RNC-Wotan (details, Captain's Log etc.)

[Lutz.Torwald]

Bio of "Flieger" Lutz Torwald (currently doing training aboard the Wotan)

Lutz was born on station Leipzig in the Dresden system on the 21st August 795 A.S. Being a healthy child , from birth on until he reached the age of 5. Doctor's on New Berlin found out that the bad air on the station had damaged his lungs and he had to stay at the hospital for 2 week's.

Normally that would not be a problem but for a 5 year old child, woes parents had to work in an entirely different system, it was quite a hard time. His mother Sabine decided that her parents should take care of him.

So he after getting out of the hospital he did not move back to Leipzig but stayed with his grandparents on New Berlin. He visited the New Berlin primary and secondary school from 801 A.S. to 811 A.S.

He was good in school ,especially enjoying history class, but never had much friend's. He was not a talkative guy and so he kept playing alone most of the time. Since mother and his father Ulrich both worked on Leipzig and they were only visiting him once a week.

Though being good in school, everything was taking Lutz towards a job at DHC. Working for Daumann was not considered , a good job, among most Rheinlanders but there were little choices if you lacked the money.

Only the richer families could afford to send their children to university, or "buy" them a place in one of the large offices of Republican or ALG. While only a few "gifted" pupil from his school were selected for better career's Lutz and most others were pushed into the worker class. Doing the "dirty" work for the aristocracy on New Berlin.

So without much fund's, or choices Lutz was kind of stuck as trainee for an engineer job at Leipzig. Learning to work with heavy machines, operate various systems aboard the station and maintaining the ship's was a good education for him. Tough he was not satisfied with his life.

Living on a mining station was one above all else, dirty and unhealthy. Most of the miner's simply walked everywhere with their dusty clothes either not wanting to change them, or not able to because of the lack of equipment and money. The hot air from the smelters found its way into the last corner of the station. The damaged air filters were barely keeping up with keeping the oxygen level above minimum. End even in the bar you could smell that all to familiar stench of melting cooper ore and smoke.

Despite all this Lutz managed to stay more or less healthy. Using most of his free time to learn about new technologies and saving every cent to finally get of the station. Though multiple application's to work elsewhere had already been shoot down by Daumann.

814 A.S. was a hard year for Lutz. At first loosing both his parents by an accident, caused by outdated and not maintained equipment.
Sabine and Ulrich were working on a smelter inside the C section, as a coworker overcharged his plasma torch, which lead to a chain reaction and to an explosion of not only the plasma torch but also surrounding mox container's, which were actually stored there without permission.

Ontop of his loss, the station leadership demanded Lutz's team of mechanics and engineers to "clean up the mess that his parent's left behind" to quote one of them. So without any "help" or at least some friend's that would help him over it Lutz was getting more worried that he might end in much the same way his parent's did.

To die for a company which cared so little for their employees was not something he would let happen. He tried to apply for a job at the Ring, but given his background and the lack of founds to bribe his way there, his application was turned down and instead a fresh graduated student from New Berlin was getting the job.

Lutz felt left alone, became sick soon afterwards and was barely able to afford a ticket to New Berlin. Arriving there he was going "home" to his grandparent's to look for help.
His grandmother was taking care of him, getting him healthy and back into shape again.

In 815 A.S. nearly one year after he called in sick, he returned to Leipzig and worked there until 818 A.S.
Having shipped most of the machines and other equipment already, Daumann was loading some last transports to bring all valuable goods to the Ring.

Lucky as he was Lutz was assigned to load one of the transports, and fly to the Ring with it to help unloading. Just as they had left the Dresden system, the Hessians made their move and began their assault on Leipzig.

After the loss of Leipzig he was without a job, without a proper home, so he returned to the only place he knew. His grandparent's house.

Much other workers re applied to work on either Briesen in omega 7 or Rugen in Omega 3. But Lutz did not have the will to return into the slavery of Daumann. He was staying with his grandparents for a few month's until he had some serious arguments with his grandfather.

His grandfather was always helping him out, being a veteran of the Military, he was sometimes very strict but non the less a lovely old man. One day he was dropping one of his usual sentences:
"In the old times it was better, under the Kaiser's rule we had enough to eat and nearly everyone had work. We may were not as free as we are now with the democracy but it were better times."
Suddenly Lutz raised his voice. Commenting harshly on this, the two ended up in a fierce argument about politic's.

A few days later after Lutz had calmed down a bit they spoke again. After hearing Lutz out about working for Daumann again both decided that it would do him no good to reapply for a place on a DHC station.
Left without to many choices he tried his luck by the only employer his grandfather trusted.
The Rheinland Military.