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Declassified historical records:

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2947-09-13: So long, and thanks for all the fish.

And as mysteriously as the 24th Autonomous fleet came into being, it vanished back into the shadows. Liquidating all assets, and obfuscating the fate of all former members…

2947-01-01: UEE Militia Mobilisation.

As a part of the ongoing UEE Militia Mobilisation initiative, Azure added a number of Polaris corvettes to its fleet. The two most prominent additions being the newly commissioned IMSV Garanzieres and IMSV Vates who’s hulls sit in an RSI shipyard. The massive commission of new Polaris corvettes puts Azure in another period of waiting for a core pillar of the fleet.

Ongoing negotiations with RSI promise up to four total Polaris under the command of the entrepreneurial organization, certainly a fine way to ring in the new year. Alongside the new capitals two Caterpillars entered service with AZHI with one under the name CSV Svipul, to be assigned to the Salvage and repair dept.

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2946-10-02: Azurian Heavy Industries goes public.

The name “Azure Civil Concerns” Never had much flair for a corporation. And as time went on, the shell corp became more and more of a true functioning business. With that, the civil division was given a name proper: “Azurian Heavy Industries”. This newly named Division would cover as much of Azure’s supply need as possible, while turning a profit in and of itself via outside contracts.

Two Aegis Reclaimers are commissioned under the names Huginn and Munnin by the now named Azurian Heavy Industries. The sister ships would become the core of the Salvage and repair division of the civil fleet. Alongside these two titans of salvage and repair a number of logistical ships would enter Azure service as well.

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2946-09-24: The Raglem is launched.

A brand new Starfarer Gemini commissioned months ago as part of the Azure fleet expansion initiative was put into service. The Raglem was meant to serve as the backbone of the military logistics arm of Azure, bringing fuel and munitions to other ships through hostile territory.

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2946-09-23: Azure’s new flagship.

A mil-spec Idris M frigate was officially commissioned and paid for, while contracts and negotiations for the vessel had initially been part of the fleet upgrade done in the past year, acquiring a new fresh-off-the-line Idris-M was no easy feat. The soon to be flagship of Azure was acquired by the work of the mystery investor and Antinov’s military connections, this being in addition to the Idris P also contracted from Aegis dynamics previously.

Both ships still remain under construction, however in the spirit of choosing the new flagship, the Idris-M has been named as the Razgriz, serving under the Azure identification of IMSV (Imperial Military Space Vessel). Antinov intends to use the Razgriz as Azure’s mobile headquarters and the flagship of the military fleet.

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2946-09-01: Weekly training exercises begin.

With a tighter network, and recruitment up, Azure begins to fly weekly training missions and simulations to build teamwork between new and old members. As well as piloting skill, tactics and increased solidarity among all actively serving members civil and military alike.

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2946-08-01: A new division of Azure is founded.

Finding that being purely paramilitary left Azure spending most of its income on fuel, munitions and repairs, Azure restructured to include a civilian division. This new division would grant Azure even further Autonomy in producing supplies and conducting repairs internally. Additionally, this would give the organization further cover of their paramilitary nature.

In the vein of the new corporate face, Azure had a slight rebrand to incorporate both sides. Now known as the Azure group, and consisting of Azure Civil Concerns and Azure squadron (Otherwise known as the 24th Autonomous paramilitary fleet.) This new venture would make use of the downtime of Azure’s military assets for self security and increase available capital.

Zola Suwaro was named as the overseer of this new civil division, and part of Azure’s fleet was assigned over to civilian enterprises such as logistics, mining and industry. Many new ships also entered the organisation to make up for areas lacking in their Civil division. The Azurian Bellamya was ultimately transferred to the civil logistics branch among other ships.

The new civil face would also open up the world of contract security to Azure, a very lucrative field indeed. Ultimately ACC was primarily a shell corporation, designed to keep Azure’s opperatiosn under the table.

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2946-06-20: The Azurian Bellamya is launched.

