!html <div class='white'>AMANU INTERNAL</div><div class='white'>SOURCE: JersK</div><div class='white'>After-action report re: destruction of Wayfarer Station</div>

This report has been filed in accordance with <span class='white'>General Order Five</span>. It will become part of this task force's official record upon return to Allied space.

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At 1432 hours on June 1, 2342, Wayfarer Station came under attack by an INEDAM force consisting of four Ker-Ahes-class drone controllers, two Morgens gunships, and numerous strike wings. Acting Captain Kanun Jers, the station's commander and author of this report, sounded General Quarters and scrambled fighters. Initial objectives were to remove non-combatant ships from the area and break through the Ker-Ahes jamming fields.

With the destruction of the ICv Fidelma, Wayfarer Station was able to broadcast a distress call. Reinforcements were quick to arrive, including forces loyal to the Luyten New Alliance, Second Dawn Society, and Hammer of Light (see previous report re: discovery of alien artifact). However, the unprecedented severity of INEDAM's attack (see conclusions below) was sufficient to counteract these reinforcements. Outlying infrastructure, including Wayfarer's cargo depot, fabrication yard, and sentry screen, and an antimatter pile retrieved earlier in the conflict, was aggressively targeted, and the station's commander made the decision to move militarily useful supplies off-site to prevent their destruction. As mounting damage left the station untenable, an evacuation order was issued.

The GTM Gregor's assistance was required to evacuate the large number of civilian refuges aboard the station. The command crew remained on board to supervise the evacuation before boarding a pair of Elysium transports. Wayfarer's scuttle charges were not be engaged due to time constraints. When the transport carrying Wayfarer's command crew was disabled, a civilian transport, TT Opportunity, initiated docking maneuvers, with one pilot, <span class='blue'>Flight Lieutenant Alex "Maverick" McPherson</span>, volunteering to provide escort. As Opportunity initiated subspace, McPherson's fighter was struck by a missile and lost subspace avionics. Subsequent search-and-rescue activity was unable to locate his ejection suit.

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<span class='white'>Conclusions</span>: INEDAM lost significant materiel in its attack on Wayfarer Station, including many specialized units. Analysis suggests that salvage from the station will scarcely make up for its losses. Since INEDAM has demonstrated only a superficial understanding of morale, the soundness of its sacrifice must be evaluated purely in strategic terms. It is therefore likely that the INEDAM fleet has grown to such a point that these losses will not significantly impact its operational tempo.

The similarities between this battle and the Shivan attack on Tombaugh Station proved psychologically difficult for Wayfarer's commander. With damage reports coming in from all sectors, damage control and medical teams reporting themselves as overwhelmed, and a growing number of enemy reinforcements, Captain Jers stuck to her guns, determined that she would not be forced to withdraw as she had at Tombaugh. Her delay in beginning the evacuation lead to unnecessary losses and may be responsible for the failure to initiate self-destruction. She intends to seek psychological evaluation once Wayfarer's evacuees have transferred to Amanu Station.

Lieutenant McPherson is hereby recommended for posthumous induction into the <span class='white'>Order of Galatea</span> with full battle honors.

