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PLAY music "Music_CW_OpeningTheme"
"ENCRYPTED" "SENDER ID A445BV8831 RED ABBEY"
"Red Abbey" "Lieutenant Ross. We haven't met. Let's keep it that way. Crown HIGHCOM sends its regards." "08a-01"
"Red Abbey" "I work with Alban Naval Intelligence. I've been chasing Solaris, a Fed weapons research project that ANI got wind of a few months back. It looks like the Combine have managed to coopt Solaris for themselves." "08a-02"
"Red Abbey" "Commonwealth Military Command has also been monitoring the situation on the Morik war front. There's reports that the entire front line is collapsing." "08a-03"
"Red Abbey" "Someone in FDI screwed up, and screwed up hard. They must've known the Combine had used their Solaris data to build their own version, but they were still blindsided." "08a-04"
"Red Abbey" "We suspect that Solaris goes back all the way to the Elam war. The Federation weren't supporting the Republic out of the kindness of their hearts." "08a-05"
"Red Abbey" "The Federation wanted the Mira system, and I suspect that 'Combine' base was actually FDI's." "08a-06"
"Red Abbey" "The Combine destroyed the base before ANI could move in. However, it seems we got lucky." "08a-07"
"Red Abbey" "That intel you got from Juliet is the break we needed. I'm putting together a plan to get a copy of the data to ANI." "08a-08"
"Red Abbey" "Thanks to Lancaster's terrible operation security, you and McKearney are in the perfect position to help us crack Solaris." "08a-09"
"Red Abbey" "The Commonwealth presumes your cooperation in this matter. Let's not ruin a good thing, shall we?" "08a-10"


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SHOWICON planet file="icon_planet" text="Morik" color="blue" x=50 y=40

Lancaster "Pilots, eyes up. You need to see this." "08a-11"
Lancaster "We've intercepted a distress call from the Osiris, flagship of Rear Admiral Colvin and command ship of task force 57." "08a-12"

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SHOWICON osiris file="icon_carrier" text="Osiris" color="green" x=50 y=40
SHOWICON veritas file="icon_cruiser2" text="Veritas" color="red" x=30 y=30
SHOWICON insolent file="icon_flightdeckcruiser" text="Insolent" color="red" x=30 y=50
SHOWICON vind file="icon_dreadnought" text="Vindicator" color="red" x=70 y=40
Lancaster "The Osiris entered Morik about ten minutes ago with the Combine dreadnought Vindicator in pursuit. From Combine comms traffic it looks like Romanowska has also deployed the Veritas to intercept." "08a-13"
Lancaster "Colvin's carrier won't be able to withstand the firepower of the Vindicator and Veritas. Despite the risk, I've authorised a support mission." "08a-14"
HIDE veritas
HIDE insolent
HIDE vind

SHOWICON alpha1 file="icon_stealthfighter" text="Ross" color="green" x=30 y=30
SHOWICON alpha2 file="icon_stealthfighter" text="McKearney" color="green" x=30 y=50

Lancaster "Ross, McKearney. You'll be Alpha wing. Both of you are Murphy's first choices for flight duty, so I've authorised you to fly the Phantom stealth fighters." "08a-15"
Lancaster "Current doctrine states they're used best setting up ambushes against enemy strikecraft and warship turrets. Use them well." "08a-16"
Lancaster "Murphy, I want you to pull up a roster of who else we've got available. I want everyone capable of flying out there." "08a-17"
Lancaster "XO, set a condition one throughout the ship. We jump in five minutes." "08a-18"
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HIDE alpha1
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SETBG "briefingnavigation"

SHOWICON morik file="icon_system_g" text="Morik" color="none" x=50 y=42
SHOWICON durius file="icon_system_y" text=" " color="none" x=62 y=45
SHOWICON shenkuo file="icon_system_g" text="Shen Kuo" color="none" x=40 y=45
SHOWICON bast file="icon_system_g" text="Bast" color="none" x=30 y=42
SHOWICON alphard file="icon_system_r" text="Alphard" color="none" x=32 y=15
SHOWICON actium file="icon_system_r" text="Actium" color="none" x=45 y=20
SHOWICON fed file="label_fed" text=" " color="none" x=20 y=52
SHOWICON com file="label_com" text=" " color="none" x=20 y=22
Murphy "Hey. This doesn't look good. I'm not sure you know this, but Task force 57 was stationed at Shen Kuo to garrison the system against Combine attack." "08a-19"
Murphy "It was the most powerful task force in Fifth Fleet, other than the Morik garrison. Our entire operation here depended on Colvin's ships reinforcing our position." "08a-20"
Murphy "If the Osiris is here, it's likely Shen Kuo, and Task Force 57 have been lost." "08a-21"
Murphy "Anyway, doesn't change our mission. We need to get the Admiral out of there alive." "08a-22"
Murphy "I'll see you on the flight deck. I need to pep up some of the rookie pilots before we go out there. This is going to be rough." "08a-23"

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