A scan of the crusader fleet revealed three Jericho class pilgrim vessels, escorted by a loki class Q ship and a Falchion class frigate, which led the formation.  Each ship was marked prominently with the flaming eagle of the Red Redemption, as well as a number of spikes and red hull sections.  Like most ecclesiarchy ships, the crusaders were armed with large amounts of melta cannons, giving them formidable close range punch at the cost of long range combat capability, which came mostly from torpedo tubes aboard the frigate and pilgrim ships.  With the slow speed of the fleet, the crusade could utterly destroy anything caught within 5 VU, but would require intensive escort to arrive at its awful top speed of 6 VU.<br/><br/>Aboard the<em>Kobras Aquairre,</em>the Commodore arrived on the bridge flanked by a pair of servitors, carrying a formidable stack of paperwork.  "Your report is all I need to determine the official policy of the Navy regarding this "crusade", Lord Baromir.  The contracts I've prepared quarantine the crusade from Ares, to avoid any contamination by heretics, and establish Ferrus Cortez and his chosen representatives as the sole and exclusive supplier of the crusade in the Mextil Cluster.  -Without, of course, promising the crusade any actual supplies or aid.  The negotiations with Krozer will be tricky, but you should be able to have the Emperor pay for anything the crusade needs, and make yourself a tidy profit.  The documents merely need your review and signature, and we can implement the new policies."  Commodore Aquairre said, opening up a hologram of the Mextil Cluster.<br/><br/>"As for my personal opinion, we should try to keep the crusade from landing on any habitable planet.  They'll be an easy and continuous source of funds if we can bog them down somewhere, but it's best if we start to push them towards a colonization effort than a combat crusade.  It won't be easy, but this sector isn't for fanatics.  It's for people.  Red redemptionists don't realize that."<br/><br/>