Mission Debrief Liberty Navy 46th Strike Force Security Clearance:GRANTED
Sender ID: Tentative Recruit Lance Pierce
Vessel ID: 46th|Lance.Pierce[TR]
Systems Visited: Kansas
Other Operatives Present: 46th|LNS-Lemon, multiple other allies
Description of report: Battle of Kansas
Recommendations: N/A Up! Get up! Multiple contacts in the Kansas System!
Lance, still dizzy from the previous night of drinking and cheer, stumbles out of his bunk. He shakes his head.
Am I on Battleship Missouri... or uh... no, West Point. That explains the comfortable sleep...
As if an automated process, Lance suddenly finds himself in the cock pit of his fighter. He glances at his engine and system status. All readings show green, He looks to his left and to his right, his fellow squad mates flying in a loose formation toward the Kansas jump hole. Lance grabs his bottle and takes a long swig. The water and electrolyte mixture will kick this hangover before the battle begins.
The squad suddenly disappears into the aura of the jump hole. Their ships shake violantly, not good for a man with a hangover. Lance holds his mouth... fortunately the jump ends before his body has time to reject his drink.
...Contact front! Heading 0100. Squad, focus fire on the bombers!
Lance looks around. Multiple heavy targets on both sides. He will need to try and keep the small craft close to his allied heavies while targeting those pesky bombers!
"Shield failed"
Shit! Multiple contacts have me under fire!
Lance turns and maneuvers his fighter for another run toward his friendly heavies. Hopefully their fire will shake them. Unfortunately, the heavies are overwhelmed by the enemy heavies.
"Hull breach im..."
Another one. I don't know how I'm going to explain this to my commander.
Lance pulls his eject lever. The cockpit pod thrusts off and away from his fighter with an explosion. The thrusters under the cockpit engage which launches the cockpit pod away from the fighter. Lance watches as his fighter rolls, it's wings ripping apart as the enemy fighters shred the remaining husk to scrap. Before the enemy fighters have a chance to turn and tractor Lance's pod, the cruise engine engages and sends Lance back to West Point Military Academy.
Damnit, another fighter lost. Command will NOT be happy with me...
Lance.Pierce
Tentative Recruit Liberty Navy 46th Strike Force
Important: This communication remains the property of the Liberty Navy 46th Strike Force and is classified and encrypted for the eyes of 46th operatives only and is not to be passed on to anyone ouside this organisation.
End of Debrief
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