5th Fleet - Message Dump

[Outro]

Rheinland carrier U-99 was spotted next to planet Houston yesterday at about 23:15 Texas Time.

His turrets were disabled so we tried to communicate first. The following is an excerpt:

5th|Jim.Schofield: What brings you here, Rheinlander?
U-99: I surrender.
U-99: I have come to surrender to the republic.
5th|Jim.Schofield: Ah I see.
LPI-SWAT-J.Vorter[G]: So, you are surrendering yourself to Liberty?
U-99: Yes.
...
U-99: I fully surrender the Unterseeboot-99 to your hands.
U-99: However, I want unconditional immunity from prosecution for my crew.
5th|Jim.Schofield: Alright, we have to move away from the planet first. I think we can talk
on neutral soil, like Bering.
U-99: No. I don't trust you.
U-99: You will execute me there.
5th|Jim.Schofield: Let me contact HQ first.

Situation escalated when a Unioner cruiser popped up on our scanners.

The cruiser was ordered to stay at a safe distance of 5k from U-99.

UN|Straubing: Franka: A Rheinland makes deals with Liberty?
Uniles: Whats the situation?
LPI-SWAT-J.Vorter[G]: Unioner's getting dangerously close.
5th|Jim.Schofield: Unioner, keep your distance!
UN|Straubing: Franka: A deserteur huh?
U-99: Shut up ze Unioner scumz.

When the situation was getting dangerous I received a message from Norfolk. It was decided that
negotiations should continue in Magellan system. I ordered U-99 to follow me to NY. To ensure
the highest possible security I ordered another Navy pilot (Miguel Santiago) to join the convoy
while others kept an eye on the Unioner. As a sign of good will the Rheinlander disabled his shields.

Before entering the NY JG:

During the jump to NY U-99 encountered a rare worm-hole anomaly and ended up lost in the NY
system. After a while we picked up his transmission:

U-99: Having tried ze coffee I have come to my senses and will return to Rheinland.
U-99: I repeat I am not surrendering to ze Libertonians.
Tyraelion: All units, find the Rheinlander and destroy him, alert the fleet!

After a thorough search of the system we found U-99 approaching the Texas JH in Badlands. He
immediately turned around and tried to flee but my ship was faster and eventually caught up with him.
This was ~90k above plane.

After disrupting the ship's cruise engines I called for reinforcements.

U-99 refused to surrender and activated his weapons. Eventually, we had to use force.

The captain of the Unioner cruiser was smarter and left Texas by jumping to Hudson system. We decided
not to pursue.