Comm ID: DOS Reporting Terminal
Location: Scrambled
Subject: Report on Undercover Operation "Red Fish"
After keeping a low profile for a few days to erase any suspicion that might have been there, we went for our first undercover operation. We gathered at the rendezvous point, Montpellier Guard Station. It was a wreck, repaired with scrap metal, with the not-fitting parts just sticking out of it. If the Navy were to attack, this station was a very poor last line of defense. We proceeded through the jump hole, on to the much discussed Reunion Station. Like Montpellier, it wasn’t a piece of architectural art, although it was in a slightly better condition.
Our mission for the coming days was to head for Bretonia space, one of the neighboring systems. For that, we had to pass “[color=#FFCCCC]Orkney” to the system designated as “Tau-23”. The Council computers contained some information on it, but it wasn’t very detailed. It said it was a asteroid system, with 3 big parties operating there.
The moment we entered the system, we had a large object on scanners. It appeared to be a Sirian Warship. It belonged to one of the 3 parties, the “Independent Miners Guild” or short,IMG. I included some detailed scans for thorough analysis. It’s probably no match for our Valors, but just to make sure…
The Captain named Bonnie Schuster was very friendly, and very soon after that, another fighter-class vessel (and of course, scans included) affiliated to the IMG entered scanner range. We had a mission to accomplish, so we asked for the quickest route to our destination: Bretonia. Both vessels escorted us to a jump gate, leading to “Tau-31”. From there, only the fighter-class continued. The system appeared to be an active war zone. Heavy military patrols and fights all over the place. This was a perfect opportunity to gather some valuable military intelligence on the warships.
After a smooth trip through the system, we arrived at the “Leeds System”. There wasn’t much information available in the council computers, so we didn’t know what to expect. The first thing I noticed is that system was brown. Ugly dirty brown. Either someone screwed up here, or it was just a weird system. When we arrived at the main planet, “Leeds” (Sirian inspiration?), we were welcomed by a delegation of the local military force, the "Bretonia Armed Forces" or BAF. At first, they were very suspicious, but after some smooth talking, we convinced them that we weren’t the threat.
It seemed we had the luck of meeting the very leader of the military, Fleet Admiral Martin Bridge. We couldn’t get to the subject we wanted to talk about as part of our cover because of a curious crowd of people messing up the radio frequencies. We were invited to the communication channel of the military, and we headed for the Bretonia capital for a meeting without all the traffic passing by. Most of the high ranking people were alerted, and before we knew it, we were in the middle of the military’s attention.
It was a perfect opportunity to gather more intel on Bretonia, so with two of us doing the talking, the other took the liberty of scanning everything around us. (Again, every scan we made is included in the package at the end of this transmission) After a very interesting conversation, the war became the subject of attention. They asked us about the combat capabilities of ‘our’ enemies. We only gave the necessary information about Royal Navy’s fleet power, exalting the Valor warship especially.
Minutes later, the BAF spotted a Kusari Battleship heading to Leeds orbit. The Fleet Admiral mobilized all the pilots back to Leeds. He even asked us to follow the BAF battle group to Leeds in order to analyze Kusari Battleship compared to the Valor Battleship. The intruder was quickly shot down by the defenders, and gave us another opportunity to exalt the Valor. We hope the BAF realize their battleships won’t be able to match ours, so the Royal Navy will be able to strike the first blow.
Once the situation was under control, we moved again back to the capital system. From here, we began to discuss with the Fleet Admiral about sending supplies to Council forces in Gallia. In exchange, the Fleet Admiral proposed us hosting one of his agents in Council’s territory. Again, we got interrupted by a large fleet bearing Corsair IFF. And again, the BAF removed them. Seems they still have resources despite the fact they’re at war.
The BAF Command was not able to come back and continue after that. At the moment, we are staying at their capital planet,“New London”, until we know enough and come up with a new mission plan.
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