I was reading my favourite book in New Berlin, when I received an emergency call. Somebody under attacked in Omega-7 system by a pirate bomber. I hopped into my Wraith and headed to Omega-7.
When I arrived, I started to search for the pirate. Finally I found him in the asteroid field. His name was Jhon_Silver. With the attacked trader, we took him down.
We headed to Freistadt station, when we spotted a corsair fighter named Valentine.[TBH]. It was a gladiator class fighter with regular corsair weapons, so it wasn't a long fight.
~~~Incoming Transmission~~~
CommID: Flieger Viktor Niklovach
Subject: Patrol Report #8
Guten tag mein comrades! After getting back into duty after a few days of zhe vodka and my ship being repaired after that bad encounter with, The_Black_Freigher, I had once more began making my routine patrols for va vatherland. Zhis time patrolling around zhe Stuttgart sector.
All had been silent till I ran into Herr Weirich of the Rhienland Police, but yet there was this "pirate". There was no shots fired as he was not wanted nor had he commited any crimes. Zhis pirate was green. Only thing faulty was that he was holding a RFP Pilot in his hold. Yet being quite the gentlemen, we had exchanged zhe RFP Pilot+3 Civilians for a few of his brothers. A peaceful deal of sorts. Afterwards, I left matter to Herr Weirich and ended my patrol after going through zhe in and outs of Stuttgart ensuring its safety.
A good day ja. ~~End Transmission~~
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Reporting of a massive onslaught conducted against the Liberty forces stationed near planet Houston, Texas. The outcome could be debated, we lost a considerably large amount of vessels, capital ships and fighters alike, but managed to destroy even more of the Texas defense fleet and the... militants that decided to take arms in their "crusade."
An uncontrollable amount of Rheinwehr ships amassed and with the sudden departure of Admiral Rall, I got to organize the rabble into an at least seemingly competent strike force. I split the wings into 6, 3 of them under my direct control. The three others were the Battleship strike force led by the RNC-Munster, with the Wallenhorst and several gunboats on his wing, the WRF assault wing led by Hauptmann Steiner and one led by a self-proclaimed Admiral, a certain Hans Wurst, former Flieger of the Hauptflotte. The three other, Hauptflotte wings that I was directly controlling was one consistent of Mertins, Koehler and Landers, another led by Major Maximilian, and Hauptmann Weissman's wing, composed by military reserves.
The beginning of the operation was horrendous. The wings were rather difficult to get together, seeing that the WRF flew ahead to Texas without receiving orders to do so and the wing of Wurst was lost somewhere in Bering. In addition, an LSF wing tried blocking our route, giving the Munster and the capital fleet time to catch up and thus, block the Texas gate.
By the time the main strike force got to Texas, the WRF were already swarmed by the Libertonians. It took too long for us to reach them, two fighters, including their Hauptmann, was shot down. Upon spotting us, the Liberty fighter wings; Xenos, LSF, Liberty Navy primary fleet and reserve alike, even some Hackers began to engage us. Three carriers, the LNS-Manchester, the LNS-Los.Angeles and the LNS-USSIndependence were identified in orbit, yet not engaging.
We were successful at distracting the sizable enemy fighter wings (and even shooting down a few weak spots) until our two battleships, the Munster and the Wallenhorst got into position and began firing their salvos at the three carrier-class vessels. The Manchester was immediately ripped to shreds, the Los Angeles soon following its example. The Independence however, had enough power left to take out the Munster, which was heavily crippled at that point. The carrier was soon destroyed regardless of the Munster's loss.
As we destroyed gunboats such as the Pure.Arrogance and the Toast204, more enemy reinforcements kept pouring in, including a carrier, the LNS-Lake.Erie, under the cover of the Siege cruiser LNS-Vortex. The Michigan fought a deadly battle with the Wallenhorst, resulting in the loss of both vessels, under fighter cover, we could destroy the Lake Erie before the Vortex and its bomber wing finished off our last battleship.
As the battle was nearing an end, and the Liberty forces kept pouring in endlessly, we lost some of our men in the fray, not without wounding and taking out several Navy vessels, even a pair of Primary fleet fighters, piloted by Sykes and Villiers. I ordered another wave of reinforcements, the RNC-Prometheus responded and took off from Hamburg to assist us with fresh wings and supplies.
To our surprise, this plan was sabotaged by the arrival of a whole Hellfire Legion battlefleet, spearheaded by a battleship I've never seen, databases speak of it as a part of the Spyglass class, the Libertine to be precise. The arriving Legionnaires seemed to be keen on opening fire at our already crippled fleet, with even using their battleship's formidable weapon systems. The arriving backup, in the form of the RNC-Prometheus was wiped out in a short-range skirmish, not without inflicting fatal damage to the enemy flagship... or something of that sort.
