Unconventional Warfare

[TheJarl]

Unconventional Warfare

"Fight no battle unprepared, fight no battle you are not sure of winning; make every effort to be well prepared for each battle, make every effort to ensure victory in the given set of conditions as between the enemy and ourselves."

Rosa Weydemeyer - Eltmann Moor, Munich System, 20.03.825

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Eltmann Moor was different from other Bundschuh stations in more ways than one. Although it is one of the oldest bases of the organisation, second only to Bruchsal, it never became nearly as important or as populated. Since the Munich Disaster, which also caused some costly damage, it did become a lot more busy with a constant coming and going of refugees from Planet Nuremberg. Such an increase in activity however did not make the place any more exciting, neither did the decision to equip the station with some rudimentary facilities to maintain vessels larger than fighters, primarily transports and a few gunboats. Eltmann Moor was above all just a very functional place, things simply got done there and people did not go there if they did not need to be there.

The other reason that the station was different was because it was the last stronghold of the Eistochterist tendency. The local sects of Planet Nuremberg tended to be more militant and aggressive. The heavy industries and the poor living conditions of the workers in those factories resulted in much more unrest and opposition to the government than elsewhere and then the Munich Disaster plunged the whole place into chaos. This made it much more susceptible to the uncompromising style of the former party leader. While Klugmannists, Hauptists and Die Weiße Rose vied for the favour of the much more populated places such as Bruchsal and Bielefeld, the Eistochterists moved to Eltmann, joining up with the infamous Rote Adler and other local sects.

Now it was up to Rosa Weydemeyer to ensure this strategy was going to pay off. The young red-headed woman walked across the station to the sections that were damaged during the Disaster. She could not supress a little smile thinking about how obvious the influence of guerrilla tactics was on the Eistochterist approach to the internal power struggle. Avoiding confrontation when at a disadvantage, striking when the enemy was vulnerable, not trying to conquer and hold, but striking and retreating.

Rosa stopped in front of a metal door with some red lights and above it a display that instead of indicating what section was ahead, stated ‘SECTION SEALED’. She made sure no one else was around, not likely since the corridor led only to damaged parts of Eltmann, but better safe than sorry. She grabbed a small datapad from her belt and held it close to the door, which immediately opened. It was some smart thinking of Heissler to wait a little while before making it known that reparation for this section had been completed, allowed for some rare privacy on the rather crowded station. She stepped into the corridor beyond the door, which closed behind her. She checked the time on her datapad, Ernst Fischer’s freighter should already have arrived so he should be there any moment.

As soon as she finished that thought she heard the sound of doors opening behind her. She turned around. “Herr Fischer I assume?”