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Patrol Report:
1. Rheinland Warship at Java after Jumpdrive Failure
I was contacted by a Rheinland Warship named RNS-Kronprinz that claimed to have stranded in Tau 23 after a failure in a Jump Drive test run. I have heard rumors of the existence of this technology and got a scan of the device when the ship was close to Java.
After having explained the circumstances, the commander asked me politely whether we could supply the vessel with 1000 units of H-Fuel, which I decided to organise discreetly via the Lost Star transport Faint Hope. The Commander paid for the H-Fuel, then suddenly he switched on the Jump drive and started tractoring floating H-Fuel. Weird light pheonomena started, as depicted in this guncam shot.
The light became weirder and denser, encompassing the complete ship in a whirlwind of energy. The picture says more than my descriptions. The Battleship needed a supply of H-Fuel during the initiation of the process. It obviously could not hold the amounts necessary as it was tractoring all the time.
Then there was a glaring light that blinded everything for a moment and a nanosecond later, the huge Battleship was gone. I received a garbled call from the Commander, that he had arrived in Omicron Minor before contact broke off and not in Rheinland, as he had planned to.
2. Injury in an Accident
After a Colonial Battleship hit my Lhotse while undocking, my fighter was catapulted away for 3k in less than a second, before the Lhotse slammed into an asteroid and I regained control after a few seconds of confusion and shock. Luckily the shields held, even though the hull received damage.
I was ordered to report to MedBay and had my neck checked out. I will be only on emergency flight roster for the following 2 weeks, only code orange and red for me. Sorry, the Doc was very clear.
I advise fighter and bomber pilots to keep the safety distances at all bases. This could have ended much worse.
Brigid O'Shaunessy
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