Our mission started from Battleship Strausberg. The squad was composed of CLASSIFIED alias CLASSIFIED, CLASSIFIED alias CLASSIFIED and myself.
We crossed the Frankfurt system without encountering any resistance, and started gathering information as soon as we arrived in Munich.
As you will be able to see on the guncam image, there is a station directly outside the Jump Gate: Nuremberg Border Station. We believe it belongs to the Federalists, however the station did not seem hostile to us.
We entered the trade lane towards Raubling Station and Passau Outpost, both under Federalist control. Under heavy fire from both stations, we took the second trade lane leading to New Augsburg Outpost, under ALG control. This case is interesting, because the system is definitely filled with criminals and traitors, though New Augsburg Outpost seems to be doing fine. One can wonder if ALG has some sort of agreement with the Federalists, and if that is the case, the corporation's leadership will have to answer some questions.
Afterwards we went to see if anything was left around Planet Nuremberg, as almost everything in this side of the space is under the dark matter storm. Well not much to be seen there, the docking rings of Planet Nuremberg have not been dismantled; there is a Junker station right next to where the dark matter storm stops; and we confirmed the general location of the jump hole the Corsairs are using to enter the system.
We then turned around and took the direction of the late Augsburg Space Colony, to see if the Junkers did leave it or if they were resilient enough to sustain the dark matter storm.
On our way there I picked up something on scanner in the Alps Cloud, that seemed to be an anomaly, and well, no need to say that the image I got is just a miracle, as what was not an anomaly but rather a heavily defended station
We kept going to our initial destination, only to find that Augsburg Space Colony is now occupied by the Federalists. The navigation system update shows the station named as Fort Augburg now.
Having finished our job here, we split up at Planet Holstein. The two operatives took the route to CLASSIFIED and I went back to CLASSIFIED.
- - - - -Sender ID - Hans von Brandt - - - - -Recipient ID - Reporting Office - - - - -Classification - Confidential - - - - -Priority - Low - - - - -Subject - Field Report 01 - Frankfurt
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Commanders,
This is Hauptmann von Brandt, here to report on the recent activity we have witnessed in the Frankfurt system.
Silberner Falke and I have gotten reports of Federals in the Frankfurt system. We dispatched two fighters to survey what the ruckus was all about. Jumping to Frankfurt and heading towards Mainz we encountered a Rheinland Military gunboat and a BDM gunboat going at it, additionally, a Coalition fighter and a Federal fighter duking it out. To add more onto the bizarre situation, there was a Gammu AI fighter/recon vessel as well.
Both Federals were losing their battles, although, the Federal fighter disengaged, and the Coalition did not pursue for the kill. Falke went to dispose him and within the next moment both Federals were disposed in a timely manner. The case with the Coalition fighter was unresolved, so I did.
Continuing our scan for the sector, we have confronted KAM| warships at the Konstanz-wreck junction. One cruiser-class Donau, and two battleship-class Bismarcks. We were powerless in our fighters. An ALG security-ship came by and promptly engaged me, while he was no match for my skills, I was beset by multiple stray mines and my ship was demolished. Luckily, they didn't puncture my ejection pod and I evacuated myself safely.
Departing from the Strausberg, CLASSIFIED alias CLASSIFIED, and myself, alias CLASSIFIED made our way into Dresden via the Jumpgate.
To our surprise, there was no guards posted by the criminal elements on the Dresden side. The trade lane was still operational, although following lead to a Bundschuh held Bautzen Station. Here we started to encounter some resistance to our presence, but we managed to evade pursuers. From then on we following the broken trade lane rings to what used to be Pirna Border Station, the criminal elements do not seem to have made use of what is left.
We continued to follow the broken chain of trade lanes, and we eventually reached Leipzig Station. It would seem that the Red Hessians have made great use of the station, as it now supports mooring fixtures for larger ships. Needless to say, it is a priority target for the military to destroy. We also discovered that they are still attempting to mine the field, although without the ability of Rheinland Corporations it is hard to say how effective they have been.
We were unable to investigate the Giftnebel cloud, owing to the surge of Red Hessian activity to our presence. We had to made our escape from the system sooner than preferred.
Departing from the Strausberg, CLASSIFIED alias CLASSIFIED, and myself, alias CLASSIFIED made our way into Thuringia via the Hamburg Jumphole. CLASSIFIED had previous knowledge of its location.
Once in the system, we almost immediately came across a Unioner. Upon investigation of where he came from, we also spotted a Unioner cruiser orbiting one of the planets. We choose not to engage the individual, as he instead provided us with some intelligence on where to best find Federalist activity. He pointed us in the direction of the large cloud in the system, and we thanked him for his service. We began by flying to the visible planets to see if there was any identifying markers into the cloud, in doing so we came across the Bayern standing guard near the Frankfurt jumphole.
We were unable to find a marked entrance into the cloud, so we tried our luck once more and flew in blind. Luckily, this paid off as it was not too deep into the cloud when we spotted what is most likely the Federalist headquarters. They already seem to have their own shipyard and supply station constructed in orbit. Unfortunately we could not stick around in the area as we had already alerted their response forces.
During this mission I was accompanied by Agent CLASSIFIED.
We took the decision to take the jumphole from system Hamburg to stay as discreet as possible.
As soon as we arrived in Bering, a station was to be seen, even if it was too far away for the radar. We moved there to investigate, and it turned out to be a Unioner Station. Judging from its architecture, CLASSIFIED and I think this place is where they assemble their ships.
It is well protected, by a number of weapon platforms, multiple patrols, and a Cruiser stationned nearby.
Since it was diffuclt to maneuver around the station, we moved to another location, where what appeared to be a newly created station, Rothaar Huette. The docking rights are restricted, so we could not dock to see what was going on in there, nor know to whom it belonged.
We experienced multiple ion storms, this day, but we managed to continue the mission. We then moved to Freeport-2 location. Well, what's left of it anyway. The station is now just wrecks, only Bristol Depot and a Freelancer Satellite survived the battle that occurred here. Bristol Depot is most likely going to replace Freeport 2 as a central neutral hub of Bering. Its location is of strategic importance, both for Liberty and Rheinland, but also for the criminals plaguing the system.
Around the Freeport-2 wrecks we saw two stations, one belonging to the Zoners, and the other one to the Junkers.
I moved to the Texas Jump Gate, but nothing was to be noticed, except a damaged Liberty Cruiser at the gate, and the Battleship Lehigh.
Before we headed back, we decided to follow an unfinished trade lane that started at the Liberty Battlegroup.
What we saw there was a complete mess. We first thought of the remains of the Hamburg Jump Gate, but it turned out to be station wrecks.
If we are to speculate, I'd say the rumors about the conflict between the Insurgency and the Liberty Navy has reached a new level, to the point where Liberty is cleaning their mess. This is a good thing for us, since the station was located in our half of the system, however the battlegroup remained there, and that fact brings me some concerns. Anyway, those concerns are not facts, and are not needed in this report.
We then headed back to Hamburg, and Agent CLASSIFIED and I split up at Carrier Soltau.