Comm ID: Hans Rudel, Freital Base
Subject: Baptism of fire
Guten Tag, herren. First of all i would like to say thank you for the opportunity to fight on the frontlines. I'd like to start this report by showing you my brand new fighter. See this and this.
As soon as my fighter was combat ready, i received a distress signal from 2 of my kameraden, Herr Hermann and Herr Gukel. They were patroling the Omega-5 system. I didn't want to be labeled as coward from my first day so i immediately rushed to their aid. I discovered they were up against several corsair fighters, a gunboat and a cruiser. After a lengthy fight, more of the corsairs swarmed into the system. Luckily we received some reinforcements during the battle ourselves. Despite being outnumbered, our losses were nothing compared to theirs. Some time later, my ship's hull was ruptured by fire from the nearby corsair dreadnought and i had to eject. Fortunately i was picked up and brought to Freital. I decided to type this report out immediately, with all the details still fresh. My heart is still pumping like mad.
It was a glorious first day in the hessian ranks. I hope for many more to come.
Rudel out.
