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Sender: Obergefreiter Hans Krieger
Destination: Rheinland Military Command offices
Subject: Patrol report
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My patrols were most uneventful in the last few days. My hours marked by a heavy trading traffic through the New Berlin system.
Since a couple of days ago, a new organized group has been sighted in Rheinland. Their ships fly under "LLJK" colors and are quite numerous. Even though most their registrations didn't match, a number of them were carrying "Miners" IDs. Earlier today I ordered the captain of the ship "[LLJK]HeavyMetalUmlaut" to turn around and leave Rheinland on the grounds of rumors stating the group was in fact affiliated with the GMG. He then told me that was not true and that the group was composed of simple traders trying to make a living. As his ship was registered as a Miner ship and his escort a Civilian I let them proceed. Time and again their ships would return to New Berlin seeking trade in our territory. Later, another group of LLJK ships entered New Berlin, but this time, one of them was marked GMG. I then demanded that they, once and for all, stated their allegiance. They said that they were indeed with the GMG. Taking their travesti as a hostile act, me and Korvettenkapitan Rall engaged the ships. Some of them seeked protection re-entering the planet's atmosphere while others fled the area. At that time there was a great deal of confusion between our forces and theirs, but we managed to drive the hostiles away from New Berlin back to Sigma-13. During the period, a couple more of their ships took off New Berlin and were escorted out of Rheinland.
As the traffic in New Berlin became more quiet, a trader ship registered BOZO_BOO was hailed and ordered to stop for inspection. He refused and docked at The Ring. I told him that it was a mistake and gave him a chance to correct it by returning to the planet. As he was undocking from The Ring, I moved in to intercept figuring he might try and run. As I was moving another ship entered the area and I decided to stop it so I could inspect it. BOZO_BOO took the chance to make a run for it, completely disregarding orders to stop. I issued his name as that of an enemy of the state for disobeying military directives and warned him not to return to Rheinland as he moved out. Later, the same ship returned and was pursued by me, RepEx security operator Gunther and the ship AEGIS, all the way from New Berlin to Munich, through Halle. There, even though I warned Nuremberg's dock personnel, he managed to land his transport. I strongly recommend that we issue a letter of complaint to Nuremberg demanding explanations on the matter. It seems the dock workers in Munich feel they can ignore orders from the RM.
As we moved back to New Berlin, a Unioneer ship was spotted in Hamburg. I proceeded back to the planet so I could refuel my ship and proceed to Hamburg. AEGIS and Gunther moved in to intercept. As I reached New Berlin I happened by Korvettenkapitan Engel. I gave him the sitrep and asked him to assist in the combat against the Unioneer. Finally I managed to join the battle near Alster. The battle was fierce, but the Unioneer was outnumbered. He moved the shipyard's structures trying to avoid our fire and probably to eliminate AEGIS' threat. He managed to avoid our fire long enough and eventually slipped past our attempts to hold him in position. We followed suit in cruise engines as he moved towards Bering. AEGIS tried to box him by taking the tradelanes. Hugo Clemens probably figured AEGIS move and finally rid of the Bounty Hunter battleship's fire, disengaged his cruise engines and the fight resumed. After sometime he managed to slip from our grip again moving towards the Bering JH. There he grouped first with Bernd Schuster and finally with Simon Wildeberg. The battle started again, now around the JH. Korvettenkapitan Rall managed to reach us. All Unioneers were onto Korvettenkapitan Engel's bomber, which suffered from the lack of maneuverability compared to the Eagle and Vipers. Eventually it was clear the ship had no standing in that fight and he moved back. As we lost Damon's reinforcement the Vizeadmiral came to assist us. We pushed on further and Wildeberg's ship almost gave in to our fire, but as soon as it was clear he wouldn't last much he fled to Bering. The other two Unioneer vessels covered his retreat and soon followed suit. Both Hauptgefreiter Guntram and RepEx security operator Helios were approaching the area as the last Unioneer ship jumped to Bering. The fight was long and fierce and demanded a great deal of flying from everyone involved. I'd like to register my gratitude for the assistance from both AEGIS and the RepEx security operators, Gunther and Helios.
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