Guten Tag, Today I conducted my first patrol in the RM. started in New Berlin circled through stuttgart, dresden, hamburg, and frankfurt. everything was very quiet. ran into a couple of traders from Kusari but everything checked out. That is all for now.
Guten Tag, I was on my second patrol when i noticed a lone LN ship by the name of Eagle-1. I chased the Small Fighter but it Eluded me after a Bundschuh pilot flagged me down to "Chat". Feldwebel Weiss joined up with me to resolve the issue with the Bundschuh and i Returned to Dortmund, finishing my Patrol.
Earlier today I jumped to the Hamburg system to find a Group consisting of 4 Liberty Cruisers, 3 bombers and a Libby Fighter Invading Planet Hamburg. The Group was already engaged with several of our Military craft and we were greatly out-gunned and out-numbered. but we held on. The RNC-Rammstein came in cloaked and also the Brynhilder. we quickly dispatched the bombers and the fighter and moved on to the Cruisers. Amazingly the Rammstein and Brynhilder Smashed each ship With heavy fire as our fighters and bombers took down each LABC one by one. The Invasion was halted once the last LABC was turned to dust.
A Valiant display of power by both the Rammstein and the Brynhilder. both ships took on overwhelming odds and came out on top. Honorable mention is well deserved.
Didnt get out too much today, did one patrol from hamburg to stuttgart. got word of a indy hessian cruiser around the lanes there. my wraith was not well enough equipped to take down such a massive ship so I spent the rest of the day Outfitting my Bergelmir Snubnose bomber. Will head out again tonight.
Edit: [7:24pm 06/12/12]
I linked up with Admiral Weissman and Gefreiter Franck in New Berlin after they finished dispatching a pair of VWA rebels. Admiral Weissman then brought us to Braunshweig for training.
The first part of the training consisted of a 3 way dogfight, where each pilot was assigned a target. I was to engage Admiral Weissman, He was engaging Gefreiter Franck and Ms. Franck was engaging me. we were not permitted the use of healing ordinance. The exercise started off strong and upbeat however i had to pause because of a malfunction in my targeting system. i repaired the problem and we resumed. at that point i learned that its very difficult to fight an individual who is not trying to hit you, especially with Firekiss'. I ran into 2 of the gefreiters mines and my wraith was in bad shape. Gefreiter franck wasnt looking too well either as the old admiral had plenty of spark left. we called off the exercise in order to save the ships.
The second part of the exercise was one on one training. the admiral pitted me and the gefreiter against each other. after a short time the gefreiter mistook the placement of one of her own mines and i quickly finished her off. The admiral then stated i was to fight him. I was beaten... badly. We concluded that part of training and began the next.
The admiral brought out a Guardian class libertonian fighter, armed to the teeth. i volunteered to take on the ship first and greatly underestimated its firepower, though it lacked agility. then i made the same tactical error as the Gefreiter and hit my own mine, leaving me powerless to the guardian. i was quickly overwhelmed. The gefreiter also went toe to toe against the guardian and lasted much longer than i did. after that fight was over we concluded the training session and docked on Mossele for debriefing.
Just a few Minutes as i took me and flieger Verner took our seats in the Ready Rooms, waiting for anything to happen, the Battleship Moselle picked up an emergency call noone else but Admiral Weissmann who encountered A pair of Bundshuh fighters and called for backup.
Since the Admiral might have been in Danger, Moselle scrambled our pair of Wraiths immediately, and briefed us enroute to Destination. We received orders to rush to Bonn Station, about 15 clicks galactical South, as that was the last known position of Admiral we started to rush toward Bonn. Nearing the pinned Location of on the onboard nav computer, we picked up three signals on long range. One which successfully identified as the Admirals Wraith, and two other hostile tagged contacts which must have been the Bundshuh Fighters. Even though we just arrived the szene, we noticed that the Admiral was already negotiating and trying to arrest the Pilots from the VWA. A brave move for being outnumbered. Off course the Bundshuh did not comply and as we arrived, and changed the odds.
While Admiral Weissmann gave Flieger Verner orders to fall back and cut off their retreat, i was appointed to move in on the wing of Weissman to engage the hostile forces.A long and exhausting space battle has begun. We slowly managed to gain advantage in the fight, and had one of the Bundshuh Pilots low on Armor, as the Bandit suddendly blew up in one of his own mines.
As the first one fell, and we were able to concentrate the fire of our wraiths on the last Bundschuher, the enemy pilot had chosen a tactical retreat.
We followed him deep into Dresden System, where he lurked us to a, what appeared to be a Widerstandsarmee Hideout, which opened fire on us. Having heavy defensive weaponry pointed against us, the admiral ordered the other pilots in the fight, to ensure maximum safety by getting rid of the Pilot ASAP! ..
What led to 2 more Fighters coming in. Flieger Verner, and a Rheinland Police vessel which picked up the scene and came to investigate the situation. With this superior firepower we were able to remove the thread even while being engaged by defensive weapon platforms. Sadfully we lost the RFP vessel though.
I'm very disappointed that i can not provide guncam footage as the camera got damaged during the Fight.
