To: Captain Hawkins, Section 8

[LunaticOnTheGrass]

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Name: Erich Klugmann
Identification: The Platform, Gloaming Flotilla
Encryption access: HIGH
Location: Taba Starbase, Omicron Mu
Subject: Per My Last N-Mail

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Captain,

As promised, this is a copy of the transmission I'd sent on March 2nd to both the Order Overwatch and Battlegroup Revenant; and whose lack of reply at present time prompted my flying out to Omicron Mu.

Archived Transmission (March 2nd)

Grand Admiral Golanski, and to whomever else this may concern,

For the past several years there have been rumors and whispers among the Bundschuh that the Order has had to form an unlikely bloc in the face of both Nomad and Core aggression--With the Corsair Empire. While we understand the pragmatism of such a choice, it has recently caused us no shortage of concern.


Two days ago, a Corsair armada appeared in Sigma-15, a system the Bundschuh have been fighting the Corsairs in at length. Nomad forces appeared not long after; and having been there in person, I'd assumed that was why the Order had dispatched a few capital ships and a couple snubcraft alongside the Cretans. I'd issued a directive to target whichever assets in the capital brawl were the most prominent, considering they mostly consisted of Corsairs and government forces--And to avoid shooting Order vessels.

You must understand why both I and the Bundschuh in attendance are profoundly concerned that the Order then began shooting Bundschuh vessels. unprovoked-- Presumably at the behest of the throng of Corsair capital ships in space we occupy.

Archived Guncam Audio (March 1st)

[01.03.2024 21:04:38] (=)Erich:Klugmann: Order vessel, DISENGAGE!
[01.03.2024 21:04:44] (=)Erich:Klugmann: Whose side are you on?!
[01.03.2024 21:04:53] Order|Codename.Satyr: Then focus your fire at Nomads!
[01.03.2024 21:04:55] DTR-CNS>Andromeda: side of the freedom

I will be blunt. Please explain to me why it is Order vessels have apparently seen fit to attempt to join the Corsairs in their manifest destiny dream of conquering known space under their totalitarian banner, and moreover, why we should permit associates to this dream of conquest to continue to maintain diplomatic relations, let alone freely use our bases and strongholds.

Erich Klugmann
Gloaming Flotilla

As I'd said, I strongly disbelieve the notion that the Overwatch and Revenant assets that had opened fire on us had come to Sigma-15 because of the far-smaller Nomad presence that showed itself during this multi-sided Border Worlds brawl; I assume they'd have warned us ahead of time were that the case. Unfortunately the evidence that we were confronted with and the fact that both organizations shot us in defense of the Corsair invaders has left the Bundschuh questioning whether this longstanding alliance is tenable. We cannot grant free passage to any polity that considers us combat targets in defense of the Cretan Empire.

I will also repeat and solemnly affirm that we did not fire a single willful shot at an Order-aligned vessel until they had shot our own bombers and gunboats to the point of disabling shields; I can personally attest to having been the target of such aptly named "Deterrance fire" in the Corsairs' defense.

Archived Guncam Image (March 1st)

I await your appraisal of the evidence I've attached, Captain.

Erich Klugmann
Gloaming Flotilla

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