I was ordered to go on a recon mission with the Oberst, when we got ambushed by a strong military force. Furthermore, on a later patrol we encountered a Golden Chrysanthemum. The most troubling Encounter was in the crow nebula though, where we found a strange new system.
Mission Objective: Reconnaissance/Patrol Commanding Officer: Oberst Erich Klugmann - VWA|Erich.Klugmann (Series Z "Sabre") Friendly Forces:
• Aktivist Helmut von Stierlitz - VWA|Arsenal (Z-8550 "Pitbull"); Crew of 4 • Aktivist Dr. Annika Jana Haupt - VWA|Nika.Haupt (Series Z "Sabre") • Aktivist Kai Reinhardt - VWA|Kai.Reinhardt (TR4c-T0R "Sichel")
Notable Encounters:
•Order Ships - Friendly In total three Order ships reinforcing Bruchsals Defense against the federals •Federal Taskforce - Hostile In total three Gunboats, one Bomber and one Fighter attacking the Revolutionary forces. Got beaten back to Mainz •Hessian Reinforcements - Friendly A 'Hel' Class Cruiser and another Hessian reinforcing the Widerstands defense of Bruchsal •~*~Hana.Ken - Neutral GC investigating the Occurences yesterday. Brief exchange about beliefs and goals •GMG|Nagate.Tanaka - Neutral Miner Security vessel defending Naha from an Outcast. Brief exchange about yesterday's events •Omanyd -Neutral Freelancing smuggler. Needed escort through Rheinland, covered him until Freital
Initially tasked with covering the Arsenal on another flight to the Omicrons, our objective quickly changed to a mere defense. Two federal Gunboats showed up and engaged us, as well as one of our Order allies. They even got further reinforcements, and hadn't it been for the Hessians and the Order task forces showing up, I believe we wouldn't have pushed them back to Mainz.
After that, I had been given a slight break to recover and wait for the Oberst to finish his paperwork. He had ordered me to go on a patrol with him. We initially set out for Sigma-13, to find answers about the strong concentration of hispanics there yesterday. Instead, we found a GC pilot that apparently had no clue about the reasons for the incident. We had a brief discussion with her about our respective goals, which was indeed interesting, but after some time, we moved on with our patrol.
The Oberst decided that it would be a good Idea to scout the situation in western Rheinland. After some time, we ran into a freelancing smuggler, who asked us for an escort to Freital. Klugmann decided it would be a viable Idea. After I finished the escort duty, Klugmann had issues with an Ion Storm, and ended up in New Hampshire. Apparently searching for his way back, he stumbled upon a jump anomaly, that he couldn't resist to check. It lead somewhere in the crow nebula, a system swarming with purple and black dust particles in an Ice field. After following him, I saw it myself - a pretty creepy sight, I have to admit. The dust particles however seemed to have damaged my guncam, so I couldn't take a picture of the LSF ships engaging me shortly afterwards. We fled, and quickly returned to Bruchsal.
Closing remark: I do apologize for me not providing further information about the unknown system. I will work some filters into my guncams and start a recon mission myself later on, perhaps I'm able to scout it. The presence of hostile LSF ships troubles me deeply, and I'd like to investigate.
Furthermore, the federal forces are getting more and more cocky every day. We should perhaps be a bit more careful when planning operations, since I suspect they have sensors around the Taunusfeld.
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