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| − | ''A merging of various sources including:''
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| − | * ''Wonder Chicken's exquisitely well written '' [http://forums.megatokyo.com/index.php?showtopic=1689246 '''post BOA situation''']
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| − | * ''Area 51's handy '' [http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/6528/timline.html|'''timeline''']
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| − | * ''To a great extent, Psych's finely detailed '' [http://tactics.solsector.net/communications.htm|'''Fleet Tactics - Communications''']
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| − | * ''...and, of course, '' [http://www.wcnews.com/encyclopedia/timeline.php?section=all|'''the CIC Timeline''']
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| − | * plus some creative storytelling and flights of fancy based on our [[MOD:WCU:PrivRFstory|''Privateer Dissection'']]
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| − | == First a bit of 2668... ==
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| − | BATTLE OF TERRA
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| − | With their fleets back up to full strength, bolstered by the first
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| − | fleet of Hakaga-class supercarriers, the Kilrathi strike deep into
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| − | Confederation space. Warsaw, Gilead, and Sirius Prime are
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| − | bombed with radiation warheads, even as the Kilrathi brush
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| − | aside Confederation's hastily assembled defenses and reach
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| − | Earth. Despite the suicidal bravery of Earth's defenders, the
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| − | Kilrathi are able to bombard crucial defense centers on the
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| − | planet - Chicago, Pittsburgh, Boston, Miami, Quebec, Berlin,
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| − | Paris, Kiev, and others - before they are finally forced to
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| − | withdraw to friendly space as a result of daring Marines, who
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| − | land aboard several Kilrathi vessels, including the Kilrathi
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| − | flagship, and destroy them with thermonuclear mines.
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| − | (Novel Fleet Action) Aftermath of the Battle of Earth
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| − | ''About the Landreich, False Colors says,''
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| − | President Maximilian Kruger becomes a galactic hero for his actions at Earth.
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| − | The Terran Confederation establishes a diplomatic presence in the Free Republic of the Landreich
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| − | and assigns a naval garrison to the sector, which includes the TCS Juneau and the TCS Dover.
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| − | Ambassador Phelps is dispatched to the region. The Landreich itself expands to include fourteen
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| − | colony worlds and twenty parsecs of space.
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| − | Wonder Chicken's well written introduction to 2669:
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| − | == Introduction ==
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| − | 2669 AD, the last year of the Kilrathi War will became known as the Dark Times. Near the end of 2668, Admiral
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| − | Geoffrey Tolwyn's victory over Prince Thrakhath in the Battle of Earth will forever be known as one of the
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| − | greatest battles of all time. Hopelessly outnumbered, Admiral Tolwyn stopped a Kilrathi nuclear attack on Earth
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| − | itself and forced the Kilrathi fleet to retreat. Aided by Max Kruger's fleet from the Landerich, Tolwyn and the
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| − | Confederation Third Battle Fleet destroyed half of Thrakhath's fleet, including three Kilrathi supercarriers,
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| − | a standard fleet carrier and almost forty escort vessels. In addition, the other two supercarriers and host of
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| − | other ships were crippled. This defeat was more then a military victory, it was a political one as it had almost
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| − | put the other clans in total rebellion and political turmoil. The Kilrathi Emperor had barely thwarted two
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| − | assassination attempts and was forced to keep the remainder of the Kilrathi military in the Kilrah System to
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| − | guard himself and his grandson Thrakhath.
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| − | However, the Battle of Terra was a pyrrhic victory for the Confederation. The Joint Chiefs and other high-ranking
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| − | military officials were killed in the pre-Battle of Terra assassination, and the top ranking Confed officer,
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| − | Marine General Duke Grecko, was killed during the fighting. Including the systems that were directly in path of
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| − | Thrakhath's armada, the inner homeworlds of Sirius, Warsaw, and Gilhead were radiation bombarded beyond any hope
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| − | of salvation. 70% of the Confederation fighter pilots who fought were killed. The Fleet lost over four dozen
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| − | cruisers, destroyers, and frigates, but the most hard-felt warship losses where its fleet carriers in which a
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| − | total of twelve were destroyed in one way or the other. The TCS Moskva, Verdun, Ark Royal, Leyte Gulf, and
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| − | Lexington were destroyed in combat, the TCS Wolfhound, Austerlitz, and Copenhagen were destroyed in drydock, and
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| − | four Lexington-class carriers were destroyed undergoing construction in the Lunar Shipyards. Only two carriers
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| − | that fought in Battle of Earth survived, the Confederation-class dreadnought TCS Concordia and the Concordia-class
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| − | carrier TCS Saratoga.
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| − | == Political Changes ==
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| − | On the political end, President Harold Rodham had resigned in disgrace as a result of the False Peace ruse.
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| − | To clear room for the new president, his entire cabinet resigned as well. Foreign Secretary Jamison, for whom
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| − | Confed Intelligence had concrete evidence she was a Kilrathi traitor, was tried, convicted, and executed for
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| − | treason and other crimes against the Confederation. To replace Rodham, Vice-President Dave Quinson was sworn in
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| − | as President, and the two major political parties bonded together into a single coalition. Because of the political
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| − | and civilian chaos that was occuring during this time of crisis, the Senate declared martial law over all Terran
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| − | Confederation territory and replaced judiciary powers from the civilian Supreme Court to the military Admiralty
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| − | Court headed by Admiral Elsa Harnett. Admiral Tolwyn was now appointed the temporary commander of all Confederation
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| − | forces.
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| − | ''False Colors says,''
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| − | A political void is created immediately following President Rhodam’s resignation and the Battle of Earth.
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| − | A new government is formed from a coalition of the Maj. parties.
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| − | The new government is cautious, unwilling to allow a Maj. offensive against the Empire of Kilrah.
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| − | The Department of Industrial Affairs refuses to allow production sped up at the cost of quality.
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| − | Secretary of Defense Haviland refuses to intercede.
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| − | == Reconstruction of the Fleet ==
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| − | Plans to rebuild the Navy and the Space Force had already started to began. During the False Peace in 2668 and
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| − | before his death, Admiral Bainbridge knew that the Kilrathi peace pleas were a ruse. Unknown to the joint Chiefs
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| − | of Staffs, President Rodham, and (especially) ex-Foreign Secretary Jamison, during the False Peace Bainbridge had
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| − | covertly assigned BuShips and BuWeaps to develop the next generation fighters and capital ships. By the Battle of
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| − | Terra's end research had been completed, allowing for almost immediate mass production.When he saw the plans for
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| − | the new fighters and capital ships, Admiral Tolwyn considered it Bainbridge's last gift. Even though the main
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| − | drydocks, shipyards, and naval base on the moon had been destroyed, Confed still had the Trojan IV naval construction
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| − | yards around Jupiter intact, as well as the shipyards in the Tamayo System. Meanwhile, there were still fighter
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| − | factories intact in the Tamayo, Luyten, Krueger, Alpha Centauri, and Proxima Centauri Systems.
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| − | For the next month, the Confed war machine began to churn out the next generation fighters and capital ships.
