Neo Terran Front secure comms

[Taneru]

Shutting down his Talon's engines, Lieutenant Vayrn Wyard of the Neo-Terran Front sighed, stretching his arms out from hours of sitting at the controls of his fighter. Glancing out the window, he did a quick check around the docking bay he'd been assigned on Barrier Gate, making sure the fee he'd payed to dock was worth it and that he was alone in the bay.

With two of Barrier Gate's three docking ports offline from the Coalition raid, docking space was limited, and there were many who would try anything to ensure they had room to dock. Including attempting to drive those who were already docked off the station. Luckily, there was no one else in the bay, and Vayrn sat back, called up a new comm message, and began writing his report.

***INCOMING TRANSMISSION***

[color=#FFFFFF]Priority: High
Encryption: High
Destination: Executive Commander Enrico Rossini, Boadicea (Junction) Station, Kansas
Source: Lieutenant Vayrn Wyard, SAR Mission(Complete), Barrier Gate, Coronado System
Subject: Mission Report

Sir, I'd like to report the mission was a success. Lieutenant Commander Goodmen's ship was retrieved, and the Lieutenant Commander himself is by now safely back in Bretonian territory. Mission report follows.


I'd been scouring the system's asteroid fields for a good few hours, and had just returned to Reunion to refuel when I picked up the following transmission.

"Good day lads, the system looks mighty fine from this view."
"However, I'm afraid my life support systems are nearly exhausted. Plus it's bloody starting to get colder. All I can give right now is a bloody gun-cam footage of my location, seems that's the only thing working at the moment. Uploading now."

Based on the position of the planets in relation to the star, I managed to narrow down my search to a small corridor of space, and once I resumed my search, it wasn't long before I ran across the Lieutenant Commander's ship. I held position near his ship, dropping off some of my nanobot canisters to help, and sent a tight band transmission to the Countess Lafiel Tarrant, who was still searching. Kithe was also in system, so I wasn't quite sure if the Countess would reach us before Kithe did, but it wasn't long before I picked up the Countess's ship on sensors. Once I was sure they had secured Goodmen's ship, I headed back to Reunion. Transmission log follows:




Upon reaching Reunion, however, I came across an... odd sight. An Outcast Gunship, bearing the callsign of "Crazy", was attempting to sneak into the minefield behind Reunion, but a Council Cruiser, the Liberte, was blocking the entrance. I suspect the Outcast's callsign was a rather accurate description of the pilot's mental state, as he suddenly threw his ship at the Cruiser, firing and ramming into it repeatedly.

I switched my guncam to video mode, and managed to record the gunship in action against the Cruiser. While I was watching, another ship unmoored from Reunion, a Conference-class gunboat belonging to the Zoners, callsign of "NastyKitty". As I knew the Countess and her group had no way to bring Goodmen's ship back with only fighters, I contacted the gunboat, and asked if it could assist.

On a private channel, I informed the Zoner about Goodmen's location, and we set out from Reunion. As we left, I picked up an explosion from the minefield, too small to be the cruiser. I think we can consider that Outcast gone for a while. It wasn't long before we located the Countess and Goodmen's ship again. Two other Bretonian ships had joined them, and they were attempting to slowly move the crippled fighter. With the gunboat there, everything went much more smoothly. Ms. Duke, the pilot of the NastyKitty, locked their tractor beam onto Goodmen's fighter, and towed it back to Reunion. Once there, Goodmen's ship was repaired to the point where it's engines functioned again, and the Bretonians then left for the Taus and Bretonian space proper.

As my mission was complete, I waited for the Bretonians to leave, and then left myself for Tau-29 and the Barrier Pass. Transmission log and guncam footage follows:








Hopefully, sir, this will go a long way in improving our relations with the Bretonians.

End of Report. Lieutenant Wyard out.

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Characters
Alan Markson: The Hellfire Legion's Lord Commander
The Perihelion: Freeport Four's guardian, and yet much more. Missing and assumed Lost with all hands.
Eric Dresmund: Junker, smuggler, thief. Last seen drunk on Beaumont
Vayrn Wyard: IMG Recon pilot turned Neo-Terran Captain. Last location unknown