Planet New Paris, 5/9/744 A.G.S Chantal ended the transmission, trudging through the snow to her Sirroco. she sat down in the pilot's chair, throwing it back and running her hands through her hair. "Merde."
Martinique, 5/13/744 A.G.S Cyrus and Liam stood in front of Chantal's desk. On it sat a bunch of papers and data pads showing patrol routes and pictures of various Gallic capital ships. The door swung open with a bang, slamming into the wall. In the doorway stood Chantal, papers in hand. She took her seat opposite the desk from her bodyguards, throwing the papers onto the desk, each one having hastily drawn plan of attack. "Here's what we know" she started. "We have a few destroyers that don't have escorts on their patrols, some that do, and battlecruisers with escorts. The Corse were able to get us rough estimates of their routes, but they couldn't do too much without being obvious." She paused for a moment. "Who do we hit?"
Liam spoke up. "Easiest would be one of the non escort ones right?" "Easiest but it doesn't send a message" replied Cyrus. "If we want to piss them off we should hit them hard and fast and take the biggest ship we can find." Chantal spoke up. "As much as I want to piss off those fucking pricks, battlecruisers have a lot of firepower. We would need everyone for this and we would definitely lose someone." She sat forward in her seat, sifting through the papers. She pulled one, followed by two others. A patrol route, attack plan, and a picture of what was a Council destroyer. "This one."
Name:Désertines Class: Penance Destroyer Date of Complete Construction: March 13th, 741 A.G.S. Current Captain: Eugène Villeneuve
The Désertines was built by the Council in 741 as a response to the Triumph class destroyers hitting the field. It served most of its time patrolling home space, keeping an eye on the Champagne system with a mostly unremarkable life. During Gallia's shattering and the chaos surrounding the Confederacy, Eugène was able to keep command of his ship, joining his Council comrades on the righteous side of the law. With the Gallic Union taking form, he was restationed to the Provence system where it serves as a patrol craft.
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