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| − | Within a few months, Confed would replace all the fighters that they had lost. The capital ships took just a bit
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| − | longer. The three remaining escort carriers in the Landerich Free Corps mission had been withdrawn and
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| − | reincorporated into ConFleet service. Confed had also started to bring their other mothballed vessels online.
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| − | The most important were the seven fleet carriers that were still mothballed due to the False Treaty: the
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| − | Confederation-class dreadnought TCS Armageddon, and the Concordia-class carriers TCS Valiant, Winterrowd,
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| − | Liberty, Hermes, Invincible, and Illustrious. They were quickly brought online in a matter of weeks.
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| − | In addition, ConFleet was forced to refit their mothballed fleet of Ranger-class light carriers and send them
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| − | into active duty ConFed service once again.
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| − | Reconstruction on the TCS Lexington, gutted from the Battle of Earth, had also started but it wasn’t going to be
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| − | back in active service anytime soon. But because the Trojan IV shipyards at Jupiter were spared by the Kilrathi,
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| − | seven new Lexington-class carriers and one Jutland-class attack carrier were nearing completion and had remained
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| − | intact. By the beginning of March, the CVNs Quinson, Bradshaw, Kinney, Eisenhower, Roosevelt, Kennedy and the
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| − | Lincoln, plus the CVA Coral Sea finished construction and entered ConFleet service. With eight new carriers
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| − | joining the nine existing carriers, ConFleet now boasted a force of seventeen fleet carriers, but it would
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| − | ultimately prove to be too little, too late.
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| − | == Reasons leading to Disaster ==
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| − | In addition to their fleet carriers, ConFleet had also brought their escort carriers and light carriers into service.
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| − | Twelve fleet carriers were sent to the front lines to be the center of what was called the Confederation Forward Fleet.
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| − | The Forward Fleet, combined with the other smaller carriers, would have definitely turned the tide against the Kilrathi
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| − | had they not sued for peace in 2668, but the False Peace had enabled the Kilrathi to rebuild their fleet and logistical
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| − | forces. Even with the losses at the Battle of Terra, Confed forces had one more chance to turn the tides in their favor
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| − | by taking advantage of the political turmoil that plagued the Emperor and Prince Thrakhath. But the Confed civilian
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| − | government took this opportunity and threw it away.
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| − | The politicians suckered by the truce were now back in the saddle again. The first thing they did was to relieve
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| − | Admiral Tolwyn of his "temporary" duty as head of Terran Defense and selected a series of Admirals and Generals
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| − | (lackeys under the politicians payroll no less) to be the new Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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| − | The government then refused Admiral Tolwyn's rightful promotion to a major fleet command, in which they had said he was
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| − | too "valuable a commander" to be taken from the front lines. Besides this, bureaucrats and politicians were back
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| − | bickering with the military and refusing to give extra funding and resources for the war machine. In addition, the
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| − | Confed Senate endlessly debated and bickered on high priority targets to attack; this move kept the carrier fleet in a
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| − | defensive rather then offensive postures along the front. Instead of attacking the necessary targets vital to the war,
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| − | the Senate dictated ConFleet to spend their time attacking worthless targets. The end result was that the civilian
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| − | government’s incompetence enabled the Kilrathi enough time to rebuild everything they lost at the Battle of Terra,
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| − | and then more.
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| − | ''False Colors says,''
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| − | The Belisarius Group, including highly placed officers like DuVall and Murasaki, is formed.
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| − | Their goal is to stage a military coup, replacing the post-Battle of Earth civilian government
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| − | which they view as ineffective.
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| − | They form a special security department, designated Y-12.
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| − | In truth, the group is only a distraction, created as a cover for an even more sinister conspiracy
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| − | seeking to use the Genetic Enhancement Program to forcibly prepare humanity for the next war.
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| − | Adm. Whittaker is one of the few officers who understands this level of the project.
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| − | == Kilrathi Reconstruction ==
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| − | Because the False Peace had enabled the Kilrathi to rebuild their construction and logistical resources, they had the
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| − | edge over the Terrans in shipbuilding and fighter production. They had too also brought their next generation fighters
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| − | online to counter the latest Arrows, Hellcats, Thunderbolts, and Longbows the Confederation Space Force wielded.
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| − | They had also started increased productions on their new corvettes, destroyers, and cruisers. But more importantly,
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| − | they started to mass-produce the new Bhantkara-class carrier design to counter the Terran's newest Lexington-class CVNs.
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| − | They had also started the construction of massive space-colony sized dreadnoughts to act as flagships.
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| − | Kilrathi carriers eventually outnumbered the Confed carriers by 2 to 1.
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| − | Meanwhile, the Kilrathi had took their aging force of Snakier II, Fralthra, Ralatha, and Kamekh warships and put them
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| − | to [work as] rear-echelon units.
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| − | == At the start of 2669: == (Psych's Fleet Tactic's comms-based timeline)
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| − | Admiral Price Hancock in charge of 19th Fleet
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − | General Taggart at SOCOM has come up with a new type of logistics for carriers that includes advanced recycling systems,
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| − | mining apparatus, and manufacturing and industrial capability.
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| − | This has the the ability to make a warship totally self-sustaining.
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| − | Admiral Tom Jarvis has compiled a report on the status of remaining carriers after BOA:
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| − | *At Sol system, Sol sector:
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| − | ** Lexington class - 4 carriers under construction destroyed at Luna
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| − | ** TCS Wolfhound - Destroyed at Luna
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| − | ** TCS Austerlitz - Destroyed at Luna
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| − | ** TCS Copenhagen - Destroyed at Luna
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| − | ** Lexington class - 1 carrier at Luna: internal facilities gutted out
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| − | ( Paulson recommends scrapping; requested by Hancock on 2669.003 for refitting with new logistics. )
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| − | ** TCS Lexington - Gutted out; - Sol - hull still orbiting Earth
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| − | ** TCS Concordia - Severe damage - Sol - Est. 2 yrs on dry dock (less if accepting smaller compliment)
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| − | ** TCS Saratoga - Good condition, - at Sol - minor repairs needed.
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| − | ** Jutland-class - 1 Hull intact at Jupiter's Trojan IV naval yards. Est. completion: 2669.90
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| − | ** Lexington class - 7 Hulls intact at Trojan IV. Est. completion: 2669.90
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| − | ''(Note: the Confederation-class dreadnought TCS Concordia and the Concordia-class carrier
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| − | TCS Saratoga were the only two carriers that fought in BOA and survived.)''
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| − | *At Tamayo shipyards, Tamayo, Vega sector (Day Quadrant):
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| − | ** TCS Armageddon - Ligth damage - Est repairs to complete by 2669.25
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| − | ** TCS Winterrowd - Ligth damage - Est repairs to complete by 2669.25
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| − | ** TCS Liberty - Ligth damage - Est repairs to complete by 2669.25
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| − | ** TCS Valiant - Ligth damage - Est repairs to complete by 2669.25
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| − | *At Caernaven Station, Pembroke system, Enigma sector (Grills Quadrant):
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| − | ** TCS Hermes - Ligth damage - Est repairs to complete by 2669.25
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| − | ** TCS Invincible - Ligth damage - Est repairs to complete by 2669.25
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| − | ** TCS Illustrious - Ligth damage - Est repairs to complete by 2669.25
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| − | *Destroyed construction yards:
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| − | ** All at Earth and Luna
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| − | *Intact carrier construction yards at:
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| − | ** Jupiter's Trojan IV naval yards, Sol, Sol
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| − | ** Tamayo shipyards, Tamayo, Vega
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| − | ** Caernavon Station, Pembroke, Enigma
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| − | *Intact fighter construction yards at:
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| − | ** Luyten
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| − | ** Krueger
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| − | ** Alpha Centauri
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| − | ** Proxima Centauri.
