To: Rheinland Military High Command
From: Anomander
Subject: Patrol report
Date: 29.09
Guten Tag meine Damen und Herren des Rheinland Militärs,
Today I did some patrol in Rheinland, I started in Battleship Westfalen in Hamburg - after few rounds in Trade
Lines and small fights with some Rookie unlawfull forces I decide to back to my Main HQ in Battleship Strausberg in
New Berlin.
Another boring Partol I was thought - but after jump by Jump Gate to New Berlin i saw some loony pilot who shoot
Our brothers in arms Our countrymen - Civilians and Police forces.
He fly in Heron - CT-53 Civilian Train and ID and IFF says that he is a Universal Shipping employe.
I tell him to stop his madness, relase Our pilots and leave, but he didn't react at all - I shout again and again.
Then I realise that no matter what I say He do not comply - so I have to blast him into pieces.
I do not know why Police have start shoot him in a first place - but I could only imagine what he do.
After destroy his ship - I tractor all pilots, and later when I land on Battleship Strausberg I relase them all.
SOURCE: [color=#FFCC00]Rheinwehr Korvette Hansa,[color=#33CC00] New Berlin System. [color=#33CC00][font=Impact]ENCRYPTION: [color=#FFCC00]Medium, port RM-CH-MC-1488-F.
[font=Verdana][color=#33CC00]SUBMITTER: [color=#FFCC00]Hauptmann Michael Wittmann. [color=#33CC00]RECIPIENT: [color=#FFCC00]Patrol report database. [color=#33CC00]SUBJECT: [color=#FFCC00]Report of 28.09.818.
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I temporarily relieved command of the Hansa and got in space using my fighter today. Even though I am long out of practice with a Wraith, me and my Kampfgruppe engaged and scattered a sizable Red Hessian Army strike force near the Bonn-Brandenburg lane. The report in detail is as follows:
Major Higham and Gefreiter Fischer, after taking care of an Outcast gunboat threat in Munich, returned to Berlin where I stood guard with the Korvette Hansa. Radar scans have picked up a pair of enormous vessels entering Berlin space on long-range, so we proceeded to regroup near the Strausberg. Since the Hansa's main engine was scheduled for repairs, I had to commandeer a Wraith from the Battleship's hangar bay.
Gefreiter Fischer signed off duty and a veteran reserve pilot, Otto Bachmeier joined us, our three man patrol proceeded to confirm the whereabouts of the hostiles. Eventually, a Republican transport confirmed our suspicions, noting the presence of a Red Hessian strike force near the Bonn-Brandenburg lane. We went to survey the nature of the threat, spotting a pair of Hessian cruisers, the RHC Hessen and the RHC Jeschke sitting idly by the trade lane, seemingly unprotected.
As we were about to scramble the bombers, a swarm of Red Hessian Army fighters emerged from the asteroid field, ambushing our three-man force recon team. Their premature attack and the arrival of Feldwebel Thome and Flieger Porta with their Wraiths quickly shifted the tide, resulting in the destruction of two Red Hessian fighters, one being destroyed by a wayward razor shot launched by his wingman.
After realizing the turn of the tide, the Hessians kept pushing in with more and more fighters, we were facing at least three new ships as an addition to the original four-five. Being desperate, most of these vessels started using the cruisers as shields and running around the asteroid fields, most of them to no avail.
By the time the enemy force retreated, leaving behind a Volksfront fighter and an RHA recruit to be annihilated by our patrol, we took down about three or four vessels already, although Feldwebel Thome had to retreat because of taking excessive damage. Major Drum arrived at the end to help us cleanse the remains.
Hochachtungsvoll,
Hauptmann Michael Wittmann,
Rheinwehr Kreuzer Abteilung 101 "Seydlitz".
To:Rheinland Military High Command Priority:Normal Subject:Patrol Report
Guten Tag Pilots,
at my Patrol today togehter with Fl.Joseph Porta, we got many things to report. My Patrol begins at Battleship Moselle System Braunschweig, but my target was to patrol through New Berlin and Stuttgart, Herr Porter should Check Frankfurt and Munich. Our First Target was Battleship Straussberg I was there first because Herr Porta entered the Patrol a little bit later then me. As I arrived at Straussberg I got two Hostile Targets on my Scanners only for a Few Seconds so that I can't detect where they came from.
