RCV-CROATOAN Info, Logs, and Gathered Intel

[Calyx]

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The RDV CROATOAN began it's life as the "Big Bertha", a custom built Bustard for a retired Marine looking to explore Sirius space and see what it had to offer. After 15 years of service in this purpose, it was sold to a young woman in Omicron Theta going by the name "RTRN-NULL". The ship was overhauled to function as a makeshift lab and hacking platform by NSE. From here it was renamed to the "Data Breach" and utilized for research and hacking purposes.

Shortly following it's overhaul, it went into service being used by a shadow faction known only as "The Directive" and it's name was once again changed to "Techarus". From here it was utilized for surveillance and data collection to be sold to the highest bidder. After a few months, the Directive disappeared, and the ship once again reverted back to the individual known as RTRN-NULL with a man named Sayne Jadyn functioning as it's XO. From here, it was renamed to it's current name: The RDV-CROATOAN.

It is unclear what "RDV" stands for, but some theories contend that the R stands for "Recon" and the V stands for "Vessel." The D is an unknown abbreviation and it's purpose is kept close to the chest by it's commanders. The carrier has rarely been seen as much of the time it operates under a highly customized cloaking system, allowing it to stay hidden much of the time; fulfilling it's purpose as a "Recon" vessel.

It is unknown who the vessel is operated at the behest of. The ship's IFF and ID appears to be that of "Freelancer", however their goals appear muddled. Intelligence ascertained in the past few months indicate that they may be open for hire to function as a recon vessel in a limited capacity for certain parties as long as they remain out of combat. However, it's been noted that they have an interest in monitoring Nomad activity, which is further lent credibility for their consistent activity within the Omicron and Tau systems.

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The technology onboard the RDV CROATOAN is considered a trademark secret to most of the world. It's design, originally, was to create a device capable of cloaking a ship without the need to refract light around a ship. It's purpose served to remove the IFF of a vessel and scramble certain tracking capabilities of house militaries. Additionally, it was capable of interfacing with networks from great distances and allowing the hacking of said networks for nefarious means. However, after the ships recruitment into The Directive, the ships purpose changed from these tasks to something resembling a platform capable of tracking hostile targets and informing others of their location without the need to be involved in combat.

The modified Bustard Carrier class ship houses just under a dozen different laboratories capable of designing and testing a wide variety of tech capable of many different applications. It's scanners and communication arrays are designed to scan from long distances, detect hostile targets, and if necessary, hack these targets to gain further information for clients or protection.

The cloaking system onboard the vessel, while advanced, is not much more advanced than many versions presently available on the market. However, research into this is ongoing and attempts to maintain the cloak for a longer period of time with less charge are constantly being attempted by those onboard. The current progress on this is unknown, but intelligence believes that it may be capable of remaining cloaked for anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours.

The engines onboard the vessel are capable of achieving standard thrust for a vessel of it's size, however it requires very little fuel and it's engines sport a system classified only as "self-healing". Meaning that any damages made to them appear to repair themselves and maintenance needed is practically nil.

The hull plating onboard appears to be made of an unknown alloy that refracts light at certain angles, making scanning the ship or seeing it via line of sight difficult in certain wavelengths of light. This affords the ship some measure of stealth even when outside of cloak. However, while this allows the vessel to sometimes avoid detection, it is far from foolproof.

The vessel can run mostly on it's own as Bustards are initially configured to do so. However, the RDV CROATOAN is further advanced in this aspect and the ship can essentially run itself with only one or two people needed. While a fully crewed ship will run much more optimally, it is not a requirement of the ship due to it's automated features.

Lastly, due to these advanced technologies onboard the vessel, this required the weapons systems to be completely gutted from the frame of the ship. The RDV CROATOAN runs no weapons and zero offensive capabilities, relying on it's stealth and defensive systems to do the work of keeping the vessel safe. This is why ongoing research into its stealth systems is so important for the longevity of the ships continued existence.

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Name:

Sayne Jadyn

Aliases:

Whiplash, Jadyn

All records on Sayne Jadyn are only current as of 10 years prior. Before that time frame, he didn't exist...at least in our universe. His past is unknown with exception to the very publicized attacks on a group known as the "Freedom Fighters" and the death of a Liberty Senator around that same time period. However, the Freedom Fighters and Jadyn himself fell off from the public eye within a few years, their activities unknown. He possess many implants which further enhance his combat abilities from unknown sources. One of these implants grants him the ability to kill all emotion while dramatically increasing his speed. However, utilizing this implant causes him extreme pain and often causes him to collapse after using it. Much information about him is unknown with the exception of his combat prowess. It was this prowess that garnered him the attention of The Directive during their operations in Sirius. He was brought onboard as an enforcer shortly before they disappeared from Sirius. It was at this time that he was onboard the Techarus that would eventually be renamed to the RDV CROATOAN For a time, he functioned as the ships XO and Security Officer. Recently, in an agreement between RTRN-NULL and Jadyn, resulted in him taking command of the vessel while Null still owns it outright and has final say concerning any encounters the ship is in.

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Name:

Unknown

Aliases:

RTRN-NULL, Null

Only known as RTRN-NULL or simply "Null", the "Commander" of the vessel is far from what you would normally expect of the commander of such an advanced vessel as the RDV CROATOAN. Raised as a Junker, she quickly outgrew the environment she was raised in and went out on her own to explore the cosmos. While she may look young to a discerning eye, she is anything but naïve. Considered an engineering genius from a young age, she quickly branched out into other fields such as computer science and networks. However, her desire to learn more about the universe around her lead her to being forced out of the Junkers for endangering others lives with her reckless experiments. In order to fund her desire for learning new things, she began hacking others and blackmailing them for their resources. She also ran a quite profitable smuggling ring for some time which is rumored to still exist under new management somewhere near Liberty space. She was eventually recruited for The Directive shortly after obtaining her newly minted custom Bustard from NSE. From there she functioned as their hacker and dispatch for all Directive agents throughout Sirius. After the collapse of the Directive, she took her ship and went to ground deep in the Omicrons until such a time that she could ensure that she was safe from whoever or whatever had ended the Directive's existence in Sirius space. Now, she is the Chief Engineer and ad-hoc owner of the RDV CROATOAN, lurking deep in Omicron space always keeping an eye on the goings on there and ever watchful for the threat those systems face to Sirius at large.

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In closing, the RDV CROATOAN is an unknown element in the Edge Worlds. It's appearance is sometimes seen as a herald of attack by enemy parties. However, this isn't always the case. It is the belief that the vessel has consistent contact with Nomad elements in both the Taus and Omicrons and are agents of them.

Despite the ship not having any offensive capabilities, caution is advised approaching the vessel for any means by authorities. A healthy dose of suspicion is advised in all encounters with the vessel.