Incoming Transmission...
ID: Hauptmann Raymond Amsel
Comrades, the offensive against the Daumann Heavy Construction is going well.
They continue to try and mine in OUR fields in Omega 11, and they continue to fail. Some of them are smart enough and pay up, but some of them are quite stupid and just try to run. Well, they seal their own fate by doing so. At the end of the day, 5 million sirius credits was gathered from a DHC train that wasnt stupid enough to try and run and approximately 4500 units of Uncut Diamonds. The Diamonds came from various sources, from a Daumann miner that tried to run with them, and from another Daumann train that also tried to run. We had to collect the units from the remains of his burning ship.
Comrades, I will make sure that the DHC are unable to preform any operations in our space. They will learn soon enough that they cannot treat us like they treat their workers, we are free, and their workers will be free soon as well. They will learn not to test us, and in the end, they will be crying to donate money to our cause.
Incoming Transmission...
ID: Hauptmann Raymond Amsel
Today, more DHC dogs came barging in to Omega 11, to make money for their corrupt needs.
Weeell, not while Im here! First I caught one silly miner who, as it appears, doesnt even try to run anymore. And for the better, because he has no chance of escape anyway. He donated 5 million to our cause. Later, while I was still patrolling the system, I found another DHC member, this time a train. He, as well, donated 5 million to the Hessian cause. After that I found yet another DHC Train, but he was so scared that he didnt want to move even 5 meters from Solarius station. Well, lets see if he can make money for his corrupt needs there!
Quote:[14.02.2011 11:02:38] DHC-Transport.Hamburg: Your a bunch of pirates, what makes you think that you are capable of taking down corporation like Daumann?
[14.02.2011 11:02:57] [RHA]RHGB-Jagdtiger: Amsel: I am not the one hiding behind walls now mein herr. *laughs*
[14.02.2011 11:03:07] [RHA]RHGB-Jagdtiger: Amsel: You will come into the open soon enough, and when you do....
[14.02.2011 11:03:11] [RHA]RHGB-Jagdtiger: Amsel: YOU ARE MINE!
Their pockets are still deep from last months free mining reign, but I will make sure to take everything back, and some extra added. They will pay dearly.
On my patrol yesterday I met the Bounty Hunter Gelatinous Duck, there was a Rheinland Gunboat near him too so I flew away and Duck followed me. I was lucky that Major Adolph Hessler was in range too so I could lead Duck into a trap near Dresden Jumphole. Though he already saw that he was outnumbered he attacked me.
Together we weakened him until Major Hessler pulled the trigger a final time.
Today I met the Hessian Klaus Bergmann in Omega 7, we tried to gather some donations but soon a Rheinland Soldat crossed our way. He was simply called The Rheinlander and he tried to move us out of the system which we refused. I told Klaus to stay back and engaged him.
During my fight with The Rheinlander the Freelancer Kurt Bohlmann arrived and engaged Klaus. Klaus left his live against that filthy bastard. I will try to revenge his death and kill that traitor who seemed as a nice and honest guy to me 2 days ago.
Too bad I`ve got another dead Hessian to report. Shadownet got in range while I fought against The Rheinlander. The traider Bulli 124 opened fire on me and I commanded Shadownet to hold him off my back. Shadownet did a great job, I wasn`t harmed by him anymore but Shadownet had to pay a high price for my victory.
After some time of fighting The Rheinlander realized that he had no chance, but he didn`t even try to flee. Seems like the Rhinland Military recruits people with suicidal tendentions.
After that fight I refilled my ship in Omega 11 and then I travelled back to Vogtland.
Incoming Transmission...
ID: Hauptmann Raymond Amsel
Guten tag.
Herr Hessler und myself tracked down some trains in Omega 7. We successfully intercepted them and made them stop. It seems that they were foreigners, but they were quite friendly. One of them made a donation to the Hessian cause of 1 million credits.
We continued our patrol, we met one military fighter pilot und a gunboat captain. After we engaged them, the Rheinland Military main fleet arrived and tried to lend them a hand. After a long battle, the gunboat was destroyed und several of the Military ships with it. Some of them managed to escape by docking at the nearby station, und their Admiral fled through the Jump Gate leading to Stuttgart. It seems he was ready to let his men die to save his own skin. In any case, their efforts to take us out were once again in vain. One of our ships was more heavily damaged but the pilot is alright.
