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- Sender: Leutnant Adam Vagner-
Guten tag.
Today, we saw very strange think........Military ships were attacking zoner freeport. Lots of military capital ships. We made few attempts to kill them, but lots of them had cloaking device. We managed to damage on of their cruiser, and engaged in fight against one of Wraith, but there were to many cruisers.
:::INCOMING TRANSPONDER SIGNAL - RED HESSSIAN ARMY:::
:::SUBJECT-|Patrol Report - Rekrut Dario Sigmundr|:::
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REPORT-01//EMBEDDED}-
Guten Tag, Genossen, the following report comes from a small patrol I had around Stuttgart two hours ago. I stationed myself in the trade lane heading towards the New Berlin system in hopes of catching a patrolling RFP fighter or corporate transport running goods to the fascist government. I intercepted three transports; one was a Mastodon with an IMG ID whom I allowed to leave without a fine or any damage caused out of good will for the IMG, the next transport was a Gaul running superconductors to either the planet or the Republican Shipping base, I allowed him to go on for a fee of 3.5 million SC but with the warning that I would not tolerate another run to fascist ports again if I witnessed it. The final transport appeared to be a disillusioned Freelancer running super alloy to New Berlin, when I destroyed the cargo that he dropped (He having no money to spare) he became seemingly erratic and spoke strangely then engaged a rudimentary cloaking device and leaving in a panic. No Rheinland Federal Police or Military were encountered on this patrol, only civilians.
:::INCOMING TRANSPONDER SIGNAL - RED HESSSIAN ARMY:::
:::SUBJECT-|Conflict Report - Rekrut Dario Sigmundr|:::
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Guten Tag, Genossen, the following brief report is of a confrontation in Stuttgart between Red Hessian Army fighters and RFP fighters with limited Rheinland Military capital support. A small fight ensued between no less than three fighters of the RHA along with one RHA Jormungand-class battleship and several RFP Fighters along with a few of their Rheinland Military counterparts. Herr Klever and his squad were under attack by fascists near planet Stuttgart and outgunned by them, I was instructed not to engage the fascists and fetch ammo for our fighters to which I obeyed. Unfortunately, the fascists brought in overwhelming reinforcements forcing our retreat to Omega-54; to the best of my knowledge, one of our fighters was lost, but the pilot survived returning to friendly territory.
My patrol today began with the interception and destruction of a transport pretending to be a Hessian |{L-1}|, he had no ID no IFF and no actual signs of affiliation with Hessian forces, I kid you not, he had somehow gotten an AI ID and was flying a Rheinland Armored Transport; after not responding to my demands and trying to flee I was forced to destroy him taking minor damage in the process unfortunately all I could photograph with my gun cams was the former report as they were damaged and I applied bots to them after the fight. This is where it gets interesting, I was at Darmstadt Depot in Stuttgart when three or four apparently independent Hessians approached me (One or two gunboats, a Thor, an Odin), though they are not affiliated with the RHA as evidenced by their IFFs and not even knowing what the RHA was somehow; I digress, they claim that the transport I destroyed was a friend of theirs running goods to Omega-54 and that they represented not only Omega-54 but general Red Hessian interests which is obviously not true. They then tried to extort money out of me for attacking their friends empty transport and threatened to destroy me if I turned out to be a 'threat to the Hessians'. The log is in the following data store |{L-2}|. The last part of my report is a simple encounter with a Rheinland Military Gunboat, the captain appeared to be intoxicated. I was forced to flee but made it out with minimal damage. |{L-3} {P-1}|
During a patrol in the Dresden system earlier today, I came across a RePEx transport, callsign [st]Corporation carrying hull panels. Naturally I was curious as to where they were being taken. The transport clammed up after I asked the question however, which got me even more interested. Unfortunately I lost contact with the transport after it went in to the Omega-11 jump hole.
Later, I was lucky enough to track a similarly tagged RePEx transport ([st]Truck) down in Omega-11 whilst at the the helm of the RHT-Panzerfaust. Aided by its cloaking abilities I followed the ship to its destination. As I had suspected, it was a new modular installation, callsign "Anomaly Station".
The information in this report will be left for review by the Oberkommando to decide what action to take next.
Last record from Zayne Carrick's logbook.
Source: blackbox found near O-5 hole in O-11, suggested place of Chimaera's explosion.
*unstable image appears on screen*
Earlier today, I've receive multiple reports from Mollys and Zoners about two Outcast Corvo-class cruisers, callsigns-Ganototosu and Abhorrence. They were travelling around Sirius with fire and blade, killing everybody. Last time they've been seen heading to deep Omegas.
My decision seems simple: stop terrorists before more people will die because of their madness.
They were intercepted in Omega-5.
*guncam image replaces Zayne*
*Zayne returns to screen*
Outcast show their hostility from the very beginning. However, scans showed that their vessels are lightly armored and armed. They shouldn't become problem.
"Damn, they're attacking!
Right board batteries, target-Abhorrence, rest power on shields!
Freaking asteroids! Vidar's too big to navigate in them as effective, as Corvo can.
Navigator, set course to O-11 system, we can turn flow of battle to our side there.
And who's this? No, Kyrt, do not engage, I repeat, do not engage. *sound of explosion*
We've lost him.
Finally, O-11. But that Outcasts're damn good. Chimaera's suffered heavy damage, multiple decompressions detected. We can't get to Freital base.
All crew members, proceed to escape pods. Switch all remaining systems to captain's bridge.
Looks like evacua..."
Priority: Medium
To: RHA Recporting Facility
From: Rekrut Gunnar Fromm
Location: Planet Gran Canaria, Omega-49 System
Subject: I'll be Ready Soon
God dag!
