Kveðjur, Field Marshal.

I hope you still recognize me, jedenfalls these are good news, finally, Kassel is in a safe harbor. I wish we could've brought her to Wolfsburg but in this condition, it was impossible. I understand your situation with Bretonia and I hope that you will stay at our side in these dark hours. It'll be hard work to repair the Kassel, our engineers did what they could in Omega-5 but I expect a damage report from the engineers on Mykolaiv since they have the equipment to uncover things we couldn't in the heat of battle. The Corsairs haven't moved their presence from Omega-47 which worries me but it'll be our burden to defend the system from them. We will fight until the last of us has fallen, however, Rheinlands political situation is also worrying. While both Generalmajor Heinrich and Brigadegeneral Kreutzer are not able to serve the Red Hessians because of their health issues I've been put in charge of all assets that we have, we've been through worse times, Bruder. I'll assign Brigadegeneral Haddur Neroson to overview the repair and overhaul of Battleship Kassel. He will arrive on Mykolaiv soon, it'll be the best that you brief him what has to be done and what materials are required. If there's anything else regarding the Hessians feel free to contact me directly.

Ágæti viðtakandi,

As Stahlbrecher has notified you of, I will be in charge of the Armee’s side of the effort to repair the Kassel, I have a rough idea as to what damage she sustained during the conflict in Omega-3 due to my involvement in the field repair and damage control. Yet I will need a full report from your technicians given to me and my team before we can continue so I can write a manifest of required materials and parts to be shipped from Wolfsburg and draft a plan of action. And since we have this opportunity of the Kassel being in drydock I would like to consider possibly refitting her along with her repairs to ensure this damage does not happen again.

You can expect my ship at Mykolaiv within the week

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Ágæti viðtakandi,

Hmm, I see. The way you describe it seems a complete refit of the Kassel is in order, since it would be wise to modernize while we are at it with the level of repairs required. I'll need to do a personal inspection myself upon my arrival but for now I can make arrangements for a new reactor and propulsion. I assume the necessary wiring and ducting is readily available at Mykolaiv?

As for the plating, it may be costly and time consuming but a complete re haul of her armor system is necessary, both due to the reported catastrophic damage it has received and in light of the damage she suffered from the Norfolk and her escorts showed that her armor was inadequate for the tasks at hand. The Corsairs will not be much kinder and the Kassel must be able to brunt the force of their attacks.

I hope you understand most of the specifics regarding her repair and refit will remain within the Armee but we will keep you appraised of the general status of the repair.


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Ágæti viðtakandi,

Do forgive my previous statements, the Armee's relation with other entities is not my specialty as I focus on more the inner works of the Armee and her equipment. It's standard policy for us to leave our warship's details as classified and I lapsed on our special relations with the Coalition. So consider my statement of secrecy rescinded, though it would much appreciated that your engineers do more than sit on the information granted to them. A collaborative effort between both our teams would ensure the efficacy and speed of the Kassel's refits.


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Ágæti viðtakandi,

Now that my team has had time to inspect the Kassel personally I can confirm that most of our initial conjectures were accurate. Most of her armor plating is either missing or completely warped, repair and damage control records also note there had been several atmospheric breaches during the assault. Most of the damage is centered around the mid and aft sections of the ship, with the fore section receiving minor damage. In terms of her hull our saving grace is the framing and structure of the ship is relatively intact with no major warping of her main structural beams or ribbing. What damage to the frame that did occur is minor should be easy to fix since her outer hull will be completely stripped to replace her armor.

Most of the electronics and electrical systems are relatively unscathed, the only major note being the main capacitor banks are located near her reactor which suffered catastrophic damage alongside the reactor itself. Auxiliary systems such as life support, backup generators, and secondary capacitor banks are unscathed and do not need replacement. For the weapons we will need to repair all four her her main battery turrets, as well as numerous secondary battery turrets, while as you noted they were not deliberately targeted they were located near the reactor section of the ship, hence they suffered collateral damage during the attack.

As for how we will go about fixing the Kassel and refitting her, a redone armor scheme is absolutely necessary, and since her main drive and generator will need replacement we will be shipping in the more modern drives used in the newer Jormungandrs. Everything else will be either done as she was originally launched or based on the configurations of the more modern Jormungandrs depending on part availability and ease of repair or replacement. The armor scheme itself, time will be needed for me to get together a team that can come up with and test a new layout for her.

I have sent the fully detailed report to your Mykolaiv's chief engineer, I'll let him select which engineers dock workers he thinks is necessary to this project. A carbon copy of it should also be in your terminal if you feel like wading through the technical details.


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