Windy accuses 7 Sa Sao of destroying DDS ships

Windscorpion, currently on Starbot, has conducted a review of what happened to the Strawberry Field deployment that saw a Quasar and Provider destroyed and has concluded that the 7 Sa Sao were behind it. He said there was evidence of contact between the captain of SS Starlifter and an unknown ship which the captain is on record of saying he thought was a 7 Sa Sao ship. CCTV footage and sensor data has revealed that the captain was removed from the bridge for some 7 minutes during an encounter with an unknown ship some 2 weeks before the incident where the captain went crazy.

Sensor analysis has detected the same teleporter trace as what happened to Quarz when he was probed by the 7SS earlier in the year. Windy said, "We have pretty good evidence that the Starlifter captain was also subject to a 7 Sa Sao anal probing and CCTV footage of his break down indicates he was pre-programmed to act and the 7 Sa Sao pulled the trigger when his ship was ready to wreck havoc with our deployment."

Of course accusing the 7 Sa Sao is one thing, actually knowing if they received it is another.

Windy arrives on Starbot

Windy has arrived on Starbot to begin an investigation into the Strawberry Field disaster. He has already held lengthy interviews with Von Kane and Torus and will be interviewing all senior and second officers who were at the scene as well as reviewing CCTV footage from SS Starlifter. Most of the footage is from cameras in the male toilets of course but there is some footage from the bridge of the Provider transport that attacked it's own side.

An unconfirmed report states that CCTV shows the captain of the Starlifter shooting the other bridge crew and then launching a suicidal attack on the rest of the fleet.

Von Kane persuaded to remain in DDS

Windy has held a video conference with Torus and Von Kane as part of his investigation into what happened in the Strawberry Field deployment when a Quasar and Provider were destroyed. Windy is due to arrive on Starbot next week to properly begin the investigation but said he found the preliminary talk useful.

Windy was also able to talk to Von Kane about his resignation. Von Kane has been persuaded to remain in the DDS but at the rank of Captain. He will resume command of SS Velocity when it's repairs are completed. Torus remains the commander of the 4th Fleet for now but it is likely he will be replaced later on, as he is considered a little too junior for the role, but is likely to remain the deputy commander. The Orchid is likely to take over the fleet (she currently commands the 2nd Fleet), Firefly says he is now ready for full service and so will resume command of the 1st Fleet when it returns from Remedia to GHQ, it's current commander Sea Urchin taking over the 2nd Fleet from The Orchid. For completion Knobhead is in command of the 3rd Fleet at Rathun's World.

Windy heads for Starbot

Leaving Sea Urchin in charge of the 1st Fleet, now taking up a position near Ailiari (it will move onto Algol 7 later in the week) Windy has switched his flag to D101 Panther (below) and headed to Starbot where he will take personal charge of the investigation into what happened to the Strawberry Field deployment.



The journey is a long one though, from one end of the DDS to the other so even the Panther will take 2 weeks to get to Starbot. The Strawberry Field deployment has meanwhile reached Starbot. Torus has been confirmed as permanent 4th Fleet commander and has been given command of SS Quarternary as his new ship. The existing captain of that ship will be given a new Panther.

More details of Strawberry Field incident

The death toll in the horror friendly fire incident that saw a Quasar rammed by a Provider (destroying both) and a Terran Sea badly damaged has risen to 151. It will rise still further a spokesperson said because some of the damage control crew who managed to prevent SS Sea Of Oskhotsk from being destroyed suffered fatal doses of radiation.

Admiral Von Kane resigned following the incident, Windy has refused to accept his resignation however has removed him from command of the 4th Fleet. Torus has been made temporary head of the fleet. He has yet to be assigned a new ship to replace SS Boson which was destroyed.

The deployment has now arrived at Starbot. SS Velocity, which suffered severe damage, will go to Solaris for fill repairs. A tug has been dispatched from Proxima 7 to retrieve the Terran Sea frigate which it will need to be decontaminated before the repairs, which will take a long time, can begin. The ship is not expected back in service until late next year.

