Liberty Navy 46th Fleet - Mission Debrief Report

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Liberty Navy 46th Fleet
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Sender ID: Lt. Lillian Olson

Vessel ID: 46th|LNS-Savannah

Subject: Report - 20/06/829 | Outcast presence in the New York system

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Good evening,

To begin with, I am pleased to inform the Admiralty that the Savannah is once again at full operational capacity after replacement and rewiring of the faulty Engine Four, the last of the damage from our insurgent run and subsequent heavy mortar strike a week ago. While the Archer-class is a venerable design predating even the Nomad war, the age does indeed show. The repairs of the Savannah were somewhat slowed by damage to a variety of circuitry and power conduits that could perhaps be replaced with newer, more durable, more modular components.

This aside, however, we broke off our reserve duty in Vespucci due to a report across the Neural Net from the 46th's newest dreadnought, the Vermont, that a Zoner Nephilim was in the process of breaching the restricted zone in Virginia. We made best speed through Kansas to Texas, however the Zoner briefly threw us off as it appeared originally to head towards Alaska. As we redirected to the New York system to cut it off, it swerved back again to stay within Virginia, costing us valuable interception time as we once again had to set course for the Vespucci jumpgate. Nonetheless, we utilised the trade lanes at the Vermont's suggestion to catch up to the great Zoner capital ship, whereupon we proceeded to provide cruise disruptor support, stopping the Zoner in his tracks. I attempted to hail the ship in an attempt to ensure it knew where it was and what it was doing, however we received only patchy communications in return as it attempted to open up private channels. After this failure, we joined in the precedent already set by the Vermont, and fired a full salvo from our forward gun, rendering the Zoner capital ship inoperable through the combined weight of fire of the Star Lance as well as the Vermont's sledges.

It is regrettable that this was the conclusion reached, and I would have preferred longer to attempt to establish communications, however the fact that the Zoner saw fit to flee as well as made next to no effort to inform us of its intentions made this result inevitable. It was, at least, a chance to test how our newly replaced power core and capacitors held under heavy load, and I am proud to say that Savannah is functioning better than ever.

I will round off my report with one other concerning occurrence. Later, at approximately 19:40 Universal Standard Time, a fleet of cruiser-class and battlecruiser-class vessels in Outcast livery approached Planet Manhattan, engaging with capital vessels held in reserve from the Vespucci front. The outcasts approached with relative secrecy. It is possible that they used a Mk IV Jump Drive to achieve such a feat. The lack of any battleship or dreadnought class vessels suggests to me that this was a force intended to skirmish with our weakened defences in the core of Liberty while otherwise engaged in Vespucci. Working off of this theory, it is my recommendation that we should reshuffle our forces, especially in the wake of the insurgency gradually being whittled down, to hold at least a full battlegroup as a quick response group in the case of any incursion by Outcast or any other forces seeking to capitalise on our apparent "weakness" or even to further reinforce Vespucci should it truly prove necessary. At least with such a battlegroup based out out of Norfolk or, less likely, Juneau, we would be better able to rapidly respond to threats in the core of Liberty far faster than drawing forces directly from Vespucci. I would wholeheartedly volunteer the Savannah and her crew to take part in this assignment, however our deployment is of course ultimately up to you to decide, Admirals.

With respect, Lt. Lillian Olson, signing off.

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Lillian Olson
Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Liberty Navy 46th Fleet

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