Incoming Message
ID: Klaus Steiner
Subject: Patrol Report 1
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Guten tag, command. Today, a patrol originally consisting of myself, Lt. Heinrich Kraus, Feldwebel Lilli Valeska. First we stopped a possible embargo breaker, when a nearby gunboat joined the group. In the process of Kraus interrogating the transport, as it proved to be very uncooperative, we were contacted with news that Omega 7 was full of pirates. Kraus ordered Valeska to take the gunboat and myself to Omega 7, to engage the pirates while Kraus handles the transport.
Upon arriving at Omega 7, we found a Red Hessian Pirate Transport as well as a couple of fighters. We engaged the transport. It fled to Omega 11, where we were promptly out numbered by numerous Hessians and Reavers, and were forced to flee back to Omega 7, where we fought the Hessians for a bit before having to retreat to Stuttgart, but not before Kraus havinng lost his ship. When we reached Stuttgart, we waited for reinforcements. Two Reavers jumped to Stuttgart, but were promptly forced to retreat back to Omega 7.
Reinforcements arrived at the scene and we went back to Omega 7, I being among the first to jump. They were just burning off the gate, when we followed, they came with two Vidars and one SCRA Argus and gunboat. By this time, we had amassed more members, including a battleship, which assisted us greatly in fighting off their cruisers. The [RF] tagged Vidar fled the area, and I assisted a some friendlies in destroying the other Vidar, killcam attached.
The SCRA Argus was the next to be destroyed, one of our battleships heavily damaging it, and I interdicting it with my cruise disruptor. The gunboat was next, being easily stomped by our forces. Their fighters were left, however. They had also been supported by MM fighters, and after a while, they started wearing us down. We lost one gunboat, which was under attack by a light fighter, two very heavy fighters, and a super heavy fighter. Valexa order all of our forces to fire on the SHF, which, after it had disengaged, was continued to be fire on by all of our forces, against my recommendations to attack the other fighters who were actually shooting the gunboat.
After a while, the gunboat was attacked again by the SHF, and ultimately destroyed. The SHF fled to Omega 11, where I followed in pursuit. I engaged it on the other side, but a Hessian started attacking me so I switched targets. The MM got away, but I managed to keep the Hessian tied down for a few minutes, even though being heavily damaged, the Hessian only knocked my shields down once or twice, and with mines, as her aim would be insufficient to hit the broad side of New Berlin.
After a while, the Hessian disengaged, spouting some ironic nonsense as to how 'I'm no threat, because I cannot aim.' I jumped in after her, and engaged her again. After a while, we started getting overrun by Reavers, Mandalorian Mercs, and Hessian fighters, and were ultimately forced to retreat, once and for all.
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