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A Rheinland Cruiser by the name [RN]Pinky&Brain made it's appearance in New Berlin while I was on patrol a couple of days ago. The tag bugged me. I mean, RM, RN... So I asked him, devoid of any sarcasm, if RN meant "Rheinland Nurses".

Much to my disappointment he said it wasn't, but in fact it meant Rheinland Navy. I was already picturing myself as Michael Palin's Galahad "the pure", in Monty Python and the Holy Grail when he finds the Castle Anthrax. I pictured myself sp... I mean... having my battle wounds be attended to, by the skillful hands of a thousand nurses aboard the vessel. Since the ship was properly IDed and equipped and there were no nurses aboard to be met, I let it go. It bugged me later though, to notice the same ship roaming around in areas clearly outside of Rheinland territory, like Alaska; and I wondered if it was another case of a vessel stolen from our forces. The worst never occurred to me...

Later the same day the ship returned, but this time I wasn't alone. Part of RM's high command was there along with other pilots. The vice-admiral didn't like what he saw. The Rheiland Cruiser was now fully equipped with Nomad weaponry and we all know that raises alarms in Rheinland.

As the questioning of the ship's commander proceeded, and we were inclined to attack the vessel under suspicion of Nomad infestation (the fact that a Rheinland officer would name one of our ships after such a humorous program was a strong evidence of infestation). The admiral then inquired about the meaning of the RN tag. I most dutifully presented my wishful theory in private comms, just to debunk it right after with the real version (I needed to share my delusion). That mixed with the suspect of Nomad infestation quickly filled the minds of our pilots with possibilities. Not the admiral's, of course:

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