EDIT: Mechanics managed to secure one shot out of the camera, showing the retreating VWA'er and the Base.
Today i recieved a transmission from Hauptmann schmitt. She was going to do a sweep through texas so i joined up with her in my shiny new Bergelmir. In Bering we met up with the RNC-Dresden who moved into texas with us. after scouring around a seemingly empty system and just before we called it quits we spotted a lone LN gunboat just outside the Virginia gate. We proceeded to engage the gunboat which was initializing the locking codes for the Virginia gate. unfortunately the LABC that guards the gate was able to shoot down Hauptmann schmitt leaving just me and the dresden. we worked over the gunboat pretty good until the dresden found himself caught in the mines and was quickly shot down by the LN gunboat. i proceeded to keep punching away at the gunboat with AC's and Hellfire Rockets but the suppressive fire from the LABC was too much. I decided retreat was a better option than dying to such a puny member of the Liberty Navy. using my entire supply of countermeasures i was able to escape and returned to rheinland.
Edit: 9:30pm 6/30/2012
Recieved a call about a large Hessian Invasion force in Omega 7, the RNC had already moved in to engage the hessians but were being pummeled badly. Lt. Austerlitz was setting up a bomber squadron to engage the Hessian Vidar fleet. so i packed up and set out for Stuttgart where i rendezvoused with the leutinant. we were also joined by Feldwebel Weiss and the last remaining RNC. We jumped into Omega 7 and were faced with 7 Hessian cruisers. one by one we attacked the Vidars, part of the hessian fleet retreated but we stayed on the cruisers we were targetting, destroying the first and chasing the 2nd all the way to freistadt where he docked. we mopped up the last few hessian snubs that were left and headed back to stuttgart where myself and Fw. Weiss dispatched from the Lt. and met up with Gefreiter franck who was having trouble with a Unioner Gunboat. we were unsuccessful in defeating the gunboat and my ship was destroyed by the gunboats fire.
glad i have insurance on it. I had another one ready as soon as i limped back to the Mosselle. now Bomber training with feldwebel weiss at 2am.
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SENDER:Erick Frickhoffer
RANK:Flieger
LOCATION:Planet New Berlin
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Guten Tag Meine herren!
This is meine first patrool report.
I started a patrool through Rheinland core systems with Gefreiter Verner,and discovered nothing but traders passing by.We greeted each of them and wished them good luck!
After some time,we meet an AGS fighter in New Berlin.Since she resisted the arrest,we opened fire.
Gefreiter Varner went first,and because of ion storm,he hit a mine.I tractoredhis pod and engaged the enemy.After a short time,she started running for her life .I was unable to kill her,but only scared her to death and taught her a lesson never to mess with the Millitary again!
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I encountered two vessels identified as belonging to Deep Space Engineering in violaiton of trade restrictions. The pilots refused to co-operate with Rheinland forces and regrettabley we had to use lethal force to remove them from Rheinland space.
Shortly afterwards an Ahodori Gunboat belonging to Universal Shipping appeared in orbit of Planet New Berlin, negotiations quickly turned into gunfire and the gunboat was destroyed.
Today, 20:17 SMT, Battleship Moselle's alarm went off and scrambled me into space for intercepting pirate activites in New Berlin System. After rendevouz with Gen.Leutnant Schmitt at Dortmund Station, we started to search the Pirates. As the search led us to into Stuttgart System, we tracked the Pirates down while being enroute to Planet Hamburg. The disabled Tradelane forced us to exit our transit just infront of the Pirates as they were already halting a Borderworld-Exports Transport.
As we've joined the Scene, the pair of Pirate started to run for saftely. What led to an almost instant engagement by the Generalleutnant and me, chasing down the Pirate Bomber, as it possed a bigger threat for the Transport. We successfully neutralized the Pirate Bomber and chased off the Fighter Vessel.
As Admiral Weissmann at this time, was dispatched in Operations against the Hessians in the Omegas, we've decided to continue onward to Omega 7 to aid support if needed. As we joined the scene from a flanking position, our sensors picked up a Hessian running for the Omega 11 Jumphole, and we again engaged. although we were not able to completely neutralize the Hessian Fighter vessel due to some heavy Ion Storms, we managed to scare him off to their Base heavily damaged. Where he for sure will stay grounded for a while.
We returned to Omega 7, to join up with the Admiral, where we again encountered the BowEx transport from before, reporting about a Gallic Royal Navy Gunboat operating within Rheinland Territory. Admiral Weissmann decided that me and Schmitt shall escort the Bretonian to the Border before we continue. As we reached the Jumpgate to Omega-3, and the BowEx Transport jumped into Bretonian Territory, we we're half way on return to the Admiral, as we recieved an emergency call from the Transport being pirated just at the other side of the Gate.
Admiral Weissmann immediately ordered us to return to the Jumpgate, and follow the Bowex's jump into Omega 3, to aid assistance. Already having visual on the Transport as we arrived through the Gate, we tried to convince the Pirate to leave the Bowex vessel. As he did not comply, but started to insult as, we engaged and destroyed the vessel.
With the neutralization of the Threat, we immediately left Omega-3 toward Stuttgart, where we docked for refueling.