Rendezvousing with the Shiranai at the New Berlin system.



The Shiranai at Sigma 13.



The KDS Haruo, a KNF battleship that escorted us through Kusari space.

Last night I flew a mission to the omicrons to determine whether the [ZA] Zoner Alliance might be a threat to Rheinland. Hostilities there had recently and very rapidly resumed after what appeared to be a coup within the group. David Dvir was replaced by Tri-urdent according to public channels as the group's new leader and they had locked down the system once again. There were several ships, notably capital ships, that were in the system engaging the Zoner Alliance bases and defence platforms. This included both Zoner forces and Order units. In short, the whole system seems to be in complete disarray and Zoners seem to firing on each other as if its a civil war. Recon photographs are posted below. Unfortunately it was too dangerous to get any scans on the bases of vessels belonging to the [ZA] due to their hostile nature and indiscriminate firing.


This was one of the Order vessels dispatched to deal with the crisis. We had a short conversation as they were suspicious as to why BDM units were in the Omicrons. I explained to them that I was there to determine whether the Zoner Alliance would be a threat to Rheinland or not, as they had requested permission to pass through Rheinland space just a few days earlier. And excerpt of the conversation can be found here. The Svirza seems to evade my ship for most of the time, constantly redeploying whenever I got too close. They probably didn't want for us to get a scan on their ships even though I was already to busy dodging [ZA] turrets for that to happen.


The above photograph is of one of the communications stations the [ZA] uses within the system. The Svirza plus several other Zoner capital ships were seen firing upon it. However, it appears to have been upgraded with a shield barrier to protect it from danger. It may take a few days or weeks to destroy the station. It is near the Omicron Theta jump hole in the system.


While cruising over to the Omicron Kappa jump hole, I noticed the former leader of the [ZA], David Dvir. A few shots came in my direction, though I cannot tell whether the shots came from his juggernaut or if they came from an automated defence system nearby. He seemed suspicious as to what the BDM was doing there, but I didn't send him any transmissions.


Finally, this is the defence station near the Omicron Kappa jump hole. The Svirza had deployed here after I was conducting reconnaissance at the Omicron Theta jump hole. Once arrived here, the Svirza once again redeployed to the Omicron Theta jump hole hence this was how I came to the conclusion that the Order was hiding something from the BDM that was on that ship.

Nothing further to report.

Stoltenberg reporting in. I was about to head out to liberty to conduct some reconnaisance as long range scanners were picking up a large concentration of Liberty Navy capital ships assembling at the Texas system. I assumed they were there to counter a new Rogue threat known as the Alcatraz Liberty Rogues (ALR|) but then I was contacted by the captain of the RNC-Landau. He has just finished an engagement with a Liberty Battlecruiser in the Hudson system and long range scanners now indicated that the Navy was preparing a massive fleet of 5 warships to raid Hamburg. We assembled what reinforcements we could which just included myself, the RNC-Landau and another Militar' cruiser. We regrouped near the Battleship Westfalen when we spotted the enemy force which consisted of several gunboats, battlecruisers and one Liberty carrier. I ordered the Militar' cruisers to hold until reinforcements arrived but the Navy began their assault already. Luckily, we were hit by an ion storm at that exact time.

Once the ion storm had ended and we re-established communications with each other, it was a different story. Half the Navy vessels had disappeared and we were assisted by [RM] Primary fleet members including an admiral. We proceeded to destroy the Liberty Navy vessels still there as they called in for reinforcements. Due to their forces being in complete disarray, their reinforcements came one ship at a time rather than in force, which made it easier for us to destroy their forces.

On another note, the SCRA and [RHA] had secretly assisted us in our defence. I will openly deny any cooperation with them should there be an inquiry, as per [RM] and BDM| policy.


On a final note, I'd like to add that there were no casualties on our side and we managed to destroy roughly 80% of hostile forces. The rest of them managed to retreat. That is all, Stoltenberg out.

Yesterday the Rheinland Military secondary fleet launched a massive raid into the Texas system. I joined the battle as part of the first wave of reinforcements, however, upon arrival the situation was quite grim. Our forces were outnumbered and outgunned by the Liberty Navy units present. Additionally, we had to be careful of firing at civilians as there were quite a few of them present. Most of our battleships were destroyed during the course of the engagement and then the RM secondary fleet units began to retreat. I arrived at the Bering gate in Texas and awaited reinforcements when several [RM] Primary Fleet units deployed, as did a Liberty Siege Cruiser which was conducting reconnaissance on the retreating forces.

At this point our numbers were small, just a few bombers and cruisers. On the orders of Admiral Putzkammer, we chased after the enemy reconnaissance force in order to take it down. The enemy was reinforced by several capital ships and a few fighters but we managed to destroy at least 4 capital ships in the following engagement. This included the destruction of enemy siege cruisers, battlecruisers and at least two enemy dreadnoughts. Eventually I was shot down by an enemy fighter squadron but a nearby friendly cruiser managed to tractor in my escape pod. The following images should tell the rest of the story.

That is all I have to report at this time, over and out.