The Red Hessian Army [RHA]

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From: pub_M_Mortiz
To: Conrad_Egon
Date: 24-Oct-815 AS

Subject: RE:

MESSAGE CONTENT:

Mr. Egon,

Once again I'm starkly reminded as to why we fight against the callous and immoral powers that know no master in Rheinland. Your decision to irrevocably alter your family's life was a difficult and brave one I am certain. Friends at Freistadt will no doubt look after your family; at least that part of your life can now be viewed as safe and stable.

You, however have a date with the quartermaster and personnel departments at Vogtland. Training with various RHA members will follow the aquisition of your ship and any minor personal modifications thereof. Life here is neither safe nor stable, but without facing challenge we affect no changes to our worlds.

Welcome aboard, Rekrut.

- Fleet Kapitan Moritz
- Executive Officer, RHA

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"To gain a hundred victories in a hundred battles is not the highest excellence;
to subjugate the enemy's army without doing battle is the highest of excellence."

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New Goals & Operations section added to first post:

Goals and Operations

Engaging our enemies' fighting ships is not a goal unto itself! The Red Hessian Army cannot fuel its ships, feed its soldiers, or aid the impoverished and downtrodden Rheinlander without resources that go beyond kill tallies under cockpits. All RHA personnel are directed to engage the enemy with the following goals in mind. Remember, ships and pilots are no help to our cause if they've become so much Junkers scrap and frozen meat. Make your efforts and sacrifices count!

Do as much damage as possible to the diamond industry in Dresden and Omega-7. Daumann is weak in Dresden and every opportunity to raid their shipping and destroy their infrastructure should be taken. With enough pressure we can push Daumann out of Dresden entirely.
Disrupt Repulican Shipping at every opportunity. Trade is the life blood of an empire, let's cut that artery.
Map the contents of the Omega systems within one or two jumps of Red Hessian bases. Knowing every cloud of gas, chunk of ice, and ribbon of scrap metal around us is paramount to our efforts.
Confront and clear any Corsair intruders in Omega-7, 11, and 5. These systems are the core of our Omega efforts and every attempt should be made to keep them secure.
Confront and clear any Unioners from systems within one jump of Dresden. These traitorous friends of the Corsairs cannot be allowed to expand their sphere of influence.
Harass the Rheinland Military and Police forces when possible. Pitched battles are not our goal; focus on irritation, distraction, and the draining of resources from these groups.

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"To gain a hundred victories in a hundred battles is not the highest excellence;
to subjugate the enemy's army without doing battle is the highest of excellence."

[LancerZero]

I volunteer to dedicate myself to mapping; I'm comfortable in asteroid belts and debris fields, and specialize in tracking other ships' exhaust trails. Also, it's something that can be done flying solo, and will give me more practice in flying my new fighter while still affording me the opportunity to engage the occasional opponent. I will be submitting regular reports on my progress in our message log.

-Conrad

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From: Fleet_Kaptain_Moritz
To: Rekrut_Conrad_Egon
Date: 26-Oct-815 AS

Subject: Navigation Charts

MESSAGE CONTENT:

Thank you Rekrut Egon. Please coordinate with Rekrut Elmkin (Arthad) on this as he has been doing some work on this task already. As you create them, pass your nav charts to me via direct comms; these message dumps are prone to hackers and spies. I'll make the information available in a more secure location.

- Fleet Kapitan Moritz
- Executive Officer, RHA

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"To gain a hundred victories in a hundred battles is not the highest excellence;
to subjugate the enemy's army without doing battle is the highest of excellence."

[I_m_rdy]

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From: Reinhold_Krupp
To: Fleet_Kapitan_Moritz
Date: 26-oct-815 A.S.

Subject: RHA Recruitment

MESSAGE CONTENT:

I'd like to apply to RHA. My parents have already settled here, but you can read the whole story here:

Reinhold Krupp - Red Hessian Army Pilot - "Wallow in pain and anxiety, I'll help you suffer less!"

Reinhold was only 6 years old when he got distracted from his parents. That was because his family was poor, they couldn't feed him, so they saw it as the only chance for a better life for him to desert him on Bonn Station. Luckily, Reinhold was found by a young pair, who decided to raise the child. Time passed, but not the memories of his true parents, and so he grew up with the never ending pain of not having his true parents beside him.

At the age of 16, he was flying around with his newly bought Hawk, which he bought with the money he saved himself a little trip in the nearby asteroid field. He was quite skilled with the ship, and knew to use it very good. But a Hessian patrol crossed ways with him. He became really afraid of those 2 ships, but somehow they were awfully familiar. He hailed them over secure comms: "P-please i-ident-tify yours-self. Over." The two ships qickly disappeared into the next Jump Hole. "Wait! I want to know who you are! Please!" he shouted over the comms. The ships didn't listen, and Reinhold followed them through the Jump Hole.

