Data Drop/POA

OPERATION: RED FLAG <//> SECTION 3 [STAGGERED SCAN]TAGGED COMM-0233 <//> MULTI-SPLICE CAPTURE ON UNSC PILLAR OF AUTUMN[MST - AUG. 30 - 0414 HRS]
Dowski, next time you take a picture of something, pull back abit, will you? It took me a full five minutes to figure out whatexactly this was. But yeah, there are eight of these boosterpackages slapped onto Autumn’s flanking hardpoints—R7 thrustcouplings, shipped out from Siófok. EVA techs installed ‘emyesterday and were running tests for three hours straight. But toanswer your question...if you’re asking whether I think she’d holdup in-atmo, hell yeah, she’d hold up, but no one here is crazyenough to try it. Class-L flash-docks are basic math for a corvetteor a frigate, but for a cruiser like Autumn, well, let’s be real, it’d belike flying a brick with bottle rockets. Those couplings have to befor something else—something not listed in the mission specs.Your guess is as good as mine.”
PURDY // 63673-45327-GP
“I’ve already done this dance once with the captain and I’ll do itagain if I have to. If the Spartans keep pulling more gear from thearmory—way more than they need—there’ll be problems.Locklear says they already took all the M90s from the aft rackwhich is complete BS. I don’t care if it’s functionally the same asthe 45E, Wellsley, they don’t have the run on every piece of kit onthis ship—there’s only twenty-five of them for god’s sake.Hannover assured me that we wouldn’t be sidelined for RED FLAGand I’m going to make sure that we’re not. We’re here tofight, probably because someone upstairs doesn’t think the Navycan get the job done on its own. Not the first time. Get Keyes onthe comm now before I do something I’ll regret.”
SILVA // 73809-39884-AS
“CO is making me ride shotgun again on Coda so I’m running afinal weapons check to make sure none of the system faults wesaw yesterday are still red. Can you have maintenance look atthe cylinder head on M910 serial A5883? I filed a report earlierabout a leak and we’re still seeing fluid seeping out into space... aton of it! Not sure why the hell they won’t get off their asses to fixit, but now Keyes has seen it and he’s fired up. They’d better getthings sorted before we get back. Also, was there some sort offireworks celebration planned for today that I don’t know about?Our geosynch req’s got us holding steady over Lábatlan, but Iswear I saw something flare up over Eposz few minutes ago.We’re way too far to confirm though. My condo’s inNew Alexandria. I’ll have to ask Candace if she saw anything when weget back.”ABIAD // 25190-26374-RA
“Can you please get Casimir Station on the line for me again?Cortana’s running through theta right now so I’m trying to checkour sensor matrix before it cycles, but I’m noticing some heavyEM readings bouncing off Turul and I’m not sure what to make ofit. CTR3 says it’s fine, but I’ve seen fine before and this ain’t it.These numbers...they’re through the damn roof! Is this whyFLEETCOM won’t let us out from Lábatlan? Bridge crew isstarting to ask questions and the captain’s gonna be here in afew. I’d like a reason for why we’re parked in all of this heavytraffic with the rest of the fleet instead of pushing out pass themoon and I don’t want that scripted crap about their relay beingdown. Get someone out there to fix the damn thing already if it’sholding up this much traffic!”LOVELL // 78349-90983-WL