Retrieval of the Hel class cruiser was successful.
The convoy was small. Other Raiders were caught up in different duties, and the Hessians could only assign a single fighter to escort.
We took a considerably safer route, avoiding lanes and gates, but we were still sighted as we crossed a the path of a lane to get to the Hamburg hole by the Federal Police. They were talkative, and that was their downfall. We managed to take the hole to Hamburg, and cruise just out of disruptor range. They pursued. Paddy and Siegfried Draay broke off to fend of the Officer and their hired bomber support, while the Hel cruiser remained about twenty klicks away from the battle. We got hits on long range scanners as the fight continued, making us anxious, to say the least. We did not need Battleships breathing down our necks.
The pair eventually fled however, Paddy and Siegfried proving to be more than a match for them, and left us with an opening to the Bering system.
The Hel cruiser has just arrived in Kansas as I transmit this report. She needs a proper name.