The two ships were found nowhere, so Reinhold got back to Bonn, where he found something strange: A notice from some unknown person, directed to him: "Come in 10 years to Dresden system, sector D3. Use this notice as a key to get into the base." Reinhold couldn't figure out from who this could come. So he waited 10 long years, and finally, at the age of 26, he got to the said sector in Dresden. All he saw was an orange cloud, and the Hessian patrols almost ignored him as he was passing through, until he found a giant base. He received a signal: "Identify yourself!" Reinhold read the notice he found at Bonn 10 years ago, and one docking bay opened. "You are free to dock, Mr. Krupp."

Reinhold was amazed: How could he know his name?! He immediately docked to see, and what he saw was like his deepest dreams coming true: Both of his parents, aged, but alive, they stood in front of him! "Vater, Mutter, you are alive! I can't say how glad I am!" Tears came out from his eyes, and he rushed to hug his parents. His father said: "We are also happy to see you again, Sohn, but we couldn't show ourselves because we needed to hide." - *Hide? From who?* Renhold asked. 'From Rheinland's Military, dear.' His mother said. "Look, this is our new home, Vogtland. From this day on, you are a Red Hessian, Reinhold."

2 days passed, and Reinhold still wonders why he got a Hessian that fast. He went to his father and asked him: "Vater, do you think I can represent the Hessians and their goals well?" - *Why do you doubt on it, Sohn? You know, we were living difficult times, our only choice was to flee. Flee from Rheinland. They laughed at us with the words: "Look at them! How weak they are! Listen, Reinhold, we are a proud family, but we had to flee to the Hessians, but couldn't take you with us, we weren't having enough food to survive the long journey. We all would die if you'd come with us. Do you understand? The pair we gave you are good pilots and helped us a lot times. You have endless potential, but we were too poor to make you release it. So we gave you to the pair.*

"So this means you gave me away so I can release what was sleeping my whole life in my body?" Reinhold asked. *Yes, Sohn, we did it that way. And if I look at you that way, I think it was the best decision for us all. Are you ready to fly for the Red Hessians, Reinhold?"
Reinhold, still needing to digest the emotional reunion, accepted his destiny, and from this day he was flying with Hessian colors.

I hope you accept me as one of yours, as I'd like to fly as a part of you, and I don't want to let my parents down.

Yours sincerely,
R. Krupp

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From: Fleet_Kaptain_Moritz
To: Reinhold_Krupp
Date: 29-Oct-815 AS

Subject: RE: RHA Recruitment

MESSAGE CONTENT:

Mr. Krupp,

My apologies for the late reply; I was out of the Dresden area for a couple of days and my recruiting staff let a few things slip during that time. Extra duty awaits them I assure you.

I've reviewed your documents and those submitted by your parents. Their spotless service records and sworn oaths to train you and instill in you the RHA political doctrine has opened the door to you.

To continue with your commission you need to review the section at the top of the Recruitment information titled "To Apply for a Commission". Send the requested information to me via direct message.

Welcome aboard, Rekrut Krupp.

- Fleet Kapitan Moritz
- Executive Officer, RHA

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"To gain a hundred victories in a hundred battles is not the highest excellence;
to subjugate the enemy's army without doing battle is the highest of excellence."

[Mavin]

*Initializing Communication Program*
Connecting............Connection Established

From: Mavin_Haltese
To: Fleet_Kaptain_Moritz
Date: 31-Oct

Subject: One who seeks to join your Ranks

Greetings Fleet Kaptain, it is my hope this message reaches you swiftly and unscanned. It took alot of effort to obtain your comm frequency and it is for good purpose I do so but firstly I must introduce myself I suppose. I am Mavin Haltese<<Call Sign Mavin>>, a former freelancer of the Liberty and Rheinland expanse. In my travels, I have fought many foes and worked for many "employers" not siding with any, choosing to stay neutral in the wars of Sirius. However it is starting to dawn on me that this cannot last forever in these times so I'd rather draw my own future then have someone else draw it for me. As I mentioned, I have worked for many so called "employers" and done a few things I didn't agree with however I seek to make things right. I have my limits and try not to cross them which brings me to my choice to join you.

