Operation: Blackout
10 Jan 2021LilliSWE
As my fleet commanders gather at the briefing table, I gather my notes for the following meeting. Operation: Blackout is about to be officially formalized. "Thank you all for attending. The time has finally come to rollout Black Fleet. We have secured shipyards from Prismatic Solutions by way of Emily Van Wynter. They have already constructed: 1 Federal Corvette, 2 Federal Dropships, 1 Python, and 1 Fer De Lance. We have an order in for more ships, but this will be enough to start with. Tech mechanic, Indigo Shine, has begun work on outfitting the weapons and defenses on the ships. Commander Alexandra Urumov will command Black Fleet.
We have an opportunity in the Witch Head Nebula to secure a station within Thargoid territory. The system of Lembass is currently under a Thargoid incursion and Tsao Prospect has been damaged. Our priority is not the Thargoid incursion, but the Conflict Zones with Imperial Silver Eagles and the Alliance Vanguard Crew are. The Green Eagles will provide defense against any Thargoids while Black Fleet engages The Alliance Vanguard Crew. We need to secure this victory to have full access to Thargoid research facilities. This will ensure uninterrupted access to our tech research. Talon Fleet, under command of Admiral Conners, will remain in Nova space to ensure our expansion plans take place without any hiccups. As of this moment, our primary focus is on Lembass. LCDR Rodriquez will remain in HIP 39242 to ensure the transition of ownership. That is all. Dismissed!"
As the fleet commanders disperse, I am met by my assistant who informs me of a communication message from Senator Patreus. She says it is marked Priority 1 so I decide to read it in my office.
"Admiral Lindholm,
Priority: Operation Heretic is to remain the top objective. The heretic [R E D A C T E D] is to be swiftly assassinated once all internal information is acquired. In addition to that, you are to eliminate all high ranking members of the [ R E D A C T E D]. This will ensure no further attempts to maintain the organization are taken. This comes directly from the Emperor herself.
Priority: Operation Little Bird is now activated. You are to travel to Cemiess and your contact will meet you upon entering the system. This is a personal mission from the Princess. She entrusts only you will handle such a delicate matter.
We are evacuating all Imperial citizens from the Lembass system. The Senate has agreed to withdraw all assets from Thargoid research. You, however, are free to continue the research you are conducting. That tech will help the Empire.
.....End of transmission."
Seems I will be flying off to the Cemiess system shortly. Guess I need to prepare.