An investigation team is looking into an incident some weeks ago where the SS Starlifter encountered an unknown alien ship and the captain claimed he had been probed by aliens, possibly the 7 Sa Sao. At the time it was ignored as the captain was known for his love of the bottle.

Quasar, Provider destroyed in friendly fire horror

The Strawberry Field deployment has descended into chaos after a Provider transport attached to the deployment opened fire on the ships and then rammed Quasar cruiser SS Boson, both ships being destroyed. SS Starlifter was the Provider which suddenly opened fire on it's fellow DDS ships, unfortunately it was fitted with the new SUP combat pod and was able to seriously damage SS Velocity and SS Sea Of Oskhotsk.



The Terran Sea frigate had to be evacuated because of serious fires in the reactor array, for a time the fires raged uncontrollable causing the DDS to fear the ship would be lost but damage control teams finally managed to get the fires under control, however radiation leakage has made the ship uninhabitable. SS Velocity suffered notable damage also.

Quasar SS Boson was utterly destroyed when it was rammed by the Provider. The total loss of life has been given at 147. Admiral Von Kane, who was uninjured though his faithful deputy Otto was killed on the bridge of SS Velocity, has resigned from the DDS. The captain of the Boson, who luckily for him was on the Velocity at the time, Torus has taken command of what is left of the deployment. Isometric frigate SS Quarternary, which was on a patrol against external threats and thus uninvolved in the incident, has taken charge of the fleet.

Damage control and medical teams have been despatched from Rathun's World. Windscorpion has demanded a full enquiry.

DDS prepare for new series of exercises

Following joint exercises with the Starbotians the ships of the Strawberry Field deployment under the command of Von Kane have travelled to space near Aldebra, the colony disputed between the UNP and 7 Sa Sao, for a new series of exercises.

The DDS have been wary for signs of the 7 Sa Sao but apart from one unconfirmed sensor reading a few days ago there has been nothing unusual.

Starsystem training frigate T103 Piscis Australis has left the deployment and returned to Solaris though another training ship will join the deployment later in the month.

Strawberry Field begins

Operation Strawberry Field has begun with a 2 day exercise by DDS ships near Starbot. Later in the week 3 ships from the Starbot fleet will join up and take part in a series of exercises. The training deployment is expected to last until the end of the month when Windscorpion is due to arrive and the young men will perform for him.

Admiral Von Kane, head of the 4th Fleet and in charge of the operation said that the training of his forces would be enhanced and interoperability with the Starbotians would be greatly developed. He did not say, but is also true, that the deployment would be a useful show of strength with the 7 Sa Sao operating in the area.

As for Aldebra the 7 Sa Sao have yet to show the colonists what the "consequences" are for not leaving after they issued a warning in June.

Windy switches flag to Barents Sea

Windscorpion has switched his flag to frigate F136 Barents Sea and will use the Type 43B frigate as his flagship until SS Carboniferous is repaired later in the year. Windy will arrive back at GHQ this week and is expected to spend a few days on DDS issues before travelling to Terra to spend a week's leave in Stoke.



After that Windy will travel to New Arit for talks with the Aritans and then later in August will travel across to Starbot to attend the final exercises in the Strawberry Fields deployment.

Operation Strawberry Field

The DDS today announced a new exercise to begin next week and expected to be carried out during August. The exercise will take place in the space around Starbot and it is suspected the choice of venue is to enable the DDS to give the 7 Sa Sao a show of strength. DDS ships will operate with Starbotian vessels in a number of combat exercises, the Starbotians both providing "friendly" and "enemy" elements. A training frigate is also to attend and will be manned by cadets near the end of their training to give them some near-combat experience.

The fleet will be commanded by Von Kane and consist of :

D151 Velocity (flag)
C123 Boson
F113 Quarternary
F115 Cainozoic
F147 Sea Of Oskhotsk
T103 Piscis Australis (training detachment)
A107 Starlifter
A143 Liftmaster (see below)