To: The Unioners [Secured Transmission]

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Incoming Transmission: Kapitan Ludwig Hoch, Battlecruiser 'RNC Prinz Eugen'.
To: The Unioner Command Structure
Subject: An Offer

"What opened my eyes is a story that shows just how deep our 'Government' is in bed with those who are in the pockets of Liberty. During the war I served as an XO on an 'Oder' Class Gunboat, we were on the offensive in Bering alongside elements of the 2nd storm Battalion, we were even managing to push the Libertonians back from the Jump Gate into Hamburg when the fleet received an order directly from the High Command.

The order is one that haunts my nights even today...Just as we were about to break the back of the hostile fleet we were ordered to pull back into Hamburg itself, to step off the battlefield and let Liberty have Bering. naturally the order was followed, however many among us were confused and yes I admit angry. When the last of our ships got through the gate we found ourselves back in Hamburg with what looked like ships from the Engineering Corp, apparently they were about to damage the software on the Gate itself to render it in-operable. I was in complete shock, we had been winning the fight, pushing the enemy back to their hell-hole in Texas and yet we were to simply 'give up'?

As you know later Liberty attempted to use the gates with some disastrous results. The ensuing crisis forcing the Government to sue for peace with Liberty because of their blundering with the War Effort... After the war I was given my own command in 'recognition' of my efforts during the war, however many of us knew that while many among the High Command were all 'smiles and congratulations' the truth was far more bitter and colder. We had lost the War with Liberty gaining much greater control over the fates of Hudson and Bering which was a disaster for our House. However they simply plastered false smiles on their faces and claimed it was a 'White Peace'.

Many of us in the Military know for a fact that if we had been given more time we could have pushed Liberty back and with effort and enough manpower the war could have been won on our terms. Instead we are stuck with....This!

Now many of us are lost, drifting from one posting to the next, fighting those such as the Hessians and the occasional Bundschuh vessel, all the while our beloved Rheinland feels like it is shrinking and changing far too much too quickly. We may not have lost Hamburg, but we lost something far greater. We lost our self-respect as a House and our Pride in ourselves.

Something must be done to change this course, otherwise I fear the Rheinland we love will be lost forever to us.

This decline may have started during the days when our Empire was great, respected and yes even feared by the other Houses. However I fear it may reach rock bottom within OUR life-time. We shall follow your lead as you represent our last hope in saving our home. We will be ready to move out when enough of us are in position on both sides to quickly take the ship and do what must be done.

For Rheinland."

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