► Source:Planet New Berlin, New Berlin ► Encryption:port RM-KGAS-HC-R3C-RU1T-ET ► Submitter:KorvettenKapitän Freya Mortensen ► Recipient:Rheinwehr Oberkommando ► Subject:Patrol Reports
Guten tag.
The following are report follow-ups from several days of active patrols:
Day 1:
Reporting in from a few days worth of patrols of Rheinland, some interesting encounters were held. Upon patrolling the Frankfurt system after reports of Hessian and Unioner activity, I found no Hessian activity as of recent but I did encounter a very strange and confused Unioner, almost startled by my presence in the system? Further investigation may be required.
Day 2:
I had kadett Heinrich Mettenheim form up on myself to patrol from Frankfurt -> New Berlin, all was going well through Frankfurt all the way to the jumpgate. We then got into New Berlin and took the trade lane to planet New Berlin, where we were disrupted by SCRA members, they immediately showed a very hostile attitude towards us and prepared to engage. Unfortunately I had the kadett prepare for an unforeseen engagement. We were not able to defeat the SCRA members but managed to hold them off for civilians and transports to still access the trade lane safely. SCRA seem to be an escalating issue in Rheinland particularly as they have been spotted deep in New Berlin numerous times.
Day 3:
Once again kadett Heinrich was assisting me in my patrol this time through the New Berlin system, where we were approaching by a Republican Shipping trader that told us he had been pirated by a Unioner in the Cologne system during a typical trading assignment. I began to question what had happened and was told that the trader was intercepted by the Unioner in open space and shot at with missiles. The Unioner then tried to persuade the trader to leave Republican Shipping and join the Unioners...it seems they are desperate to recruit if they are seeking lawful traders after not only firing at them, but demanding $7m credits from them aswell. We thanked the trader for the information he provided and assured him that he was safe in New Berlin. We immediately set course for the Cologne system where a thorough patrol was initiated. During the patrol we came close to a Unioner base in the Norddrauwolke cloud but maintained distance from it as it was heavily defended by 3 weapons platforms and we had no reason to approach the base. The rest of the Cologne system seemed as it should be but this story the trader told us was concerning, I can't imagine the trader would lie about such a thing but there was no major threat in the Cologne system that myself and Heinrich could see. Further investigation into the Unioners may be needed but the Oberkommando should be alerted of this potential incident. That will be all.