Battleship Altenburg and its support vessels have received orders to advance and break the Red Hessian occupation on Planet Saarbrucken. The Red Hessians, intent on making the Rheinlanders struggle for every inch gained, have hunkered down and will fight tooth and nail to buy time for their colonists to evacuate the world.

Having caught wind of the precarious position of the Red Hessians, both the Unioners and the Corsairs move in to take advantage of the situation and deal a hefty blow to their hated enemy. Reports of Red Hessian evacuees being intercepted and abducted by these criminal elements is prevalent throughout the system.

The Red Hessians are trying to reach Planet Wiesbaden in the hopes of trying to establish a more secure colony there. The Rheinland Police has offered a bounty for any Hessian evacuees intercepted and brought to justice. Meanwhile the Unioners and Corsairs have their own uses for any captured Hessians.