I choose to fly to Braunschweig Border Station as I arrived there I got the Hostile Targets on my Scanners again and 1 Bounty Hunter Vessel, I asked them if I could help them, he agreed with that, then I entered the fight.
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Here a List of AllFriendly Vessels:
[RM]Joseph.Porta Salrius
[font=Arial]And of theHostile Vessels:
[RHA]Peter.Schubert Roten_Thunder
As I come nearer to the Hostile Vessels and the Bounty Hunter Vessel I saw that the Bounty Hunter was a Gunboat but it was already to late to disengage cause the two Hessians switched the Target and permanently firing on me.
After a Few minutes and a couple of Mini Razor hits on Roten_Thunders Hull, he get destroyed cause I fly into his Mine and the Explosion hit his hull Critical that his ship get Destroyed.
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After Roten_Thunder's ship was destroyed, Peter Schubert flees to the Dresden Jumphole. But we don't follow him into the Asteroid Field.
After this we fly back to System Braunschweig where we do some few Combat simulations with higher Ranking Officers.
::::Ankommende Ubertragung::::
::::Ubertragung von: Rheinland Militar Lieutenant Hans Putzkammer::::
::::Ubermittlung an: Oberkommando der Militar (OKM)::::
::::Verschlusselung Ebene: Medium::::
Report of action in the Hamburg and Texas system
Guten tag mein dammen und herren,
Today we were called around noontime to deal with the threat of a libertarian fleet approaching the planet of Hamburg. upon receiving the call for reinforcements I launched my bomber from the planet to face a force consisted of one libertine dreadnought, one libertine assault carrier, for hostile gunboats, and a handful of snubbed graph numbering no more than three. Already fighting in the defense of the Fatherland were some reserve fleet members. I took command of our forces, consisting of the battleship's RNC-Munster and |Bismarck| as well as the secondary fleet cruiser RNC-Pegnitz, and directed them to take up a defensive perimeter around the planet. The incoming liberty fleet charged our forces and the battle begun above Hamburg. Suffering the loss of assault carrier early on the libertine forces were beaten back from the planet yet they rallied the remaining forces near the bearing jump gate. Answering the call for reinforcements one primary fleet fighter into reserve fleet fighters were launched from Hamburg: Fliger Joseph Porta, neuer, and another fighter whose name I cannot recall.
Upon reaching the bearing gate the battleships of the secondary fleet open fire in the hostile dreadnought was soon destroyed along with the remaining fighters and gunboats. In the confusion a few hostile gunboats managed to slip away and flee into bearing. We quickly perused the hostiles with the intent of staging a swift counterattack upon libertarian forces in the Texas system before they could call their reserves to bear.
the hostile gunboat, LNS-Defiance, managed to flee into the Texas system and reach the defensive perimeter of Houston before we could successfully catch it. waiting for us there were the libertine cruisers LNS-Fireway and LNS-Vortex along with a few members of the libertine primary fleet in guardians. we encircle the planet careful not to get too close to the hostile installations in orbit. As we were executing this maneuver it was then that the libertarians decided to attack the cruiser RNC-Pegnitz whom was lagging behind the main force. We quickly turned around and managed to beat off the to cruisers and a handful of gunboats who had attacked the Pegnitz.
We moved a bit farther away from the planet and noticed something strange on scanners: the hellfire legion battleship Ven'Gyr leading a small contingent of fighters and bombers. Deciding to take advantage of this moment we contacted high command for a request of more reinforcements. they responded by dispatching the battleship RNC-Wittmund to assist our forces of destruction of the Legion battleship. in the time that it took for the Wittmund ticket to Texas however, several libertine primary fleet bombers had shown up. Once we received reinforcements we immediately began the attack. Seeing such a force arrayed against them, one of the hellfire legion fighters began to beg for Mercy.
We gave them none.
