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Sender: Obergefreiter Hans Krieger
Destination: Admiral Hiltraud

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Ma'am, I'm sending you this because I've heard that there are certain blank spots in yesterday's report when it concerns my part in the incident. I owe you so much as to give you nothing but exactly every information I have. I rather admit my guilt while informing you than leave you without knowledge of such an important matter. I kept quiet until now because I didn't want to report before my superiors did. Now that the Lt. Cmdr. and the Corporal already gave their testimony, let me add my account to that

After the events that triggered the incident, me and Gefreiter Fuhrmann went to Dresden after one trader that refused to stop for inspection at New Berlin. After we instructed him as how to behave in Rheinland I contacted Corporal Guntram requesting permission to cease pursuit of the trader and return to New Berlin. She seemed quite distressed and said she needed to take a break, she cut communications with us and at that time I was under the impression she had landed her craft.

As me and Fuhrmann approached Planet New Berlin I checked in with the long range sensor stations and, much to my dismay, noticed Corporal Guntram's ship signature already at Bering. I contacted her and asked what was happening, but something in her voice seemed distant and vague as if she was barely paying attention to me. I asked her to return, but that wasn't working. I was still in New Berlin with Fuhrmann when she entered the Texas system. My reading at that moment was that I wouldn't be able to talk her out of it unless I went all the way to Liberty to escort her back myself. I then instructed Fuhrmann to maintain position while I went after Corporal Guntram. As I moved out I asked Fuhrmann to contact any Liberty officials and request permission for me to enter their space, but there wasn't any to be found at that moment.

I've gone all the way to the Bering->Texas jumpgate and then stopped. I tried once again to contact Corporal Guntram to no avail. I then picked up one SA pilot through long range scanners. Even though I was eager to find Corporal Guntram and was already picking up her signal from the New York system, I kept my position outside of Texas while I waited for the SA's pilot response. As he replied I asked him permission to enter Liberty and tried the best I could to explain the situation. He then granted me permission and only then I did cross the jumpgate. He instructed me to meet him at planet Huston and so I did. Even though I was attacked by the local pirates as I entered the system, my weapons systems were dead mute. I proceeded to Planet Huston as instructed and waited, always keeping track of Corporal Guntram's ship signal. As an LSF pilot approached I requested again permission to proceed through Liberty. With both pilot's permission I proceeded through Texas as far as the jumpgate to New York, after crossing it I met Corporal Guntram. A slaver ship crossed the jumpgate back to Texas, and she followed suit. I went after her. At the other side I found both Liberty officers, Corporal Guntram and the slaver ship.

Another slaver ship then entered the area, the SubmissiveMistress. The way I saw it, it was the captain of that ship the one responsible for the Corporal's distress as I witnessed his taunts towards her, but he kept at verbal challenges as the Liberty officials were present. As I realized Corporal Guntram's focus was solely her quarrel with the slaver I did my best to explain and apologize to the officials in Liberty while I tried to calm her down and have her agree to come back to Rheinland with me. After a few minutes she agreed to leave Liberty and we returned together to Rheinland space. I kept the Liberty authorities informed of our position and our status as we left their territory. As we started the jump gate sequence I apologized once again to the officers present at Texas.

My ship's computer has the whole incident recorded and if you need a copy of those files I'll send it to you with haste. My going to Liberty after Corporal Guntram wasn't by any means her request. I did it on my own account of what I understood to be the best action to prevent anything worse from happening. I do understand, however, that was an infraction on my part and I stand ready to receive any punishment the admiralty sees fit.

I present here the registered accounts of my interaction with the Liberty officers. I threaded through their territory with the utmost respect for their authority and I sincerely hope their interpretation of the incident was precisely as such:

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