Message to: RHA Command
Comm ID: Hauptmann Conrad Egon
Location: Vogtland Base, Dresden
Quite a day today...after I launched, repairs complete, another Corsair gunboat called "Chaos" came into view of one of our BLS allies. We engaged with all possible speed; this one was poorly piloted, and didn't last nearly as long as Tinky had. My gun camera was malfunctioning at the time, unfortunately, but this time I had the honor of giving the killing blow. As before, however, it was a team effort and credit goes equally to all participating.
We then decided to part ways for a time: Nathan decided to go check out the Unioner force fighting RepEx Security in New Berlin, while the rest of us regrouped at Vogtland for resupply and re-arming. Three of us (including me) went for the Omega-54 jump hole to upgrade a few of our weapons while the others stayed at Vogtland...Nathan's bomber was destroyed.
And then the Unioners invaded.
Their force consisted of:
1x Corsair Lunchbox Gunboat
1x IMG Pancake Gunboat
4x Fighters...Eagles, presumably. Possibly a bomber as well.
Our force consisted of:
1x Hacker Gunship (me)
2x Falcata Bomber (one of which lacked an armor upgrade)
2x Odin VHF (though one was sorely under-armed, our newest Rekrut's fighter)
Now, this might have been an ALMOST even fight...but for the fact that the Hacker Gunship was designed to destroy fighters, bombers, and transports. It is the most weakly-armored gunship in Sirius by far, and when in direct conflict with other caps...well, being the only gunboat present, they concentrated their fire on me. A freighter launched in the confusion to rescue myself and my small crew's escape pods.
One by one, Hessians and Outcasts fell. They took us by surprise and with a superior force. Had these traitorous dogs not chosen the Fatherland's worst enemy to side with, we might have been allies. Instead, we fight each other and then RepEx came in to mop up the pieces.
There were no Unioner losses in this fight. They caught us divided...we expected them to keep busy with RepEx, their primary enemy.
When we were down to one fighter and one bomber, I used the freighter's comm system to cal for a general retreat to Vogtland, just one or two K distant from the scene of the battle. But nobody got away. Our new Rekrut, David, lasted the longest but was destroyed before he could return home. When the Unioners finally left, we went back out to pick up the escape pods. It was cramped in the freighter's hold on the way back to Vogtland.
