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

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The duty officer manning the transmissions monitoring station at the BAF Defence intelligence Staff looked worried. "Run through the transmission again, I want to be sure of this..."

--Printing Transcript of Transmission--
Time: 15:53
Location: New London System
Picked up by: Southampton Shipyard forward antennae



With a grim face he turned to the monitor showing the last data recording received from the nav computer of Captain Nelson's ship. D.02-3.14. Critical hull damage. None of the scout patrols sent out had been able to locate the Captain's escape pod, and the final transmission sent out on his hand-held emergency communications device made for unpleasant reading. The Officer brought up the display showing the report from Thames Outpost on the ship commanding the Kusari strike force that had attempted to raid New London earlier in the day.



The vessel had been positively identified as the Destroyer, Ai Keiko, accompanied by a fleet of Katana escorts. The solitary BAF officer in his Challanger never stood a chance, why had he not pulled back earlier? Exacerbated, the Duty Officer had little choice but to accept what the evidence before him indicated. That one of the BAF's leading officers was either dead, or in Kusari hands. He could not decide which option he considered to be worst...."Compile a report on this Jenkins, I'm going to have to see the Fleet Admiral..."

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Sir Stanley Nelson




<span style="color:#000066">Charles Canning </span><span style="color:#000066"> Foreign Secretary</span>