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[HussarCorsair]

<AFTER-COMBAT ACTION REPORT>

Date: 05.23.YY, 835
Rank & Name: Initiate Roquefort, Jean ("Cajun")
Reporting From: Inverness, Valravn, Public Wing 01, Psychiatric Office
AAR # 001

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For my first assignment since being permitted to fly for Task Force Prometheus, I was to rendezvous with Tectarch Amy West and Bellamy Crowe in the Sierra Asteroid Field in California. We formed up outside the Jump Hole to Ontario, and Crowe briefed us on the way. Each of us flew a superiority fighter fitted for dogfighting, though this would turn out to be a considerable under-preparation on our part.

Our first objective was to rendezvous with some shady character, who went by Sam Enox, in the Magellan system and attempt to recruit him. Our goodwill in our efforts to recruit him would see us dragged all the way out to Omicron Gamma, where he promptly sold an entire Gallic Frigate's hold worth of Capital-grade weapon components. At this point, Crowe decided to end the fruitless and time-consuming recruitment op.

On our return trip, we encountered hostile Nomad warforms engaged in combat with Corsairs and the Order. This was my first time encountering such... lifeforms. After only a cursory skirmish with the Nomads (though we likely saved a Corsair cruiser from destruction), we withdrew. During our withdrawal, we encountered another such alien, one that Crowe seemed to recognize. It "spoke" to us in its own peculiar way. Crowe appeared to be deeply affected by these encounters with the aliens, even concerned with the "speaking one's" safety. Fortunately, no further combat ensued, and we were able to return all the way back to Vespucci in peace.

In Vespucci, we encountered "Nibwaakaawin", as in the very same from last week's general memo from Megiddo. We had a conversation that proved very enlightening for me, in which "Nibwaakaawin" claimed, among other things, that Jump Gate and Trade Lane technology were sourced from Alien vaults. Admittedly, all these revelations in one day made me feel ill, so I traveled to Valravn ahead of West and Crowe to self-report for psychiatric evaluation.

I am pleased to report that I am in good health. Additionally, my ship only sustained damage from the radiation of the hazardous route to the deep Omicrons, so it was quickly repaired and is also mission-ready. Awaiting new orders.

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