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ID: Alarien
To: Supreme Admiral Luciaden and command staff

This is Commander Alarien reporting in at Freeport 9.

Yet again the SF have made an unprovoked attack in Cambridge. The AW were there assisting a trader, making no hostile acts. The Exeter, as we are all familiar with by now, approached and demanded our business in the system. Supreme Commander Korrd gave him it, we were there assisting a trader. He stated that the reasons were not adequate, but hey, what in the past few weeks HAS been adequate for Exeter? We went on minding our own business after answering the Exeter. After a few minutes, the Exeter opened fire on my bomber. I was in a conversation with the transport's captain and took longer than average to respond to the threat.

I engaged my afterburner immediately and was given authorization to return fire. The Exeter went to cruise immediately upon our reaction, and headed for Cambridge. We did not pursue, yet went back to helping the transport. After another few minutes the SNS Payne arrived and called in the Exeter. We sat there, still making no hostile moves, or threats. The SF called in a bomber, Arawn, and the Kerberos. Later on an SF gunboat arrived as well.

Once the Kerberos, Arawn, Exeter, and SNS Payne had all arrived, the SF demanded we leave the system. Having given no reason to be, we refused and they opened fire. However, we were ready for it this time. Major Iconian had come to assist us after the last attack and as they opened fire we had already started moving.

We were given precise firing orders, which worked very effectively. We targeted the Exeter first, and after it had been severely damaged the Captain attempted to save the ship. He got away, and after recharging his shields, returned shortly afterward. We targeted it and quickly stripped the shield, and put enough novas into its side to blow a hole in it. The ship's energy systems overloaded and the ship became a power-less derelict until rescue forces later on recovered it.

After that we had mixed targets of their bomber and the SNS Payne, until an SF gunboat showed up to assist them. We successfully destroyed the Arawn bobmer, and the SNS Payne, along with the Gunboat. We then opened fire on the Kerberos, but not after giving it one last chance to stand down.

The SF requested it to retreat back to Cambridge, and it did so. But not before losing almost half of its hull to our three bombers.

I made the drop to SiN|Tech's Superior, and then we successfully got the trader to Omicron Theta.

Fortunately we lost not pilots in this sortee, and very little damage to repair.

I would like to recommend Major Iconian to be promoted for bravery against a numerically superior enemy, and courages and skillful actions in battle.

Commander Alarien out.

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