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Sender: Anton Kessler
Origin: Unknown, Hamburg System
Subject: HIGH PRIORITY: Rogue vessel targeting civilians - "EPX-201"
Date: 29/10/826

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"Alright, this is gonna be a weird one.

Encountered a strange ship in Frankfurt travelling along the lane towards Munich. On closer inspection, this ship appeared to be operated by some form of advanced AI system.

The 'pilot' of this vessel sounded distressed, and asked for my assistance. However, there was also a second speaker onboard, expressing a desire to "consume" civilian pilots. The ship then began attacking civilian vessels travelling through the lane and abducting their pilots.

At this time, a DWR Bunschuh fighter appeared. The Bunschuh pilot questioned the AI for himself, whilst the ship continued destroying civilian vessels, and began ejecting mutilated corpses from its hold. This did not appear to bother the Bundschuh operative.



To make matters worse, a Hessian bomber arrived and teamed up with the Bundschuh. The Hessian and the Bundschuh proceeded to ignore the AI vessel, which continued capturing civilian pilots, while they discussed their intention to ignore the AI and target myself instead.

My ship was destroyed, although fortunately I managed to escape in my pod. The Bundschuh was damn lucky to survive. As far as I am aware, the AI vessel slipped away during our battle - I have no information on what happened to it, although I was prevented from stopping it killing a significant number of civilian pilots.

We should make an effort to locate this AI vessel, identified on my scans as "EPX-201", and turn it to scrap if it ever passes through our space again. As for the Hessian, I'm not surprised to see he holds little regard for civilian life, although I am disappointed to see the Bundschuh following their example. I guess you never can overestimate these people and their desire for selfish vengeance.

Kessler out."

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