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Sierra Ice Field; California System; Republic Of Liberty

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Insurgent battlecruiser INS Roanoke was floating through Sierra Ice Field. It hull looked battered and recently patched, lights were dimmed down to conserve power and also simulate day/night cycle onboard for convenience of its crew. Vessel was sailing with low speed and relived mostly on maneuvering thrusters and vectoring engine flaps to avoid large ice rocks while it shields and hull were more then capable of deflecting smaller ice chunks.

Night cycle meant rest time for primary shift and Captain Belle justified this for training for her newer crewmembers at their station. Off-duty shift was carefully monitoring ensigns at their stations, giving them advices on orders given by bridge. Weapons systems were switched off and running only simulated mode for training purposes. No loud alarms have been sounded and ship was not at general quarters order.

Careful observer could notice strange, however, as all senior officers were on bridge or their stations and tension aboard was palpable - partially because lone battlecruiser was far from friendly territory, but mainly what was about to happen onboard.
Few dozens of Virginia's most trusted men were already carefully positioning themselves around the ship, keepin an eye on most vital systems and components and awaiting the signal, Morreti's men from LFRM led by Grant were doing the same, still memorizing maze which was Roanoke's interior.

"Helm, set course for the new waypoint. Ops, look for friendly contacts - we should've met with our patrol some while ago. No active sweeping - don't want to startle any Rogues' or Hacker's patrols if I don't have to.", Virginia barked her commands as she sat in her chair at the bridge, easing her nerves with her favourite smokes as usual.
Nervously looking Ben Sheffield was standing behind her and was checking all officers around them with his eyes, looking for any signs of potentially suspicious activity. Belle's aide brought her cup of black coffee when sensors started beeping as they detected friendly looking contacts at last.

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