Büro der Marineintelligenz Battleship Strausberg, New Berlin
Ausbildungsabteilung
Addressed to:
BDM Operational Report Archive
08/07/823 A.S
Sigma-15 Survey
A survey of this system was suggested during the escort operation we conducted of 'The Zealous'. Therefore I thought it best to lay down some groundwork and at least scout the areas of this system that our own comrades patrolled. I'll explain each body of interest I encountered and in no particular order.
Freeport - 8: Not much to be said about this station, I was honestly expecting the zoners to have some presence here since I did catch a glimpse of a few of their convoys nearby.
Hammersee: A colony operated by the Rheinland Government which also houses the police forces that patrol the nearby area protecting the convoys of our people from the Bundschuh and Corsair patrols that frequent the system. There is an operational docking ring and mooring structure, though I did not dock or examine the planet on-foot, since it would have only bled through time.
Planet Juist: An orange gas giant that serves as a good landmark if you're on the other side of the system and wish to find Hammersee. Nothing else interesting about it.
Mecklenburg Station: A resupply point and fall-back for Rheinland Military Forces in the area, it's a welcome sight given the various hostile elements lurking in various corners of this system. I would have docked and refueled there just for the sake of inspecting the utilities available but my fuel stores and ship wasn't in need of anything.
Nordeney: Reaching this planet was actually quite problematic, one false move and the two suns it orbits will roast your ship in seconds from the combined heat. Unfortunately, the effort of getting to it was in vain for it didn't seem particularly capable of anything except serving as a landmark, if oriented properly you can bypass both Coronas of the two suns and take a useful short-cut through the system, if you're willing to run the gauntlet that is, one wrong turn and death will be swift.
Bielefeld Base: I was a little concerned by the large amount of Bundschuh patrols I saw in the asteroid field but then quickly connected the dots and thought they must have a station within the proximity of the field to amass such a presence. My hunch was correct and after circling through the field I came across the base, of course a patrol was sent after me to prevent me from documenting the location it was too little too late for I had already turned and cruised away from their scanner range.
Planet Baltrum: A barren and deserted planet, nothing exceptionally useful or important about it, not even a useful landmark either, it just hangs about in a very eccentric orbit around the binary star system.
Jumpholes: I located three Jumpholes in total, two leading back to the Rheinland systems of Frankfurt and Munich. One on the far end of the system leading to Omicron Rho.
Other: There is a rather large nebula in the system that I suspect is capable of housing a fall-back or resupply point for the Corsair patrols and convoys that pass through here. I decided against venturing in alone due to the obvious dangers of surveying a nebula without a wingman.