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| − | == '''TIMELINE:''' ==
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| − | 2669.005
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| − | Admiral Tom Jarvis repots completion of improved fighter prototypes:
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| − | * F-96 Arrow
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| − | * F-86 Hellcat V
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| − | * F-66 Thunderbolt VII
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| − | * F/A-76 Longbow
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| − | (NOTE: Thanks to Bainbridge's secret order authorizing testing during false peace.)
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| − | 2669.007 Doctor Frederick Whitmore reports on Blair:
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| − | "I am replying to your inquiry about Colonel Christopher Blair, TCSF. Colonel Blair has severe internal
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| − | bleeding, oxygen deprivation sickness, moderate radiation poisoning, head trauma, several small fractures,
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| − | and several severe fractures on his arms and legs. His situation is however stabilized, and I estimate
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| − | that he has about 6 months for full recovery."
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| − | 2669.007 Grayson Burrows arrives to Troy, Gemini, claims his Tarsus
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| − | == Confed's Opening Gambit ==
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| − | Wonder Chicken:
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| − | During the first few months, the first Terran attacks were by raider units.
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| − | One of the four Lexington-class carriers destroyed in the Battle of Terra
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| − | was deemed salvageable and had been modified into a self-sustaining raider.
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| − | This ship, christened the Lexington, and the Confederation's majority of their
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| − | escort carriers were pooled together to act as the vanguard for the next
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| − | Confederation war strategy. Familiar with the success of the escort carrier
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| − | a few years past, ConFed High Command finally pooled the CVE raider units in
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| − | their own major command, the 19th Battle Fleet. Under the command of Admiral
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| − | Price Hancock, these raider ships were delegated into Recon-in-Force guerilla
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| − | units and were sent independently of the front line to attack rear-echelon
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| − | facilities and other secondary logistical resources. But unlike a few years
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| − | past, these behind-the-lines strike missions were stopped cold. The Kilrathi
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| − | were waiting for the CVEs with their reserve Snakier II-class carriers and
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| − | their new class of Dubav-class light carriers. These Kilrathi forces well
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| − | outnumbered the CVE forces, and many Recon-In-Force units never reported back
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| − | 2669.011 Hancock reports Lexington class carrier refitting complete for self-sustaining operation.
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| − | * Rechristened "TCS Lexington" (10th ship to carry the name)
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| − | * Enroute to Goddard, from where it will jump through an uncharted jump-point, presumably into the rear of Kilrah...
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| − | 2669.011
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| − | Following the attack on Earth, the Terran Intelligence Agency deploys a top-secret,
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| − | tactical search party through a previously uncharted Kilrathi jump point. A heavy
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| − | carrier named TCS Lexington is equipped with self-sustaining recycling systems,
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| − | mining apparatus, and a 62-person Special Operations team. This unit leaves Goddard
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| − | Transfer Station and passes through a newly discovered jump point. Its mission:
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| − | - to search out and destroy Kilrathi forces, sector by sector. The mission fails
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| − | when the Lexington starts an ambush on an equally equipped Kilrathi carrier, which
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| − | results in the destruction of both carriers.
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| − | WC Armada, KS Manual== The Kilrathi Counter-Attack ==
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| − | (Where did they get the story of the encounter with a Kat carrier? Can't find any
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| − | other references to it :P ...)
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| − | COVERT INFILTRATION
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| − | A new secret carrier, the TCS Lexington departs from the
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| − | Goddard Transfer Station. Its mission: destroy the enemy
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| − | system by system. A self-sustaining, powerful vessel, carrying
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| − | among its crew a special unit of 62 Covert Operatives, the
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| − | carrier passes through a secret jump point into Kilrathi space.
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| − | The Lexington is not heard from thereafter, and is presumed
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| − | lost with all hands.
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| − | (Wing Commander: Armada)
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| − | 2669.018
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| − | The Lexington class carrier TCS Lexington was secret ship designed to be completely
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| − | self-sufficient. Equipped with oxygen planetariums, water-producing modules and
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| − | greenhouse gardens the ship supported a crew of 62 and sported a complement of 18
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| − | fighters. The Lexington was sent on a mission to locate and destroy Kilrah ...
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| − | via uncharted jump points, but failed and didn't return from the mission.
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| − | 2669.012
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| − | Commander Jacorski's shore leave is cut short as he is ordered to Goddard transfer Station for an unknown reason.
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| − | Upon his arrival, he meets General Sturdivan who assigns him as Commander of the newly constructed TCS Lexington.
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| − | He is ordered to tell his crew only that the ship is performing a dangerous strike run and is sworn to secrecy.
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| − | As Commander of the new secret ship TCS Lexington (Armada), Commander Jacorski orders 61 people to
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| − | Goddard Transfer Station where they will join his crew. Orders were sent as follows:
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| − | Report for duty at Goddard Transfer Station by 1700 hours, 2669.018.
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| − | Return date not yet determined, estimated to be 4 - 6 months.
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| − | Voices of War
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| − | 2669.014 TCS Tarawa crippled in a Kilrathi attack.
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| − | 2669.024
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| − | Jarvis reports carrier repairs completion. Ready for deployment are:
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| − | * TCS Armageddon (Confederation class dreadnaught)
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| − | Plus 6 Concordia-class:
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| − | * TCS Winterrowd
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| − | * TCS Liberty
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| − | * TCS Valiant
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| − | * TCS Hermes
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| − | * TCS Invincible
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| − | * TCS Illustrious
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| − | 2669.024
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| − | President Dave Quinson declines Tolwyn's requests.
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| − | * 2 carriers must remain at Sol
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| − | * The other 7 may join 7th Fleet and take defensive positions while awaiting target list drafted by Congress
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| − | Six days after beginning its mission, Commander Jacorski tells the crew of the TCS Lexington (Armada) what their mission is.
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| − | The crew soon realises that their chances of completing the mission are slim.
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| − | 2669.026
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| − | Two days after hearing the accouncement of the TCS Lexington's (Armada) mission, over twenty of the ship's sixty-two
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| − | crew report to the ship's doctor, James Heircho for counseling or anti-anxiety medication.
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| − | 2669.030
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| − | President Dave Quinson declines Tolwyn's request to be in charge of 7th Fleet.
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| − | * Vice Admiral Jack Rumley to take command of the Seventh Fleet's five carriers.
