Fort Nozomi
Gashmere
General Ragnar Bjornisson had taken command of Task Force Piglet, both to 7th fleets officers to return to their regularly scheduled programming, as well as a show of good faith from Star Army during the increase of joint operations on Gashmere. The Fleet from YEMA under former Star Army Taisa and now Acting Director Aizawa Shusui
had arrived to provide aid. After Coordinating with Star Army and planetary assets the following priorities were put into place.
1. Stabilization, recovery, and repair of orbital shipyards.
2. Decontamination of Gashmere City with follow on tasking: remains recovery and identification
3. Prevention and containment of forest fires
4. Locate, identify, and take action on any hazardous materials that may have made landfall from orbit and take appropriate measures.
TF Piglet Tactical Operations Center (TOC)
Zanven Brax was brought before General Bjornisson after the "data" recovered by 77 had been analyzed and decoded. The coordinates resulting led to a dense asteroid field in the Rosenthal Nebula roughly half way between Gashmere and Schongebiet. The general bade Zanven to enter the room and sit at a table with a few other officers from both the Star Army and Planetary guard.
"Now that everyone is here, this is the rundown. Our intel suggests significant activity at this location. Drone insertions have been attempted, but were unable to gather enough conclusive data on what is there. We think this is due both to interference from the nebula itself, as well as the density and relative motion of the asteroids in the field. What data we were able to glean suggests that at least some of the asteroids have energy signatures on them, as well as the presence of at least one cruiser sized ship. The asteroids themselves range in size from .5 meters all the way to nearly 3 kilometers. We believe that the relative motion in the field is naturally occurring, however, with recent events in orbit, we cannot rule out the possibility of any of them having been weaponized. Size, composition, and capabilities of hostile forces at this point is completely unknown. Brax, this is where you come in. We have on loan 3 prototype OI-V5-1B Kuromaki. You are to take command of this flight, infiltrate the asteroid field and ascertain the size, disposition, and capabilities of and forces there, without being detected. You are being loaned 5 pilots from Fort Nozomi as your wingmen. You have 18 hours before launch. Do you have any questions?"