Message to: RHA Command Comm ID: Oberleutnant Florian Waap Location: Vogtland, Dresden
I was running a patrol through Hamburg, and also confirming the location of the new Unioner mining facility, when I ran into scanner range of the RFP. Interestingly, he showed no interest in me, prefering instead to harass some trader bringing in goods from Liberty. Perhaps they are becomning fearful of our skill? I was able to travel unhindered for the majority of the system, following the lanes.
Then, up ahead, a mining vessel pops out of the lane and heads for the asteroid fields containing the jump hole to New Berlin. I was unable to knock out his engines, as I am not equipped with a cruise disruptor, and scans showed a number of Junker pilot held in his brig. Further scans showed him to be a Kruger vessel. As we continued on the same course, I decided to try a different tactic, and politely requested the release of the Junker pilots, as I was headed for Kreutzburg. He flatly refused, and as I caught him up in the asteroid fields, he turned his weapons on me and opened fire! He was helpless in the asteroids, and could barely train his guns to affect my shields, so he proved little more than target practice. It wasn't long before he fell, and I was able to rescue the Junker pilots and return them to Kreutzberg.
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I deliberately left the captain of the vessel drifting in his survival pod. Hopefully his time alone in the void will have taught him a useful lesson, though I doubt it.