No more then a month ago, I had been doing some shipment escorting for several trains owned by Kruger,bringing what I had assumed to be consumer goods through Rheinland territory over a relatively quiet route. Upon arrival at a remote mining facility, I was ordered to leave....without my payment to which I spoke against only to receive several shots across my port side. Again I was ordered to leave and to much resentment. Over the next few days I did digging into the company in hopes to find out what I really had been escorting since I doubt that consumer goods would be met with such hostility. Over the court of my search I unearthed many dark things about the mining industry that were not only morally wrong but in my opinion, a crime and insult to all that the people of Rheinland stood for. However it did not just end at this, several companies were involved including the military to my surprise. It was then that I learned of your faction and what you fought for, a noble cause. These days, that is truely something rare to find in the Sirius Sector....something I could fight for. It is time for me to take a side in these wars and it is my hope that you will accept me in my choice to be a Red Hessian.


Awaiting Reply.


*Connection Terminated*


((OOC. It might be obvious in some parts of the message but I am a new roleplayer(As well as the realm) to freelancer but not the game. I have been playing on and off for over two years now, formerly playing the Asgard server/mod. However, I am new to the Roleplay style of Freelancer since Asgard had very little of that sadly which was why I left the game. I am an experienced roleplayer though coming from World of Warcraft Roleplay realms where I was fairly heavy in my RP setting. Freelancer roleplay may be different....correction, far different, from WoW but it has the same ideas behind it which is actually what lured me back after seeing this server/forums.

At the moment I am flying a Sea Serpent, which I admit is a Bounty Hunter ship but I am slowly working up my cash to purchase a Sabre from Vogtland Base. I have also been working up my Hessian rep and just about to break friendly which I should easily get quick enough.))

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From: pub_M_Mortiz
To: RHA_All_Personnel
Date: 03-Nov-815 AS

Subject: New Secure Message System

MESSAGE CONTENT:

Gentlemen,

Frequent difficulties with the distribution of information and directives, and intermittent security leaks have
necessitated the creation of a more secure communication system. Many of our enemies use such services and
I feel no shame in emulating their successful strategies.

This communication system is divided into public and private sections. The public sections will contain suitable
recruitment information and registration information. The private sections will contain unit, operations, and
equipment information.

Direct your comm units to this imbedded universal locator and get registered as soon as possible.
Registrations require administrative approval, you will be notified when approval is granted.
For added security, please send a Private Message to me here so I know what name you will be registering under.

((OOC: Posting is temporarily disabled in most of the forum categories. Feel free to give your input and
feedback in the Officers' Club category after you've registered and been confirmed.))

- Fleet Kapitan Moritz
- Executive Officer, RHA

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&quot;To gain a hundred victories in a hundred battles is not the highest excellence;
to subjugate the enemy's army without doing battle is the highest of excellence.&quot;

[napalmeddie]

Proposed character name: Rommel Hartman, callsign "Iron Man"

- Desired ship(s). Remember, one must be a fighter and all must come from our approved list.
I will gladly take on whichever ship I'm assigned to.


- Include any RP information about your character.
Born physically weak, Rommel has trained himself to overcome this weakness over the years with intense physical training. His father and grandfather both were very demanding and did not have high expectations for the youngest boy in the family. After working his whole life to gain acceptance into the Rhineland Military he was deemed unfit and sent away with no further explanation. His family scorned him for his failure so he scraped together what cash he could and fled his home.

After spending many years as a drifter, he has finally found a people and a cause to fight for. He would gain his vengeance upon the military he sought to serve by joining with the Hessians.


- Let us know all other factions in which you have characters.
Napalm Eddie- freelancer

- Tell us why you want to join RHA.
I attempted to join the Rhineland Military for real, but I was not allowed to join because of there being to many people already in it. I would enjoy getting back at them. smile.gif The Hessians also seem very well organized as well as devoted to good RP.

- Tell us your Time Zone and your typical days/times playing FL Disco.
I'm in the Central US time zone. Usually play Monday, Thursday-Sunday nights. Weekdays after 5, weekends I could be on at any time, especially late in the evening.


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Napalm_Eddie (trader)
Rommel (freelancer)

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It is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning. For every one of us, living in this world means waiting for our end. Let whoever can, win glory before death. When a warrior is gone, that will be his best and only bulwark. Beowulf

[LancerZero]

Please keep in mind that ours is not a "kill the RM" faction...our mission is to restore the Fatherland, and take the reins from the corporations that control the government. And our main enemy, one we share with the RM, are the Corsairs. If you are to be accepted, you must understand this and not try to bring a vendetta into our ranks. We must be more pragmatic about things.

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Current Stories
Linus' Lackadaisical Logs(upd.3-1-10)
Archived Logs
In the Queen's Service(upd.4-21-10) | The Finer Things in Life (upd.4-8-10)
Silvy's Story(upd.2-29-08) | Conrad's Flight &amp; Fight(upd.1-14-08)