INCOMING TRANSMISSION ENCRYPTION:NORMAL IDENTIFICATION:Flieger Hikosaka Hebel SOURCE:Planet New Berlin SUBJECT:Patrol Report 001
Guten abend sirs.
My 90-ARKM-N45 went through her final flight checks last night and should now be fully functional. Herr Eisenach was on duty with me at the time as I did the final control calibrations. It went pretty smoothly, considering a Reaver was stalking us throughout the final performance trials. One of our secondary pilots, a Lukas, was also on duty at the time and was nearly captured by the Reaver before he managed to make it back to Planet Stuttgart. My ship was not combat ready however, and both me and Herr Eisenach returned to Berlin with Lukas still on Stuttgart. Eisenach pursued the Reaver towards the Hamburg lane and I retreated to Braunschweig to finish equipping my Wraith.
It seems my final flight training session ended with a trial by fire. The Reaver appeared briefly near one of the trade lanes before reappearing with a friend near New Berlin. Both ships immediately attacked, even though numerous battleship patrols were present at the time. Their piloting skill was more amateur than I expected, one named Jade repeatedly collided with his own mines and combined they managed to cause no noticeable damage to my ship before they decided to retreat. The fight lasted approximately 40 minutes, and due to the high number of secondary ships in the area I hesitated to use my ship's ordinance to full effect in fear of hitting the other Military ships in the area. The Reavers retreated and an ion storm arrived a few minutes later which grounded my ship.