Another Day at the Office.

Ship Log: Cmdr. Kitsune Yamashita

[Feb 14, 1386 time] (Sec Lev 12)

Loc: UTFS Victory in orbit around Rhynoa

Estimated Safe Launch Window Time: T-286 hr

Emergency Counsel Notes

Attending:

1. Sir Venn Eskieye - Scior
2. Vardragis Speos - Ulumad
3. Ghodru Mateus - Balieum
4. Julenis Ontarro - Lodesai
5. Annice Airemae - Ceavelle
6. Rep. Demerrin Corblum - ARCADYL Junction
7. Geddora Paloshe - Parleme
8. Paetra - Neew Bealdra
9. Represenative Atum - Jenko
10. Represenative from Iddry.
11. Captain of the Niad

Meeting notes

1. Creation of a unified system of government. Files/drafts sent to offices of all the above.
2. Pettition for membership in the USFC.
3. Emergancy meeting for coordinating relief efforts from the attack.
4. The Sylvan Raids and growing resistence.
5. Dropping comm dowels to inform less technological nations of the danger to the planet.

Communications:

Send official greetings to Accashi Frolenda and our regrets in his absence due to a sudden illness and physician’s orders. Offer any medical care assistance he might need. I welcome the House Regis, Sir Venn Eskieye and thank him capable consul in this time of change.

Send Rep. Jonath Cusalt of ARCADYL Junction my best wishes and thank him for a competent replacement in the upcoming deliberations. Please let Rep. Demerrin Corblum he is welcome on board the Victory. I will bring up the Sylvan raids and work on finding a measured response to this threat.

CC to O'Brien, command level officers on Echolynn base.

Contact Paetra, the Iddry and Ardrea about attendance.

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Rhynoan Battle Tanks

More Rhynoan Armored Fighting Vehicles.

Things are heating up at the forge works. The range of Technology levels is on its way. I have a bunch of primitive vehicles to add once main operational units are covered.

Arvis MBT-1b Main Battle Tank

Arvis-MBT-1b Main Battle Tank

Short Overview:

The Arvis MBT-1b Main Battle Tank design was a good balance of firepower, speed, and armor. One of the most distinctive characteristics is the use of (AHC) Adaptive Heuristic Camouflage. The surface is bonded with a substrate which both reads the landscape, displays a shifting pattern based on the current surroundings. The surface is linked to imaging software which both stores patterns and learns what pattern matches the situation best. This cuts the processing tree allowing faster response time.

Arvis XHT-1a Extra Heavy Tank

Arvis XHT-1a Extra Heavy Tank

Short Overview:

Although the main battle tank design was a good balance of firepower, speed, and armor, there was a limit to improvement. A larger platform than the Main Battle Tank. The addition of reactive armor increased survivability.

Building the design around a larger fusion drive allowed the design team to create a winner. The single main gun was replaced with a dual gun modular installation. Communications and electronic warfare is handled by a networked system. Adding more room for the crew and two man heavy power armor team made for a more comfortable ride.

The First Station of the Nightmare.

Video clip: Snowflake 0101

Terran Intelligence Directorate

Security Level: 18

Attention - Warning:
Unauthorized access or distribution of Material
is punishable by permanent personality death.

 
Playback Enabled.

A cool blue glow fills the darkened humming room. Something chirps in time with the oscillation of colored lines dancing in the air. She is 15, dressed in paper gown. A grid of light traces lines over her body.

She shivers in a constant stream of cool air whispering over her skin. "Relax please, do not move, it 's not dangerous but you might break the monitoring link." The technician adjusts her head in the restrainer field. When satisfied the fine adjustments are optimal, she smiles. pressing her thumb on a biometric key mounted on the scanning bed. "Now count backward beginning with 10."

"Eight...Seven..."

White, freezing cold, trapped unable to move. My right hand is going numb I try to wiggle my fingers only to find they will not open. It dawned on me. My hand was wrapped tight in a larger one. "Father, speak to me, please...". No voice answered. She was alone and going to die on her 12th birthday.

