Umbral Descent

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radio communications log:
07.25 (July Twenty-Fifth) 829 A.S. (Eight Hundred Twenty Nine After Settlement)

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[25.07.2022 20:52:07] WV-Umbra: Spike: We've got incoming ships.
[25.07.2022 20:52:12] WV-Umbra: Spike: Liberty signatures.
[25.07.2022 20:52:22] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Of course there are Liberty signatures. You should be expecting us.
[25.07.2022 20:52:22] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Hold on. Let me check this.
[25.07.2022 20:52:23] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Eyes on the Umbra.
[25.07.2022 20:52:34] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Steyr: Your coffee, ma'am.
[25.07.2022 20:52:42] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Much appreciated, Steyr. To your post.
[25.07.2022 20:52:47] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Excellent news. We're really glad to see you.
[25.07.2022 20:52:55] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Mhmm.
[25.07.2022 20:53:00] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Why?
[25.07.2022 20:53:23] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Well, that means our outcry was heard. At least, I hope it was.
[25.07.2022 20:53:28] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: All ahead, halt.
[25.07.2022 20:53:39] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Steyr, abaft the Mako, if you would.
[25.07.2022 20:53:46] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Steyr: Aye, ma'am.
[25.07.2022 20:54:12] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: I believe some introductions are in order. Willow Grove actual, care to proceed?
[25.07.2022 20:54:33] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Senior Agent Hornady, Liberty Security Force. Agents Steyr and Lawry, my bridge crew.
[25.07.2022 20:54:49] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Before you ask, yes, three people. No, you don't get to hear why.
[25.07.2022 20:55:21] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Well, if it works for operation capacity, then I suppose that doesn't really matter.
[25.07.2022 20:55:44] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Captain Jeffery Asterius here, with my helmsman Daisaku Kurosawa and Radio Operator, Markus Petersen, alias "Spike".
[25.07.2022 20:55:52] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Cute.
[25.07.2022 20:56:21] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: This is Fleet Admiral Martin Kemp-Smith, Liberty Navy, Fourty-Sixth Fleet. So, we finally meet face-to-face, as it were.
[25.07.2022 20:57:03] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Indeed. It's a pleasure meeting you, sir.
[25.07.2022 20:57:13] WV-Umbra: Jeff: That, and also, a relief.
[25.07.2022 20:57:35] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Likewise, Captain.
[25.07.2022 20:57:51] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: How was your trip from the deep Omicron's?
[25.07.2022 20:58:42] WV-Umbra: Jeff: The short of it - the Umbra was on a lockdown, so we had to, so to say, "steal" it.
[25.07.2022 20:58:50] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Do you intend to keep it?
[25.07.2022 20:59:00] WV-Umbra: Jeff: It was on a lockdown because her owner's sharing fee was processed as "damage compensation".
[25.07.2022 21:00:00] WV-Umbra: Jeff: We would most certainly would like to remaind around it, Agent.
[25.07.2022 21:00:31] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Mhmm. So this is less a request for asylum, and more a request to operate a capital-class warship within Republic space, am I correct?
[25.07.2022 21:01:05] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Both, actually. I don't think the Core will be very fond of us taking this ship.
[25.07.2022 21:01:30] WV-Umbra: Jeff: I was her captain before she was impounded, and there is no way I'm letting some maltese-kissing psychopath command her.
[25.07.2022 21:01:39] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: I couldn't give less of a shit how the Core feels. I care more about foreign assets operating within the Republic.
[25.07.2022 21:01:52] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Because, frankly, an asylum-seeker does not a loyal citizen make.
[25.07.2022 21:02:14] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Well, the only thing that would prove our allegience is time, right?
[25.07.2022 21:02:20] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Hardly.
[25.07.2022 21:02:43] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Were it up to myself and the Directorate, you'd be offloaded on Manhattan, and your ship broken down for spares.
[25.07.2022 21:03:48] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: I'm sure you can appreciate the caution on our end, Captain.
[25.07.2022 21:04:09] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: It's more than Caution. Were it -purely- up to me, I'd have turned you away outright.
[25.07.2022 21:04:10] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Vermont actual, welcome.
