Breaking the Spirit

[Heresy]

Deciding to stay on planet Cambridge due to the higher paying jobs, Tim did a little reconnaissance of the system before asking the mission commission for work. He visited all of the installations in the system, asked and bribed various pub-goers for information on jump holes, wrecks, and other unofficial landmarks.

Tim also found that a battlegroup, the Bretonian 63rd cavalry and its auxilliary cohorts, the 7th light horse and 109th support and logistics corps were stationed in the system. Despite this, the Corsairs managed to consistently threaten civilian movements throughout the system. The Cambridge line was already in severe disrepair, having accidentally vapourised a republican convoy due to aged wiring.



If such a defence grid couldnt even distinguish friend and foe, it was no wonder that the Corsairs could interdict traffic so regularly.

Even when the Corsairs were forced to go toe to toe with the military might of the Bretonian Armed Forces, it was anybodys guess as to who would be victorious. Sometimes, the BAF would deploy enough to force a Corsair retreat, but equally, the Corsairs would sometimes deploy some light support vessels of its own. Tim even spotted a few Corsair gunboats, and kept his distance while its guns were working on the BAF forces.

This system was much more dangerous than Leeds. The Corsairs were indeed a far cry from mollys and gaians, far more dangerous and with many more pilots at their disposal.

After Tims extensive reconnaissance of the area was completed, he decided to undertake his first assignment.

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