“The following has been taken directly from the station logs, if the court will please, these audio logs are the definitive proof of guilt against the defendant.”

“You may continue.”

“Thank you, mame.”

<COURT MARSHALL REPORT>

<LOG343-1286.001>

S12: Seat2 we have incoming contacts.

S2: Copy Seat12, track and assess, bridge crew.

S8: We have them Seat2, there are three incoming targets on long range scanners, and attempts to hail have been met with silence. Ships are being marked as uniform Beta class, running internal batt. Weapons are hot, running dual auxiliary batt as well. Perimeter ADS are taking small arms fire.

S2: Confirmed hostile, all station alert. Seat25 lock us down.

S25: Ei, Seat2. This is bridge command, with an all Station alert. Threat level Red all quarters lockdown. I repeat~

SSO: Seat2, CO has not made the bridge yet.

S25: Commander Shile, is on his way, he was at dinner.

S2: Fine, scramble Seed batteries 21 through 40. Get Division Leader 1 on point. Set swarm pattern, sierra-tango-5-5. Seat5, I want the station’s solar reflector arrays on maximum output, halo formation. Everyone else, keep monitoring the contacts.

S12: Ei, Seat2. Division Leaders, Seed Battalions 21 to 40 scramble, confirm launch, all green to deploy.

S5: Reflector unit, please respond.

Ref11: Copy, Seat5.

S5: Confirm reflector realignment to 360° halo formation.

Ref11: Copy Seat5, Ref Units are on deck, 360 halo confirmed. Reflectors, need five minutes to realign for optimum output, copy?

S5: Copy Ref11. That complies within acceptable parameters, over. Seat2, Reflector unit is set, eta of five minutes, on your mark.

S2: Copy seat5, mark.

S5: Seat2 is confirmed, Ref11, be~

CMD: Belay that!

CO: CO on deck!

S2: Commander, we have incoming contacts.

CO: I was briefed, scramble, DL017, my son can handle this.

S2: Sir, uh, Commander, we have already begun preparations.

CO: Overstepping again, Seat2, fine, continue.

S2: Copy CO. We need a status update, Rig Unit?

R3: Rig3 confirming all green, Seed 21 to 30 deploying.

R4: Rig4 confirming all green, Seed 31 to 40 deploying.

R1: This is Jack I’ve got my bob’s out for a walk. Good to hear you, Sarah.

S2: That’s Seat2, DL001, CO is on deck, try to show some decorum.

R1: Copy Seat2. DL001 leading we are all green in the garden, please copy, Bridge.

CO: Bridge confirms, pilot! This is the CO, uplink green, all divisions are go for launch. Confirm formation.

S5: They are deploying in formation sierra-tango-5-5 CO.

CO: Belay that, set delta-tango-6-2.

R1: That is a negative Bridge, incoming targeting data supports 35 beta class fighters on widespread approach running trip batt power cells, request authorization to perform Seed wall maneuver alpha-tango-0-0 to minimize the risk of long-range barrage.

CO: That is a negative DL001 that will require mobilization of divisions 46 through 50 as well. That will not be necessary, over.

<PAUSE RECORDING>

“But it was, wasn’t it Commander Shile?”