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[puppytaste]

Christian,

The (\^/)Miranda was also at that battle. It was holding in a defensive position near the Freeport and captured this gun cam footage moments after the fighter wings were destroyed. It at least seems to indicate they were willing to engage with the alien forces, however I must point out that I saw ships from many rival military's, law enforcement agency's and groups such as the Outcasts among others who could not seem to decide to engage each other or the aliens, confusion was abound. This lack of co-ordination between groups that would normally wish to fight each other was a significant factor in our defeat there.

I can say that my ship was in very close proximity to the Buneos Aries and I do not believe I was fired upon. All I can say is our transports continue to have safe passage in their territory.

On a much more positive note, I am very pleased to report the final delivery of construction materials for Kadesh Orbital's Jumpdrive factory.

Which brings me to you Alec,

I am very excited to hear of your proposal. Recently our trade fleet has been scrambling to press any transport ship into service capable of defending itself with little or no escort. This includes the recent retrofit of a Shukensha Class Liner into a freighter capable of hauling H-3 to the recommissioning of a near ancient AS-1300 Transport.

Neither of these ship options are suitable to use as a backbone of any trade fleet and are one offs at best.

I can absolutely see and agree with your choice of the C-5. I specialized in transport combat tactics during my time at the Liberty Naval Academy and I can honestly say that it is near the capabilities of my refitted Renzu produced liner the (\^/)Ganymede for a fraction of the cost. If we can acquire these vessels I am sure that between my expertise and that of our Order allies, we will be able to use these vessels to their full potential.

The choice of the Grizzly is somewhat confusing to me. I keep comparing it to the Renzu Anki and can't really understand why we need it necessarily. Admittedly the Grizzly sports a slightly more robust armament and improved power-core along with more storage for nanobots and shield batteries but the Anki also has its strong points that should not be brushed aside. It does sport slightly better armor and has a hold over twice the size and thus can make better use of available armor upgrades. I am not turning my nose up at it, but perhaps I am unclear as to the specific mission profile you had in mind for it.