Red Hessian Reporting Facility

[SpaceTime]

COMM ID: Carl von Manstein
TARGET ID: Red Hessian Reporting Facility
SUBJECT: Report
ENCRYPTION: Standard

Guten Tag.

Firstly I would like to thank you for accepting me into your ranks even though it is known that I have killed Hessians while serving in the Rheinwehr and Republican. Secondly, I would like to inform you that I was given at Freital a second-hand Odin in which I installed weaponry, identification and IFF. I already knew pretty much everything about this fighter though this is the first time that I use it.

Soon afterwards I took off and moved to Koeln system where I encountered a Zoner freighter carrying large quantities of nomad materials. I didn't intercept him though since I am not aware if we have any guidelines on that kind of cargo. At Hamburg I found LR-The.Delivery.Man which carried Blood Diamonds across the border. I offered to escort him until the Hudson jump hole and we easily evaded all the hostile patrols. During our travel to the jump hole, the Rogue informed me that the Liberty authorities have sanctioned the Junkers preventing them from moving scrap from Texas. So now the Junkers use the Humboldt route instead.

Then I returned to New Berlin where I picked up RS|Hans.Hahn on my scanners before setting course for the Frankfurt Jump Gate in order to intercept any incoming traffic. The Republican pilot followed me there clearly wanting to prevent me from doing so. He was interested to hear why I joined the Volksrevolution, but he refused to join as well because of his promising career within Republican. Then I asked him to surrender and he refused. So a fight ensued in which he fought bravely but was defeated in the end. Our conversation is attached below.

Carl.von.Manstein: Hans for your own sake, I suggest you to surrender to me now.
RS|Hans.Hahn: The responsible one for this is you.
RS|Hans.Hahn: I don't see any point for surrendering.
Carl.von.Manstein: I have worked as a Republican escort for several years
Carl.von.Manstein: I know your tactics, trust me.
RS|Hans.Hahn: And you gave up, as I guess.
Carl.von.Manstein: I joined the Rheinwehr afterwards.
RS|Hans.Hahn: And then you changed your mind about the federal republic.
Carl.von.Manstein: And then I saw the corruption, ja.
RS|Hans.Hahn: Tell me about the corruption.
Carl.von.Manstein: I don't expect you to believe me.
Carl.von.Manstein: I had to become a Leutnant of the Rheinwehr in order to witness it, with my own eyes.
RS|Hans.Hahn: Tell me that story.
Carl.von.Manstein: Which one? I have many war stories.
Carl.von.Manstein: The Sigma-17 invasion? The Cambridge invasion?
RS|Hans.Hahn: Just an example for the corruption you mentioned.
Carl.von.Manstein: Your son just joined the Rheinwehr and you are a Major. So you make sure he stays away from the front lines.
Carl.von.Manstein: This is a mild example of what I described.
Carl.von.Manstein: You want an even worse example?
RS|Hans.Hahn: I got time. Tell me.
Carl.von.Manstein: I will tell you one last example because unlike you I don't have time. I am in hostile territory.
Carl.von.Manstein: Elections approach and you are a politician
Carl.von.Manstein: So you approach a high ranked officer and you give him money or easy promotions, and in return you have him conduct stupid military operations in which many lives are uselessly being lost
Carl.von.Manstein: or you force him to request types of engines or weapons for his fleet which are produced by specific industrial interests which of course fund your political campaign despite the fact that may be useless for that fleet or extremely costly
Carl.von.Manstein: or you tell him who to appoint in the critical command posts, not because they are better but because they are "friends"
Carl.von.Manstein: Do you see now, Hans? Or I just lost my time with you?
RS|Hans.Hahn: I think I understood your point.
Carl.von.Manstein: Und what do you say about all this?
RS|Hans.Hahn: I'm not looking forward to change sides, though. My carreer at Republican Shipping works well.
Carl.von.Manstein: *sighs* Your love for Vaterland is not as strong as your love for yourself, then.
Carl.von.Manstein: So you will not surrender peacefully?
RS|Hans.Hahn: The usage of violence is needed, as you've maybe guessed.
Carl.von.Manstein: Unfortunate.
Carl.von.Manstein: After I capture you, you'll be treated with respect, like a true warrior.
Carl.von.Manstein: Do not worry about your life.
Carl.von.Manstein: Powering up weapons

Von Manstein out.