Even the wounded vessel put up quite a fight, I counted two or three fighters we lost to its massive, red beams. Carelessness or finally a competent battleship crew on the Libertonian side? Not mine to determine. The Libertine was regardless very hard to take out, especially as a certain civilian gunboat, the Sleepyhead gave nanobots to the massive battleship.
On the other hand, our plan was successful. With determination, persistence and courage, we brought the perhaps toughest enemy we had to face that day to its knees. The Libertine lit up in flames.
The arriving Hellfire Legionnaires decimated our already crippled forces, so I called a retreat. Somehow, the Legionnaires, the LSF, the LPI and the Xenos alike seemed to be keen on pursuing me through the path between Houston and Hudson, if not for Hauptmann Weissman's interference, whom the Libertonians relentlessly ignored, I may even be dead.
Losing them at Hudson, we both made our way back to the Westfalen successfully. I'm still gathering the remaining forces, but I do know that Major Maximilian, Feldwebel Koehler, Flieger Mertins and Ludwig Meyer of the reserve made it back intact.
We lost an awful lot of men today, including three battleships. A loss which could have been avoided with the appropriate precautions taken, as the Admiral rightfully claims. Little could we know what would be waiting for us on the other side. The only comforting fact is that I know that the enemy still lost twice as many vessels, four carriers and one massive battleship is not something the Liberty forces can replace every four hours... or is it?
On the final note, I would like to notify the fleet of the following:
Bounty Hunters dave.daverd, an Orca-class gunboat, and his companions in the form of two Bottlenose gunships, the ZorgTheBorg and the Bratobranitelj decided to take arms in defense of the Liberty forces, opening fire at both the RNC Wallenhorst and the fighter wings covering her massive hull.
All three Bounty Hunter ships were destroyed, but if they manage to somehow re-acquire these gunships, any Rheinwehr patrol ship is to treat them as Libertonian invaders and neutralize them on sight.
***Incoming Transmission***
***Scanning ID***
***ID: Flieger Joachim Landers***
***Subject: The battle over Houston.***
I'm writing my report about the battle. It was hard to organize this fleet because of the numbers. When we was leaving hamburg, the Libertonian fleet waited for us already. When we arrived Texas, we went to regroup above the Bering jump gate. We informed that the WRF has already started the attack, so we went to Planet Houston. I was in Vizeadmiral Voekel's wing. We saw the WRF and we cleared to engage as soon as we got in range.
I saw three Liberty Carriers againts our two battleships. I don't know who started the attack, but I think the Liberty carriers attacked first. I counted four or five gunboats. I think we should get more bombers againts that flying junkyards, because they can give hard times to the fighters. I was attacked by two of that gunboats, and it's hard to do anything because I had to evade all the time.
After some fight, a Hacker battleship arrived. The RNC - Prometheus attacked the battleship, but it was destroyed before he can push it into the atmosphere of Houston, but we could destroy it with fighters. Then we received an order that we have to retreat.
Pilot ID: Flieger Friedrich Lindau.
Subject: Patrol Report.
I was on patrol in New Berlin system, and everything seemed quiet, just some traders from Kusari.
When i was on my way to Stuttgart jump gate I encounterd a pirate that my scanners identified as Rainbow.to.the.stars.
I got to him before he could do any harm.
I gave him the option to leave Rheinland space out of free will and not to return.
Rainbow.to.the.stars. : I dont hink i will be going nowhere, i quite like it where iam now.
Flieger Friedrich Lindau : Then you do understand that i will have to use lethal force.
Rainbow.to.the.stars. : Hmmpf, is that so?
Flieger Friedrich Lindau : Yes it is.
Rainbow.to.the.stars. : I would like to see you try lad.
Flieger Friedrich Lindau : Unlocking weapon systems, locking on Hostile target.
Since he refused, i was forced to open fire on the pirate vessel.
After some minutes his ship was taking heavy fire and tried to flee.
He charged his cruise engine while launching counter measures, but he didnt get far.
He got hit by one of my CD's and were destroyed.
End of report.
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¤¤¤Transmission Terminated¤¤¤
I am here again to announce my latest patrol. Started in Braunchschweig and moved into Berlin, scans only read Rheinland corporate ships passing by, so I moved on to Dresden and did some missions with some fellow military men and women.
After the missions I continued patrols back into Berlin, then made my way to Hamburg, where I spotted a transport hauling Engine Components at Planet Hamburg. I halted him and shut down the lane, and asked where he was headed. After answering Rochester, he fired shots on me and attempted to Flee. The chase ended in Bering at the Freeport. I felt as a Flieger I was not permitted to venture this far, and I turned around. But said transported continued to fire upon me, even within range of the Freeport, so I did naturally defend myself. Taking severe damage, I let him pass and warned Rheinland ships in Texas of his doings, and his destination.