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| − | * Tolwyn removed from Terran Defense, replaced by Vice Admiral Rush Fletcher
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| − | * Tolwyn assigned to 14th Fleet, Enigma sector, to be joined by Concordia and Invincible
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| − | 2669.040
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| − | Richards reports new Kat fighters encountered:
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| − | * Darket
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| − | * Dralthi IV
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| − | * Vaktoth
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| − | Wonder Chicken:
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| − | Destroying a majority of the attacking CVE forces, the Kilrathi military started to gain
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| − | a momentum that would rear its ugly head in their massive counter-offensive that started
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| − | near the beginning of March. Approximately twenty Kilrathi carrier groups attacked from
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| − | all points along the front and steamrolled over the defending Confed forces.
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| − | The Confederation Forward Fleet lost six of its twelve carriers in an utterly disasterous
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| − | 2669.052
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| − | Vice Admiral Jack Rumley, Aloysius system, Vega sector (Roberts quadrant) reports:
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| − | * TCS Illustrous destroyed by new Kat bomber, 5000 dead
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| − | * Retreating to Port Hedland
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| − | The TCS Illustrious was destroyed in the Aloysius System by the famed Kilrathi ace "Bloodmist".
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| − | Wonder Chicken
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| − | 2669.054 Xenobiology Professor Monkhouse is kidnapped by agents of Rondell Corporation and taken
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| − | to planet Palan, in the Palan system. Rondell misinforms Oxford, telling them that Dr. Monkhouse
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| − | 2669.059
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| − | Richards reports on new Kat bomber:
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| − | * Paktahn -- half-dozen torpedoes, dozen defensive missile hardpoints and a half-dozen heavy energy weapons
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − | 2669.060 Light carrier TCS Wellington lost in Gemini
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| − | The 6th Confederation fleet is lost around Midgard.
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| − | Privateer
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| − | but apparently there is no canon reference identifying Gemini's fleet. However, there is a canon reference
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| − | to a 6th Fleet that was decimated at Deneb (Epsilon):
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| − | ...2666, of which the most drastic was destruction of the 6th Battle Fleet in the Deneb Sector.
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| − | In just six hours, Thrakhath's forces destroyed the dreadnought TCS Apocalypse (flagship of the 6th Fleet)
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| − | and the carriers Freedom, Viking, and Gibraltar
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − | It should also be mentioned that there is a system named "Midgard" in Deneb (Epsilon), Antares quadrant.
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| − | The bar rumor doesn't specifically say "Midgard in Gemini, near Perry", though it would seem logical they'd
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| − | be commenting on local news...; and there's no mention of a 6th fleet anywhere else in WC around 2669, AFAIK.
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| − | 2669.061
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| − | Jarvis reports completion of new fleet carriers. Ready for deployment:
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| − | *Lexington-class CVN:
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| − | ** TCS Quinson - assigned to Jackson (Jack Rumley, 7th Fleet?)
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| − | ** TCS Bradshaw - assigned to Jackson (Jack Rumley, 7th Fleet?)
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| − | ** TCS Kinney - assigned to Jackson (Jack Rumley, 7th Fleet?)
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| − | ** TCS Eisenhower - assigned to Fletcher, Terran defense
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| − | ** TCS Roosevelt - assigned to Jackson (Jack Rumley, 7th Fleet?)
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| − | ** TCS Kennedy - assigned to Fletcher, Terran defense#* TCS Lincoln - assigned to Fletcher, Terran defense
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| − | *Jutland-class CVA:
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| − | ** TCS Coral Sea, will be ready for commissioning in a week, assigned to Tolwyn, Enigma, 14th Fleet
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − | 2669.064 Rondell agents take a hologram of Dr. Monkhouse's Steltek artifact. Dr. Monkhouse yields to the
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| − | interrogation and reveals the name of treasure hunter Ernesto Sandoval, who he says had a similar artifact.
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| − | 2669.064 Rondell agents contact Sandoval. Sandoval had sold the artifact to Roman Lynch for several thousand
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| − | credits. Rondell promise him several million credits for it.
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| − | 2669.064 New Detroit: Ernesto Sandoval steals back the Steltek artifact he'd sold to Roman Lynch, from where it
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| − | was stored on behalf of Lynch, at Bronte Corporation headquarters.
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| − | 2669.067
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| − | Rear Admiral Richard David Terrell requests 2 fleet carriers for reinforcement, citing:
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| − | * loss of light carrier TCS Wellington
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| − | * Kilrathi moving older Snakier II class carriers near Gemini
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| − | * Retro insurgency picking up.
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| − | * Pirates and crime syndicates on the rise
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| − | * Current forces: "rat-pack of militia fighters, a squadron of destroyers, and several shitbox light carriers"
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − | 2669.068 Vice Admiral Jack Rumley orders the Concordia-class fleet carries TCS Winterrowd and TCS Valiant
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| − | to Perry Naval Base
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| − | 2669.071 Kilrathi raiders enter Hell's Kitchen to seize the opportunity left by a departing TCS Valiant.
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| − | Rear Admiral Ludmilla Petranova, takes the Confederation-class dreadnought TCS Armageddon, under her command,
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| − | from Proxima to Hell's Kitchen, to counter the offensive.
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| − | 2669.074 A squadron of Kilrathi Khamekh's and escorts cross Clarke quadrant, move into Palan, and from space
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| − | attack several buildings belonging to Rondell Corporation, on the agricultural planet. Dr. Monkhouse escapes alive.
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| − | 2669.076 Grayson Burrows meets Sandoval at a bar in New Detroit. Takes possession of stolen Steltek artefact.
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| − | 2669.076 Mob boss Roman Lynch's cousin, Regis, murders Ernesto Sandoval; is caught at the scene by local militias
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| − |
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| − | responding to a call. Roman Lynch uses his influence to have the militias forget that they saw Regis, and to try
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| − | to frame the unfortunate privateer who'd last seen Sandoval, instead.
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| − | 2669.077
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| − | Rear Admiral Ludmilla Petranova, current commander of TCS Armageddon, accused by Fletcher of disobeying orders by
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| − | leaving Proxima Centauri for Hell's Kitchen in Vega sector to stop a Kat raid.
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| − | Rear Admiral Johnny Murasaki, current commander of TCS Eisenhower, threatened by Fletcher with court martial for
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| − | suggesting moving carriers to the front.
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − | 2669.077 Roman Lynch asks Tayla to wait for Burrows in New Detroit and to "...take him away from New Detroit, make
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| − | him look like a fugitive, turn him into a pirate, keep him busy; and, if possible, have him meet with death."
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| − | 2669.078 Grayson Burrows meets Tayla in New Detroit
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| − | 2669.081 Bronte Corporation's hired guild mercenaries lay siege to planet Palan, Gemini; R. Lynch foots the bill.
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| − | 2669.082 Confed Militias, having received an encrypted message from Tayla, arrive in New Detroit to rectify the
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| − | handling of Sandoval's murder; and charge Regis with it.
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| − | 2669.084
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| − | Admiral Vance Richards reports loss of carrier
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| − | * TCS Quinson battlegroup wiped out by new Kat Dreadnaught, H’varkann-class, even without the benefit of escorts
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| − | * Far larger than the Hakaga-class carriers that ambushed Earth: 22 km in length, over forty heavy energy batteries
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − | The TCS Quinson battle group encountered one of the new Kilrathi dreadnoughts and the entire group was wiped out.
