UNSC FFG-314 Wings of Liberty enters active service. Colors raised at 0800 shipboard time. Captain Elias Vance takes the conn; Commander Marsh Truance assumes duties as executive officer. Air wing, Marine detachment, ODST element, and SPARTAN attachment complete embarkation same day.

First independent operation. Long-range sweep and IFF audit along the outer patrol lanes. Objective achieved without contact; combat systems, low-observable profile, and AI Director LIBERTY validated under sustained cruise. Ship confirmed fully operational.

Compartmented tasking over Gogland. ODST element inserts via SOEIV to burn a hostile signals cell operating outside UEG authority. Insertion clean, package destroyed on target, exfil by Pelican under Nightprowler overwatch. Wings of Liberty maintained low-observable orbit; no signature bleed reported.

Direct-action strike on a fortified surface objective at Anizay. Marine detachment under Major Always conducts primary assault with Sparrowhawk close air support from Captain Gibby's wing. SPARTAN element under Ensign JAX executes decapitation strike on command node. All objectives secured; light casualties, hull unblemished.

Return to Gogland for follow-on survey turns anomalous. Unidentified craft engaged Wings of Liberty at close range; signatures do not match any catalogued UNSC or Insurrectionist platform. Contact broke off after brief exchange of fire. Full sensor logs sequestered under ONI Section III review. Classification of encounter remains open.

Distress call received from a UNSC vessel engaged by Covenant forces at an unknown ring-like artificial structure discovered by an allied ship. Wings of Liberty tasked to attach to UNSC Battlegroup Orion and render immediate assistance under codename OPERATION IRON TEMPEST. All hands to stations; slipspace solution pending.