AFTER-ACTION REPORT: TRANSPORT
ATTN: pyr Algus, eir Lirus
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As transport's last relayed location was within striking distance of the Castrum, but in grounds and area that could be considered hostile, caution was taken for operation. I believe kir Beringer had their bit but am unsure if that was, until later on, used in parts of the search operation.
Upon arrival the transport had suffered a mishap - eir Lirus and myself approached the furthest end of the wreckage and began examining it, away from the bodies that were on the ground. At our end of the site was the engine's area, one of the secondary engines - not part of the primary systems but an integral portion for the transport's stability.
The fire on the components was mostly died down and handfuls of snow tamped the rest down, allowing a chance to examine it. Whatever explosion had blown the engine out from the rest of the wreckage had been a fairly strong one, the engine suffering a lot of damage. Some of this was possibly aided by what was later found - the ceruleum fuel had been altered. The coloration was off of the correct, and this could have made it more explosive, or prone to accident. In addition, the engine itself had been almost coated, to encourage explosion and 'accident'.
Handed over was a container of siphoned contaminated fuel. There's no reason, not even improper refinement, that would make that coloration, judgement is that the transport was sabotaged. The contamination would normally have not been caught if the ship and engines had completely incinerated but suspect that the snows themselves aided in the prevention of the complete destruction of this evidence.
Further examination was cut off by the sound of a gunshot - this gunshot seemed to have ignited the spread fuel. eir Lirus and myself ran from the engine's site to the primary group but were caught in the explosion and I was unable to see where the shot originated from.
The explosion seemed to have drawn the attention of ice-aspected wildlife in the area, as well as a (later identified) ninja. At identification the ninja (aan Naras) was not considered hostile and their assistance was most helpful in dispatching the ogre that approached.
At the ice-aspected creature's dispatch, and arrival of extraction from Aquilonis, evidence (siphoned corrupted ceruleum) was handed over to pyr Algus.
