System sweep by VCF Virulence. Brigadier Leclere and I accompanied on escort duty. Patrols have taken us through the Tet ice field before, but this time we discovered an artifact of the recent war. The tactical cameras on the Virulence captured a picture.
A mostly-intact Valor. It's likely been pulled into the gravity well of planet Argeles, which explains why we haven't seen it before on patrols. Cursory scans showed that the on-board reactors are still humming, hence how the lights are still on, but many of the major systems came back unresponsive. No radar, no comms, except for an intermittent squawk from its transponder, where it reports as the former RNS Peremptoire. Our records indicate that this ship was last accounted for around the siege of Toulouse, and has not been seen or heard from since.
Naturally, we detected no signs of life. I suspect some criminal elements in Roussillon have spotted the ship before us, because it appears most of the weapons and external modules have been stripped.
Thus, I request permission from Marechal Laroux to organize a recovery operation for the Peremptoire, so that we may investigate the circumstances surrounding its disappearance, and mend the hull and internal systems to rechristen it under the charge of the Enclave. To begin, we will need:
A Briller-class repair ship.
A transport to act as a crew and supply tender. One of our Taureau-class transports will do nicely.
A small escort complement for its defense en route to Aquitaine.
The plan shall be to restore the ship to a minimum viable state of maneuverability, and escort it back to Aquitaine for more a thorough assessment at Issoudun. As this is an older revision of the Valor, it may require some special fabrication. These are concerns that we can address at a later time, however.
A way a lone a last a loved a long the riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay,
brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.
