Hessians Tears

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This is a player faction. For the affiliated NPC faction, see Red Hessians

Synopsis

The Red Hessians are a loosely grouped organization of Rhineland workers and miners who have fallen on hard times and taken to a life of rebellion and piracy. They constantly struggle to carve out their own realm against the gluttonous Rhineland corporations, as it stands; the current Rhineland government is weak to the point of being under the near-total control of the massive corporations Daumann, Kruger, and Republican Shipping.

The Hessian Tears Squadron was formed as a black ops squadron a short while after the nomad wars broke out. Named after the blue diamonds mined from the depths of Hessian space, they were spoken of in rumour and tales in the bars around the Hessian systems until there was a leaked report of them missing whilst in Wilde space.

History

Dated 799 A.S.

The first signs of Nomad infestation spread quickly. Rhinelanders everywhere were falling to this new enemy. Information was held back from the Red Hessian Army, hoping to quench any fears that may arise from the events. The Red Hessian leaders commissioned one squadron, the Hessian Tears, to see how far these threats were truth, and are they just a spin on much smaller events. The Hessian Tears accepted this mission; the then young pilots were enthusiastic about this new challenge. With their brothers in arms by their side, they felt safe and secure from any foe.

Entering Omega 55 the men set out to tackle the new found targets. The days of fighting that the men accepted soon turned into weeks and months. The fight was tough, much tougher than the men expected. Through extreme determination and persistence they fought. Eventually they pushed the nomads back, losing many brothers in arms to the nomad guns. Many pilots went missing, unconfirmed KIA recorded MIA. These pilots were however, listed as fallen. High command sent orders, stating that the Hessian Tears were to hold the system in case of a return of the nomad forces.

Kept supplied by the Red hessian bases, the Hessian Tears were cautious of these orders, but obeyed them none the less. They flew regular patrols of the system and encountered very little hostile movements. For months this continued, the Hessian Tears became more complacent. Last known contact with the Hessian Tears squadron was the following communication slip.

Hessian Tears Squadron Leader Hans Klaussmon: “Be advised we have unknown targets on long range scanners, Delta wing, orbit the signal at 2k and check it out”

Hessian Tears Delta Squadron 1 “roger that, checking the id of the ships...... Computer scan shows no ID, visual scan confirms.... My god sir, its Heinrich... He was listed KIA 3 months ago. Hold up....”

Hans: “What is it delta?”

Delta: “He is charging up weapons system sir... Oh Cra**static***”

Hans: “Delta come in, Delta come in!” “All wings engage the targets”

That was the last communication known to have been made with the Hessian Tears squadron.

• Record taken from Hans Klaussman personal log- Specific date unknown, Year 808 A.S.*

We are still stuck on this god forsaken planet. High command has completely forgotten us. I have been entering this in the log for... I don't know how many days now. I think it's the only thing keeping me sane. After high command found out about Heinrich and our other brothers being infested and being added to what seems to have now become known as Das Wilde, we were ordered to land at an old spaceport on the planet in the system Omega 55, we are calling it the unknown planet. It reflects how we feel we have been treated now. There is little to none wild presence in this system, though they are only one jump away. We all share the feeling that something bad is soon to happen, i mean, they can invade this system at any moment. Why did the high command chose this planet for us? Quarantined here, we received regular supplies from the Hessians. They gave us orders to hold up here until we had established who among us was possibly infested.

Time has passed, and the Hessians have forgotten about us. The supplies are non existent, have been for so long now. We are fending for ourselves but are growing old. We haven't been able to contact any others. The last supplies seemed to have forgotten the power charges for the communication units. We do have a few members whose fathers were engineers and ship builders. They are trying to use the parts found in this dump to build a rudimentary ship. I just hope they can...

• Finding new entry.... Specific date unknown, Year 810 A.S.*

Finally they have done it, our boys made the ship! Ugly and useless junk it was, but they have made it and took it off this planet. I guess we were in luck, they managed to contact a Red Hessian patrol and we have ships landing now to take us back to base. It has been so long, I had forgotten what space looks and feels like.

• Finding new entry.... Found*

The high command is not keen on us it seems. They are wary of us because of our fallen brothers. We really need to get them to accept us again though. They have stated that they are not willing to place us under their known squadrons, and wish us to fly by ourselves, but under their orders. This I can accept, I am wary of the high command as well. They say that when the old CO of the RHA died, there was no indication as to our continued existence. That is their reason for the supplies being stopped, because no orders were left. I am not so certain. I don't know, I just get the feeling maybe this was an attempt to kill all of us off, to stop any possible infiltration of infested pilots back into their ranks. We were lucky to be lifted from that planet, turns out Das Wilde invaded the system completely and have wiped all Hessian remains from the planets and established it as a base. I am standing down as the leader of the squadron. I'm not willing to fight for something that may have sentenced me to death. I am passing the command to a pilot among us called Davy Jones. He shows good ability and I think will become a worthy successor

Diplomacy

Allied

Red Hessian Army [RHA]
101st Outcast Guard [101st]
Nova Powergen [NovaPG]

Friendly

Mollys
Blue Lotus Syndicate [BLS]
Reapers of Sirius [RoS]
Independent Outcast, Blood Dragon, Hacker, Rogue, or Molly-affiliated

Neutral

Hellfire Legion [HF]
Independents [IND]
Jupiter Guild [\JG/]
Slavers Union [SU]
Temporary Autonomous Zoners [TAZ]
Lane Hackers [LH]
Colonial Remnant =CR=
Phantoms - Although neutral, they are to be avoided if possible, you can never know...
Independent Interspace, Zoner, Junker, Hogosha, IMG-affiliated or Unioner-affiliated

Unfriendly

Kusari Naval Forces [KNF]
Nature's Last Hope [NLH]
Queen Carina's Forces [QCRF]
Black Dragon Society [BD]
Republican Express (RepEx)
Independent Gaians, BAF, Republican Shipping and Liberty Navy.

Hostile

The Order
Liberty Security Force [LSF]
Liberty Police Incorporated [LPI]
Sirius Coalition Revolutionary Army (SCRA [RAxx])
Daumann, Kruger, or BHG-affiliated

At War

Rhineland Military [RM]
The Wild
Keepers
Nomads
Independent Corsairs
Omega Pirates Guild [OPG]
Benitez
The Brotherhood [TBH]

Owned Bases

• Vogtland Base, Dresden
• Freital Base, Omega-11
• Ronneburg Base, Omega-5
• Casablanca Base, Omega-47
• Vernheim base, Omega-47