Cruiser Greifswald

Cruiser Greifswald

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Owner

Farmers Alliance

Location

E/F-6, New Berlin

CLASS: Hel

CREW: CLASSIFIED

ARMAMENT: CLASSIFIED

The Greifswald was a Red Hessian Hel cruiser, sold to the LWB as it reached the end of its service life. After the Hessians completed hand-over training, the LWB returned the vessel to Stuttgart. It initially served as a heavy raider, attacking Synth Foods convoys with overwhelming firepower before vanishing back into the asteroid fields. This lasted until 824 AS, when the loss of Saalburg Depot and a humiliating defeat during an attack on Neckar Supply Station’s opening ceremony threw the LWB’s weak leadership into disarray. As Darmstadt fell to the chaos of infighting factions, the Greifswald watched on helplessly as their cause ripped itself apart. Other Rheinland groups quickly began to dismember the LWB’s carcass to bolster their own movements, with the Bundschuh, Hessians and Unioners all seizing different assets.

The Greifswald was soon joined by a handful of like-minded refugees from Darmstadt, who vowed to continue their own fight without ideological compromise. To achieve this, they reached out to the Bretonian Gaians, who were likewise appalled by Stuttgart’s fate. The Gaians eventually offered to provide some funding and basic supplies to allow the LWB remnants to continue striking Synth shipping, with the cruiser later assisting with some joint operations in the Omegas in return. The Greifswald attempted to avoid being dragged into the Rheinland Civil War, instead continuing to focus on Synth shipping. This led to the vessel being flagged as pirates by the Imperial forces occupying Stuttgart.

When the Farmer’s Alliance expanded to Rheinland in 828 AS, they organized and funded ex-Imperial militants who were outraged at the failure to evict Synth. The Greifswald quickly moved to rejoin these resurgent LWB activists, providing local expertise and training. Despite this, it quickly became apparent that all was not well, and the Alliance had dramatically different priorities to the LWB and Rheinland farmers. For several years, the Greifswald has operated in New Berlin, hitting Synth Foods transports headed for Frankfurt. Recently, the Greifswald has begun to target Gallic corporations shipping Food to Planet New Berlin, despite explicit orders from Kusari to ignore these targets.

Bribes & Missions Offered

Bribes

Gaians Unioners

Missions

Unioners Farmers Alliance

Commodities

Imports

Commodity Price Ablative Armor Plating 26$ Criminals 490$ Medical Equipment 46$ Rheinbier 26$ Light Arms 95$ Prisoners 203$ Black Market Pharmaceuticals 44$ Counterfeit Computerware 66$ Oxygen 21$ Water 21$ Food Rations 48$ H-Fuel 107$ MOX 25$ Pharmaceuticals 35$ Hull Panels 53$ Consumer Goods 35$ Engine Components 44$ Black Market Munitions 26$ Black Market Augments 30$ Synth Paste 15$ Munitions 49$ Xenobiotic Filters 34$ Xeno Relics 226$

Exports

Commodity Price Deployable Mining Container 50,000$ Toxic Waste 7$

Ships sold

Ship	Class	Price
Humpback	Freighter	18,706$
Sichel	Very Heavy Fighter	25,029$
Sense	Bomber	70,176$

News

[834 AS] Farmers prepare for war over Gallia deal

DARMSTADT -- 834 -- The recent trade deal with Gallia is a nightmare for Stuttgart’s farmers. Already Gallic Food imports have poured into our space, sparking a price war with Synth as both race to the bottom. Independent farmers cannot keep up, with many having only months of margin before they go under. Our people are furious that the government has betrayed them yet again. We must act immediately to strike both Synth and Gallic targets, halting the tide of this foreign filth. Despite this, the Farmer’s Alliance have threatened punishment if Gallic shipping is targeted. This is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. We have dispatched envoys for urgent discussions with our Kusari sponsors.

[834 AS] Historic trade deal secured with Gallia

NEW BERLIN -- 834 -- Following the Emperor’s state visit to Gallia, negotiators have finalized the Treaty of Oerlikon. This historic agreement boosts trade between the two Houses, while formalizing joint security standards in the dangerous Alsace Passage. Gallia is expected to be a major customer for Rheinland’s minerals, manufactured equipment and alloys, after negotiators exploited humiliating Gallic security lapses during the state visit to obtain enhanced market access as compensation. Rheinland citizens are already anticipating the novelty of Gallic foodstuffs, as well as cultural and luxury items. The Trade Ministry has celebrated a sharp drop in Food prices across Rheinland as a victory for the average citizen.

[832 AS] A Different Kind of Heat

HOUSTON -- 832 AS -- A horrifyingly large scale firefight broke out in one of Houston's major city centers - Marlton, hundreds upon hundreds of arrests have been made and dozens of brave officers lost their lives in the vicious attack. The attack itself seems to have specifically targeted the city's dedicated police station, resulting in significant amounts of private property damage. The attack appears to have been highly coordinated, reliant on insider information, and carried out by contractors or former professionals, with one LPI spokesperson going so far as to say that this must have been a bought and paid for terrorist attack. Many of the perpetrators of the attack were killed by officers on scene, or by the Naval Emergency Response Team that responded to scattered reports of small arms fire. The LPI has currently released no statement about the progress of the investigation.

