From: Commander William Stahl
To: General George Collins
Re: Assessment of Recent Skyeye Recon
Date: August 17, 1978


We believe that the CCA has been on Ganymede since the NSDF were on Titan. The Black Dog Justice had landed on Ganymede at one stage, to search for Arkin's team who stole the Fury Relic, and we did not detect any CCA there at that time. The CCA continued to supply us reinforcements, and shared all their information with us, during the time we allied with them to fight the Furies, except the information about their presence on Ganymede. Obviously, the Earth was under threat, and the CCA would need a good reason not to tell us.

The only explanation we could come up with is this: If the NSDF did not defeat the Furies, the CCA would have gathered enough scrap to cover their own backs when the Furies attacked Earth. However, if the NSDF did defeat the Furies, as we did, the CCA would have a sufficient supply of scrap to take over the rest of the world.

The CCA must now be near the point where this quantity of Bio-Metal is almost gathered, depending on how many outposts they have. However, the CCA forces were not detected on Ganymede originally, they were detected at a single base on Europa, and it is only since that we have investigated Ganymede and Callisto. This would indicate the CCA is moving to other moons to gather more resources; and as described in the Planetary descriptions, Ganymede would hold a large stock on Bio-Metal, so the CCA resources must be plentiful.

If we could land a small platoon on Europa, we could easily overwhelm the Soviet's small, undefended base. We should aim to take out their recycler first, to stop all defensive building. Their silos and scavengers could also be destroyed without any problems. This would give us sole-control of Europa, and a small Foot-Hold within the Galilean Moons.

The CCA would immediately realise that the NSDF is once again in space. We should aim to take out there other bases as fast as possible, before large defenses are built up. Under the situations, we should aim to take every possible oppurtunity, and use every trick in the book, in order to overcome the CCA's strength. We need to harrass there forces, take out their silos, and destroy their scavengers at every possible oppurtunity.

Lives will be lost during this war, this can be guaranteed. The question is whether these lives will be lost in vain. I would like to recommend sending sniper parties into Soviet bases before they are attacked. Using our improved Sky-eye satellite, we should be able to identify the location of the base commander. If the commander of a base is killed, this is sure to leave the Soviets in a state of confusion.

The CCA have given us a problem. In our situation we need to target the CCA's key structures, however they have been testing a defensive turret, designed specifically to neutralise these sort of attacks. The "Salvoss" turret is weak, but is equipped with dual Flash Cannons. Before, we could send two or three bombers into a base, on a suicide mission to destory the Soviet's Recycler; however, the presence of these Anti-Fast Strike Turrets in the base would mean these bombers would be quickly destroyed. The AFS-turrets will need to be our primary concern when attacking enemy installations. For these reasons, they will also prevent surprise attacks.

Now that I am no longer tied up with work at the NSA, I would be glad to provide my personal assistance to your efforts in the Cold War. I will gladly serve in any way you wish.

Yours,