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September 20, 3065 – We land on the Lyran planet of Blackjack. After a few hours, a local HPG worker brings us a message, that was transmitted to all nearby places. It’s the Blue Star Irregulars. They are a couple of jumps away at Black Earth (just two jumps distant) and they ask for our aid.
October 1, 3065 – We arrive at Black Earth. The Irregulars, with their Fredasa WarShip, Kerensky’s Blues, are here. It was damaged in battle about a year ago, but it’s been barely fixed up. They are garrisoning the world after it was taken in the counter-attack from the Falcons. There are some Falcons here too, JumpShips and a small warship are in system.
They have been having trouble keeping the world. The Lyran Alliance doesn’t want to make the issue official, and we were still nearby, and luckily we were not under a contract.
On Black Earth, the locals really embraced the clan way of life, as opposed to many where they were simmering and wanting to be freed. The Falcon flag flowed freely here. After a year, the people have gotten very restless, and the Falcon knows, so they have send some unusual troops here. A bunch of infantry, battle armor and techs have arrived – not a mech to be seen. They begun to set up MASH stations and salvage camps for the locals, and since they have not attacked, nor been attacked, and they’ve been here for a while.
The Lyrans don’t want to start a ruckus. If the Blue Stars employed us then a units paid by a unit paid by the Lyrans would be doing it, and it would still be official. But if we take them off without being under contract, just of our own good will, then that would be okay.
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