//DISCLAIMER: I am only a student of two years in German, and I have not used any translators in this story, I have written it all myself, so if any German is wrong or doesn't make sense, please be lenient on me. I also don't know anything about agriculture, so don't quote me about climate-crops and such.\\
Johann was born in 779 AS to a family of barley and hop farmers on Planet Stuttgart, as most future LWB were. They were known as the Steinlaufers, or stone walkers, for the exact land that they farmed. The family, settling on Planet Stuttgart in late 320's AS, was more than late to the land grabs initially made by most of the farmer families who had settled there. Forced to farm less than arable land, the Steinlaufers settled in a mountainous region of Stuttgart located on the northern most peninsula jutting into the Southern Sea of Stuttgart.
Farming in this region was more than arduous. The ground was hard and infertile, and the family spent the bulk of their first few years not really farming, but more of brewing while conditioning the land. The famous Suede Bier of Stuttgart was originally theirs, but after finally making the land available for agricultural applications in 347 AS, the family sold the rights to the fledgling brewery.
After their adventure in brewing, the Steinlaufers began their foray into agriculture first growing oats and found great success with the large amount of local herders in the area and the prospect of ranchers just a tick further south. The rocky ground was ill suited to the production of oats, though, and the family found their prices outdone by farmers further west that had been well established since the settlement of the planet. A crop better suited to the climate of the peninsula had to be found.
This solution would not come until far later in the family's history. In 460 AS, however, the WVS was formed. At this time, the subsidies given were only given for farmers of wheat and wheat products, and the family was quick to change their ways. They joined the WVS at the first chance they had, and life was good for the Steinlaufers.
For the next 400 years, the Steinlaufers would work their way up in the ranks of the WVS. Eventually, they lobbied for more crops to be endorsed as the environmental effects of diversified crops was revealed on the Planet, and the family switched to Barley and Hops to supply their friends, the Erdmachers, who bought the rights to Suede Bier in 642 AS. The Erdmachers were good clients, and times were good for the Steinlaufers despite the depression that was approaching Rheinland due to the 80-Years War.
At the end of the 80-Years War life was still fine for the Steinlaufers. They became a leading voice in the WVS, and proudly proclaimed that Stuttgart would never fall to Synth Food's taint. In 775, though, it seemed that these proclamations were false. Synth Foods had managed to gain 60% of the planet's surface.
Something had to be done. The Steinlaufers, however, were still more than comfortable. When the LWB was created, they were less than enthusiastic to support such a drastic move. The movement was instead represented by a man known as Helmut Wassermann, from the north end of the same sea that the Steinlaufers lived on.
[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.
Johann was yet 15 years old. His schooling was not yet complete, and he was nearing his school. This school was simply called Die Stuttgart Suede Gymnasium. It was amongst the top four schools on the planet, and the foremost in the souther hemisphere.
Johann came late by almost 20 minutes, and he rushed into his Rheinland history class. He walked in during a lesson regarding the 80-years war. At every group of three desks sat a holomap of Sigma-13 with Volotile Gas Pockets marked in yellow amongst the shade of blue that was the Crow Nebula. Johann rushed to his seat on the right side of the classroom, and was given odd stares by his friend Hanz Kuhler.
"Warum bist du sp?t? Bist du Johann?" (Why are you late? you are Johann, right?) Hanz whispered to Johann as their teacher dribbled on about the cowardice of the GMG during the firefights of the 80-Years War and their inability to face the Rheinwehr in a fair fight.
"Da ist viele Auto! Wir brauchen mehr Raum draussen." (There were too many cars. We need more space outside.)
"H?rst du uber die Freudenthal Familie? Sie sind tot! Sie sagen dass Pirat toten sie." (Have you heard about the Freundenthals? They're dead. They say that pirates did it...)
"Pirat? Na klar, sie sind nur Fl?stern. Geiste und Fl?stern." (Pirates? Sure, that's just Whispers. Ghosts and whispers.)
"Nein, du bist so ein Scheissekopf, Johann! Sie sind tot! Ich sehe es! Tot!" (No, you're such a ****head, Johann. They're dead! I've seen it! Dead!)
"Eich? Du siehst es? Na klar, sie sind tot. Und mein Hund fliegt, ja? Na klar, tot." (Really? You saw it? Sure, they're dead. And my dog flies. Sure, dead.)
[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.
Johann came to his rather large and extravagant home after a long day at school followed by a "study session" with Hanz. The house was dark, as was expected, and Johann slipped in the side door unheard and unnoticed by any family or servants. He quietly slipped into bed when a bang was heard in the front hall.
"Was gibts? Schuss nicht! (What's up? Don't shoot!)" Was heard throughout the house rousing the residents. It was the guardsman, Udo Schmidt. He was mainly unarmed, but held a nightstick for keeping local pranksters at bay.
"Was machst du? Nein, schuss nicht! (What are you doing? No, don't shoot!)" After this, several shots rang out.
Johann rolled out of his bed, having lain in it for not 45 seconds, and he ducked into the small space between his bed and the wall, kicking out the cover to the crawlspace. He crawled into the space quickly and recovered the hole. A bang was heard on the door of Johann's room, followed by it's quick collapse. The muffled sounds of a woman struggling was heard outside the crawlspace.
"So, wer wohnt hier? Ich brauche dein Antwort, meine Frau! (So who lives here? I need an answer, woman)" Said a man with a rough voice.
(//To be continued\\)
[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.
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