ENCRYPTION: STANDARD IDENTIFICATION: Flieger Franz Hegemann SOURCE: Battleship Strausberg - New Berlin SUBJECT: Combat Report
*Hegemann salutes at the beginning of the holographical record*
Kommandant!
Today was a glorious day for our Vaterland. Our fleet fought off a huge Hessian fleet in Stuttgart in order to safe the Soylent Base in the planet's orbit. In two great waves, the battle took over 90 minutes and ended with heavy casualities for the Hessians, followed by their retreat.
The battle started about 8 PM Stuttgart Meridian Time. Our starter force was composed of snubs, bombers and two battleships. The enemy's fleet consisted out of at least five Battleships, two Cruisers, two fighter and a bomber. The numbers were pretty even, and we were able to achieve a quick victory with only one loss on our side, but blew up a battleship and snubs of the enemy.
Shortly after, the terrorists showed up again with even more Battleships, and this time , we had only one with us. Unfortunatly, it was destroyed at the beginning of the second part of the battle. For over 45 minutes, the bomber squad I was part of as well skirmished, until an enemy capital was isolated and heavily damaged.
The Hessians began to retreat, trying to cover their damaged friend. The bombers and snubs of Rheinland replenished them even in to the cloud. In this run, the hit ship lost a lot of weapons and a precious Hessian cloak, wherever they have this one from.
On our way back, another Hessian Battleship who felt behind was cought without support and neutralized by our forces as well.
All in all, the mission was highly sucessfull, with minimum losses on our side and, given the limited ressources we had on the second part, maximum damage for our foes.
The troops proceded to Stuttgart about 9:30 PM Stuttgart Meridian Time.
