Message to: RHA
Comm ID: Fleet Kapitan Conrad Egon
Location: Ronneburg Base, Omega-5 System
Mafia_Boss made another appearance today...this time in Omega-15. I called up Shimada and Gotthard, and we went after him. Two Thors and an Odin vs. a Rheinland bomber and a Spatial armed with multiple codename weapons. Mafia soon fled to Rostock, and I hit him with full guns and my supernova...but he was already inside the station's shield, and it didn't hurt him.
Then it was time to attack the Spatial. Its weapons were potent, but it couldn't out-turn our bombers, and was itself a large target. We beat it into submission, and it docked just before we could finish it off. Then, finally, Mafia decided it was time to negotiate. I told him we would accept no less than one million credits for his crimes and persistance, and that he would have to pay us within three days. Interestingly, he agreed to pay right then. Paid without incident, then he and Outlander left.
Then HOMEWORLD arrived, this time in a snubnose rather than a Wrath. I warned him to leave; he didn't, but kept his distance. We finished off a few nearby Titans, and started cruising towards Dresden...only to find the RM incoming. I turned on my CM and turned back, making for the Omega-41 jump hole and reminding HOMEWORLD that we would remember his treachery...and we will.
HOMEWORLD is now KoS. We were merciful when he was badly outnumbered and outclassed, and he responded by staying to watch us while he called the RM, taking advantage of our kindness. No longer. He tasted our mercy; now he will taste our vengeance.
At any rate, we escaped to Freeport 5 for repairs. A few hours later, we launched again, just in time to see AzzAzzEllo's gunboat emerging from the Gamma jump hole. I figured the odds were in our favor, so we engaged...Shimada's Thor soon fell, however, due to him messing with the comm system rather than his targeting system, sending a message instead of shooting. That left my Thor and Matt's Odin against a well-armed Corsair gunboat.
We nearly destroyed it...made him use all of his batteries and about 1/3 of his nanobots before I ran out of repair options and was forced to flee. Matt ran back to Freeport 5, and I ran to the Omega-5 jump hole just as Homeworld pursued us. The snubnose was intercepted by AzzAzzEllo and destroyed; while Matt and I both escaped unscathed, save for heavy hull damage.
I need better armor. I didn't think I'd need better than Mk4, but I obviously need Mk8 for the sort of foes we face. Regardless, I recovered Shimada's pod and the only loss we suffered was one Thor, in exchange for badly damaging a Spatial and a Corsair gunboat.
