Priority: Medium
To: RHA Recporting Facility
From: Flieger Gunnar Fromm
Location: Vogtland Base, Dresden System
Subject: Combat Report
God dag, comrades! This is a combat report by Flieger Gunnar Fromm.
Liberty tried to bring capitalism to Hamburg today, with a fleet of three carriers, two dreadnoughts, three battlecruisers, a gunboat and a few smaller ships. But the gods were on Rheinland's side today -- and of all Rheinland, mostly on our. The first important thing that happened is me negotiating temporary ceasefire with the Military of Rheinland. The next thing I did was scouting ahead and exposing myself to risk for the sake of Vaterland. I counted three carriers, two dreadnoughts, three battlecruisers, one gunboat and a few smaller vessels in the Liberty fleet, too few for so many capital ships. Perhaps more were in the carriers, but lacked fuel or something. I don't know.
Before the Rheinland fleet got in range, I provoked a fight by firing an ASURAS at a battlecruiser, which encouraged the Wiederstansarmee to join me and caused some disarray in the Liberty formation. The battlecruiser, LNS-Dakota, kept almost still and I landed shots easily, managing to damage their hull and keep them occupied when the Rheinland Military arrived. The Military fleet was a bit smaller, but many of their battleships were equipped with jump drives that, well, didn't quite work on time. I am not sure, but I think I stabbed the last supernova cannon at a Bismarck before it jumped, by accident. Rheinland Military lost most of its capital fleet and left Liberty with one dreadnought, one battlecruiser and one gunboat. All of them were disabled by the joint wing of the Red Hessian Army (I was the only one at the beginning, but more of us arrived by this time), the Wiederstandsarme and Military bombers. The dreadnought was finished off by a Rheinland cruiser that managed to survive the initial onslaught.
After that, we decided to attack the victorious but weakened Military. We were about to destroy an Elbe, the U-99, depriving it of all repair material, but that was the moment when the gods turned us their backs. Some Military bomber pilot cleaned us all from the battlefield like Thor's hammer. The name of the ship was [51st]Juggernaut, I tell you to take care if you see it. I will, next time, and I hope I won't be hanged for my recklessness.
Over.