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| − | Wonder Chicken
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| − | 2669.086
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| − | TCS Winterrowd arrives in Perry
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − |
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| − | '''Note''' that it takes the Winterrowd 086 - 068 = 18 days to travel from 7th Fleet territory to Perry.
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| − | We can guess a starting location for the Winterrowd by looking at where other 7th fleet events are
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| − | reported from. 7th fleet does NOT include the Armageddon, as she's stationed at Proxima Centauri;
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| − | nor The TCS Eisenhower or Kennedy as these are probably at Sol; nor the Concordia or the Coral Sea,
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| − | which are part of the 14th Fleet at Enigma. And the Valiant is sent together with the Winterrowd.
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| − | This leaves the Quinson, Bradshaw, Kinney, Roosvelt, Liberty, Hermes, Invincible and Illustrious.
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| − | Wonder Chicken says:
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| − | ''Paranoid by Kilrathi raids and fearing another attack on the inner homeworlds, the civilian government''
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| − | ''refused to deploy the Third Fleet’s five major carriers to the front. The TCS Armageddon, Saratoga,''
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| − | ''Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Lincoln stayed behind to defend Earth under direct Presidential order''
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| − | ''as the core to the newly christened "Terran Defense Fleet".''
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| − | So, it seems we haven't missed any. But we only hear again of:
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| − | * TCS Illustrous destroyed by new Kat bomber at Aloysius
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| − | * TCS Roosvelt - shot down at Munro
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| − | * TCS Invincible - victory in Morpheus
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| − | But! Notice that Ludmilla Petranova leaves Proxima for Hell's Kitchen 8 days after the Winterrowd
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| − | and Valiant depart for Gemini. Was the kat raid there due to the vacuum left by either ship? It
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| − | would seem so: Hell's Kitchen is about half way between Munro and Morpheus. We later hear about
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| − | losing ground at Port Hedland, Chang-Du, and Gimle. Hell's Kitchen is pretty much in the middle,
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| − | so I'll measure distance to Perry by counting jumps from Hell's Kitchen. So we go, Enyo, Krieger,
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| − | Luyten, Weslyn, Mastif, Oxford, Saxtogue, New Detroit, Perry. Nine jumps in 18 days. Now, too bad,
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| − | we don't know the class of the Winterrowd nor Valiant, but if we assume a speed of 125 as typical
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| − | for carriers, a Centurion's cruising speed is 4 times that, so, '''for the purposes of estimating'''
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| − | '''Privateer plotline dates, we'll use a rule of thumb: 2 jumps per standard day'''. And we will work
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| − | backwards, since the first part of the game is devoted to trading and upgrading the ship. For the
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| − | second part, Righteous Fire, we'll work forwards, since the game can be completed without additional
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| − | trading or taking of non-plot, paid missions.
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| − | 2669.091 Grayson Burrows meets mob boss Roman Lynch in Gemini's capital, New Constantinople
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| − | 2669.094
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| − | Admiral Vance Richards reports new Kat fleet carrier:
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| − | * Bhantkara-class: 900 meters in length, 100,000 tons
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| − | * Counters Lexington-class heavy carriers; worthy opponent to Concordia-class fleet carriers
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − | 2669.095 Grayson Burrows foils Salman Kroiz's attempt to intercept a delivery of weapons to Siva,
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| − |
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| − | Rikel. Kroiz, former governor Menesch's right hand man, barely survives by ejecting from his craft
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| − |
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| − | in a state of the art, stealth ejection seat; and hiding behind an asteroid.
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| − | 2669.096 Mob boss Roman Lynch's cousin, Regis, accused of murder, escapes custody. He's believed by
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| − | authorities to be traveling towards Romulus.
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| − | 2669.097 Kroiz arrives in Eden for treatment and surgery. His face is removed and then replaced with
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| − | not too advanced prosthetic tissue, due to Retro surgeons' measured reliance on technology.
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| − | 2669.098
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| − | Rear Admiral Richard David Terrell reports loss of carrier:
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| − | * "clouds of battle debris along the border that is traceable to the Valiant and her escorts"
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| − | The TCS Valiant battle group simply dissapeared along the border while enroute to the Gemini Sector.
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| − | Wonder Chicken
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| − | 2669.098
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| − | TCN military analyst Guthrig Andropolos, son of Commander Jedora Andropolos, who died in the
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| − | Iason incident of 2629, updates the History of the War database.
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| − | KS Manual
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| − | 2669.100 Grayson Burrows foils a pirate data mining op near Oxford, destroys their flag ship Black Rhombus
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| − | 2669.101 Grayson Burrows saves famous writer Hunter Toth from a Retro attempt to assassinate him
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| − | 2669.104 Grayson Burrows meets Professor Monkhouse at a bar in Palan, Gemini
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| − | 2669.106 Grayson Burrows and 2 Militia escorts break Bronte Corporation's blockade of Rondell, in Palan
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| − | 2669.106 A Kilrathi flight-group near Palan fails to kidnap Professor Monkhouse during his trip to Basra.
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| − | 2669.107 Later, Prof. Monkhouse identifies location on Steltek map by joining Burrows' artifict and his own piece.
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| − | 2669.108 Grayson Burrows meets Taryn Cross, joins the Exploratory Service on a contract basis
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| − | 2669.109
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| − | Admiral Vance Richards reports new Kat stealth fighter:
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| − | * Strakha-class: more maneuverable and well-armed; one stalked and shot down 4 Hellcats from the Roosevelt
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − | 2669.111 A luxury cruiser is attacked soon after departing Basra refinery en route to Sol. The attackers were
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| − |
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| − | cloaked before the attack; believed to be Kilrathi. No survivors or escape capsules found.
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| − | 2669.112
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| − | Admiral Vance Richards reports new Kat fighter:
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| − | Bloodfang II: Prince Thrakhath piloting one, made his wingman stay on the sidelines while he wiped out the
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| − | entire Confed unit on a space superiority flight off the TCS Coral Sea.
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| − | * Tougher, faster, more agile, more firepower
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − | 2669.116 Grayson Burrows explores Delta Prime; obtains Steltek energy weapon; is followed by drone.
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| − | 2669.121
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| − | Rear Admiral Richard David Terrell reports suspected "Kilrathi superweapon":
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| − | * Winterrowd and 2 light carriers holding the Kilrathi at bay near Blockade Point Tango and Blockage Point Alpha
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| − | * Kilrathi superweapon running around the sector; not near the border
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| − | * "systematically tearing up anything it sees: pirates, Retros, civilians, our picket ships, even Kilrathi..."
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| − | * Pulling TCS Winterrowd from the front to take care of "this nuisance"
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − |
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| − |
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| − | 2669.122 TCS Winterrowd destroyed
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| − | The TCS Winterrowd, also reassigned to the Gemini Sector, was destroyed by what Intelligence has determined
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| − | to be a Kilrathi superweapon.
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| − | Wonder Chicken
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| − | TCS Winterrowd is destroyed by a Steltek drone.
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| − | Privateer
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| − | 2669.123 Grayson Burrows meets Rear Admiral Richard David Terrell at his office in Perry
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| − | 2669.124 Grayson Burrows destroys the Steltek drone at Blockade Point Tango, Gemini, Clarke quadrant
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| − | 2669.125 Rear Admiral Richard David Terrell gives Burrows a Medal of Valour.
