Captain Stanley Nelson - Prisoner of War

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PRISONER'S LOG - DAY 3

I have finally left the hold of the Kusari destroyer, though where I am now I cannot be sure. From the brief glimpse of the sun as I was transferred onto a small prison shuttle I would guess from its colour that I am in the New Tokyo System. Eventually I arrived at what appeared to be a significant Kusari military installation, though whether it was planetside or on a space station or even a Battleship I could not tell - I only saw the inside of the docking bay where the shuttle landed. After landing I was separated out from the other prisoners and marched through a maze of white corridors by the Kusari guards, until we reached a large room bustling with KNF staff officers. I had barely a chance to glance at the banks of computer equipment before being pushed into a small office with a Kusari officer. His uniform insignia and medals suggested he was a very senior officer, but he barely spoke with me, instead conversing with my guards in rapid Kusarian.

Only right at the end of the discussion, before I was led outside, did the Officer address me directly. He turned slowly, looked me in the eye, and said "Captain Nelson, I must commend you, ha ha. Not many would take on a Kusari Destroyer single-handedly. But your efforts are futile. Our final victory over Bretonia approaches. In any case, for you the war is over. You belong to us now.......Goodbye Captain. We shall not meet again." He then made a brief remark in Kusarian to one of the soldiers, who seemed to find this amusing and laughed in a slightly disconcerting way.

I was then led swiftly away to a room where I was photographed and gave my fingerprints and DNA. I told them my rank and fleet number, but refused to answer any of their more specific questions about my position in the BAF or past deployments. Strangely they did not seem bothered by my refusal, and did not repeat the questions.

I am spending the night locked in a small yet comfortable room somewhere within the KNF base. I even have my own viewpad, though it is tuned to only show the Kusari State Broadcasts, and with my meagre engineering skills I cannot conceive any other use I could make of it. Watching the broadcasts I noticed a short report which seemed to feature footage of me being led off the prison shuttle - clearly the Kusari were advertising my capture as propaganda to their people. I am not sure quite how I feel about this, after all I am hoping for a rescue and such information may help give my comrades a clue about my location. Nevertheless, the idea of me being a tool of Kusari propaganda is somewhat sickening. At present, however, I cannot see and prospect of imminent return to Bretonia. As the Kusari officer said, I belong to them now, at least for the time being. I only hope that I am able to survive whatever they have planned for me.

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Sir Stanley Nelson




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