[25.07.2022 21:04:10] WV-Umbra: Jeff: I can see where it's coming from, I very well understand the caution.
[25.07.2022 21:04:21] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Hell, I'd act the same way if I was in your shoes.
[25.07.2022 21:04:24] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: -Do- you understand the caution?
[25.07.2022 21:04:31] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Does the name "Jessebelle Fillian" ring a bell?
[25.07.2022 21:04:46] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Alright, we made it. Gunners keep an eye on that Mako. Good day Fleet Admiral, Members of the LSF.
[25.07.2022 21:04:54] WV-Umbra: Jeff: It does, yes. -That- woman is a complete psycho.
[25.07.2022 21:05:06] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: When I think of the Core, that's what I picture.
[25.07.2022 21:05:32] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: A good cop becomes a bad cop when he lets bad cops get away with being bad. You lot let her get away with some, frankly, heinous shit.
[25.07.2022 21:06:06] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Believe me, was I in charge of the Core, I wouldn't let a psycho like her anywhere near Durban. Or Nauru.
[25.07.2022 21:06:23] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: You weren't, but you had a vessel equivalent to hers. Why didn't you kill her?
[25.07.2022 21:06:41] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: You likely could have ended that bloodbath in the Omicrons before it overflowed. Course of our "relationship" with the Core could have been altered.
[25.07.2022 21:07:16] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Fillian is... a specially ranking officer. Laying hand on her would mean laying hand on the rest of the Core.
[25.07.2022 21:07:37] WV-Umbra: Jeff: And she was never alone.
[25.07.2022 21:07:51] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Mhmm. "Was" a specially-ranked officer would be more apt, but I digress.
[25.07.2022 21:08:04] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Why are you running to the Republic, rather than Bretonia, or Kusari, or Rheinland?
[25.07.2022 21:08:12] WV-Umbra: Jeff: I even remember overhearing her and then-guildkeeper Daniels having a CQC.
[25.07.2022 21:08:33] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Either of them would surrender us back to the Core without a second thought, agent.
[25.07.2022 21:08:44] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: And you believe we wouldn't?
[25.07.2022 21:09:23] WV-Umbra: Jeff: We considered them as options, but your history with the Core is complicated.
[25.07.2022 21:09:43] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: An understatement.
[25.07.2022 21:09:49] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Yes, quite.
[25.07.2022 21:09:54] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: How many people do you have aboard, Umbra? Ballpark it.
[25.07.2022 21:10:03] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Thirty Five.
[25.07.2022 21:10:48] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: I see. [She quietly takes a sip from her coffee.] Anchorage, Vermont, what's your play with the boat?
[25.07.2022 21:10:49] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Myself, bridge crew, gunnery, machinery and med bay staff.
[25.07.2022 21:11:09] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: We're going to cycle the entire crew aboard the currently-decompressed sections of the Grove for blood samples and fingerprinting.
[25.07.2022 21:11:15] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: We'll keep it in system and somewhere, ideally, away from the supergate, for now.
[25.07.2022 21:11:54] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Works for me. Umbra, the Security Force intends to build a full profile on your entire crew, as a security  precaution.
[25.07.2022 21:12:13] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Retinal scans, fingerprinting, blood samples, hair samples, among other sundries.
[25.07.2022 21:12:20] WV-Umbra: Jeff: We understand and comply, Agent.
[25.07.2022 21:12:35] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Brilliant. Steyr, pressurize the medical wing and extend docking collars.
[25.07.2022 21:13:04] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Vermont actual, push port-side of the Umbra.
[25.07.2022 21:13:04] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Dai, pressurise the airlock and prepare the docking extension.
[25.07.2022 21:13:10] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Anchorage will take the aft.
[25.07.2022 21:13:16] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Umbra, your crew will board the Grove via docking collar Alpha, and exit via Zeta. The entire process will be  automated.
[25.07.2022 21:13:34] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Don't get nosey, or you'll rapidly find yourself smelling vacuum.
[25.07.2022 21:14:04] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Understood. *to internal comms* All stations, prepare to board the Willow Groove. We're leaving.
