Message to: All RHA and Ghosts
Comm ID: Fleet Kapitan Conrad Egon
Location: Vogtland Base, Dresden System
Friends, comrades, brothers, sisters...I come to you today bearing dire news. Our medical personnel did their utmost, but in the end it was all for naught. Our dear Kapitan Moritz passed away last night, at 2152 due to his injuries. As those of us that knew him would have expected, he died as he lived: with pride and dignity. In the end, the decision to cut off the life support was his...I urged him to reconsider, and he did, but came to the same conclusion as before. I respected that, and was at his bedside when the plug was pulled. He took his last breath mere moments afterwards.
There will be a three-day period of mourning; during this time, no RHA ship will venture beyond systems one jump away from Rheinland space, including a few of the Sigmas and Omegas, and Omicron Theta. I hold no authority over the Ghost wing, but as Kapitan Moritz was Nightblade's brother, I expect he will impose a similar mourning period - or some other action of recognition - for his own pilots.
But do not lose hope at this tragedy, my friends. It is not the end; it cannot be the end. It will not be the end. For in his last moments, he bequeathed upon me the rank of Fleet Kapitan, and in so doing named me his successor as leader of the RHA. I had dreamt of such a thing, but needless to say, under very different circumstances...I gave him my word that the Red Hessian Army would not only live on, but thrive and grow under the ideals of our forefathers, the founders of the Hessian movement...the poison that eats away at our beloved country will be vanquished!
