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Luminium · 06-21-2023, 06:43 PM,

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From: Kurt Weinbaum
Source: HRZ~Amnestie
To: Black Hearts' Pirate Council
Subject: Nova Torpedo Nursing Home

Hey.

Been a rough few weeks. Most ships are still in drydock, working on their refits. Profit's low but steady. Had some successful 'solicitations' and some not so much. Nothing notable though - what really made my week was some Rheinwehr glory hound splattering his bomber all over the Amnestie's hull yesterday. Almost made up for my own brand-new custom-built bomber getting wrecked by the BAF on its first mission - which is a story of its own.

Anyway, before I get sidetracked. So there I was, minding my own business, trying to get home from New Berlin when suddenly some RM loudmouth drops out of a trade lane with lethal intent. We tried hailing him and he made it clear that he wasn't interested in philosophical discourse.

Chased my ship all the way to the Omegas and, when it was clear we got away, he withdrew and started trying to goad me by yelling insults over the comm. It was bizarre. No professionalism; no respect for the enemy, and I don't mean his lack of manners or anything like that, but more like his lack of battlefield risk assessment skills. You know, 'Is this a good time to attack this target?' type of thing.

Then again, asking that question would require basic cognitive ability, and whatever the Academy does nowadays seems to extract that and replace it with propaganda. It's like trying to reason with a cardboard cutout.

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We debated a stop at Ithaca for basic repairs, but I elected to return to New Berlin to the location where we first encountered the Rheinwehr bomber without delay. Sure enough, the guy reappeared without any reinforcements and charged us head-on.

The Amnestie's shields took a hit from a pair of Nova torpedoes, but a couple of Razor volleys crippled the enemy ship - props to the gunnery crew - and must have caused an ordnance malfunction, as he ejected from a disintegrating hulk about 20 seconds into the skirmish.

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I mean, can't fault the guy, really. He did manage to disable our bridge. Mostly because we were pissing ourselves laughing for a few minutes, but still.

I debated tractoring him in but decided to leave him for the RM to pick up. Keeping such pilots alive and active makes our job a hell of a lot easier. Would love to hear his report to his CO on how he let a pirate frigate escape twice and lost his own ship in the process, though.

Sometimes I miss the military life - and then something like this happens to remind me why a sane man should stay as far as humanly possible.

The Amnestie made it back safe and sound and will soon be ready for more operations.

Kurt out.

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