"Herr Admiral, we have completely finished the construction!" Says Chefingenieur Stahl in the moment when he hastily enters the Herschel main bridge to give Schlafenberg this information.
Karl von Schlafenberg releases a long sighs. "Das ist gut to hear Herr Stahl" "Techically, your ship can take off with just a snap of your fingers" Stahl smiles. "Nein, not so fast. Not before Herr Enfield prepare the bomb and before the Black Legion squad is ready" "Is he still working on that thing? I can call for him if you wish"
Karl smiles a little, almost unnoticeably. "Why do you allways want to call for someone?"
Stahl does not seem prepared for such an odd question and remains stone-silent. "Well.. I will come look at his work myself. I hope the bomb is ready as it should be. If it isn't, we can eventually load all possible MOX fuel barrels from my ship storages and place it next to the incomplete bomb. But that is just a plan B..."
"Get some sleep mein Freund, you look horrible" "Will do, right after I take care of the mess in your secondary bridge" "That's an order, others will sort things up" "Danke Herr Admiral" "Gute Nacht!" "Gute Nacht sir"
Stahl leaves the bridge along with Schlafenberg going another way. Karl is on the way to the cargo bay, where the extraction corridor exits. Black Legion Oberst is supposed to meet the Admiral there.
Karl enters the cargo bay, where the Oberst, Wulfrik Wolfmann, stays along with twelve other heavily armoured and armed Legion soldiers. They wear a black armour with a Legion insignia, dark green Rheinland cross on the left shoulder and another symbol showing rank of the soldiers on the right shoulder. All of them including the Oberst are belted with grenades. Heavy rifles aren't common, but this doesn't count for the Black Legion. Some soldiers even hold a rocket launcher. "Guten Abend Herr Oberst" "Guten Abend Herr Flottillenadmiral, the recovery squad is prepared" "Very gut, we're going tomorrow, or I should say... later today. We just need to get that verdammt antimatter bomb here in the cargo bay. We need to be prepared, so the bomb will enter the module first and will be armed before you begin with the recovery. I will then be able to detonate it at any given second. You don't have to worry. We are not letting our men behind" "That is reasonable Herr Admiral" "I suppose you have read the plan, right" "Ja, obviously. Is anything changing?" "I wouldn't have asked you if it hasn't been changing all the time, I don't like stepping out of my plan and making compromises, but this is different and mandatory for us to do. The war is over.. Rheinwehr fleet is not going to be sent into Neu Hampshire as a distraction. We're alone in the operation" "Recovery will be much easier without Libertonian Navy threatening us with gunfire, but I can assure you, that they are not going to like us there" "That is why we have to do it fast. I am afraid that we will barely have time to recover the most important materials out of the module, but we can't let Liberty have the rest, that's why I asked Enfield for a bomb. And I believe that in this case, they wouldn't bother much with the ceasefire" "Of course, mein Kampfhunde and even two Kampwölfe are the best soldiers of Schatten. No other troopers are a challenge for these men. I assume that they will not use their rifles, I just hope that your ship will not be forced to use it's turrets" "Me too Herr Oberst, me too... We can't afford this war starting anew" "I have to finish some plan preparation, module type is known so I have to make a briefing for mein men and a plan of entry and the whole recovery" "Verstanden, good luck!" "Tomorrow sir.."
Karl walks away, sighs and silently tells to himself: "Now Enfield..."
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