Our glorious battleships pummeled away at the hellfire legion's shields, however by that time the numbers of libertine bombers that had gathered were too much for our meager forces of fighters to repel. They began their assault in earnest. Tactically we were outmatched in the end of the second half of the conflict. Their bombers chewed away at our battleships and while the Captains bravely directed the damage control crews and kept their gunners fire on the hellfire battleship they were outmatched and after 10 minutes of fighting bravely all three perished at once.
With the necessity of covering our battleships no longer a concern to the Rheinland snubcraft we sounded retreat and headed back to Hamburg.
While the Libertonians lost many a craft today, and while those losses were numerically greater than our own, we suffered the loss of three of the Kanzler's most precious ships and I fear that we must admit defeat for today.
<<<<<<INCOMING TRANSMISSION
<<<<<<SENDER ID : Flieger Joseph Porta
<<<<<<LOCATION : Battleship Strausberg.
<<<<<<RECEIVER ID : Oberkommando der Militar
<<<<<<SUBJECT : Activity Report.
Guten Tag mein herrens.
Today at 2102 New Berlin Standard time ,Lieutenant Hans Putzkammer sent a signal to zhe dormitories aboard zhe Strausberg to present for monthly evaluation.While i waz moving to zhe coordonates indicated by Herr Putzkammer , we received another signal coming from zhe Lieutenant declaring state of emergency , two Libertonian vessels were spotted passing by our defenses und moving toward zhe Alster shipyard. Being closer i managed to jump fast enough but by zhe time i got zhere , so did zhe Lieutenant.
Zhe Libertonians were not alone , a member of zhe Volksfront engaged those Pilotens und zhey were destroyed right in front of us.
Seeing zhat , und more zhen anything , seeing zhat zhis time , zhe Volksfront defended Vaterland , he got an ultimatum to retreat to safety but at his refuse i was given zhe order to engage und destroy.
Zhe Volksfront pilot was inside a Sabre und zhere waz something strange about zhat ship. Iz like he could fold space , one moment in a place , zhe other a few dozen meters away.Zhat iz what made my targeting systems useless und i had to rely on myself with no targeting computers.
Zhe fight was long , too long for my taste but at zhe end , i was able to give him zhe final strike from mein Razor. That disabled his ship but unfortunately , also activated his safety mechanisms at zhe escape pod.
A few moments before zhat Volksfront was destroyed , a massive group of Hessian fighters arrived but after a few minutes of engagement zhey left , leaving behind one pilot.
The pilot tried to escape our shots but his ship was disabled und imediatly another squadron of hessians appeared und tractored him und zhey vanished in zhe asteroid field.
Zhat iz all for today , 29.09.817 AS , 2235 Rheinland Standard Time.
Flieger Joseph Porta signing off.
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I wish to report a battle led by me against the Red Hessain Army in Hamburg near the Alster Schiffswerft.
The start was an, erm, a "Fight-test" between Flieger Porta and a Volksfront memeber with apparently experimental engines.
During that time, Leutnant Putzkammer was leading. As he had a technical failure, he gave me command and retreated before the battle started.
Somewhere during the fight, the RNC-Munster showed up and asked for orders.
Naturally, i gave them the order to not attack unless attacked. However, as soon as the Hessians noticed the Munster, they decided to retreat. As of this, we only shot down one Hessian in Hamburg, RED-19.
After Battle checks: Own forces engaged: at least 5 Wraith Hostile forces engaged: Various fighter types, Sabres and Odins, minimal 7. Own losses: zero Hostile losses: one Sabre
After everyone was refilled at Alster or Luebeck, i ordered to proceed to Berlin to search possible Hessians in the system.
At Dortmund, i ordered to split. Two Fighters headed to Brandenburg via Bonn, two others and me via Planet Berlin to Brandenburg.
However, we noticed noone.
As we started to return to Hamburg, we came accross an Unioner. After a chase, we catched him near the Brandenburg Jumphole. Fliegerin Laura Schoon was tasked to take down this Unioner, and successfully did so, however due to some unlucky encounters with Nuclear Mines she lost a Deilitator.
After this, we returned to Hamburg.
Within Hamburg, we encountered a known traitor, wanted for High Treason against Rheinland, with the callsign [RM-MND]Hans.Eckhard.
Although we attacked him, he escaped towards Neu Berlin. As he took the Jump Hole and i have no idea what the possibilities of the Marinenachrichtendienst are, I ordered to not follow through for safety reasons.