A civilian MISC Starfarer acquired as part of the Azure fleet expansion program is put into service. The ship was purchased fully complete, but new from the MISC corporation. As opposed to being commissioned from scratch.

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2946-06-15: The Azure fleet grows, but manpower lags behind.

With time, and increased funding, the number of ships under Azure’s control grows. This proves problematic though, as Azure’s fleet grew faster than their personnel. Recruiting efforts were increased to try and fill Azure’s ranks and make use of their new pool of hardware. With so much hardware just sitting in hangars, Azure was stunted for growth overall.

However Antinov planned to use access to military grade hardware as a tool to recruit new soldiers to his cause. Not everyone interested in military service would wish for the restrictions of the UEEN, but not many mercenary outfits could offer a fleet quite like Azure’s.

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2946-06-13: A new internal network is adopted in Azure.

With the limitations of spectrum based communications, Azure found a new independent means of communicating directly and securely. Since then, org coordination and participation has greatly increased over the old methods of communication used.

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2946-04-06: Azure’s funding and assets expand dramatically.

An unnamed corporate backer assisted Azure in the acquisition of over 800 million UEC worth of new and used military equipment. Included in this was the commission of two new Idris class Frigates, numerous fighters, bombers and support vessels. Azure expanded from a small paramilitary corps to a small military fleet in the span of only a few months. New training efforts began within Azure to bring the increased number of new recruits up to military standards.

At the same time, the commissioning of new military assets filled the Commandant’s time with near unending bureaucracy. Holding the keys, and with no subordinates to delegate the tasks to, Antinov had to attend appointments with many manufacturers regarding the mass acquisition.

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2945-10-26: The Amerissa enters Azure service.

A surplus UEE military Aegis Retaliator, the Amerissa entered Azure’s possession and service late October after an end to end overhaul. All systems were re-certified, the hull inspected and refurbished and a fresh coat of paint brought the veteran ship back to a state worthy of when she first rolled off the assembly line. The Amerissa retained its military role as a torpedo bomber and formed the backbone of Azure’s early long range strike capabilities.

On occasion, the Amerissa has also been used to carry cargo and troops, thanks to the modular design. As one of the oldest ships in the Azure fleet, it’s seen deployment on almost every Azure operation as a bomber, or mobile command post. The Amerissa would replace the aged old model Retaliator previously serving Azure’s fleet, a significant upgrade, considering their former command post was falling apart.

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2945-08-01: A new name, and a new mantra.

After half a year of continuing to operate as the 24th Autonomous corps, an internal name eventually stuck. The corps was then known internally as Azure squadron. This name would become the new public face of Azure. And with this new name, came the 24th’s mantra phrase “Aeternum fido semper fortis” Ever faithful, always strong. A symbol of their solidarity.

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2945-05-26: The cost of war proves to outweigh the rewards.

Operating independent of the standard UEE military, the 24th found securing funding and supplies difficult. Thus was started other methods of supporting the organisation. UEE funding dried up only months after the organization was put into action. Continuing to independently support the UEE was an expensive endeavour without direct UEEN funding.

Azure began to take civilian security contracts, bounties, even missions to smuggle supplies, weapons and troops on behalf of the UEE and other clientele. With this new influx Azure was able to continue on for a while. But new problems would eventually arise for the new mercenary Azure.

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2945-04-01: An alliance is formed.

An economic and military cooperation pact was signed with another small organization, under the spectrum ID of [Geeks]

Intelligence sharing and cooperation efforts between the two organizations commenced and is ongoing.

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2945-02-26: 24 Autonomous corps founded under Commandant Antinov.

The 24th was established as a small covert operations task force to function within the UEE and surrounding space. In and of itself, the 24th is not directly linked to the UEE’s military, giving it greater autonomy and the UEE deniability should anything go wrong.

Commandant Antinov [Redacted] served as a black ops squad leader within the UEE before ending his tour of duty. From there he went straight into paramilitary operations as more transparency opened up within the UEE military, limiting the effectiveness of black operations within the Military.

Aside from the service record of the commandant, little else is known about him, and he seems to prefer it this way.

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