OPERATION ASTERACEAE

[Order Overwatch]

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⧫ Carthage
⧫ Omicron Epsilon
⧫ 15/05/826
⧫ FROM: COL C. Blair
⧫ SUBJECT: Damage assessment

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Start of report

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The following communication is classified level Sigma, any unauthorized access is punishable under The Order's Toledo Security Act of 804 A.S of the Black Squadron charter.

Following report is for the eyes of The Order Overwatch General Assembly’s eyes.

On the 14th May 826 A.S. at 0013 hour a warship designated as “Shiragiku” had entered Carthage’s security perimeter. As standard procedures pertaining heavily damaged capital ships, four shuttles carrying Order marines and engineers had boarded “Shiragiku” to secure the vessel for emergency mooring. Three tug boats were assigned to dock “Shiragiku” in assigned position when at the same time marines were operating its limited in capacity main engine and maneuvering drives. Mooring procedure was completed with a seal by 0058 hour.

There are no casualties or injured requiring immediate medical attention aboard. Non-essential GC and The Order personnel were evacuated. The Sisterhood, a curious sight to behold on Carthage of all places, were accommodated in right wing, deck 14. Marines detachment secured frontal airlocks, primary elevator, internal hangar and bridge. Due to fact that we do not possess blueprints or even layout of Satsuma-class battleship, damage control teams could not enter beyond aforementioned sections. Instead, we deployed drones to map and investigate other decks for damage and booby traps.

15th May 1200, Wedjat operatives took GC crew for a questioning. GC commanding officers complied fully and entered “Shiragiku” with Damage Control teams at 1500 to assess fully the extend of damage to the vessel’s hull.

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Initial damage assessment

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⧫ Powerplant

Primary energy plant has been breached, engineering and cooling decks had been contaminated by radioactive elements from reactor core 3. Traces of decaying isotopes of U - uranium, Pu- Plutonium, Sr - strontium and Cs - Caesium had been found across entire level too dangerous for unprotected human to enter. In first order, decontamination of entire engine and reactor block has been scheduled as a priority. Fortunately, majority of elements with extreme half life had been vented into the vacuum of space. Reactor 4 and 2 had safely disengaged and are dead cold - resetting is possible. Reactor 1 continues to operate despite partial degradation however provides only fraction of power that a warship will require to enter operational combat status.

⧫ Energy Grid

Energy grid is well preserved despite damage of infrastructure near Reactor Core 3. Capacitors of warships energy-based weapons operate at nominal rate, however recharging is severely hampered by ship’s power plant only providing approximately 18 to 20 percentage of total output at current maximum load.

⧫ Weapon subsystems

Weapon systems are nearly intact. Despite limited power output, entirety of the ship’s primary, secondary and tertiary artillery and turrets are fully operational. It is estimated that providing main reactor will be replaced, the vessel’s offensive armament can be brought to operational status. Those are pre-Nomad war models, dating approximately 750 A.S. during a wave of Kusari’s massive rearmament refit and expansion program in 8th century.

⧫ Structure

Structural integrity of the ship is remarkably in excellent state. Armor plating and main structure have suffered major breach only in close proximity to reactor 3. Catastrophic decompression noted in Engineering. Limited incidents of isolated decompressed sub-sections in deck 25th through 27th.

⧫ Auxilary subsystems

Life support is fully operational after emergency power has been brought online. Databanks and shipboard mainframe appear intact but under a security lockdown. Shield is fairly competent experimental yet outdated system from about 805 A.S. currently offline due to power shortages.

⧫ Drives

Propulsion is limited to approximately 80 percent of impulse. GC crew that operated the vessel prior could not push Satsuma to accelerate any faster. System used is standard fusion engine, propelling H-Fuel in its gas form as means of propulsion. It is in workable condition, however its effectiveness was reduced to balance out minor damage of leftmost exhaust.

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There is one problem, Admiral. Satsuma according to previous intelligence dossier dating 810 A.S. concerning the ship’s defensive and offensive capabilities should be able to accept standard sized dock just like an Osiris. We did not broke the news to GC yet, however we will have to remove two dragon-shaped ornaments embedded into sides of Satsuma… at least for duration of its stay. According to survey of our teams already on site, these ornaments do not house any important or even a tertiary sub-system of importance. They are just extreme extravagance on behalf of the Imperial House of Kusari with no practical application whatsoever.

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End of the report

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Colonel Christopher Blair
The Order Black Fleet

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