Red Hessian Reporting Facility

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Looped video on the news monitor above the bar showed an old asteroid-scarred freighter approaching Vogtland under heavy Hessian escort. The audio was turned off but a text marquee at the bottom of the screen scrolled the top story:

... reported to be in fair condition. The exact sequence of events that brought the Kapitan back to Vogtland aboard this vessel is not yet fully known. What is known is as follows:

Fleet Kapitan Moritz launched from Vogtland in his light fighter several days ago on a Recon and Systems Test flight plan within the Dresden System. About fifteen minutes after launch a severely garbled radio message from his Loki emanated near the New Berlin Jump Hole. Computer enhancement of the message revealed little and his transponder quit broadcasting seconds later.

It is suspected that he engaged an enemy vessel on the other side of the jump hole as it has been reported that his Loki was found damaged and on emergency life support nearby in New Berlin, wedged in a crevasse of a large asteroid.

Junkers from Kruezberg salvaged Kapitan Moritz's ship and tended to his injuries which were extensive. Word of his retrieval and and his stay at Kruezberg were kept quiet for security reasons.

The Kapitan is allowed no visitors at this time but doctors are confident that he will fully recover and should be more accessible after a day or two of tests here at Vogtland Base.

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to subjugate the enemy's army without doing battle is the highest of excellence."