SENDER ID:Lt. Cmdr. Alvarez, D. RECIPIENT ID:Liberty Navy Reporting Center SUBJECT:Incident Report 18.03.836 - Colorado/Galileo
19 MAR 836
Alvarez, skipper of the LNS Fort Wayne, Defiant-class, making my report of a border violation incident by Kusari forces.
At approximately 18:50 SMT, while reinforcing border control stop-and-search efforts at the Colorado-Galileo gate connection, the Fort Wayne's deep scanner array picked up faint transponder signals at maximum effective range. These signals were consistent with those IFF codes utilized by Kusari armed forces.
I sent word of this contact up the wire immediately, to requisition snubcraft support. Notably, there was no word over the Battlegroup net that raised flags of any full invasion force. With that in mind, I set my ship to search-and-destroy as our most pressing concern, given probable illegal incursion by a Kusari reconnaissance unit. As the Alamosa provided the nearest exploitable terrain for any clandestine recon force, Fort Wayne moved off from the border checkpoint to begin a sector-by-sector sweep of the asteroid field.
After about five minutes, at roughly 18:55 SMT, our scanners picked up the same contact, still flashing Kusari idents, at roughly the same distance away as the jump hole to Galileo, located in Sector Delta-3. The abrupt vanishing of this contact from our scanner implied retreat through the jump hole, so Fort Wayne approached and entered a holding pattern nearby. Rather than pursue an unidentified contact beyond the system, I chose to brief our bomber cover Greyhound-1, flown by Captain Sasha Lasky also of the 107.
While getting her up to speed, the contact suddenly reemerged after a clean jump tunnel traversal, and my tactical officer acquired full target lock. It was the IKN Kuzunoha, Ashikaga-class gunboat, transmitting overt KOI transponder codes.
In line with policy announced by Secretary Worthington, we responded to this incursion into Colorado as a clear and willful hostile act. The surrender of the Kuzunoha was demanded immediately, at which point its captain elected to flee to Galileo. We pursued, and interdicted their attempt to flee via cruise disruption within the Reppu dark matter cloud.
After refusing our demand to surrender in colorfully explicit terms, the Kuzunoha opened fire on Greyhound-1, prompting us to engage the gunboat. After a short battle, the Kuzunoha was critically disabled at about 19:07 SMT. Captain Lasky then gave the order to return to the Ohio's formation ASAP to relay our report. All relevant data captured will be appended below. Several ramshackle Rogue gunships attempted to prey on both sides during this engagement, but were swiftly rendered no-factor.
A brief personal assessment:
I do not grasp why the captain of the Kuzunoha chose to return through the jump hole to Colorado, when they must've been aware we were alerted to their presence. Regardless, it is my judgement that the vessel was engaging in armed reconnaissance of our Colorado force distribution. For them to do so, even following the press release from the Liberty government, does not bode well.
My ship'll be in the repair dock for a long while, following severe damage inflicted by pirate forces in Colorado that same day.
This concludes my report. Semper fortis.
Lieutenant Commander Damon Alvarez, Gunboat Fort Wayne Task Force 107, Battlegroup Ohio, Colorado Fleet
[18.03.2026 18:57:39] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: Greyhound-1, this is Alvarez on the Wayne.
[18.03.2026 18:58:01] 107|Greyhound-1: I read you, Alvarez.
[18.03.2026 18:58:05] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: We were performing checkpoint duty when we caught the unknown transponder sig - swore it read overt KOI.
[18.03.2026 18:58:35] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: Brought us into search pattern into the field, and caught it again in this vicinity just before it dropped off scanners.
[18.03.2026 18:58:53] 107|Greyhound-1: Must've been a recon unit. Sneaky bastards, those Kusarians.
[18.03.2026 18:59:10] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: No solid lock on our end, but we figured a probing OP, yes.
[The Ashikaga-class exits the jump tunnel from Galileo to Colorado, directly in front of the TF107 ships.]
[18.03.2026 18:59:11] 107|Greyhound-1: There it is.
[18.03.2026 18:59:21] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: Contact, contact! Helm, close in.
[18.03.2026 18:59:24] 107|Greyhound-1: Kusari warship, cut your engines!
[18.03.2026 18:59:38] 107|Greyhound-1: Disengage the jump sequence at once.
[18.03.2026 18:59:40] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: You are in hostile violation of Liberty space.
[The IKN Kuzunoha retreats to Galileo via the jump hole. TF107 ships pursue and disrupt the Kuzunoha's cruise engines.]
[18.03.2026 19:00:14] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: You have committed a hostile act.
[18.03.2026 19:00:28] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: By decree of the Liberty government, you are to surrender your vessel immediately.
[18.03.2026 19:00:50] IKN-Kuzunoha: No gaijin dog shall tell me to surrender.
[18.03.2026 19:00:57] 107|Greyhound-1: Surrender peacefully or you will be fired upon.
[18.03.2026 19:00:58] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: Fail to comply and your ship will be destroyed. This is your final warning, Kuzunoha.
[18.03.2026 19:01:07] IKN-Kuzunoha: For Kusari!
[18.03.2026 19:01:18] 107|Greyhound-1: Taking fire!
[18.03.2026 19:01:18] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: He's going loud, Greyhound!
[18.03.2026 19:01:28] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: Helm, maneuver to attack!
[Combat is joined between Greyhound-1 and the LNS Fort Wayne versus the IKN Kuzunoha, within the Reppu cloud Sector Delta-6.]
[18.03.2026 19:07:10] 107|Greyhound-1: Target going down! [18.03.2026 19:07:13] IKN-Kuzunoha died to 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne(70%)
[18.03.2026 19:07:13] Assisted by: 107|Greyhound-1(30%)
[18.03.2026 19:07:14] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: She's going up!
[18.03.2026 19:07:27] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: Confirmed, hostile gunboat is out of action.
[TF107 ships pivot to engage harassing amateur Rogue gunships, clearing the AO of all remaining hostiles.]
[18.03.2026 19:11:30] 107|Greyhound-1: Alright, Fort Wayne. Let's pack this up and head back home. Command needs to hear about this.
[18.03.2026 19:11:52] 107|LNS-Fort.Wayne: You don't have to tell us twice, Grey One. We're RTB by way the jump hole.