I'm sending this transmission with a data file attached of the notable, yet smaller encounters of pirates and smugglers in the recent days. Details of each encounter and action taken also highlighted, note the remarkable amount of Junker assets among them.
Notes: I accidentally stumbled upon the mining vessel near the Bering gate. I immediately hailed it, then the captain tried to bribe me with 300,000 credits to keep his hold of slaves quiet. Since I refused, it jumped to Bering, Kapitaen Ralf Hofmann ordered me to engage and destroy. I caught the ship in Bering, where it got trapped into some asteroids while fleeing. The captain again attempted to bribe me with one million and two million credit sums, but of course I threw it back. That bought enough time for Gefreiters Fessel and Shetland to arrive, since the ship refused to drop the Slaves, it made a run for it. We brought it down and recollected the slaves with the RNC Weisbaden, Kapitaen Hofmann's cruiser.
Partial conversation logs, submittable if requested.
Notes: The vessel Varok had a full load of slaves onboard, Gefreiter Shetland asked him to submit his vessel for inspection near the Hamburg checkpoing, but he landed at Altona. As soon as he landed, he started taunting us, disrespecting us and Rheinland authority. I ordered the pilots to ignore his transmissions and wait, but he never came out. His vessel was probably boarded by a security team on the station.
Quote:Baraka
Date of incident: 05.01.818 Vessel designation: Baraka Ship class: Pirate Transport IFF transmitter alignment: Junkers Registration codes: Junkers Cargo: Empty
Charges:
Grand piracy
Status: Executed in space. Witnesses:
Leutnant Alec Voelkel
Digsite, Kruger Mining vessel
Felix Raab, Military reserve
Dai Amori, Civilian
Visual data:
Conversation logs and desturction data, submittable upon request.
Notes: He has been wanted for a while, I have been reported of his piracy acts over and over again, but he always managed to evade my prosecution with docking a civilian installation. Now, I was there first, I caught him at Freiburg. About three ships passing through also stated him being a pirate, he kept being persistent at claiming to be innocent, as Junkers usually do. Eventually, he started pushing me with disrespecting my authority, then he claimed he would "respawn" upon destruction. Well... he didn't respawn after we took him out with Felix Raab.
Quote:Hiidensurma
Date of incident: 08.01.818 Vessel designation: Hiidensurma Ship class: RH-GM110 "Heimdall" Red Hessian Gunship IFF transmitter alignment: Red Hessians Registration codes: Red Hessian Guard Cargo: -
Notes: Our patrol wing, consistant of me, Hauptfeldwebel Weissman, Hauptgefreiter Drum and Flieger Weller stumbled upon the Hessian gunship, accompanied by a Red Hessian Army soldier, Ernst Neurath in Stuttgart. I was beginning to arrest a civilian for being in possession of forged ship registration codes, but these two ships appeared in the area. They refused to surrender, so I ordered the patrol wing to open fire, while I kept observing the area. The hostile vessels ran for it upon recieving minor damage.
Quote:Bayern
Date of incident: 09.01.818 Vessel designation: Bayern Ship class: Junker Salvage Frigate IFF transmitter alignment: Junkers Registration codes: Junkers Cargo: Gold ore, Civilian pilots, Rheinland Federal Police pilots, Rheinland Military pilots, Niobium, other non-notable commodities.
Charges:
Piracy (3 counts)
Resisting arrest
Attempted murder of Military pilots
Attempted murder of civilians
Hostage taking of Rheinland officials
Deception
Cooperation with terrorists
Status: Evaded prosecution. Witnesses:
Leutnant Alec Voelkel
Feldwebel Wenzel Kreuzchen
Visual data:
Visual data submittable upon request.
Notes: An awkward encounter this was. I was notified of this Junker vessel pirating in New Berlin by a miner who has fallen victim to him, I caught up with the vessel in Omega-7 space. I scanned his cargo, he had numerous Rheinland officials, Polizisten and Soldaten in his cargo hold. I demanded him to transfer their escape pods, so he did. As soon as I charged him with piracy, a Corsair Gunboat, the Fusion showed up and attempted to take my life, giving the Junker an opportunity to escape. I took out the gunboat with relative ease, even though it was armored, it was piloted by a rookie gunboat captain. Following that, I notified the Junker of his rights and told him to return and be arrested, after a good quarter of an hour persuation, he complied. I escorted the Junker vessel to Vierlande successfully and disarmed him. The ship was taken into the hangars in front of my own eyes.
An hour went past and I was informed of the exact same ship pirating in Stuttgart again. I caught him and indeed, it was the exact same ship with the same designation and registration codes, terrorising Rheinland miners. I have no idea how he escaped Vierlande. I ordered Kreuzchen to open fire, but it escaped to Omega-7. The ship ran torwards a pocket of explosive gases, so I ordered the ships present to break off, but the Junker came back and started shooting at us again. As we were about to engage again, it fled for the gas pockets and escaped successfully.
I am requesting the addition of this vessel to the Enemies of Rheinland list.
Quote:Govedo
Date of incident: 09.01.818 Vessel designation: Govedo Ship class: Pirate Transport IFF transmitter alignment: Junkers Registration codes: Junkers Cargo: -
Notes: I met this vessel in the middle of Frankfurt. He was positioned perfectly as a pirate should be, pointing guns at the lane, waiting for a transport. Unfortunately for him, I was the one who dropped out of the lane, not a helpless miner. I told him to move away from the lane, since he refused, I told him to move to the Sigmas. That he refused aswell. He claimed to have been sleeping, which I of course didn't believe and that he can "stay where he wants". Again and again, I asked him to move. He instead called me a fool, told me I was "abusing my powers" and other means of disrespect. When the Kane, a reserve gunboat arrived, I ordered him to fire warning shots at the Junker pirate, which he did. The Junker kept insulting us, calling us "a bunch of cowards" and such. Since he kept on insulting and didn't move, I ordered the gunboat to finish the job and we brought him down.
---Closing file.---
Leutnant Voelkel signing off.
Powering down transmitter...
Cutting comm link...
Closing visual data...
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