Comm ID: Captain Bill A. Kreagan
To: South Alliance High Command
Subject: Weekly action report, 3.29.817 - 4.04.817
--Begin Report--
It's been quite a week for the Navy, and as I am glad to inform, one that again proves the worth of every officer on duty in the past seven days. Although no strikes were performed, all of the patrol wings that flew in these days saw action and success, some of them even commanded by lower-ranked officers under my command. This is part of a training initiative I developed to provide the entire Mid Command and officers below that rank live experience in strikecraft tactics and leadership skills.
First in order was a patrol assignment:
-Romeo wing, led by Lt. Cmdr. Galen Anderson and joined by Lt. Antonio Backus and Ensigns Alexander Casero and Hank Kapinos.
-Bravo wing, led by myself, with Ensigns Blackburn and Toliman as my wingmates.
Whilst Romeo wing was patrolling the California system, I led Bravo to the Pennsylvania system to confirm reports of a miner opening fire on civilian vessels. We confronted the miner near Erie orbit, in which the pilot repeatedly opened fire on Ensign Blackburn. Since the miner had not responded to most of our hails, I ordered the wing to move on towards New York, but the terrorist nearly managed to disable the Ensign's fighter. Having no choice, I gave clearance to fire and we pursued the vessel until it was destroyed in the northern ice cloud.
Afterward, Lieutenant Anderson was given command of Bravo wing, and we were patrolling the Texas system until we detected a huge vessel with a transponder of Junker origin, which was half-filled with the stench of Cardamine. Upon the request that the pilot dropped the drug load, we were met with live fire, and had no choice but to take him down on Anderson's signal.
The next day, I personally led Papa wing, with Ensign Kapinos as my wingman, to patrol the California and New York systems. Upon returning to New York, we detected an enemy light fighter, Scimitar-class, near Manhattan orbit. The pilot was asked to drop several Navy officers that were being held prisoner in the Outcast's cargo bay and to leave the area. With the refusal to comply, we had no choice but to destroy his vessel. The escape pod's homing beacon was unable to trace, foreshadowing a later encounter with the same criminal.
We were later joined by Lieutenant Commander Malrone, whom I assigned command of Papa wing. We met officer Mantor of the 128th along the way, who aided Kapinos in attempting to destroy the known criminal Spear's fighter. I was ordered by Malrone to patrol the Texas system whilst the skirmish took place, but Ensign Kapinos was no match for the skills of the Xeno. After receiving confirmation through the Ensign's escape pod, I was ordered back to New York and managed to destroy the Eagle before any further damage was done, in a pursuit that ended near Ouray in the Colorado system.
In our most recent patrol, I had command of Tango wing, assisted by the Indiana and the Retribution. The mission was a success. The destruction of a hostile mercenary ship piloted by "Thayne Rich", who is know to be shot on sight, was next in line. This was followed by our second encounter with the Outcast scout Phosphate, whom we managed to neutralize after nearly half an hour of endless shooting.
After completing a solo patrol mission the day before yesterday, I picked up a distress call from a trader near Manhattan orbit and was forced to destroy the aggressor, another Xeno Eagle already known for frequent preying on civilian and commercial craft.
My commendations to all the brave men that flew by my side during the week. It has been a pleasure to defend the interests of our House alongside these officers.
--End of Report--
"It is a cold universe until you know God as your Father, and then it becomes a home. Even the next life simply becomes the Father's house, home."
—David Pawson
