*As the transmission crackles to life, a rather tired and bedraggled looking black man appears on screen. Composing himself visibly, he offers a brief salute, before speaking.*
Evenin', Sirs and ma'ams. The Hamburg front is quite the crowd-pleaser, I'll tell ya that. Anyways, to the point. I undocked to find the Rhienlanders forcing the issue near Westfalen again. Captain Redline and I performed our duty, and chased them off. What happened afterwards was interesting...
On a Scout pattern, I found a buncha ships, showing Unioner Identifications. They're to Rhienland what the Xenos are to us, I suppose, but the Xenos don't have cruisers. I followed them for a little, then they kind of forced the issue and I had to retreat.
A short while later, we found that a Navy cruiser, inbound to support our lines has been destroyed by the same Unioners. Pretty well-planned, with two of their fighters distracting our patrols while their cruiser and escort did the job...