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Vredes
| Vredes-Friedrich von Hoffmann | |
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| Origin |  Federal Republic of Rheinland |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Red Hessian Army |
| Status | Active |
| Born | 791 A.S., Planet Stuttgart, Stuttgart (Age: 29) |
| Died | Still alive |
"Ich kämpfe für mein Vaterland,
für das Volk und die Armee,
für ein freies Rheinland!"
Vredes is a Red Hessian revolutionary, fighting to overthrow the corrupted Rheinland Government. He currently flies under the RHA tags.
Early Life
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.
The "Disaster"
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 17 years old then and his step brother 19.
New Life
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. Although year ahead of him wasn't easy, living mainly from escort missions for the big Rheinland corporations and and working for miserable fees the Daumann and Kruger stations. But even though, he managed to save enough money to take the flight to his bother in Bretonia.
To Bretonia and the second contact
It was in the year of 813 A.S. when he launched from New Berlin’s docks, 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 Vredes was intercepted by a silent squad of Rheinland ships. He knew what will happen and panic took over the 21 year old boy. The unknown party attacked him and 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 during their escort missions, but it wasn't enough to take the fight back at the advanced weapons they were using. Unfortunately Vredes’ 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 shock. When he woke up he was in a med center in an unfamiliar to him base.
Freelance Days
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 a event they described as the Nomad War, even though not many of them, they kept their government and military positions. And that the Rheinland government is corrupted by their political believes and the Wild. Vredes then, confused by all this information presented to him, started working as a Blood Diamonds smuggler for the Hessians, freelancing and exploring for the next one year, living through the days of anticipation. 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. Smuggling, he learned a lot about the Houses of Liberty and Bretonia, which proved useful for him in many occasions.
Die Rote Saphir
"Die Rote Saphir" - E78-12 Spatial Civilian Deep Space Explorer. Decomissioned in the late 819 A.S.
Vredes’s main exploration and freelance vessel before he joined the Red Hessians. Decommissioned in the late 819 A.S. for spare parts needed for the outdated Roter 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.. Before he scrapped it, the ship was used for exploration purposes and to keep a low profile assisting the RHA propaganda devision. 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.
- Loadout:
- Scraped
Joining the Revolution
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. Since then Vredes still fights for the Hessians, their cause and ideals. Was a member of the Hessian movement known as Rot Front for a short time before joining the army. He is known to cooperate with members of the SCRA and the IMG. Since his two encounters with the infested, he has been searching and fighting the Wild and Nomad species in any way. Vrredes often contacts his brother, that became a captain of a Zoner medical cruiser. He often cooperates with agents of The Order
Das Volkskopf
"Die Volkskopf" - RH-D1 Jormungand Red Hessian Battleship.
In 818 A.S. a new Technology was developed by the Red Hessians, the Jormungand Class Battleship. The Volkskopf was one such ship and was one of the first to be commissioned in 818 A.S. and Vredes was assigned as a second in command of it. The ship Captain was a friend of him and thats 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. Vredes learned that combat wasn't just dog fighting and chaotic flights, but tactic and coordination. 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 Volkskopf 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 Volkskopf 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 had hit the unshielded hull of the ship, followed by a several Heavy Mortars directly into the ship’s engine room and the living quarters and the reactor, causing a chain reaction. 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 Volkskopf was destroyed Red Hessians won the fight.
- Loadout:
- Destroyed
Die Rote Ausbund
"Die Rote Aubsbund" TTR-1130 Pilgrim Liner.
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 10 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 entered dead drunk on their ships and went to the nearby asteroid field where were the racing circles and eventually where the racing course took part. It was almost on the moment when they arrived at the field when the announcer started the race. The first 4 rounds went well, no crashes but the Arrow pilot was way ahead of him. Unfortunately on the 8th 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 remaining 2 rounds and the anxiety of getting sober. Just on the 9th round Vredes got ahead of his Molly comrade and kept that position for the next round. They finished almost equal, but Vredes won with only a few seconds. When they got back to the Battleship Hood, Allan was just fine and saluted Vredes and George for their racing skills. 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 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 on the Pilgrim, only changed the language it was named with, standard hessian regulations. The Roter Ausbund is currently assigned as a prison ship for mainly Corsair pilots, and as a research ship for alien technology.
Personality, Skills and Current life
Strong Cardamine addiction. He is known to fly fighter and bomber craft, more of a guerilla fighter than a front soldier.
