HMS-Ocean

[Asbestos]

Captain's log, 040518

Those rebellious bastards, they are, the Sirius Revolutionary Front rebels! The other day, they act all casually and I was actually enjoying their company in Manchester. But not today...

I suspect yesterday's approach by them was only a devious plot to gain hindsight how the Ocean operates. Today, they used that information they had gathered, to assault Her Majesty's Ship Ocean!

Slandering the Queen and the great House of Bretonia, they spat their idealistic propaganda how all of Sirius was corrupt, that there would be no war between the Houses if it weren't for power hungry politicians. They even dared to say that the diplomatic talks between Bretonia and Kusari was meant to fail before they started, prior to this war! All to blame our corrupt politicians and leaders... No more than propaganda and lies, I told them!

I had a feeling they hadn't come to Manchester just to spread their propaganda, and my gut was right. Once I abolished their slanderous comments, they tried to persuade me to join their cause! Mutiny! The Ocean flying under colours of the Sirius Revolutionary Front! Unimaginable! I have sworn my allegiance to the Queen, to serve her and protect her subjects! I would never side with a rag-tag bunch of rebellious fools, abiding to piracy and murder...

By now, they realized I wasn't going to surrender my ship to their cause. But they wouldn't had brought so many numbers to field, if they really thought I would... Their two bombers and two fighters faced the full might of Her Majesty's Ship Ocean. A Dunkirk class battleship, armed with countless turrets and the thickest of armour!

A fierce battle ensued, their agile fighters drawing the attention of my gunners, while their bombers remained at a distance carefully aiming their Antimatter Cannons. Taking heavy fire by their weapons, I commanded the ship to head for BPA Newgate.

During our flight, our gunners managed to break through their shields several times, but to little help. The wide open space between Sheffield Station and BPA Newgate provided plenty of room for them to manevour. I would have to tighten the battlefield. The southern Sheffield ice field was close by, but we received earlier reports that there were plenty of Mollys lurking in that field, and I didn't want more hostile ships to open fire on the Ocean. The narrow corridor in the Newgate minefield provided us that we needed.

The battle raged on, but now we had the upper hand. The minefield, complemented by a set of platforms, gave the rebels hell! It wasn't long before one of their bombers took devastating hits from one of the platforms, and the ship was turned to scrap metal. Another one, lost flight control and flew straight into the minefield. Their comrades, still alive, realized defeat was inevitable. They rescued the escape pods of their fallen, and broke off their attack. The Ocean was victorious!

I doubt this will be the last we see of them, but at least now I know their true intentions. If they dare enter the system of Manchester, they'll know that the Ocean will be here... ever vigilant.

Captain Talbot Carstairs, signing off.

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