[25.07.2022 21:14:24] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Alaska actual, welcome. I want you to the Umbra's starboard side.
[25.07.2022 21:14:42] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Luma, assume control. I order you to cooperate with Liberty Security Force and the Navy as if you would with me.
[25.07.2022 21:14:50] 46th|LNS-Alaska: Dallas: Greetings, Anchorage-actual. Roger that, moving to formation
[25.07.2022 21:14:50] WV-Umbra: Luma: Understood, Captain.
[25.07.2022 21:15:05] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Jesus. Here comes the Navy, picking directions. How about you simply take wing on the ship that's already extending collars?
[25.07.2022 21:15:32] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Umbra, three at a time. Steyr, make contact and repressurize the main corridors, med-suite, and adjoining sections.
[25.07.2022 21:15:34] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: More coordinating the security of the immediate perimeter.
[25.07.2022 21:15:57] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Steyr: Aye, ma'am. Reaching full pressure in ten.
[25.07.2022 21:16:00] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Roger that. First will be myself, my radio operator and our helmsman.
[25.07.2022 21:16:22] WV-Umbra: Luma: Docking extension pressurized. Awaiting input from Willow Grove.
[25.07.2022 21:16:43] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Very well. Steyr, unseal the doors. Umbra, your crew won't be sticking around. In and out.
[25.07.2022 21:17:02] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Through Alpha, follow the directions of the medical droids, then out Zeta and back aboard the Umbra.
[25.07.2022 21:17:20] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Affirmative. Our first party is ready to go.
[25.07.2022 21:17:33] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Off you go. Doors are open.
[25.07.2022 21:17:41] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: The ones you need access to, anyway.
[25.07.2022 21:17:59] WV-Umbra: *Jeff, Dai and Spike moved swiftly through desitnated sections, keeping their eyes straight and to themselves, surrendering any necessary samples and procedures.*
[25.07.2022 21:18:24] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: I need to step into my ready-room for just a moment. Keep cycling your crew, three at a time.
[25.07.2022 21:19:22] WV-Umbra: *Minor complaints could be heard from Spike, as was in his character. The three completed their checks, heading back to the Umbra. The next batch consisting of three mechanics headed in.*
[25.07.2022 21:21:01] WV-Umbra: *Minutes later, after their doing was done, the next batch proceeded. At its tail was a very old man, who looked cautiosly around everything he thought he could lay his eyes on.*
[25.07.2022 21:21:35] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: You, at the tail. Name, place of birth, age.
[25.07.2022 21:22:15] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: XO, scan their ship. I want to know everything.
[25.07.2022 21:22:18] 46th|LNS-Vermont: XO: Aye aye.
[25.07.2022 21:22:27] WV-Umbra: *He froze in shock* Gramps: S-sir! Joseph Miles, sir! Born on Houston, 768 After Settlement!
[25.07.2022 21:23:12] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: I don't like you snooping. Eyes front, through the procedures, and back aboard.
[25.07.2022 21:23:16] WV-Umbra: *the man in the middle, considering stopping for a second, knowing it would bring more trouble, continued in.*
[25.07.2022 21:23:25] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Do we have an understanding, mister Miles?
[25.07.2022 21:23:30] WV-Umbra: Gramps: Yes, sir! Sorry, sir!
[25.07.2022 21:23:33] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Ma'am.
[25.07.2022 21:23:42] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Vermont X-ray, anything substatial worthy of mention?
[25.07.2022 21:24:15] WV-Umbra: *Gramps proceeded in, receiving a pat on the back from one of his mechanics.*
[25.07.2022 21:24:49] WV-Umbra: *Once they were done, a batch of three medical assistants headed in.*
[25.07.2022 21:25:42] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Steyr: Anchorage, only particularly interesting item is the lack of Bretonia-produced main thrusters. Newer model of Mako.
[25.07.2022 21:25:55] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Steyr: Either that, or someone tweaked the exhaust profiles. They're not fluffy.
[25.07.2022 21:25:57] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Everything seems normal so far.
[25.07.2022 21:26:13] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Copy that. Interesting, thank you for relaying.