Due to the RHA offensive against Daumann, i get the feeling RM shows mor prezens in OUR Omega systems.
When i was on patrol yesterday I found two Daumans mining in 011 I appealed them to cut their engines for a small talk ans maybe some donations, but both refused and tried to flee...
...well, they tried it
Now back to ze thesis according RM activity...and their suicidal intentions Hans Gukel stated.
Continuing my patrol to Omega7 (Now in my Bomber 'cauze the fighter had to be repaired after hunting those Daumans ins 011, radiation and so on)
In 07 I picked up a System wide Comm Signal saying
Quote:Proteus: Attention Pirates, leave the System now, or you will die!
Intrested in who speaks those large in one of our systems i looked out for those Proteus guy and found him near Elbich.
Was surprised 'bout the fact it was nothing lower than a Rheinland Cruiser
Well a Cruiser facing a Thor and a Falcata...we all know how zis ends
Fauler out.
*** Transmission Terminated ***
*** Signal: Lost ***
Message to: RHA SOA
Comm ID: Major Gunther Hoerst, RHA SOA
Location: Freital, Omega-11
Gentlemen.
We have been busy lately with mostly the home front, our regulars have been much better at fighting off the Wilde so I have specifically put the Daumann situation on a higher priority. I must admit that this must be what allowed the Nomads to start slipping through the cracks again. The Wilde are slimy serpents, and they have begun sending truly alien abominations into Omega-7 on what my analysts dub "lightning raids". Fortunately our Omega-7 spy sensors are still very much working, so we've managed to detect one of these raids while it was under way.
Herr Hessler immediately mobilised two warships from our capital fleet: the Jeschke and the Hessen, to respond to the threat which we knew was not just a bunch of small, concealed ships as usual. I myself was onboard the Jeschke, overseeing the situation personally as a matter such as this is of deep importance to the SOA. We've arrived on scene to find an alien capital ship with a small escort on its way to attack the free miners of the Omega systems. Our ships intercepted the group and after a short exchange of fire managed to destroy the big ship without sustaining heavy damage. One less warship for the abominations. Their escort craft proved useless against our strong shields, but too nimble for our guns. With the approaching Rheinland Military we've decided to withdraw for the moment and process our data from the incident.
Attachment #1
A scan has managed to identify the big alien ship at least in part. The ship is currently considered to be cruiser class following a detailed analysis of the size, firepower and projected weight.
Of course, despite our victory and the acquisition of mountains of new data, the whole situation is troubling. If the aliens are not afraid to send small armadas into our space, it must mean that there are more of them lurking around. Hence the Spezialoperationabteilung is as of now ordered to divert its resources back to scanning the infected Omega-55 system for further sightings of alien fleets, and the further acquisition of data on alien vessels of any and all varieties. Any aliens encountered in our space are to be scanned thoroughly then promptly detonated using any and all available forces.
Don't hold back. Alien ships are far more dangerous than any Military ship we ever encountered. Once again: do not hold back.
Incoming Transmission...
ID: Hauptmann Raymond Amsel
Comrades, the Hessen was on duty again.
First we disposed of two Military gunboats in Omega 7, und later a cruiser in the Stuttgart system. The cruiser captain was shooting one of our comrades, but he was quite surprised when we arrived at the scene. The rest was easy work. A while later, more Daumann dogs were caught in Omega 11, which is now patrolled by me personally on the clock. The Daumann corrupt scum was generous enough to give me a reason to shoot him down. As a present, he left 2300 gold ore.
One of his other friends, wasnt that smart. He didnt leave me any present after he exploded. Well either way comrades, the DHC have "given" us over 150 million so far, and I promise you, this is just the beginning. Some Bounty Hunter gunship tried to save them, but he was easy prey as well.
Here's the latest after-action report from my end, regarding the recent events in Stuttgart, for those who haven't heard already.
Approximately four hours ago Major Hessler received word of Rheinland Military ships somewhere around Omega-11 and seeing as he wasn't doing anything in particular other than playing strip-poker with a barmaid - and losing at that - he decided to save that kind of fun for later and then went out with me to check the situation.
