ALJ Chpt 32

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==Chapter 32 - A Long Journey==
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26 November 2785
Cephei (Unclaimed)
Major Paulina Flores had pushed her crews hard on returning to Cephei and Site 222, using a standard recharge at the first location and then a hot recharge at the second. But they had been back at Site 222 for three days and Caspar 101A had been refueled and work on repairing identified problems onboard was ongoing. Caspar 102 would be refueled tomorrow. Tug One and Tug Two were hard at work among the various ships in system getting a good feel for what was going to be needed to make them operational again. The Aqueduct was with them to supply fuel to bring a ships reactors back online for a diagnostic of each ship. She had split the Tiger Team of 220 people into three teams, with 90 on each Tug and the remaining 40 onboard Caspar 101A.
"Ma'am, Tug One. Several of these Merchants are not, repeat not Merchant Class Jumpships. In addition, the ones that are not Merchants, the aft section has been completely cut away and temporarily welded back on. The warbook only gives us a 91% on Merchant Jumpship, but they are not Merchants. We cannot even refuel the reactors until we completely reattach the aft section and reconnect the fuel system and everything else that had to cut away. If you ask me, the cores have been stripped out already. And they have a transit drive."
"Very well, no sense wasting time on them right now. Move on to the other ships."
"Tug Two here, the Athena Cruiser is a total bust. They damaged her keel pretty bad when they tried to crack the core, probably used way more explosive than they needed or her keel was weakened by battle damage already. She is only good for stripping of everything of use."
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27 November 2785
"Tug One reporting, the New Syrtis Carrier is fully operational. Has a fair bit of battle damage and some weapons bays offline, but her core is intact and if you want we can sail her back to Mackolla today. She will need a fair bit of love in a maintenance yard before she is fully battle ready. Could use a full helium flush on her core too, but we don't have near enough with us for that. We put just enough fuel onboard to relight the reactors to run the diagnostic."
"Download all the navigational history stored in her computers, do it to every ship. We might learn something we didn't know already. Also see if you can find any and all logs. From every ship, be nice to know why they are here and where they have been."
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29 November 2785
"Tug Two here, all two Conestogas are operational and jump capable. They all have a full compliment of Dropshuttles too. Ships and shuttles all have battle damage, nothing too horrible, but they are going to need some yard time to bring back to pristine condition."
"Tug One, same for the four Aquilla Transports. Fully jump capable and operational. Total of 4 Mingo Dropshuttles and 4 Drost IIb onboard. Some have seen serious fighting."
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2 December 2785
"One Snowden looks to be fully operational as a mining station, it will take a while to run down every piece of machinery onboard, including the mining mechs to be sure. Second Snowden has been stripped clean, outside of the systems to operate the thing, there is nothing, no mining equipment, no processing equipment, no weapons, just the basic systems. The third Snowden has been converted into a living habitat of some sort. The repair bay has been removed and replaced with a hydroponics bay. Quarters for about 3,000 people. All three have KF Booms so they could be hauled back when we leave."
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8 December 2785
"Ma'am, we just found six compact cores stowed in transport shielding. They could quite possibly go with those six not Merchants. Though I have no clue why the hell they pulled the cores anyway. Seems like a ton of work for nothing. They were in a stable high orbit of one of the moons. Long ways from where the ships are parked."
"Compact cores mean something special, warships of some sort. Haul them over, very gently, closer to the parked ships."
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===SLDF Site 222 Salvage Report===
*;FSS Chesterton, New Syrtis Carrier : Captured by the Taurian Navy in 2577 during Case Amber at Panpour. Surrendered by the Taurian Government at the end of the Reunification War in 2596. Unknown by the Federated Suns, the SLDF parked FSS Chesterton at Site 222 for study.
*; MCS Kossandra Centrella, Athena Cruiser : Heavily damaged during the Periphery Uprising in 2765/2766, MCS Kossandra Centrella was captured by the SLDF and brought to Site 222 for storage. Her keel was heavily damaged while trying to crack her jump core.
*; Conestoga Transport #1 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC.
*; Conestoga Transport #2 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC.
*; Aquilla Transport #1 : Captured by the SLDF during the Reunification War, brought to Site 222 for storage.
*; Aquilla Transport #2 : Captured by the SLDF during the Reunification War, brought to Site 222 for storage.
*; Aquilla Transport #3 : Captured by the SLDF during the Reunification War, brought to Site 222 for storage.
*; Aquilla Transport #4 : Captured by the SLDF during the Reunification War, brought to Site 222 for storage.
*; Liberty Jumpship #1 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core cracked.
*; Liberty Jumpship #2 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Liberty Jumpship #3 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Liberty Jumpship #4 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Liberty Jumpship #5 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Merchant Jumpship #1 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Merchant Jumpship #2 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Merchant Jumpship #3 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Merchant Jumpship #4 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Merchant Jumpship #5 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Merchant Jumpship #6 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Merchant Jumpship #7 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Merchant Jumpship #8 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Merchant Jumpship #9 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Merchant Jumpship #10 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Merchant Jumpship #11 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Merchant Jumpship #12 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Merchant Jumpship #13 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Invader Jumpship #1 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Invader Jumpship #2 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Invader Jumpship #3 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Invader Jumpship #4 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Invader Jumpship #5 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Invader Jumpship #6 : Captured by the SLDF during the Periphery Uprising of 2765/2766, brought to Site 222 for storage to be examined by SLIC. Core Cracked.
*; Leviathan Jumpship #1 : Captured by the SLDF during the Reunification War, brought to Site 222 for storage. Core cracked.
*; Leviathan Jumpship #2 : Captured by the SLDF during the Reunification War, brought to Site 222 for storage. Core cracked.
*; Snowden #1 : Captured by SLDF from defeated pirates, original owner unknown. Brought to Site 222 for storage.
*; Snowden #2 : Captured by SLDF from defeated pirates, original owner unknown. Brought to Site 222 for storage.
*; Snowden #3 : Captured by SLDF from defeated pirates, original owner unknown. Brought to Site 222 for storage. Repurposed by Star League but never deployed.
*; Snowden #4 : Captured by SLDF from defeated pirates, original owner unknown. Brought to Site 222 for storage. Repurposed by Star League and used at Shady Palms.
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