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− | | name = Vredes-Friedrich von Hoffmann
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− | | origin = {{House Link |Rheinland|long }}
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− | | gender = Male
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− | | affiliation = [[Red Hessian Army]]
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− | | status = Active (819 A.S.)
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− | | birth_date = 795 [[A.S.]], [[Planet Stuttgart]], [[Stuttgart]] (Age: 24)
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− | | death_date = Still alive
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− | "''Ich kämpfe für mein Vaterland,''
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− | ''für das Volk und die Armee,''
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− | ''für ein freies Rheinland!''"
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− | Vredes is a [[Red Hessian]] idealist, fighting to overthrow the corrupted [[Rheinland]] Government. He currently flies under the [[RHA]] tags.
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− | == '''Early Life''' ==
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− | Vredes-Friedrich von Hoffmann was born in the late 791 [[A.S.]] (exact date and place are unknown) . His earliest childhood memories were from the [[Planet Stuttgart]] with the Hoffmann family, his adopters who were a poor provincial family with a boy of their own named Luka. He and his step brother worked whatever they could to feed their family. They have spent every minute of their free time at the space docks on the planet, dreaming to get a starship of their own and fly off from quiet and boring Stuttgart province. The family's life went normal and quietly for years, working and playing in the beautiful province.
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− | == '''The "Disaster"''' ==
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− | [[Image:Through_the_nebula_by_vmulligan-d41w99i.jpg|left|thumb|680px|]]
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− | It was in the year 809 A.S. the crisis after the [[Nomad War]] was reaching impossible for normal life levels. In the same year, just a day before Vredes's 14th birthday, when the family finally got the chance to leave Stuttgart and [[Rheinland]] in general. The whole family sold most of their possessions to buy a ticket for a low-class transport ship heading to [[Bretonia]]. It was there the first time the two step brothers stepped aboard a starship. As ship left Planet Stuttgart’s orbit and headed to the Omega systems. The “Disaster” ,as it was described by the Rheinland authorities, happened in the [[Omega-7]] system when a squad of unidentified [[Rheinland]] ships appeared out of the nebula and opened fire without a notice at the transport ship with an unknown weapons technology. The life support systems started failing, several decks got decompressed and most of the few escape pods launched. It was in the last pod that the adopters pushed the two boys and saved their life. They ejected from the ship and watched the transport being blown to thousands and thousands of pieces. Uhe unknown aggressors then started hunting the eject pods but failed to track all of them. Several pods survived and were later picked up by a freelance freighter. Vredes was 14 years old then and his step brother only 13.
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− | == '''New Life''' ==
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− | [[Image:Tumblr_n1d7j29QLv1qbs6i5o1_1280.jpg|center|thumb|900px| [[Planet New Berlin]] Cityscape]]
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− | The freelancer eventually shipped them to the [[Planet New Berlin]] . It was there that the two boys found out the meaning of the word ”Living Hell”. They worked from day to night with free time only to sleep 5 hours a day. The next 3 years were the worst of their lives, but with the help of the credits they earned from doing additional dock jobs they finally saved enough money to purchase two ships, a [[Tiger Shark]] and a [[Griffin]] both class civilian fighters. Things went better from then on. They started doing some freelance escort missions, meeting different type of people throughout [[Rheinland]] and combat training when they had the time. Eventually the saved enough credits for a one man journey to Bretonia. Vredes then sent his… brother to the Queen’s Space telling him that in an year or less he will have enough money to make the journey himself. He kept contact with his brother for the next one year, who became a crew member aboard an IMG transport.
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− | == '''Alone''' ==
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− | The year ahead of him wasn't easy for him, living mainly from escort missions for the big Rheinland cooperatives and and mining for miserable fee for the [[Daumann]]. But even though, he managed to save enought money to take the long flight to his bother in Bretonia.
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− | == '''To Bretonia and the second contact''' ==
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− | And it was in the year 813 A.S. when he launched from New Berlin’s docking grounds with Bretonia as a destination aboard a small freighter with some goods to trade in Bretonia. His flight went smoothly until he reached the ice nebula in [[Omega-3]], when he was intercepted by a silent squad of Rheinland ships. He knew what will happen. The unknown party attacked him, he tried to fight back but it was useless against their advanced technology. Suddenly a patrol of 4 fighters, that identified themselves as the [[Red Hessians]], started shooting at the unknown attackers. He used what he learned with his brother, in the asteroid fields and during his escort missions, but it wasnt enought to take the fight back at the advanced weapons they were using. Unfortunately Vredes’s freighter got seriously damaged and he had to eject. His escape pod was picked up by one of the Hessian fighters where he fell into another shock. When he woke up he was in a med center in an unfamiliar to him base.