Unfortunately for us we didn't even get near the Omegas at that point because as soon as we launched we received a distress call from Leutnant Kirill Yanovski. Our comrade had gotten himself between a rock and a hard place, rock being the Rheinland Military Cruiser, designation "Proteus", and the hard place being the Solaris firestorm it was dishing out.
We rushed off to the scene, roughly ten clicks off the Omega-7 gate in Stuttgart, and on the way Major Hessler called in for support. By the time I arrived at Yanovski's location I found him - to my surprise - in the process of kindly asking the captain of a Bowex Shire for a donation.
Once Major Hessler and I joined the Leutnant's persuasive effort the captain was quickly convinced and handed a generous sum of credits over to Yanovski. Afterwards our three fighters, no match for a heavily armored Cruiser with that armament, were reinforced by Major Amsel.
Amsel made his appearance with the Cruiser "Hessen", along with Flieger Walter Steiner and a comrade named "Achterath" who had come from Omega-7. The comrade Major had the gunnery crews put the Hessen's artillery to destructive use immediately. Combined with our four fighters' fire the ship didn't last long, and the result was as shiny as the Hessen's arrival must've been unexpected for the capitano of the Proteus.
Afterwards Major Amsel had Yanovski's ship restocked. It was severely low on supplies after having pinned down the Cruiser for what must've seemed like an eternity to comrade Kirill. Eitherway, once that was done Major Amsel launched from the Hessen in his own fighter, ordering the ship out to hide in Omega-7 for the time being if I recall correctly. It didn't take long however and we had an odd visitor stumble upon our group.
The ship you can see in the attached shot, "The_Red_Phoenix", happened to be a Liberty Gunboat. We were pretty surprised to see that kind of ship here. What was even more odd about it was that it wasn't showing any IFF signature and all that I could pick up was a generic Freelancer transponder beacon aboard. Unfortunately for the captain and crew we spotted Hessian escape pods aboard, which wasn't something we could tolerate. Took all of two minutes and we had them rescued, with the ship of their captors reduced to burning debris.
Amigos, that's pretty much how we got to the more major part I'll comment on below. I'm sure you remember the Bowex ship? Said ship's captain must've sent a distress call to the Rheinland Military after we had been so kind to him and so welcoming of his donation, and it doesn't take a wizard to figure out who showed up next.
When the Rheinland Military arrived on the scene I surprisingly heard none of Major Hessler's famous introductions, nor any of the usual chitchat, and I can safely say I was impressed by the aura of mutual respect emanating from that confrontation. Except for comrade Yanovski, who proved that he had cojones at least equal to Hessler's by doing what he - from what I've heard - does best.
In the above shot, if you look closely, you can spot two Transports in the distance - the "Hiperion.II" and "Midnight.Tokio.Express". Under the Military's nose, right in their faces, Leutnant Yanovski let his charms work and asked the captains of those ships for a couple donations. And he got them.
Not even a minute afterwards space heated up abruptly as Major Amsel - being tired of waiting - ordered the assault on the Military forces in the area. As the people in Liberty say, things quickly took a turn for the awesome and the show was on. Our forces against the Military's, presumably led by Vizeadmiral Weissman, with odds being pretty even. We went to work immediately, focusing on designated targets, and the other side did the same. Command was passed on to Leutnant Yanovski, seeing as both Majors Amsel and Hessler were too likely to be focused upon. It didn't take long for the first Military fighter to get fried, courtesy of comrade Hessler.
Afterwards things got rougher, with Military reinforcements arriving and more underway. The fighting was tense and I lost oversight quickly in the mess, focusing my own attention on whatever target Yanovski marked and doing what I could to buy our side more time, trying to get the more major threats on the enemy side away from our heavy-hitters together with Yanovski. Most notably I'd like to mention the Military's Valkyrie Wing pilot Felicia Drum and the regular Flieger Engelhard Sulzer. The former must've taken some kind of liking to me, judging by her behavior in the furball. By that I mean "judging by her trying to get me into a duel and her sitting on my rear-end". The latter on the other hand seemed less agressive by far and I couldn't really make out what it was that he was trying to do. We ended up in one-on-one situations here and there, but only for seconds, orders taking a higher priority to dueling.
During the whole ordeal I didn't really get to see much of our side other than Yanovski who was mostly working together with me, but as explosions started to flash and hostile radar signatures began to disappear I knew we were slowly gaining the upper hand. Or at least it seemed that way. - I might add here that I didn't get to capture all explosive or "special" events on guncam either, what with having been too busy with doing my part, so the few shots you will see in this report are just representative and don't cover everything.
