.:j:. JUNKER CONGRESS MESSAGE DUMP

[Salvager]

****Incoming Transmission****
****To: The Junker Congress****
****From: .:j:.Salvager****
Brothers.
Today is a sad day for the congress.

Today, 3 Phantom ships (2 VHFs and a bomber) raided Sigma 13. After a while of peacefully lurking outside Yanagi, they attacked a Harvester unit inside the Yanagi zone.

Numerous congressmen retaliated, including myself, Rusty.Nail, Rusty.Bolt, Newsun and a couple others.
There were also a number of ships belonging to our so-called 'friends' the Corsairs, Dragons and Raven who, despite their past promises to help us in combat, did nothing.

The Congress fleet outnumbered the Phantoms 2 to 1, consisting of gunships and collectors, yet we still suffered a devastating, total defeat. The Phantom ships, while taking some damage, took no casualties.

This incident further proves my two points that;
- Our own current shiping is inadequate for combat operations, defensive or offensive,
- We cannot always rely on our 'friends' to help defend us, as shown clearly in today's incident.

Thankfully, most of our downed pilots managed to eject and were picked up by a passing CSV convoy. My Collector was totally destroyed by a violent double supernova hit, so I will be out of action until a new ship is assembled and equipped.

****End Transmission****

//My laptop is dying. I've been struck by the Ati2dvag bug which has no official cure. There are a number of common solutions, most of which work for a while but then the problem comes back worse.
Chances are I wont be back until I can get a new laptop thrown together.

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.:j:.Salvager - Junker Congress (Salvage Frigate) := Recipient of the Yanagi Defense Medal
.:j:.Salvager.VHF - Collector
.:j:.Salvager.B - Recycler
.:j:.Salvager.B2 - Waran

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