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− | == '''Freelance Days''' ==
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− | After a short interrogation those who called themselves the Red Hessians told him about the attackers. About that they are alien infected Rheinlanders that called themselves [[The Wild]] and that even after the Nomad War, even though not many of them, stayed on their government and military posts. And that the Rheinland government is corrupted by their political believes. They also told him about that his shocks were caused by his Hispanic blood and inherited [[Cardamine]] addiction. So he started working as a [[Blood Diamonds]] smuggler for the Hessians, freelancing and exploring for the next one year, living through his addicition with [[Pharmaceuticals]]. He lived mainly on [[Vogtland Base]] and with his brother back on [[Battleship Hood]] in the [[Dublin]] system, where he made some friends in the [[IMG]].
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− | == '''Das Volkenkopf''' ==
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− | [[Image:Screen83.jpg|left|thumb|460px| [[Jormungand|"Die Volkenkopf"]], Vredes's primary capital vessel and current living place die Volkenkopf. Stationed near [[Freital Base]] in [[Omega-11]], in background are [[Planet Schutz]] and the Omega-11's devastating sun.]]
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− | '''"Die Volkenkopf" - RH-D1 [[Jormungand]] Red Hessian Battleship.'''
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− | In 818 A.S. a new Technology was developed by the [[Red Hessians]], the Jormungand Class Battleship. The Volkenkopf was one such ship and was comissioned in 818 A.S. and Vredes was assigned as a second in command of it. The ship Captain was a friend of his and that how he got to such position on the ship. For the one year when he was on the ship he learned a lot about fighting tactics, strategies and how to fly something as big as a battleship. Unfortunately just a year later a medium sized fleet of [[Rheinland Military]] ships entered [[Omega-11]] and attacked buy a surprise [[Freital Base]] and the local Hessian forces. The Volkenkopf and a few other capital vessels were stationed around the base, but couldn’t react fast to the swift attack of the Military forces. There were several casualties on both sides including a few capital vessels. The first Military targets were the few battleships that the Hessians had. The Volkenkopf was the second in the line. At the time of the attack half of the crew including the Captain where in the living quarters. A few hostile missiles hit the unshielded hull of the ship, followed by a several [[Heavy Mortar|Heavy Mortars]] directly into the ship’s engine room and the living quarters. Although the engine room survived, the living quarters were ripped from the Volkenkopf’s hull into open space. Only one third of the escape pods have launched but the other part of the unfortunate crew had died, including the ship's captain. Even though the Volkenkopf was heavily damaged the Red Hessians won the fight. After the battle, the Volkenkopf’s crew had to elect a new captain and they all voted for Vredes. In 819 A.S. Vredes was elected to the possition of the Volkenkopf's ship Captain. The ship has been heavily modified to the new Captain’s need since the event in at [[Freital Base]] in 818 A.S.
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− | * ''' Loadout: '''
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− | ** RH-CT350 "Metall-Schredder" Red Hessian Battleship Secondary Turret x7
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− | ** RH-CT480 "Feuersturm-Beta" Red Hessian Battleship Turret x4
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− | ** Battleship Flak Turret x1
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− | ** Basic Battleship Missile Turret x2
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− | ** TL-45 "Heavy Mortar" Antimatter Cannon x1
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− | ** "Ragnarok" Red Hessian Battleship Forward Gun x1
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− | ** Cloaking Device MK2 Advanced
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− | ** Capital Ship Armor Upgrade Mk VII
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− | == '''Die Rote Ausbund''' ==
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− | [[Image:Screen107.jpg|right|thumb|420px| [[Pilgrim|"Die Rote Ausbund"]], Vredes's Pilgrim Liner preparing to undock form [[Viernheim Base]] in [[Omega-47]] and ship its [[Corsair]] prisoners to [[Arranmore Base]] in [[Dublin]] ]]
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− | '''"Die Rote Aubsbund" TTR-1130 [[Pilgrim|Pilgrim Liner]].'''
