The Supply Drone Contest

This thread follows the attempt to turn a stranded logistics drone into a lifeline for civilians, and the battle that erupts around it.

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A Resource in the Wreckage

Food and Water at Risk A Valuable Find Rocco’s squadron discovers a supply drone among the wreckage, an object capable of sustaining many people if its cargo can be recovered. The find changes the meaning of the debris field from battlefield to potential source of survival. Scarcity as Strategy Rocco knows that civilians and military personnel alike need supplies. The drone’s value makes its recovery a strategic concern, even as the wreckage and nearby enemy presence make the task dangerous.

A Disputed Recovery

An Enemy Agent Appears A Panther in the Wreckage An IRS agent emerges in a damaged Tharcian Panther and asks for rescue. Rocco pauses his squadron’s work long enough to control the situation, but refuses to let the immediate need for supplies vanish from view. Competing Priorities The squadron’s recovery effort and the agent’s demand pull in different directions. Rocco’s choice to secure the drone first reveals his awareness that people far from the cockpit will bear the consequences of scarcity.

A Risky Attempt to Control It

The Drone Draws Fire A Remote Command Plan Blackwater’s crew explains that an Orbit Patrol inspection code may let Roland redirect the drone without towing it. Roland approaches through the dust to make the transmission, hoping to obtain supplies without exposing the refugee fleet. Enemy Interference Union fighters attack before the code can be successfully used, and Roland is driven away from the drone. The contest demonstrates that even a logistical object can become a dangerous military objective when civilians depend on it.

Night on 2 November 2135 in the shoal zone

Night on 2 November 2135 near the transport wrecks

Later that night on 2 November 2135