Battlegroup Helgoland - An uncertain future

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►Identification: Vilhelm Von Hof

►Assets: "Voss" -72-ARKM-G27 "Phantom" Heavy Fighter

►Affiliation: Marinenachrichtendienst (MND)

►Rank: Commander of the RNC-Helgoland

►Status: [CLASSIFIED]

►Commissioned: 815 A.S

►Age: 45

"Von Hof is a former Rheinland Military marine born in New Berlin, which has served his nation for approximately 27 years until being recruited within the Marinenachrichtendienst as an Operative thanks to his experience, as well as loyalism towards Rheinland. He succeeded in several missions within 2 years of his commissioning, catching the eye of Hans Bismarck, the Commander of RNC-Helgoland and its battlegroup. Von Hof was been placed at first as a gunner aboard the Helgoland, followed by quartermaster and eventually Second In Command of the Battlegroup Helgoland, earning the trust of the Commander and most of the crew.

Vilhelm has eventually met his demise - or so the documents say - during "Operation Iron Fist" in the year 820 A.S. In truth - according to his words - he found himself in a "bright system" with no connection to the Neural Net or any MND frequencies. The line of events that followed had permanently scarred him psychologically, as he had dear friends aboard the RNC-Greif, as well as the RNC-Falke. The fact that he escaped what he called "The Battle of Hornet's Nest" made him question why he survived, yet they didn't. In the years to come, Von Hoff described the isolation he had to endure with the Battlegroup's remnants as plain torture.

In 827 A.S, Von Hof has finally brightened up as he saw a human contact for the first time in 7 years. This sensation pushed him into working endlessly on the communications array while the Cruiser was stationed, and it was because of him that the Commander had somewhat managed to contact both the Buro Der Marineintelligenz and the Genesis Research Group while under fire by the Iberian Corsairs. This was short-lived, however, as behind the scenes, the Commander grew more and more unstable mentally, starting from forgetting past events to misusing words and mixing up information. In the same year (827 A.S, October), Hans Bismarck as committed suicide due to his guilt towards his own and whatever was left of the Battlegroup, leaving Vilhelm to take matter in his own hands and keep the situation stable until the cavalry arrived.

Von Hof has eventually returned to duty in the same year he got rescued, yet future is unwieldy, and his loyalty towards Rheinland is now questioned - not only his, but the loyalty of his own crew as well."

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