[25.07.2022 21:26:19] WV-Umbra: *After them was their head medic, gunnery chief officer and gunnery assistant.*
[25.07.2022 21:27:02] WV-Umbra: *Gunnery chief, while huge in size, moved around the sections with a bit of clumsiness, not understanding at first what he had to do.*
[25.07.2022 21:27:39] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Follow the flashy lights on the floor.
[25.07.2022 21:27:54] WV-Umbra: Luma: Umbra is outfitted with relatively recently developed APC-EBS9000 propulsion systems. Bretonian Fusion Drives were discontinued approximately five years ago.
[25.07.2022 21:29:15] WV-Umbra: *After they were done, the remaining crew members of the Umbra continued to surrender their samples, all in parties of three.*
[25.07.2022 21:29:39] WV-Umbra: *Those who passed the proceedures, returned to their posts, awaiting further instructions from their commanding officer.*
[25.07.2022 21:30:07] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: And, that should be everyone, if I'm still capable of basic math. Steyr, the collars, depressurize non-essential areas.
[25.07.2022 21:30:52] WV-Umbra: Jeff: The last two are in. Luma, we're done here, at least for now. Close the docking extension.
[25.07.2022 21:31:00] WV-Umbra: Luma: Understood.
[25.07.2022 21:31:00] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Steyr: Aye, ma'am. Collars are detached, returning to vacuum state.
[25.07.2022 21:31:22] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Lawry, pull us away. Admiral, your turn. We'll be running profiles on the crew for a tick.
[25.07.2022 21:32:13] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Very well. Much obliged.
[25.07.2022 21:32:40] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Captain Asterius, can you give a general sitrep on crew morale, supplies on board and any other provisions.
[25.07.2022 21:33:24] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Sir, crew morale is acceptable. We don't have people climbing the walls and they still remain hopeful.
[25.07.2022 21:33:38] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Our supplies are sufficient for us to last two more weeks.
[25.07.2022 21:34:07] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Other than this ship, we possess one "Requiem"-class Snubcraft.
[25.07.2022 21:34:19] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Docked and secured in our docking bay.
[25.07.2022 21:35:11] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Good, I am glad to hear that. If there anything of immediate need that we could provide to make your temporary stay in Nu a bit more comfortable?
[25.07.2022 21:36:24] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Negative. My crew are a tough bunch, we had missions that included us sitting in the enemy backlines for at least two standard months.
[25.07.2022 21:36:28] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Please excuse me a moment. A priority comm is coming through from HQ.
[25.07.2022 21:36:46] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Vermont actual, mind taking the reigns here, a moment, Captain?
[25.07.2022 21:37:18] WV-Umbra: Jeff: However, we would appreciate extra food, water and oxygen supplies, as well as some fuel, because Midway's gravity is putting our thrusters to test.
[25.07.2022 21:37:32] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Those are going to have to come from the Navy.
[25.07.2022 21:38:11] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: sure Admiral.
[25.07.2022 21:38:50] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Jeff, when did you take command of the Umbra? Originally, not when you began seeking asylum?
[25.07.2022 21:39:51] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Approximately two years ago, ma'am. Shortly after her original captain left for Liberty due to growing tensions.
[25.07.2022 21:40:29] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Apologies for that.
[25.07.2022 21:40:33] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: And who might the original captain be? I have a sneaking suspicion I already know the answer.
[25.07.2022 21:40:39] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Supplies can and will be arranged, Captain.
[25.07.2022 21:40:58] WV-Umbra: Jeff: It's no secret. She's working for LPI now as an Assistant Commissioner.
[25.07.2022 21:41:22] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Her name is Tricia Reyes.
[25.07.2022 21:41:23] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Captain Jeff, what are your plans should Liberty grant you full asylum.
[25.07.2022 21:41:40] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Thought so.
[25.07.2022 21:42:10] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Should we be granted full asylum, we would like to pay forward with this ship's and my crew's combat capabilities.
[25.07.2022 21:42:39] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Who is going to pay for spares and replacement parts? You?
[25.07.2022 21:42:51] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: I very much doubt that the Core, nor APM, are likely to supply them.
