As ordered by the Oberkommando during the diversion battle in New Beijing I managed to capture visual evidence of the Draugr Matriarch vessel in action attacking Imperial and Army capital vessels. With long suspected evidence now in place the Oberkommando will have a scale comparison for it's new project. The battle of course, was ours in the end, and the Oberkommando may find the evidence locked in the file list below. Encryption authorization has been set accordingly.
An increased level of activity in Cologne system led us to begin investigating the system. Both me and Engel Wannderer received orders from S.O.A officials to go on a recon mission. The danger level was unknown to us as we didn't know what to expect.
Our mission was to completely inspect Cologne and submit a report after the inspection. Engel and I began scouting the system from sector 6G moving further north towards the Norddrauwolke cloud. Once we reached the Unioner Base we continued west. Once we exited the cloud, in the distance we were able to spot another cloud. Impulsing further into the nebula, Engel picked up an object not so far from our ships. An unknown wreckᛜ appeared in front of us as the view distance was minor.
That wasn't all. Not far from the wreck we've found, there was what appeared to be a jumpholeᛜ. Not knowing where we will end up, we've entered the jumphole. To be honest, it was a gamble, a coin flip if you'd like, but lucky for us, we came out unharmed, with our ships fully functional.
The other side of the jumphole was rather unusualᛜ. The system we ended up had only one sun, a Yellow Dwarf. At first we weren't able to see the system clearly as the jumphole was located in the cloud. Upon exiting the cloud, Engel and I moved towards the giant blue planet that was located in sector 7E on our grid.
The giant blue planet had two orbiting moons. The blue planet wasn't habitable as it was a gas giant. Moving even more west, both of us ended up in a very thick nebula, the scanners were completely useless and we were forced to exit the nebula in order to not get lost. Exiting the nebula was a good idea, in the distance our scanners picked up an installation. With caution we approached the station, but it's defense turrets ended up shooting at us. The station was fully hostile to us which was understandable as it was EFL affiliated.
We were quite surprised once we found out that we were in Gallic territory. Having such connection could be both beneficial and dangerous for us, yet I will let you decide what you want to do.
Moving on with the report. Near the EFL installation [Oerlikon Stellar Observatory] there was a trade lane that was leading to the jumpgate. The jumpgate led both me and Engel to Picardyᛜ. As our knowledge of the said system was minimal we've decided that it would be for the best to return to the previous system and further inspect the eastern side.
The eastern side of the system was rather empty but was however covered by a giant cloud. Engel remained on my six as I was flying in front searching for potential installations or anomalies. Sadly we came empty handed, the cloud had nothing inside of it and that was it.
In order to remain unseen, Engel and I moved back to the jumphole that brought us there. Following the preset waypoint, there was no trouble finding the way out. Again, we were lucky as the jumphole brought us back to Cologne whence we came from.
Our recon mission was successful, we went in and out and most importantly no one spotted our ships.
For the next recon mission, if there's going to be one, I would like to volunteer.
That would be all for this report.
Operatives, we have a new objective. The Bretonians are repairing their newly captured shipyard in Omega-3. Any vessel carrying Shipyard components or Bretonian Cobalt is to be intercepted and their cargo destroyed or transported to Freistadt Depot in Omega-7. Do not underestimate the enemy and their allies, fight with caution do not let your guard down at any point. The vessels will probably come through Rheinland so be careful and stop as many of them as you can, form small raid groups along Rheinlands trade routes. Alpha Group lead by Fyrirsat will lock down Omega-3 with all assistance they can get. That's all for now, I wish you the best of luck. For the Volksrevolution!
Direktor Drax "Raudur Vindur" Stahlbrecher
Spezialoperationsabteilung
Sender: G/M A.M.H "Fenriswolf" Recipient: SOA Source: [ᚲᛚᚨᛋᛋᛁᚠᛁᛖᛞ]
Subject: New Omega system.
Priority: High Encryption: ᚢᚾᛒᚱᛖᚨᚴᚨᛒᛚᛖ
Gott kvöld,
Our LINK analysts have detected a small solar system surrounding the Black hole formed above the Omega cluster. Apparently this region of space was charted a very long time ago by the first Hessian survey personnel under Heinrch Kessler himself. We don't know when or via which system the link may appear. But when it does you'll be the first ones through. I'm running an escort mission for a P.O.I that may cycle some public relation with our western neighbors. Or at least buy us some time. I'm recalling ALPHA team to the ANGURVADAL. Be vigilant and keep lookout, any sightings or changes in anomaly signatures will be reported directly to Direktor Stalhbrecher via this channel. DO NOT ATTEMPT LONE SURVELLIANCE. Records from Kessler's first survey team indicate the entire party was wiped out by an unkown force within the system. Given the changes with New Beijing, we can likely assume they were taken out by drones.
