::Incoming Transmission::
::ID: Lieutenant Aleksei Stroganov::
::To: Premier Alvin Katz and Coalition forces::
::Subject: Battle Report::
Privet, comrades!
Dublin System
Today I requested orders from comrade Premier Alvin Katz. He ordered me to patrol the Dublin system in order to protect workers and sweep the enemy - the monarchists - out of Dublin. The Premier told me that to gather the others so I won't fly all alone. I found Akim Ivanov in the canteen and asked him to come. We went to our own quarters, changed clothes to pilot-uniforms and rushed to the landing bay. We took off and the whole thing started. We have flown through the Omegas and arrived. The Dublin system was silent and empty as usual. No traffic at all. Our long range scanners have detected a signal coming from an unknown place but we couldn't find it. We decided to move on. We entered the Leeds system.
[color=#FF0000] Leeds System
The reason why we entered the system was a short signal coming from there. A Bretonia Armed Forces snub-signal. We have scanned the whole system but we couldn't find anything. Just like in Dublin. It was very strange. Another signal came from the New London System.
New London System
New London. One of the most dangerous places in Bretonia. For us, I mean. Loads of battleships used to lurk around the stations and tradelanes. We had to be very careful so we turned the stealth-mode on. The signal which has been detected in Leeds was still in New London. It was moving towards an anomaly. We followed it to the jump hole but when we got there, it disappeared. We weren't sure about that whether he jumped or not but when he returned, we were. I opened a channel towards him, but instead of the usual coward "Please don't kill me" messages, I received a threatening. He wanted us to leave the system, but we did not comply because we would disobey the order then. And that would be our last action in our lives. So we decided to attack the lone fighter. After a few seconds, I noticed a very very usual and old tactic in his maneuvers so I placed a mine in front of him and moved. It worked. The ship disappeared in a reddish ball of fire. I think the escape pod worked properly on his ship, because we couldn't find him. I'm sure that he jumped to the Salisbury system. The name is known because we sent a probe into the system a few days ago. We have checked the probe's signals and it detected a small object coming out of the hole. That's why I think that he managed to escape and stay alive.
I have taken a guncam snapshot in order to prove my action: Attachment 1
Ivanov's help was very useful in the fight. He managed to jam the scanner of the enemy ship and that has increased the chance of scanner failure. We think that this failure caused the explosion of the ship. He could not detect my mine on his scanner, so he ran right into it. He could have opened his eyes, though. I don't think that a BAF Ensign would be this careless. The fight was too short.
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