As you may know we've been preparing to stage an assault on the red planet. What we can tell is it has a heavy pirate presence, and upon entry we can expect welcome parties, as well as raiding parties when we're planetside.

As such we're preparing to get this right on the first try. We'll be producing two models of ships and assembling a fleet to attack a chosen location. The roster consists of:

- 2x Orca I expeditionary vehicle (mild defense, cargo, oxygen and satcom)
- (at least) 2x Halcyon III combat vehicle

The game strategy for now seems to be that we fly down in formation and head to the chosen LZ. Halcyons will accompany the Orcas, and break away if hostiles are incoming at 5KM distance to engage the hostile forces. The Orcas' priority is on safely reaching the ground and getting a base of operations running (power, medbay, cargo)

We are involving some outside hires in this operation to bolster our pilot count. As it stands it seems that JBreemen will be joining our assault, possibly bringing an orbital assault ship in doing so.

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Note: Alternatively, we may choose to assault and take over a pirate base instead, to save on time and weaken enemy positions. Scout reports are forthcoming and will help us decide.