Vilhelm Von Hof - Personal Logs

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►Identification: Vilhelm Von Hof

►Assets: "Voss" 90-ARKM-N45 "Wraith" Very Heavy Fighter
Rheinland Cruiser "Helgoland" - Donau Class

►Affiliation: Marinenachrichtendienst (MND)

►Status: [CLASSIFIED]

Dear god. Today I was too close to being blasted. Not once, but twice. I started this morning by checking in with Lambda-1 and Lambda-2. Two was nowhere to be found. Where the hell did she go? One on the other hand wasn't cleared for duties yet. I decided to exchange my Phantom temporarily for One's Wraith. I never flew one, but boy today was the worst time to fly one. I had it outfitted with some ragged guns left in Helgoland's armory. And while I was at it, I had its engines changed on Schatten. The previous ones were just plain burnt to the ground. These new "HNP" engines on the other hand. I love them.

I started my patrol off Thuringia as usual. Place is as silent as ever. I decided to make a detour and extend my patrol to Frankfurt, until a Buro Freighter - "Gram" - reported the sighting of a Donau Cruiser in defensive positions next to the Frankfurt Gate in New Berlin. I rushed there, and lord behold, it was true. On the other hand, an Imperialist Officer also showed up later. One I had to kill around the same time. What's beyond me is not the name, but the loadout. Why would the mighty Rheinland Police use a Jackdaw and not the proud Phantom? Did budget run out, and now they rely on civilian ships? It doesn't matter. I disabled the ship. I'm not proud of it, but I had to do it in front of The Buro. I'd rather save my own skin than a pawn's one.

Hell. I couldn't even spend a minute to take a breath. The moment the battle was finished, I was ordered back to Carrier Saar. Something about a mass RV. Fortunately, The Helgoland was also at Schatten, so I told Fiona to bring it to Saar. I boarded up, and took command. And to be honest, I wasn't surprised the Imperialists organized a strike force themselves to take on Saar. How many times will I have to fight them? I just don't want to anymore. It's tiring, and all I feel is dishonor every single damn time I kill one. Today I killed two. A Gunboat, and a Capital Ship. Can't say what kind of Capital Ship it was, though. The Westerwald couldn't let me take one peek at what I was shooting at. I knew the radars showed it red. And that it killed a Kameraden Cruiser. I also saw a Heavy Mortar just fly past the command bridge, nearly ending The Helgoland. Close one, I have to say. Both are dead, anyway. I get to live another day.

The crew also seems to get along...more than before. Winning fights apparently raises their morale. Can't say I don't like it, to be fair. Sadly, the veterans claim we could've done better if not for the fresh crewmen screwing up steering and engine maintenance before take-off. Maybe one day my desk won't be full of complaint files.

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[11.12.2020 19:12:45] Death: Eins,Zwei,Polizei was put out of action by Voss (Gun).
[11.12.2020 19:36:36] Death: [RM]W-KKS-Blucher was put out of action by RNC-Helgoland (Gun).
[11.12.2020 19:31:41] Death: [RM]KKS-Marder-I was put out of action by RNC-Helgoland (Gun).

RNC-Helgoland at Schatten Research Facility, Drydock One

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