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Oh, hell, really! We’re running out of time… If the Azure Legion get a chance to disperse the Officers, we may not to be able to rescue all of them at once, and given ISN doctrine, a partial rescue likely means the other captives lives are forfeit.
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Sir, we may need to be ready to conduct simultaneous operations at different parts of Atlantis. We may not have enough manpower to split our forces and breach prison security effectively. Any options for force multipliers?
An idea occurs to me. How readily could we alter the IFF codes and hull codes of the Group? Perhaps rapidly?
If we need to make a stop at Atlantis Command to attempt extraction, being ostensibly part of a visiting Hunter Group that’s NOT under investigation by INI might improve our chances.
Sorry I’m late, everyone. Been briefing the marine and damcon teams on their respective duties in operations to come. I see Lieutenant Nhaima’s already covered a fair bit of the traffic intel we’ve come across in the Atlantis sector, thank you. Permit me to graphically augment our findings.
Wielding the conference room remote, Ironclad triggers an overlay on the Atlantis region, with highlighted paths showing a blur of ship paths crisscrossing the sector and converging on its gates. Some paths are densely colored.
The first and most obvious traffic nexus for our traffic of interest is Atlantis Command. Not particularly subtle or secretive, but would make sense as a refuel/refit stop for Azure Legion ops. I originally thought that it’s overt nature would preclude it as the holding area for our senior officers, but the our other leads seem to stockpile there, particularly the core world administrative transmissions. If Atlantis command turns out NOT to be the holding site, given the operational patterns we’ve been able to deduce, we may be able to track a suspect vessel from the command base to another Azure Legion asset… if we’re sneaky.
We aaaalsooooo get a fair bit of heat in Sector VII, running from Atlantis Command. Another candidate for a concealed facility, especially with the nebulae nearby. Note as well that a lot of the suspect traffic tends to linger in nebulae or areas made ideal for signal masking due to cosmic conditions, much like pirates. The same approach may behoove us if we’re able to tackle this operation prior to our cover being blown.
Two other installations of interest also emerge if we examine ISN controlled space in the Marches zooms out and highlights Krisenda. The R-56X research installation is highlighted in our data mining, which you’ll recall we recently defended from Hegemony incursion with the support of the Imperial Caltron-deploying prototypes. In retrospect, the involvement of such heavy firepower suggests further significance to that station. We also get some hits at DS-001, which is a very old and backwater station that’s otherwise unremarkable and unvisited… perfect candidate for a black ops outpost.
All together, lots of useful data; even if it’s not all relevant to the task at hand, these leads may be worth pursuing later to determine the scope of the caltron project. Given that we’re likely going into a more covert tempo, I’ve taken the liberty of having the Group’s Tag warheads modified to favor low-observability over duration. They’ll be difficult to detect in flight, and nearly impossible to find once attached, though they won’t take to a target that’s actively configured their shields for incoming fire. As long our ship is silent running, with minimal power settings, they may be able to bug a passing vessel beyond two klicks without being detected doing so, enabling us to eavesdrop on suspect Azure legion vessels without tipping our hand or raising alarm.
Subintendant Ironclad, who’s been standing in the corner pensively up to this point, perks up noticeably and looks excitedly / intensely at Overintendant Quinn at Hamilton’s comm
Seems both our defector and our information drop came through. How many systems can you think of in our vicinity that start with “Atl”?
Looks over to Nhaima.
I bet you a month’s pay that Atlantis command is showing unusual ISN traffic right this moment. Is there anything specific we can requisition from Atlantis Command necessitating a 4HG pit stop?
Reading pre-projection logs? I’m glad you people have time to read!
Subaltern Ironclad staggers into the mess hall, the weight of a full day’s of work borne on his muscles and mind alike. Shaking hands bear beverages; a steaming cup of coffee in one hand, and a glass of water in the other.
Alright if I join you folks? I’ve got 10 minutes to kill before I have to go continue to remind myself how much catching up I have to do on the build, systems, and thresholds of a so-called Thraex class. Equal parts fun and frustrating. Some interesting intel, too.
The TSN Single-seaters could use an update, especially with differentiating between them (IIRC they use different scalings of the same model currently).
I envision the Strike fighter having more of a F-22A Raptor type profile, the Bomber being a flying wing with three or four engines, the standard Shuttle having small wings but a bulkier fuselage, and the LR shuttle adding extra engines to the standard.