[25.07.2022 21:43:05] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: So your expecting to one day serve in the Military with this ship?
[25.07.2022 21:43:16] WV-Umbra: Jeff: You underestimate the paychecks we receive, Senior Agent.
[25.07.2022 21:43:44] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: And you vastly overestimate the combat capabilities of a Mako compared to an Overlord. If the Core, nor APM, are supplying spares, someone else is forced to.
[25.07.2022 21:44:06] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Indeed so, Captain. If we won't be accepted into the military directly, we would like to retain cooperative relationship.
[25.07.2022 21:44:21] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Be that Baltimore, Norfolk, you name it. Extra effort for less reward than simply printing out additional hull  panels for a vessel like the Vermont.
[25.07.2022 21:44:48] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: How do you feel the Republics citizens will feel having a Non Libertonian Capital ship roaming around?
[25.07.2022 21:45:30] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Questionable, at best. Yet we know it's not the first instance. But we would reduce our public presence to a minimum.
[25.07.2022 21:46:04] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Awfully hard to keep the presence of an entire battleship to the "minimum."
[25.07.2022 21:46:38] WV-Umbra: Jeff: It is, indeed.
[25.07.2022 21:46:45] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: If you were granted operational latitude within the Republic, would you have issues engaging in combat with any  group currently causing trouble within the Republic?
[25.07.2022 21:47:12] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Forgive me for being a bit bold here Agent and Admiral, but we tried this before with the now traitorous Amenhotep
[25.07.2022 21:47:27] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Negative, ma'am. As far as I'm concerned, the enemies of Liberty should be the enemies of the Core.
[25.07.2022 21:47:30] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: I do not support another possible defection on our hands.
[25.07.2022 21:47:47] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: A very valid concern, Captain Shepard.
[25.07.2022 21:48:04] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Captain Jeff, we have been in this instance before. We accept someone from the omicrons, give them rank and title.
[25.07.2022 21:48:12] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Vermont, secure comms.
[25.07.2022 21:48:19] 46th|LNS-Vermont: S: They abuse it, take knowledge and for what?
[25.07.2022 21:48:28] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: What assurances can you give us?
[25.07.2022 21:48:48] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Your "word" wont be enough.
[25.07.2022 21:49:00] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Naturally. I propose a failsafe.
[25.07.2022 21:49:21] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Umbra's systems, the vast majority of them, are controlled by an AI.
[25.07.2022 21:49:38] WV-Umbra: Jeff: I would suggest overriding my authority to the vessel.
[25.07.2022 21:50:10] WV-Umbra: Jeff: That way, would I even consider deserting from the Navy, me and my crew would die from lack of oxygen.
[25.07.2022 21:51:10] WV-Umbra: Jeff: The ship's owner has more authority over it than her captain.
[25.07.2022 21:51:10] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: You made this A.I yourself right?
[25.07.2022 21:51:58] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Negative. It's built-in into Umbra, most of the Core ships are outfitted with AI's to reduce crew requirements and improve overall combat capability.
[25.07.2022 21:53:02] WV-Umbra: Jeff: To register someone as a new owner, the previous owner has to agree to it.
[25.07.2022 21:53:40] WV-Umbra: Jeff: In case of possible defection from the Navy, I would have to override Luma. Yet I wouldn't be her owner.
[25.07.2022 21:53:48] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Her owner would be the Navy.
[25.07.2022 21:53:50] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: technology, even A.I has the ability to be overid.
[25.07.2022 21:54:01] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Admiral, what are your thoughts.
[25.07.2022 21:55:10] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Luma has layers upon layers of override protection. We can't simply shut her down, either.
[25.07.2022 21:55:23] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Shutting her down means shutting down our life support.
[25.07.2022 21:56:19] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Or maybe you want to have eyes and ears within the Navy for the Core. To many potential probabilities for disaster.
[25.07.2022 21:56:47] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Were that the case, I'd change my identity and joined the Navy.
[25.07.2022 21:56:55] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: If you want to prove me wrong your going to have to go through great strides.
[25.07.2022 21:57:41] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Showing up in a Core battleship and asking for asylum is a poor way to spy reliably.
