MESSAGE CLASS: TEXTUAL ENCRYPTION: ENIGMA II
TO: ADMIRAL DRIEDRIK STERR
FROM: KAPITÄN KLEMENS KOSSUTH, RNC FREDEGUNDE
Article Number 2256:
I am reporting a law violation, by the Zoner Nephilim-class called IRG|Itherael, with an I and AE, allegedly captained by a certain James Winstin, with an I.
A fleet of strike craft and the Fredegunde had destroyed or chased away a Unioner fleet near Leipheim Base in Munich. Someone who was there longer than us should do the report about this, because the Fredegunde arrived only when it was nearly over. When we regrouped at Neu Augsburg, my radar staff spotted strange disturbances, but no object to cause them. I ordered the cloaking device disruptor to be used, which cost us 50 batteries. It unveiled the ship previously mentioned, directly above Neu Augsburg. The captain claimed that he did not know that the Nephilim was regarded as a warship, but he cooperated and transferred the fine for entering Rheinland space with an unregistered foreign warship, which was $2,000,000, to our account. It will be transferred to the Military account as soon as I finish this report.
Because the captain claimed to be on his way to Sigma 15, I escorted him until the jump hole in Frankfurt. Xi might look like a better option, being closer to our location at the time, but I did not want the captain and his whole crew to see our positions in the area nearby.
The Itherael was, as the captain claimed, not designed for trade lane travel, so we reached the destination by cruise drive. They had a lot of problems traversing the short path through the Taunusfeld, but they succeeded, apparently without damage done to them, and left for Sigma 15 via the jump hole. The main body of the patrol fleet, made up of Military, Police and ALG vessels, won another victory over the Unioners about a couple of minutes later, in the other end of Frankfurt, but they will do a report about it themselves.
I would also like to mention that captain Winstin asked if this law violation could be removed from his file in any way, and I promised that we will inform him if there is such an option. Besides that, I would also appreciate if captain Winstin was obliged to refund us the 50 shield batteries, worth $1,250, which we had to use in order to reveal his ship, next time he visits Rheinland.
The recordings are listed below. If you have any further questions, ask me directly.