Her conscious faded and she dreams of a party in Paris with her family. She woke to furious digging sounds and the arctic blast roaring through a bright blue hole above her. Yellow figures dug and pulled her out of her prison. They lifted her into a medical pod. As the lid closed she heard the words: Poor kid, there were no more survivors.

In the world outside her dream state an man in a suit peers down at her. His gaze sweeps over the ever changing patterns in the air. He points at a spot on a display and nods his head. "There, just at that memory point. I would like you to set a trigger for this." He hands a technician a memory rod which is slotted into the reader on the bed. "Excellent! Please let me know when she is sent to the recovery suite. I would like to speak with her when she regains consciousness." He looks around the room his eyes making contact with all around him. "Let me remind you everything that happened in this room today is classified top secret. Thank you for your cooperation. When you have finished please report for memory suppression. That is all, good day." He slips into the shadows and exits silently.

Transmission Ends:

Picking Up the Pieces

Mission Log: Cmdr. Kitsune Yamashita

[Feb 14, 2386 02:20] (Sec Lev 12)

Loc: Victory orbiting Rhynoa

Estimated Safe Launch Window Time: T-266 hr

Alert Status: Red Alert

Ship Status: Nominal

UTFS Victory in orbit above Rhynoa.

The Phaerian Sucker Punch

It would seem that we forced the Phaerian's hand and They responded by attempting to destroy what they wanted to gain by a silent takeover. Their plan was audacious and should have worked as they had planned. We did not win this exchange by strategic superiority. It was a matter of luck. Perhaps I am too harsh in my assessment. Without our planning and quick thinking of our people we would all be screwed. Rhynoa would be destroyed and we would have been forced to flee ill prepared for the near future. Kudos to Major Magoo, Dr von Shwantz, Cmdr O'Brien, the crew of the Victory and our Iddry and Gendauw allies.

O'Brien has back tracked and established the launch points for the attack. His immediate reaction was for a strike to neutralize any threat. Initially I was of the same opinion. However on second thought I believe a more measured response is needed. We know Phaerians can use mind control to force people to do their will. Most likely the perpetrators had no knowledge of their actions. We can't lay waste to highly populated areas to kill enemies who in all probability are no longer on the planet. We do need to investigate the explosion on the surface ASAP. It appears to be a trap to lure us into the blast zone. The only reason our expeditionary force survived was due to the presence of an Iddry elder who mitigated the damage.

Orders are as follows:

• Security Section: I am placing you under command of Cmdr O'Brien. Please give him your full support. We need to be on guard.
• Diplomatic Team, proof and recheck both the Articles of Confederation, the Petition for USFC Membership, Conference notes and presentations based on attack. work with Communication team to get the conference scheduled for Feb 14, 2386 12:00. Please contact the commander of the Niad to bring an assistant and attend the conference. He will need a per-confrence briefing to bring him up to speed on the current situation.
• All departments full status reports ASAP
• Maintenance: Status on repairs of wave rider and progress on key projects
• Communication team: I need all updates from Echolynn base.
• We need to test the RABOD field system ASAP.
• Team Atum: please do a final sweep and prepare for my arrival in an hour.
• XO to the bridge, You have the con, notify me ASAP if needed.

To the crew of the Victory. No captain of a vessel could be prouder of a crew's service in times of crisis than I am of you. Never have we faced a situation so dire and important. You are my family and I shall never forget it. I will be forced to lead us all into danger, but I will never make you sacrifice in vain. This I swear on my life and honor. We stand on the brink of a new era and we shall not fail. To do otherwise is not an option.

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Deja Vu All Over Again

Personal Log:

[Feb 13, 2386 13:25] (Sec Lev 12)

Loc: Victory_ Hectora 1 (Rhynoa)

Estimated Safe Launch Window Time: T-282 hr

This is beginning to get tiresome in more ways than one. I have not slept in over 24 hours and the temptation to use a combat stim pack grows by the hour. All I want is to finish with current to do list, eat, shower and sleep. The only thing keeping me stim free is I know using combat drugs to cure sleep deprivation is a good way to rack up a serious body count.