There are some rumours that are not that good about the MND and Jumpholes.
Sadly, all guncampictures of the chase of Hans Eckhard are somewhat unreadable for the techincians.
Patrol members:
Oberfeldwebel Thome
Flieger Dominik Mertens
Fliegerin Laura Schoon
Fliegerin Miles Cadre
Flieger Joseph Porta
Flieger Andreas Reisinger
[font=Agency FB]Thome
In a brilliant tactical movement, i charged backwards.
Comm ID: Miles Cadre
Rank: Flieger
Subject: Routine Patrolling.
Little to report, Bejing hauling Military vehicles from Munich to Tau 31. Freelancer ID with no IFF. Rheinland Colossus.
Furthermore, I've been running more training missions to improve my skill to advance to my Rheinland Military Guard ID.
Hamburg was quiet, although some liberty scrap is still floating. After our salvagers dig out any potentially valuable equipment I advise we contract ALG for immediate cleaning.
To:Rheinland Military High Command Priority:Normal Subject:Patrol Report
Guten Tag Pilots,
At my Patrol today together with some other Pilots we headed to System New Berlin cause there were 2 Liberty Police ship and one VF) Guy. At the Moment as the Fight begun I was at Planet Hamburg but I came as fast I can to the Place of fight as I Arrived the two Liberty Police Pilots already defeated by Gefreiter Benjamin Scheutz. And Flieger Joseph Porta was fighting Against the VF) Pilot. After some other pilots and me was watching a few minutes I was ordered to Join the Fight, after I joined the VF) was killed by Herr Porta very fast.
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After the VF) was destroyed there come many hostile contacts on my Scanner the RHA appears it comes to a fight very quickly but as the RNC-Munster appear the Hessians Realized that the Fight is over, but we could destroy one Hessian ship at least.
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As the Fight was over most Pilots end her Duty only a few return there Patrol. As we entered New Berlin we fly to Battleship Straussberg where we spotted 1 Unioner we follow him near Hamburg Jumpgate where it comes to a Fight between him and me. After some minutes of fight I destroy his ship. Then my Duty ends and I returned to Battleship Moselle.
Guten tag meinen Herren und Damen in the High Command!
I'm writing about the Libertonian attack and the counterattack. We received an emergeny call that Libertonian ships had entered Hamburg from Hudson. We organized our fleet and attacked the intruders. They fell back but we destroyed 3 or 4 fighters und a capital ship. Five minutes later, we received a call from the RNC-Wallenhorst that they captured a liberty siege cruiser. The command decided we took the crew of the cruiser to Vierlande.
The crew was transferred to the Wallenhorst, and we destroyed the empty siege cruiser. Not much later, an ALG ship arrived und transferred the wreck.
Half an hour later, I called to attack Texas. The biggest fight was near the New York jump gate. I have 3 confirmed kills, and probably I'm the one who shot Tharog's mine which was destroyed his ship.
Then a battlecruiser arrived and I was ordered to pull back. I don't know what happend with the others, I'm just glad to survived.
Signed
Joachim Landers, Feldwebel [TRANSMISSION TERMINATED]
Incoming Transmission
Adress: RNC-Stormholm, Planet Hamburg High Orbit
Speaker : Kaptain Hugo Hirschfield
Topic: Liberty Battle Report
Guten Tag, mien herren.
Today was a successful day for ze forces of der vaterland. A medium-sized Liberty fleet invading hamburg was repulsed... I suppose you could call it that, although the more appropriate word would be ahnilated considering zero Liberty ships escaped. We'd lost a few bombers however their escape pods were recovered successfully. While the battle behind us was storming ever closer to Planet Hamburg, we've charged through the middle of it nearly taking a Liberty Gunboat with us, we were in persuit of the LNS-Hello.Kitty, an odd name for a Drednaught but still Libertonian nonetheless... It had a very weak loadout, geared toward Anti-Fighter Solaris duties. It fired its single mortar cannon at us, missing nearly every shot. Eventually, a bomber pilot named Albert.Lange saved the day and kept the Libertonian war machine steady while our guns decimated it as it fled into the Nordheide.