Guncam footage has been uploaded of the ship, and his name. Sadly, I could not get a Guncam shot of his cargo, as he had opened fire on me shortly.
[color=#009900]~~~Incoming Transmission~~ To: RMHC
CommsID: Gefreiter Viktor Niklovach
Subject: Promotion/Awards
*Salute*
Zhis message is simply to give my appreciations for zhe events zhis week. I knew zhat after leaving das factories on New Berlin to join mein comrades out here on zhe battlefield against criminals and zhe Liberty scums was zhe best decission I've made in mein life. Mein kampf on New Berlin were thrown away as soon as I was accepted into Das Militar. Battle after battle I've witnessed, fills me with motivation to keep the fighting strong against our oppressors. But after recieving das awards of Berlin's shield decoration and das Dreadnaught destruction badge I am filled with honor to serve with mein comrades in das Militar. And for zhe promotion, it was just the icing on the beer cake to furthur motivate me to fight just as hard against zhe Libertorians.
*Salute*
I will wear these badges with honor, and if zhere is time on off-duty, find me and I'll treat everyone to a round of beer or vodka!
[color=#009900]~~End Transmission~~
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[color=#009900]~~~Incoming Transmission~~~ CommsID: Gefrieter Viktor Niklovach
Subject: Patrol/Action Report #9
Guten tag comrades once again! Quickly to zhe business shall we, ja very gut.
While mein fighter was locked and loaded in Stuttgart, decided to take it out on a solo patrol to ensure das vatherland's safety. All seemed far until traffic arrived at Planet Stuttgart when a trader reported a sighting of a Red Hessian Army pilot out near zhe lanes going to Omega-7. So of course I had to make way on the lanes to clarify das intel. To my suprise zhe trader was not a lier, zhere off to the side of zhe lanes was a Hessian Pilot, tagged [RHA]Hans.Gukel, apparently a Luetnant of the Red Army. After some polite attempts to let him keep his life he had engaged me.
Zhe battle was hard fought and nearly won, but unfortunately for me zhere had been some floating supplies nearby. Though I had brought him down to a flying spark, he had manage to find his way to life. I was then later joined by RFP herr Weirich. Though shortly after the arrival of comrade Weirich, a Hessian Destroyer had appeared on scanners. Vessel tagged, 'The.Joker". Obviously we would be outgunned with the destroyer targeting us, so we decided to lure zhem to the Border station where eventually zhey had decided to make zheir leave. Though, we hadn't made any arrests, we had cleared Stuttgart of enemy vessels.
Shortly after though, I was contacted by a Kruger Minerals miner, and was alerted of a enemy vessel in Omega-7 threatening zheir operations. But with no Officers in space at zhe time, I had to go solo on this once again to ensure zhe safety of our workers. Foruntealy for me though, the ICMG pilots were taking care of zhis minor Freelancer on zhe wrong side of das law. Eventually zhe Freelancer had faltered and failed. At zhis, I returned back to Stuttgart to end mein patrol.
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Guten tag, high command,
this is Feldwebel Guntram Koehler reporting.
I started my patrol with herr Meyer from planet Hamburg's orbit. We took the lanes to Alster shipyard and then to Neu Berlin's gate, where we encountered 2 Bundschuh "Stilleto" Heavy Fighters. They were trying to disable the gate and stop it's traffic so we removed them swiftly.
We continued our patrol in Neu Berlin and when we arrived near Dortmund we spotted 6 Red Hessian "Stilleto"s, again assaulting the trafic. Their ships were no match for our military ships and were quickly deatomized and their pods collected. We continued to Strausberg and then Stuttgart gate. At the gate we encountered 3 LWB civilian crafts attacking all the passing convoys.
After dealing with them we jumped to Stuttgart where we got ambushed by 4 more of their pilots. The next lanes to Omega-7 were clear.
Once herr Meyer and I jumped to Omega-7 we took the waypoint to the Ebersfelde Cloud, coordinates 2D to check the mining activity. There we spotted a lone IMG miner that was preparing the mined ore for a transport that was coming that way. Due to the fact the ore was in space and ready to be stolen, we continued our patrol around Ebersfelde just to make sure the miner is safe. A few minutes after Gefreiter Evangeline McDowell showed up in her off duty ship - the Alsatia. After a few more minutes said transport arrived and we continued on our next waypoint - Omega-3 gate. There we encountered a Corsair Gunboat that seemed heavily armored but carried a few polizei pilots as hostages. Due to the fact we had no bombers I demanded him to drop the escape pods in space and leave Omega-7. Strangely enough the Corsair complied and did as we ordered, heading to Omega-3. We continued our patrol into Furstenfelde Cloud and then back to Stuttgart.
Again the lanes to planet Sttutgart were clear, where our patrol ended.
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