SCRA Communications Centre

[Shagohad]

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Comm ID: Lieutenant Angelica Broch
Location: Bethlehem; Pennsylvania
Recipient: SCRA High Command

Hail, Comrades,

Once again, I report another glorious day for the Coalition. This victory comes from Liberty, surprisingly. Recently being assigned to Lieutenant Commander Razin's command, I have been familiarizing myself with the sector and its inhabitants...again. Despite abounding in this Harris disease, capitalist pigs, and cutthroat pirates, this sector may have promise, yet.

I started by entering Pennsylvania through the Texas system in order to investigate the status of the civilians in the system. The patrol only came up with a hapless band of miners in a helium field behind the planet called Erie. They ignored me for the most part as I wandered through, only commenting about how nice they thought my ship looked. Their ignorance of the Coalition lead me to believe that they could be educated...in the manner I saw fit. After a few minutes of telling them about the corruption of capitalism, I began to get the feeling that they didn't care. Their social and financial status were not high, so they found my argument rather odd. Ignorance won the day.

As I was leaving the system, the true message of my words had touched the mind of a small trader only by the name of Luka. This person(Gender was unknown) then followed me about during the rest of my events in Liberty. Despite being soft spoken, this Luka understood everything that I had talked about. It even added in its own input! Perhaps I shall hook up with this Luka again.

New York was my next target. It was the hub of Sirius, making it one of the most insane yet fruitful systems in this whole sector. It abounded with pirates, lawful forces, and even quasi-legal(Refer to Junkers). With Comrade Luka in tow, I explored the trade lanes, in search of anything to scan and/or educate. A Liberty Rogue in a Bactrian was my first audience. He managed to come up with a rebuttal for everything I said, clothing himself in the lies that he had been taught by the Outcasts and the Liberty Rogues. Comrade Luka then alerted me to the presence of cardamine on his vessel. Taking him off guard, I demanded that he drop the cargo and then pay a fine for transporting it. The look on his face was priceless. He dropped the cargo, which I destroyed, and then payed the fine. He then became deranged(Probably because I took his drugs) and began firing on my ship. He was quickly disposed of.

After educating the public about why he was killed, Comrade Luka and I moved on towards a suspected hot-spot. The area around Manhattan became a combat zone and I desired to see it. A clutch of various Outcast, Liberty Rogue, and Lane Hacker combatants were currently arguing with a sizable force of Liberty Navy capital class and fighter class vessels. It seemed that they were angry about something, but of what I could not ascertain. I decided to turn their anger for a new cause. With a speech of grandeur for the people, I began to assault the Liberty Navy with rhetoric and facts; that these pirates were angry that the capitalist system had screwed them out of their jobs, homes, and lives. It worked beautifully. They soon realized what they were angry about: The corrupt system.

All at once, the world around me had lit up. The Liberty Navy and the rag-tag pirate force engaged; Comrade Luka and I watched in awe. The first Liberty Navy battleship showed up. The designation was LNS-Pacific(See scans below). The vessel managed to inflict minor damage on the fighter craft that flipped, twisted, and rolled about it. The only vessels it posed a threat to were two pirate gunships. The fighters managed to hold their own against both lawful capital and fighter class vessels in the fur ball. All seemed lost when a ship by the name of SLICE showed up.

Without warning, the report of a Spyglass had rung out through the system. It couldn't be true. A Spyglass? I didn't even think that those things existed! I checked my scanners and it proved to be somewhat true. The Hellfire Legion battleship Ven'Gyr(See scans below) coasted up; a Ranseur that had been acquired through means unknown by this so-called 'revolutionary' group of terrorists. It immediately opened fire on the LNS-Pacific, tearing it apart before moving on to the SLICE. I was simply awe-struck. Almost all of the Liberty capital ships had been reduced to slag. Yet another capital ship showed up on my scanners. This time a Liberty Carrier known as the LNS-Michigan(See scans below). It was swarmed by the fighters, the Ven'Gyr refusing to attack for unknown reasons. Soon, it was shot down.

Recorded losses in the battle:
TRANSMISSION ERROR.
REUPLOADING FILES.....5%

After the endevour, I acquired a sample of liquid cardamine that RECON squad might be interested in. If so, I will send it back to Zvezdny Gorodok. If not, it will be destroyed. I was forced to land on Pennsylvania due to engine damage that had been inflicted in the fight with the Rogue. Although they are hiding me, the Zoners are more than happy to repair my ship. They just won't let me wander about. I couldn't care in the least. After I finish this report, I am signing off for a very long night of rest.

For the Revolution!

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"THE HULL HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THE SCIENCE IS LEAKING OUT!"