This is Gunnar Fromm speaking. I am one of you from yesterday, when I have gotten myself a ship. She's not fully equipped yet, but she will be soon. She's an Odin very heavy fighter. I don't trust the Sabres. I could hardly afford any, but I thought my father might be rich, so I asked him for 20 million credits. And I was right, although I got only 19.5 million. I'll even have to give it all back! Never mind, life is hard!
So, back to my ship. I bought her in Vogtland and wanted to equip her in Omega-54, but it turned out our Guard doesn't especially like me. So, I returned to Vogtland and searched for some rumors about places to buy equipment. A freelancer told me I'll find a good armor upgrade on planet Gran Canaria in Omega-49, so I headed there and got it, including some equipment. I have gotten my guns in Freital... I think... Nay, it doesn't matter. I am planning to visit some old Freelancer research station in Koeln, I can't remember the name. A Zoner told me they have good shields and the infamous Debilitators there. Also, I've met some civilian trader on my way trough Omega-11. My ship was poorly equipped, so I just wished the captain a good day and told him I won't harm him, at least at that moment.
Here are some images of my present equipment: #####
Priority: Medium
To: RHA Recporting Facility
From: Rekrut Gunnar Fromm
Location: Freital Base, Omega-11 System
Subject: I'm Ready
God dag!
This is Gunnar Fromm speaking again. I have equipped my ship fully in Heisenberg Research Station, that Freelancer base in Koeln system. I have removed one Natteturn Zwei and put a Heavy Flashpoint instead. I think ships look scarier if their guns have a different refire rate. I've also mounted two Improved Debilitators Mark I, a class 10 heavy fighter positron shield, an Enhanced Countermeasure Dropper and an Enhanced Thruster.
When I was getting back to Omega-11 by Stuttgart, I decided to intercept some traffic and, hopefully, earn some money. However, the system wasn't as full of traffic as it was when I wasn't so well equipped, and the only transport I managed to stop was a Zoner whale. Even empty. We had a talk and the vessel was allowed to move on. After that I've fired a few shots at Konstanz border station, whose gunners were either blind, or limitlessly stupid, and returned to Omega-11. There I spotted a Junker pirate train hauling a bit less that 4,500 units of basic alloy. I wished the captain a good day and then headed for Freital. Along the way, I destroyed one of those Daunmann's automated Behemoths and looted as much cargo as I could, which I sold on Freital.
I'm sending you the recorded talk with he Zoner: ###
Proof of my equipment's previous deficiencies fixed: ###
Name: Rekrut Martin Morgenstern. Location: Wolfsburg Shipyard, Omega-54 system.
My first day as a soldier in the Red Hessian Army was quite an eventful one. I decided to position myself at the trade lanes in Stuttgart to solicit contributions to the Red Hessian cause. I had swift success, as within minutes I had stopped a BOWEX transport whose owner was sympathetic to our cause. I was able to coax him to contribute 1 million credits and 16 niobium ore to our cause. While posted at the same trade lane I solicited an independent freelancer hauling passengers in a CTE. He had little knowledge of the Red Hessians, however after some dialogue I convinced him that the Rheinland government was his enemy. He contributed what little he could spare, 900,000 credits, to our cause. After speaking with him, I noticed that a fellow Hessian, Rheinhardt Steinhaus(Independent by the looks of it) was having difficulties with a transport captain that was uncooperative. Push came to shove which came to gunfire and I rushed over to help him. Steinhaus was immediately surrounded by several Rheinland Federal Police officers and, being that he was flying a Thor, I decided to take on the officers myself to leave him free to deal with the trader. I was able to shoot all the RFP out of the sky and Steinhaus completely destroyed the fascist tansport. I then returned to Omega-54 along with an RHA officer to outfit my ship with better equipment. I then returned to Stuttgart where I encountered a Zoner transport. The owner, naturally, was supportive of the Red Hessians and jumped at the opportunity to offer 5 million credits to our cause, his own suggestion. I offered him a complementary blood diamond as a show of support but he turned it down, citing security concerns. Shortly afterward, RFP officer Wach Steiner showed up and[/i][/align] attempted to take me into custody. I promptly radioed in for backup and engaged him. I was joined shortly by LWB fighters and after a prolonged dogfight Steiner retreated. I decided against pursuing him, as my ship was damaged and there would likely be officers to assist him. I then returned to Omega-54 for some fighter practice. I then learned that I dearly need fighter practice. I have attached links to some of the photographs of the day's activities below.
Name: Rekrut Martin Morgenstern. Location: Wolfsburg Shipyard, Omega-54 system.
Today was quite a day, fraught with numerous engagements.
I was first attacked by a detachment of bounty hunters while positioned at the trade lane between Bonn Station and the Stuttgart jumpgate. I fended them off well but were soon joined by RFP and military forces with a gunboat and cruiser in tow. I realized the odds were overwhelmingly against me and retreated. I later returned to my post where a smaller detachment of police ships and bounty hunters would make their presence known. I was able to defeat them with ease thanks to the support of some of my fellow Hessians (//NPCs) who happened by and continued to monitor my post. An automated Daumann transport, the DHC Potsdam, later appeared with a small escort. I lept immediately on the opportunity to down said automated transport and left with the pilots and a VIP hostage in tow. The hostage, a wealthy Daumann executive by the name of Kurt Muller, begged me to ransom him off swiftly. I told him I'd notify my superiors and leave him to their mercy. He seemed to be fairly well equated with the RHA command's views on men such as he as he sank to his knees and buried his face in his palms. Poor fellow, but that's the wages of the anti-proletarians I suppose. All in all, I'd say it was a rather successful outing. Enclosed are links to some photographs I snagged of the day's engagements.