Sender: Generalmajor A.M.Heinrich Recipient: SOA personnel Source: [ᚲᛚᚨᛋᛋᛁᚠᛁᛖᛞ]
Subject: Report (informal)
Priority: High Encryption: ᚢᚾᛒᚱᛖᚨᚴᚨᛒᛚᛖ
Report,
It's been refreshing to wear the old Alias again, let's keep up the pace next month. This new replacement crew for the Military's primary fleet seems all the same to me. It's only a matter of time before they welcome the Union in as equals.
During my patrol today, in Omega-3, right at the Vanaheimr jump hole I've encountered a lone unarmored BMM pilot flying a Hegemon. The miner was empty and his hull was damaged though that didn't stop me from extorting 2.000.000 credits from him. He realized that he has no chance of escaping and eventually transferred the credits.
I resumed my patrol and in the distance, spotted a fresh installation. The location of that object was right in front of Daumann station - Rugen. The base appeared neutral, but after trying to dock I was quickly denied. Given the fact that the base is right next to a Daumann base suggests that it is a work of some Rheinland corporation. Which? I am not sure, but regardless I don't like it.
The exact location can be found below. I, personally am not sure what we should do with this base, I'll let you be the judge of it.
Today, our SOA squadron got deployed in New Berlin. The station we were on, received a distress signal indicating a large number of hostile vessels. The Saarfield showed no hostile contacts therefore we made an aggressive move and flown directly to New Berlin Planet.
Unlike Saarfield, the Planet was swarming with Rheinland Military and believe it or not, Nomads. Following Generalmajor's orders, the Nomads were top priority. Once we've dealt with some of the Nomads, our squadron began neutralizing newly formed Imperialist Rheinland vessels.
Generalmajor Heinrich herself ordered us not to shoot the BDM forces that were on the battlefield unless they start shooting us first. Surprisingly enough, the BDM didn't shoot a single Hessian ship.
Needless to say, the Imperialist forces were wiped off the map and the rest can be found in the footage below.
Sender: Generalmajor A.M.Heinrich Recipient: Red Hessian Army personnel Source: [ᚲᛚᚨᛋᛋᛁᚠᛁᛖᛞ]
Subject: Standing orders
Priority: High Encryption: ᚢᚾᛒᚱᛖᚨᚴᚨᛒᛚᛖ
STANDING ORDERS AS OF NOW:
RAGNAROK was a success, well done. As was the re-establishment of ALPHA.
All tertiary SOA forces are to be relocated to Jötunheimr and Dresden. Special clearance will be required to access ALPHA. ALPHA will be - UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES - disclosed to ANYONE outside of the SOA. The existence of the facility and it's purpose will remain undisclosed to anyone outside the aforementioned personnel that have access. Anyone discovered disclosing this information will be dealt with accordingly.
Following our latest success in the Cologne system. I have been instructed to do a complete scan of the system. I deployed from Vogtland and arrived in Cologne at 2200 hours. As we all know, Kassel has made its move and is currently stationed in Planet Saarbrucken's orbit. Across Kassel we have a newly captured Station - Tholey which will be perfect for the staging ground of our snubcraft.
The next area I visited was the Wuppertal Refinery. There's no sign of any Rheinlander on the base as the Junkers are currently occupying it. Wuppertal is a total mess, though I'm sure that Junkers will make use of all that debris around the Station.
Next on we have the Stuttgart Jump Gate surrounded by the debris and Olpe Wreck. The gate is fully operational and most importantly under Red Hessian control. It is highly unlikely that the Imperials will launch any attacks on Cologne considering the situation they're in currently.
Continuing from the gate, I made my way to Norddrauwolke and later the Volkhoven Nebula. Apart from Krefeld, the Norddrauwolke was clear. Surprisingly enough in the Volkhoven Nebula I intercepted a Freelancer Transport carrying Military Salvage. Sadly I wasn't able to catch up to him as the pilot moored onto the Unioner base. The pilot's name was Kuno.
I returned to the Nebula after he moored and surprisingly enough I discovered something interesting. An installation right at the Escher Wreck. The name of the installation is The Escher Station. Location of the base is 3C.
I will finish this report with the information regarding the Gallic Jump Gate. The Gallic Gate was finished, but I'm unable to say what's on the other side of the system. The lanes are also operation, but the Army was able to cut the lane connecting Tholey and the Zurich Gate.
We have general information on the Zurich system itself, but I personally believe there's more to it. The Gauls might have something dangerous on the other side, although I could be wrong. For now, I will stay on Kassel and await further orders.
Today, alongside our new Direktor and Leutnant Karl Buhringer, I went on a surveying mission across Rheinland and Omegas. Surprisingly enough we have found plenty of illegal bases. The full list can be found below.