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Opening report #3 by Commander Daniel Arthur Haynes, dated July 11th, 818 A.S.

That... that was insane. We responded to a distress call citing multiple KNF warships in Leeds high orbit. Vice Admiral Hans aboard the Invictus, myself, and a handful of other officers in Templars and Challengers. When I arrived, I was staring down a Kusari Battleship called the "Kaga" and a pair of escort Chimaeras. I figured we had fair chances, between the bombers and the Invictus. Then scout reports came back, turns out that thing had a pair of Battle Razors, Missiles, Pulses, and Mortars. The Invictus was going to have a hard time, and fighters couldn't chance getting close to it. Nonetheless, we couldn't just ignore a threat so close to Leeds. We moved in to attack.

Things went well, at first. I took charge of fighter targets, directing them at the fighter lacking a "Guard" version of the KNF IFF. The bombers and Invictus started tearing into the Kaga, removing its shields in short order. I directed the BPA Hussar we had to occupy the other KNF fighter, and we seemed to be doing well... and then the problems started. A KNF destroyer, the "Bakumatsu" arrived. Just the one, and I assigned a fighter to keep it from making best use of its agility. Then another arrived, something funny sounding with an "I". That's when stuff got bad.

The Invictus quickly went from holding steady to running for its life. I ordered the fighter wings to focus on the Bakumatsu, hopefully distracting it and giving the Invictus the cover it needed to flee. This was successful... sort of. We started losing people quickly, mostly to razor blasts from the destroyers or sniping rounds from the Kaga. I tried to get our people to break off when their targets neared the Kaga, but we lost too many before we could change our method... I fear that even though I took charge of the situation, I did not do enough for those following me. I fear I am responsible for how many we lost today.

After the Invictus had retreated, we had little chance to do much damage. Still, to avenge those who had fallen, we tried to bring down at least one of them, that the sacrifices made would not be pointless. We failed. One by one, we were cut down by razor fire. I ordered a full retreat, but of those still flying, only I got out. Another was blasted by a razor as he attempted to charge cruise engines, and Blair was too stubborn to leave. After he did not come, I absolved not to lose any more today, even if it meant I was shot down as well. I charged back into the thick of them, trying to give Blair cover... but I did not succeed. We failed, completely and utterly. As I ran for the second time, they told me they were leaving... that they would not take our escape pods, that they needed no further victory.

They did not come here to kill us. Today, they came to show us that they were stronger... that we were frail. And they succeeded.

We have a lot of work to do. I hope that once Vice Admiral Hans starts fixing some of the problems we've been having, we can be strong enough to prevent this from happening again.

Commander Daniel Arthur Haynes, signing off.

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