[832 AS] Kusari's Plight

KAGOSHIMA -- 832 AS -- Synth Foods audacity knows no bounds. They use a time of tragedy as an opportunity to bloat their already bloated purses with more ill-gotten wealth. We cannot allow this. There can be no room for Synth in Kusari. They already control too great a share of the market and with Kyushu's food production on a downward spiral after the storm, our intervention is necessary now more than ever. We must commit ourselves fully to our mission for the greater interests of Kusari unless we wish to live under the jackboot of Liberty and its vile corporate interests!

[832 AS] Counting Doses

ROCHESTER -- 832 AS -- The catastrophic crash of the Cardamine market has been tough for all the associates involved in the chain of its distribution, and the substantial drop-off in the quantity of it available for use and resale has caused a new problem in this series of bad episodes. The Rogues and Hackers, former partners in feeding the needs of the underworld are now at each other's throats, unable to meet demands for the drug both by their own and by customers, it seems as if stealing it from each other at gunpoint is the new business model.

[831 AS] Jump Hole Upheaval Causes Chaos

HEISENBERG -- 831 AS -- Jump holes across Sirius have become increasingly volatile and chaotic over the last year, with Professor Sophia Nagel from the Heisenberg Research Station linking the unusual phenomena to the Pulse. The Pulse was an unprecedented blast of hyperspace energy that was detected immediately prior to last year's jump gate Blackout. Professor Nagel and her team are certain the Pulse originated from outside Sirius, but are otherwise no closer to identifying its source or mitigating a future Blackout event. "Following the Blackout, we began to see immediate signs of jump hole destabilization in multiple different regions, with many ultimately falling out of phase alignment altogether", she commented. The dramatic upending of Sirius' jump hole network has already prompted many groups to abandon stations and withdraw from systems that appear to risk being cut off. While months-long trips between the stars are possible thanks to the Liberty Engine and many centuries of innovation, few ships are designed or provisioned to make such arduous journeys. Those who were displaced by Sirius' redrawn map hope that system connections will return, while adventurers and explorers rush to discover new routes.

[825 AS] Scores Die in “Show of Farce”

DARMSTADT -- 825 -- Supply Station Neckar was an insult too far for the farmers of Stuttgart. Our leaders drew together LWB from across Rheinland, claimed to have a plan to destroy the Libertonian lair -- instead they led us only to ruin. Now they are dead or captured alongside dozens of our countrymen. The largest force of Bounty Hunters any of us have seen were laying in wait at the edge of the Ostnebel -- they knew exactly when and where to hit us. Were we sold out? Is there a Synth mole among us even now? Perhaps one of those “captured” was really cashing out, and has been sabotaging us from the inside for years?

[824 AS] Saalburg falls to Corsair barbarians

SAALBURG -- 824 -- Saalburg Depot in Frankfurt has fallen after being attacked by an overwhelming force of Corsair raiders. Our pilots recognized they stood no chance against the attack and retreated to avoid unnecessary loss of life. The Corsairs have occupied the base and dug in, aiming to use it as a forward base for renewed attacks on Rheinland. This is the largest Corsair force to enter Rheinland since the invasion of 815 AS -- Bundschuh and Red Hessian fighters have launched an immediate counter-attack to prevent the barbarians from gaining a permanent foothold.

[814 AS] Saalburg LWB scythe down enemies

SAALBURG -- 814 -- Squadrons from the newly excavated Saalburg Depot have scored their first victory, destroying a Synth Foods Fertilizer convoy near Frankfurt’s New Berlin Jump Gate. Daumann has recently opened Fertilizer plants on Holstein, likely using Synth loans. Already the Liberty parasite has begun shipping these chemical Fertilizers to Stuttgart, reducing both the distance and cost of imports compared to previous routes from Planet Houston in Texas. There is now an unbroken LWB presence in every system along this new route. Daumann now joins the ranks of domestic traitors, such as ALG who fuel the perversion of Stuttgart’s atmosphere with their Dortmund Terraforming Gasses. No place in Rheinland is safe for Synth or their enablers.

[803 AS] Driven to desperation

NEW BERLIN -- 803 -- As Rheinland falls further into economic crisis, many face financial ruin. Desperation has driven political radicalism and crime. Where tens of thousands of Military personnel were laid off in the aftermath of the Colony Wars, huge numbers of trained pilots have found themselves unemployed. As local corporations stop recruiting, some have turned to the Bounty Hunter’s Guild, however many have resorted to the Bundschuh, Red Hessians and Unioners. The RFP has already noted a sharp increase in criminal activity across Rheinland and the surrounding border worlds.

Rumors

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