Negotiations with Atum are reaching a delicate phase and every time I leave the turbo-lift on my way to nailing down an agreement a new crisis rears its head and I am called away to fight the crisis of the hour. I was 20 meters from the meeting room and I was prepared to get concessions in exchange for a sweet deal for my guest. There is no secret he is nervous being on-board the Victory and not governing his people. What he does not know is I know what he is after but is unwilling to say.

During our last communication I had to laugh. We are engaged in a contest of will and cunning. Both of us are adept at the art of shadow ops and love the game we are playing. Atum may not know it yet but I hold the key to his continued survival. In our last encounter "Golqua" actually sounded overtly flirtatious. When a scoundrel calls you by a pet name it is a good idea to unsheath your claws and watch your back. While I am flattered on a superficial level I could sense he was paying attention to something else in his cabin. I can only assume he has repaired his holographic "assistant"

Unfortunately once again I received a message calling me back to Echolynn base ASAP. I seriously doubt it will be good news. Gunny pings me and we meet at teleport chamber Alpha for the trip. We are grimly contemplating the reason for the recall. If the head of security and top ranking Earth Intel officer are clueless it is not a good sign. One thing which raises eyebrows is the message routing code. It is not from the Major as we would expect, it was clearly from Dr. Asham Rashid. Why our MD is issuing command orders makes no sense unless the Major has become even more reclusive and withdrawn than the last time I saw him.

I would have liked the luxury of flying Banshee 2 to the base, but I know it is faster and given my situation safer to teleport there. I am not old fashioned and fear the transfer. My main concern is arriving and being forced to wait 12 precious hours till the Victory is once again within the arc of our transmission window. I want to wrap things up and get back on-board Victory. There is ray of sunshine. I need to talk with Anton, Lenny, and Ardree should be arriving on the Gendauw courier ship with the plans for advanced escape pods. When the base was abandoned during the mutiny, all the pods were launched. Paetra's gift of Gendauw technology is much appreciated. When scanning logs from the base I noticed newly found artifacts on a manifest. It seems Peter is enabling Che to hoarde items and not share the information without a fight.

Energize! I can feel the effects of the transfer as I become a sparkling ghost on the transporter pad. I'm going, going, gone.

Transmission Ends:

Bush War!

Com Log: Cmdr. Yamashita (Victory)

[Feb 13, 2386 14:00] (Sec Lev 4

Loc: Echolynn base Hectora 1 (Rhynoa)

Estimated Safe Launch Window Time: T-282 hr

To all Rhynoan governments tech level 6+

"It has come to my attention a bush war has broken out between two non-responsive governments who have refused to take part in our agreement to cooperate in a time of danger. What in the hell are these idiots thinking? Only fools fights in a burning house! This petty bush war must be stopped. As per the powers stated in the provisional articles of confederation we have been establishing the power of a unified Rhynoa to end this conflict before either side resorts to use of fissionable weapons must be brought to a close the sooner the better. I make this request for the well being of all of Rhynoa.

I am enclosing a frequency which will render combatants unable to continue armed combat. I wholeheartedly encourage the use of the information to put a end to this hostility immediately."

attached specs-brown noise.

Transmission Ends:

Message log 02/13/2386 14:35

Mission Log: Kitsune Yamashita

[Feb 13, 2386 14:35] (Sec Lev 12)

Loc: Victory orbiting Hectora 1 (Rhynoa)

Estimated Safe Launch Window Time: T-285 hr

Begin data transmission

Distribution list as follows:

1. Accashi Frolenda - Scior
2. Vardragis Speos - Ulumad
3. Ghodru Mateus - Balieum
4. Julenis Ontarro - Lodesai
5. Annice Airemae - Ceavelle
6. Rep Jonath Cusalt - ARCADYL Junction
7. Geddora Paloshe - Parleme

Message reads: Please contact me for a meeting at your convenience. signed Cmd. Kitsune Yamashita.

Begin data transmission

Distribution list as follows:

1. Science Unit-Attn: Aston Tyriceus
2. Security - Markus O'Brian
3. Military Database
4. Command level NTK

Data Object: Desc: tactical recording and deep scan of Raider Vessels and scans of the explosions. F/N: phe-00025

GET: Updates on communications/analysis

Victory security final preparation check All secure?

If all is in order It is time to meet with Atum.

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