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To: Rheinland Militar HighCOM
CC: Rheinland Militar Private Comms
From:Private Karl Stahlmann
Subject: PATROL / ACTION REPORT
Guten tag
I began my routine patrol of Rheinland territory from Battleship Strausberg in the New Berlin sector . A check of the long range scanner detected a Harvester , designated _17 . I broadcast system wide , advising civilian vessels to be aware of the Harvester , report location and leave its immediate vicinity as soon as possible .
It was engaged in the destruction or 'harvesting' as the machines call it , of bounty hunter vessels . When it changed to harassing trade vessels , I received a burst comm from APM-Aries , giving me the harvester location , which was Stuttgart JG , NB side .
I had to dock to repair minor damages sustained fighting (//NPC) LWB terrorists , but launched immediately after . On arrival at the JG , the Harvester had moved to Stuttgart , pursued by the mercenary DW-Apache .
I engaged , and between us , we managed to destroy it . We were however , during the battle , engaged by a further 2 Harvester vessels ! It seems Rheinland is crawling with the oil eaters ! Regrettably , during the encounter with _17 , my vessel weapons were blown off , including my thruster and shield , leaving only my mine launcher . I had to use the ancient ''bombing run'' technique to drop mines in the vessels path while DW-Apache chased and fired on them .
No more kills were recorded , but all Harvesters were chased from Rheinland territory . Before limping back to the Straussberg , I facilitated a reward of 2.5mill credits to Apache for assisting the Kanzlers forces against the machine terror .
I am currently supervising the refitting of my faithful snub on Strausberg , but due to our superior flight crews , will be back on duty in no time .
We are steel , for the Kanzler , FOR RHEINLAND !
Stahlmann out
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