Gallic Royal Navy Transmission Center (iRP) (FO)

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ID: Margrave Blaise Mersenne, Marshal d'Armee Navalle
ENREGISTREMENT: GRN-3305-81-C
ORIGINE: Gap Station
DESTINATION: Sieges Sociaux
CHIFFRAGE: Securite-S

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This is Margrave Blaise Mersenne, submitting an action report for the 14 of Mai, 743 A.G.S.


Having had the Sylvana sit in dry-dock for close to two months, it was due time that she took flight. Her crew was still as sharp as before, and we wasted little time in embarking. Shortly after clearing the station, I was greeted by her highness, Princess Aurelia DeFrance. Surprisingly, she was without escort; though I do not doubt her highness' prowess in a Serval, it would put my mind at ease to offer her the Sylvana as an escort. She obliged, and we rendezvoused at the Embrun with her personal guard, madamoiselle Lucille Montague. For the time being, all was at ease in His Majesty's Territories.

We had idled our time discussing the latest in royal court proceedings, inspired by the latest communications burst from the Core Worlds. Her highness also saw fit to remind a pilot of the Legionnaires of the proper protocol that is to be expected of warriors in the presence of royalty. Rest assured, he had taken her lessons to heart. Time idled by more, yet the relative peace would eventually be disturbed by an open transmission through Dauphine; though I know not if they were prodding us into action or simply unaware that their comm line was unsecured, pilots of the Societe Militaire Privee announced their presence. We responded, but their conversation bore little relevance to what we were saying. At her highness' command, madamoiselle Montague was dispatched to reconnoiter their position. It did not take too long for her to find them 30 klicks from Briancon Station, and she immediately relayed their position to us.

As we arrived, we found madamoiselle Montague beset by a Maquis patrol wing. The SMP pilots made mention that the patrol may kill her before their contract was completed; their gross obliviousness of a Knight's combat capabilities was only surpassed by their slip in confiding details. With the patrol wing repelled, both her highness and madamoiselle Montague launched a combined attack against the SMP pilots. At Her behest, I maintained a perimeter around the engagement zone to ward off any unwanted rebel attention. The battle itself was relatively short, with both her highness and madamoiselle Montague elegantly subduing the would-be assassins. Listed below is the confirmed kill count from the engagement:

The inter-system sensor network detected no further unusual readings within Dauphine, and our evening was concluded with our return to Gap Station.



Analysis: The Societe Militaire Privee, based on their name and their familiarity with our language and systems, are determined to be of Gallic origin. Where they have traveled to beyond His Majesty's Territories is currently unknown, but their new employ is that of mercenaries. A major tactical error on my behalf, I did not record the sensor data from our scans of their equipment; suffice it to say, each SMP pilot possessed his or her own craft, with a motley arrangement of weapon and defensive systems. This leads us to believe that they acquire their own equipment from a variety of sources, but future scans will need to be conducted to find manufacturing patterns. Though coordinated, the SMP does not currently pose a major security threat to His Majesty's Territories. A point of concern is that some person or group is directly targeting her highness. The Mandalorian Mercenaries, a prior group that entered into Gallia, did not display an overarching goal to their actions. The SMP, on the other hand, was quite clear in their attempt on her highness' life; analyzing archived reports, a similar anathema was seen in various 'Zoner' intrusions into His Majesty's Territory. Though this may be coincidence, further research is deemed necessary.


Conclusion: That the Sirians may be using Gallic expatriates to conduct their underhanded business in His Majesty's Territory is only of slight concern. Regardless of their origin, any attempt to undermine His Will will be met with the unbridled fury of His Majesty's Royal Navy. Still, it would behoove us to gather and archive as much data as possible on the SMP, and whoever their employers may be.


To the best of my abilities, I claim the contents to be truthful and accurate.


By my hand and eye,


Margrave Blaise Mersenne



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