To: The Lane Hackers.| From: Tanya von Falkenberg.| Subject: Stefanie von Falkenberg.

[Nika]

Message Received
Neural Net Access Code 9.492.0028.89

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Date: 17.04.825 AS 04:25 SST.
To: The Lane Hackers.
From: Tanya von Falkenberg.
Topic: Stefanie von Falkenberg.
Origin: Omega-49, Planet Gran Canaria.
Encryption: Unbreakable.

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Sehr geehrte, Lane Hacker affiliates and Professors,

You may not remember me, but i remember you and your operatives well enough since the only case The White Rose have had with The Lane Hackers: regarding The Vault that was discovered in the atmosphere of planet Baltrum in Sigma-15. Back then, you have proven yourself extremely proficient in gathering and summarizing large amounts of data in relatively small time, doing your job smooth and steady.

My name is Tanya von Falkenberg, and a lot changed since that day.

The major change is that i am no longer affiliated with either White Rose or Vollksrevolution, and currently focused on tracking down the person that mattered - and still matters a lot for me; unfortunately, Stefanie von Falkenberg has gone missing during the recent attack on Bruchsal. Under no means i would ask you to assign any of your existing assets to fulfill that personal request, however, any piece of information obtained would be rewarded generously.

I am looking forward to your response.

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Attachments: None.

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Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
Cursed be the war.

Heroes never die! @Vitoniz30

[Maximillian Largo]

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Greetings, miss von Falkenberg.

Allow me a quick introduction: I am Deceiver Maximillian Largo of the Lane Hackers, and I was asked by our Professorship to answer this communication of yours.

I took the liberty of consulting our operation records beforehand, checking them quite thoroughly. However, there now is a little...discrepancy between those records and your person.

Back then, we used to work alongside Oberst Tanya von Degurechaff of Die Weisse Rose. Yet, now you claim that you no longer work for DWR. To be honest, miss - we do not know yet if you are the very same person we worked together with.

I would kindly ask of you to answer these simple doubts of mine:

- Firstly, I'd ask you if the person of Tanya von Degurechaff that we have in our records actually coincides with yours, miss von Falkenberg;

- Secondly, should you prove to be the very same person we worked with - it makes me consider the reason why we would pledge our sophisticated and advanced technology to your aid;

- Lastly, I would also ask you how are your current relations with the Bundschuh movement.

I will await your most enlightening answer.

Salutations,
Maximillian Largo

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[Nika]

Message Received
Neural Net Access Code 9.492.0028.89

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Date: 17.04.825 AS 04:25 SST.
To: Maximillian Largo.
From: Tanya von Falkenberg.
Topic: Stefanie von Falkenberg.
Origin: Omega-49, Planet Gran Canaria.
Encryption: Unbreakable.

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Sehr geehrte, herr Largo,

Your concerns are understandable. As well as they are unnecessary, considering how i have considered it strange to notify of being married in a quite uncommon way - one that society would barely approve with it's current state of affairs. This was followed with my choice to keep her surname instead of mine as an expression of my affection.

Honestly, i see no real opportunity to somehow confirm my identity; considering the recent shifts within the movement - i have soon found my rank adjusted, and most of my access revoked, the only file i have managed to take off the database was my dossier. Not sure if it will be of any use, but i will attach it below anyway as it may be of some help.

Dossier of Tanya von Degurechaff

Die Weiße Rose Bewerbung

Tanya von Degurechaff



Personal Information

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Name Tanya von Degurechaff.

Birthplace Planet Stuttgart.

Origin (House)Rheinland.

Previous Occupation Political academy student, part-time worker.

Biological Information.

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Gender Female.

Height 170 cm.

Hair color Ginger.

Eye color Green.

Additional Information (Medical conditions, replaced limbs etc.) Right arm prosthesis.

Biography

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I was born at planet Stuttgart, shortly after the end of The Nomad War. Rheinland basically lied in ruins back then - people were left behind, forced to take care of themselves on their own, with government barely caring of their fates and lives; i will be eternally grateful to my parents - in that enviroment of people losing hope, mind or simply giving up on trying to change their life to something better - they did everything to grant me an opportunity to grow as a normal child, still listening to my desires and protecting from harsh enviroment that Rheinland have become.So here i am - graduating the school and going to New Berlin's institute to study history and politics.

Poor, naive girl that believed she can change Rheinland for the best by going into Bundestag political machine.
I gave up that idea to the end of my studying. I knew enough to realise - i won't achieve anything that way, so... boom - breaking point.
The moment i start to seek... alternative paths to apply my skills, graduating institute in the mean time.

