Today's patrol ended in a bloodshed again, as it does so often lately, regardless of what we go out for. A group of elite Hessian pilots, the Red Barons always seem to spit into our soup, I wouldn't even be surprised if they showed up when we are on a hunt for Corsairs.
That was almost what happened on today's patrol. I met in space with Leutnant Haynsworth, Hauptfeldwebel Weissman and Feldwebel Kreuzchen. After Leutnant Haynsworth gave me full command, I organised the group in two wings, wing Blitz consisted of me and Hauptfeldwebel Weissman, wing Messer was composed of Leutnant Haynsworth and Feldwebel Kreuzchen. I issued the patrol waypoints for both wing and we headed out. Wing Blitz took Dresden, Frankfurt and Munich, wing Messer had Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Omega-7.
We were however, interrupted by comms incoming from some miners in Omega-7 reporting the presence of unknown vessels in the system, I thought we were to face Corsairs. Herr Weissman had to conduct comm repairs and Herr Haynsworth had to switch to his bomber to act as heavy support, so I disassembled the wings and Feldwebel Kreuzchen and I headed out to check Omega-7, Haynsworth followed soon.
Upon entry, we were hailed by unknown ships, proceeding further into the nebula torwards Freistadt, we realised they were not corsair vessels, but ones belonging to the Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army. We got readings on the CPW Social Credit, a Storm-class gunboat and a Revolution-class bomber, piloted by Stenka Razin. The Social Credit's captain introduced himself as Commissar Commander Alvin Katz, a high-ranking member of the Coalition Army and we commenced the usual arrest procedure, which I don't recall being successful in years. I insisted on trying to apprehend him alive, but eventually we didn't have to fight neither him nor his gunboat.
The arrival of Gottfried Halse was not surprising. He always shows up when there is someone he can assist in his acts of terror, I still can't tell what motivates him other than the ability to keep killing Military officers. Regardless, we began the diplomatic talks with Commissar Commander Katz, during which another Red Baron, Alfred Arnd showed up. Following the verbal confrontation between me, the SCRA Commander and Halse, the Red Barons drifted to our flank and attacked us. The SCRA bomber, flown by Lieutenant Razin also engaged, so we had our first target.
The hostile forces made short work of Leutnant Haynsworth in his Snubnose, but quickly afterwards, the ship of Razin followed. They both ejected, the pod of Razin was tractored by the Social Credit and the communists left off, leaving their miner allies against me, Feldwebel Kreuzchen and Hauptfeldwebel Gunter Weissman, who arrived shortly before Razin's downing. Most unfortunately, I soon had to part with the support of my wingmen. They both survived, but without their ships, they could hardly offer me any further aid.
Being left alone against the Hessains' finest, I became a bit frustrated. Of course, no obstacle can stand against the Rheinwehr's might, so I still attempted to retaliate the heavy fire I was under. My unwillingness to give up or flee paid off, Major General Rall arrived to contribute to the battle. We kept Halse under heavy fire, but as usual, we couldn't bring his ship to destruction in the 1,5 hours during which the battle lasted.
Eventually, my Wraith became heavily damaged. Herr Rall passed on the majority of his supplies and because of that, he had to withdraw from the field. A third Hessian, Kirill Yanovski also arrived to assist the enemy forces, who obviously called in backup because they felt they were in trouble. Yanovski pulled in a few decent shots, but I disposed of him with a mine just as Major General Rall left the field of engagement.
Again, I was left alone against the two Barons. Neither of them was notably damaged, but Halse was low on supplies. The outcome has to be obvious.
Leutnant Voelkel signing off.
Powering down transmitter...
Cutting comm link...
Closing visual data...
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