[25.07.2022 21:57:57] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: I was just going to say...
[25.07.2022 21:58:00] WV-Umbra: Jeff: As it stands out, LSF already has everything about us.
[25.07.2022 21:58:27] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Mhmm. Miles, you owe back-taxes, by the way. May want to get that one handled.
[25.07.2022 21:58:57] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Gramps? You have to excuse him, he's an old man who barely ever gets out of the machinery.
[25.07.2022 21:59:43] WV-Umbra: Jeff: He practically lives in there.
[25.07.2022 22:00:11] WV-Umbra: Jeff: But to return to your question, Captain. If I wanted to spy on you, I wouldn't be here.
[25.07.2022 22:00:20] WV-Umbra: Jeff: I'd already be a soldier in your fleet.
[25.07.2022 22:00:30] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: I find myself doubting that.
[25.07.2022 22:00:49] WV-Umbra: Jeff: By that, I mean I wouldn't be known as the Core officer.
[25.07.2022 22:01:04] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Or any background that would tie me with the Core, or who I am really.
[25.07.2022 22:01:36] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Wanting asylum and keeping your ship are two different things. Is your desire for it so great you would be willing to give it up?
[25.07.2022 22:02:11] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Our initial desire was to prevent the Core from using it, in general. It remains still.
[25.07.2022 22:02:35] WV-Umbra: Jeff: My main goal is to keep this ship in the right hands. And to ensure that it keeps doing the right thing.
[25.07.2022 22:02:53] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Your right, the Navy's right, our right, and the Police's right can be entirely different.
[25.07.2022 22:03:30] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Indeed. The Core's right might as well be called Liberty's left at this point.
[25.07.2022 22:04:56] WV-Umbra: Jeff: But if I just wanted an asylum, the Umbra would've remained in Alabama's docks.
[25.07.2022 22:05:20] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Why didn't you destroy the ship and then flee? Time-delayed explosives, perhaps.
[25.07.2022 22:05:34] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: You get asylum, the Core gets a busted ship, everyone goes home happy.
[25.07.2022 22:05:53] WV-Umbra: Jeff: I've made a promise to her original owner. And I keep my promises.
[25.07.2022 22:06:06] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Awfully flimsy justification.
[25.07.2022 22:06:31] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: So, you believe, in part, that the Umbra's service record and capability to be of value to Liberty?
[25.07.2022 22:07:13] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Indeed so, sir.
[25.07.2022 22:07:58] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: in the hands of an actual Liberty Captain sure. But you know nothing of our battle tactics or strats. How It took me years to get to where I am and you just want to join up?
[25.07.2022 22:08:33] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: I find this very suspicious.
[25.07.2022 22:08:54] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: I'm going to pretend I didn't just hear the word "strats" over open comms. Jesus. Regardless, man has a point.
[25.07.2022 22:09:06] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Frankly, it took me years, too. I didn't just purchase this ship and go along for a ride, point my crew in "who-knows-where" direction.
[25.07.2022 22:09:48] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Hornady you know I am a woman right? Jesus, I thought the LSF knew everything!
[25.07.2022 22:10:04] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Everyone calls me "sir", it's my turn.
[25.07.2022 22:10:14] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: I guess so.
[25.07.2022 22:10:19] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Back to you Jeff.
[25.07.2022 22:10:21] WV-Umbra: Jeff: But subjective factors aside, me and my crew are willing to pass Liberty's military training.
[25.07.2022 22:10:39] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Training that takes years.
[25.07.2022 22:10:43] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: ...I need to make a call.
[25.07.2022 22:11:16] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Your willing to lose command of your ship for possibly five to ten plus years before the Admiralty gives you a commision?
[25.07.2022 22:11:37] WV-Umbra: Jeff: We've been in training in the Core for years, captain. The only difference is who we're trained against.
[25.07.2022 22:12:02] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Enough with this core retoric. We are not the Core, we are the Liberty Navy.
[25.07.2022 22:12:12] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: We dont operate the same way they do.
[25.07.2022 22:12:32] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: the word "core" is not some magic pass here.