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| − | 2669.126 Burrows arrives at Jolson to stay there for a badly needed vacation.
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| − | 2669.127
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| − | Rear Admiral Richard David Terrell pleads for reinforcements again
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| − | * TCS Winterrowd lost to "Kilrathi superweapon" (Steltek drone)
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| − | Vice Admiral Rush Fletcher replies to Terrel: "go ask Hancock. I am sure he has some CVEs to send you."
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − | 2669.128 Hancock bests Terrel's request by suggesting using Perry as a secondary base of operations;
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| − |
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| − | but warns it may take a few weeks at best to organize the move.
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| − | 2669.129 Agents for Menesche pay some serious bribes to Jolson security, to have them take the gun.
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| − |
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| − | 2669.131
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| − | Brigadier General Thomas "Shorty" Larson reports cloning of Kat stealth device is complete
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| − | * Suggests that a new fighter be "designed around it"
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| − | As per Tolwyn's subsequent suggestions, next day he agrees that this new fighter,
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| − | * must be able to outfly and outfight any Kilrathi fighter in service, including the Bloodfang
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| − | * must have the most devastating weaponry ever seen in a Confed fighter
| |
| − | * integrated addition of a jump drive and a cloaking device
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| − | * codenamed Excalibur
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| − | * will coordinate with General Taggart at Covert Ops, get his input also
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| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − |
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| − |
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| − | 2669.132 "A Week Later..." ;-) Start of Privateer Righteous Fire; gun stolen. (A week should be enough?)
| |
| − | NOTE: Needless to say, the "One Year Later" legend at the start of Righteous Fire is an error. Privateer
| |
| − | happens in 2669, and a year later would put us at 2670, which would be peace time; but all indications are
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| − | in Righteous Fire, that the war keeps heating up and getting worse. Kat superweapons, Terrel's missions,
| |
| − | including one where you meet the Kilrathi 6th Fleet, Bar rumors of carrier losses... Now, it could be argued
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| − | that going from a year to a week is "too much"; but IMO it isn't: An error is an error, big or small. 1+1=3
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| − | is not righter than 1+1=4. Both statements are equally wrong; and "a year later" is dead wrong. As well as
| |
| − | unnecessary and stupid. Who would spend a whole year at a pleasure base? And why would Menesche wait for so
| |
| − | long to try and get the gun? A week seems plenty to me, every way I look at it.
| |
| − | 2669.132 Grayson Burrows visits Masterson at Oxford
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| − |
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| − | 2669.133 "Rare books" delivered to Edom
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| − |
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| − | 2669.137
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| − | President Dave Quinson informs:
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| − | * Rear Admiral Nicholai Ubarov, Confederation Weapons Division, found dead in his office, apparent suicide
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| − | * Tolwyn reassigned to take over Confederation Weapons Division
| |
| − | * Rear Admiral Pierre Cloureau will relieve Tolwyn as commander of the 14th Fleet.
| |
| − | * Tolwyn to reassess worthiness of 10 yr old, black-funded project Behemoth
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| − | * Permission granted to proceed with Excalibur design and production
| |
| − | Fleet Tactics
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| − |
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| − | 2669.140 "Art collection" delivered to Perry
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| − |
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| − | 2669.143 Burrows visits Tayla at Pentonville
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| − | 2669.144 Excalibur work kicks into high gear at TCN R&D Starbase, in Vega sector
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| − |
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| − | 2669.145 Rear Admiral David Whittaker arrives at Torgo III, wants to play chess with Tolwyn and chat
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| − | Adm. Whittaker visits his old friend RAdm. Tolwyn, informing him of the existence of the Belisarius
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| − | Group and The Project. Whittaker asks Tolwyn to read Nietzsche to understand the truth of the program.
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| − | Tolwyn, aware that mankind is not ready to fight the Nephilim, agrees to participate in the plan.
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| − | He begins a rushed deployment of the Behemoth weapons platform, seeking to end the current war as
| |
| − | quickly as possible to bring an end to Belisarius – and to initiate The Project.
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| − |
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| − |
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| − | 2669.146 Burrows delivers Tayla's "Personal Package" to Tuck, Sherwood
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| − |
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| − | 2669.153 Burrows finds Roman Lynch hiding at mining base Basque, Pyrenees (things got hot in New Det?)
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| − |
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| − | 2669.156 One escort carrier from the 19th Fleet arrives in Perry as first in a series of reinforcements
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| − |
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| − |
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| − | 2669.157 Vice Admiral Jack Rumley reports on Task Force 56 in the Munro System:
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| − | * TCS Roosvelt, under Brigadier General DuVall, engaged by 2 Kat heavy carriers, disabled and on fire
| |
| − | * ordering her crew and all forces to withdraw from the system
| |
| − | * will torpedo what's left of the Roosvelt to prevent her being taken over
| |
| − | The TCS Roosevelt went down during the failed Confed offensive in the Munro System.
| |
| − | Wonder Chicken
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| − | 2669.158 Someone's laying siege to Corcoran Corporation in Liverpool, New Castle (Lynch's territory)
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| − |
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| − | 2669.159 Someone's laying siege to Bronte Corporation HQ in New Detroit (Lynch's territory)
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| − | 2669.164 A bartender in Perry mentions the TCS Kinney was destroyed; its location had been leaked out
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| − |
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| − |
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| − | 2669.166 Colonel Devereaux's team on Kilrah sends coded message:
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| − | * "The tripwire is set waiting for the horses to cross at the foxhole"
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| − | * Soon after, her team is captured by the Kilrathi
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| − |
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| − |
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| − | 2669.165 Kilrathi and Retro forces arrive to Caledonia and Regallis to cut Tayla's escape routes from
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| − |
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| − | Sherwood, while a larger force is assembled for an attack on Tuck; pirate forces concentrate around Tuck
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| − |
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| − |
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| − | 2669.167 Sandra Goodin sends Burrows to clear Kilrathi forces at Caledonia and Regallis, Tayla escapes
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| − |
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| − |
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| − | 2669.169 General James Taggart urges Tolwyn not to tell Blair about Angel's execution.
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| − |
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| − |
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| − | 2669.173 Two more escort carriers from the 19th Fleet arrive in Perry as reinforcements
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| − |
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| − |
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| − | 2669.174 Captain Henry Henderson reports loss of the the Concordia:
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| − | * Hit by a single torpedo that disabled her engines and forced her crash in Vespus III, off the Mistral Coast.
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| − | * Admiral Cloureau and the majority of the Concordia's crew lost.
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| − | * A few survivors picked up, includig Captain Kevin Tolwyn (Geoff's nephew), who ejected from his Hellcat.
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| − | But the most staggering loss occured when the TCS Concordia, the pride of the Confed Fleet,
| |
| − | fell prey to a Kilrathi ambush in the rear-echelon Vespus system. The Concordia was mopping
| |
| − | up raiders when a lucky torpedo hit crippled her engines and forced her to crash just off the
| |
| − | Mistral Coast on Vespus IV. There were no survivors on board.
