Evangeline Anastasia McDowell

[Bazza]

Entry#: 083
Date: 02 - 04 - 818 AS @ 16:07 SUT
Title: What.

It took not only an explanation of the incident in question, but also a lesson in Birds & Bees 101 before Gunther finally figured out he was going to be a daddy. I knew he was an innocent and reserved kid, but honestly, for a 23-year old man to not even know the basics of female biology - I didn't think it was possible.

Gunther was in the midst of resolving all the new data he had been given when a report of a Liberty Navy incursion in to Rheinland from the Bering system came through. The Military has been stretched to its limits in the last few months, the almost constant attacks from pirates and terrorists within coinciding with invasions from Liberty have spread the forces out across a massive front. There simply was nothing immediately available to handle the threat. Within a couple minutes me and the girls had the Maelstrom fired up and ready to rumble.

Flying as fast as the old girl could manage we reached the edge of Rheinland space in a bit over 48 hours. Once we had entered the tradelane network in Hudson, we covered a massive amount of distance in only a few hours, arriving to the scene of a battle between a handful of Rheinland fighters up against a Liberty Siege Cruiser and escorts.

Once descended upon the battle, I promptly opened fire on the offending cruiser while Rall and his comrades dealt with the fighters. I wonder what the crew of that ship were thinking when they saw me show up on their scanners. Maybe they had been warned of me and knew what was coming? Maybe they didn't and were just plain scared. Either way, that siege cruiser never posed much of a threat once I showed up.

In the ensuing battle the Maelstrom took several hits from the coaxial cannon, the metal bulkhead at the front of the ship absorbing most - but not all - of the energy. Although in the end we were victorious, the ship suffered shock damage to the power core causing the weapons grid to fail as the result of a lack of power. With the ship's core life support systems running off emergency generators alone we were forced to return to the secrecy of Braunschweig. Once there I moored the ship using what little power she had left, shut her down and disembarked before the oxygen supply ran out.

I'm now stuck here until I get replacement parts flown in. At least I can play family with Gunther for a little while. And maybe teach him a bit about how girls work. He thought if we had sex again I'd make twins.

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