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CommID: Sub-Lieutenant Julio Quintillia
Message Source: Thunder Bay Depot - Ontario
Message Target: SCRA Command
CC: Ontario "back door"

Hola mis camaradas revolucionarios!

Today me and comrade Grigory Breznev set course from Zvezdny Gorodok to the Ontario system, at High Command's request. The will of the people shall succeed in throwing off the oppressive heel of their corrupt regime, but it always pays to have a back door out, I suppose. On a somewhat unrelated point, myself and Sub-Lieutenant Breznev seemed to get along fairly well, which just shows the healing properties of the Revolution! Even ex-Corsairs and Rhienlanders will happily work together to further the Red Dawn!

We did indeed find the route out, but it suffers from several... Complications. I'll summarize my findings below. Sub-headings for each system are linked to my map recordings.

[font=System]Ontario: Upon arrival in Ontario, we immediately set about scouting the system's contents. Moving from the St. Lawrence Ice Field to the Huron Ice Field, we discovered a jump hole to the Colorado system in empty space. I mentally set this aside as a potential route, but did not jump through. My assignment did not state that as my primary objective.

Continuing north, we got a visual on a Station in orbit of a small planet. Getting closer we found Thunder Bay (which I used for refueling) and the Libertonian held Fort Severn, which guarded a jump hole to the Alberta system. Moving in close to trial the station's guns, I noticed a multitude of EMP weaponry and standard station weapons. They didn't pose any real threat to our light fighters because they were too slow to hit us, but larger craft of warship size may face slightly larger problems. I noticed that other than the station itself, defences were non-existent, with no weapon platforms and patrols being conducted by the Navy in Defenders.

[font=System]Alberta: Upon jumping into Alberta, I was presented with a LPI Outpost - Red Deer Station. The weaponry was along the same grade of Fort Severn's but in a much smaller number. Proceeding onwards into a nearby asteroid field, we ran across several hostile patrols of Rogues. Following them back to their source, we discovered the Rogue asteroid-base Fort McMurray. That at least explains the LPI presence.

Finding nothing else of use, we left the asteroid field and proceeded to fly towards all the near-by planets for a quick scan. Nothing useful was found, but we picked up readings for the Yukon jump hole in open space near Planet Edmonton. The actual route from the Ontario to the Yukon jump hole would bypass the Rogue installation completely, so that shouldn't pose a problem.

[font=System]Yukon: Yukon is another underdeveloped back-water system. From jumping in a large planet with an orbiting installation is immediately clear. Going in for a closer look, we discovered it was a Zoner Freeport. That could be useful for refueling the fleet, but they didn't seem pleased to see us. Ignoring the Freeport we continued to scour the system until we found a jump hole to the Cassini system. Otherwise, the system was devoid of resources or anything of interest.

[font=System]Cassini: After the relatively quiet time we'd had before... Cassini was a hornet's nest of hostiles and overwhelming firepower. Upon jumping in, we were set upon by three Rogue Destroyers that had circled the hole in a guard position (marked as weapon platforms on the provided maps). There were also several wings of Wolfhouds and other assorted Rogue craft on patrol. After a short while of frenzied evasive flying, we managed to get out of range of the destroyer and lose our pursuers. We decided it would be best if we split up to present a smaller target.

I spotted a station to the system's right, while comrade Breznev spotted a large looking station in an asteroid field. The station I discovered was marked as San Quintin, which possessed simple station weaponry, which seemed to have several blind-spots. This is important, because the jump hole to Galileo was located right next to it, with a guard of another two Rogue Destroyers. At this point comrade Breznev reported that he's located the facility he'd spotted and that is was a massive shipyard. I proceeded to his location to have a look.

Despite the mission technically being completed with the discovery of the jump hole to Galileo, we decided it would be best to scout the rest of the system to ascertain Rogue military capacity. Upon arriving at the shipyard, which was reading as Terre Haute Shipyard, we came under fire from a sixth destroyer, which was guarding the station. We fell back out of it's range, then continued to patrol the field. We were approached by several patrols, some containing gunboat class craft. Our superior Coalition produced ships kept us out of their range though.

After a moment of searching, we spotted a tuely massive asteroid far below us. It might have rivaled the size of Cadiz itself. Our interest piqued, we moved in closer to have a look. On arrival we were fired on by a seventh Rogue Destroyer. It turns out the asteroid was indeed a station, picking up as Attica Station. Believing our job done, it was at this point that we returned to Ontario, back through the route we came. My own and comrade Breznev's light fighters may have made the trip on the merits of their agility, but I have a sinking feeling that anything bigger than a very heavy fighter is going to run into terminal trouble.

That concludes my report. I hope it's contents are of use.

Adios mi comrades!
~Sub Lieutenant Quintillia

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