Transmission; Start
Identification: Commodore Christina Robinson
Location: New York system, Battleship Durango, Low Manhattan Orbit
Three things today, starting with:
Regarding the overly large melee in the California system;
Today, there was complete chaos in the California system, courtesy of the Liberty Rogues, the Xenos and the Lane Hackers, of which the Hellfire Legion is a subsidiary. I was commanding the Integrity at the time, with Joe McTyre being in a fighter and Vice Admiral Anderson being in a bomber. We also had various other pilots in tow, capital ship captains as well as strike ship pilots, the weight of which eventually forced the result of the battle.
The Integrity was not present from the outset, but I recieved reports of the McDonalds_Company Dreadnought recklessly attacking a threat in California. After the Dreadnought was disabled, the main battle took place...
Of note here, I would like you, Lieutenant Colonel Patterson and Lieutenant Will, to place this Captain and his commission under investigation and possibly ground it until further notice. We've recieved reports of this Captain's questionable behavior, and I myself have had the distinct pleasure of having to explain to him why we do not shoot Rheinlanders for just being born in Rheinland.
As far as I am aware, the Ven'Gyr, a Hellfire Legion Ranseur, attacked my co-cruiser as the Captain was making preparations for the coming battle. By the time he was back in the chair, it was over and core was overloading. The Integrity immediately made a tactical retreat to a safe distance to begin bombardment.
By this time, the Hellfire Legion had also pulled up their thieved battlecruiser, the Last Sunrise, into action in a close support role for the Ven'Gyr. For a small period, the Integrity found herself evading the fire of both the Battlecruiser and Dreadnought, which pacified her forward gun. This soon abated when the Integrity gained range.
However, as we again made to feed plasma into their hulls, we recieved fire from two or so bomber craft, which thankfully drew with them a pair of fighters trying to damage them. This allowed the Integrity to avoid most damage whilst the battlerazor gunners trained their sights on the incomming bombers. They scored one kill, the second being a suicide by dual nova torpedo... One bomber was left, which wasn't good enough to significantly damage the Integrity. Good thing too, as our nanobot store room was all but empty at that point.
We suffered steady casualties throughout the battle, strike fighters and gunboats alike, mostly to the guns of the Ven'Gyr. A silly captain decided that it would be good to go toe to toe with a Ranseur in his Liberty Gunboat, and promptly absorbed a Heavy Mortar shell.
At the end of the main skirmish, the Ven'Gyr was crippled and towed away by the Last Sunrise under fire. Unfortunately however, our strike fighter wing was significantly thinned to prevent the Last Sunrise from escaping, being blocked by their own fighter wing of Sabres, Falchions and a Bayonet or so.
As far as I am aware, the Xenos did not play a major role in the battle, but then, the Integrity was focussed on the capital ships, and I was fairly unconcerned with the enemy strike ships as long as they left us alone.
The Montana under the command of Admiral MacTavish arrived on the scene as the Ven'Gyr was disabled, and played no major part in the battle as far as I am aware.
To all pilots, we salvaged the result of the battle and it was a monumental effort that allowed this. However there was evident negligence and underestimation shown by pilots and captains at the beginning of the battle proper. Make sure not to repeat these mistakes again.
Regarding the Zoners, specifically the Temporary Autonomous Zoners;
Good riddance, I signed that document after hearing about the insults that Admiral Willows and the rest of the Liberty Navy were subjected to by a TAZ vessel. This is in addition to my already distrustful nature of Zoners, after infractions of the Zone 21 minefield as well as assisting the Phantoms, of all people, providing them with nanobots.
The Liberty Navy High Command expects all of you to enforce the following on the TAZ;
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To: Temporary Autonomous Zoners
From: Liberty Navy
Subject: Expulsion Notice
Point ONE: As of now, 00.00 hours, Sirius Main Time, January the sixteenth, all vessels belonging to the Temporary Autonomous Zoners ( [TAZ] ), regardless of ship size, purpose, specific location, designation, cargo, occupation and operational status are to leave Liberty space within twenty-four hours.
Failure to comply will result in the vessels in question being given an additional six-hour period of time during which they may request to be escorted out of Liberty space by present Liberty Navy forces in the area.
Failure to do the above will result with the vessels being impounded and shut down.
Should resistance be encountered, the vessels in question will be destroyed.
Point TWO: From January the seventeenth, 00.00 hours, Sirius Main Time, all vessels belonging to the Temporary Autonomous Zoners are forbidden to enter outer Liberty space.
If a Temporary Autonomous Zoner vessel enters Liberty space from one of the adjacent Borderworlds, said vessel will be warned and ordered to turn around and leave Liberty space once, and then escorted out by forces of the Liberty Navy.
If the vessel does not comply or proves to be hesitant, or in other words, wastes the Liberty Navy's time, a fine, set as high as the highest-ranking officer on the scene sees fit will have to be paid.
Failure to comply will result in the vessel's cargo being confiscated and the vessel being escorted out of Liberty space.
Failure to comply with the above will result in the vessel's immediate destruction.
Should the same vessel be encountered in outer Liberty space once more, a second warning will be given.
After the second warning, the vessel will be treated as hostile and destroyed on sight upon entry of Liberty space.
Point THREE: From January the seventeenth, 00.00 hours, Sirius Main Time, all vessels belonging to the Temporary Autonomous Zoners are strictly forbidden to enter Liberty Core space aswell.
If a Temporary Autonomous Zoner vessel enters Liberty Core space, that is the systems California, Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas, all the vessel's cargo will be confiscated at once.
Additionally, a fine will always have to be paid, once again set as high as the highest-ranking officer on the scene sees fit.
The vessel in question will afterwards be escorted out of Liberty space.
Failure to comply to do so will result in the vessel's immediate destruction and the period of time until the Temporary Autonomous Zoners may apply for re-entry will be extended by three days.
Should the same vessel be encountered in Liberty Core space again, the vessel will be treated as hostile and destroyed on sight upon entry of Liberty space, outer and Core systems, and the period of time will be extended by an additional three days.
There will be no second warning in this scenario.
Point FOUR: Provided the above conditions are met and the period of time is not extended, the Temporary Autonomous Zoners may apply for re-entry into Liberty space from January the twenty-fourth, 00.00 hours, Sirius Main Time. The Temporary Autonomous Zoners are to contact the High Command of the Liberty Navy if they decide on this course of action once the period of time has passed.
Signed, Fleet Admiral David Hale, Liberty Navy Primary Fleet, Secondary Headquarters, Fort Bragg, Planet Manhattan, Admiral Sarah Willows, Liberty Navy Primary Fleet, Battleship Overlord, Planet Manhattan, lower orbit, Commodore Christina Robinson, Liberty Navy Primary Fleet, Battleship Durango, Planet Houston, lower orbit.
Regarding a message that Admiral Willows would like passed on;
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I would like to quickly give my commendations to the three new recruits, Arthur Mark, Micheal Vega and John Newman, for their exemplary performances during today's events. You acted as if you had been in the Liberty Navy for far longer than your recruit rank suggests, with the professionalism and dedication to duty that is expected of all naval officers. Continue this and you will find yourselves fulfilling you full potential as an officer in the Liberty Navy.
I witnessed a certain amount of performance from Micheal Vega today, which did involve a certain set of accidents with mines... however, his dedication is sound and I assume that so are Arthur Mark's and John Newman's. I am glad that you have already recieved a commendation from Admiral Willows, recruits. Fulfill the requirements to be incorporated as a full officer and I expect you will find yourself, as she said, fulfilling your full potential.
