reaching out to our allies in the hopes of procuring all materials needed to complete the repairs on STANDARD-BEARER and bring her to bear against the Nomad threat. As such, a shortlist of allies has been delivered to Colonel Hideyoshi in hopes that we can get this moving along.

It is a blessing in disguise, the amount of damage that STANDARD-BEARER took during FALLEN GRACE. It has made it far easier to refit it to Charlemagne II configuration than if it was in pristine condition. Always must look for that silver lining, yes?

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End of Project Overview

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Director Curtana
The Order Science Divison

Relevant Links:
From Shadows: FG Retelling w/ Retcones/Rewrites
Shadows Beyond: Eglantine's Return Cameo
Fallen Grace: Original Story Thread, retold in From Shadows
Recovering the needed data from the wreck of Alexandria Research Station

COMPLETE
IN PROGRESS

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