Battlecruiser Vis

CLASS: Tribunus

CREW: CLASSIFIED

ARMAMENT: CLASSIFIED

Originally planned to be deployed to the Omegas in 830 A.S, the CNS-Vis' timeline for deployment was sped up following the destruction of the CNS-Fes. Utilizing the latest weaponry and armor the Corsair Empire could produce. The strength and power of this dreadnought serves as a reminder to the Outcasts that the Corsair Empire has not fallen far behind with the development of it's war machines.

## News

They cowardly waited for our forces to be dispersed between various theaters, the latest one being the Outcast return to Omicron Theta, and took advantage of our inability to crush them like the pests they are.
Special orders were relayed to Battleship Delos in Theta to coordinate additional patrols in the Amarus Cloud to interfere with their shipments of Gammu materials as much as possible.

The Elders have authorised the deployment of elements of the Omicron Gamma defence fleet to respond to the Outcast invasion and secure our borders. These elite fighters are more than a match for the drug-addled Outcasts and will hold the line until the Northern and Southern Fleets complete their assignments in Dresden and Dublin.
The Battleship Delos has been dispatched to the system to coordinate our counter-attack and avenge the loss of the Fes. The Elders have announced that a great honor will be bestowed upon the pilots responsible for the destruction of the Outcast Battlecruiser Augusta.

The Zoners seem to have prevented this previously by importing Fertilizers from the Houses. Similarly, Crete, Leon and Cadiz are facing a shortage of Pharmaceuticals, complicating the treatment of our casualties. The Zoners now refuse to sell us these goods, so we must look elsewhere to obtain what we need.
The Elders have decreed that the raiding fleets are to redouble their efforts in Cambridge, and make new inroads into the Frankfurt system. Petra Base in Sigma 15 is to be reinforced, and the Fertilizer convoys from Planet Holstein treated as priority targets.
The Corsairs have always prized strength, and we have the strength to take what we need from the weak. Prosperity is there to be seized.

The death of Juan Garcia was but the latest in a line of killings by the Bounty Hunters Guild, abetted by the Zoners who provide them with safe harbor. The Elders have decided: no more. One opportunity was offered for the Zoners to make amends for their transgressions, and instead they chose to ignore our reasonable demands. Last night, Freeport 9 was boarded and the station administration placed under arrest.
From this day forward, the biodomes will provide exclusively for the Corsairs, and the docking bays will admit only those we allow. Fortunately, our ancient enemies the Outcasts appear to be preoccupied with a self-inflicted revolt on their poisonous planet. By the time they turn their focus back to the Omicrons, we will be secure in our conquest.

Professor Nagel and her team are certain the Pulse originated from outside Sirius, but are otherwise no closer to identifying its source or mitigating a future Blackout event. "Following the Blackout, we began to see immediate signs of jump hole destabilization in multiple different regions, with many ultimately falling out of phase alignment altogether", she commented. The dramatic upending of Sirius' jump hole network has already prompted many groups to abandon stations and withdraw from systems that appear to risk being cut off.
While months-long trips between the stars are possible thanks to the Liberty Engine and many centuries of innovation, few ships are designed or provisioned to make such arduous journeys. Those who were displaced by Sirius' redrawn map hope that system connections will return, while adventurers and explorers rush to discover new routes.

For decades the Zoners of Freeport 9 have kept themselves safe from Corsair reprisals by offering useful services, with their biodomes providing Crete with respite from the famines that once ravished it. Despite this, outrage has swept Omicron Gamma after a flight of Hunters killed Commander Juan Garcia, before retreating back to the No Fire Zones of Omicron Theta.
The Council of Elders have ordered the administrator of Freeport 9 to attend Planet Crete to hear their demands. Elder Garcia has vowed that the station's halls would "run red with blood" unless the Zoners turned over all BHG aboard the Freeport. The Zoners are yet to respond, likely trying to anticipate how the Corsairs will react.

The Corsairs see the Pygar colony as a direct competitor for the region's scarce resources, with Elder Garcia warning that there would be "dire consequences" should Freeport 9's biodomes reduce or divert their exports to Planet Crete. Whispers of alien ruins and Artifacts discovered below Pygar's surface may also antagonize the Corsairs, who rely on the Artifact trade as a source of wealth. The hardship of Pygar's extreme conditions and the uneasy relationship with the Corsairs has already led many colonists to consider a return to the now liberated Gran Canaria.

In his later years, Montoya would act as a steadying hand on the Council of Elders, counseling against rash decisions and reckless action. The Council has since inducted Elder Rosita Garcia to their number. As she commemorated the launch of the Battlecruiser Santander, she declared that "Sirius shall be set alight as a pyre in Montoya's honor". The Santander and its squadrons have been dispatched to pillage Bretonia.

"The standing Navy of the Corsair Empire as well as its irregular raiders must do everything within their means to break existing stalemates or make progress. The enemies of Crete have grown arrogant and take for granted that Corsair offensives have lost their steam, this is an assessment which must be proved woefully wrong."
In response to these express instructions, activity across every Corsair installation has intensified to levels that suggest substantial mobilization.

## Rumors

* Alright, Senor. I'll admit that not all of our munitions workers are here voluntarily. But those are mainly criminals of the worst sort who are paying their debt to the Empire by building munitions to defeat our enemies. Or, some of them are Hessian dogs or Mollys, that is why you see some of them arriving in shackles. I love the irony of that: they must now labor to build the munitions that will defeat their compatriots!

* We bring a lot of Dublin gold and Cambridge food through this route all the way to Crete. This is why this jump hole is so well defended: we can't let our enemies disrupt this lifeline. This ship is what makes it all possible.

* The war with the Red Hessians in Omega-5 has cost the Corsairs many ships and pilots. Death is the way of the Corsair, so the lost pilots are regrettable yet acceptable. Much worse is the loss of their ships, which are often passed from one generation to the next. This shipyard is constantly running at full operational capacity to build new fighters for the front.

* In 450 AS we captured our first ship. It was the Rheinland exploration vessel *Schiller*. Once we dispatched the crew the ship was ours, and more inner colony ships began to disappear. The Corsairs had begun a legacy that lasts to this day. We are pirates; we take what we need.

* This battleship is the only thing that protects this nebula cloud from being overrun by the Red Hessians. It's originally designed by the Order, so it's stealthy enough to move within the cloud undetected and beat the Hessians at their own game. They have tried to destroy it by organised assault more times than I can count, but they keep failing because of the cloud density and this ship's stealth mode.

* We get many different goods and basic supplies from the Freeports in nearby zones. Often times it is easier to buy what we need with Artifact income than to steal it.

* The Corsairs and Outcasts are the survivors of the *Hispania*. Half of the crew left in smaller ships and crawled into Sirius; they became the Corsairs. The rest of the *Hispania* crew kept the ship running until it limped close enough to Sirius to abandon; they became the Outcasts. More than fifty percent of both groups died in the first two years after planetfall.

* Within the Malvadas Cloud you'll find a Jump Hole leading to Omicron Theta. There is another Jump Hole in this system in the Walker Cloud. Be careful, there are mines scattered among the carbon asteroids, but once past those you'll come upon the Jump Hole to Omega-41.

* Hola, Senor. Are you by chance the pilot of the transport that just delivered our newest contingent of, ah, shall we say, workers? Munitions manufacturing is a dangerous and exhausting occupation, there's no doubt of that. We burn through workers like an Outcast through cardamine. Ah, well, what I mean to say is, our workers rotate back out to their homes frequently. While here, they are well paid and well treated, I assure you. Let me offer you a drink.

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