Seeking the alternatives was the first reason that pushed me for attempts to achieve my goals in more... shady ways. Like - an attempts to contact recruiters of Rheinland opposition, studying the group's ways of opposing the Bundestag. What i saw have never satisfied me. Even through they place themselves on the other side, pretending to be 'righteous' - they were still a bunch of pirates, a Rheinlanders - which are never learn on their mistakes. So i've almost given up on idea of 'getting on another side'.

Unless i've reached notes about Bundschuh, and Die Weiße Rose. Those were mentioned... slightly, like their existance was something that Bundestag never wanted to acknowledge officially. Like they were more than a common annoying pirate pests, like they were relatively stronger - or influent and posed any real threat for Bundestag and Rheinwehr.

So that was basically the time for me to get a complete hold over my faith, that would determine how am i supposed to spend the rest of my life.
On holidays i took a shuttle to Stuttgart - part-time job allowed me to save some money along with university grant and travel to homeland at first opportunity after i've graduated the university and all were ready for going on the contact with Bundschuh.

I had to come to say 'goodbye', i certainly wasn't going to return to either Stuttgart or any other 'lawful' Rheinland planet in any near time.
After this meeting have came to an end - i've stated my desire of joining political opposition and withstand the true case of our House.

Psychological Profiling

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What do you think makes us special?

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Ideals you stand for.

How difficult would it be for you to kill a Rheinlander?

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Depends on a situation.

What would you personally change about the Weiße Rose?

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Nothing yet. Understanding will come in time.

Is there anything else you want to tell us?

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I could state my appreciation of your doing there - but i will pass.

FÜR RHEINLAND

In the current state of affairs that's pretty much everything i can provide you with, aside from my actual papers. Personal meeting may arranged as well, the only difference at hand is that i have my title and all my privelegies revoked. Currently, i possess quite a loose affiliation, and i would probably like to have it that way, and i have little to no connections to Bundschuh movement and Rheinland.
Speaking of which - current Generaloberst, Albert Weis, would possibly be able to confirm my identity, as the only valuable contact that i still have in the ranks of Die Weiße Rose.

To be honest - you have no reasons to utilize your 'sophisticated and advanced' technology to my aid. I merely have an opportunity of sparing a vast amount of credits, which you probably will not be interested in, and a 'Corvo' class explorer refitted in Omicrons for performing scientific purposes in conditions of Dark Matter Storm.

Nothing matters for me more than finding Stefanie.

I am looking forward to your response.

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Attachments: None.

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Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
Cursed be the war.

Heroes never die! @Vitoniz30

[Maximillian Largo]

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Greetings, miss von Falkenberg.

We have compared the voice samples from both your dossier and our recorded samples, and the result was positive. There will be no need to disturb mister Albert Weis of DWR for such a trivial matter.

Before starting, I'd like you to wire the meager sum of 15.000.000 Credits to Maximillian.Largo - let us define this as...'upfront cash', per say.

In the meanwhile you wire the aforementioned sum, I'll have ask you several questions about miss Stefanie von Falkenberg in order to possibly clear some...obfuscations:
- Was she affiliated with any organization(s) before her disappearance? If so, which one(s)?
- Did she have any enemies? If so, do you know any that wished to make her vanish?
- Where was she seen last before disappearing?
- Before her disappearance, did she had any notable and/or suspicious contacts both via Neural Net (eg. communication bursts) or physical meetings?

In addition, we would require Stefanie's personal dossier so that we can thoroughly analyze and investigate it - no stone should be left unturned, you know.

I will await your clarifying answer.

Salutations,
Maximillian Largo

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[Nika]

Message Received
Neural Net Access Code 9.492.0028.89

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Date: 19.04.825 AS 07:43 SST.
To: Maximillian Largo.
From: Tanya von Falkenberg.
Topic: Stefanie von Falkenberg.
Origin: Freeport 14, Alberta, House of Liberty.
Encryption: Unbreakable.

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Sehr geehrte, herr Largo,

Here is the confirmation of the requested sum of credits being wired.

Before Stefanie's disappearance, she have occupied the title of Generaloberst of Die Weiße Rose and had the affiliation with this group, as well as Bundschuh in general; concerning the possibly hostile entities - i personally suspect so-called 'Spring Guard', which is another group within The Bundschuh movement. They are known forr an attempt to merge with Die Weiße Rose, which, however, have never succeeded due to Stefanie turning down this initiative of them.

I personally suspect them in organising the recent attack on Bruchsal, during which Stefanie has gone missing. Personally, i'd start with questioning their affiliates, as they might have something to do with it.
Second viable option would be looking towards Omega region, since there's plenty of groups she might've got in contact with, and, from questioning multiple hangar engineers on Bruchsal i have came to a conclusion that they have seen Stefanie taking her wraith and set approximate course to Dresden. Sensor system and long-range scanners were mostly offline during the time, so it can not be confirmed in any way.
As far as i am aware - she did not have neither of the contacts you have mentioned, neither any notable physical meetings. Maybe, something indeed have happened during all that mess on Bruchsal we've been cleaning up, something neither i, neither anyone of base personnel haven't noticed.

