Message to: RHA
Comm ID: Fleet Kapitan Conrad Egon
Location: Vogtland Base, Dresden System
Rejoice! Obviously, the Kanzler's lies lack the pull they once had...join me in welcoming no fewer than three new Rekruts in hardly a greater number of days! The people of Rheinland are behind us, and that fact is more clear now than it ever was before.
I launched from Freital today to find a Corsair Titan not far away. With the Eismaid's crew still fresh and well-rested, I set off in pursuit. Using the system-wide communication channel, I suggested that he flee. The Corsair was quick to heed that suggestion, disappearing through a jump hole in a matter of seconds.
I decided we would raid some Daumann convoys near Solarius station; a small vessel came cruising from the Stuttgart jump gate. It was too small to be worth charging for passage...but the five Hessian pilots in his hold needed to be freed. Fortunately for him, he jettisoned the pilots as I asked. They are now safely in Vogtland, recovering in the medical ward.
Then, a juicier target: a Transport, the sort that you can find anywhere in Sirius. I disrupted his cruise engines, and requested a small donation for his continued good health. No response. I gave him five seconds to comply...he flew towards the planet that Solarius orbits. I could scarcely believe it...this insane transport pilot would commit suicide rather than pay?! I sometimes wonder if the Wilde have infiltrated humanity further than we suspect...I opened fire, and managed to destroy his vessel before it could impact. His escape pod was plucked up by SAR teams from Solarius, so keep your eyes out for this one in the future. When his vessel was destroyed, artifacts spilled from his sundered hold... Here is a transcript of the event.
Then I made haste to Dresden, to help Wolfgang in getting his reputation set up properly. I had just launched from Vogtland on a mission when I spotted a RepEx Train passing just outside of CD range! I set off in hot pursuit, but broke off when the trader got too close to the battleship Altenburg. I completed the mission while I waited for the Train to undock, some 4k distant. Sure enough, he undocked, and I dashed in to catch him. Three missiles later and he was dead in space. I had to keep dodging gunfire from the battleship, but nonetheless came away from the encounter one million credits richer.