Good day, Comrades! I've just returned from a trip to Bretonia. I started with a routine patrol of Omega-3 and Omega-7, which came up clean. Little activity of any kind there today. Instead of returning home, though, I plotted a course into Bretonia. When I arrived in Leeds, we flew off the orbital plane to avoid an unwanted engagement and transmitted some propaganda into system comms. I encouraged the working people of Leeds to rise up against their oppressors in both Bretonia and Kusari. With any luck, that seed will flower into the liberation of the people of Leeds.
After that, I managed to slip into the Newcastle system unnoticed and proceeded to scan the BAF's military assets in the system. Known publically is the HMS Ark Royal. It is a Victoria-class Battleship whose armaments appear to be standard for the class. It was standing guard over what appears to be an incomplete base or a storage depot of some sort.
From there, I set a course towards Scarborough shipyard. It is operated by Border World Exports, and appears to serve primarily as a producer of commercial vessels with military production as a secondary function. As I flew towards the shipyard, though, I noticed a strange object in the distance. The Saratov's computer flatly refused to identify it. Curious as to what it was, I set a course towards it immediately. The following images were taken during the approach.
Attached to the large structure was a station named the Sunderland Research Station. Even with the Saratov's most powerful scanners, I was unable to get any sort of detailed scans of the interior. Whatever the BAF is working on here, they don't want anyone else to know about. Standing guard over the facility was the HMS Grimsby, another standard Victoria-class Battleship.
The structure itself is the strangest thing I've ever seen. It's clearly artificial, though it looks to my eye almost like a mountain floating in space. It is surrounded by a powerful shield of unknown type, though it appeared to be fed by a series of external generators. One of the satellite structures had an orb of some sort attached to it. My scans indicated that it might have been a power generator, though again, I really don't know. Copies of my full scan logs are attached to this report. Hopefully the eggheads out at Mykolaiv will be able to make more sense of it than I can.
I also captured a couple patrols from the Grimsby, eight pilots in total. Knowing military secrecy, I doubt they'll know much, but with any luck, perhaps one or more of them has heard or seen something they weren't meant to.
I certify this report to be accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge.
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