User ID: Hugo Gerand Recipient:François Antoine Lallemand Subject: General inspection of Arles .
Bonjour Monsieur Lallemand,
The Arles was inspected yesterday. It took a long time to be done, about 10 hours. I must also warn you beforehand that a member of the inspection team was injured during the operation, fortunately he is fine, apart from an leg in a cast.
On the outside, the hull has several holes, which means that the wreck has no oxygen, but we had foreseen the blow. Inside the wreckage, team made a precise inspection, although the engines are burnt out and the hangar is destroyed with several ship's carcasses inside, the water purification system is completely intact, as well as one of the batteries of the forward cannon. as for finally the control station system, it seems that the systems are operational, but the digital storage is buggered. According to our first estimates... it looks like the salvage of the ship could last about five months!
I would like to thank the captain of the Glorieus Avance and his crew as well as the pilot of the Argonaute for their participation in this operation.