**We heard stories of Community members being attacked and taken prisoner in the Sigma 13 system by the ones that call themselves Junkers. This cannot be toleated.
We dispatched the ship Abschnitt to investigate and they found the murmerings to be true. Community then retaliated against Kreuzberg and created much junk for the Junkers.
In addition to destroying many matterships and damaging the base we took 27 Junker -humans- prisoner.
Abschnitt then proceeded to torment the Rheinland Military and divide the humans in New Berlin.**
**Abschnitt has intercepted and destroyed many -human- matterships. We are Pleased.
First we reclaimed a Power Cell from the RHA.
An Order fighte/bomber pair came looking to hurt Us. We destoyed the bomber and the fighter ran.
Then vessels known as "trade ships" came along. That matter was easy to scatter. -Humans- everywhere will die.
And then one called Marioo but Minds were distracted.
A "Blood Dragon" in a gunboat came to rescue his friend Marioo but he was pummled by Community and his mattership fell apart.
But then a large mattership with many guns and powerful shields showed up. Community withdrew to protect our mattership Abschnitt and the prisoners We picked up.
We have sucessfully captured many -humans- and We await the advisement of Community.
Abschnitt sustained minor damages and is being made whole again in Rockhome.
***We struck again with Abschnitt into the heart of "Rheinland" and darkened many humans.
This one had merged a Power Cell with his ship and bent both. We cleansed his ship.
And then one was darkened that we were targeting.
[Queng Ho] is a group that attacks us with large matterships. We struck back today.
DW then attacked and We withdrew to Hamburg where the RM intercepted the Abschnitt and destroyed the mattership. Our Minds were transferred to the new mattership already being grown.***
**We are pleased, we have destroyed many matterships recently. -Humans- scurry away in fear.**
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**Noteworthy Events**
**A Rheinland Cruiser tried to stop Us. It is now scattared amongst the stars**
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**Many of our Lightbothers reported a base near StarHome that refreshes -humans- on their quest to pollute. We came in and struck at it with some Lightbrothers. We Know -humans- and how they depend on food and We struck where they are weak.**
**One was damaged before the -human- defenses arrived.**
**-Human- matterships are frail. We destroyed that one buy they are many**
**We withdrew**
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**We know of reports of these named -Junkers- who activly hunt Us
We moved the ships Abschnitt Eselein Neuromancer to Stuttgart and then Dresden Stars. We encountered a group of -humans- defending the Dresden star and a large rock there.
They were first to do damage to us by destroying Eselein but Our Mind was transferred to another ship.
But then we struck back by destroying their largest mattership.
We then we struck a small ship of theirs from the Void.
**Revenge**
A last ship managed to hide in the rock.
But he then filled our mind with brainless threats.
We had bigger targets and we moved on to other Stars**
**Again We dispatched Abschnitt to intercept and destroy the encroaching darkness.**
**Again We are sucessfull**
**First the lighthunter .:j:.Golden.Earring was encountered and along with many of Us We proceeded to shatter the one who hunts Light. This one will not darken us for some time.**
**We were then forced to flee by one known as Tinky[TBH]. We have met this one before and know that it is good. We will be aware next time.**
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**After a time of silence we awokened the minds aboard Abschnitt and along with Neuromancer We lay in wait. A large Rheinland mattership known as Neustadt tried to order Us out. Foolishly the blind -humans- moved into our trap.**
**Many of them will bother Us no more**
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**We are successful. But this means We are known and hunted by these creatures of matter.**
**.:j:.Caveat.Emptor was sent after Us and after a lengthly battle We were forced to close Our minds and regather Our strength.**
**Earlier, the matterships Abschnitt, Josef Bauer, and Wolfram Manfred ventured forth to the place called -Rheinland- by -humans-**
**The ship -Varyag- damaged the Abschnitt. We regrouped by our Rockhomes.**
**Community continued to the nation called -Bretonia-. One ship called [WT]Peaches fled from Community and went too close to the star. It darkened itself.**
***Confusion***
**After, Light was spread to the star called Dublin. Several -Junkers-, called .:j:.Ritter, .:j:.Terrorgan, and .:j:.Jack's_Fury were soon taught of the effects of our matterships. Theirs were shattered.**
**Community was intercepted by several -Mollys- who damaged all but the mattership Abschnitt. But we darkened others.**
**Other -Junkers- and -Mollys- arrived, but in the end we returned the remaining mattership to our Rockhomes**
Today, our contacts identified a large amount of ranking BAF officers running training operations. As previously there had been issues recovering the Artifact due to the apparent lack of clearance of lower ranking officers, I programmed Vorzeichan to try contacting them, and if possible bargain for the Artifact. It's raw log files are attached. Hammerschmidt was assigned to accompany Vorzeichan on its task in case things got ugly. They did, eventually, but I gave Vorzeichan a few special orders in response to my previous excursion to Bretonia- I thought that perhaps we might persuade them to treat us more like humans than just monsters.
Well, no incident happened until Vorzeichan and Hammerschmidt were in position. Various BPA recruits stumbled upon them and were summarily captured, providing Vorzeichan with a solid bargaining chip by the time the BAF pulled out of training operations and arrived. They surrounded Vorzeichan, but did not fire immediately. That already speaks for the usefulness of the more 'human' operating style I tested on Vorzeichan. Vorzeichan and the BAF exchanged words for about half an hour, and it appears that the Cambridge researchers are keeping more of a lid on the Artifact than I would have guessed... either that, or they lied even more and even better than I think is reasonable to believe by any standards.
While they could not offer up the Artifact itself, they offered to check on the Artifact and use their influence to see what could be done. While Vorzeichan was sure they did not plan to pass along their findings nor get the Artifact, Vorzeichan agreed to release the hostages to them. Its memory logs indicate that this may make the BAF suspicious enough of its importance that they will investigate, or have it moved to a 'safer' location, and that either of these may provide us an opening. It also made sure to plant a seed in one of the BPA hostages, along with some false information that might present a reason for an otherwise unrealistic security breach. I must say I am impressed with the progress of its reasoning abilities.
The BPA Constable "Abigail Thorn" appeared during this conversation, and Vorzeichan passed along my little message, along with the 'license fee'. It almost appeared that the gambit had paid off, that the Bretonians might have actually thought of treating Community like people, rather than faceless monsters. However, I do believe Vorzeichan stumbled across a particularly bloodthirsty Lt. Commander... or one highly desiring of a promotion. After handing over the hostages, Vorzeichan was informed that while it had been ordered not to lie, humans bore no such restraint... and they attacked.
Recording from late in the encounter, immediately prior to Vorzeichan giving the BAF the hostages.
Despite having access to a veritable fountain of regenerative machines, Vorzeichan and Hammerschmidt successfully destroyed one Challenger Bomber and appear to have driven off the other. The remaining ships were enough to whittle down Hammerschmidt, whose ship was destroyed. Vorzeichan finally began to fall before their continued attack, and decided to charge straight at Planet Cambridge and make a nice explosion inside the atmosphere. Our contacts report that commerce on the planet is at a standstill while civilians cower, and Bretonian ground forces are sweeping the entire planet for the wreckage.
Vorzeichan is exceeding my expectations, and may be ready for large-scale implementation within a few months. While the operation did not recover the Artifact, Vorzeichan has provided us a few opportunities for doing so, and we have a better idea of how the Bretonians work. In the mean time... Vorzeichan informed the BAF that if they responded to his parleying with violence, they would receive violence. If we don't follow up, they might not take us seriously... if I remember the phrase correctly, in the next few days... let's give 'em hell.