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New Ship Commissioned: AWC-Sigtryggr.

The captured Liberty Cruiser, Sigtryggr has been repaired after the damage it suffered in our scouting mission months passed. We tested the ships durability and engines on a trip through Alaska and out to Magellan, where it will be put to use aiding our allies against the SA and LSF.

Battle Report

The Sigtryggr had arrived in Alaska when we received knowledge about a large SA and LSF force in California from our allies in HF. We sped up, reaching the Magellan Jump Gate under a minute after the LSF/SA force had used it to enter Magellan. We jumped in to find roughly five fighters engaging our forces. We began firing on the fighters immediately, keeping them busy while the Harbinger fell back to Freeport 4 where it wouldn't be restricted by asteroids. I took command of the group, and had everyone else follow the Harbinger to keep our force in one group so we couldn't be picked apart. We were left with just my ship, and an HF gunboat. The Mentu or Smash I believe. I had him begin to fall back as well when the Ultimate Warrior jumped into the system to aid us. He aided me in harassing the fighters until the HF was regrouped with the rest of the group. The Ultimate Warrior and I began to fall back ourselves, when a Rheinland Cruiser named Malk jumped in. Mercenary-aligned, I do not know how it got the Cruiser from the Rheinland Military, but it was obviously not working for us.
It opened fire on the Ultimate Warrior, pounding it. The Ultimate Warrior was crippled, and almost destroyed. We fell upon the Malk with a vengeance, finally testing our finely turned forward cannon against it. We got its attention turned away from the Warrior, and dropped its hull in seconds. It appears it did not have any armor beyond what a newely-built cruiser has. As soon as its shield dropped we took its hull down to a third remaining, even after the cruiser used up all of its repair bots. It used some energy-storing batteries to recharge its shield, but that only delayed the inevitable. We dropped in quickly, and fired the last shot from our forward gun, causing the ship to explode.
Before we could be grateful, the Malinka a Rheinland Battleship came in. I'm disturbed by how easily people are gaining access to the Rheinland Military's ships, but thats a discussion for another time. It began pummeling the already-damaged Ultimate Warrior, finally disabling it before we could bring the Malinka's shield down. Seeing no way of being able to destroy a battleship and five fighters ourselves, we made our way to Freeport 4 where the HF had finally finished setting up a defensive position. We positioned ourselves within it as well, near the battleship Harbinger.
An SA gunboat, the Washington came into range via the trade lane. I warned that it might be a distraction, and that everyone watch their scanners to see if any other hostiles begin closing distance as well. The gunboat was almost destroyed when the LSF fighters arrived. Our shield began to fail, but shortly afterwards the Kana Keiko appeared, destroying the crippled gunboat, as well as two LSF fighters with a volley of flak. Now, the rest of our gunboats massacred the remaining fighters, one falling to the Harbinger.
The LSF force was left with nothing but the Malinka, who did not get closer than six kilometers. The recently-arrived NovaPG, Starscream, as well as one of the HF gunboats and myself hunted down the Rheinland Battleship. We caused it considerable damage, but it fled into cruise. We following it until the asteroids forced the captain to turn the cruise engines off. Our gunboat was finally able to keep it disrupted long enough for us to whittle away at Malinka's hull long enough for the Malinka to lose its repair bots, shield energy batteries, and the stock hull down to 50%. Once again it fled, finding open space. It made way to Freeport 4 where it cowardly docked.

The LSF and SA now finally understand we are in this war, as if Major Nantz' bomber raids had not been sufficient evidence. We are now joined under a group commanded by Admiral Soren on board the Chimaera, with Major Nantz in his bomber, and Aurelia Silvan in her new fighter.

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