Com ID: Kasugai Hatsumi Location: Gas Miner Ogashawa, Sigma-19 Transmitted to: The Gas Miners Guild
Despite popular belief, I am alive. The retreat drew attention away from my escape pod, and I managed to navigate to Planet Elysium, where a GMG drone picked me up.
For those who don't know, Guild Master Katsuo Okazaki, Commander Taro Katsuo, and I entered Omicron Beta to deal as much damage to the Outcasts as we could. It was inspiring... We repelled three waves of Outcasts, and dealt significant damage to a fourth wave of more skilled pilots.
The first wave consisted of a Destroyer, two Sabres, and a Trident gunship. We targeted the destroyer first, using the terrain to our advantage. After it bit the dust, the sabres fled, and we destroyed the gunship.
The second wave consisted of a Hacker gunship, and two Tridents. We made short work of all three.
The third wave consisted of a Trident, two Falcattas, and two Sabres. With a pair of skillfully placed Supernovas, the gunship was taken out quickly. I took out both of the Outcast bombers fairly easily with my Supernova cannon. Another trident (with an identical callsign to one that we had taken out just moments ago) appeared, and opened fire. Taro Katsuo landed a critical hit on his hull, causing a brilliant and satisfying explosion, leaving just two Sabres. One of them fell prey to his own missiles and torpedoes. The other was fairly skilled, and managed to last for too long.
By now, I imagine Alpha was stirring. A fourth wave arrived consisting of a Sabre, a Falcatta, and three Trident gunships. Things were looking grim...
We took out one of the gunships as SP-Ghost (Falcatta) ordered them to retreat. The two Sabres and the Falcatta remained, concentrating their fire on me. I had two opportunities to take out the bomber, but he was saved by his shields once... and I missed the other. My Kaichou sustained significant damage rendering it unpilotable, leaving me no choice but to eject.
Guild Master Okazaki and Commander Katsuo retreated to Omicron-64, with the three attackers in pursuit. They made it to Sigma-60 before the Commander was cruise disrupted by SP-Ghost. I could not believe when I heard SP-Ghost destroyed Katsuo Okazaki ... leaving just Taro Katsuo against the three. Not even he could take on such a challenge... he was also destroyed by SP-Ghost.
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