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With internal operations on the decline and its borders relative secure, Rheinland's Office of the Executor has been considering a reduction in standing forces. Quality war-capable vessels are not cheap to maintain, and the places taken up by their endless refits can always be repurposed for the construction and maintenance of transports. Without a war on the horizon and with internal agitators remaining quiet, the military is increasingly seen more as a liability when security can be provided by the same corporations that meet the bottom line.

Such concerns are of course readily dismissed by the leadership of Rheinland's forces, but convincing career politicians to follow suit is still a herculean task. A weak military will invite a war with Liberty, or it will cause the lost of the Sigmas and their Aluminum deposits due to continued GMG aggression. However, the most compelling argument has ever been the security of the Omegas, both as a corridor into Bretonia, and the source of the other two refining commodities. With Corsairs, Hessians, and the Coalition making their weekly rounds, corporate threat levels are as high as ever, which often hampers their motivation to conduct mining operations.

In a joint cooperation between military leadership and the vorzitsenders of the major Rheinland corporations, a new initiative has been formed to begin securing the Omegas. Instead of pulling back and downsizing existing ops, a show of force may serve as a deterrent to existing harassment, with longer-term securities put in place after fortifications are complete. The military can move further away from the horrors of the dry-dock, while any corps with assets in the Omegas can breathe a little easier with the might of Rheinland being ever closer to their operations.

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Operation Scope

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Delivery & Security Contracts

Elbe Border Fortress (completed)

• Ablative Armor Plating: 20,000 units, 65 SC per unit. 20000 Delivered
  
• Hull Panels: 20,000 units, 55 SC per unit. 20000 Delivered
  
• Munitions: 20,000 units, 25 SC per unit. 20000 Delivered
  
  
• Medical Equipment: 20,000 units, 25 SC per unit. 20000 Delivered
  
  
• Consumer Goods: 30,000 units, 10 SC per unit. 30000 Delivered
  
• Synth Paste: 40,000 units, 10 SC per unit. 40000 Delivered
  
• Oxygen: 40,000 units, 10 SC per unit. 40000 Delivered
  
• Water: 40,000 units, 10 SC per unit. 40000 Delivered
  

Solarius Station (completed)

• Ablative Armor Plating: 20,000 units, 70 SC per unit. 20000 Delivered.
  
• Hull Panels: 20,000 units, 60 SC per unit. 5000 Delivered.
  
• Munitions: 20,000 units, 60 SC per unit. 20000 Delivered.
  
• H-Fuel: 40,000 units, 20 SC per unit. 3000 Delivered.
  
  
• Medical Equipment: 20,000 units, 70 SC per unit. 20000 Delivered.
  
  
• Consumer Goods: 30,000 units, 20 SC per unit.
  
• Synth Paste: 40,000 units, 15 SC per unit. 40000 Delivered.
  
• Oxygen: 40,000 units, 15 SC per unit. 10800 Delivered.
  
• Water: 40,000 units, 15 SC per unit. 40000 Delivered.
  

Hazard Pay

• Destruction of a pirate vessel: 100,000 SC.
  
• Critical damage (//death) due to pirate attack : 50,000 SC.
  

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Rules

• Only indies or official ships from the following factions are eligible: ALG Waste Disposal/Sirius Entsorgung, Daumann Heavy Construction, Kruger Minerals, RGS Shipping, Rheinland Military Handelsmarine; MND/BDM, Rheinland Military, Rheinland Police
  
• Transports must post a screenshot with the cargo, station, and time visible (type /time in chat) to claim their bonus.
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• Escorts or transports must post a screenshot of the fight and a timestamped kill/death message to claim hazard pay. (Similar to bounty board claims).
  

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Event Dates

Monday, Dec 4, 14:00UTC - Friday, December 15, 22:00UTC

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Participants

Transports	Escorts
RGS-Overhaul @R.P.Curator - 14000 Armor Plating, 4000 Hull Panels, 17600 Munitions	[RM]Obl-Jurgen.Schmidt @BobMacaroni
Karl.Meier @MeisterHaku - 5000 Hull Panels	[RM]Grenadier @BobMacaroni
Chaffinch @Lusitano - 7200 Armor Plating, 3000 H-Fuel, 16000 Hull Panels, 20000 Medical Equipment, 10800 Oxygen, 40000 Water	Friedhelm.Winter @JadeTornado
[RM]HM-Schoneck @Barrier - 2400 Munitions	KKS-Bussard @JadeTornado
SEO|T-Stauffenberg @Earl Campbell - 18800 Ablative Armor Plating
SEO|M-Salvager @BobMacaroni
RGS|Udo.Krammer @JadeTornado
RGS|Katzenbauer @MrKatz - 60000 Consumer Goods, 37000 H-Fuel, 15000 Hull Panels, 30000 Medical Equipment, 20000 Munitions, 69200 Oxygen, 80000 Synth Paste, 40000 Water

NOTE: I will try to do daily payouts at around 6-7pm UTC.

Please share any feedback you have, reply with a claim to progress the event, or respond with your ship name to register.

(12-04-2023, 03:55 PM)Karst Wrote: Don't trade events usually have rewards for piracy / destruction of the shippers?