To: Marechal Eveline Laroux || From: Ethan Berranger

[Nen]

Planet Bordeaux, Aquitaine System,
25. Fevrier, 743 AGS

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Identité: Ethan Berranger
Destinataire: Maréchal Eveline Laroux
Sujet: Debrief and RNS-Mont. Saint Michel

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First off I take objection to defection, that would imply I ever switched my loyalty to those Counceillards, which I would sooner die than debase myself to something such as that.

As for the actual story of my ship evading capture in Confederate space for so long, the Mont Saint Michel was schedules for outfitting with experimental weaponry around Summer of 742 AGS, if you know of La.Rochelle the plans were to outfit the Michel with similar weapons. I wont bore you with technical details but nevertheless those plans were constantly delayed and then delayed so the ship was simply assigned to security detail in Orleanais until the refit could finally be underway. When Council fleets began rolling in to take over the system, the commander of the defense fleet ordered a retreat back into Il-de-France or the outer reaches of the system if that option was not available. The Nere Cloud was the option I took due to its proximity. The original plan was to wait for Royal Navy forces to push back into Orleans where the Michel could promptly rejoin with the fleet.

Obviously this did not happen with that treacherous cease-fire and the exile of the crown to Aquitaine. Finding oneself suddenly deep in enemy space was not exactly a most thrilling revelation. I believe our only saving grace was the all likelihood that during the retreat to Il-de-France, the Michel was listed as lost in action by Royal Navy personnel and nobody bothered to corroborate the fact with Council forces after the cease-fire, at least that is my theory, I didn’t exactly have the ability to see the naval registers for her status.

In pertaining to the ships survival throughout the months, Epernon served as a decent waypoint for gathering what was needed, trading for anything we looted that was not needed for the maintenance of the ship, didn't exactly need much anyways the ship didn't need to be frontline ready exactly. And ah, “relieving from duty” a few of those with split loyalties lessened the strain on provisions as well. The complete lack of organization from the Council forces until recently was quite the boon and gave quite a lot of leeway in terms of commerce raiding with what fighter craft that we manage to keep operational, though I must admit they have organized scarily fast these past few months and opportunities that would not blow our cover were getting worryingly thin. Estimates had us at about 2 weeks worth of provisions by the time we finally managed to meet up with your forces. I heard chatter about a group of Royal Fighters in Orleans and decided it was worth the risk to see if we could finally rejoin with the rightful rulers of Gallia, none of this Confederate bullshit. Clearly it payed off.

This should be a short summary of the events, if you want a more detailed account or if you want to corroborate my tale, all the logs from the ship's computer should all be available in your terminal. I assure you they have not been tampered with and any investigation regarding such should show no foul play involved.


Ethan Berranger

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