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

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Report to the Admiralty Board,
Admiral Whittlington, New London Planetary Fleet,
onboard HMS Pendragon
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Gentlemen, I must report that the threat from the Corsairs appears to have grown considerably stronger in recent days. The new danger appears to come not from the recognised corsair bodies such as the Benitez or our old enemies in the Omega Pirates Guild, but from a new and shadowy organisation.

The ships behind a number of recent attacks have been identified as members of a loosely-affiliated group consisting entirely of Corsair Gunboats. They have no immediately discernable comm signature, though all of the affiliated ships appear to use at least the same format of comm signature, of the style "Name|Name"

Those sighted so far include:
VeST|Lithning-17
HP|Hammer
Vilkas|Pasiutlige
M26|DeToXiCaToR
Darius|scorp
Karolis|Watercooled
Karolis|Rockstar who appears to be their leader or at least most commonly sighted vessel.

As they are all in gunboats, any concentration of these ships together is naturally extremely dangerous, made doubly so by their tendency to focus on Bretonian official targets at our weakest points. Today whilst on a routine supply mission to Omega 49, the BPA Prison Liner BPT)Executioner encountered 3 of these vessels occupying the orbit around Gran Canaria, extortioning money from all passing traders. The Executioner attempted to retreat through Poole, where a BAF Fleet moved to protect it, but the corsair gunboats pursued even into this guard system and promptly casued much devastation to Bretonian forces.

Later, this evening, I myself encountered now 5 of them, in New London itself. They were spotted hiding on Trafalgar, but declined to attack whilst a fleet of Rhienland Mercenaries was around. Naturally a fleet of 5 gunboats posed a significant threat, so I depoloyed the Pendragon at Southampton to monitor them. Finally the Rhienlanders lost patience and left, at which point the Corsairs suddenly attacked Southampton with surprising ferocity. The 2 BAF fighters were swept aside, and the Pendragon succumbed to intense fire which utterly disabled her. A Mandalorian and BMM escort bravely offered assistance, but they too were ovverun by sheer firepower, leaving our capital system at their mercy. The Pendragon is currently in Southampton for repairs.

Clearly, gentlemen, these tactics of sudden, concentrated attacks with heavy firepower where our defences are weakest are a new development for the usually bird-brained corsairs, and as such I consider these new enemies to pose a significant threat. My Lords, I suggest an increase in bomber patrols and the re-fitting of some of our capital ships in order to better counter these aggressive barbarians.

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Sir Stanley Nelson




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