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| − | Wonder Chicken
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| − | (Okay, was it Vespus III or Vespus IV?)
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| − |
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| − | 2669.177 Doctor Frederick Whitmore declares Blair fully recovered; certified for active duty
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| − |
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| − | 2669.179 Captain Kevin Tolwyn promoted to Major by Rumley; transferred to staff position at Torgo III
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| − |
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| − | 2669.180
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| − | Rear Admiral Duke Leonard, Commander of TCS Invincible, reports victory:
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| − | * "Morpheus is ours"
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| − | * destroyed one heavy carrier, one light cruiser, three destroyers, and two corvettes
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| − | * landed onto the Kilrathi outpost; overran Kilrathi resistance
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| − | 2669.180 Burrows meets Monte at Macabee, Nexus
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| − | Admiral Vance Richards warns:
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| − | * tactic of using escort carriers to harrass the Kilrathi rear-echelon sectors no longer works,
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| − | ( now that Snakier II carriers are being pulled back to guard rear echelons by the Kilrathi )
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| − | * Most of the Recon-In-Force groups Admiral Hancock sent to penetrate the Empire have not reported back
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| − | * had to withdraw from failed assault in Munro with the loss of the Roosevelt
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| − | * losing ground in Port Hedland, Chang-Du, and Gimle
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| − | * losses: Illustrious, Quinson, Valiant, Winterrowd, Roosevelt, Concordia; down to 6 fleet carriers on front, from 17
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| − | * Most CVEs either gone or severely damaged like the Tarawa
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| − | * Kilrathi beating Confed two-to-one in cruiser and destroyer production, plus an edge in fighter production
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| − | * commissioning more fleet carriers online in their Navy, mostly Bhantkara-class
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| − | * Intell reports also show the presence of two more H'varkann-class dreadnoughts
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| − | * Confed only building the new Eagle-class light carriers
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| − | 2669.183 Blair requests transfer to the TCS Bradshaw
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| − | 2669.184 Burrows meets informant at Drake, Capella
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| − | 2669.193 Burrows kills former governor Menesche
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| − | 2669.194 Menesch's right hand man, Salman Kroiz, takes charge of Menesch's business
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| − | 2669.197 Burrows kills Kahl, Commander of the Kilrathi 6th Fleet;
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| − | 2669.201 Three escort carriers arrive in Perry as an advanced team, to prepair the
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| − | Since the building of the Hakaga fleet strained the Kilrathi's resources to the outmost.
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| − | They are out of money so the Emperor orders the deployment of their new bioweapons.
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| − | Heart of the Tiger
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| − | 2669.207 Burrows kills Retro leader Mordecai Jones
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| − | 2667.209 The "Retro Informant" becomes the new leader of the Church of Man
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| − | 2667.210
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| − | Jeanette Devereaux sent an email to Blair on 2669.210 before shipping off on a new secret operation.
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| − | 2669.213 Burrows arrives in pleasure base New Reno, ND-57, for a well deserved vacation... (NOT Jolson! ;-)
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| − | 2669.215 Admiral Price Hancock arrives in Perry Naval Base with a fleet of four escort carriers; two more to follow.
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| − | Platolum is a laser and durasteel shard proof alloy discovered on Ghorah Khar during excavations of the
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| − | old Kilrathi base. Bryce Alloys found it when they found argonized platinum containers storing Xanius Moloride.
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| − | The Xanius Molaride emitted above-infrared rays that contacted nickel-cadmium generators. The rays plus nickel
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| − | made a new alloy. We're not sure if the platinum containers were involved, but the name seems to imply it.
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| − | In the month of 2669.217, the alloys made an appearance on the UNXhange market.
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| − | 2669.221 Victory Streak
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| − | Christopher Blair's personalized Victory Streak Shipboard Orientation Kit was compiled by the
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| − | Quanntum 3 Artificial Publisher and the Electronics Cretive Services aboard the TCS Victory.
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| − | This issue of Victory Streak is dated 2669.221.
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| − | Massacre aboard La Belle Dame Sans Merci.
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| − | 2669.225
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| − | The Kilrathi carrier Sar'Hrai is ordered to destroy or at least cripple the TCS Victory,
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| − | which is located in the neighbouring system of Tamayo. The Victory comes out on top,
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| − | and squadron commander Arrak and Captain Vurrig nar Tsahl pay the price.
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| − | Heart of the Tiger
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| − | 2669.233
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| − | A patrol from the TCS Victory spots the KIS Sar'hrai and the KIS Hvar'Kann.
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| − | According to Intelligence, the ships are carrying Skipper missiles armed with biological warheads,
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| − | and they intend to fire them at Locanda Four.
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| − | Five skipper missiles carrying biological warheads hit Locanda IV.
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| − | They were set for high airbursts, ensuring a quick spread.
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| − | 2669.235
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| − | Biochemical destruction of Trafalgar, Locanda and Delius by Kilrathi forces.
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| − | 2669.237
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| − | The TCS Victory jumps into the Blackmane System.
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| − | 2669.238
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| − | Locanda IV is considered lost after the Kilrathi hit the planet with bioweapons.
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| − | The Confederation quarantines the entire Locanda System.
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| − | Blackmane Base is closed down. Its resources are transferred to Torgo and Vespus.
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| − | 2669.242 The Confederation liberates the Cabrea system.
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| − | 2669.245
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| − | The TCS Behemoth meets TCS Victory in Torgo
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| − | KS calendar
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| − | Admiral Tolwyn arrives on the Victory. The carrier is to be the flagship for the Behemoth task force.
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| − | 2669.247
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| − | Jason Bondarevsky is wounded when the TCS Coventry hits a mine on approach to Loki VI, escorting the Behemoth.
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| − | The bridge has been hulled and is decompressing. Jason is the only survivor on the bridge.
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| − | Janet McCullough leads the team that rescues him. Bondarevsky ended up losing his right arm.
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| − | Heart of the Tiger
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| − | The TCS Coventry is severely damaged in the fighting. A missile hits the flag bridge, killing six officers.
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| − | Capt. Bondarevsky’s arm is crushed. He suffers from blood loss, decompression and oxygen depravation.
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| − | Lt. McCullough leads a party to rescue him from the crippled bridge. Another hit destroys Officer’s Country.
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| − | ''(The Coventry jumps to Torgo, then...)''
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| − | Capt. Bondarevsky is ordered to Moonbase Tycho, where he is given a bionic arm and begins to undergo physical therapy.
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| − | Lt. McCullough accompanies him
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| − | The Confederation field-tests Behemoth; it successfully destroys planet Loki IV
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| − | KS Calendar
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| − | The TCS Behemoth is tested on Loki VI. The test successfully destroys the planet.
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| − | WC3
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| − | The Behemoth's shielding over a weak area goes down when debris from Graldak nar Sutaghi's fighter crashes into it.
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| − | Other Kilrathi fighters finish the Behemoth off. The crew ejected with lifepods.
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| − | Tolwyn is forced to order the fleet to withdraw.
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| − | Heart of the Tiger
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| − | General Taggart arrives on the Victory.
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| − | The Empire of Kilrah launches an offensive, capturing the System.
