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Location: Planet New Berlin, New Berlin System
ID: Flieger Elias Beist

Today has been an interesting experience... And a very frustrating one at that.
Right after waking up, I picked up a call for assistance from Major Sittlingen. We forced the enemy capital vessel to cloak, as he could not prevail against two bombers.

Approximately nine hours later, we encountered two more Hessian cruisers, who were working as a team. Sadly, my warning, although sent off with maximum haste, was not enough for the Daumann transport to escape unscathed... The Hessian jumped into Munich, where presumably, the transport could not get out of cruise disruptor range... At the time, I was awaiting my bomber on Holstein. After finally getting behind the controls and taking the trade lane, I heard the final comms of the Daumann schiff. The cruiser tagged Panzerkampfwagen greeted me with black humor. I got close enough to tractor in the escape pod, at moderate danger to myself.

At this point, the other member of the Hessian team jumped or uncloaked in turret range. Escape proved futile, as one of the cruisers unleashed a barrage of cruise disruptors, while the other engaged his cruise engines to reach my position. In retrospect, I could have tried to disable both of their cruise engines, but that maneuver would most likely leave me floating in a single trajectory for far too long. I settled for constant thrust and evasive maneouvers.

After a few minutes of this, Major Sittlingen and another friendly bomber arrived on the scene. What followed was a lengthy and dangerous combat. Ultimately, with the odds against the Cruisers, they both engaged cloaking devices, albeit at slightly different times. A short video log summarized their capitulation, and that of the earlier vessel.

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In the end, we had to call in capital ships of our own to secure the systems where they were detected by the long range scanns of our stationary battleships.

Something has to be done about this, but I do not know what... It seems that their suppliers have easy access to the raw materials required for this technology, AND the appropriate blueprints. These are dire news at the time when our economy MUST run without flaw....

Elias out.

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