[25.07.2022 22:12:53] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: We are a functioning Navy who the Republic relies on for us to protect them.
[25.07.2022 22:13:24] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Shepard makes a good point. Sure, the Core operate deep in the Omicrons and may well share in some of the values found in a fully functional, House Navy, but they are outright non-comparable.
[25.07.2022 22:14:19] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Neither are the tactics and strategies of the Security Force. We're not the Navy, and we don't fight like the Navy.
[25.07.2022 22:14:43] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: You could make the exact same comparison with our Intrusion Forces and your battlefleets. Different can be better.
[25.07.2022 22:14:57] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: The question becomes: is your brand of "different" usable?
[25.07.2022 22:15:20] WV-Umbra: Jeff: With all due respect, sir, our main training revolves around combating the Nomads and the Order.
[25.07.2022 22:15:35] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Sounds awfully useful to me.
[25.07.2022 22:15:37] WV-Umbra: Jeff: We also know how to handle the brutes like Corsairs.
[25.07.2022 22:16:19] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Some of us also have combat experience outside of the Core.
[25.07.2022 22:16:46] WV-Umbra: Jeff: I personally served in Bretonian Armed Forces reserve, right when the Gauls invaded Leeds.
[25.07.2022 22:17:16] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: In what capacity?
[25.07.2022 22:17:41] WV-Umbra: Jeff: I was a coordinator for strike wings.
[25.07.2022 22:17:55] WV-Umbra: Jeff: And no, I wasn't sitting in some comfy office.
[25.07.2022 22:18:01] WV-Umbra: Jeff: I was there, with them.
[25.07.2022 22:18:20] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Coordinator sounds awfuly like comfy office making calls but I digress.
[25.07.2022 22:19:12] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: This all comes to one important questions. Why should the Republic of Liberty accept your plea for asylum. How do we benefit.
[25.07.2022 22:19:47] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: The matter of asylum isn't our decision to make. That's a civilian matter, barring security issues.
[25.07.2022 22:19:55] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Lucky for you it isn't up to me.
[25.07.2022 22:20:07] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: The politicians back home have the final say.
[25.07.2022 22:20:07] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: The matter of allowing refugees to operate a warship in Republic space, however, -is- up to us.
[25.07.2022 22:20:14] WV-Umbra: Jeff: You gain a ship that is completely combat operational, and you get someone who's willing to arrange and pay for it's repairs.
[25.07.2022 22:20:49] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Your proposition is that we gain an independent vessel, with no ties to our own supply lines, and you gain... What?
[25.07.2022 22:20:53] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Citizenship?
[25.07.2022 22:21:11] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: You keep throwing around "asylum", and that implies we are obliged to protect you.
[25.07.2022 22:21:32] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Citizenship is bare minimum. Ideally, we would be serving Liberty to protect its interests.
[25.07.2022 22:21:47] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: As far as I can tell, you aren't actually seeking asylum. You're seeking our permission to operate your vessel within the borders of the Republic.
[25.07.2022 22:22:51] WV-Umbra: Jeff: For immediate now, what I am seeking is asylum. Serving Liberty is a long-term perspective.
[25.07.2022 22:22:53] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Amenhotep Mk2 It seems.
[25.07.2022 22:23:04] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: This is very dangerous.
[25.07.2022 22:24:05] WV-Umbra: Jeff: We had this discussion already, Captain.
[25.07.2022 22:24:17] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Frankly, the only way I'd be comfortable with this arrangement is if you were operating under the perview of the Security Force.
[25.07.2022 22:24:21] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Directly.
[25.07.2022 22:24:41] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: And this does not mean independent operation. It means Agents aboard your vessel, monitoring your operations.
[25.07.2022 22:24:54] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Naturally.
[25.07.2022 22:25:18] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Not to mention after going through the full term of West Point. Get you and your crew up to scratch with Standard Naval Procedures, protocols, etc.
[25.07.2022 22:25:29] WV-Umbra: Jeff: I am aware what "constant surveillance" means, Senior Agent.
[25.07.2022 22:25:43] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Naturally.
[25.07.2022 22:27:35] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Well Admiral, what are your orders.