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| − | False Colors
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| − | 2669.256
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| − | RAdm. Tolwyn is court marshaled for his handling of the TCS Behemoth operation.
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| − | The proceedings draw a large audience, much of which is shocked when he is finally acquitted.
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| − | False Colors
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| − | 2669.260
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| − | Dr. Severin is rescued from a prison facility on Alcor V.
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| − | 2669.261
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| − | RAdm. Tolwyn returns from his final court martial appearance.
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| − | He finds a voice message from agents of the Belisarius Group, claiming that they are responsible for his acquittal. This is Tolwyn’s
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| − | signal that he must strengthen the Free Republic of the Landreich position in order to ensure the success of The Project.
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| − | Tolwyn contacts his nephew, Maj. Tolwyn, and asks him to resign his commission to serve with the Free Republic of the Landreich Navy.
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| − | 2669.262 Confederation's tests of the Temblor Bomb are successful.
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| − | A prototype of the Temblor bomb is tested on an uninhabited planet in the Hyperion system.
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| − | The bomb detonates successfully, destroying the planet.
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| − | WC3
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| − | 2669.267
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| − | Christopher Blair drops the Temblor Bomb on Kilrah, destroying the planet.
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| − | Much of the Grand Fleet, still in orbit, is destroyed along with it.
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| − | Heart of the Tiger
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| − | The Kilrathi home planet Kilrah is destroyed in an attack consisting of four Excalibur fighters,
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| − | equiped with Confed's newest Stealth technology and the Temblor bomb. As a result the Kilrathi spokesman
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| − | Melek surrenders to Colonel Christopher Blair who led the attack on Kilrah.
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| − | The Terran-Kilrathi Armistice is signed.
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| − | Kal Shintahr Jhorrad of the KIS Vorghath refuses to submit to Melek’s surrender. His dreadnought
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| − | breaks orbit and spends the next year fighting off attacks from other warlords and forces loyal to Melek.
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| − | False Colors
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| − | Melek declares himself Chancellor and forms a caretaker government in order to negotiate with the Terran
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| − | Confederation. Peace talks drag on, but the Treaty of Torgo is eventually signed in the Torgo System.
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| − | False Colors
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| − | 2669.297 Treaty of Torgo
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| − | In the large auditorium of Sector HQ, a Kilrathi delegation signs the Treaty of Torgo, officially ending the war.
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| − | The treaty converted the initial cease-fire into a lasting peace.
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| − | Present for the signing are James Taggart, William Eisen, Geoffrey Tolwyn, Kevin Tolwyn and Melek.
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| − | Governor Kal Shintahr Ukar dai Ragark lak Haka begins a propaganda campaign, claiming that the loss of Kilrah was
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| − | the fault of the Emperor and Prince Thrakhath nar Kiranka.
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| − | The campaign takes on religious overtones, claiming that in following Thrakhath Kilrathi have gone against the Word of the Codices.
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| − | False Colors
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| − | The Belisarius Group plans to support an invasion of the Free Republic of the Landreich by Kal Shintahr
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| − | Ukar dai Ragark lak Haka. The move will make martyrs of the human colonies, leading to a renewed war with
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| − | the Kilrathi and another chance for a military takeover of the government.
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| − | The TCS Lexington undergoes a partial refit, having her drives tuned and her air replaced.
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| − | Capt. Paulson is assigned to perform R&D liaison work.
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| − | She is assigned an entire compliment of replacement fighters.
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| − | Tolwyn personally awards Capt. Eisen the Lexington’s commissioning pennant.
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| − | Jesse Dunlevy is promoted to Lt. Col. and made Wing Commander of the newly rebuilt TCS Lexington.
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| − | Col. Seether soon arrives onboard the carrier with orders from Tolwyn to test Kilrathi hardware.
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| − | Seether’s personnel build their own communications array and begin monitoring the Lexington’s standard comm traffic.
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| − | 2669.315
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| − | A Kilrathi battlegroup built around the KIS Karga makes it to planet Landreich.
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| − | The operation is revenge for their assistance at the Battle of Earth.
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| − | They launch a long-range orbital bombardment before Landreich and Confederation forces chase them off.
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| − | The KIS Karga is under heavy attack from the TCS Dover and the TCS Juneau.
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| − | Focusing on the Dover, it manages to destroy the cruiser.
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| − | With just the Juneau left, the Karga needs to put some distance between them so they can repair the
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| − | jump drive and head back to Imperial territory. Admiral Largka orders the ship closer in to the sun.
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| − | The carrier's shielding is already weak, if it failed the crew would die from radiation within minutes.
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| − | The KIS Frawqirg crash-lands on Vaku VIIa.
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| − | The last of its Confederation pursuers destroyed and its crew dead or dying,
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| − | the KIS Karga begins its lonely orbit around Vaku.
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| − | Roughly 100 survivors from the TCS Juneau land on Vaku VIIa, which they later dub Nargrast.
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| − | == After 2669.183 ==
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| − | '''Tidbits from CIC's WC Information Center about 2669 yet not precisely dated:'''
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| − | Cloaking requires the use of a crystal that has a limited life.
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| − | The first Confed Stealth Fighter prototype was unveiled in the Selyan Sector at the 2669 GCM competition.
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| − | It featured an integral MX-27BC guided-proton warhead.
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| − | Stealth gear was used on the Light Smuggler (Bannockburn) is intended to be used for short periods of time.
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| − | It is a huge drain on the ship's energy and sending a narrow band translight pulse required dropping out of stealth.
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| − | The Kilrathi seemed not to be able to detect the Bannockburn.
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| − | In 2669 a Confederation solar shadow ring station in the Trafalgar System observed a jump point formation inside
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| − | the Tanhauser nebula. Due to the potential strategic value of such a discovery, the CID classified all information
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| − | gathered on the occurrence.
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| − | Fearing a military coup by the Belisarius Group, the Confederation scrambles to reduce its armed forces.
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| − | False Colors
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| − | The Senate requires that the number of fighter squadrons be cut by one-third. Adm. Geoffrey Tolwyn works
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| − | around the requirement by raising the number of fighters in an average squadron from ten back to the
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| − | pre-war level of sixteen. In response, the Senate demands that the 40-series carriers be scrapped and
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| − | that 11,000 military personnel are dropped from active duty.
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| − | The Terran Confederation military begins a downsizing program. Moonbase Tycho’s complement is reduced
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| − | to one quarter of its wartime strength.
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| − | The Free Republic of the Landreich begins buying surplus warships from the Terran Confederation.
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| − | A special team for reviewing and refitting ships as quickly as possible is formed.
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| − | Four light cruisers, including the TCS Andromache (FRLS Thermistocles), are purchased – as are three escort carriers,
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| − | including the TCS Tarawa (FRLS Independence) and the TCS Saipan (FRLS Arbroath).
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| − | The third (second purchased) escort carrier is named FRLS Magna Carta.
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| − | The nation also begins recruiting notable Confederation officers.
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| − | Adm. Richards ostensibly retires from Terran Confederation Naval Intelligence to serve as part of the core
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| − | leadership for President Kruger’s expanding post-war navy.
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