Message to: RHA
Comm ID: Flottekapitan Kaspar Meisnerr
Location: Vogtland, Dresden
Well done! Our attack on Crete was a success, despite our eventual retreat. One of our fighters managed to drop nuclear payloads into Crete's atmosphere, albeit it is disputed whether the charges succesfully detonated. In orbit above the planet the Corsairs were being dealt losses by our elite force. We have managed to take out an entire cruiser and two fighters with our forces only losing three fighters, pilots of which were safely tractored in. The battle would've most likely continued as the Outcasts were mustering reinforcements, however our forces were scattered by an unexpected ion storm and we decided to pull back to Omega-5 - lest we be picked off one by one. Before the Corsairs could muster a proper counter attack, another ion storm hit. I have issued an order for our forces to remain docked until the freak occurences finally end.
It is a fortunate turn of events however, as it is wise for our forces to prepare for the strike against the Rheinland Military later this evening. There is a lot of work to do, we must make sure that weapons shipment never reaches it's destination.