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Comm ID: Daisa Hajime Kitao

Attention: Attempted Fuchu prison break by Consortium and Golden Chrysanthemum combined forces.

Battleship Myoko in Shikoku. It guards our back door and Fuchu prison from any would-be attackers and troublemakers. Yet, because of the war with Bretonia, it has barely one third of its original contingent of fighters and bombers. Less than one quarter of the original patrols are regularly carried out, but still Shikoku is a quiet and peaceful system.

That peace was violently broken by the Consortium and the Golden Chrysanthemums today.

The destroyer Yureigoroshi and her small escort of one Chimeara, Byakuya Kuchiki, were temporarily stationed to patrol the space outside of Fuchu prison. A small increase in general unlawful activity had been observed in Shikoku lately, and taking no chances, we set up a tight patrol path.

We had no idea of the force coming to hit us. Completely taken by surprise, up to seven Consortium and Golden Chrysanthemum vessels assaulted our position in a staggered formation. I cannot provide an exact figure due to the intensity of the firefight, forgive my tardiness.

Byakuya was caught unaware and gunned down very quickly, leaving my vessel as the only defender of Fuchu besides its own automated defence systems. It was an uphill struggle, the Yureigoroshi taking steady fire and being unable to return an adequate barrage of plasma. However, the gunners performed admirably in the face of such stark resistance, their aim rarely faltering. Special mention goes to the gunners of the battlerazor batteries, scoring multiple direct hits on enemy bomber and fighter craft. The engineers also proved why they were suitable for a position as members of the Emperor's guard, coaxing the shield regenerators to life multiple times after sustaining heavy damage.






As a result, the Yureigoroshi managed to hold the perimeter of Fuchu prison, sustaining medium damage and a small rupture in the second engine manifold.

At this point, their combined force managed to summon up yet more ships, a gunboat and a fighter. Despite this though, the gunboat appeared to be fitted out for drilling into thick hull plating rather than deep space combat. It was quickly forced to retreat by the Inferno and Battlerazor batteries of the Yureigoroshi. However, this is very disturbing. The attacking force was organised and focussed, only being forced back by superior experience and a great amount of luck.



This leads me to believe that their objective was a prison break of some kind. However, there are no high value prisoners on Fuchu that we know of. I myself have no idea what their aim was, only that it was an attempted prison break. If the target was not a high value prisoner, then we can only assume that they were intending to free the entire population of the prison. This would have caused a huge upsurge in criminal activity in the entire of Kusari, something that we cannot stand for. I therefore request, Taisho Sulu, that a permanent wing of fighters and bombers be stationed there in the future. We cannot afford to have this prison dismantled by those who would kill us in our sleep.

In conclusion, Fuchu prison was successfully defended today. By a whisker, certainly, but it was defended none-the-less. We cannot afford to let our guard slip in this time of war, and this incident thankfully ended much better than it could have.

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