Death of a Queen

Conradin here. You better have a good reason for waking me up at this ungodly hour. Fact aside that use of this network without clearance is considered a capital crime.
This is Admiral Elizana Garred of the Seventh Fleet. We have entered the Casana System.
Report Admiral. What is happening out there?
My lord, the Royal Fleet...it is...it...
Speak goddamnit! Is the fleet under attack?
No sir. It is...destroyed. The Queen is dead.

— Exchange taken from the private log of the Prime Minister

Addendum 29B - Video of ISNN reporting on populace reaction.
I can tell you Mary, its utter mayhem down here. People here...they are crying, sinking to their feet, screaming to the heavens. From all age groups and social circles. Mary eh this...I can't really describe it. Its pandemonium out here! Never in my 100-year career have I ever seen something like this. Reports from other systems indicate that this reaction is present throughout the Confederacy. Mary eh this this is ar- unintelligible shouting -Mary, if anything this reaction shows just how much the populace loved Queen Casadea and only reinforces what a dark day this is for our people.
Addendum 37A - Excerpt from the Historical Data Log approved by the Confederate Ministry for Education

by L D

Queen Casadea of House Larantira, thirteenth ruler of the Stellar Confederacy was crowned in the Starlight Cathedral on the 21st of January ESC 2953, at the age of twenty-four...
After spending close to a decade on New Carnavon and governing from there, the Queen decided on a lengthy tour of the Confederacy. Each core system would hold the royal court and government for half a year. Following the conclusion of the tour, the seat of power would return to New Carnavon. The Queen's decision to include those systems outside of the core in the tour and lengthen it by over two decades of time did cause an uproar within the Senate. Increased financial strain and the message this would send to old and new systems alike did meet a rather strong opposition, which would be overcome after about a year of discussion. After about three months of preparation, the Queen's court set out on what is now known as Casadea's Great Voyage or Casadea's Folly on the 1st of February 2964...
...The Royal Fleet departed toward New Carnavon from the colony of Last Light, located at the outer edge of Confederate space, on the 31st of Mai, 2998. The Class 3 Hyperdrive of the Queen's flagship made it impossible for the fleet to travel the entire distance between the two systems in one go. The Casana System was chosen as a first stop. After the fleet had reported its arrival in the system, contact was lost. When it did not resume after an hour, the time it would take to cross the system using Sublight Engines, Confederate High Command decided to dispatch Seventh Fleet toward Casana. It arrived on a battlefield. The Royal Fleet had been annihilated, none of its ships or nearly 70.000 crewman surviving.
What is now dubbed the Casana Incident, caused a political crisis within the Confederacy. While the Senate still operated normally, the loss of the Head of State, several of her family members, about forty-five Ministers and more than 1.500 members of the nobility caused a severe disturbance from which the nation still has not fully recovered.

While this is a tragedy, I would disagree with those calling it a disaster for the Confederacy. Queen Casadea may have been the most popular monarch in over a century, but in terms of actual power and influence probably among the most insignificant. The Senate has done its fair share in ensuring that the Crown loses power.

— Prime Minster Horatio Conradin, taken from a private conversation.

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Death of a Queen

Operative 12-Avalon requesting convo.
Affiramtive 12-Avalon. Security checks completed. Establishing connection.
Report.
Operation completed. Casana Incident confirmed to be battle. Royal ships show signs of extensive damage. No survivors.
Hints at potential perpetrator? Colosian, Alliance, Holean?
Negative. Royal Fleet too strong for minor force to have been behind the attack.
Krigan or Teutan?
Negative. Energy signatures remaining do not match any in our databases. Possibility of Ōtsutsuki involvement currently undergoing investigation.
Any more intel?
Negative. State of fleet remnants makes further investigation impossible.
Affirmative. Agent 12-Avalon, you are to remain on sight. Kelper-Protocol enacted from 0300 EST today. Official information is to be limited.
Recognized. Mandate regarding press releases?
Incident occurred due to cosmic disaster. True nature unknown currently. No hostile activity.
Affirmative. Any further orders?
Negative. Agent released to their duties.
Connection cut.

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Type

Report, Incident

Medium

Digital Recording, Text

Authors

• Redacted

by Sebastian Duran

Addendum 09 - Royal Fleet Composition

• 1x Windsow-Class Throneship

• 4x Argent-Class Battleships

• 3x Irigent-Class Fleet Carriers

• 12x Calden-Class Heavy Cruisers

• 15x Feran-Class Light Cruisers

• 25x Galleon-Class Destroyers

• 45x Atrides-Class Frigates

• Various Support Ships

A fleet powerful enough to take on opponents multiple times its size. Any foe wishing to win against it would need either overwhelming force or the element of total surprise.

by Pierre Santamaria