Given that more Military reinforcements were arriving on the scene we were forced to push on harder, with every single shot counting as both sides were desperately trying to gain the upper hand. Unfortunately for us Recruit Daniel Link couldn't cope with the extreme pressure from the Military's side and his ship got shredded apart by massed Tachyon fire at some point. Luckily Major Hessler got his pod and I hope that comrade Link is safe and sound aboard... well, wherever Hessler took him later. Given the immense pressure I say that Link did a very fine job at staying alive for as long as he did, seeing as the Military's pilots aren't exactly bad shots, and I'm talking from experience here, what with my last trip with Hessler in New Berlin ending with me watching from the sideline after nearly getting torn apart in a matter of less than five minutes.
Anyhow, the fight kept going and reinforcements began to show up like I said. In the middle of it all, somehow a Heimdall appeared, captained by comrade Shaf Hauzen. The Majors did their best to call it off, telling Hauzen to vacate the area, knowing that his Heimdall would become the center of the Military's attention as soon as it opened fire. Given the odds it obviously wouldn't have lasted.
Unfortunately for our side comrade Hauzen got provoked by the earlier-mentioned Flieger Sulzer, and as soon as Hauzen returned fire the foreseeable happened. Miraculously however Hauzen managed to keep his Heimdall together steady for a rather long while, buying us valuable time to keep wearing the enemy fighters down, and so his sacrifice was not in vain.
Several minutes of fighting later, with more reinforcements on the horizon, Amsel or Yanovski, I don't remember, but either one asked Major Hessler to call in for more support on our end so we wouldn't get overwhelmed. I lost track of things happening at that point, and I only remember the Valkyrie Drum breaking off somewhere in the middle of it before the Military's Vizeadmiral himself set his eyes on my behind, relentlessly chasing me as I was doing my best to keep on the pressure.
Before our support arrived, led by Major Hoerst himself, we managed to have the odds turn in our favor however, downing another Military fighter and then quickly switching our focus to Vizeadmiral Weissman. Somewhere then Hoerst showed up, merely watching and commenting that at this point the reinforcements were unnecessary. Case in point, with Weissman having become our center of attention it took us only a few minutes until he turned tail and ran for the nearby Freiburg Station, making an emergency landing with his ship badly damaged and Nanobot supplies empty.
In the following minutes the action quickly quieted down, with the Military forces flying evasive-only under Freiburg's protection and withdrawing one after another.
Once it was clear the battle was over I took the liberty of heading back to Vogtland while some of our pilots headed for other nearby bases and approximately half of us formed a raiding party under command of Major Hoerst. Said group set course for Omega-7 immediately, eager to pay the Daumann Miners in there a visit now that they wouldn't have to deal with interfering Military patrols for the end of the day. And that's about it from my end.
[color=#999966]-(Transmission terminated
Quote:
-(For Major Gunther Hoerst only
[color=#FFFFFF]Major, as it's you and your hospitality that make my prolonged stay in Hessian territory possible in the first place I've to inform you of something you might very well not like and disagree with. During the events outlined above two pilots of the Military's Valkyrie wing took part, Felicia Drum and Diana Ritter. Wasn't the first time I was on the Hessian side and encountered those, but the Valkyries and I have some short history, short enough to not even be called history. The point is however I've fought with the Valks against Liberty's forces on multiple occasions in the past and, simply put, I'm not going to shoot them unless if I can avoid it or they shoot me first. Drum being the exception, as it's too late for that one and she seemed rather keen on getting at my throat earlier. But I'm not going to be the first one shooting the Ritters and the others, especially not Diana. We both know I'm just a guest here, not directly one of your men, and I plain don't have any hostility against the Valkyries. You're hearing this 'cause you should know, and I'm hoping you understand that I'd rather not fight someone whom I'd call my personal comrade, regardless of how brief and situational the comradeship might've been, and regardless of whether it's over now or not.
Shalom and all that jazz. I know I did a report earlier already but the night was long and other stuff happened.
