[OPEN TRANMISSION] COMM ID: Josef Moreau, Duke of the Gallic Royal Navy LOCATION: Battleship Normandie, Burgundy System TOPIC: TRAINEE TESTING AND PATROL
The Normandie responded to an emergency transmission by an IDF pilot at approximately 20:00 yesterday. He reported a Council capital ship in the Burgundy System.
The Normandie arrived at Planet Nevers shortly afterward, but found only a recent applicant to the War Academy, Godfrey de Blanchefort. He informed me that the enemy fled when another Royal patrol approached. Experienced with such cowardice, I performed a short survey of the surroundings before drifting back towards Dijon Station.
It should be noted that the trainee is disguised in a Sirian vessel to avoid harassment from enemy patrols, but has the correct documentation to be allowed within Royal territory. He is pursuing the purchase of a Gallic ship immediately. He is also rather quiet and inexperienced; I recommend to Milady LaCroix that Comte Mersenne or Comte Blanc oversee his instruction if he is accepted into our ranks one day.
With the threat of the Council battleship over, I ordered the Normadie to dock above Dijon Station for a diagnostic scan. As the crew prepared to carefully maneuver the ship into place, the Normandie caught a glimpse of a Sirian spy. Unable to give chase, I immediately called in additional patrols to begin a hunt.