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Incoming Transmission
Origin: AW Gunboat Denicalus
Destination: Livadia Shipyards - AW Headquarters

We had quite a bit of a laugh today. In attendance was Blazer, Shagohad, Dieter Nantz, and Stratos, as well as the Denicalus. We found four Corsairs had entered the system, and we found them half way between the Gamm jump hole and Corfu station. It was at this point that the apparent leader of their formation, a Corsair Gunboat named Torchwood, yelled out; "AW this station is now property of the Corsairs, stand down now!"

Obviously, we ignored the idiot. We closed and destroyed both gunboats, the Torchwood and the Purus Malum within a minute, and the two fighters fell seconds after. Because of this most obvious hostile act, we made way to Planet Crete. We encountered bare few ships at first, and destroyed them all. The Corsairs started sending new ships in occasionally as we attempted to kill their final fighter. Leaving our three fighters and bomber to destroy the fighter, I engaged and destroyed all three of the gunboats that came after us. During the distraction I was unable to make certain the fighter didn't get to cruise. He got away. Approximately ten killed, one escaped. We had no losses, and only a small amount of damage on Dieter Nantz' bomber which was easily repaired.

Afterwards, apparently unwilling to engage farther, the Corsairs entered into arguments about how we attack them but they never attacked us. Apparently the Asturias' captain wasn't briefed on the early stages of this war, as he claimed many times; We never enter Theta and fight you.

SCRA later came and also entered the discussion. It seemed that the Corsairs finally regretted this war that they started. They have been running extremely low on food, and can't purchase any from Freeport 9 or Freeport XV. We have also been interdicting their pirating which cuts off their main money making activities that they could use to purchase food from elsewhere for more and have it transported.

The SCRA came to Theta after we left Gamma, to discuss terms of cease fire between AW and the four hostile Corsair factions. After being told they must pay war reparations, the SCRA started to rant about food and Corsairs being needy. Apparently trying to get sympathy. I told them the terms were named and the discussion was over. Eventually they left when it became known that I wasn't going to back down. We offered to give the production of an entire biodome from Freeport XV over to use to make food for the Corsairs, but the SCRA and TBH are more concerned with what they get out of this war, than they are about the people they fight for.

Last part of this report. We succeeded in the mission given to us by high command. Due to their countless hostile actions, attacks on Theta, pirating of traders in Theta, we were given the go to bombard a specific location on Planet Crete. The Benitez family villa. By the time we left, the main building of it was a pile of smoke and rubble.

Pictures taken from an undercover recon squad on the planet.

-Lt. General Neratin

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