Resistance is salvageable

[TheJarl]

Freya Eistochter

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It looked like a miniature parliament, as the Generalversammlung of the Bundschuh Party had gathered in the Hall of the Revolution on Bruchsal Base. One side of the Hall was filled with twenty seats and solid desks (one desk for every two seats) placed in two rows in a semicircle. On the other side there was a lectern flanked by two desks fitting three people each, facing towards the semicircle. The wall behind the lectern was actually a large screen and in the centre of the room there was a holoprojector.

The semicircle was for the representatives of the Bundschuh's sects and their assistants (each represented sect occupied one desk) while the other desks were usually occupied by the Party Leader and the people she brought along.

The last few people were taking their seat. Kommandantin Nika Haupt and Oberst Erich Klugmann hurried inside having just come from a Widerstand meeting and now quickly going on to the next. While Erich sat down at the seat for the representative of the Widerstand, Nika headed to the other side of the Hall and took place beside the party leader.

"Genossen," Parteivorsitzende Freya Eistochter spoke to those before her. "Welcome to this meeting of the Generalversammlung der Bundschuhpartei of July 29, 822." All meetings started the same way. Freya would welcome the representatives and mention the date and year. That was not purely a formality as all meetings were documented thoroughly and the audio was being recorded, those in charge of the intranet archives were very grateful for that simple data.

Next, Freya was to inform the representatives of the planning for the meeting, although this was of course already known. "We've got a single item on our agenda: The presentation of the new cruiser-class ship design."

"As you are all aware, for many month we've been working on the reconstruction of a Hel-class cruiser. During the process we have also deconstructed a second cruiser piece by piece to find out exactly how these ships were built. In combination with Order engineering and high-quality materials obtained from our allies all across Sirius we've managed to not only to make a cruiser operational, we've also significantly improved the design and created blueprints for this design so that The Order may construct such ships for us from the ground up. "

Freya presses on the datapad before her. Both on the large screen behind her and above the holoprojector informative schematics appear. In 2D on the screen and in 3D rotating above the projector.

"This is the result." Freya casually said after a few seconds.

"I have sent these schematics to all of your neural net accounts as well as information about the crew. Now I'll give the word to Lisa Fiedler, a Rote Adler mechanic."

Freya turned and sat down next to Nika, while Lisa stood up and took her place. "As you can see, the crew requirements of the new Hell Mk II, or Ostara-class cruiser, has been significantly reduced to the point that we can operate it without significantly impacting our available manpower.

Furthermore the vessel now has a much more efficient engine so it won't need to be constantly fuelled."

Lisa continued with technical details about the new ship. She was never the greatest speaker around, but the representatives tried their best to keep their focus. After about fifteen minutes Lisa stepped back and sat down again, Freya taking her place.

"Genossen, the Second Popular Revolution is inevitable and when it starts we'll have the means to win it!"

Freya straightened up and raises her fist in the air. "Long live the people of Rheinland! Long live the revolution!" All others in the Hall stood up and raised their fists and chanted the final part together: "Long live the Bundschuh!"

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