'Bout an hour or so ago our glorious comrade Major Hessler felt like acquiring more funds for la revolucion. In other words he went out to extort people, and I joined in out of boredom. Well okay, he lost money to both me and the barmaid I mentioned earlier so I guess there was some personal motivation involved. By the time I launched and headed off to meet up with Hessler, at the time commanding the Leopard II, he was busily looking for a Daumann Miner somewhere in Omega-11. I joined the search but luck wasn't on our side and so we ended up looking for other cash donors.
We did notice a lot of traffic going towards New Berlin and Hessler drove the Leo back to Freital, opting to take the Messerschmitt out for a spin instead. While I was scouting out the lanes in Stuttgart I found an independent Silver Ore hauler coming from Omega-7 and moving towards Berlin. I followed quietly, not raising any unnecessary attention while relaying its movements to Major Hessler who prepared an ambush in New Berlin at the Bonn lane. We were successful and the amigo proved himself to be rather friendly to our cause, donating a whole five Million credits without me even blowing my cover. That was good and well, but now to the bad part.
What you see in that shot is a particular Freelancer Gunboat, Ahoudori-class, heavily armored and armed to the teeth. It appeared moments after the aforementioned hauler passed on. Hessler didn't like the warning from the captain and we were engaged.
The fight wasn't anything that fancy and the biggest issue were the missiles the thing was spitting out rapid-fire as if it had an entire armory's worth of ammunition in the magazines. Short and sweet, it was going to be a drawn-out fight with us both going evasive, me trying to get the Gunboat's attention so Hessler would have clear shots with the Messer's Supernova. Everything would've gone well, even though it might've taken a long while, 'cause we were managing pretty good. Some Ion here and there ended up making some of the Major's shots miss, but so far that wasn't an issue.
That green brick you can see there was one. Soon as it showed up we were outmatched and outgunned, the brick's suppressive fire posing a huge problem to us both in conjunction with the Vigilance's relentless missile fire. Not to mention the ever-present threat of its quad-Battlerazor array. Hessler called for reinforecements, but noone other than our comrade Lukas Fauler managed to show up in time. We tried fighting on, but even with two Fighters as support the Messerscmitt was no match for the two Gunboats. We managed pretty good regardless, but once the Messer's Supernova Cannon was a goner thanks to all the explosives Hessler called a retreat.
All his dodging didn't save him from being shot down however, though the enemy's focus on him let Fauler get away easily. I kept on trying to raise support, but with noone nearby I buzzed off, dodging fire for a while 'til the Gunboats gave up on the chase. On another note, my dear amigo Hessler's been taken to safety by Fauler, though I don't think he's going to be in the mood to play poker anytime soon.
[color=#FFFFFF]Major, as it's you and your hospitality that make my prolonged stay in Hessian territory possible in the first place I've to inform you of something you might very well not like and disagree with. During the events outlined above two pilots of the Military's Valkyrie wing took part, Felicia Drum and Diana Ritter. Wasn't the first time I was on the Hessian side and encountered those, but the Valkyries and I have some short history, short enough to not even be called history. The point is however I've fought with the Valks against Liberty's forces on multiple occasions in the past and, simply put, I'm not going to shoot them unless if I can avoid it or they shoot me first. Drum being the exception, as it's too late for that one and she seemed rather keen on getting at my throat earlier. But I'm not going to be the first one shooting the Ritters and the others, especially not Diana. We both know I'm just a guest here, not directly one of your men, and I plain don't have any hostility against the Valkyries. You're hearing this 'cause you should know, and I'm hoping you understand that I'd rather not fight someone whom I'd call my personal comrade, regardless of how brief and situational the comradeship might've been, and regardless of whether it's over now or not.
Regards,
[color=#DFFF00]Viva
Message to: Viva Velasquez
Comm ID: Major Gunther Hoerst
Location: Freital, Omega-11
Well, you should probably be aware by now that this particular war is especially infamous for pitting brother against brother and friend against friend in one deathmatch after another. Half of my best pilots are ex-military who decided to join the right cause half way through their service. Such is life here in Rheinland.
That said, you are a guest here, and as long as your... personal history does not directly interfere with the actions of the Volksrevolution, you can pick your targets as you want them. We're not exactly short of pilots dying to have a go at the Kanzler's own jackboot security wing anyway.
On a different note: good job out there yesterday. I didn't realise the Rheinland Military is hiring full time mercenaries now. I'll make sure to look into it further.
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