today I had my first day in the service of the Rheinland Military. After an introduction by Gefreiter Dylan Vorster he took me on my first patrol.
We started in Braunschweig, then we passed New Berlin to get to Frankfurt. At Planet Holstein we split up to check the jumpgates to Sigma-13 and Munich.
After I reported a clear area around the jumpgate, Gefreiter Vorster ordered me to check the Taunusfield. Two Bundschuh pilots lingered between the asteroids and attacked me. After I eliminated the threats, we met at Planet Heidelberg again, to move on to Dresden. There was nothing unusual on our way through Dresden, Stuttgart and Koeln. At Planet Hamburg, we split up again to check the jumpgates to Bering and Hudson. While I was in the tradeline between Planet Kiel and the jumpgate to Hudson, my scanners detected a hostile signature, just for a second or less. I reported Gefreiter Vorster, what I just saw and returned to the point, where I saw it. I jumped out of the tradeline and was able to find the signal again. Still I was too far away to see his IFF. Gefreiter Vorster was already on his way to intercept him, he was in a better position, so he was able to see, that he had a LN-IFF. Gefreiter Vorster told him, that he wasn’t allowed to be in Rheinland Space. The intruder answered, he needed 5 minutes and then he headed to Planet Hamburg. Gefreiter Vorster ordered him not to get close to Planet Hamburg, so he turned and went to the Bering jumpgate. I was still too far away, but Gefreiter Vorster was able to scan him, before he disappeared into the jumpgate. Turned out, that he had a Recruit ID. At this point we had to cancel out chase, because he had left Rheinland. At the end we went to Bremen, where Gefreiter Vorster showed me the jumphole to New Hampshire, to be sure, that I know, there could always be LN-ships. Just after he told me that, a hand full of LN-ships appeared and engaged us. We were able to destroy them all, without taking serious damage. After that we went back to Battleship Moselle in the Braunschweig System, where we ended our patrol.
It was a pleasure for me to do my first patrol with Gefreiter Vorster and I’m looking forward to catch up on the combat-simulation that we unfortunately had to postpone.
Hochachtungsvoll,
Flieger Bernd Schneider
Attachments Hostile Contact in Hamburg System, made by Gefreiter Dylan Vorster ID Cargo
