► Source:Planet New Berlin, New Berlin system ► Encryption:port RM-MAS-1NTS-TMD-TRM ► Submitter:Flieger Klaus Schwartz ► Recipient:Kaiserliche Rheinwehr HQ, Kolonnenplatz Neu Berlin ► Subject:Encounter with a Hessian Battlecruiser
Guten tag, officers of the Kaiserliche Rheinwehr.
I was contacted by Oberleutnant Traudel Habermeyer regarding a possible sighting of a Hessian vessel in the Frankfurt system.
The suspicions were true once I got aboard the RNC Wodan and headed to the Frankfurt system. While on my way to Mannheim Station, I encountered a Hessian battlecruiser (Verderber), plus a Corsair (Cesar`Gutierrez[TBH]) who immediately left the scene. Preliminary scans of the Hessian battlecruiser showed it had propaganda material on its cargo hold.
Knowing that my gunboat could not take on a vessel this big, I cautiously monitored the battlecruiser from afar. The Hessian tried to convince me using the propaganda, but I ignored it and continued, until backup arrived with two Fliegers, Frieda Volgt and Ignatz Schwann, and a soldat, Sven Schuberger. However, Flieger Volgt had some matters to take care off and departed from the scene, calling instead a Rheinwehr bomber ([RM]Vorschlaghammer-4) to assist us in the battle.
I began to engage the Hessian battlecruiser, which took a long time as it kept firing its guns on us. Slowly but surely, the Hessian battlecruiser was disabled, with my ship taking the last shot. While its words definitely ringed out, its combat prowess was no match to our combined strength, despite the bomber pilot's claim of poor performance during the battle.
I returned to Planet New Berlin with very light scratches on the Wodan's hull, which were easily repaired by maintenance crews.
[28.01.2023 00:01:08] Cesar`Gutierrez[TBH]: I'll deal with you later
[28.01.2023 00:01:12] Sven.Schuberger: Deal with me now.
[28.01.2023 00:01:21] Verderber: ?: Ahhh... a Cruiser!
[28.01.2023 00:01:25] Cesar`Gutierrez[TBH]: Negative. I have a higher priority
[28.01.2023 00:01:30] Verderber: ?: Wait.. no that is a gunboat!
[28.01.2023 00:01:31] Sven.Schuberger: Running is your priority.
[28.01.2023 00:01:37] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: Visuals on a hostile battlecruiser
[28.01.2023 00:02:10] Verderber: ?: Pah... a tiny gunboat so scary!
[28.01.2023 00:02:47] Verderber: ?: You want to die now Military?
[28.01.2023 00:03:14] Verderber: ?: Or read my propoganda first? *hehehehe*
[28.01.2023 00:03:26] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: Crew, red alert. Hostile battlecruiser is inbound
[28.01.2023 00:03:59] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: I assume you have propaganda for your cause?
[28.01.2023 00:04:01] Verderber: ?: Men! Fry anything that gets close!
[28.01.2023 00:04:09] [RM]Obl-Trau.Habermeyer: I wont be much help here, Wodan. I advise caution.
[28.01.2023 00:04:24] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: Copy that. Maintaining distance
[28.01.2023 00:04:37] Verderber: ?: Ja! a cause more important than a corrupt government!
[28.01.2023 00:05:01] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: You will see soon. Rheinland shall not be contaminated with socialist ideals
[28.01.2023 00:05:18] Verderber: ?: Bah! Nein you are a fool to believe that!
[28.01.2023 00:07:50] Verderber: ?: ... Thats cute... you gonna follow us now?
[28.01.2023 00:08:44] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: I shall see to that, Hessian
[28.01.2023 00:08:49] Verderber: ?: *gasps* Ohhhhh... what kind of Military officer carriers loads of artifacts?
[28.01.2023 00:09:18] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: These were confiscated from a Corsair smuggler in Bering
[28.01.2023 00:09:34] Verderber: ?: Likely!
[28.01.2023 00:09:42] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: They have been disposed of, just as you will soon
[28.01.2023 00:09:50] Verderber: ?: Bah!
[28.01.2023 00:11:57] Verderber: ?: Eh... how soon is your feeble attempt of "disposing" me?
[28.01.2023 00:12:17] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: I like your underestimation. Soon, you shall see the Rheinwehr before you
[28.01.2023 00:12:28] [RM]Fl-Frieda.Voigt.: That's... ja... you're quite experienced, Herr Schwan. But it seems we have trouble afoot.
[28.01.2023 00:12:33] Verderber: ?: Bah! Two warships and a bomber and we are hardly hurt!
[28.01.2023 00:12:36] 2023-01-28 00:12:37 SMT Traffic control alert: [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan has requested to dock
[28.01.2023 00:12:44] Verderber: ?: Oh? More?
[28.01.2023 00:12:47] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: Back in action then.
[28.01.2023 00:12:48] [RM]Fl-Frieda.Voigt.: Wodan, status report.
[28.01.2023 00:13:01] Verderber: ?: Tiny fighters everywhere! Where is the fleet??
