Bretonian Armed Forces Defense Intelligence Staff (DIS) (iRP) (AO)

[Grin]

A very long fight this was! Perhaps it was a salutory lesson too. Tactically speaking, to give the other fellow a fighting chance by not hitting him with overwhelming force when you have it, is foolish. A skilled evasive pilot, like the Ariel-person, was able to sustain their health long enough to call in support. We then found ourselves in a much bigger fight than expected. Our Bretonian sense of fair play rather caused us a lot of pain.

Personally, I enjoyed this action immensely, even though my ship was targeted early on by concentrated fire and then a mine blew my escape pod out of my ship. It was a timely exercise in exposing our naivety in grouped combat. It must count as a good learning experience. We need to train more in combining firepower to eliminate opposition. My own combat skills were exposed again, but I get a little better every time.

On being rescued, and landed on Cambridge, I managed to get a lift on a trader going to New London. There, I took off in my bomber and vented my frustration on some corsairs by taking a mission from Battleship Suffolk. HMS-Gillingvase appeared and I asked this excellent ship to go to Cambridge and help our outnumbered fighters.

I understand the Coalition forces withdrew, leaving Captain McKenna and Lieutenant Redmond in control of Cambridge space again. Exhausted, but undefeated after a great display of gritty, dogged and skillful combat.

Aubrey Mainwaring

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