Today a very important meeting was held on Bruchsal; a number of illustrious individuals gathered to discuss the Bundschuh's goals at large for the foreseeable future.
The invididuals (other than myself) who deliberated and discussed goals included:
Gertruda Köppel, Chair of the opposition Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit Party
Benno Stöhr, Administrator of Bruchsal
Erwin Kleinhans, Administrator of Eltmann, Chair of the opposition Steigenden Adler Party
Egenia Schmidt, Administrator of Cloppenburg
And a number of other voting delegates of minor sects in the Bundschuh movement.
Serving as a delegate myself, I would like to congratulate the lot of you, Aktivisten all, for how much progress our Party has made in the past months. Confidence in our operations is very high despite occasional setbacks, and our group received a standing ovation by all in attendance for ours; and your; spaceborne bravery and valor during the most trying of circumstances. While it carries no official weight, the Widerstand was declared to contain the finest snubcraft aces in the entire Bundschuh movement. Truly, to all of you, I am very proud.
With an atmosphere in the delgations very Pro-Widerstand, it should come as no surprise that the efforts that our group have been pushing for were supported by many other Bundschuh delegates. This bodes well for the Widerstand in general, and should our objectives work, the Bundschuh as a whole. If they work beyond our wildest dreams, all of Rheinland could be liberated.
Having said that, I am also proud to announce the Bundschuh's approval of the Widerstand's responsibilities for this year's spaceborne operations. Christened Operation Edelweiss, it was passed and will take effect immediately. I personally wrote up a large portion of its contents and directions, and I hope that each of you will remember them at all times. They are detailed below:
====OPERATION EDELWEISS====
Primary Objectives:
(1): As always, the ever-present standing orders of the Bundschuh organization. The Federal Republic of Rheinland is a machine powered by the cogs of tyranny and autocracy. As creators of the Bundesrepublik,it is only proper that we repair our creation and start anew.
Opportunistically engage the Cruiser or Battleship of a belligerent Rheinswehr Commander who deems it necessary to chase you into a nebula or asteroid field, as an example. Attempt to talk to those members of the Rheinswehr or Bundespolizei who are willing to hold their fire (if briefly). Come to the aid of any Hessian or Landwirtrechtbewegung allies in need. Do what is necessary to see our goals through, within the boundaries of your conscience.
(2): Munich
This is one of the several objectives of the Operation that are split into multiple directions;
The delegation unanimously agreed that the structural (physical, not political) problems that Eltmann is having are of utmost priority in being repaired. While the opposition parties are doing their part to handle the more emergency repairs with freighters, the Dark Matter makes extra-vehicular spacewalk repairs far too dangerous; all repairs will need to be performed from the inside-out.
We have at least one active transport, the captured Rogue Train VWA|Arsenal. Essentially self-propelled scaffolding encasing massive cargo tanks, I have secured free passage for it within Libertonian Territory. We have not secured constant escort, however, and we must rely upon our own forces for that; especially through the New Hampshire system. The supplies we acquire in Liberty govern the fate of Eltmann. It falls on our shoulders in the end, Aktivisten.
This of course, is not Eltmann's only threat. While I do not believe the Bundespolizei will brave the Dark Matter to search for Eltmann's location, the Unioners occupying the North of the system have revealed their true colors to us at last. Unioner patrols have been harrying, pirating, and in some cases opening fire upon our temporary triage set up in the derelict Augsburg. Our reports claim to have spotted Corsair squadrons lurking in the radioactive murk as reinforcements.
The Unioner stronghold of Leipheim is also shrouded and likely being quickly eroded by the Dark Matter, but our reconnaissance flights were unable to get a detailed look. It is inhumane of us to to harry their repair convoys as they have to ours, but we have no choice. The alternative is having the Unioners capitalizing upon the chaos in Munich with their Corsair-backed piracy, something we will not allow. You have free reign to engage any and all Unioners within Munich and Frankfurt.
Needless to say, our actions (or lack thereof) in Munich pose consequences with Munich's, and Rheinland's civilian population. We will not succumb to mere banditry to effect change, not when so many shipments within Munich now hold emergency supplies permitting millions of people on Nuremberg to survive.
The delegation argued for hours on this issue: How do we permit relief supplies to get to where is needed, without freely allowing Rheinland's Corporations and Military to profit from it? There is no easy answer, but eventually the majority of delegates settled upon a pseudo-solution; We stop transports /after/ these supplies have reached Nuremberg.
As a general rule, engage transports with the proposition of offering a donation or in severe cases (Nuremberg Military Hardware, for example), their cargo. Do so in a system that isn't Munich if possible, to thwart the Bundespolizei claim that the VWA does not care for the plight of the victims or Botzler forbid, perpetrated the incident.
While this deception is a painful pill to swallow... We simply cannot keep the organization moving without donations. It is an inconvenience to the Lane traffic that through their help, could save our ailing House.
Secondary Objectives:
(1) New Hampshire:
Curiously in wake of the credit-injection offered by Samura and Kishiro due to their desolation of Munich, the Rheinswehr managed to push the Liberty Navy out of Bremen entirely, and are currently warring in the New Hampshire system, seemingly over a wayward module that the Navy almost got away with taking.
As you all know, our alliance of convenience is controversial within the ranks of the Bundschuh, and it is a very common tenet that our opposition parties criticize us on. Nonetheless, we need the Navy to more easily destabilize the Military; and with that, the Bundestag's chokehold on Rheinland's people.
As such, we must offer the Navy something of a helping hand. We will leave the head-on fighting to them; that is not our place. Rather, we have the golden opportunity to strike at the Rheinswehr's supply lines, isolated patrols, and occasionally commanding officers. Treat any Federal Corporate entities that stray into Bremen or New Hampshire as targets of opportunity. Offer Freelancing contributors to Rheinland's war machine the same treatment, for the good of our peoples' future.
None of you are strangers to the hit & fade tactic. Our operations in New Hampshire will put those methods to their most pressing test since the Nomad War. I hope to see some of you there with me.
(2) Sigma 13:
Sigma-13 allows us to add our own brand of chaos to a war-torn system, namely warring against the Corsairs and their Unioner lackies. Striking them within the concealment the Crow Nebula offers will allow us to weaken their raids upon our forces and civilian traffic in Munich.
Reconnaissance reported that there was a sizable contingent of Outcasts contesting Corsair raids in the system as well; leave them alone. Unless, of course, you find a convoy of slaves or cardamine; in which case show no mercy in the cargo's capture. In case of the former, deliver the slaves to Kaiserslautern. If the latter, destroy it in the cargo pods it came in.
You will have unlikely allies for this particular set of operations; Blood Dragons. In a recent diplomatic talk between the Order, myself, and this Kusari organization, the revolutionary guard of long-deceased Shogun Hideyoshi are sworn foes of the Corsairs, and willing to work together with us to fend them off from the system our patrols overlap within. Do your best to avoid an argument or conflict with them, and treat them as friendly contacts should you happen upon them in that system.
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I will detail Tertiary Objectives within the next day; this is more than enough for you to digest and put to memory. Keep up the good work until then, Widerstand. Rheinland is counting on you.
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