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− | In 819 A.S. Vredes celebrated a victory against the [[Corsairs]] on [[Arranmore Base]] when he bet his Colossus transport on that he will win a 50 round race against Allan and George, 2 of his drunken Molly battle comrades. They went to [[Battleship Hood]] where his brother arranged the race in just 10 minutes. Vredes was given a [[Griffin]] Light Fighter, but he was going to race against George’s [[Arrow]] and Allan’s [[Hyena]]. So they stepped dead drunk on their ships and went to the nearby asteroid field where were the racing circles and eventually where the racing cource took part. It was almost on the moment when they arrived at the field when the announcer started the race. The first 20 rounds went well, no crashes but the Arrow pilot was way ahead of him. Unfortunately on the 37th round Allan, the Hyena pilot, got overconfident and tried to get ahead of Vredes and George, the Arrow pilot, but ended up crashing in the racing circles, where he was picked up instantly by the [[IMG]] rescue team. The remaining 2 pilots had only the thought of the other 13 rounds and the anxiety of getting sober with themselves. Just on the 47th round Vredes got ahead of his Molly comrade and kept that position for the next 3 rounds. They finished almost equal, but Vredes won with only a few meters. When they got back to the [[Battleship Hood]], Allan was just fine and saluted Vredes and George for their amazing race. He made his part of the deal and transferred Vredes 3500 tons of Gold. George on the other hand had bet something bigger… a [[Pilgrim|Pilgrim Liner]]. George didn’t want to give up on his good old Red Paragon, but he had to… it was a part of the deal. Vredes left the Dublin system with a Pilgrim Liner full of [[Gold]], all that won from only a single race. He kept the name but only changed the language it was named with. The Rote Ausbund is currently assigned as a prison ship for mainly [[Corsair]] and [[Bounty Hunter]] pilots, and as a research ship for [[Wild]] pilot corpses.
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− | == '''Die Rote Saphir''' ==
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− | [[Image:Screen122.jpg|right|thumb|420px| [[Spatial|"Das Rote Saphir"]], Vredes's Primary freelance and exploration vessel leaving [[Planet Kurile]] in the [[Sigma-17]] system.]]
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− | '''"Die Rote Saphir" - E78-12 [[Spatial]] Civilian Deep Space Explorer. Decomissioned in the late 819 [[A.S.]]'''
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− | Vredes’s main exploration and freelance vessel before he joined the [[Red Hessians]]. Decomissioned in the late 819 A.S. for spare parts for the outdated Rote Ausbund. He exchanged it for the transport he was trading with back in [[Rheinland]]. This old rusted Spatial has served him well since 814 [[A.S.]]. The present days he uses it to explore, keep a low profile and assist [[The Order]]. It had the best [[Sirius]] known equipment mounted aboard it. Vredes also used the Rote Saphir for contraband sales of [[Cigars]], [[Wine]] and other unavailable, but mostly needed goods for various unlawful organizations.
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− | == '''Current Life''' ==
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− | He became a member of the Red Hessian movement in 815 A.S. and after a few combat tests was allowed to fly an Odin VHF and later a Thor bomber.
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− | Since then Vredes still fights for the Hessians, their cause and ideals. He is a member of the Hessian movement known as [[Rot Front]] and spends his live mainly on his battleship the Volkenkopf or on [[Freital Base]]. He is known to cooperate with members of the [[SCRA]]. Since his adopters' deaths he is searching and fighting the [[Wild]] and [[Nomad]] species in any way. He was accepted as an under-covered agent in [[The Order]] and operates mainly in Rheinland.
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− | Vredes often contacts his brother, that became a captain of a [[Zoner]] medical cruiser, and visits his grandmother back on Planet Kyushu. He often uses his father’s name Friedrich in his own name. Dispite his cardamine addiction he recieves smuggled [[Pharmaceuticals]] from [[Liberty]] and lives though it.
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− | == '''Personality''' ==
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− | Vredes is a calm person and thinks over his actions. Although he drinks a lot after a victory or when he celebrates with his comrades he would never step drunk on a ship if it is not really necessary. He is known to heat to communication channel during combat and to encourage his comrades when needed. | |
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