• Terra, 1 November 3050 : 1052nd annual NaNoWriMo begins, millions of writers across the Inner Sphere attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days • • Poulsbo, 14 November 3050 : Contact with Circinus HPG station lost amidst ongoing violence in Circinus Federation, Com Guards dispatch The Grace of Thought IV-ξ to investigate and resolve situation • • Sian, 30 November 3050 : Sun-Tzu Liao claims double victory in NaNoWriMo, having written 50,000 word manuscripts in English and Chinese simultaneously • • Dalcour, 11 December 3050 : Fighting in Circinus Federation spills into Free Worlds League; force identified as Black Warriors raids Dalcour, escapes before FWLM units in region can respond • • Pasig, 21 December 3050 : One Star Faith leader Egan Telosa claims to have been granted vision of "grim demon cast down by spear of light"; One Star Faith jumpships depart Pasig on long-delayed pilgrimage to alleged paradise in Elissa system • • Tharkad, 1 January 3051 : In New Year's address, Archon Melissa Steiner-Davion decries "unprovoked Marik aggression in Lyran border worlds" in response to FWLM raids on Callison, Wyatt, Wasat, and Phecda • • Gei-Fu, 12 January 3051 : Gei-Fu declares independence from Capellan Confederation, petitions Saint Ives Compact for admission •
Your mission was to raid an AFFC supply depot on Phecda, drive off or destroy the defenders, the mercenary regiment Harlock's Warriors, plunder as much of the materiel from the depot as possible, and destroy that left behind.
You accomplished your objectives, having captured from the depot 3,106 tons of materiel, worth 465,900,000 C-Bills, including an ON1-K Orion, an OTL-4D Ostsol, a GRF-1N Griffin, three WSP-1A Wasps, and four STG-3R Stingers.
Your share of this salvaged material comes to 93,180,000 C-Bills. With standard budget allocations and your cash reserve, you have 96,098,540 C-Bills available.
If you should choose to keep any of the salvaged 'mechs, the costs to do so, including parts necessary to repair them to nominal condition, are:
Rather than returning to Dubhe, your orders are to travel to the Silver Hawks world Kalidasa, where the KYWI factory is located, for rest, repair, and refit. You have 37 days outbound from Phecda at 2g, 7 days in free-fall in the Shiloh system to recharge, and 10 days inbound to Kalidasa at 1g, and then at least two months on Kalidasa with access to the KYWI facilities, to effect repairs and upgrades.
You have orders to rebuild the Silver Hawks Falcons, Third Battalion, to something more closely approximating full strength. Higher command has been quiet about what your next move is, but have advised that you should be prepared for an extended campaign. Rumor is that your attack on the depot, denial of its resources to the AFFC and use of them to rebuild the Falcons, and earlier reconnaissance efforts have been in preparation for the Captain-General finally moving to reclaim the worlds lost to the Steiners at the end of the Fourth Succession War.
Any generic parts available to the Federated Commonwealth as of 3050 (this does not include C3 or non-vulnerable TSM, which are limited to the Draconis Combine and Capellan Confederation, respectively, at this time), up to the 93,180,000 C-Bill limit, can be claimed from the salvaged materiel. Less generic parts, such as specific engine or jump jet ratings (especially if unusual) may require an acquisition check to determine if they were available in the stockpile. 'Mechs and other units or personnel will still require acquisition checks.
You have full battle loss compensation for the Phecda mission. Any parts or ammunition necessary to return your 'mechs to their pre-mission condition can be drawn from the salvage without counting against your salvage share.
The KYWI facilities have the ability to make any customization or refits up to and including Class F (changing engine or internal structure type), and grant a -4 bonus on all refit, repair, and maintenance checks.