Extraordinary meeting

[Kaiserliche Rheinwehr]

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In a small room from deep within the Bundestag building, Fleet Admiral Franz Bake was preparing to take his place on the podium to present the case to the Bundestag.

“Frauleins and Gentlemens, Thank you for this opportunity to present the situation from Military perspective.

I know you are used with good news but now I want to present you the truth. The truth is that we are facing too many conflicts without the necessary manpower.

But I want first to present the kampfgruppe situations.

We had occupied the space around Saigon with less losses than expected but there are reports from within the Oberkommando that Battleship Hyono and a Gas Miner Battleship have been deployed in the area.

I had ordered to reinforce KampfGruppe Bayern with elements from Dresden Fleet, thus reducing the Military activity in the system against Hessian Criminals and putting on hold any decisive actions to re-take the system.

After the withdraw of KampfGruppe Altenburg from Dresden, it been sent to Omega 7 to assist die Polize in securing the system and increase the Rheinland Corporation presence there.

On the same note, KampfGruppe Strausberg has been ordered to Cologne system to secure the system against any possible criminal incursions.

KampfGruppe Westfalen und Karlsruhe are having the same standing orders as from the end of Liberty-Rheinland War, to protect and secure Rheinland interests in the Systems of Hamburg and Stuttgart.

The other KampfGruppes has been orderd by Oberkommand to enter the mandatory maintenance time and to be on stand by to participate on our Fronts. “

He stopped and coughed to prepare his voice. With a press of his button, the Sigma-21 system appeared.

“About Sigma Front: As you all know Sigma-15 is our main way of reinforcing the ships around Saigon but we learned from Gallia that stretched supply lines are a vulnerable thing. Thus, it came into consideration the need for additional ships and pilots to give to Sigma-15 and Sigma-13 the features of a defensible line. But for that I have to ask the following. “

The maps zoomed out and the Rheinland Flag appeared.

“Sirs, we are in times of need. We are fighting the Kusarians in the north and the Hessians in the south. Internally we are fighting against various criminal elements. With all due respect to Polizei, they are outgunned by the heavy ships of the pirates.

Thus I propose the following:

First, the Rheinland Military to have the ability to request to civilian corporations to assist in construction of new ships or new equipment, requesting to civilian shipyards to convert partially its capacity to military ships production. In short, to move to a war economy until we can build sufficient additional forces.

Second, Rheinland Military is in dire need of Pilots and Ship Specialists. While training a new pilot can take months or years, I propose that any RFP pilot that is with more then 4 years of flying under his or her belt to be moved to Military. They will get additional training and will be able to fly heavier ships and assist in our goal. On other hand, Trainees from Militär will serve at first with the Polizei, to acquire some combat experience before being sent to front lines.

Thirdly, Rheinland Federal Polizei to be militarised. They will receive new and heavier ship types along with the new gear. Their Pilots will be trained by Rheinland Military Instructors, being trained in military combat and fleet tatics. The Idea is for Polizei to be able to deal with Pirates on their own due to this changes, thus allowing the Military to send additional forces to frontlines.

Fourth, Militär would require additional financial means to raise around 500.000 Ground Soldiers to increase the Ground Forces presence. Weapons and heavy machines are needed, such as hover tanks and even normal speeders.


Thank you for your time.

Franz bows and stands ready to accept any questions from the board.

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