Liberty Forces Message dump

[Dashiell]

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Comm id: Virgil Redline, captain of the Fires Of Liberation

Message begins:

Captain Redline here.

Well, as mr Patterson already stated, there was an attack on Norfolk just half an hour ago. a massive attack.

the attacking Hacker force, combined with outcasts consisted of some bombers, a lot of fighters and several gunboats. to top it off they brought a Spyglass

The LPI was on site, but severly outgunned. later some navy arrived. My Siege Cruiser was the primary target for the Spyglass so I moved around and took a defense position underneath the Missouri. from there I ordered a full bombardment on the Spyglass. My cruiser simply doesn`t have enoug firepower to deal with a battlsehip of that magnitude.

1 by 1 more Navy ships arrived, even some cruisers, but they were all destroyed, as they came too close.

an IMG cruiser, the Dolomite eventually entered the fight, after being asked to do so.

I can`t give a detailed report: it was complete chaos. utter pandamonium. I have no idea how many ships were in the fight, but it was a substantional number. eventually, the Spyglass went down in flames after being bombarded for a length of time. The Dolomite also went down.

the Fires Of Liberation was slightly damaged after the spyglass was destroyed. then all the enemy gunboats foccussed their fire on my ship. seeing as she was already damaged, and the siege cannon was fried, again, I ordered a priority retreat.

the hull was buckling and we had major hull breaches, but we made it into Norfolk in 1 piece after an emergency dock.

I have some on board footage here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2d21T4R8oQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOHidJ4Gr1o

please note that this isn`t the whole fight. the camera was knocked out several times.

current status of the Fires Of Liberation

- 3 major hull breaches
- Siege Cannon fried due to overheating (overuse)
- thruster destroyed
- 3 crew members KIA. I`d like to write their folks personally, if that`s ok.
- 20 wounded, 5 seriously
- 3 turrets damaged beyond repair
- engine damaged, repairs underway.

she now lies in drydock. I will await further orders.

oh, as a last note: during this onslaught, I noticed there was practically no chain of command. everyone seeemd to be doing their own thing. I`d like to see a superior officer take charge next time.

Virgil Redline out.

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