After launching from zhe Altenburg in zhe Dresden system, I received a comms link request from Fähnrich Theo Sittlingen. I was ordered to meet up with zhe Fähnrich and a few other Militär piloten at Bonn station. While we were exchanging pleasantries I noticed a trader, "B.Carter" passing by, as an instinct I scanned his cargo and what I found sent shivers down my very spine. I was so shocked, I was dangerously slow in informing zhe Fähnrich. Fortunately once he was made aware of zhe situation we were able to intercept zhe transport in zhe Hamburg system. We were able to question him and surprisingly we could not find anything against zhe transport of nuclear devices within The Laws of Rheinland, so we were forced to let him go. Of course we insured he left Rheinland space without any accidents.
Our wing then returned to Bonn station so that we may continue our patrol, and as soon as we arrived I detected a hostile contact on my long range scanners. After informing zhe Fähnrich we began to search for zhis new contact. After a closer look it was determined that zhe contact was in fact a member of zhe RV party. We approached, "RV^Erich.Klugmann" in order to question him as to his activities. Herr Klugmann and Fähnrich Sittlingen began to discuss his situation and activities. It was at this point I was contacted by a Bounty Hunter and informed of a possible copper ore smuggler heading for Bonn station. I informed zhe Herr Sittlingen and he ordered both myself and Heinrich Schmig, a new recruit, to intercept and investigate zhe possible smuggler. We headed for Bonn and our timing was perfect as the accused had also just arrived. I ordered him to stop so that we may scan his cargo. I confirmed that he was carrying copper ore, now it was merely a question of where it was going. I asked, "The.Escapist" where he was hauling this ore and his repy was to Kusari. Of course I was suspicious, as it is known that Planet Hudson is zhe main destination for copper ore. I continued to question him but he insisted that he was not heading for Liberty. I offered to escort him to zhe Sigma-13 system, so that I could be sure he was heading to Kusari. Myself and Herr Schmig set course for Franfurt along with zhe trader. En route our tradelane was disrupted. I ordered zhe transport away form zhe area and to wait for us at zhe closest station. Zhe disrupter was infact a Unioner, I asked what he was doing and his reply was that he was just sitting there. of course I knew this to be a lie, but we had to deal with zhe possible smuggler as well. I did not want zhe recruit to take on zhis pirate alone so I ordered him to accompany me to zhe trader so that we may finish with zhat matter. Zhe Unioner let us go without any problems. Once we were half way through zhe Frankfurt system I ordered Herr Schmig back to New Berlin, I instructed him to locate zhe Unioner and to simply keep an eye on him. We arrived at zhe Sigma-13 gate with no further drama and zhe transport left Rheinland.
With due hast I headed back to New Berlin to check on zhe Unioner situation, while en route I asked Herr Schmig if he had located zhe pirate and what was going on. He confirmed that zhe Unioner had not moved and that he was in contact with him. I arrived back at zhe same location and I myself began to question zhe Unioner. While questioning him, I scanned his cargo and discovered that he was holding a member of zhe Rheinland Federal Polizei. I immediately ordered him to release zhe officer but he came up with some kind of "fair deal". He would release zhe officer if we released all zhe criminals we were currently holding. Of course zhis was out of zhe question as he was holding a Rheinland official and we were holding confirmed criminals. After a short time zhe Fähnrich returned and regrouped with us. He informed us that zhe RV pilot had left in peace. The negotiations with zhe Unioner then continued and zhe Fähnrich reiterated zhe fact that we would not be releasing any criminals and that he was to drop zhe Polizei. Just then zhe RV pilot showed up and got involved by stating he believed what zhe Unioner offered to be fair. Our wing wanted to avoid bloodshed but unfortunately they seemed dead set on it. Zhe Fähnrich had had enough and ordered Herr Schmig and myself to open fire on zhe Unioner. Zhe RV pilot showed signs of an intention to intervene and assist zhe Unioner. Herr Sittlingen warned him to stay away but he did indeed open fire on us. We had a full scale dog fight on our hands. Zhe Unioner was dealt was without too much trouble and zhe Polizei officer was rescued. Now we had zhe problem of zhe RV. We gave him a chance to surrender and offered him a fair trial, but he refused and continued to fight. After a while of fighting zhe Fähnrich ordered me to disengage as he wanted to see if zhe new recruit could cope. Just then another hostile showed up, it was a member of zhe Red Hessian Army. I was ordered to reengage. Unfortunately my ship had sustained heavy damage and I was ordered to return to base. I reluctantly agreed and set course for Battleship Strausberg where repairs on my ship began.
I would have liked to continue zhe fight but with everything considered Fähnrich Sittlingen may have saved my life. I thank him for zhat.
I am glad to report that my ship is fully repaired and ready for duty once more! I can't wait to get out there and serve our Kanzler!
Signed
Gefreiter Wolf Müller For Zhe Vaderland! [*]
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