[25.07.2022 22:27:35] WV-Umbra: Jeff: And yes, Fleet-Admiral, sir. My crew are ready to pass any necessary re-qualifications.
[25.07.2022 22:28:00] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Ahem. Anchorage, Vermont actuals, we're overdue. I'll leave this matter in your capable hands, for the moment.
[25.07.2022 22:28:00] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Standby, for now, Vermont actual.
[25.07.2022 22:28:21] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Copy, Willow Grove.
[25.07.2022 22:28:40] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: We're not throwing anything violently out of place when it comes to crew records, save for Grandpa owing a few thousand credits in unpaid taxes.
[25.07.2022 22:29:08] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Was there nothing else of concern, Senior Agent?
[25.07.2022 22:29:17] WV-Umbra: Jeff: I'll make sure these taxes will be paid, Senior Agent.
[25.07.2022 22:29:20] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Nothing of concern to me, no.
[25.07.2022 22:29:35] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Outstanding.
[25.07.2022 22:29:55] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: In that case, I see now reason why the Umbra can't moor up with the Oregon Surveyor, for now.
[25.07.2022 22:30:06] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Excellent.
[25.07.2022 22:30:11] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: If you'll excuse us.
[25.07.2022 22:30:15] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: I'm sure a change of scenery would be a welcome to yourself and the crew.
[25.07.2022 22:30:23] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Godspeed, Agent.
[25.07.2022 22:30:33] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Appreciate your help today.
[25.07.2022 22:30:33] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Safe skies, Senior Agent.
[25.07.2022 22:30:38] =LSF=Willow.Grove: Hornady: Any time.
[25.07.2022 22:31:11] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Captain Asterius, I'm sure you are aware of the location of the Supergate, correct?
[25.07.2022 22:31:18] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Even though we've gotten used to Omicrons, a relocation to something that fits the definition of "secure" would be appreciated.
[25.07.2022 22:31:31] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Understandable.
[25.07.2022 22:31:38] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Yes, sir. In fact, we can see it right now.
[25.07.2022 22:32:17] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Excellent. You will remain on board the Surveyor until such time as our Governing body comes to a decision as to what will become of you.
[25.07.2022 22:32:39] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Understood.
[25.07.2022 22:32:50] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: For continued security concerns, I do not wish the Umbra to operate within Liberty at this time.
[25.07.2022 22:33:13] WV-Umbra: Jeff: We understand your concern, and we agree.
[25.07.2022 22:33:43] WV-Umbra: Jeff: I would be suspicious if I were you, too. But that's how it is.
[25.07.2022 22:33:48] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Until we receive word from the Government with regards to your asylum, you will remain off the Umbra, which will be very closely guarded by the Vermont and her crew.
[25.07.2022 22:34:18] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Understood.
[25.07.2022 22:34:22] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Please proceed at best speed, Captain.
[25.07.2022 22:34:37] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: Vermont actual, escort the Umbra to her new location, if you would.
[25.07.2022 22:34:38] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Dai, plot the course to Oregon. We're going cruise.
[25.07.2022 22:34:57] WV-Umbra: Dai: Engaging cruise drivers.
[25.07.2022 22:35:07] 46th|LNS-Anchorage: Kemp-Smith: I have to send a communication through the Oregon's relay, I will catch up with you.
[25.07.2022 22:35:19] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Alright.
[25.07.2022 22:35:58] WV-Umbra: Jeff: I'll notify my men to gather their things.
[25.07.2022 22:36:40] WV-Umbra: Spike: Oregon in sight, cap.
[25.07.2022 22:36:59] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Disengage cruise drives.
[25.07.2022 22:37:05] 46th|LNS-Vermont: Shepard: Moore up and as the Admiral said, wait for the Republics word.
[25.07.2022 22:37:18] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Understood, captain. And thanks.
[25.07.2022 22:37:43] WV-Umbra: Jeff: Oregon, this is the Umbra. We're requesting permission to moor and board, over.
[25.07.2022 22:37:45] 2022-07-25 22:37:45 SMT  Traffic control alert: WV-Umbra has requested to dock

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