[28.01.2023 00:13:02] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: We have visuals of a Hessian battlecruiser carrying some propaganda
[28.01.2023 00:13:05] 2023-01-28 00:13:07 SMT Traffic control alert: Sven.Schuberger has requested to dock
[28.01.2023 00:13:33] Verderber: ?: Get to close we fry you and your ship!
[28.01.2023 00:13:33] [RM]Fl-Frieda.Voigt.: Well, not a problem.
[28.01.2023 00:13:36] Sven.Schuberger: The Corsairs ran away.
[28.01.2023 00:13:44] Sven.Schuberger: In typical fashion.
[28.01.2023 00:13:45] Verderber: ?: Not a problem? You underestimate!
[28.01.2023 00:13:45] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: Corsairs? Ha. See.
[28.01.2023 00:13:48] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: It was not alone.
[28.01.2023 00:14:01] Sven.Schuberger: Gave him a beating and he tucked tail and ran off.
[28.01.2023 00:14:06] Sven.Schuberger: Sadly I'm not equiped to intercept.
[28.01.2023 00:14:10] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: Good work, Sven.
[28.01.2023 00:14:28] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: Now we have a new problem before us.
[28.01.2023 00:14:36] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: A disgruntled worker, it seems.
[28.01.2023 00:14:42] Verderber: ?: Bah! my mere pressence seems to bother you!
[28.01.2023 00:14:50] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: Your existance does.
[28.01.2023 00:15:02] Verderber: ?: *laughs* I could say the same about you and your kin!
[28.01.2023 00:15:34] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: Is that why you are here?
[28.01.2023 00:15:38] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: To blabber on the comms?
[28.01.2023 00:15:51] Verderber: ?: I await a proper challange to prove their worth to me! None yet has arrived!
[28.01.2023 00:15:59] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: Keep talking, it won't save you from being turned into scrap
[28.01.2023 00:16:07] Verderber: ?: Bah!
[28.01.2023 00:16:12] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: Then you'll await within a coffin.
[28.01.2023 00:16:45] Verderber: ?: You can try and you fail, I don't plan on being in a coffin in a long time!
[28.01.2023 00:16:50] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: Then you shall face us. Guns are ready and loaded
[28.01.2023 00:16:57] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: Nothing ever goes to plan, revoluntionary.
[28.01.2023 00:17:02] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: Now, to put you where to belong... In a cell.
[28.01.2023 00:17:10] Verderber: ?: Fools! all gunners open fire!
[28.01.2023 00:17:21] Sven.Schuberger: Only a dead Hessian is a good Hessian.
[28.01.2023 00:17:24] Sven.Schuberger: Weapons online.
[28.01.2023 00:17:27] Sven.Schuberger: Moving in.
[28.01.2023 00:18:21] [RM]Vorschlaghammer-4: Herr Schwan, this is Vorschlaghammer-4. sent on behalf of your colleague.
[28.01.2023 00:18:34] [RM]Vorschlaghammer-4: I can see why I've been called here.
[28.01.2023 00:18:47] [RM]Vorschlaghammer-4: Very well then, I will make short work of this.
[28.01.2023 00:18:55] [RM]Vorschlaghammer-4: Fur Rheinland, gentlemen.
[28.01.2023 00:25:18] Sven.Schuberger: You talked a big game Hessian.
[28.01.2023 00:25:25] Verderber: ?: No honor!
[28.01.2023 00:25:29] Sven.Schuberger: But alas, your words are as good as this wreck.
[28.01.2023 00:25:32] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: Nature does not respect honor.
[28.01.2023 00:25:42] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: Only the strong survive.
[28.01.2023 00:25:44] Sven.Schuberger: A war vessel being disabled by snubcrafts.
[28.01.2023 00:25:45] Sven.Schuberger: Pathetic.
[28.01.2023 00:26:03] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: He can talk, but he can't muster up the strength
[28.01.2023 00:27:49] Death: Verderber was put out of action by [RM]KKS-Wodan (Gun).
[28.01.2023 00:27:57] [RM]Fl-Ignatz.Schwan: All clear.
[28.01.2023 00:27:58] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: Enemy vessel destroyed
[28.01.2023 00:28:06] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: Crew, area green. No more hostiles in range
[28.01.2023 00:28:10] [RM]Vorschlaghammer-4: We show that the area is clear. Good job.
[28.01.2023 00:28:17] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: Returning to New Berlin for now
[28.01.2023 00:28:17] [RM]Vorschlaghammer-4: Vorschlaghammer-4 signing off.
[28.01.2023 00:28:32] [RM]Vorschlaghammer-4: You've made the Rheinland Military very pleased, gentlemen.
[28.01.2023 00:29:30] [RM]Vorschlaghammer-4: I apologize for my poor performance, Wodan.
[28.01.2023 00:30:09] [RM]KKS-Wodan: S: Your concern is understandable. In time you shall hone your skills
[28.01.2023 00:30:14] [RM]Vorschlaghammer-4: I would hope so.
[28.01.2023 00:31:22] 2023-01-28 00:31:23 SMT Traffic control alert: [RM]KKS-Wodan has requested to dock
Für den Kaiser! Für das Volk! Für Rheinland!
Hochachtungsvoll,
Klaus Schwartz
Flieger der Kaiserlichen Rheinwehr