Commonwealth of Rosetta

PUBLISHER: The Soldier's Daily (state-run internal)
EDITOR: SCA.NOVA-4, Sovereign Command Asset, Head Operator of the Military, Overwatch High Command

TAGS: series("Combine Retaliation")

- Our quota of Two Million Ships is being approached, and on time. Our Primary Overseer is expected to deploy alongside the Expedition, into Combine-held territory. Presently, Secondary Overseer Helito Au'skrintame Paletema has been ascended to Interim Primary Overseer, and our Interim Secondary Overseer has been selected by consensus of HICOM and STRATCOM; an Avialin of mature order at 6'8, serving in the STORM juggernaut division as a Division Commander, Aüdri Sutaomi.

- We are currently at 75% quota fulfillment, with our shipyards working overtime. Battle estimates show that a majority of our expeditionary force may be destroyed in battle, though this is a risk we are willing to take, as this is our only shot. In attendance of the Kal'Asni gateway, there are over fifty unique empires as our quota is filled out.

- Battle orders are currently being pre-planned. Probes surviving the passage report a massive Combine fleet on the other side, exceeding fifty capital ships. Combat intelligence officers have requested this information to be released;

- The Combine uses Dark Fusion technology (quasi-related to Dark Matter), still, while we have already advanced to Stellarite; psionic, anomalous materiel. Presently, all Combine ships use Dark Fusion technology, and among the ranks, there are three distinct ship types;
>Shu'ulathoi: monolithic, 20kmx16kmx3km with 9km-long tendrils, with at least 20 XL weapon slots, ten PD slots, and 40 Medium slots. No detectable shields.
>Shoggothor: titanic, 4kmx2kmx10km with a squid-like shape, with a singular T-class weapon slot; an eye-beam, likely anti-capital-ship. No detectable shields.
>Aebsor: huge, 4kmx2kmx2km with a cicada-like shape, with at least 5 Hangar slots, 15 Torpedo slots, and 5 PD slots. No detectable shields.
- Combine attack patterns are extremely predictable. Shu'ulathoi are guarded by at least four fleets of 4x Shoggothor and 40x Aebsor, built entirely on swarm tactics, with the Shoggothor firing from artillery range and the Shu'ulathoi acting as a command platform. Assassinating the Shu'ulathoi usually results in chaos in the enemy fleets, as they operate without control. Inside each Shu'ulathoi is supposedly an Advisor array, operating as the fleet command matrix.
- Their megastructures are defended by Shu'ulathoi squadrons, named and translated to be Aekale'toina, defended by their own four fleets each to a total of at least 700 ships per megastructure. There seem to be three distinct "subtypes"; explosives-only, energy-only, and kinetic-only. We've yet been unable to identify what these creatures are equipped with, but we do know that they host weapons on par with Dark Matter technology. Our soldiers are warned to expect at least a thousand hostile drone contacts, and to let their Autonomous Point Defense Systems to interdict the swarmers.

- Until further notice, as decree'd by our Primary Overseer Clauderran Meckhail Resekyajte, a moratorium on research has been declared, both due to upcoming wartime concerns and due to no further safe technologies at hand. There's also a moratorium on State of Affairs posts, simply due to being unfitting to work on such mundanity when we're closing the books on such a dark and deeply horrifying chapter in our Era. In regards to the upcoming war, enlistment has effectively tripled, and STRATCOM has floated the idea of a moratorium on recruitment due to logistical concerns; although we've mobilized Arkships RCSV Šwidvetwëno (𐁘𐁃𐁌𐀜) and Rēviatana (𐀩𐀹𐀀𐀲𐀙), among others, we do not have the resources on them yet to sustain a fully-manned operation, not to mention we've already integrated plenty of autonomous war-drones under the control of a pacified Contingency Core, CW-442.

- The rules of engagement regarding ground invasions are in direct mirror of our current ROE, with a few changes; all Combine soldiers (with an extension to Combine administrators and politicians) are to be Killed On Sight, all Combine technology is to be destroyed with any means available, and Advisors are to be Killed On Sight without any due regard. If there are rebels present on the planet in question, post-invasion control is to be handed off to them. Post-invasion cleanup will include the Honor Guard (specifically, Honor Rescue battalions), Fire Service expeditionaries, HELIX-division medical soldiers, XRAY-division medical officers, GRID-division technical soldiers, HERO-division technical officers, Civil Services engineers & plumbers, among others.

- All mobilized Arkships:
-- with KS as "Arkship Standard" (Kudieriama Sÿnçje [𐀓𐀇𐀁𐀪𐀀𐀔 𐀯𐀂𐀜𐀋]), KB as "Arkship Combatant, type Battleship" (Kudieriama Arakemina [𐀓𐀇𐀁𐀪𐀀𐀔 𐀀𐀨𐀐𐀖𐀙]), KD as "Arkship Combatant, type Dreadnought" (Kudieriama Šwideterima [𐀓𐀇𐀁𐀪𐀀𐀔 𐁘𐀆𐀳𐀪𐀔])
- 𐁘𐁃𐁌𐀜 // Šwidvetwëno, RCSV-KS-0001
- 𐀩𐀹𐀀𐀲𐀙 // Rēviatana, RCSV-KB-0002
- 𐀀𐀪𐀑𐀃𐀙 // Arikiøna, RCSV-KS-0003
- 𐀭𐀬𐁅 // Sarünja, -KS-0004
- 𐁃𐁋𐁆𐁀 // Djêtafüa, -KB-0005
- 𐀒𐀫𐀉𐀨𐀙 // Korodurana, -KD-0006
- 𐀁𐀉𐀪𐀀𐀝 // Edürianu, -KS-0007
- 𐀑𐀆𐀪𐀀𐀘 // Kideriamü, -KS-0008
- 𐀡𐁉𐀕𐀊𐀏 // Poraÿmejaka, -KB-0009