Unfortunately, i am afraid that Neural Net has no records i would provide you with and that would actually serve as a dossier to analyze, considering the fact that my Weiße Rose inner Neural Net access was revoked, and something widely avaliable does not seem to exist.
I bring you my sincere apologies for the inconvenience, and, if there's anything else i may assist you with - feel free to ask.

I am looking forward to your response.

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Attachments: None.

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Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
Cursed be the war.

Heroes never die! @Vitoniz30

[Maximillian Largo]

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Greetings, miss von Falkenberg.

I can confirm that the 'upfront cash' has been successfully received.

This trivial matter aside, what you did hand us is a solid start. We'll start investigating right away - we won't leave any path untrodden and any stone unturned in regards of any possible news regarding Stefanie.

On a side note, you spoke of the 'Spring Guard' - would you mind telling me who these individuals are? Perhaps they have news on her.

Salutations,
Maximillian Largo

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[Nika]

Message Received
Neural Net Access Code 9.492.0028.89

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Date: 17.04.825 AS 04:25 SST.
To: Maximillian Largo.
From: Tanya von Falkenberg.
Topic: Stefanie von Falkenberg.
Origin: Alberta, Freeport 14, Liberty Sovereign space.
Encryption: Unbreakable.

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Sehr geehrte, herr Largo,

I can not really provide you with large amount of information about Spring Guard. While being another sub-faction - or so-called sect - they share pretty much common goals with White Rose, however, they share pretty common goals that we do, but, since we've had little to no contacts or interactions - their methods remain unknown to us, as well their allies and more detailed information about goals. However, considering my suspicions about their involvement in attack on Bruchsal and the lack of the information of their allies and drastical difference of their methods from the ones White Rose has at hand - first ones are militarists, and others are populists - i'd tread with utmost care when dealing with the mentioned entities. If you happen to unveil any details about it - feel free to direct it to current White Rose Generaloberst, Albert Weis. Every information package secured and transferred will be valued in 20.000.000 S.C.

Through, this is highly unlikely that the corresponding group of individuals has anything to do with Stefanie or is involved in her disappearance. At least, that would be the best outcome for them. Because otherwisely they lack common sense and the instinct of self-preservation, hence my violent blow would not take long.

However, that's pretty much everything i can tell you about Spring Guard.
And - i am infinitely grateful for your cooperation. Until next time. herr Largo, i am looking forward to the information you will be able to recover.

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Attachments: None.

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Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
Cursed be the war.

Heroes never die! @Vitoniz30

[Maximillian Largo]

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Greetings, miss von Falkenberg.

I have personally contacted the Order to recover any piece of information on Stefanie. However, I obtained dire news.

I was told that it is highly likely that she's dead, probably killed by her kidnappers - perhaps being the very same Spring Guard, perhaps to strenghten their position within the Bundschuh movement. No body or vessel wreckage was found. The main reason the Spring Guard wanted her dead, most certainly, is to strenghten their position within the Bundschuh movement.

And what would have been better than to kidnap and terminate the leading representative of the main Bundschuh faction within the movement.

Below, the excerpt of the information the Order forwarded me.

Spoiler

The so called Spring Guard keeps to itself. They are remnants of Vereinigte Widerstandsarmee or more precisely personnel loyal to Dr. Annika Haupt, leader opposed to previous policies of Klugmann and Eistochter and later found in the Sigma cluster. The Guard lives off piracy to satisfy their basic needs and their headquarters are not located anywhere within House of Rheinland itself. They are exiles, so I'd pressume the same case is with the Colonel Falkenberg who seized power from late Colonel Wunderbring. After all, the body was not found.

The Guard has no headquarters, does not execute any form of control over any installation and does not stay in any place for too long. They are operating out of deep space, calling Sigmas their home. In fact their only appearances in Rheinland were limited to raiding and reconaissance parties. Their numbers are understandably low to make this strategy viable and were known to do that for well over a year.

The Order has no reported sightings of Fruchlingswache for over two weeks. The last reported case was observed as Guard's recruitment process of a Kusari fugitive in Sigma 21 system. If they had captured Falkenberg, then in most likelyhood she is dead. If they wanted to capture her, it would've been towards specific practical or political purpose within Rheinland to further their cause. We are either looking at botched kidnapping or other cause of her dissapearance.

The payment should be wired to Maximillian.Largo.

Salutations,
Maximillian Largo

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